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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
For the
South Side .of
Long Island
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A reliable means of communication between the villages of Rock¬ ville Centre, Baldwin, Freeport, Roosevelt, Merrick, Bellmore, Smithville South, Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa and Amityvilie.
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VOL. 1, NUMBEB I
raKPORT
Monday the trolley and steam boat lines toiNassau by the Sea carried two thousand two hundred and eleven peo¬ ple without an accident or delay of any kind. The service after four o'clock was increased to a car and boat run¬ ning every twenty minutes. Tt waa one of the greatest days in the history of thi^ resort and the day was perfect in every way for the pleasure seeking crowds who flocked here from all over.
The fireworks display by the Free- port Club took place Monday night on the strip of land north of the club house. A large crowd witnessed the exhibi¬ tion.
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE-. N. Y., FRmAY, JULY 9, 1909
PBICE. 5 CENTS
W. p. W. Haff, Coal.
1 Mo.
BELLMORE
Tfae Phi Alpha  athletic meet drew a good  crowd.    The Phi   Alphas  lost
the beautiful  point trophy thej^score i — —— ¦
showing Rockville Centre 19, Phi Al-! Reports from t.he home of William pha 18 and Sargo A, C. 11. JPred Hunt! F. Jeffrey state that he is improving of the Phj Alphas ran on the winning ' so much that he is able to converse relay and on several other events, j with callers, and is resting easy. His The finals: jgreat vitality is carrying him through
100 yard dash-—Raymond  1st,   time ; a painful period for a man of his ac- 10 4-5;  Dempsey  second and   James; tivity. third. ! ^   	
16 lb. Shot Put— Longnecker first, J Bellmore Juniors tackled the Parm- 37 feet 2 inches; Late second, 34 feet i ingdale team on their own grounds and 5 inches and Lawson third, 34 feet; Saturday  and  were  again    defeated.
returned (rom a four days' trip to Ni¬ agara Palls. They report the place still running.
HIGH HILL BEAGH
MoTJdi
Mrs. L. Oestreicher has been a guest at the residence on N. Main St., of Mrs. James Abbott.
There will soon be two more  boilers
installed at the puniping station  here,
 to  meet  the demand  for  water  and
lighting  service, which has  increased
at a great rate.
A TAXICAB at your door, any hour of the day or night, Phone 4i;5 Freeport.
Guests at the Hptel Norwood in Woodcieft Harbor are Mr. and Mrs. Martin" Ford, R. M,^ Wylie and wife, JoYin Nichols, William Hassell, Frank Randall and William McLaugblin, al! of New York.
One of the handsomest boats seen in^ local waters for some time is the "Vir¬ ginia" owned by George  Schilling  of Brooklyn,   which has anchored  off the ^outh Shore Yacht Club for three days. ; this week,   while the owner with two Quests were making a 'round the Island *trip.    This  boat  is  entered   in    two races this sumnier, one over a 285 mile course from the Crescent Club in Brook¬ lyn to Marblehead, Mass., and the other over  a 244 mile course  around  L.   I., from  104th St., N.   Y-i,   back  to  the starting point.
Call 398 F'reeport on the Phone.
1 Mo.
The Phi Alpha minstrel and dance at the Sigmond Friday night was a suc¬ cess in every way. The local Dock- staders kegt the pot boiling and every¬ thing went off without a hitch. George A. Lynch's song, "Pony Boy", the comedy work of William Camman, and our old time favorite John Searles on the job with his laugh making] stunts, all under the able direction of Harry R. Zeiner, pleased the audience from start to finish.
George Wintjen's new home on Columbus Ave. has risen Phoenix-like from the ashes of the old one gutted by lire last January. He has Seen to it that every improvement is installed, including ample fire protection.
You can get 2,000 lbs. of coal at Haff's yard for 16.25.    Phone 398 Freeport. tf
Walter R. Nygren and Pelham St. George Bissell Jr. are in camp at Point Lookout for two weeks.
' Attention i§ called to the adv. of the Great South Bay Ferry Co. in this issue.
Ex-Senator "Tom" Platt is in Free port for the Summer, in the Abel   cot tage on Ocean Ave.,  which  he  leased through the agency of H. P. Libby.
Dr. W. G. Smith, Deutist. «1 W. Mer¬ rick Road, Freeport; 'Phone 85-R.       It
Tbe 4th wae celebrated on the 5th in a fitting manner by the members and their frends of the South Shore Yacht Club. Chas. Millbank's new motor boat was a winner in one of the races.    A number of protests were en-
¦ "tered as a result of the different con¬ tests.    The social part of the day and
I evening; included dancing aftd a prom¬ enade concert!.
Attention is called to the advertise¬ ment of the Fir;8t National Bank of Freeport in this issue.
The game this week between the Phi Alphas and the Brooklyn Professionals resulted in a victory for the visitors. T|he home team played a poor game in comparison to what they are capabte of playing and it would seem as if a ittle more life put in the game would give a better result.
