Nassau County Review 19090611

              VOL. XIV^NO.  33
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1909
Oflftcial Paper of Nassau County
 FREEPORT NEWS
Single copies of the Review can be eectired at H. Gohetz's and the Review office ou Main St. aud DaSilva's on W. Merrick Road.
The Village tax rate this   year   wil be $1.0.'3.
Louis H. Vogel  and   family  are   in Freeport for the Summer,
j Villaiie Trustees I
j     The T. A, Gillespie Company, which
is distributing pipe along the new pipe !
I line  recived  somewhat  of a  set-back
last   Friday evening when the   Village
; Board of Trustees decided not to allow ;
, them   to  lay   their narrow gauge rail-
I road across the village [streets  in   the
! western   portion of  the  village.    The
application   which was made   hy M. J.
: Coffey,   asked  the  privilege of laying
!the  track  south  of   Center    Avenue.
I Trustees    Ellison    and    Bedell   voted
I against  the  permission   being    given ,
'. while President Morrison and  Trustee !
j Patterson voted in favor.
j     A communication was received from
1 Dr. T. H. Evans, in  reference  to  the
reporting of contagious diseases.    The '
I matter was referred  to  the  Board  of
Health  to  report   back   at  the    next
meeting.
The treasurer's report shows the fol¬ lowing balances in the various funds of the village:   General, $1113.80; street, $227.47; water, $4,544.58; light, $74.5.- 82; Board of Health,   $6.84;   interest. The   Board   of   Education   will   sell   $3:3.90; tax arrears, $229.20;   tire   de- $43,000 of  school bonds next  Tuesday i partment, $85.56; street light, $3(55.24 ; at the school house.
A regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees will be held next Friday evening.
Phi Alpha Athletic Club is to give a minstrel show at Sigmond Opera House on July 2.
Mrs. E, V. Baldwin, with her two children, has been visiting at East Stroudsburg, ra.
In another column VanNostrand &; Van Allen, Auctioneers, give notice of a sale to be held on two days, June 16 and 17, at 10 o'clock each day, of high class household goods at the house of Archille Biavati, Grand Ave. The house is one of the best furnished on Long Island; see advertisement.
The ailing need every advantage on their side including the one mentioned by Smith & Bedell this week.        It.
Frank Rase underwent an operation at Brooklyn Hospital Tuesday morn¬ ing-
Mr. and Mrs F. M. Davis are at their summer home corner Ocean Ave¬ nue and Pine Street.
The attention of our readers is called to the adv. of Friends Academy in thia issue.
On each Saturday evening during the Summer an informal dance will be held at the South Shore Yacht Club.
John Anderson of Grove St. is visit¬ ing his daughter, Mrs. Kelsey, in Stoulton, Mass.
W. P. W. Half, Coal.
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Tuesday evening at 8.15 p. m. in the M. E. Church, the Freeport Choral So¬ ciety will give its third concert for the present season.    The  Society  will   be assisted by Mrs. Chas. H.  Reach,   who will sing a solo composed by Prof. Pal¬ amountain.    W.   Paulding   De    Nike, Mrs. R.   M.    Kolisch   and  daughter  cellist, will play solos  and  those   who Rose of New   York   are   spending   the   have heard Mr. DeNike before can tes- week with Mr. and Mrs. Morris Miller,   tify   to   his' ability.    The choral work -—  will   consist  of   selections   from Men-
Rev. Duncan - M. Genns of St. dels.sohn, Mozart. Stainer, Cowen and Thomas' Church, Brooklyn, will preach others. .Solos, duet.*, trio.-^, quartet.s in the Episcopal Church of the   Trans-   wiii be included in the program.
figuration Sunday evening.
Mrs. Albert Stacey of New York has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mr.«, Jere DeMott, Grove St.
The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Wm. G. Miller Monday at 3 p. m. Subject for afternoon is "Social Purity."
Call 398 Freeport on the Phone.    It.
Misses Florence Miller and Edna Eldridge are attending a House Party given by their school friend.s in East Orange, N. J.
