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VOL. XIII
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1908
NO. 39
FREEPORT NEWS
^ Mrs. Raynor R. Smith, Jr., is spend¬ ing a few weeks at Walliiill, N. Y.
Miss Hannah Cornelius spent her va¬ cation last week at Great Neck and Nassau-by-the-Sea.
Frauk Pifclior i.s .sojourning for a vreeii at Saugt-rtifs witli .soni<' frifiids.
A regular meeting of the Board of. Tnistcfs-vill he Iicld next Friday rvcii- iiiK-
Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. RidiT liavc ntiii-Mct! fj'oni a vacation at Monticello, iu the niouutaius.
Carnival a Success
.friends of the Firemen Working Hard--Lots of Attractions- Financial Success
evening by Coleman's orchestra of si.x pieces.
The ladies of the village have shown an unusual interest in the fire¬ men, and have worked hard the whole week, in fact, for several, weeks past, in helping make the alfair a .success, and deserve every j raise for their ef-
Lightning struck Adam Schneider's Bay View Hotel during the thunder shower Thursday night but did only a'uromobileTicc'id slight damage.
Master B'rank au<l Libbic Fosmir*
About fifty members of Freeport of KiRwcvelt, an
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Sigmond are recoveriug from the cffcxrts of their It two weeks ago.
en,i()\-iug their scIkm)!" clouds started emptying a heavy down Fire Department, with the department vaiatiou witli relatives in Rochester aud pour. This prevented a number of
The first annual carnival and fair of
the Freeport Fire Department receiv- ffort.s
ed a decidedly wet send-otf Tuesday Another commendable feature of
evening. The weather had looked this event is the way the business men
threatening all day but just before the and in the residential section too .have
time for the various village fire depart- shown their interest by decorating
ments to assemble for the parade the their places of business., There is
more decoration on the two blocks from
apparatus, paraded at Baldwin last Friday evening, at the carnival of the Fire Department of that village. They were given the risfht of line in the par¬ ade.
Freeport and Rockville Centre base- .ball teams will nlay the fi|Kt of a ser¬ ies of three gaines at Freeport Athletic Park to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon. You can .s-ue a good game of ball and then go to the firemen's carnival and fair for your .¦'upper and a pleasant eve¬ ning.
All meals yerved at the Firemen's Fair this week, are prepared on the gas range. It
A yarn appears in the city papers about a young man, name not given, from Islip, who was held up and robbed by three masked men in Bennington Park, Saturday evening. The man told the officers an interesting yarn preceded by his statement that he
("luulotte, on Liik<' Out^rii
The jioster advertisiug the Firi'nieu"s Carnival and Fair is au attractive oue. It is from the Review press, and cer¬ tainly deserves comiiieudatiou.—South Side Observer.
the companies from attending but there was a goodly number on hand and it was decided to have the firemen parade anyhow. The start was delay¬ ed till 8:15 when the liremen marched
Grove Street to Main and south to Merrick Road than were in the village of Woodmere at the County tourna¬ ment last month.
Not the least attractive feature of the fair was the (iazeteer of 24 pages.
At thj.' ve.>i{«;r wirviw itt t-!t«^ M. E, Church at •'>::'•() Sunday evening tli( pastor. Rev.W. A.Kiclian'l.wiU jireacii oi ••The man who did what he couldift.' Tlie services last Imt oiu- iiour.
through the streets outlined, notwith- containing the pictures of the pre.sent standing the heavy rain every few otlicurs of the dej.artment and all the minutes, the friends of the fire laddies ex-chici'«, .also t+\e ^piettireK <!f the
companies of the defiartment. Tliursday night there was
runujr
Tlie Woman's Prayer Meeting of the I'i'esbyterian Church will be ln-ld in tlu chapel ue.xt Tuesday, .Tulv "J.S. at three P. M. All women of th are invited to atteud.
ntinued next week. There is little ikelihood of such a decision by the ctjmmittee as the expense ^vould be
Mr. ami Mrs. William H. Post and liieir son, .\rehie, and Mr. aud Mrs. Daniel Morrison aud son, Percy, re- turu(?d Tuesday from a two weeks" vaca¬ tion at their uew liouse at Nassiu-by- tb(!-Sea.
