Nassau County Review 19090924

              Official Paper, Village of Freeport FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, SEPT. 24, 1909—VOL. XIV, NO. 48 Official Paper of Nassau County
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FREEPORT NEWS Coming Events
Thursfiay eveniiif^, .Sept. 30—Pro- srres.sive euchre South Shore Yacht Club, at tlie Club Hou.se.
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. G and 7—Literary carnival   Baptist   Churcji.
Thursday, Oct. 7—Firemen'.s tourna¬ ment at Collefje Point.
Thursday evening, Oct. 7, beefsteak dinner for ladies anrl gentlemen, at the South Shore Yacht Club House.    •
Wednesday, Nov. lU—Annual din¬ ner Nassau County Firemen's Asso¬ ciation.
Siuude copies ot rJie Nassau Connty Revit^w can be secured of Wilht C. Raynor, at rlic dci)or: Win. Grcfublatt, Railrfiad Ave.; at (iohftz's or rh«^ Re¬ view Office. Soatli M'liii ."^r., aud DaSil¬ va's, West Merrick Road.
Ernest S. Randall is erecting a handsome; new residence on Long Beach Avenue.'
Mr. and .Mrs. .Monroe Raynor of 9;! Archer St. spent last week at Point Locfkout.
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Neighbors Dislike Noise at Pri¬ vate SchoGl--Special Sewer Election-Other Business
-At the nieeting of the Village Board of Trustees Friday evening all the members were present, with rresideiii .Morrison in the chair.
.•\. C. Rhodes, on behalf of about thirty of his neighbqrs, presented a petition to the Boarcl complaining of the coniiition of atfairs at the former Imperial Hotel, now run as a Spanish- American school for boys, fhe peti¬ tion claims among othef things :
On   week   days,   baseball   and other games   are   carried    on    round    aboui the aforesaid building or on way in front  thereof  and  during course of these games, hooting, shriek-
1   the   higji- during   tl;e
they were to erect two piers at Long Beach Avenue and Atlantic, and re¬ quested the Board to furnish them with current for lamps to be placed on top of each pier; granted, the company to place a proper switch to turn the lights on and off.
Ic was decided to try to arrange with the telephone company to have a liglit in front of the new court room on Rail¬ road Avenue, and when aiiyone wanted a ijolice oriicer at night, "Central" would push a button, turning on this light, so the night watchman or other otficer might see it and answer.
Ajiplications for water service were granted N. Blake, Bedell St. ; Rhoda Raynor, .Merrick Road; Pettit & Lamb Onslow^lace and South Side Avenue; for electric light, Pettit & Lamb, same place.
.\ resolution was passeil returning to various funds moneys borrowed from other funds pending the tax levy.
Trustee Bedell stated that while the City   of   Brooklyn had   asked   for  and
Concerning the Schools
Graduating Classes Organized-Re¬ ception to Teachers—Taking Official Census
.Mary Davis iia- e; ' '   .-•ui  Col¬
lege, Pa.
Clinton Story hiis •..lUcred   Princeton University.
.MiltonlRaynor iias entered   Sryacuse University.
Miss   Norma Adelphi College
Local Topics
The action of the Fire Council at Its last regular meeting, passing a resolution iristructing the Department secretary to send a copy ui the minutes of each meeting of the Council to the secretary of each company is a tine idea. It gives the companies npiior- tunity to k::o'vV officially what is done liy their department superiors, espec¬ ially regarding action which may be of import to the members of the depart¬ ment.
.\ reader suggests the <)Uestion of putting village eni[)loyees under civil servce regulations.     It   is   a   questioii
^   r^   T 1     1   .    • .   ,      1            1    ¦       , we have never heard discussed and one
J. D. Lloyd .-^mith ha.^ been admitted ^„ ,,.,^5^^, ,,^ ^,.^,^1,1 i;..^ ^.^      ,^,1,^   the
. Stevens Institute ot Hoboken. -^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ readers.     We   presume   it
.Ada Christians has   entered   Cornell would require the passage of a   law   to
BALDWIN
The  summer  people hp.ve gradually been leaving town.
Quite a   large number of peojile  are attending the .Mineola F'air this   week.