Reeve & Bartlett, the well-known Greenport (irtn, have some money to loan on real estate; see their adv. in the Review this week.
Ross & Randall Company will close at 1 o'clock Saturdays during July and August, to give their employees the beneht of a half holiday.
The Bank of Rockvilie Centre has de¬ clared a six per cent dividend. Stock¬ holders will hnd the official notice in our advertising columns.
Frank   Terry is back to  his position on the L.   I.   Express   wagon, taking   the place of Fred   Smith,   who has secured another job.
Ever Ready and Bay View Hose Companies have been practising foi the hose contests at the Firemen's Tournament at Hempstead June 22.
Pelham St. George Bissell jr., has finished the four yeafs' course at Co¬ lumbia, and received his A. B. degree last Wednesday. He intends to take a law course eonmiencing with the term in  the Fall.
light extension, $577,13; sidewalk, $50.75; water extension, $457.11, and street grade, $814.08.
The petition of the residents of the pastern portion of the village for ex¬ tension of Broadway to the eastern line of the village was ordered returned to the petitioners on the ground that the street which they ask the village to accept is not in proper condition to receive.
R. H. Heiniclce was awarded the con¬ tract to erect a radial brick chimney at the power house at the cost of $2625.
Several double assessments were corrected.
The application of Girdell V. Brow¬ er, Superrntemlent of the   Department   ing April; call 398 Freeport
of Water Supply, Gas   and   Electricity 	
of Brooklyn, to drive test wells within "The Golden Gulch" was very credit- the incorporate limits, was held over ably presented in the Sigmond Opera until the next regular meeting. The House Tuesday evening under the au- appHcation asks for the privilege of spices of D. B. P. Mote Post, No. 527, driving six wells. G.   A.   R.,   by   the  Nassau   Dramatic
Albert   A.   Sealy   on   behalf  of the   Society of Hempstead. On.«low-Moore HCo., R. Claude   Berard '     '
on East Railroad Avenue and William The W. H. M. S. of the M. E. G. Miller on behalf of Miller & Wai- Church met Friday afternoon with ters, made application for the village Mrs. D. A. Hamaker, 48 Pearsall Ave.; water mains, each of which were placed   leader,   Mrs. J. B.   Hibbard.    The les-
  in the hands of the   water  committee,   son topics were "Making a New Trail"
Hammocks 50c up and   croquet   .sets i With the latter applicati.^, the owners   and "Sociology and Missions." DaSilva's   W  I ^ property stated that if necessary
Mi.ss Annie Eldridge will  be   at  the piano  and Mrs.   Geo. T.   VanRiper  at former   the  pipe organ.    Prof.   A.   Palamoun¬ tain, M. S. v., will conduct.
HYMENEAL
DONALD.-^OX ~DUSENCURY. -Miss Gladys Marguerite   Dusenbury,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Tay¬ lor, was married to Clinton Scott Don¬ aldson at the Church of the Trannfigura- tio!i, Saturday evening at 7.3') o'clock. Rev. Pelham St. George Bissell officiat¬ ing.    The church  was decorated with Ijalms, evergreens and })ink carnations. The liride was attended by her sister. Miss .Marion N. Dusenbury. as maid of honor, and her bridesmaids were Misses No! Hatr has not put up the price of   Winifred M. Taylor and Ada L. Baker, ^oal, it is still $6.25, the same as dur-   all of Freeport.   The groom's h
School INotes
Miss Lewis vi.sited friends in Haver¬ straw last week.
Report cards and promotion certifi¬ cates will be given out on June 21.
The State grade examinations were completed this week and the local grade exams will be held next week.
Edward Engelke of Miss Atkinson's class is recovering from an injured knee at the South Side   Hospital.
Two new examinations are being given by the Regents this year, He¬ brew Grammar and Psalms of David.
The teachers are all busy making up their reports for the past year, all of which are to be in by the 21st of this month.
The new Regents' inspector, Mr. Johnson, visited the school last week and expressed himself very much pleased with the results of the last School meeting.
