Nassau County Review 19200827

              NEWS OF FREEPORT
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Official Paper, ViUnge of Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1920
VoL XXin, No. 35
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FREEPORT SPUT ON SCHOOL SITES
Criticism of  Board of Education
Resented by IMany—Map of
Rejected Sites Shown
The school meeting advertised for September 3, when three sites will be voted upon as chosen by the Board of Education, has given rise to much controversy.
Following the publication of the school sites as approved by the School Board came four, advertised as suita ble for school sites by J. J. Randall &' Co., a suitable site by Stephen Pettit "~»nd one by William G. Miller.
The following letter defends the ac¬ tion of the Boafd of Education and asks for more specific information re¬ garding the sites other than those on the Merrick road:
To dht  Editor of the Review. My Deer Sir:—
I have, in company with oth»r interested eititem of Preeport. rend your front-psK' editorial in laat week's Review on the pro- poeed HiKh Kchool aiten. It i> indeed quite •tartlinK to leam that the Board hai been no careleee or prejudiced aa to omit from the propoaitiona to be aubmltted to the vote of the diatrict on the evening of September 3, ¦o readily available land aa that you men¬ tion.
May I make the aucrKeation that you pub¬ liah in thia week'a isaue the exact location of each of the 'Randall" plots described. 1 for one was diaappointed that you did not •tate exactly where these plots are. I wan also rather mystified to lenrn that they were all located so much nearer the centre of the district than any of the three sub¬ mitted. Will you not also be so kind as to ' tell ua what the proper boundaries of the district are. 1 am sure that these two items of information fur which 1 am askintf are for the beneflt of many of the votr-rs of the district iind will be of material Hid in tbe forminir nf int.-lliKent opinions as to what we should do in the flnal issue.
It seemii to nie that your criticiiim of the Board is not well conceived. l.t it your idea that a Bfiarcl shmild present propositions that they  do  not  endorse?     1  am   not a   law-
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AUTOS^RASH AT LYNBROOK I
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Four   Men   Injured   In   Collision   Of ; Truck  and Two Pleasure Cars
Four men were injured at Lynbrook Thursday when three automobiles came together on the Merrick road. The injured are Lieut. W. F. Brennan a police officer, of Lynbrook, G. L. Borst of Queens, Peter Minneman of Brooklyn and Stephen Poss also of Brooklyn.
• Arthur Wing of Boston 'was charg¬ ed with being responisible for the ac¬ cident and •was held in |1,000 bail by Justice Neu, which was furnished by Benjamin  Goern of Rockville Centre.
Joseph Wuersel of Valley Stream was drfvingj truck and claims that Wing came along, swerving from side to side and that Wing's car collided ¦with his truck. The impact made him lose control of the wheel and he crashed into the police car of Lieut. Brennan.
The scene of the accident seems to be a bad place for policemen. It was there that Lieut. Brennan's wife was killed by atrain and also where Com¬ missioner anright of New York came to grief last year.
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THOUGHT OFFICER A HIOiWAYMAN
Woman Speeds Away When Step¬ ped by. Plain Clothes Pieman
j        Looking North-East From Ocean Avenue and Smith Street
NEW  LYNBROOK  TAXI  RATES
The Village Board of Lynbrook have adopted a new taxi rate for the vil¬ lage of thirty-five cents for any point in the confines of the village, for a single passenger. Twenty-five cents for two or more; children under eight accompanied by parent or guardian, free.
NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF ELKS TO BE CELEBRATED SATURDAY
SCENES AT CORNER STONE LAYING
Annual  Pilgrimage to
Long Island Towns
--Band and Floats
The ninth anniversary of the Free- port Lodge of Elks will be celebrated in a fitting manner next Saturday wheW a unique event, known as the annual pilgrimage, will be instituted.
A caravan of automobiles and floats will leave Freeport and pass through the different towns in the neighbor¬ hood, returning for a grand jubilee at the club house in Freeport in the ev¬ ening.
Past Exalted Ruler Leo Fishel will lead the parade, and the pilgrimage was suggested by him in the first place. With him will ride Exalted Ruler Albin N. Johnson, who has been very active in making the Freeport Lodge of Elks predominant in all fra¬ ternal doings on Long Island. Floata In Line
A large float, carrying a brass band will be well up at the head of the car¬ avan and the "Mystic Myst of the B. B. B. B." are planning to pose on a float in their gaudy costumes. The Elks' Minstrel Chorus will occupy an¬ other float and will be heard in rol¬ licking choruses along the route.