See C. P. jars and otii this issue.
'-   iidv.   of   fruit ¦ing essentials   in
Sannnonfi has
ntered
the   Methodist    Prutc: held  a   succcessful  fair and Friday.
Mis
t    Church Thursday
Florence Ramsden of   Brooklyn a   guest   at the residence of   Frank older nr. .Merrick Koad.
ing and boisterous language is indulged received jiermission to sink  seven   test
in and sicighbors'   property   trespassed wells at stated   points   in   the   village
upon. they had sunk some that were not asketl
No deference is jmid to the   Sabbath permission for,  notably   one   near   the
and baseball and other  games  are   in- power house on Center Street; Trustees
dulged   in, and the   same   hooting   and Bedell and   Ellison   were   appointed   a
shrieking an.! riolious conduct prevails, committee to have   these   extra   wells
,  Day and  night,   the   aforesaid   boys removed at on^'e^.
and   young,   men in whole or  in   part,        't was decided  to   have   the   vilTnge
congregate  upon   the   piazza    of    the pumping station property surveyed and
aforesaid building, shouting and   sing- monuments Dlaced at the four   corners
George Walla nue has return trij) abroad.
of South Ocean Ave- from   his    summer
Home-made peanut   brittle, 1.0c   lb. DaSilva's, Saturday only. It
Edward H. Olsen mattresses in his ad this week; look at it.
advertises    felt in   the   Review
ing and dancing and raising sundry other disturbances. In this respect the Sabbath is no exception.
The grounds about tho. aforesaid building are littered with paper and other articles of refuse. These papers are blown hero and there upon neigh¬ bors' lawns and grounds.
The peace of \.b^ communtiy is be¬ ing destroyed and renting and selling value of property in the vicinity of the aforesaid building is being depreciat¬ ed, and we therefore petition you as a board to adjudge the aforesaid occu¬ pants gf aforesaid building a public nuisance and to take the most drastic action in the matter."
President Morrison said that his at¬ tention had been called to the matter before and that he had visited tlie neighborhood with the captain of jiolice Sunday when he found that "what the petitioners say is perfectly true."
Trustees Ellison and Sigmond were appointed a special committee to taice whatever action was in order to help civilize the people referred to, who are mostly Spaniards from Cuba and South America, and to .see that they paid more respect to the feelings (jf the neighborhood.
The jietition calling for a special election for the jjurpose of appropriat¬ ing $1000 to secure a map for sewer system work was presented with some thirty signatures. It was decided to have the special election at the truck i house of Excelsior Hook and Ladder I Company, Church St., on Monday af- ' ternoon, Oct. 4, from li to 8 o'clock. Complaint was made that water from the village mains was rusty in some sections. It was replied that inmost ' cases the trouble wa.s caused by rust in hot water boilers and that tte sedi¬ ment cock on the bottom of the boil¬ ers should be opened to allow the boil- era to drain, taking care that fresh water was let in to keep the boilers from e.xploding in case of tire in the The case of "Handy" Fanjoy, stoves, Lyman VV, Taft, who has charged with assault in the second de- , charge of the village hydrants said that jjree, was postponed to next Monday, he frequently blows off all dead ends Fanjoy claims that Bedell, whom he of the village mains, and that early hit with his club, first  made  a  move-' i"   October  every   hydrant in thevil-
of the property.
MRE COMMISSIONERS. After attending to some
College after winning a scholarship.   ^
Prof. Barnes is to again reside in the .Ammerman house on S. Ocean Avenue this year.
LeRoy Bloch has entered the Massa¬ chusetts Institute of Teciniology at Boston.
D. Roy Finley, formerly prinidpal of the Seaman Avenue, school has entered Union College.
'¦^Paul   Johnson   and   Fred    Patterson* have successfully passed  examinations for entrance to Cooper Union.
Miss Shanley has again received an offer with large increase of •^al.iry at the Educational Department at .\lbany.
make this etfective, and it would then protect all employees of the vil¬ lage instead of making their positions changeable with every change of ad¬ ministration. (Jn the other hand it would not be so easy to dispose of uij,- satisfactory employees.