Miss Healy, who has been leaching the seventh grade for several years, was given a surprise party last week by her class. After the refreshments she was presented with a very haiuK some brooch as a token of farewell.   '
There were a large number of visit¬ ors at the exhibit last Saturday in the Grove Street School. ' Those who came expressed themselves as being very much pleased with the work on exhibi¬ tion and the way in which the teach¬ ers arranged the e.\hibits.
The kindergarteners have decided to hold their annual picnic the 17th of June in Smith's Grove, between Mer¬ rick and Bellmore. The pu[>ils meet at the Grove Street School building by 10:30 a. m., when they will be taken in automobiles to the  jiicnic  grounds.
Base-Ball Notes
HIGH SCHOOL
The f>eshinen played the eighth grade last Tuesday and were defeated by a score of 10 to 5.
Freeport played Rockvilie Centre the last of the League games last Monday at Hempstead. Freeport was defeated for the first time in a league game by a score of 5. to 3.
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PHI ALPHA
Standing of the Clubs
Wou Lost    Per Coin Mineola 1      o
Rockvilie Centre    •_'      1 Freeport 1      v!
Hempstead 1      ~
There was no game played at the Athletic Park by the i'hi Alpha team on Saturday. They cancelled their game on account of inclement weather and in order to allow the American Mechanics to play their scheduled game with Woodmere.
Phi Alpha will have for their oppo¬ nents Saturday Rockvilie Centro, and the game will be played at Freeport Athletic I'ark. The last game was lost to Rockvilie ('entre because cf the wildness of our pitcher.
Saturday Leviness will pitch for Phi Alpha, and judging from his work I'a.'^t season with lhe Freeport Club, should help Phi Aljiha materially in evening up matters with their old rivals. Longnecker v.'ill pitch for Rockvilie Centre. It certaiidy should prove a close interesting game. Game called at 3 :45 o'clock.
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ward Boyce. advertising manager; Herman Johnson, circulating manager. This morning the School was pre¬ sented with a beautiful cup, which they won in the base-ball league com¬ posed of Rockvilie Centre, Hempstead, Lynbrook and Freeport Highs, this year.    The    High   School   won    eight
$1.00 up at cut prices. Merrick Road.
! they would immediately prepare a deed
There was a good crowd at  Sigmond
A Memorial service for deceased brothers was held by Freeport Lodge, 1. O. O. F., Monday evening, a Me¬ morial address being given by Past Grand George Wallace.
in their property that the village would accept. N
Smith and Malcomson were  directed to  report if the streets  on   the  above named properties  were   in  accordance ; with village grade. A strawberry festival  will  be  held j     Fred  Bedell  was    approved    as    a under the auspices of the Guild of the j member of the Ever Ready Hose Corn- Transfiguration, in Fraternity Hall, on i pany.
Thursday, June 24, afternoon and even- j     The application of Edward Smith  of ing; tickets 25 cents. Roosevelt  for a plumbers' license was
— - I granted, he to file a bond of $500.
Haff's yard  has orders  booked  for j     President Morrison reported that En- future delivery; better order your Coal' gineer Smith had tested the water me-
jr   "iu    1   1-    *-•       f Iill      ..    Opera House Wednesday evening when
for the dedication of any and all streets 1 ^,^ «• i c+    i- r>       , ^   \
the Sigmond Stock Company presented "Fogg's Ferry." This company is giving an interesting entertainment each Wednesday evening.
Church Notes
A "Poverty Social" will be given in the Chapel by the Young People's As¬ sociation of the Presbyterian Church at the conclusion of its business this Friday evening.
The tenth annual re-union of the Alumni Association of Jamaica Normal and Training School was held at Ja¬ maica last Saturday afternoon. The list of toast makers included two grad¬ uates of the school, one of whom was Grace 1. Walters of this village on "After Thoughts."