Fifteen priies from $1 to $5 have been ofTered for the best photograph taken of the parade, anywhere along the route. This contest is open to all comers, regardless of experience or the make of camera, as allowance "Will be made for small kodaks. Photo¬ graphs should be sent to Albin John¬ aon, Freeport Lodge of Elks. The pictures will be judged by Glickman of Freeport and photographers from other towns.
Schedule Of Trip
The schedule of route, expected time of arrival and local committees are as follows: Leave Freeport 12:45 p. m., Leo Fishel, E. A. Rice, Joseph Hirsch, R. P. Domschke, A. B. Wallace, G. B. Hunt, H. C. Albers, Miles Brown; reach Bellmore 1:00 p. m. and Wan¬ tagh 1:06 p. m., C. H. RusscI, Nick Meyer, J. J. Molloy, W. E. Southard, E. J. Seaman; AmityviUe 1:20 p. m., P. Diehl, jr.. C. E. Strong, E. A. Sax¬ ton, Lindenhurst, 1:35 p. m., Louis Barasch, F.Sheide, H. J. Bush; Baby- Ion 1:46 p. m., E. Freund, D. D. Downing, C. Snedeker; Farmingdale 2:25 p. m., J. J. Green, J. Dittrich, A. M. Brown; Hicknville 2:40 p. m., H. Offenlock, R. H. Ruaael, J. PuTogel; Oyster Bay 3:00 p. m., N. Disbrow, C. N. Oakes, W. W. Hutchinson: Men CoTt 8:30 p. m., H. F. Webber, H. Un- dsrfaiU; Saa Cliff 8:50 p. m., F. G. Coaklln, O. Schulta, J. E. Cnriey; Mln eola 4:20 p. tia., Dr. E. 0. Cooley. D. Bandler, J. H. Andrews; Heinpstead
4:30 p. m., G. H. Papenmeyer, A. H. Voigt, J. J. Newman; Lynbrook 5:00 p. m., E. Neuberg, C. Webber, T W. Eyre; Cedarhurst 5:15 p. m-., C. W. Smith, T. V. Barbuti, H. J. Southard; East Rockaway 5:30 p. m., J. A. Clair, J. E. W. Johnson, A. W. Compton; Rockville Centre 5:40 p. m., W. C. Wild, J. W. Morisse, C. R. Ankers; Baldwin 6:00 p. m.. Dr. W. J. Steele, Oscar Jacobs, W. H. Raynor. Jubilee In the Evening The pilgrimage will end with a Krand jubilee at the club house in Freeport .where there will be a grand stajr affair with plenty to eit, boxing, wrestling and vadueville. While this is the first annual pilgrimage it is ex¬ pected that it will be a regular feat¬ ure from r.ow on, and a grand recep¬ tion is expected in each of the towns that are passed through.
CARPENTER'S *EYE PUT OUT
Slip of Screw Driver Gougee Eye So It Has To Be Cut Out
Michael Sarro of Albany avenue was fixing a desk in the Grove Street .School Tuesday afternoon when the screw driver he was using slipped and injured one of his eyes to the extent that it had to be cut out.
He was on the floor putting a screw in the under part of the desk so that his head was bent over the place ho was working. When the accident happened he was rushed to New York in an endeavor to save his eye. but it was found that the eyeball was hope¬ lessly damaged and had to be tifken out altogether.
CASE SENT TO MERRICK
Alleged Petty Larceny Happened Out¬ side of Freeport
The case of Peter Bogdon of Free- port, who was charged with, taking money from a woman while in a taxi early Sunday mbming, was thrown out of court in Freeport by Judge Johnson when it was determined that the alleged petty larceny was commit¬ ted outside of Freeport and fn Mer rick.
Ona woman and three men, the worse for drink, drove around town from two in the moming until six, and refused to pay taxi hire. Some¬ where along the Babylon tompike they stopped and it was then that ISO was stolen from the woman.
It was the testimony of Pa'.:sey Bar- bero, a local taxi driver, that caused the case to go out of town as the lo¬ cation of the alleged crime as de- Mribed by him, was in Merrick.  4 .
