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Freeport Wins Oratory Contest
SIDE MESSENGER
Vol 5, Nuinb«r 41
ET«ry Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y.. FRIDAY. MAY 9, 1913
10 pases
$1.00 Yearly, Single G>py 5 Cento -
Merrick
f^ingle copies of the Mesaenger can be hfltd at Max Trillitzscb' news stand Merrick. L. I. tf
Services at the Church of the Re* deemer Sunday, Whitsunday, at 7:80 and 11 o'clocic a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. Celebration of the Holy Commun¬ ion at the eariy servicerand Confirma¬ tion, Litany and Holy Communion at the 11 o'cljock service. Bishop Bur¬ gess will preach. A claas of fifteen will be presented. The Church Schoai meets tnthe Parish House at 10 a. m. The Woman's Auxiliary meets on Thursdays at 2:80 p. m. and the Jun ior Auxiliary on Saturdays at 2:30 in tbe Parish House. A cordial welcome is extended to all to attend the services of this cburch.
TownBoard
The' regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead was held at Hempstead Monday  afternoon.
A communication was received from Assemblyman Maloney stating that tbe bill allowing the Town Board of Audit to meet monthly instead of quar¬ terly bad been paased, and was before the Govemor   for   consideration.     It
BeDmore
Single copies of the Messenger can be'had at William Wolfe's drug store Bellmore L. I. at 5c each.
The annual election of officers of the Epworth League waa held at the home of J. E. Harison and the following were elected: President, Miss Ella Wells; Ist vice presideiffi L. J. Wells;
was decided to write to the Governor i 2nd, Miss Grace Livingston; 3rd, Miss urging the passage of this bill. | Lillian Baldwin ;  4th, Charles   Wicks;
A letter was received from the Kings ; secretary.   Miss Clara Decker;   treas- Realty Co., regarding the openingjpf a ; urer, Miss Emma Smith. ne*r  street  through their  property at I '"~
Baldwin. They said that they under-1 A large delegation of young people stood that the other property owners I ^^om the local Jm.ior Epworth League, along this new street had received 1 with their superintendent, Mrs. Wm. their money   for same, and wanted   to! Dalziel,   attended  the  Junior League
J. R. Moore and family have re¬ turned for the season and are occupy¬ ing again "The Farm House" on Hew¬ lett A ^e.
know why they had not.     ihls was re
ferred to Supervisor  Smith to take up
with the Superintendent of Highways.
The Committee to whom   had  been
Rally at St. James M. E. Church in Lynbrook, Saturday aftemoon. The Bellmore Juniors were represented on the program of the   afternoon by Miss
Wm. Kummer of Park Ave. has sold out his grocery business and gone to Brooklyn. 	
The annual school meeting of Mer¬ rick District was held in the school house on Tuesday evening. The at¬ tendance was about 126. The meet¬ ing was notable for the success of tac¬ tics which are fast passing out of vogue with the American people. It Is hardly posBlbfe that methods seen at this meeting can survive another yearly gathering. Geo. M. Hewlett was the chairman of the meeting. Reed Midmer tendered his resignation aaa ttustee. It was voted not to ac¬ cept the resignation but Mr. Midmer insisted and the meeting acceded to the request with regret. W. T. Gowd was elected to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Midmer. David Greaves was el¬ ected to fill tbe place of Trustee C. H. Bowne, Mr. Bowne's term expiring. H. V. Schermerhom, school principal, was elected to the District Clerkship. A. £. Hewlett was nominated for Meas¬ urer and Collector; declined, was elect¬ ed and for the sake of the fun the office remains vacant, Mr. Hewlett, of course, refusing to serve. A maximum of $2200 was voted for the installing of a heating plant. A proposition to make the tuition of High School pupils a District tax and not an individual one, though carefully explained by James Mulcahy, and b&cked up by a letter from the State educational auth¬ orities, was badly beaten. Mr. Scher¬ merhom of the local school, opposed the proposition. Among other things he thought that if the District paid the tax it might result in bringing un¬ desirables to the village. We append the Treasurer's report and the yearly Budget, only calling attention to the fact that the Budget should foot up $8830.
