South Side Messenger 19110224

              Ask Warden Dunbar to Resign Supreme Court Jurors
L3nibrook Again Votes to Incorporate
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL  PAPER. NASSAU  COUNTY
Vol 3, Number 31
Merrick
Services at the Church of the Re¬ deemer Sunday, Quinqaagesima. at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. A male quar¬ tette will render an anthem during the offertory at the eyening service. The Sanday Srhool meeta in the Parish Home at 10 a. m. The Woman's Aux¬ iliary meeta weekly on Thursdays at 2:30; th<> Junior Auxiliary on Satur¬ days at 8 and the Boys' League each Wedneaday at 8:16. The monthly meeting of the Altar Society will be held on Thursday at 6 p. m. in the Par¬ ish House. During Lent beginning with Wednesday services will be held in the church on Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock and in the Parish House on Friday mornings at 9:00.
Miss Julia Kent, who is engaged at St Gabriel's school, Peekskill. N. Y., was a visitor at her home here on Sun¬ day.
Rev. F. M. Townley and family have secured passage for Europe for Jane 16th.
The marriage of Mr. Schulyer Cam¬ mann and Miss Katherine Fairfax is announced to take place at Grace | Church, New York, closely following Easter. j
Every Friday
FREEPOBT AND BELLMORE. N. Y., FRIDAY. FEB. 24, 1911
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 Cento
Freeport's New Health Officer Appointed
Dr. Witmer takes the Office made
vacant by the peculiar decision
of the State Board of Health
As anpoanced in our last issue, the Board of Health has appointed Dr. A. F. Witmer Health Officer to fill the vacancy made by the arbitrary decision of the State Board of Health.
Dr. Witmer has been a practicing pbysician here for the past six years and has been prominent in the medical circles in New York and for several years was an Interne in the Wards' Isl¬ and Hospital.
He was bom in Pennsylvania in 1869, and when a young man he start¬ ed a medical course in the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, from wbicb place he graduated in 1893. Following his graduation he spent a year in Heidelberg, Germany, Univer
Freeport
Sinj^le copies of the Messenger can be seoured at Greenblatt's news store on Railroad Avenue. tf.
New Telephone   Office in Freeport
BeHmore
Baldwin
i
Single copies of thp   Messenger  can
! be had at William   Wolfe's drug  store
The telephone   business in   Freeport  and from Anderson Bloomer, news deal-
and  adjacent towns has grown to such  er, at 5 cents per oopy. tf
If a number of men banded together {¦" extent   that on March 1st the  New 	
for the best interests of the village 'f^*""'' Telephone Company will open a Don't forget to attend the "District | of making plans to entertain the mem- wouldn't you think   their flrst duty in- Uo^al business office here. School  at  Blueberry   Corners," to be j bers   of   the Brooklyn South   District
dividually'would be to subscribo fori The office will be located at 26 South given in Firem'en' Hall at Bellmore, | Epworth League which will have its their local papers, in order to keep in Grove street, near the Railroad station, next Tuesday evening, Feb. 28; pro-j convention here during Mhy. The local active   touch   with  village   affairs, as |**'ef«   they   will  occupy  about eight, ceeds    for   piano   fund   of   the M. E
President John M. Gifford called]^a meeting of the Epworth League con¬ nected with the Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday for the   purpoee
tbey can in no other way?
As announced before, the annual primary of the People' s Party of the village of Freeport, will be held in the Truck House of Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company, Church street, next Wednesday, from 4:00 to 8:00 o'clock p. m., to nominate candidates for Vil¬ lage offices, to be voted for at the next annual Village election to be held on the 21st day of March, 1911. The offi¬ cers to be elected are:
A president  In the place of John D.
handred  square  feet pf space   on   the  Church.
ground floor. 	
