South Side Messenger 19090528

              SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
For the
South Side of
Long Island
.A reliable means of communication between the villages of Rock¬ ville Centre, Baldwin, Freeport, iRoosevelt, Merrick, Bellmore, Smithville South, Wantaigh,Seaf6i'd, Massapequa and Amity ville.
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VOL. 1, NUMBEB 45
FREBP6rT and beli¬more. Vt v., FRIDAY. MAY 28. 1909
PBICE, 6 CENTTS
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FREEPORT
)id you know Henry has moved? 0! m'yes. He looked toward.H the East re¬ cently and saw the pile of pipe almost at his back door and immediately pro¬ ceeded to get out of the way of the new city water way going through town. Now Henry Gobetz is on South Main St., in his new store, where he is the same genial newsdealer, cigar seller and candy merchant as of yore.
Fruit merchant Cassassa is at home in his new store on So. Main St., op¬ posite the old stand.
Read the telephone company's ad. in this issue.
About the flossiest thing in window frontsis the new ones being put in the garage of the L. I. Taxicab Co.
Dr. W. G. Smith, Dentist, 61 W. Mcr- .rick Road, Preeport; 'Phone 85-R.       It
Put out your flag to-morrow and bum some red fire in honor of the firemen. Their recori in the past shows they are entitled to a mark of recognition on thenight (to-morrow) of their annual inspection, and donnE forget "Uncle Bill" Cameron, ^)ig chief, if you please.
A cake sale and tea will be held by the Altar Guild of the Church of the Transfiguration at the residence of Mrs. XJornelia J. Kellum, 255 Pine St., Saturday afternoon. May 29, from 2 to 6.
Services at the Church of the Trans¬ figuration, Whit Sunday,' May SOth, will be: Holy Communion 7.00 a. m.; Holy Communinn and Sermon 10.30, Children's Flower Service 3 p. m.. Evensong at 8. All friends of the •children are cordially invited to be with them at their service.
John J. Randall is doing business and plenty of. it, in his new office on Railroad Ave., and is stepping spry enough to make a lot of the youngsters hereabout"  sit up and look   interested.
Henry Schluter will be able to serve you promptly in his new model grocery at Nassau by the Sea this summer.
Yoa can get 2,000 lbs. of coal at Haff's yard for $6.2.j.    Plioue 398 Ffooport. tf
The happy season is about here. Pretty girls, straw hats and ice cream sodas are all the go.
Mrs. George Riano, whose husband died two months ago, of heart trouble, is in town for the Summer. Mrs. Ri¬ ano is well known professionally as one of the Four Rianos in vaudeville.
Holy communion will be administered at the service of the Lutheran Church Sunday moming. Next Wednesday evening, June 2, a meeting will be held «t the home of John Behrens. 209 Smith Street, to adopt a constitution and complete the organization of the congregation.
A Memorial Day seimon will be preached by Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey at the morning service of the First Presbyterian Church with the members of the D. B. P. Mott Post of the Grand Army of the Republic and ' of the Woman's Relief Corps in attend¬ ance. The pastor's evening theme will be the third topic in the series on Adam,  "In tbe Clutches of the Law."
George Munroe is in the "Sons fof Night" playing at a Broadway (N. Y.) theatre.   The show is a hit.
AU the tailors are being over¬ worked getting the firemen's suits ready for the inspection to-morrow night.'
C. O. Colvin of Merrick is making a special carriage offer this week that should be worth while.    Read his ad.
In connection with the service on Sunday morning of the Lutheran Church, which is temporarily worship¬ ping at old Opera Hall, 28 S. Main St., the Lord's Supper will be admin¬ istered. The final organization of the cnongregation will be  effected  and  a
' constitution adopted at a meeting to be held at the home of Mr. John Behrens,
. 209 Smith St., on Wednesday evening, June 2.
Froeport High School on Saturday will meet EIrasmus High School, at Athletic Park. This game, from all indications, should be a hummer, as both schools have first-ciass teams. The people should support the High School teams, if they support any, and they can best show their appreciation by tuming out on Saturday.