The Treasurer's report was renobred by th6 Treasurer, D. V. W. La^^n, for the period of Jan. 26-May 6, 1918. No report was given of the earlier part of the year when F. L. Walker, de<*-ea8ed, waa the incumbent. The re¬ port follows
referred the petition of establishing \ Grace Baldwin and Miss Esther Verity, an electric lighting district at North i both of whom rendered excellent reci- Merrick  r;ecommended   that a hearing ' tations. ___^__
be called for May 20 in the proposed j ,p^^ ladies' Aid of the M. E. Church Distnct, and that notices be pubhshed ^j,, ^^^ ^^ ^j^^ Parsonage next WedV m the Hempstead  Sentmel.   Rockv.lle I ^^g^^y   aftemoon.    May   14,   at 2:30:
I The following officers will be installed:
IMrs. S. J.   Osborne,    president;   Mrs.
IT. J. Wells, vice   president;   Mrs.   H.
; N   Chapman, secretary;   Mra. Samuel Self,   treasurer.     All   members   and
! friends welcome.
What  promises   to be a fine   enter- ; tainment has been planned by the Cir¬ cle Society of the Presbyterian Church to  be  held in  the church   Wednesrlay evening,   May   14, at 8   o'clock.    The
Testimonial to Samuel R. Smith
' Mr. Samuel R. Smith, president of the Bank of Long Islano, was made the recipient of a' handaome testi¬ monial liiursdav aftemoon, in which the esteem and admiration of men who have been associated with him for a quarter of a century was elo¬ quently expressed.
Twenty-nve    years    ago    Thursday May    1,    1888, Mr.   Smith  started   "
Freeport
Work is bet^g' pushed as rapidly as possible on the Grovei Street trolley, no new opposition having developed.
The trolley company is not trying to
Affecting U. S. Life Savers
There   is   considerable   speculation among the guardsmen now  serving at
contest the  injunction of   Mr.   Flint, | the  stations  along the coast of Long recognizing his claim and have agreed | Island as to just what their status will to begin condemnation   proceedings at! be and how drastic will be the changes once.    The trolley   does   not pass in  * front of the residence of Mr._ Flint, but in   front of property  owned by btm at ..,,,,      ,- „      „    ,       the comer of Atlantic and Ocean Ave-
the banking business in Far Rocka- nues, and |he trolley comnany, having way, as a member of firm of Wallace, „„..„„j ,.«,.«.;==:«« *,..J!\»i,^ v;ii„~„ Smith & Company, banken. ^hioiy.^^^^^^fP^rmiB^iorifrori^^he Village partnership was the forerunner of '^/'"''d of Trnstees, has passed there on the present chain of branches of the , tbe opposite side of the street, until Bank   of  Long    Island. ! the  condemnation proceedings are fin-
Wallace, Smith & Company did i ished. business under that partnership for In front of the property of Samuel j granting them pensions equal to 70 per one year. Then the Far Rockaway' R. Smith the company is taking no <^^nt of their pay and allowance with fornied with Mr. Smith' action, waiting till the argument on the proviso that they remain on a He filled that position for; ^„^^^] o„ m„„ oQ Thev have the line waiting list and be subj«»cted to assign- four years when he was elected president ^^^P^^'^J ^^^^ to whatever duty the Treasury serving in that responsible post until '"'""•;, \"7''P"'"," ""J'^'''P^ooamy j j 1903,wlien the Bank of Longfsland was I cross Merrick Road today; yesterday Department may deem advisable, formed. they were laying the line between I ^here are many guardsmen along In the tenj^ears that the bank has Smith Street and Merrick Road, laying | thej:oast of Long Island who have al- been   in   existence it  has   eatablished                                                                                  "'"             "   ''^              "
that are planned for the service in the event that the Townsend bill, which provides for the combining of the reve¬ nue cutter service with the lifesaving service, should become a law. There is one phase of the bill that appeals the lifesavers, especially those who have given the best years of their lives to the service, and that is the provision   which   will   be   made   for
bank    was as cashier,
nine branches and the Bank of Long Island is one of the big financial insti¬ tutions at Jamaica, Far Rockaway, Flushing, Rockaway Beach, Sesside, Richmond Hill, Long Isinn City, Elm¬ hurst, College Point, and Woodhaven. Th^ Bank's capital is $750,000.