Tluj'^Get a day-off'-and-go-fisliiug-club"
wtjre out to Freeport last Fridjiy, as Stopped for something to drink in one jf^csts of Capt. Thomas Rnviior, South of the hotels on East Merrick Road. Side Aveuue. The party iueluded:
George Loreuz, .Tr., George Audrnws, Editor Review: Chas. Schreiber, Heiu-y.Loreuz, Chris Fire Department, cut off nozzle; best both,way
were out in force cheering them all along the line. After the parade, which ended at the fair grounds, the attractions were enjoyed till midnight, including dancing, although the plat- f(;rm was rather wet.
J. Huyler Ellison, President of the great and the income smaller, and th cougregatiou Nassau County Firemen's Association, workers will be tired enough by Satur foreman of the Bug House Hose Com- day night to take a rest. pany, and one of the village Board^ of Fire Commissioners of Freeport, was Grand Marshall of the parade.
After the parade Chief Wallace intro¬ duced Village President Daniel Mor¬ rison. Mr. Morrison made a few ap¬ propriate remarks and turned over the keys of the village to the chief as rep¬ resentative of the liremen. Prizes were awarded as follows: pearing department in line
Villatie Trustees
At the meeting of the Village Board of Trustees Friday evening Ti-ustee Daniel Morrison was appointed with power to emjjloy a dog catcher regard¬ less of cost. Local catchers decline to do the work and it is almost impossible to get rid of the stray animals.
The matter of conferring with the L. I. R. R. regarding closing of Grove; St. and Ocean Ave. during the Fire-' men's Fair and of placing flagmen at the other crossings from tJ to 12' o'clock v.'.-is aLso left to the President.
John H. Kobel was api)roved as a member of Ever Ready Hose Co., Ly¬ man VV. Taft of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co., and FJdward Finch of Wide Awake Engine Co.
Tax Collector Dorlon reported that UI) to July 16 he had collected ?PJ,'.H);?.
Communications from the Board of Trade wore placed on i'de.
Garf^eid Po.st was approved a licensetl plumber.
A re.'--(>luticiii of thanks was voted
BALDWIN
on the ground that tlie fair would be Chas. P. Snnth for the property deeded lil'i^thra;;!^ in the i
Reckless Riders Punished
Joseph Hirsch, who two weeks ago was in an automobile accident that caused serious injury to his employer, Charles A. Sigmond, and the latter's wife, fell into the clutches of the law Sunday afternoon. Oflicer Elmer E. Raynor, in the absence of Police Capt. Best ap- John Dunbar, placed his men on the Baldwin western course, timing the machines
Will you kindly publish the thanks Pfisteror, Gostave Web«r._ai' Loug Lsl
and appreciation of Mrs. Hutton and "-"'^ ^'i^X: ^^^'- Widmeyur of Wood-
myself for the kindness of our neigh- f^\' ''"'^^^''"""'i;' Kennedy, clerk to
bors and our firemen at th. fire at^ our J^J^.^'^'^;^,;"" ^i:^. '^nL!;^^^
home on the 14th inst. Ihe neighbor- .venMuuch interested iu the fairs hehl
ly aid received by us .saved our home by Freeport Foresters several years ago.
than whicli they were wour to atteii
apoearing detached comp)any. Hook and Ladder Company, la
Raynor ordered his
from a serious fire and we more appreciate the favor we received. Yours truly,
Albert Hutton.
men Merrick _ not to arrest anyone traveling less arge par- than twenty miles an hour, allowing lor lamp; company having the most the autoists double the speed allowed men in line and company having the by the village ordinance, best decorated apparatus. Harper Hook 'j'he men had been stationed only a and Ladder Company of Hempstead, short time when an [automobile con-
wauted notice sent
affair of this kind.