Mr. E. A. Osborne, local agent, The Ladies' Aid Society of Bellmore formerly of tfae main commercial office Presbyterian Church Wish to thank in Brooklyn, will have charge of the those who donated the furnishings, local office. A chief clerk, acashier, [ etc., for the minister's home. The several clerks and agents will perform ladies are quite anxious to complete the work devolving upon the Commer-! the remaining room and any further cial Department of the telephone busi-1 donations will be appreciated.
ness in Freeport, Valley  Stream, Lyn-}    -
brook, Massapequa, Amityville and | A young daughter arrived at the Long Beach under Mr. Osborne's direc- home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smith tion. at Wilson avenue one day last week.
Bills for telephone service furnished - 	
in these exchange districts will be pay-1     John G. Deubert, Charles H. Russell
league  extended  an invitation   which was accepted.
At the M. E. Church, Rev. W. D. Tuckey, the pastor, will preach at both moming and evening services on Son- day. In tbe morningi bis] disooarte will be on "Surrender" and in^the ev¬ ening on "Endurance."
Last Friday evening in the Fireball a surprise birthday party was tendered George Hebenstreit on the occaaien of his 21»t anniversary. About 60 of bis friends met at the faall and when be was  taken  there, to say that be was
Gunning
. Utt t      A    I   \    Trustees   in the places   of  Franklin i able   at    the   Freeport   local    office, and Peter Johnson attended the annual j surprised   would   be  putting It mild.
!-YJ..'' " post-graauate i J^^^^^ ^^j Charles A. Sigmond. ' Here,   also, all mattCiS   pertaining  to supper of tbe Boosters   Society   at the j He.found a large floral horshshoe there
A trustee for one   year in the  place i the  adjustment of accounts,   contiants Monguin's Hotel Earlington, New York i as a token of esteem from  his  friends
of Frank A. Myriek, to  fill   unexpired { for new   telephone service,   change in City on Tuesday   night.    This  Society j and   his parents presented   him with a
I course.
Hempstead
Dates for polo contests bave been flxed for June 19 to 80 at Meadow- blrook.
Lent  begins   Wednesday, Ash Wed- 	
nesday.    This period of six weeks pre- \     ^^    ^^^   ^^^  j^^^^   p^,^^^  ^^^^
ced.ng    the   anniversary   of   Christ s j ^,^^^j ^^
death set apart by tnn church as a spe-  , .   xi-     ¦   z:'i     a    e      .
. , ttf ..: —  „ J   nave  gone to Miami, Florida, for  two
cial season of   fasting,   penitence  and I    „_j.i,
prayer is called Lent  because it comes! ' 	
1 term.
I    A police   justice in the place of Sid-
j ney H. Swezey.
I    A treasurer in the   place .of John E.
Golding. A collector in the place of D. Frank
Seaman.
present telephone equipment, advertis- its comf)08ed of members of the order large signet ring, set with a diamond, ing in teliphone directories, etc., will ofJ;. O. O. F. This year Mr. Deubert} During the evening dancing was en- be atttended to.    In   fact,   practically   was First Vice Exalted Booster.   They ! joyed and refreshments were served.
all Dusiness relations between the Tele- \ report having spent an enjoyable even-1 	
phone Company and its subscribers can ' ing. j
be transacted at the local effice. - ;
The  office  has  been arranged  with      A. Palermo's real estate   office  was.
in ti'.e spring of the year and the old Saxon word Lent means spring. The first day of Lent is called Ash Wednes¬ day from the custonn which prevailed injthe early Church of sprinkling ashes on the heads of penitents upon that day in token of humiliation and sorrow for sin. Though the custom of keep¬ ing Lent was at one"time pretty gener-^ ally conlined to the Roman   and   Epis
Mr. and Mrs. Geerge W. Weekes have been spending the winter in New York.
Superintendent     Kineon   has   been
  ^, placed   in charge of   the   consolidated
copal bodies in this country    there is a   j^^,,       3    ^^^ ^j Long flsland.    He is
A. G. Patterson and J. E. Patterson have returned from a short trip to Ber¬ muda.
ridespread tendency now for ull relig' ious organizations to observe this sea¬ aon.
Prof. Edw. A. J. Zeiner of the Com- m«Ti'ial High School, Brooklvn, where he has 2300 boys studying music under him, was the guest of his brother, Mr. U. R. Zoiner, choirmaster and organist of the Churih of the Redeemer, on Washington's Birthday.