The Republican Primary of this Dis¬ trict wil] be hell! in Birch's Hall on Saturday night. Polls open at >< o'clock f(U- one hour.
"Princess .A.manda, the  prognostica- tor"   has   broken  camp  after  a short cast of the Post
The special election 10 vote upon ap¬ propriating •'i'lOOi) for a map and sur¬ vey for sewer system for the village of Freeport will be hell Monday, Octo-' ber 4, from 2 to >! p. m. This map is the iirst essential to establishing sew¬ ers and when once procured can be kept until the system is established, wiiich has to be done by another vote appro¬ priating whatever is deemed neces¬ sary. Sewers are badly needed in some sections of the village and as   soon   as
stiiy on Merrick Road, (.)tli<'e. She seemed ti while here.
l>c   quite   busy
preached
The Long Island Realty Company has opened a branch office on Railroad Avenue, opposite the depot.
F. M. Diivis is having a privet tiedge placed around his property cor¬ ner Ocean Avenue and Pine Street.
Sneak tliirvfs iiitm'd (i. B^inutt Smith's garagi' Thursday night and sr- i-ured about $lo(). Tlifv ovi'rli>okf'd a drawer containing -fJOO.
Freeport Council No. .57, Jr. O. U. A. M., began its FaP work when two aiijilications were received at the meeting Friday night.
Clarence and Milford VanRiper have placet! a new cement step at the foot of the stairs in Excelsior Hook and Ladder House on Church St.
The Hebrew holiday, Yom Kippur, is observed this week by Orthodox He¬ brews from sundown to-night to sun¬ down to-morrow (Saturday) night.
Hiram R.   Smith,   president  of  the 1 Bank of  Rockvilie  Centre,   has  bren in attendance at the annual convention , of the American   Bankers' As.sociation held this year at Chicago. \
The supply of Nassau County Review was sold out Saturday morning last week. We have arranged to print a larger (juantity after this so we will be able to supply all ordinary demands
The School Board voted that  a  holi-
other  rou- tlay should not be given   to   the   school
tine business the Board m,et as a Board this Friday to attend the Mineola  Fair   the survey is finished and the map made, occupancy
of Fire Commissioners. ¦ as usual. che (juestion of sewering   some   of   tl
Chief Engineer Cameron asked   per-       L^^t Tuesday afternoon a meeting of  streets will be taken up.
misson to take the department   appar- the    .Mother's   Club   was   held   in   the
atus to College Point for the parade of Kindergarten room to discuss the work
the Southern New York Firemen's As- ^f j^j^ year.
sociation,   he  to   leave  proper substi-       . -  ¦ • -n   u     u 1 >
'     ^ Appropriate exercises  will   be  held
in the various grades next Wednesday in commemoration of the Hudson-Ful¬ ton Celebration.
John .Meuah uf Wood!- at the M. E. Church services last Sun¬ day morning. .Miss .Mary Clann played the violin in connection with the musical portion nf the service. At the session of the Sunday School in the afternoon Alexander Irving gave an in- tcr"~tii,Lr history of his life.
hou=
tutes apparatus in the various granted.
The Chief also invited the Village Board to accompany them in the par¬ ade; which invitation thm Board voted to accept.
A resolution was passed concurring with the fire department in inviting the association to hold its convention at Freeport next year—October,  lyiO.
Chief Cameron presented a requis- tion for supplies; referred to commit¬ tee on supplies, to get the needed ar¬ ticles at once; consisting of coats, boots, helmets, nozzles, smoke shields, etc.
We are afraid the Roosevelt Board of Trade has involved Counselor Elvin N. Edwards in an awful lot of harrl work if he does as they reouested him at a recen-t meeting—draw a bill to be presented to the Legislature which if possible is to be made into a law, pro- The eighth grade A and 1st. year viding that the school tax shall be col- High School pupils meet in class sec- lected as p.-irt of the Town tax, instead tions for rhetoricals this year, instead ,,f by separate collectors. It is a spleii- of speaking before the school as be- did idea and one which we would all fore, while the rest of the High School ijke to see put through, and further if pupils recite in public as usual. possible to provide that the tax of   i.-i-
The teachers boarding at the home cor})orated villages should be added. of Mrs. Phillips, 2liO Smith Street, in-• We really think however it would be vited all the teachers to meet last Sat-   eiusier to let the   school   collectors   re-
The .M. E. Church will be ready for on Sunday, October 3rd. Rev. Chas. S. Wing. District Superin¬ tendent, will preach at the morning service and Rev. J. Wesley Johnston, pastor <<f Old John St. Church, N. Y. City, will preach in the evening of that day.