We notice that Editor Wallace of tht Observer suggests the firemen have too large a line of march for their annual parade and inspection; if our memory serves us right he gave ua a march of over three miles last year when Chief ! and then threw in several blocks not on the program for good measure,
Dont' forget the fair in   the  Parish House of the Church of the  Redeemer, Merrick, June 16 and   17,   Wednesday and Thursday, afternoon and  evening. There will be tea room, silhouette art-! ist, shooting gallery, fancy gooda, lem-1 onade, candy, flowers,  ice cream, Jfish ¦ pond.    "The usual excellent aupper will; be aerved from 6 to 8, for fifty cents, i
It    I ter  belonging  to  Frank  H and found" that it registered
The committee on procuring a price on a new road machine and also on procuring a dog catcher and pound re¬ ported progress.
The salary of the Village Clerk  was
was Hjalmar Rossing, of Wisconsin, and the ushers were Horace Gulick, jr., and Charles Lester, of New York.
The bride was attired in a |gown of white satin, trimmed with lace and car¬ ried a white prayerbook with streamers of lilies-of-the-vaKey. .She also wore a veil and wreath of orange blossoms. The maid of honor was attired in white crepe de chine embroidered with pink roses. She wore a Leghorn hat trimmed with pink satin and stream¬ ers, and carried a muff of  pink   roses.
The bridesmaids were attired in gowns  games  out  of  the   nine  which of white point d'esprit over pink   silk,   played,   giving   them   888   per and wore straw hats trimmed with pink   which   is much higher than   any silk and roses.    They carried bouijuets   team in the league, of pink carnations and wore   lace   pins set  with  amethysts  and  pearls,    the gift of the bride.
The bride's mother was attired in a gown of gray crepe de chine, hand-em¬ broidered. Mrs. Donaldson, the moth¬ er of the groom, wore cream chiffon, trimmed with lace, and both ladies wore handsome hats to match their gowns.
The gift of the groom to the bride was a pearl necklace and to the best man and ushers pearl and diamond pins.
As  the  bride  entered   the    church
GENERAL ('. Leviness, who made good a.s a The following pupils were nominated pitcher for the Freeport Club last year last Wednesday for the Student staff and this Spring, has secured a jiosition for next year: Lawrence Wright, edi- with tho Northport team, tor; Robert Paterson, associate editor; Mineola and Rockvilie Centre played Frank Pitcher, athletic editor; Florence an exciting game at Rockvilie Centre Stiles, Alumni and exchange editor; last Saturday, Rockvilie Centre finally Stanley Raynor, business manager; Ed-   losing to the County chamjuons by   the
they cent, other
"Christ and the Children"  will  be
the morning sermon theme of the Rev.     	
Stevens I Charles Herbert Scholey at the First leaning upon the arm of her cousin^ correctly, i Presbyterian Churcb. Baptism will Henry G. Dusenbury jr., they were be administered to the children. The r„et by the surpliced "choir, who led the evening service will be devoted to wedding party up the aisle, singing special Children's Day exercises ar- "The Voice that Breathed O'er Eden." ranged in pleasing form for the partici- They were met at the chancel by the pation of the Sunday School.    All par
raised to $100 a month and   tha assist- \ ents and friends are cordially   invited, ant clerk to $6 per week.
Latimer,   Rhodes  &  White,   public accountants,   filed  their   reports  and
In the First Baptist Church, Stanley W.   Roberts,   minister,   there  will be books  prepared  to  conform  with the , public worship of God Sunday at 10.30  guests  proceeded  to  the resrdence"of
groom, attended by his best man. The betrothal was given, following which they proceeded to the altar rail, where the marriage ceremony was completed. Following the ceremony the   invited
rules of the Public Service Commission. , a. m. and 7.45 p. m. JVlorning theme, Their bill was laid over until the next j "The Kingdom of God in Jewish His- meeting. tory."     In   the  evening a  Children's
The    following    applications    were , Day concert will   be  rendered  by  the granted:      Sidewalk, — Mumby    and ; Bible school, w'ith a short talk   by  the
Thomas, Pennsylvania Ave.; T. D. ' Carman, Church St.; Light—Phil A. Ott, Nassau St.; Charles E. Gatter, Pine St. ; Charles H. Weyant, Bay View Ave., and Freeport Taxicab Co., Railroad Ave.