Some Of the enterprising residents j of the village who will intprove their t property by having sidewalks, curbing | and driveways of concrete are named | below:   IMr.    Henderson,    Mrs.    M.
BELLMORE
Misses Baldwin are adding a two-
  _ _    story extension to  their residence on
Stultz* riHyier Elii'son7Wm. 'ikVkyder, [ Bellmore Ave.	
John Patterson,  Thomas  Spence,   Es-'     „ i i      j    '   ..i. i*r.- ,      i-mi-      u -   • .. j l     l-
tate of Martin Reynolds.  Joseph Mul-      Seve"!  men employed on the new | gyler Ellison been appomted by his ler.    Otto    Nelson,    James     Carver, jP^P*  ^•"«. ^*''^<>'«^-  '^*'® *'*^?''"**»" i*^"'^'w^^*'"^'"bers a com Vernie Lawrence and C. O. Niles. The i
If Dogs to Qo
i *rhe day of the dogs of doubtful an- ' otatry who, heretofore have been given j t^ freedom of the village by an in- : 4§lgent public, is on the wane. For Imin't Freeport    Village   Trustee J.
contracts for these have been given to Edward Trayer, who has placed in charge of the mechanical v/ork C. Cas- tillini, one of the best known men in this line of work. He laid tbe first concrete sidewalk in this village.
i'ettit and Lamb have^alpo placed the contract for concrete sidewalks to be laid on all the streets of their Wood- cleft Beach properties and work has al¬ ready been started thereon.
this publi *jition for parts of houses, | oise to secure a competent do^ catcher, fumished rooms and board. Persons in j wJth pound (those without pounds con- Bellmore having Ruch accommodations j sidered), one who is talk, censure, for hire can send a description and I stare and criticism proof, who will look price to office of publication for for- [.^th baleful eye upon every common or warding. ! garden variety of canine that  appears
  {before his vision.    Who is the man
0 well, what's the use, anyway?! who will undertake to shoo into the The Bellmore Base-ball team got out'pound tbese street pests? Honestly, their new suits last Sunday and played ' Etuy ler, we wish you all success. A in Lindenhurst against the Nationals, idog catcher is a necessity, but finding that  is  to  say they played with them ! bim will put you on your mettle.    Any
for the score was 21 to 0, Be Imore get j way. Vale, dog (?)
At the  Methodist Episcopal Church I ting the 2L    Merritt and Smith  faced]- ^   -
Sunday  next  the services  will be  as : each other for the  battery work  audj U/^MTAnH
follows:" Moming   worship at  10:30  the  lamented  battery for the   pretzel; WT/tll I/lUII
eaters  waj  Wrigh: and Buck.    Hon-,    ,-,    ,,   ~.        Z.     T-,   IT" wi    ..    u " On   Monday,   May 31, the   Wantagh
a.   m., when  the  pastor.   Dr.   Vi.  -A. ^j,
Rich^ard, win preach on "The Value in | l^^]y'J^''^}2*':^,}!!'^^„^^^^^^ [ Gun Club will hold a clay pigeon shoot
on their grounds at Fussell's Farm.
I'he Christian Endeavor Society will hold a meeting in the church Fridl^ night. The topic ia "Heroes of home missions."    Leader,  William   Garner.
the Community of a  Real  Man."    At | way our boys play ball when they meet
7:45 p. m.. Rev. G. A. Gibson of Bell-  those  fellows from   East.    They  are
more v/ill occupy the pulpit.    At  2:30igoing    to    pJay     at   Lindenhurst   on
p. m., there will be a Union  Memorial: next Sunday, but'thaf^ only to get  in
Day Service of the Sunday Schools and ' practice  for the game  the following
congregations of the Prebsyterian, Bap-i day at  3  o'clock,   when they will  go
tist and MethodiHt Episcopal Churches,   against the Greenwich Pouit  team,   in
at which the old soldiers, the Woman's ; Bellmore. ,     Tf^e  Sigma   Euchre Club met at the
Relief Corns, and others will be guests. ;     0"r   hoys  were   about  the  nattiest |},ome of jyirgjohn H. Uavis   Thursday
Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey will give  looking lot of players that ever stepped afternoon.