The Catholic Bov Scouts from the Church of the Holy RedeexncT have returned from their camping trip to lAke Ronkonkom* and j;epoH«id & moet pleasfint and instructive time.
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Photographs   of   Event   Last
Sunday When Temple Israel
Was Dedicated
TOINVITE J.O.U.A. M. HERE
Delegates To SUte Council Will Invite >-.»^921  Council  To Freeport
The State Council of the Jr. O. U. A. M. being held in Schenectady next week may be held in Freeport in 1921 if the plans of the committee go right, as the delegates from Freeport Council have been instructed to invite the State Council to meet here at their next annual session in 1921.
The Freeport delegates were as fol¬ lows: C. Wesley Golden, Frank S. Snedeker, sr., Rodney L. Scudder, Wil¬ liam H. Edwards, Walter B. Cozzens and J. W. Southard.
The photograph on the left is of the Temple Israel on the day of the cere- menies, dedecked with flags and bunt¬ ing. On the right can be seen Morris Miller, the oldest member of the He¬ brew Congregation, standing beside the cornerstone he has just placed in position.
EXPLOSION WRECKS GREENHOUSE LIGHTS
Bellmore   Man Testing Gasoline
Tank Has Narrow Escape
From Death
DRIVES  CAR  ON   R.  R. TRESTLE
Ray O'Conner of Brooklyn, who demonstrates automobiles, demon¬ strated that his car could ride the L. I. R. R. trestle fr6ni Wreck Lead to the entrance to Long Beach. Judge Neu of Lynbrook demonstrated that it was not according to the way that things were being done in Nassau and fined O'Connor $25.
WOODCLEFT FRESH AIR HO.ME
The Woodcleft Fresh Air Home at Freeport is drawing its season to a close and will end with the present consignment of boys now there. Dur¬ ing the summer requests were re¬ ceived from fifty-two parishes in New York City for about nine hundred children, but only seven hundred and sixty-six could be accommodated. ,- «	
CHARGED  WITH  FORGERY
Vincent V. Wakaiser, a young Span¬ iard, who lives on Whitehouae ave¬ nue, Roosevelt, was held in the Ja¬ maica Police Court Saturday on com¬ plaint of L. A. Shapiro, a clothing salesman, who charged that Wakaiser bought 1100 worth of clothing and gave as payment a strite bank check of Wisconsin, for $224.67, signed by state officials. It was a fake checlc which he had bought from a man for $60.	
SKIRT SALE
Ralph Samet, who condncta a store handling a line of women's apparel, has advertised a sale of skifta in thia isBoe.   Look for the advertiiieroent.
George Regan of North Bellmore, who is well known in Bellmore on ac¬ count of his taxi and bus business, had a narrow escape from death Satur¬ day when a gasoline tank he had pur¬ cha.sed, exploded.
The tank in question had been bought from a man in Floral Park and had been used for water. Friday it was brought to Regan's house and filled with gasoline in order to test it out.
Regan filled the holes to prevent the children from throwing dirt into the tank. Saturday moming he removed his plugs and started to examine the mside of the tank.
Both ends of the tank were blown out with a report that was heard all over the neighborhood. A greenhouse nearly eight hundred feet away from his home had several lights shattere<l and Regan's own house was more or less wreckedi
The only injury that he received was a burned face, and he was able to continue working after the accident. Dr. M. H. Skou of Grand avenue at¬ tended him.
It   is   supposed   that   the  fumes  of the gasoline coming in sudden contact with the air prciduced the combustion that resulted in the explosion.  . —
WASHWOMEN STRIKE IN R.V.C.
The housewives of Rockville Centre are doing their own laundry work as a result of a strike by washwomen who demand more than four dollars per day for petting the dirt out of the town's clothing.
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FINED FOR RECKLESS DRIVLNO
Charles Bass, a motorman employed by the Long Island Traction Co., was summoned to court Tuesday moming and fined $1 for running his car past the safety, zope on Main street Mon day.
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CAR STOLEN  FBOM  DETECTIVE
County Oflieer Thomas Barbuti has been the terror of the auto thieves for seme time, but one brave crook, prob¬ ably throagh ignorance, stole the car of the detective from in front of the police station at Jamaica 'Tnesday ev¬ ening. The detective had a patent de¬ vice of his own invention on the ear that was supposed to prevent jnat such an occurrence.