Pastor on "A Bad Bargain," At 12 M. the Men's Forum will assemble to discuss  "Corporate   Wealth."     Bible
the bride's parents on West Merrick Road, where the couple were given a reception. Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson were the recipient.s of a large number of handsome and valuable gifts. Af¬ ter the wedding supper they left for Delaware Water Gap, where they will spend a few weeks, and upon their  re
School at 2.30.    On Thursday  evening   turn will make their home in Freeport. at 7.45 there will   be  a  union  prayer
meeting  of  the    Methodist,    Presby- ~      I~r7 terian    and  Baptist  Churches  in  the
Board of   trade 'Baptist   Church.    Everyone   is    most
The annual meeting of the Board  of  cordially welcome at all services.
Trade was  held 'Wednesday evening, 	
when the following ofliicers were unan-; At the Methodist Episcopal Church imously elected: President, Alonzo the annual Children's Day festival will Foster; first vice-president, J. B. Hib- ; be observed on Sunday. The morning bard; second vice-president, L. T. service will be attended by the Sunday Wells; secretary, Edmund T. Cheshire; ^ School, when the pastor. Dr. W. A. financial   secretary,   J.     D.     Keifer; j Richard,   will preach a special  sermon
In our last issue we left out the ac¬ count of the opening of the South Shore  Yacht Club,   Decoration  Day,
with Commodore Southard on  hand  to, „, „    , . , -.,...,.. - .„,_    ,
do the honors.    Abou*: two   hundred \ treasurer, Thomas Burleigh. | appropriate to the occasion.    The Sun-
members and guests were there to en-1 President Foster had announced that i day School will hold its regular session joy the day and evening. R. A. M. he would not accept the office for an- Hobbs' new motor boat won the cabin ?ther term but so many of h.s friends boat race over a twleve-mile course. I »"9>sted that he finally agreed to take The Ida L, Charles Lea, owner, second, i ^^^ chair again. In accepting he an- and the Allwool, Donald Mackay own-1 "o"-"*^^'**>*'""^ intended to be more er,     third.       Hobbs'    l»oat    is     the i 8^«""«"8 ^"""K  ^h®  <^o"""K  term  to ^ diligently
\ see that committees appointed attended { occasion
"R.A.M.H." Coal—W. P.
at 2:30 p. m.' The hour of evening service will be given up to the Sun¬ day School Children's Day concert. The committees in charge of decora¬ tions and program have been working to nrjake this a memorable Memkiers  and  frienda   and
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to their duties, that the  Board  might j visitors of the   church   and    Sunday get more done. [School will be  welcomed at all  these
Owing to the stormy weather Editor
Special Friday and Saturday: Home-1 Baker of the Brooklyn Times did not made cream pMnat kisaes, 10c lb.; 1 ,ppear to lecture on "Scrap." as an- ho«M-iiiMl« oooua eakaa, lOedos; Da-1nooiiead. bat will appear at « later Silva'a, W. Merrick Road. meeting, probably in September.
exercises.
I Free! A handaon^ lithograph with every box writing paper 25$.; PaSi!- va'a, W. Herrfek Road.
Freeport Club Notes
A shirtwaist dance will be held at the Club house Wednesday evening and a bid pinochle contest Thursday even¬ ing.
The two-men team pool ^Jurnament has finally dwindled down to two teams who have a chance for first prize. Hartt and Sprpull are tied with Kennedy at^di? Sutherland, both teams havi.ngAvon nine games and loat two.
The standing in the tournament to date is as follows :
Won  Lost
Hart aud Sprouil '•       •_'
Kennedy aud Sutherland 9
Johnson and Brower
Corby and Thompson
Smitii and Wallace
Earle aod Johnson
Monsinger and Lee
Southard and Anderson
{MacCarey and Cook
Finch and Knowles
Verity and Tallmau
Starr and Maison
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According to tho reports of panics in the S[)orting Weekly, Jes.sc Ryer.'^on of Freejjort is catching regular for the York, I'a., team, to which place he was farmed out by the lirooklyn National League team. Last week Ryerson caught every game.