Jan. 8, Bal, on Hand   >
Money from Tax Warrant
Fidelity Trust Company,
Rockville Centre
Ditto
Supervisor CAift, M'tgage
Tuition Tax                 --.—
Total
Disbarsements
,£lUance
$1608.41
227.75
50.88
46.20
Tax    71.94
„.^        6.00
$1906.18
$971.66
$984.47
School Budget 1918-1914.
Teachera' Wages          ""'   '
Fuel and Water
Janitor
Bond
Int. bit Booda
Repairs
Books and Supplies
Incidentals
L«S8 Public Money
200
SOO
400
112
50
100
68
$8825
$S^6
Centre Observer and the Nassau Coun¬ ty Review. -A reaolution was passed accordingly.
Mr. Place ot Bellmore said that he was chairman of a c.mmittee of 15 who were preparing petitions to be presented to the Board asking for the formation of a rfew lighting district to include the villages of Bellmore, Wan tagh, Seaford and Smithville South and North Merrick, which would take in  territory   in   the  proposed electric
lighting district. He wished the Board , ^^^-^^^ proceeds are for the church ' of Wallace, Smith & Company,banking, would wait unti. their petition was ; j^^^jg ^„^, ^^^.j, preparation has been j we, ypur business associates, as the preaented so that the whole matter ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ .^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ff^j^.! «anH of Long Island, the successor of could be considered at one time. Ticketa for this pntprtftinm^nt mav hp i *"''* mstitution, do present you with this
Counsellors T. N. Ripsom and Frank-, J^J^fned from mem^^^^^^^^^^ -;j^J«,,memorial album, bearing our signatures,
lin A. Coles,   representing   interested '^^ ^^ ^^^ ,^,^^, ^^^^^^     You can serve parties,   also urged similar   action, as I   „  better  cause   than  this and a rare did Messrs.   Lattinghauser    Seymore.   ^reat   is   promised    all   who   attend. P, Johnson   Deubert  and others resid- \ Tjeket, are 25c for grownups and in the two district. I for children
The   Board   decided  that  it  would i "    	
have this hearing,   and when the other j     G. Lawrence Stiles, an electrical'en
The testimonial given Mr. Smith Thurs- ready for use, including the two which day was a handsome memorial album wt-re used on the old line to the bay inwhich is printed the following address:; last year, and expects to have two '•On the anniversaiTrof the day twenty- [ ^oyg ^a soon as they can be delivered.
five years ago in which from your great |	
foresight and keen business judgment I Friday at the Plaza "Nobility," a you started in the banking business in ; colored Pathe-play in three reels. 1-ar Rockaway. with George Wallace j.. ,ji^ o„, ^^^le to be good," is the and Charles L. Wallace, under the name , ^j^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^^^^
Advertisement.
a small section at a time, in order to I ready served the pension period of keep fire hydrants open for use if ' thirty-five years, and are now, under needed. i the present system, given no assurance
As soon as the appeal is decided they , that they will be taken care of after will finish their line and have the road ! devoting almost their entire lives to ready for use by Decoration^ Day. i serving the Government. Mannger Cushing has   three cars   now i
The pension scheme sounds good to these mehl But there is a phase of the bill that is not liked either by the younger men or the Vfiterans. Under the new regime, if the bill is made a law, the surfmen will be under the di¬ rection of the Treasury Department in time of peace, and undar the direction of the Secretary of the Navy in war time, or whenever the President so de¬ crees.    This   will  make   the  ordinary
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petition was presented would be time i gineer of New York, was a weekend enough to consider the 'matter of a | guest at the home of his brother, hearing on that district [James A. Stiles, last Sunday.