memlier of the party was Charles
Loreuz, who was at Windsor, Vt
P. W. Behrens, proprietor of the Brant Point House, has made arrange¬ ments for four motor boat races on Saturday. Aug. S--two for speed boats and two for free-for-alls. Those wish¬ ing to enter any of the.se contests must be at the Brant Point House Saturday, Aug 1, to be measured for handicap
We are again this week favored with some excerpts from a letter from Stanley Armington, who is spending his Summer vacation in Colorado:
We are now at Eldorado Springs, a most popular and very delightful place, noted for its mineral waters, and right
chafing dish and a framed picture of them of the uext the Bug House Hose Company of Nas- Tlie ouly missing sau; department having the largest number of men in the department. Garden City Department, a large rub¬ ber playpipe; department having the best band, Rockville Centre Fire De¬ partment, clock; company having the est drum corps, Lynbrook Hose Com¬ pany, accompanied by the Lynbrook Fife, B\jgle and Drum Corps, a large burnt wood clock ; best juvenile com¬ pany, an order for a white helmet to
There is considerable friendly rivalry "P '" ^^^ mountains, at an elevation of ,jt foreman, Harry Pettit, of the Bah
between the various motor boat en- ^'^^V ^^^^-. . . . win Juvenile Hose Company
There '
various motor noat en¬ thusiasts and this will give them a good '^'^f^, '.^ ^" untriense swimming rpj^^ p^i^^.^ ^^^.^ ^^^ presented by ex chance to show which is "the best P^'^' ^^" ^'"^ w^^^'** ^"'^"^ ^'^'^'^ ""^" chief Mayland with appropriate re- jjjjjf^ " the canyon that runs away back into ^larks.
the very heart of the "Rockies;" the QqI^J stickpins were presented to
The Board of Health members re- water is so very cold that a stream of the members of the newly organized
ceive numbers of complaints by tele- heated water is kept continually run- Chelsea Hose Company of this vil-
phone and mail from people complain- ning into the pool We enjoy the 'i^ge. This is the first parade at which were out to make arrests, he came in
l"fAu*l"^ _!L" ,"'"\''° . .T *l swimming ^immensely and we boys have the boys turned out in uniform. from the east end of the village at a
u.,4. ....i.u„.... ._... -.-.-i. ^ "The Pike" which is located be- speed of between twenty-two and
taining two men, two women and the chauffjjr c;imj from thejeast, travel¬ ing at a rate of speed of about twenty- one miles an hour. The chauffeur, William Downey of Bay Shore, was arrested and arraigned before Police Justice Sidney H. Swezey. He phvadinl guilty and as fined $15.
The next man cai)tured was J(jhn Hutchings, who it is claimed, is a prominent official in New York Coun¬ ty. He covered the one-eighth of a mile in twenty-two seconds. Hutch¬ ings was driving ^e car at the time. He pleaded guilty and was fined $10.
The next man was Christopher Straub, Long Island City. He was traveling about the same speed as Hutchings and was fined $10.
Fourth came Hirsch. Although a local man, who knew that the officers
to the village on which the cannon is located, in front of Mr. Smith's store.
The Board decided to secure bids for grading Pearsall Avenue, Long Beach Avenue, Brooklyn Ave., Madi.son Ave., Wallace St., Porterfield Place, Broad¬ way, Pine St., North Ocean Avenue and North Grove St., in accordance with a re.solution passed at the last elec¬ tion.
Chas. H. Lush was granted permis¬ sion for use of electrii^ light for sign on Railroad Avenue.
The following ajiplications for water were granted : Coles Abrams, Frank¬ lin Square; Mary E. Ellison. Columbus Ave., and Mary McGrath, East Ave.