Mr. Fred S. Settle returned on Thursiiiiy from a business trip to Buf¬ falo anil the western pnrt of the State. Mr. Settle spent Sunday at Niagara.
succeeded by I. B. Clark.
Mr. Clark has been   aasistant super¬ intendent of the Brooklyn Rapid Tran¬ sit system.    He is a native of Atlanta, !Ga.,   and a graduate of   Cornell   Uni- I versity,   inthe   class of   1900.    After i leaving college he was   with the West- I inghouse    Airbrake   {'ompany   for   a I while,   coming   to   the local  system in I 1905 as supervisor of elevated   motor- I men.    While  on this   poat he  devised and   placed   in   successful   execution a j remarkaoly successful method of trnin- 1 ing  the  men   in   eharge  of   the "I,"
At   the   adjourned   meeting Tof the newly   organized Republican Club laat Saturday   evening the permanent  oflS- All persons who are legally qualified'.the  view of furnishing  every   facility   moved   from   Deubert's  property   last I ggrg ^g^e elected and matters of inter- to vote at the Village  Election are en-  for   the transaction of business   with | week   to a lot  recently   purchased   by I gg^  taken up.    Wesley B. Smith   was
the pulilic, and will be open from 8:30 iMr. Palermo on the new land company ! gig^tgjj President, John H. Lusch, first a. m. to 6:30 p. m. daily, except Sat-j north of the depot. C. H. Russell had I yj^g president; W. Edgar Sprague, urdays,   when   it  will   close   at   1:00 ' the contract for moving same. I second vice piesident and W. H. Corn-
P- "'^ I    rPL   I   J-    .   ... c.    '¦ .     r ^i.   n 11  iwell, treasurer.  The object of the new
This will prove a great  convenience r    The Ladies   Aid Society of the Bel - j (.,^j, j^ ^^ promote  the  wjelfare of the rumored   that the Democratic  party is > to   telephone  subscribers  in  this  sec-: nior« Avenue Presbyterian Church will considering putting a ticket in the field, | iion, as the office is located in the busi- ; hold   an   apron   and   cake  sale in the possibly  endorsing President  Gunning 1 ness section of Freeport   and is  eaKi,lv .cliurch Saturday afternoon and evening.
for  re-election.    This  is only a rumor ; accegsihie.    H^^;;^^^^^^^^^ jjiss  Mattie   W. Willmarth   has re-.     The Ladi-;A"-d Society of the M. P.
Sstrkt Office aTjamra"^   "^'""''^ i covered   Irom   her   recent   attack   of  Church held their^annual Washington's
measles and is about again.
titled to vote at this primary
The candida'..es so far named are: For Trustees and Village   President, no   opposition to the   candidates   now holding the offices; excepting that it is
JG.   O.   P. ! members.
and sociability among   the
and is given as such.
For   Police   Justice—Elvin   N. Ed¬ wards,   Albin   N.   Johnson   and  A. B.
Wallace.
For Treasurer—John E. Golding, \ Walter B. Cozzens, William Ryder, \ Charles P. Seaman. O. W. Valentine.
For   Collector—D.   Frank   Seaman, George B. Paterson.
Wantagh
supper at the Church on Wednesday evening. It was well attended and the proceeds very satiifactory. The Soci¬ ety also held their monthly business meeting at the home of Mrs. Rudolph Miller on Central avenue yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. William J. Varneke who has been suffering from an attack of pleu- ri.iy we are hap|iy to report as much imp 'oveil.
Monday morning about 2 o'clock the
barn of John J. Stevenson  on the Mer-
The Union Free School is closed this [ rick Road, took fire.   The fire company
week on account of sickness among the ' quickly  responded to   the  alarm,   but
pupils. ' were unable to save the   buildirg as it
I   ' '^as  abo"^ ''"'¦"^'^ to the ground  when j     on   Thursday  evening.   Rev. L. W.