The  sentiment of the people   in the
  $8000
The menthly meeting of the M«n'a Club will be held in the Pariah Houae oo Tueaday evening, at 8 :S0.
A moeting of the Vestry of the Charch of the Redeemer will be held in th« Rectory tonight at 8 o'clock.
DR. TOWNLEY^ONORED, The following item regarding  Rev. F. M. Townley, formerly rector of oor charch, a^pamrad in the Brooklyn E^Ie Frid«y:
Aboat lOQ 0Mn attctH^ the dinner .^v«n to the Rev.   Mr.  Townley,  who (coptiDoed OD page 10)
larger district seems to be strongly in favor of gas for lighting, and people residing outside of tbe North Merrick lighting district claim that this district takes out the "heart"' of their dis¬ trict, and that that they cannot afTord to establish their district if this is done.
Counselor Alfred F. Davison repre¬ senting the^^ietitioners for the North Merrick lighting district, claims that the people there want "home rule," and do not wish to be included in the larger district.
There was considerable personal comment between the interested par¬ ties, and the meeting to be held on the 20th promises to be very interesting, as well as exciting. ^
Permission was given the ViHage of Hempstead, in accordance with their petition, to change the course of the brook running through the village park, so it would pass through the ex¬ treme southwest comer of the Town land. This is to be an open brook, which the village is to keep in proper condition. Floyd Weeks, president of the village, thanked tfae Board for theiir ^tion in the matter.
Earl J. Bennett as counsel appeared in regard to the claim of Moses Corn- well for $281.00 for extra concrete work in the new Town Almshouse. There was some question as to whether this should have been included in the original contract, and the Board prom¬ ised to take the matter under consider¬ ation.
Peter Johnson is learning the mys¬ teries of tire trouble already His automobile rolled over two sharp points in the road this week and he had two blowouts which kept him basy for a few hours, fixing.
P. H Wassung is improving his property near the Newbridge Road with a new coat of paint and other at¬ tractive features.
Rev. Mr. Spare of the Presbyterian Church was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hilton, Sunday.
The ^aervices by the Methodists, in the Presbyterian Church Sunday night, were conducted by Rev. Mr. Dalziel, who has recovered from his recent ill-
The new store and residence which is being erected on Bedford Avenae by F. M. Wood for J. M. Edwards, the plumber, is nearly completed and will probably be occopied by Mr. Edwards id about two weeks.
Smithville South
Fire broke oot in the home of Wm. Millike on Frederick Fasm last Satur¬ day night at about 9:80 p. m. It waa extinguished by the good work of the firemen after about $600 damage bad been done.
Wm. and Harry Greene were visitors at the home of John Busch over Satur¬ day and Sonday past
Thieves have been relieving Mr. Wallenborn, the florist, of some of his choice carnations. ''
Misa Alice Wood entiertained aboot thirty-six of her little friefnds at a p*r1;y on May 8, the eighth anniver^ sary of her birthday.
At tbe s^idol meeting beld last Taea¬ day Trostees CKrmoi and Ohm were re-elected.
The meeting of the T. Y. L. D, C. was held Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Hazel Green. :
The Sm bville Soath firemen will hold a dance in their hall on May Sl.
The yoang ladies of the choir will hold a cake and aprofa sale in the FVes- btyerian Charch Satorday aftemoon, from 2 to 5 o'clock.
The Ladies' Leagae held a pie social last Friday evening at the home of Mrs. M. Hendrickson.
Miss Bertha Mettela! of Brooklyn waa the guest of Miss Hazel Lattimer Satorday and Sanday.
Carl Rare of New York was the goest of David Dickaon over the week.