Base-Ball
Patchogue 4 ; Freeport Clnb :< Last Saturday the Freeport Club Base-ball team played a return game at Patchogue and were defeated after nine innings of exciting play. The winning run was made by Patchogue in the eighth inning, the final score being 4 to ',', in favor of Pat'hogue.
Longenecker jiifched winning ball for Freeport, striking out fifteen men
Mrs. Lizzie Smith and Mrs. M. A. Thomas are at Lake George for the remainder of the Summer.
Miss PhuL'be Hautsch of Morris Park sjient Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hautsch.
R. W. Robbins and family of this village and Chas. H. Robins and fam¬ ily of Hartford, Conn, are enjoying a cruise on the Great South Ray.
Baldwin was resplendent with illum¬ inations, colored fire and fireworks on Friday night in honor of the ])arade which was the opening of the car¬ nival of the local fire department which was held in honor of the twelfth anniversary of the organiza¬ tion of the fire dei)artment. •
All of Uiti handsumc r^tsidences aloBSi.: the line of march were handsomely dec¬ orated and presented an attractive appearance, aidetl by the many colored luininations.
The jiarade was started iironnitly at « o'clock, and the following was the line of march: From tire head(iuarters on Grand Avenue, north to Millburn Avenue, to Church Street, to Central Avenue, to Railroad Avenue, to Har¬ rison Avenue, to Thomas Avenue, to (Jrand Avenue, to the Merrick Road, to Harri.son Avenue, to I'rospect Street, to Grand Avenue, where the depart¬ ment was reviewed.
Immediately following, the review, it can be said that the fun began: There was dancing on a large platform erected upon the grounds in the rear of the lire house; there was also a mer¬ ry-go-round, a shooting gallery, the customary "Hitting the Coon," and an exhibition by Prof. Kress' trained doga. All sorts of cool refreshments were .sold by the lady auxiliaries and a gen¬ eral good time ensued.
The committee of arrangements con¬ sisted of John G. Lusch, Francis J. Gately, Frank B. Cotte, August Scho- eiibachler, George Jones, William Wolfe, Henry Hebenstreit, Jr., Arthur C. Hutcheson, Josepli P. (jrtmes and
neighbors' premises, but without giv- great sport.
ing their own names. The Board cannot There is an iron cable, about 2 in- pay any attention to such reports and ches in diameter, stretched across the it is a waste of time to send them, canyon, from two of the highest peaks. Anyone knowing of unsanitary condi- and more than 500 feet above the tions is requested to report them to the stream; between these peaks flows a
tween Bergen Place and Long Beach twenty-three miles an hour. He was
Avenues, draws the largest crowds, arrested by Oflicer George Aring and
but there is a good attendance in the vvhen taken before Justice Swezey was
booths in charge of the ladies, and the fmed $15 upon his plea of guilty supper table is also well patronized.
Board but must give their names when small but wicked river, full of immense Ther7a^"stands"for everything sale- of Carl Limberg who was" traveling
!u ?°!u^'. V"^* the Board may know rocks; the water rushes foaming and ^ble, including fancy goods. Japanese over twenty miles an hour. He al.so
that the mformant is acting in good dashing by at a terrible speed, almost articles, domestic supplies, flowers, pleaded guilty and was fined $15.
i»»tn- as fast as the "Rapids" at Niagara, peanuts, handkerchiefs, pound pack-
f. ... A man walks across this cable every ^ges, candies, lemonade and ice cream.
Communication pleasant day. He starts out, with his The first evening of the fair about
The Nassau County Review in an long balancing pole, walks out about ^50 suppers were served and the tent
article printed a week ago, voiced the 200 feet, then sits down on the cable jg ^^u f\\\ed each night.
thoughts of many of the firemen and and goes through his little performance. Outside the large tent the firemen
residents of the Village. It is time One day last week, as he was about have a stand where orangeade disap-
some action were taken upon the halfway across, a mountain storm of pears at an astonishing rate.