SEAFORD
Miss Bessie Morgan has   been   visit¬ ing friends in Brooklyn.
A.   Van   N( sick list for a
istrar.d   has short time.
been on the
Homemade cocoanut cakes, iDc DaSilva's.
floz. It.
Fred Howell is putting a new front in H. Barasch's store on Main   Street.
A socialist speaker gave an luldress at the corner of Main and Church Streets Monday evening.
Raymond J. Miller, Harold W. Smith and Bert Earle, have bee;i spend¬ ing their vacation in the   Adirt^indacks.
urday night at this house, which a great many of them accepted. A very enjoyable and social evening was spent during which Miss Southwell, the instructor in rhetoric, read appropriate selections and Miss Baker rendered many selections on the piano, it was a very great succe.ss in as much as it accomplished what it was intended to —a reunion of the old and a welcoming of the new teachers of this school.
H. E. Pohlmann, the State census enumerator from Albany, is now en¬ gaged taking a census of the inhabi¬ tants of the school district. This enumeration   is taken for the   purpose
ceice the town tax in each district or vica versa. But either way Counselor pdwards has (juite a contract on his hailds when he starts to draw up that bill.
.An oyster sufiper is being arranged by the men of the M. E. Church.
Mrs. Hanrah Durkee of Bensonhurst is visiting her niece, Mrs vVm. H. Condit.
The "Ladies'   Aid  Society  met  last Thursday afternoon   with   Mrs.   Ansel The Village Board of Trustees   have   Raynor. been diligently looking after the rights
of   the i)eople while   Brooklyn   '-ity   is       Mi<s   Mae   Condit    is    spending    a running its conduit line through   Free-   couple of weeks with frienrjs   in   I'hil- port.    At their meeting   Friday   night   adelf)hia. they continued the good work   by   hav
ing a motion put through appointing a committee to see Superintendent Colfey of the Cillespie Company t;nd arrange for getting the pipe down wth the least   possible   trouble   fo the   village.
A new stoop is .M. E. Church, and the same.
being placed on Che a  roof placed  over
Mr.   antl    Mrs,  (jeo.   L.   Weeks   jr.
$800  from   the   State   to  all districts
.having   over   50()0    inhabitants.    The
census   taken   by   D.     F.     Dikeman
: recently   was  under  direction   of  the
: local   board   of   education   and   is   nut
Mrs. Nicholas   Blake  and Miss   Ma-  otHcial Cor use of the State Department.
bel Pearsall are spending this week   at   Speaking uf .Mr. Pohlmann the Sentinel
Syracuse,   as   delegates   to   the   State   of   Hempstead   says:    "The   Board of
of securing an annual appropriation o<  At Rockvilie Centre there was   consid-  *"'^' family  have returned  to  Seaford
If you have any rags, old rubbers et>c., to sell, try Jac Kort, the Amcri can junkman frnm Hempstead, wh^ comes to the village every week.  It.
Lodge     from    Progressive Daughters of Liberty.
(Jouncil,
ment as if to grab him.
The Freeport Fire Council has en¬ dorsed ex-Chief A. B, Wallace for the position of Second Vice President of the Southern New York Firemen's Association, the election to be held at the convention at College Point in October.
lage is to be opened and oiled.
Another jietition   from   William   M. Gatter  and  others asked for improve-
John Doherty was arrested by Otficer Taft early Sunday morning and upon pleading guilty to having been intoxicated, was fined $5. He said he hailed from Bellmore, "at work on the pipe line."
Elaborate preparations are being made for the euchre at the South Shore Yacht Club house next Thursday even¬ ing. Music will be "nrnshed for danc¬ ing after the games, by Muller, and caterer Long will furnish refresh¬ ments.