Mite Grace ffodgson visited friends in Freeport on Wednesday.
BeHmore met its first defeat of tfife -most popalar store in Freeport, and J
seaaon last Sonday when tliey lost to the Rockville Centre F. C. by a score of 1 to 0, due to an error in the first inning. Amos . Baldwin, pitching his initial game of the season, was cer¬ tainly in gr^at form, holding the visit¬ ors to five hits and fanning ten, bat it was of little avail, as Bellmore could do abaolotcij^ nothing against Raab's delivery, not a man reaching second baae. "The six hita that they did se¬ care from him were so widely scattered
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as a token of our personal esteem and admiration.
"We trust the business you started in such a small way, in what was then a little unincorporated village, and which you have conducted so success¬ fully as it has grown from stage to stage to its present position of strengtn and influence in What is now a borough of the City of New York may continue as an ever present testimonial ot your great business sagacity, and that you may long have healtn and ability to guide and maintain it as the leading financial  institution  of  Long Island.
On several pages following the address appears the signatures of all the officers and directors of the various branches of the bank and the employees of these branches.
The presentation of the album was made in President Smith's office in the Jamaica branch at 5 o'clock. A large delegation of those whose names apjiear in the album gathered at the bank just a few' moments before and promptly at that hour, headed by Mr. Valentine W. Smith, of Far Rockaway, Vice- President of Ihltepank of Long Island, marched in (fi the astonished banker. Before he hitd time to grasp what was going on, Mr. Smith, the spokesman, had launched forth on his speach of pre¬ sentation.
The recipient of the glowing testi¬ monial, although almost overcome by the kindly ana thoughtful act of his associates and employees, made a most fitting response.
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A Gpod Advertisement
We don't know how he did it, bat Kiefer certainly has a pull with the Brooklyn Times. They had the foi lowing item in-aboat him in one of their issues this week with a double heading. The item was not paid for either as it did not have the word ad¬ vertisement after it. Kiefer certain¬ ly has a good store, and carries a splendid line of stuff, which the Brook- yn Times evidently appreciates. Their item:
A PROGRESSIVE STORE. For Kodaks, Stationery and School Sap- plies, Kiefer's is Hard to Beat.
Freeport, L. I., May 5-—About nine yeara ago a store was opened in Free- port with a small stock. Because of its excellent management, residents soon began to realize that by porchas- ing at home in preference to sending elsewhere, they coald secare what they needed more quickly, have better at¬ tention, and save considerable  money.
The numerous patrons who rapidly inreased beg^  to call this   shop tfae
At the annual school meeting Hiram surfman equal in rank with the enlist- R. Smith, who, as chairman of the ! ed sailor, but whether his salary will special meeting on April 25, was in- i be reduced to that of the sailor js not stracted to select a conimittee of rep- i known. The commissioned oflficers, resentative   citizens   to   consider   the  warrant officers  and petty   officers of
matter of grade schools, and consult with the Board of Education, an¬ nounced that he had selected the fol¬ lowing. He said he had named each member of the committee because of some peculiar fitness for the work^ and had the assurance of each member that he would serve:
Rev. D. A. Jordan
H. P. Libby
John D. Gunning
David Sutherland, jr.
R. H. Mayland
Chas. D. Smith
Smith Cox      :     The  annual  school   meeting^of Dis-
Tuesday afternoon a representative I trict No. 23 was held in the school of this paper inspected the new ice : building on Tuesday e?ening with a plant of R. P. Welden, on South   Main
the life guard will receive a 10 per cent increff^e in pay for every five years' service.
It is rumored about Long Island that in the event the. surfmen are put on a par with the ordinary sailor or marine- of .-tbe Navy, there will be wholesale resignations in every station in the country, and the efficiency of the life guard will be minimized to a great ex¬ tent.