'small matter of the blowing of a whis- hail and rain suddenly burst upon us — On the pike are all the attractions
tie-but an important matter as well, the hail was as big as pigeon eggs, of a miniature Coney Island, such as . Rjehards nastor of the M F
In the first place the whistle is not The poor chap had to sit down on the Hn^iu^ canes, fortune telling, coon church offic'iated and the inte^^^^
Richard P. Suits. The deiiartment and keeping the hits well scattered^ was organized in I S!)(; and now coijisists but the local team were unable to hit of a hook and ladder company, a hose with men on bases. ! comjiany and a junior hose company.
This Saturday Freeport will play i The department owns its own tjuart- Rockville Ceutre the first of a series of' ers on (Jrand Avenue, centrally located, games at Freeport Athletic Park ; game ¦ nnd since its organization has proven called at 4 p. m. ¦ of considerable worth to the village in
Leo Fishel has resigned as manager j the ma:iy fiiJes that have taken place of the Freeport Club team and Mr. ! during the past years, jiroving itself to Finch has been appointed to succeed , be a defiartment of fearless and excel- him. He has made arrangements to 1 lent fire fighUirs.
have the field, fence and seats put in ' The present officers of the depart- first-class condition and everything I ment are: Frank B. Cotte, Chief; done for the comfort and convenience i George T. Jones, assistant chief; Au- of tho.se who attend the games. ' gust Schoenbachler, president: Thomas
The Freeport team has been playing , Baldwin, vice-president; Arthur C. winning ball lately and with the ad-1 Hutcheson, recording .secretary; Wil- -g dition of Longenecker as pitcher should ! liam J. Wolfe, financial secretary ; John hold its own with any team in the vi-j H. Denton, treasurer. Hook and Lad- cinity. Club members and all those, der Company Henry Hebenstreit, who are interested in ba.se-ball should i foreman ; John Denton, jr., assistant show the appreciation of the good work | foreman. Ho.se Company Philip The last arrest of the day was that of the local team by coming out and I Fisher, foreman;
rooting for them this Saturday. i ' "^ ' '
OBITUARY
David A. Kennedy, Jr. The funeral of David Kennedy, jr., the eight-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Kennedy, was held from the homa of his parents, 72 Randall Avenue, on Saturday. The child died Friday of acute indigestion. Rev. W.
ringing canes, fortune telling, coon reliable for it does not blow strictly at cable, hold on, and wait until the storm ^nd balls rifle gallery, frankfurters, 6 p. m., but a few minutes before or had passed. He was nearly frozen.
pink lemonade, etc. Frank Wood, i after at the convenience of the opera- I am having the fun of my life riding former resident of our neighboring vil tor and is no guide to the busy house- burros or Jacks. They are, as you lage of Roosevelt, has a "pineapple' wife or the laborer without a watch. know, little fellows, but awful stub- goda stand on the pike.
More than olice, up<m hearing the born and do as they please—can't make whistle, has a workman left his work them go faster than a walk. The and being a member of some fire com- other morning Garrett and I hired two pany, started on a run for the com- Jacks and rode away up the mountains, pany's fire apparatus, I only to find it on a narrow path or trail, only 5 feet was the so-called six p. m. whistle, wide. After we had gotten pome six At other timea firemen have stood de- or eight hundred feet up in the air, bating the question of whether or not my Jack refused to go any further.
was in Greenfield Cemetery.
Libby. J. J.
The merry-go-round is well patron¬ ized every day.