Word has been received by the mem- Judson Allen, the grandson of Mrs. , they arrived, but managed to save Gordon, pastor of the M. P. Church, bers of the D. B. P. Mott Women's j Helen Allen, has been quite sick at the | nearby buildings from igniting. The , g^j ^ ^u^ber ofthe congregation at- Relief Corps. No. 139, from Mrs. Jesse; home of his grandma,   but is now   im-j cause  of the fire is unknown,   but it is Hg^^^,,   j,,^  ^3,,     „£ tj,g   gouth   Side
proving. , believed   that a tramp was sleeping in | gj^le  School   Union   held in the   Lyn-
,      ¦"      ,:   ,.    ^    ^ ,    : the barn and accidentally set fire to the j bro'ok   Methodist  Church.      Rev.   Mr.
Jonas,    who lived   here   for 1 hay  while  smoking.    Three   wagons, | Gordon   was the leader in a discussion
on   "Unschooled, How Can We Reach
trains.    The same aystem he extended | ganization was very much   appreciated;'^®*'*'*^'''    accompanied by his   father; -.  j 	
a little while later, when  he whs made' and gave her a great  deal of pleasure, j ^"''   ^^^   married   to   Miss    Lillie V. supervisor  of motormen   for   both the I In the bag presented wa» a package to | *^''"^  "\  Lexington.    Mr. Jonas   has
' many   frienda   in   this   locality   and in
Freeport  who   wish   for  him   and hia
bride   many   happy  years of  married
life.
Hibbett  of   Hempstead,   one of   tbeir I
number who is spending   the winter in.      .,,    ,    ,        "      ,'   ,.     ,    , ,    ;
Richmond, Va., for her   health.    Mrs.'     Alfred   Jonas     who lived   here   for 1
Hibhett  stated   that the  comfort bag  '"*"y   years with his parents, Mr. and 1 lot of hay, about 50   chickens   besides |
given   her by the   membera of the   or-   '^"- Bernard   Jonas went to Kentucky | the building is Mr. Stevenson's loss.      '
'elevated and the surface linea. His j be opened each day of the month, the I appointment as assistant superintend- first of which was a photogfaph of the ; ent of the elevated lines came June 21, Corps taken by a Review reporter on j 1908. the day they presented    the   American
Mrs.   J.   J.   Ginnane,     nee   Gladys! flag to Lincoln School No. 3.   The next
Draper, whose husband died last week '. E. C. Muncke has had plans prepared meeting of the Corps will be held on of typhoid pneumonia, and her mother, | for a new three-story building to be lo- { Wednesday evening of next week when Mrs. Walter Draper, will take up their I cated on the old Inquirer building site I't >8 expected thut the matter of re- residence here with Mrs. Laura B. ! and work on construction has com-1 o''K'»"'2'"K 'he Husy Bee Sewing Circle Corlies at her horae on  Kirkwood Ave. ! menced. j w'H be taken up.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. W. S. Boody and family have re- E. Church will meet at the home of | moved to the city and J. B. Stillwell Mrs. Youngbauer on Washington Ave., 1 has moved into the house vacated by Thursday, March 2, at 2:30 p. m.    All 1 them on Grand avenue.
memhers   are   requested to be   present i and friends are cordially invited.
Mr. A. E. Hunt entertained the members of the Ladies' Aid Society at | her home on Wednesday afternoon.
The Hempstead Plains Aviation I Company has been incorporated with: the Secretary of State at Albany with : a capital of $50,000. It is headed by ! Alfred J. Moissant. The other direct-! brs are Adolph Wuppermann and Gage,! E. Tarbell. The principal oflice is in ; New York City.
Seaford
Brooklyn    Hall    was well   tWied last Tuesday evening on the occa.sion of the annual entertainment and ball of Wide Awake   Engine Co. No. 1.    The afTair was a success in evory particular,    'lhe professional  talent   had    the   audience roaring   from    the   time it commenced until   the entertainment was over   and i the   ladies   who attended   were   made ' happy by the handsome souvenirs, rose 'jars.       Following   the   entertainment I (lancing was enjoyed   with muaic furn- "^ ; iahed by Tucker's   Band of   Brooklyn.