Education are gratified with the thor¬ oughness with which .Mr. Pohlmann does his work. It is pleasing to know that the education department at Al¬ bany has such a competent official as Mr. Pohlmann."
The g'-aduating classes of the High School has been thoroughly organized this year. There are four post-grad¬ uates, fifteen seniors, VJ Juniors, 2:5 Sophmores, 41 I''reshmen. The officers of the classes are as follows:
Senior Class-President, Lawrence Wright: vice-jires., P'lorence Stiles; sec, Winifred Taylor; treas., Robert Paterson ; class editor, John (loller ; ass't editor, Mildred Humphrey.
Juniors—Pres..Edward Boyce;  vice-
erable complaint as to the condition of the streets and the way houses were moved and the Board thinks it would be best to give the Company instruc¬ tions before the work commences in the business sei-tion. They say they find Mr. (!ut]'ey is "wi'ling to meet them half vvay," and desires to get his work done with as little friction as possible.
VVe    think    our   contemporary,   the Messenger, gives   a   somewhat   wrong
for tl;e winter.
menta atid repairs on South Side  Ave-   'Vjirhtmf>n HirK^H ^'tfiirrlnv
nue from Locust to Kay View which Yacnimcn uinco ^aturaay
were  referred  to  the proper commit-      The annual clambake   was held Sat-
tees for action; they wanted the street  urday   afternoon   by the   South   Shore
properly    graded   and   Commissioner   Yacht Club.    Over one hundred of  the
Sprague was   instructed   to   have   this   members and their friends  were   pres-
dont*; they demanded   that the   village   ent.    James Keenan, assistant corpor-
pay its share of sidewalks; Clerk Shea   ation counsel of New York, and a resi-
was  instructed   to   inform  them   that  tlent of this place, acted   as  toastmas-
the appropriation for .sidewalk rebates  ter.    The bake was served in the large ' pres.,   Marjoric-   Pitcher;   .sec,   Edith
for this year was used   up and that all   dining   room of   the club on the second   Crandell;   treas., Benj. Abrams;   class
walks now being laid are at the  entire   Hoor,   which   was decorated with   club  editor,   Ada   Baker;   historian.   Helen
expense of the owner   (unless  he  was   colors. Seaman.
wise enough to apply for the grade for      While the members and their friends ,     Sophomore—Pres.,    Piatt   Wiggins;
Freeport is well represented at Min-   walk   before  the   money was all  used  were   being   served  with   the  viands,   vice-pres., Mary Norton;  sec,   Henry
eola fair this week. up.). they were entertained by Price Colored   Kreuzwieser; trea.s., Pirdie Ackerman ;
Henry  J.   Raymore   has  a  fine ex-       Lyman   W.   Taft  asked  to  be    ap-  Quartet  with  singing  and    character  editor. LeRoy Wells; historian, Walter
hibit of pianos in a special tent, which  pointed  a  police  officer; upon  recom-  sketches.      Following     the     lobster,   Morse.
is  usually   crowded whether anyone is  mendation  of  Captain Dunbar he was  Toastmaster    Keenan,      after    fairly
doing any buaitiess or not. appointed. "roasting"   Some   of    the    members,
C. A. Fulton haa as usual an exhibit      Miss Jennie Walker of the  Bavyiew  called  on  the    following   for  toasts:
of stoves and ranges and is on the  job   section  asked  the Board  to  adjust  a  Commtxlore  Charles  Southard  of   ...^   cvatpmitv Hall
himself to greet all friends. disagreement  she  had  with   Wheeler  South   Shore  Yacht  Club, Commodore  rraiernuy nai^^	
Chas. Combs has a  position   in   Be-   Glover  regarding    water  connections  Acker of the Canarsie Yacht Club  and,     gge the adv. of H. J.   Raymore,  the dell's dining room. but the pipe being out  of  the  village  first vice-president  of  the   Waterway  piano man, in this issue.    He is a good
The Unity (^lub held n dance in the Y. M. 1. C. Hall Wedne.'-day evening, which was very successful.
Daniel Hendrickson has returned from a short visit with his brether, John Hendrickson, at Jamaica.