The Hempstead Sentinel has the following complimentary comment on two members of the Phi Alpha team.
"Freeport has a great little player in "Pilly" Raynor. This man is fast¬ er than chain lightning, and sure death on ground balls. He will bear a lot of watching. And mention rpust be made of Biliy Murray. When a man influ¬ ences the umpire to decide against his own team, in the interest of fair play, he is not a fool, but a good sportsman and a gentleman. This is what Mur¬ ray did on Monday. He fought hard for his team and wanted them to get Literature, 1st all they deserved, but nothing more." Grammar,   Eco-
' MECHANICS'  LEAGUE
Result of Saturday's Game Woodmere 15, F'reeport 1.'?.
Games Satudray Freeport at Rockvilie Centre. Hempstead at Woodmere. Inwood at Springfield.
Standing of the Clubs.
Springfield
Hempstead
Freeport
Woodmere
Rockvilie Centre
Inwood
Freeport  Council   was  defeated   by Woodmere Saturday afternoon at  Ath¬ letic Park,  the   visitors  being   helped grealy in their scoring by a large num¬ ber  of errors by the home team in the first  two   innings,   when   the  visitors scored 9 of their runs, the score  being 15 to I'-i.    After a change in   the line¬ up of the local team in the third inning the  game   was  more   interesting  and Freeport, who had not scdred until the fifth,   rapidly  closed   up  the  gap   by hard hitting.      > Sco>e by Linings: Woodmere --.'} 0 2 10 0 .'5 0 0 Freeport     • 0 0 0 0 H 0 4 <) 1 This    Saturday  afternoon   Freefxirt plays    Rockvillp  Centre.    The   game will   probably   be  played  on   the new The pipe has arrived for the  Rooae-  field  laid  out  near  the   h(Hel    "The velt Water, Power and Light Company  Oaks" between Baldwin and Kockville and is being placed along  the  streets.   Centre. It is expected to have the plant in con¬ dition lo supply water before the Sum¬ mer is  over.    .\   well   has  been   con¬ structed with  a  Capacity  of  600,000 gallons  daily.    It  is  an   18 inch^ tile ' well, with perforated tile point. ^ The ' foundation   for  the    plant    is    about	
I' finished,  on the company property in     	
Whitehouse Villa. The company has LOST.—An F. H. S. '09 tlaea pin; arranged to install twenty fire hydrants finder please return to Review office or throogbout the Tillage. | school. It.
The ^following Regent's examina¬ tions are to be held next week in the High School:
Monday—a. m., (jeography. Alge¬ bra, Solid Geometry; p. m.. Spelling, Drawing, Ancient History, American History, Civics, Rudiments of Music.
Tuesday—^a. m.'. Arithmetic, PI. Geometry, Trigonometry; p. m., Eng¬ lish, Adv. Bookkeeping.
Wednesday—a.      m.,      Physiology, History  of     English Latin,   Cicero,   Latin nomics. Commercial Law,   Phsycology; p. m., Elem.  U. S.   History,   Physical Geography,   Chemistry,   English  His¬ tory,   European   History,    Elementary Bookkeeping. "Thursday—a.   m.,    Caesar,    Virgil, Latin    Comp.,     Commercial     Geog., Stenography;  p. m.. Biology,  Botany, Zoology, Physics, Adv. Drawing, Type¬ writing, History of Commerce. I Friday—a.    m.,    Greek,     German, Italian, Hist, of  Education,   Business Correspondence; p. m.,  French,   Span¬ ish, Business Writing.
Delays are dangerous.    A dangerous delay   is  not  to  order your coal now.
Flower  vases   10c and ice box   pans 15c; DaSilva's, W. Merrick Road.
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A Strawberry festival and entertain- inent will be given by the Ladies' Aux¬ iliary in the Board of Trade Hall next Wedne.sday evening; ice cream, straw¬ berries and cake will be served; the admission will be 20 cents.
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