FIREMEN RETURN
Delegates to the State Firemen's Convention at Glen's Falls have re¬ turned to Freeport and have report¬ ed that Binghampton, N. Y., was suc¬ cessful in getting the next convention. The dek'Kates were empowered to in¬ vite the convention to Freeport next year.
A peculiar auto accident took place I Freeport Tuesday night at about eleven-thirty, when Hiss Seabeck of Miller avenue in company with her husband and another man drove a car into a tree at the comer of At¬ lantic and Miller avenues.
Lieut. Elmer Raynor of tHe Free- port Police Department was on d^ty at that point in plain clothes, because of the fact that Miss Seabeck had been held up there several weeks be¬ fore.
Lieut. Raynor noticed the car com¬ ing alonjf the avenue at a good clip and showinj: no lights, and he made an attempt to halt it.
Seeing a man in front of the car commanding them to stop, and not recognizing him as an officer. Miss Seabeck thought him to be another holdup man, and upon the advice of her companions in the back scat, she "stepped on it" and shot away.
Lieut. Raynor fired a shot in the air to stop her, but she only went the faster and when she attempted to turn the corner, came to grief and crashed into a tree.
She was later served with a sum¬ mons for driving along the highway without liphts and, will appear in ' court Tuesday to answer.
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E.XPERTS  FOR   BRIDGE  BONDS
Sui)ervisor  Smith, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, was authorized ! al  Monday's meeting to.employ a firm ' of   New   York   bond   experts   in   con¬ nection   with   the   proposed   issue   of I hond I   for   the   construction   of   the Long Beach and Bayville bridtres.
WOMAN ELECTED IN CLUB
.South Side Democrats Place  Mrs. H. B.   King   .\s   Vice   President
The South Side Democratic Club met in the Wide Awake Engine Co. house on Church street Wednesday evening and elected officers. .\t the lasl meeting of the club the question of admitting women was taken up and favored. As a result, a woman was elected to the office of vice president.
.lohn -M. Harrington was elected president and Mrs. Hamilton B. King, vice president. The executive com¬ mittee appointed Edward Rice as sec¬ retary and treasurer.
POOR SERVIcTlN^HEMPSTEAD
Hempstead is complaining of the service the trolley company is giving theni in going from village to village along the line.
In the middle of the day conditions are not bad, out in the buainess rush before 9 and after 6 at night, for two hours, it requires a person as long to get to Freeport as one could walk the ai'stance.
CEREMONIES MARK LAYING OF TEMPLE ISRAEL CORNER STONE
PRISONERS CHAINED TO AUTO
County   Detective Has  New  Way  Of Handling Culprits Single Handed
FAVORS SITE NUMBER THREE
Freeport   Ta.vpayer   (.ives   \'icv.s   On .School I'ropotiition
August 23rd, VJ-20. Editor Nassau County Revie-*-,
Main  Street. Freeport, L. I. Dear Sir:—
It is with much interest that I have read the articles in the several papers relative to the propo.sed high school site for Freeport. I note that the lo¬ cal paper and the Brooklyn papers differ materially in their views. The Brooklyn Times of Monday, .August 17, 1920, published an item on the sub¬ ject which v.as very tlioro'jgh in its explanation of the several sites to be submitted.
I am of the opinion that the people of Freeport do not quite understand the value or size of the property sub¬ mitted as described in the local paper and the information submitted does rot sufficiently dwell upon the advant¬ ages or disadvantages. The Times pointed out that two of the proposed sites fronted on Bayview avenue and one in particular, Site No. 3, had a frontage on three streets, Bayview avenue, Merrick road and Smith street with opportunity of securing addition¬ al vacant property if desired. This site also had three large dwellings and it appears to me that if a high school site is to be acquired, the peopl^ could not select a better or more prominent location than that ofTered in Nd. 3. The price also seems extremely rea¬ sonable on account of the size of the property and salvage that could be secured for the building when sold.
I am cognizant of the fact that the sites are fully described in the legal notice published, bat think that too much publicity cannot be given this Very important matter in your news column. The people should give same conniderable thought as the village is growing rapidly and a proper high school is most esaential. If we are to spend $6<K),000 for a high school let us ercet it in a suitable and conspic-
County Detective Leonard Thorne is cre<lited with a new device in his automobile that will enable him to go after prisoners single handed and will not require another detective to sit on the front seat to watch them.