Wantagh
Street. Mr. Welden said that the plant was about finished, and he ex¬ pected to start work that afternoon, manufacturing ice.    It is his intention
to supply ice to his  regular  coal  casT..'"o contracts   had   been   awarded   fbr
D. Kiefer, its proprietor, spared no effort to supply the ever increasing de¬ mands opon bis stock. Now the store is not only known as the most popular, bat the most progressive and the most complete in sach lines as kodaks. Sta¬ tionery, office and school supplies, and novelties.
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small attendance. Wm. F. Dean was chosen chairman and CorodOn Norton recording clerk. Fred Wiebel and Frank Schorr were made Inspectors of Election.    The  Board announced that
tomers, as his supply will be limited, and he ^hinks he will not be able to meet the demand which will follow the inauguration of his selling, in opposi¬ tion to the ice company. His price will be 20 per cent less than charged by the "ice trust."
Mr. Welden's plant at the present time has a capacity of 10 tons per day working under favorable conditions,, and is expected to turn out at least 50 tons per week. It is what is called a five ton plant, being capable of produc¬ ing at one time 6 tons of ice which takes from 11 to 12 hours to freeze. This is then teken from the cans, and more water put in, and the operation repeated.	
Mr. Welden has had installed a 25 h. p. Fairbanks gas engine, and a 2500 gallon water tank, with which to sup¬ ply his plant. 'The water iff pumped direct from the ground, but he has an auxiliary connection with the Freeport water plant, so that in case of emerg¬ ency be can get all the water that is desired without any possibility of a breakdown.
It goes without saying that Mr. Welden may expect opposition from the ice company and that when tfae starts selling his ice the price of ice will be reduced by the company, pro¬ viding they consider Mr. Welden's out¬ put large enoogh to bother with. It also goes without saying, in view of past experiences, that the people who patronize Mr. Welden at first will change to the ice company if their price is lowered, but Mr. Welden has reckoned on this, and is not afraid of the resulted. Being a practical ma¬ chinist, and thorotighly understanding the work in whiefa be is enc^aiged, tfaere is no question but tfaat Mr. Welden will be able to take care of the buai¬ neas in good shape, and we are qoite positive that he will be able to give his coatomers satisfaction, aa he did with the coal business - daring the last winter, when it was • diffiealt proposi¬ tion to secor^ coal.
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teachers for the coming year. The annual budget of $8,900 was carried. E. J. Seaman declining re election as trustee, John F. Rhame was elected for 8 years to succeed him. Wm. P. Dean was re-elected to succeed himself for 3 years.
It was voted to raise $500 for the purchase of a new piano for use in the school and that this amount be added <^>^the budget of the ' ensuing year, making the budget $4,400.
The fire department is almost ready to put in a new flre whistle and a spe¬ cial meeting will be held on Friday night for the purpose of dividing the flre district and arranging the signals.
The Sacrament of the Holy Com¬ munion will be administered in tbe Memorial Church Sunday morning. The pastor. Rev. Thomas S. Braith¬ waite, will take as his^heme, "Jos¬ eph's Rise to Power," In the evening the pastor will speak on "The amuse¬ ment question, and what should be the attitude of the church toward amuse¬ ment." Sunday School at 2:80 in tfae Parish House. Boys' Brigade Wed¬ nesday fit 8 p. m>
May Baitinger was tendered a sur¬ prise party on Tuesday, it being the occasion of faer birtbday.
A petition is being circulated for signers iu favor of a lighting district,, somewhat differenty allott^^ than the one suggested some weeks ago. There Is a strong sentiment that our village ahould be lighted so as to make it at¬ tractive and saf e.
Sarah Rebecca Smitfa and James E. Goodey, botb of Bellmore, were united in marriage at the MemoHal Parson¬ age Saturday night last by tfae Rev. T. S. Brait^wite. Mrs. Elizabetfa H. Meyer was matron of bonor snd Chas. B. Lawmaster, best man.
Bsxry Braithwaite is oor represent¬ ative in Wantagh and will be glad to receive yoor newa items or otiats to
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