Probably one of the hardest working men on the list of working firemen was C. 0. Niles, who was chairman of the committee on lighting. The contract for this was given to a man named Schwartz; he agreed to furnish all
there was a fire, thereby losing valuable I tried every way possible to move the lights needed at a fixed price per
time and in some instances members him; nearly woi^b Jout my riding whip lamp, but if Mr. Niles had not done a
of fire companies have not attended a on him but he only put his ears further great deal of the work hmself the tents
fire because the alarm was blown back and "He-Hawed" "He-Hawed" would have been in darkness the first
near 6 p. m. and he was unable to dis- at me (they call them the Rocky night, and as it was there was not
tinguish between the regular (?) six mountain canary); so I got off his bJck enough light. Mr. Schwarz was also
p. m. blow and a real alarm of fire. and started to cut a good stick to use to put on an Indian show, moving pic-
The officers of the Village of Free- as a whip. Well, 1 didn't get len feet ture show and others which did not morning at the home of her son, Alex.
port will surely consider the importance "kway when the brute just "He-Hawed" appear until Wednesday, probably on Padgett, of paralysis, aged 78 years.
of this matter and forbid the blowing again and started off on a gallop and account of the rain. ' Funeral services were held Thursday
of th^ whistle except in case of fire. ran one half mile down the mountain All possible arrangements have been afternoon from the place of her de- Being familiar with the sound of where I found him standing up quietly, „tside for the protection of the crowd tniae. Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey,
the whistle blowing every day, we are seemingly asleep. from pickpockets, rowdiea, etc., ^who pa«tor of the Presbyterian Church,
not so quickly thrilled with th« thought We go "camping" next week, are apt to assemble at such places,'and officiating.
of fire as we should be if it blew as a i Uncle Ralph has gotten us two dandy all such are hustled away in a' hurry. ^^^- Padgett, who was well liked
flre alarm o^ly and would then be a horses to ride and two pack horses, xhe fair will close to-morrow night wherever known, is survived by one
Neitihborly Contributons
The Committee acknowledges the following contributions to the Zaun subscription account:
$10 Smith Cox, John W. Bailey. $5--C. B. Milbank, E. Collard, R. A. Mansfield Hobbs, George P. Ber¬ gen, Daisy Hubbon, Mrs. Elizabeth Story, Elizabeth Badger, Ge<jrge Christians, Dan Morrison, Dr. F. W. Fletcher.
$:i-L. H. Knap,p, H. P. Long Meadow Beach Counters ,, T-.1- L . ,» GinnancrT. R. Cutler.
Mary Elizabeth Raynor $2 Captahi Han.se, William J.
Mary Elizabeth, wife of Wm. C. Schutnacher, S. D. O'Mara, A. Am- Raynor, died Sunday after a lingering ador. Rev. Charles A. Ix)gue, R. H. illness. Funeral servitJtes were held K.„ E. Cook, Dr. Wells, J. B. C, | Tuesday, Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor George Fyfe, J. W. Fitzsimons. S. j of the M. E. Church, ofllciating, with Williams, Mayer Bros., Oliver Phil-i interment in Greenfield Cemetery, lips, Mrs. Jessie Cutts, Willett Ellj- Mrs. Raynor who was the daughter of son, Gordon Ellison, Clinton Flint, Mr. and Mrs. Jyhu Whitmore, was liorn Mrs. Eleanor Rowe, Dr. John Moore, in Wantagh 52 years ago. She is sur- Mrs. Poinsett Cooper, E. S. Randall, vived by her husband and five children: $1 C. J. Betzig, C. J. Schneiker, Mrs. Kathryn Coggswell, Willett C, Fred Greaves, A. James Cronley, Anna, Norma aixl Harold, all residing William Cooke, A. Burleigh, Harry
in Freeport. Clock, Jas. Keenan, Vernon Laurence,
Mrs. Henry I'adgett <^'- Cartwright, Thomas Burleigh, D.
Mra. Henry Padgett, whose husband Hamaker J Hyman. Mrs Barker.,
died several years ago, died Tuesday Charles E. Raynor. M. Milbank, h.
ine«Tui of protection to the Village. A Fireman.