the  address.    A  general invitation is   on a diamond and they christened their ;	
extended  to  all to attend this aervice. ] new  suits  by  winning  a well   played"      Mrs.    Corodon   Norton  taught   last The Sunday Schools should  be  present j &ame. ^ week  at  Hicksville  and will continue
by  2:15 p. m., to be seated   cdmforta-    - i to teach until Juno 25th, finishing   the
bly. i    Our old  friend Frank Baldwin is ill i term.    The sixth grade teacher was
  ' at  his home on Bellmore Ave.    Frank i taken sick and Mrs. Norton was called
In the Freeport First Baptist Church  has a good constitution,   however  and ; on to fill her place. Stanley   W.   Roberts   minister,   there  we  hope   to  see  him around again. —        —
will  be public worship of God  Sunday!   I     The pupils of the  Memorial   Sunday
at   10.30 a. m. and 7.45 p. m.   *In   the \     George A. Smith is getting his  new school are preparing for the  exercises morning a Memoriah Day   sermon   will   home ready for occupancy and expects 1 to  be given on Children's Day. be preached on  "Memories  We leave ; to be in possession by June 1st. ,    «„ ^ ^ c„.TfTn^.7H.f ri w Mpr
Behind  Us;"   evening  subject,   "The  -^f^^^W.G^Smith, Deutist, 61 W. Mer
 toad, Freeport; 'Phone t?5-R.    ¦ tf
F. Benzer, who purchased the Moses 	
Hunt house on Bellmore Ave., will add The regular monthly business meet- an extension to the building, put iu ing of the Hook and Ladder Co. will be gas, steam heat and decorate the place  held next Thursday in Firemen's Hall.
throughout. ^ 	
  Those  who attended   the   recital  of
''Rip VanWinkle" given in Ultsch's Hall laat Wednesday evenmg by Mr. Kiernan enjoyed a rare treat. The powerful dramatic instinct and expres
Objective of Jesus;" Bible School at 2.30; Y. P. S. C. E. meeting at 7, mid-week service on Friday at 8 o'clock.
Sunday, from 12 to 12:45, will occur the  first meeting of the Men's Forum.
The olrect will be to discuss questions i     r^he   fire  company   will  go   to    the in applied Christiani y, such as Wealth ^ tournament  in style, having  voted   to and  Capital,   Civic Corruption,   Child Labor,   Marriage, Immigration, Labor conditions,   etc.    Rev. S. W.   Roberts will make a brief introduction  to each
hire a brass band. They will enter j the hose contest and several new mem- I bers  will appear for the first   time   in ; sion of Mr. Kiernan reminded many of
topic, after which tthere will be opportunity for voluntary discussion from the Christian point of view. All men invited. The special topic for Sunday will be "Wealth and Capital." Special music appropriate to Me¬ morial Day will be rendered fcy the choir at the Sunday evening service.
any tournament in new uniforms. Harry Merritt and Wm. Brockman were accepted as members of the com¬ pany and the boys had the machine out for practice Monday night.
Joseph Jefferson in this famous and a very enjoyable evening spent by those who attended the tal.
play.
was
Moses Hunt's ice plant  in   Wantagh is going along nicely.    The quality of ice turned out is  very  satisfactory  to ' numerous customers.
BALDWIN
Charles Hervey has purchased a new Thomas car.
Harry  Merritt has the contract for
I the concrete and brick foundation  for
Ithe  Smith  homestead  which    Robert
Willmarth  bought  and   will move  to
Andrews Brothers, who are doing the work along Main St. foi the coun¬ ty will make this roadway one of the best in the State. The curb and gut¬ ter will be one solid piece and will be placed on a bed of six inches of gravel, .
ten  inches of rough  concrete, mixed 1 Grand Ave.     	
with  broken  stone and two inches of i i 	
finish.    The, roadway is  to be rolled j     High Hill BeaCh boats June 15th.       i     Mrs. C. W. Bedell is acting  as sub- over broken  stone,    then  tarred  and'                          -             -                          • stitute in the place of Miss Kate  May covered with a finish of fine screening, i    Yon can get 2,000 lbs. of coal at Haff's ; Cumber who was recently married. This  has long been looked for and  fills i yard for »6.25.    Phone 388 Freeport. tf. i 	
Miss Edith Pearl Payne is home  for a short visit.