A very successful luncheon was held : The   hall   was prettily decorated   with Every   snowstorm   add.s to cur   debt; at the residence of Mrs. Anael   R«ynor j the National colors.
of obligation to our good   friends with ; Wednesday   evening   for the benefit of j 	
their anow   plows!!    Wo asaure Messrs. : the M. E. Church. "Deluding Hopes" will be the   Sun
"August," Birfch, Muller and MelZKer   |day morning sermon theme of the Rev.
that   theiY   work   after   the storm of I     Abram   Van   Nostrand,   one  of   the' Charles    Herbert Scholey at the   First Monday   is   much   appreciated.       We j oldest residents of the village,   died at; Presbyterian Church.    Evening service j were -glad to walk in their straight and j his home on Jackson avenue last Thurs- j at 7:30 p. m. ' |
narrow way. M*y night, in his seventy-second   year,	
  ; after having suffered from several sue-j     A petition   has   WfeeTi   circulated re-1
There is a little paper which   comes   cessive   strokes of paralysis.    Funeral; questing tbe Village Board of Trustees I
At a special meeting of the Merrick Hook and Ladder Co.. No. 1, hold in the Fire House on Tuesday evening, it was Voted to rent the hall for the use of the newly crciited 20th Election Dis¬ trict at a reniul of i27> a year.
Musti'r Richard Thann was the recip¬ ient on Suiiday of a medal from the Sunday School for his ability to recite correotiy-the Lord's Prayer, The Apos¬ tles' Creed and the Ten Conimanii- ments.
i Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Seaman re- i ceived a very nice valentine on St. ! Valentine's Day when a little boy ar- j rived at their home. Mother and child ; are doing well.
Arrangements are being made to g've the entertainment, Madena-All- Forlorn. which wa^ successfully rend¬ ered last Monday at Freeport, in the M. P. Church here in the near l^uture under the auspices of the Young Peo¬ ple. The proceeds of the affair will be used to place granitoid sidewalks about the church.
The   members of the Woman's   For¬ eign   Missionary Society of the   M. E. Church are   doing all in their power Uj make   the   coming   lecture to be given by Minosuke   Yamaguchi, a Japanese,, a  great  success.    The  affair   will be held next Tuesday evening and promis- gj,'j(es to be very interesting.    Contrary to the usual lectures given under mission- Mrs.   Fish   and  her   son   Arthur of: pi^^'e and "tWthey gain"  the'p"rofit"by ! "y   auspi^es, ,this  wjll   be more of a Merrick   were   the   guests of Mr.   and | j,jgj, prices. | talk   on   the   life   and   customs  in his
Mrs. Warren Jones lust Sunday. * _  1 home  country   and will be   illustrated
  ¦ ''    Charles Jr. and Raymond Russell are \ !*''^ «tereopticon views of public build- both ill with week. j >ngs. railioads, Japanese  courting and
I wedding, the soldiers and others equally
Owing   to  the   inclement   weather I °* ^"'^'¦®^^'"2-	
Monday night there was no meeting of ' Advance Hook & Ladder Company. I The committee on the dance held last week have $50.38 in hand, which is the amount netted from the dance.
Samuel Self, real estate agent, re¬ ports the sale of the 30 acres of land of B. T. Thorn of Brooklyn to Messrs. Pettit and Lamb of Freeport. This land is right at thc depot, has a front¬ age on Bedford and Grand avenues, on Linden Street and runs weat as far as the   hrauk.    As   soon   as   the  spring
  : opens, the new owners  will have   part
Rev. T. S. Braithwaite assisted at j of the land cleared and start the erec- the funeral of Abram Van Nostrand of I tion of 10 houses, which means a big Seaford on Sunday afternoon last. | boom   for our little village.    Pettit &
Lamb have been among the  successful
Mra. Abbey Smith of   Brooklyn   has 1 men in building up Freeport, and when
been the guest of Mrs.   James M. Sea-1 they Etart here watch Bellmore   grow
man for two weeks. They   don't   hold on to   property
wait   for aomeone else to   build up the
The Firemen had a fine night for their annual supper and dance Tuesday night and the customary crowd ^ttend- ed.