The platform_ on the south side of the railrtjad tracks is being extended, impression regarding the sewer map. This is a much needed improvement, an which it says is on exhibition at Mr. it was found a great inconveniei.ee to Lamb's office, where it may be seen step from the rear of trains into a by persons interested. This route was gutter along the tracks, suggested   by   a   committee   of    three
but the citizens at the preliminary A drill of the Seafoid I'ire Depart- meeting decided that it would not be merit was held Saturday <vening. proper for them to suggest a route Good time wa« made and as a result a out that it should be left to the tax- race is being arranged between the payers at a public meeting to be held two companies for tlx' supremacy, the after the village map i.'J ready. 'We race to bt.' for a foronan's lantern, think this explanation might be in order '
so that no one will get the idea that the The recent fair hei.I by the Ladies' people interested in having sewers in Aid Society in Baylis' vacant, store, the village are trying to jjromote any has netted them about $22o. Thia particular section. .Any other route exceptionally large amount has been would be just as apt to be selected for   placed   toward    church   expenses   and
never   in   its history   has  the  Church been in better financial condition.
all there is oflicial about this one.
Base-Ball League for 1910
There is a movement under way at the present time for the formation of a South Side Base-Ball League for 1910, taking in,Hempstead,   Freejxjrt,
An ice cream and cake .sale waa held in the vacant store corner Mer¬ rick Road and Washington Ave., by the   Ladies'   Aid Society of the M.   E.
Mrs. Jean M. Stiles will open a dan-  Garden City,   Mineola,   Lynbrook   and Church Saturday  evening  and  netted
cing  class  for women and children  on, Koekville Centre. them    about    $11.    They    wiU    hold
the  Tuesday. October 12, at 3:45 p.  m., at       ;^„y   base-ball manager in the above another sale this .Saturday evening.
  ! towns that is interested in this   propo- ' '       -  .jji
and,     See the adv. of H.'J.   Raymore.  the   «;t'«" ^^'^i'l'^ J^^^"^';"""''''',^^ ^V*^ "•   ^V. VAI I FY   STREAM
but the pipe being out  of  the  village  first vice-president  of  the   Waterway  piano man, in this issue.    He isa good   ^oorhes. Lynbrook,  L.L    There  will v-rvi-x^c, i    ^xL^i^rxLYx
A number of our village police  have the Board decided they   had  no juris-s League;   Commodore  Moran    of    t^   pju^ to talk with.       .                            , be a meeting  called  within   the  next ,     ^   ,^           .         ,. ,.,   ^    '     ~
positions aa .special officers.                      diction in  the matter.    The appl.ca-1 Jamaica  Bay Yacht Club,   Commodor ;                          -                            j month to consider this propoatition and Jacob  Kneppe has sold hia bouse to
    -                            tion of Pettit and Lamb for the instal-   Huwe of the  Unqa-Oorinthian   Yacht'     MONEY TO LOAN, $1300 and ather ,Mr.   Voorhes   would  like   very   much- fredenck Spieckel of Brooklyn,   who
Saturday evening Post now  on  sale! ution  of one or two  street  lamps on  Club of Amityville and Mr.   Lusch  of ^amounts.     Albin     N.     Johnson,   "28  to hear  from  any base-ball   manager will occupy the same. at the Rlview Stationery  Store every  Nassau and  Miller avenues  was   re-  Baldwin.    Commodore    Acker's    talk j Brooklyn Avenue, opp. Freeport depot, j that is interested.    This is  something
Friday.    ..                                       It.     j ferred to the light committee with pow- on the Waterway League waa  particu-^                                                         2t.       that the  south  side  haa needed    for John Fluck   is having a  pretty  cot*
                            ^^                                                               I j^j.jy   interesting  and he urged the lo-j _ ^   _         n    tt      a n^e    s.  y®*" *"'^ '* ought to make one of tbe tage e>»cted upon his property on Min-
Rayo Lamps $1.49 ;"DaSilvi'B.      It.      jhe John J. Randall Company said i cal club to become memberp in a body. ¦FrMpOrt flOlS  COBllDCBd  OD  PtgO  0 j best baseball leagues in  the  country. | eola Ave.
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