Mr.   and  Mrs.   W. Hawkins of Chi¬ cago are visiting their brother  E.   M. I Hawkins.
a long felt want. .Supervisor Smith Cox, who secured the contract for this work,deserves the commendation of all who have to use this street.
Advertise  It   in   Evary body's •Column.
The J. O. U. A. M. will entertain the State Board to-night in its hall en I Railroad Ave. Invitations to various ' Nassau County Councils have been sent' and the occasion will be a pleasant, one for all attending.
Miss Gladys Dusenbury and  Clinton S.   Donaldson  are to be married  June | 5th at  7.30  a.  m., in the  Episcopal i Church.    Rev. Bissell will perform the [ ceremony.
I Mrs. Henry Hudson and her i childern, Ruth and Harry, have come i to Bellmore to spend the Summer. i They are boarding at the residence of I Mrs. David Seaman.
The Ladies' Aid  Society   met with two Mrs. Joseph Sherwood this week.
The  Woman's Advance  Club with Mrs. J. H. Story, Thursday.
met
Sacramental services will be held on Sunday evening, the SOth, at the M. E. Church on the Merrick Road. A minister from Freeport will   officiate.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Sabbath Schoo- at 23.0 p. m.
Epworth League at 7 p. m.
J. H. Kirby is erecting a large house opposite A. Archer's house on Millburn Ave.
Base-Bali News
Mr. Wheeler Glover is at Staten Isl¬ and, where he recently purchased 20 acres of land which he called Crescent Beach Camp. He is erecting bunga- lo,ws and laying cement sidewalks there.
The
by Geo. Lynch first of the inter-village  series
Hogap's Colts, "known as the Free- port A. C."  defeated  Roosevelt  Sun¬ day by the score of 11 to 4.    Clarence I of'games'between Freeport, Rockville Dorlon played first, and raade the hit; Centre,   Hempstead and Mineola, will
of  his career.    He   accepted     seven j j^j^g ^1^^^^ Saturday, when the Phi Al- ,  .
chances without making an  error and p^^  a.    C,    representing   Freeport,!     Miss Grance Birtus Ted Birtus r„'L.'"*'nS,'?.ri;!£ .SriA'^l^f^,, *; I ™-ts  Rockville ^Centre, at ^ Rockville j Mi^s  MHdred  c"oS   of    W^hburg,
The B. A. C. plays the colored Giants I of  Brooklyn  on   the   home   grounds
: Saturday.
I 	
'     The Baldwin Fire Dept. are practic- ! ing for the tournament June 22.
Ed. Trayer Busy
MERRICK
Divine worship at the Church of the Redeemer Sunday, Whitsunday, at 7.30 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday School meets in the Parish House at 10 a. ro. To all a hearty invitation is ex¬ tended to attend the services of this church.
Mrs. Narwood entertained the Char- opean Club uf Brooklyn at her home last Friday. There were about 60 pres¬ ent.
Mr. E. C. Cammann and Miss Helen ' Van Kortlandt Clarkson were married ; Wednesday in St. Paul's Church, Tivo- li-on-the-Hundson. Upon their return {to Merrick Mr. and Mrs. Cammann will I reside on Merrick Road, where their I future home has been undergoing ex¬ tensive alterations.