The device is a bar, several inches from the floor and close to the base of the rear seat. A pair of handcuffs a 1(1 a chain are connected with it and v.hen a prisoner is out in the automo¬ bile he is chained to the seat and can¬ not I'et away until released.
MOVIE CITY^R R. V. C.
Many Noted Speakers- Copy of Review Is Placed in Stone
$15,000,000  Corporation  To  Build  At Oceanaide In "Dry  Reservoir I"
Rockville Centre will soon be an¬ other Universal City, as a fifteen mil¬ lion dollar corporation has planned to Ijuild such a place in the tract at Oceanside known as the "dry reser¬ voir."
An option has been obtained on it from R. D. West and it is expected that the deal will be closed in the near future. A group of about thirty- five buildings have been planned and the L. I. R. R. have agreed to place a .station there aa well as oth«;r accom¬ modations.
The following men are intere8te<l in the project: J. W. Semier of Cali¬ fornia, -August Weber of Rockville Centre, Charles Davenport and Wal¬ ter Koenig.
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PROBE,   FOLLOWING   DEATH   BY LIVE WIRE
The death of George Zeese of Brooklyn, who was killed at 'Long Beach bv grasping a live wife recent¬ ly, will De followed by a probe. Asst. District Attomey Elvin Edwardd at the first hearing on August 13 asked Judge Neu to send an electrician to the Trouville Club where the accident happened in order to make a complete investigation. Young Zeese went to France with the Twenty-third Regi¬ ment, Brooklyn's crack outflt.  4	
APPLE DUMPLING FEAST
The Bennington Park Baptist Church will give an old-faahioned ap¬ ple dumpling feast next Ttiesday for the benefit of the building fund. "There will be good music and refreahraents.
uous location not on some side street or back in the woods.
I am personally strong for Site No. 3 which is very nearly centrally lo¬ cated and which wouAd be aa appro¬ priate landmark near the entra»:e of our beautiful village.
A. RESIDENT AND TAXPAYER. Freeport, Long Island.
Blue sky and a broiling sun did not deter the people of Freeport from at¬ tending the laying of the cornerstone of the Temple Israel at Broadway and Mount avenue, Freeport, by the He¬ brew Congregation Sunday after¬ noon.
When completed the Temple Israel will be ono of the prettiest buildings in Freeport, as it will present a pic¬ ture of white stucco and stained glass. Ample facilities have been made for religious and social gatherings and it i.s hoped that some sort of service will be held in the new edifice during the fall holidays, although the building it¬ self will not ie completed.
C. Kern of Freeport is the archi¬ tect and James H. Lindsay also of Freeport is the builder.
The boys' band of fifty pieces, from the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum, under the leadership of James F. Knox, journeyed to town in order to play during the ceremonies, and their music was of the highest order.- May¬ er & Glaser, proprietors of a delica¬ tessen on Main street, fed the lads at noon with a specially prepared ban¬ quet.
Following the Star Spangled Ban¬ ner and a Jewish hymn played by the boys' band, President Harry Barasch opened the ceremonies with words of welcome to the people of Freeport and Rev. Dr. I.4»ndman of Far Rockaway led in piayer.
Review in Corneratone
Morris Miller, the oldest member of the Hebrew Congregation, laid the cornerstone, using a golden trowel. A copy of the Nassau County Review was sent for and laid in the stone by special request of the committee.
A telegram was received from Vil¬ lage President Clarence A. Edwards congratulating the Hebrew Congre¬ gation on their event and a letter was received from Ralph Peters, president of the Long Island Railroad. Pledges were received at the ceremonies amounting  to  $5,000.
Many af the speakers v/ere well- known to Freeporters and they made stirring addreaaea lirging good fel¬ lowship among all men, and eulogiz¬ ing the work of the Congregation In Freeport and elsewhere. They were as follows: Supervisor Hiram R. Smith, Jodge AlWn N. Johnson, Rev. J. Sidney Gould, Preaident Harry Bar¬ asch, Bar. E. Landman oi Far Rock¬ away, Mm«8 Feltenatein, chairman of cercmoniea: Judge J. 8. Strahl of Brooklya, Jfadge Leon Sanders of New York, Ceimeilor George Morton L«nry. of Freeport.