8m bo* the gaa rai«c woriie tt \h« Jfimmm'* F»ir. It
Pitcher, Edward Uhe, Charles Mack, . M. Tilletson, John Golding. J. M. Hewlett, S. Pearsall, J. DeNyse, Mrs. Cummings, Alfred Davison, F. 1 Cunningham, A. S. Johnson, 'A Sym¬ pathizer", Thomas Spence, W. L. C, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martin.
Any further contribution will be gratefully received by the commitee. or may be left at the Review office.
TlK>Kt) who wish to know tho bcjut
Garrett has a ftill camping oii^tfit, guns ^hen if the weather is favora"bTe »»". Alex. Padgett, and one daughter,
and all. the fishing is fine, big trout, there will probably be from five to sev- Mrs. Leander Losee, both of this place;
etc, and plen^ of small game. Am en 01 eight thousand people on the ••«> two sisters and two brothers, 3 autidoto fOT"tlie''effwt» of hot weatliw
perfectly ^well. and haviJ« • grei^t i grounda. (grandchildren and on« great grand- \yrlll ftnd it iu the Smith it BedeU a<l.
tim9. OOoraao is all right! | Muaic for duieing is fumiahed each j <*»«• i in Uiia iswe. It
^Sl^&^^.
' •.ii3f:^AiiW<',r.-kfel'siSk»,
Frank Valentine, assistant foreman. Junior Hose Com¬ pany -Harry Pettit, foreman; Charles Smith, assistant foreman.
The net proceeds of the carnival are to be applied towards building an ex¬ tension to the head(iuarters and to¬ wards securing additional fire fighting appliances.
"The carnival clo.sed in a blaze of glory late Saturday night, and from every indication the carnival proved a grand success and the fire laddies will undoubtedly reap a great financial ben¬ efit as the result of their undertaking. ; All of the neighboring villages add- I ed their (juota to the allendance and a I general good feeling was manifested. On Saturday afternwm the follow- } ing events were run off and they proved, I an attractive feature in the event. I The 100 yard dash, handicap, was I \«on by J^rank Duruz, time, IS 1-5 I seconds. He received a handsome I fountain pen as a prize. j Moe La%yson won the potato race, time 1:53. His prize was a shaving ! glass.
j The one mile handicap bicycle race was won by Rennie Smith, scratch, ; time 32 2-5 seconds, with Walter Pet- j tit second. The wiimers were present¬ ed with handsome silver and bronze medals.
The three-legged race was won by Moe Lawson and T. Acklerson, time 10 setonda. The winners were presented with handsome stick pins.
Frank Duruz won the ,50-yard sack race, time 22 2-5 seconds, and his prize was a pearl handled knife.
The five mile handicap bicycle race was won by St. Clair Bryne, time 19; 27 4-5 seconds, with Rennie Smith sec¬ ond. The winners received a silver aod a bronze mv-dal respectively. o
The pie eating^contest was won by John Camnann, who was presented with ar. Ingersoll wat«h.
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VOL. XIII FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1908 NO. 39 FREEPORT NEWS ^ Mrs. Raynor R. Smith, Jr., is spend¬ ing a few weeks at Walliiill, N. Y. Miss Hannah Cornelius spent her va¬ cation last week at Great Neck and Nassau-by-the-Sea. Frauk Pifclior i.s .sojourning for a vreeii at Saugt-rtifs witli .soni<' frifiids. A regular meeting of the Board of. Tnistcfs-vill he Iicld next Friday rvcii- iiiK- Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. RidiT liavc ntiii-Mct! fj'oni a vacation at Monticello, iu the niouutaius. Carnival a Success .friends of the Firemen Working Hard--Lots of Attractions- Financial Success evening by Coleman's orchestra of si.x pieces. The ladies of the village have shown an unusual interest in the fire¬ men, and have worked hard the whole week, in fact, for several, weeks past, in helping make the alfair a .success, and deserve every j raise for their ef- Lightning struck Adam Schneider's Bay View Hotel during the thunder shower Thursday night but did only a'uromobileTicc'id slight damage. Master B'rank au |
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