Ed. Trayer, who knows   as much of concrete construction work as any man
and
the bat. The opposing pitcher kicked. | Centre. Phi Alpha expects to put its however, saying "that Dick's uniform i strongest team in the field, with either fitted him so that you could not tell, perrst or Frank Tryon, in the box. whether he was commg or going." j j^yon has come back, and is pitching Deck seems tq be coming fast Jack ; ^.|,g strongest game of his base-ball Moseman who played right field, is a , career. Searles will catch. On DeO good heady player, using that pa^t of i oration Day, the second game of the his anatomy to stop two hard drives | ^^^^^^ ^^ t^ke place, when  Phi  Alba
plays a double header against  Hemp-
  stead.    Judging from the games they
, _, ^ . , .        , i have  played thus far this seaaon, they
Maps of Freeport have  been  issued ^^^^  ^J^^ the strongest teams that
ana are now on  sale  at the Review ¦
Stationery Store, 62 S. Main St. They
with.    Don't forget the big ganne Dec oration Day.
are about one foot square, and are accurate, ahowing all the streets and avenues in the village. They sell for 15 cents: sent by mail on receipt of price.
Evorybody's Column.   P«g« 4.
ever represented that town, and two lively games are expected. The first game will be started at 2 o'clock and the second game at 4 o'clock. One ad¬ mission, (36c) will be charged for both 3;ames. >
Do You Want to Buy or Sell? Use Everybody's Column.
Penn.,  were Monday.
visiting Mrs.   A.   Scott
Open Business Wagon for sale, never used.    Peter A. Kress,'Baldwin, L.   I.
It.
Dance at Pearsall's Hall June 4, not 24, as stated last week.
R. W. Seaman and a party of friends, which included Mrs. Seaman, Mrs. VanWicklen and Miae Daisy Van >Wicklen, were in town Tuesday enjoy¬ ing a motor trip in Seaman's new Win- ton car. They stopped at Theo Dixon's home in Russell Park.
The Field Day of the Boys'  League
rn "thircountiy.Ts"" an Tnt'husa.st' over i P'«""«^ Z^'' '««* ^f*"*^®! ^^ *^ ^^ this form of material for building and P°«*P?"«.^ °".^<;^.?!'"' °i ^''^ weather, general  construction   work.      He  has
Weather permitting,   the  event take place Saturday, June 5th.
will
mdae a study of concrete fcr sidewalks, houses  and   factories,   and in addition r^   tt »
has done a great deal towards making Mr. C. D. Hafns and family are oc- stucco (a form of concrete) an efficient i c"Py>ng their home here for the sum- finish for "residences. Contrary to I "'e*"- Miss Aline Hains is going abroad general belief, this has been made into ! early in June for a trip of 3 months, a lasting and safe material for outside i visiting England and the Continent, work.    It has been brought to a  state i
of strength which makes it weather i On Saturday, the 29th, the Merpick and water pro )f. He has secured con-' Field Club's baseball team will meet tracts for-the erection of twelve houses Ithe team of the Knickerbocker Trust
in Merrick, from private individuals, each of which will be of concrete, showing that this material is becom¬ ing popular, with a class of people, who want a comfortable and lasting home, of substantial quality. The cost will be from $1200 to $1500, ex¬ clusive of plumbing and fixtures.
! Co. on Kenny Field at  4  o'clock.    On
j Monday  at  3 o'clock, an hour earlier
than    usually,    the   Field  Club  team
meets another team calling  itself the
Merrick A. C. May. the best team win !
The station of the L. L R. R. was not robbed Monday night. The usual For building blocks, the method of \ thing took place Tuesday, however, preparation is interesting. .There are • An obst^jicle to prevent the door bf the two foTTTlk of procesa, one is the tlrj' I sk)t machine being taken off was over form, used in making the blocks. | come by taking the whole machine. Just enough water ^is used to permit j Someone should warn the robbers that the mixture of cement, gravel and sand | eating so much chocolate and chewing to mould and hold together, then it is j so much gum ia not good for the put into forms and tamped. After j health. Who knows—perhaps this is this they are taken from the forms andi a sly way the L.   I. R. R. have of  let-
which ; ting the vulgar robbers eat themselves '¦ to death?
A suspicious looking   character ' was
placed  on  racks,   for  curing, takes twenty-eight days.