Valley Stream
Cards
form   Bulletin" and is the otticial   rep-; morial Church,  officiating.    The inter resentative   of the   New   York   Civic j ment waa in the  cemetery at Melville
League.    It is devoted to the  cause of 1	
moral reform in the Legislature of this State. It describes briefly overy bill introduced bearing on moral questions, giving arguments for the good, and ob¬ jections to the bad bills. It tells to «hat committee a bill is referred, who compose tbe committee and where tbey live, and where and when a hearing will be given. A report of the hear¬ ing is briefly given, and also a record of the vote of the respective legislat¬ ors when the bill Ie finally disposed of.
(Continaed on page &)
Wants Warden Dunbar to Resign
MvvrCis* it in Cv»ryko4y's Cvliimii  tign.
On Friday Sheriff DeMott, who took office first of the year,   requested   the resignation of Warden John J of Freeport.
Sheriff DeMott made no complaint with Dunbar's service, but tbe Demo¬ crats are hungry for more office and Dunbar wm the next victim.
Warden Dunbar is under Civil Ser¬ viee regulati«|is and haa refused to re-
Ing propertv would agree to pay a per¬ centage of the cost. This proposition was submitted last year but unfortun¬ ately was not carried.
Church on Monday next, witb a nuptial mass.
The  annual  reception   and dance of
the   Holy i\ame Society of St.   Mary's
... .                 . „¦ . n u IR. C. Cburch, held on Wednesday laat,
Wll   be given at Sigmond Opera House   „,„„„j „ „,'a ..,..„... c....^o,.     of. „     p„K    OR    of   Q  proved a grand success.
A lecture on "The Gospel of Christ" !
Sunday     afternoon,    Feb.   26,   at   3 o'clock,   by J. G. Keuhn, of   the   Peo- Dunbar  ple's Pulpit  Association of New York. Seats free and no collection.
At the euchre of tbe   Highland   En¬ chre  Club,   held  at  the   resioence of Mrs.   Adam    Landgrebe,   the   favora A "Progressive Five Hundred" will   were   won by   Mrs.   Neuburne,   Mrs. be beld at   the   Freeport   Club   house j Meier, Mrs. Pitz, Mra. Frye. while the next Moneway evening.    After the con-| consolation  prize  went  to Mrs.   Wet
taeh.    Tbe next meeting   will be held at the reaiidence of Mra. Robert Jobna- Ad'oorllmo H in Evcrybady's Calumn ' ton, Lynbrook.
(continaed on page 8)
Unclaimed Letters
(FrMport Post OffiM)
Alston, Mr. John Amend, Mr. B. F. Crane, C. H. Clark, Mrs. J. C. Carlo, Mr. Pietro Deim, C. Hess, Mr. H. H. Johnson, Mr. William Langdon, Mrs. Charles Parka, F. B.
Packages Burd, Mrs. H. O. Mayes, Mn. C. H. Mayes, C. H.
Robt G, Anderaon, P. Feb. 21, 1911.
If ynu want to' maeh tlia paopla rtiatHa "t
Next Monday evening, February 27, is' the date of the annual play to be presented by the students of Freeport High School, at gj^mond Opera Hoose. The play this year is "The Private Secretary." If you have not yet ae¬ cured your tickets you should do so at once as there is usually a big demand fur tickets for these shows staged by our High School students.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society faeld a pleasant meeting at the home of Mrs. Wallace H. Cornwell on Friday afternoon.jjf iast week. There was a good uttendanc^despite tbe rain and the program for the afternoon waa an interesting one. Subject, "The Women Behind the Work." Sketches were given by Mrs. Shubert.. Mra. Thomas, Mra. Tuckey and Mrs. R. L. Smith. The "Scribbler" was read by Mn. Shotwell. The aerving of ra- freabml^nta b^ the hoateaa and aoeia* bility was combined. Next maetJng to be beid at Mra. Mott'a on March 17.
*l aaw it ta tha Maaaanearl"
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