The  other   process,   is known is the "wet process" which consists of using i
plenty of water in the mixture and then | arrested by railroad detective F. Mil- pouring  it into a mold and allowed  to ; ler on Monday for begging vagrancy.
set.    "This  process  is used mostly   for ! 	
sidewalks and foundations and can be , -phe church is planning for its annual used also for building the monolithic j pajj. to be held in the Parish House style of structure which, when com- j toward the end ot June. A prelimin- pleted, would be one solid mass of | gpy meeting was called Friday. All stone. Trayer's own home in Freeport | the friends of the church are asked to is budt this way, and another is being ignd their assistance ^in making the erect jd on Lillian Ave. An advent- j Pai,. ^ success. The specific object age of this style of construction is that; of the Fair this year is the placing of it is known to be warmer in winter, i ^ cement foundation under the Parish cooler m summer, and much more last- | House and the installing of a hot air ing, without any repairs being need- furnace, excavating suflSciently for the ed, ofttlmes necessary . on wooden | purpose, in order that the house may structures. Its cheapness, therefore, j ^e habitable at all times in the winter 18 apparent. Two concrete bungalos ^g j, ^ot the caae now upon very cold have been erected at Woodcieft Beach j ji^yg ^nj consequently there is always for Pettit and Lamb, and the front of ^ chance of interference with the work
of the Sunday School in tlie winter and in planning for use of the building when warmth is a consideration. The I Rector expresses himself as feeling ' that the community only needs to know j the church's wants to do its best to • supply them.
the Sigmond Theatre, finished by Tray¬ er, is of stucco.
ROCkvJLLECENfRE
Everything points to a successful entertainment in the auditorium of the school to-night under the auspices of the Fortnightly Club.
Sunshine Society Convention
The llth Annual Convention of the Intemationai Sunshine Society waa held Thursday, the 20th, at the Hotel Astor,  New    York.    ITie superinten-
The sprinkling of the streets is a good thing for the village, now that the roads are likely to become dusty.
The village never presented a better | dent of the Willing Workers branch, appearance than it does these days, j Bellmore, took two delegates to the There has been a satisfactory sale of {convolution. Miss Florence Adel and properties in this section reported by! Miss Mattie Wilmarth, who brought real estate agenta, but all seem of the | home interesting reports which they opinion that \yhile the demand for i read at the meeting in Bellmore high-class property will be fair, it j Wednesday afternoon. At the conven- will be some time before we cannot j tion the program of both the moming satisfy the demand. j and aftemoon sessions was very pleas-
"       ¦ i ing, music, recitations  and  speaking.
Earl Bennett is erecting a handsome j interspersed with a mid-day luncheon, modem home on Lewis Ave., near the t© make up a successful day. Tbe Merrick Road, which will be one ofthe particular work of the Bellmore branch finest residences in the village. jg the work of sending violets and                              other flowers to the city  for distjibu-
We leam that the abandoned reser-1 tion among the unfortunate who are
,   See ad. in Everybody's Col. concern¬ ing a trip to Bermuda.
voir, east of the village, is to be placed in shape to be used as a storage for city water and supplied from a new pipe line to be built from Lake Ron¬ konkoma, and from this reservoir the line will extend to the city.    .
;The Bowery Mission Free %jabor Burtiiau is prepared to supply any num¬ ber of men, for any kind of labor, at a moment's notice. Wtihin the past twelve months their cashier has paid out $1,453.86 for railroad expenses on thousands of worthy, willing and able- bodied men, to all parts of the country. Address John C. Earl, Financial Sec¬ retary, 92 Bible Houae. New York City.
unable to get the benefits of country life. The superintendent of the So¬ ciety in New York asked the BeHmore delegates to get theit branch to con¬ tribute articles of clothing to the poor of the society and to hold in the Fall a "fruit and jelly shower," and send the proceeds for the benefit of the needy in the City. The superinten-. dent of the Willing Workers in Bell¬ more is Miss Jessie E. Newland. a young lady noted for her willingness to. help in the scattering of Sunshine in her section, and associated with her are some of the brightest and most willing young folks in the village.
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