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My Goal Scales protect me as  well. W. P. W. Haff. 1 Mo,
and 3 inches
220 yard dash—Lawson first, 25 3-5 Cochran second and Donahue third.
440 yard run—Evans first, 58J; James second and Cochran  tliird.
At the M. E. Church Sunday morn¬ ing, the pastor; Rev. W. A. Richard, will take for his theme, "The Spirit versus the Letter in Religion." At 7:45 p. m. the Epworth League and the evening congregation will join in a "Sixty Minute Servioe," when Dr. Richard will speak on "Every Man a Student."
The directors of^the Freeport Bank have increased the surplus fund $2500.- 00, making the total earned surplus $45,000.00,
A TAXICAB auy where, auy time by simply phoning 413 Freeport.
C. S. Rigby, who is responsible for "Book Taught Bilkins" of the Even¬ ing Telegram, is in our village as a permanent resident.
In the First Baptist Church, Stanley W. Roberts, minister, there will be public worship of God Sunday 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p, m. Morning theme, Deathless Life;" evening, "The way of the Tempted:" Men's Forum at 8 :40 to 9:30 to dicsuss "National Owner¬ ship;" Bible Scbool at 2 :30; Y. P. S. C. E. at 7; mid-week service Friday evening at 8. Everyone-vis cordially invited to all .services.
They played 13 innings too.    A couple of  untimely errors put our lads in bad and the final windup showed they made j 9 runs against Farmingdale's 10.    The ' youngsters are due to play the Juniors | of Rockville Centre to-morrow. i
F. Gangloff.
A meeting of the Ladies' Aid So- [ ciety of the Bellmore M. E. Church i will be held at the hom^ of Mrs. F. L. i Whitemore on Thursday, July 15th, at! 3 p. m.    Mrs. S. J. Osborne, secretary. ',
commercial service here by Sept.  lat.
Let us hope so.
Saturday, Sunday and  Mo'Way  here |    The new hose compW  will  be or-
i^™"5u'lV?r«!'!^/u'l°"!!"'h?!!^^^^ Look  out
for these boys next tournament day.
There were any number of private and | A fair is to be held in^he Board of excursion boats here from Bellmore, ; Trade building July 24th to 30th. Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa and ; Pres. Seabury has appointed the fol- Amityville.    The  cottages    were   all i lowing on committees: Mrs. H. Smith,
Samuel  Self has  sold four  lots on j get the benefit of the good things that Bedford Ave. and Washington to John ; abound   at   this   interesting   resort.
filled.
Mrs. Hansen. Mrs. D. H. Brown jr., Mr. Chas. DeLap, N. Smith, Frank Wood.
MERRICK
Monday night to enjoy the Firemen's \ picnic and dance. All the pretty girls \ for miles around were on hand and the' boys saw to it that they did not want I for partners during the dances, with; ice cream and cake after. I
The firemen usually have a good sized , crowd and it is to be hoped that a lar- j ger floor will be provided for like' events in the future. '
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. LeRoy are visit¬ ing friends in Brookhaven.
John Whitehouse is expected home from Canada this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Stuart had a number of guests on the 4th. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Tuers of N. Y.,were two of those there who expect to reside per¬ manently in this village in the near future.
At Wilmarth's Professor Joseph McNichol is giving an exhibition of his ability as a versatile entertainer of the best kind. He is excellent as a comedian   with Jnew  jokes and songs,
-- -^  all of which are of the  "olean"  kind;
Services at  the  Church  of the Re-: he also gives  an  exhibition  of  fancy deemer Sunday, Fifth Trinity, at  7.30; skating  and   winds  up with a number
ir„„«.,k„^ .,„^  t-^  c.v,ui,'c.  ri-..,« 1 a"d 11 a. m. and 8 a.   m.    Celebration ' of  tricks performed by a  very  small
fj/,y^°?i'..TA^w?.T'pLSr.!!oftheHoly Communion   at  the  early i dog that is  almost  human.    So  many
service. Morning Prayer and Sermon ! people watched him perform JWonday at the 11 o'clock service. The Sun- i that part of the pavilion started to day School meets in the Parish House give way under the load. Willmarth at 10 o'clock. A cordial welcome is ' immediately shored it up and no dam- extended to all to attend any of the ! age was done, services of this church. j _ _
'  I     Four  moonlight  sails  so  far  here. 	
One from the Canoe Club in Amityvilie      On Monday July  5th,   the   Wantagh
and the Unity Pleasure  Club  of  Sea-  Gufi Club held a match shoot with  the
ford, the rest from other  villages  run  Nassau Gun Club of Island Trees.   The
„,    r> .-¦   ^ .-¦      *        u       i.       u        u    u J    4. J  *u I  as private sails. match was held on the grounds of  the
The Democratic Outmg from here to I where  he  has  conducted   Hungry Harbor  Club.    The   Wantagh
High Hill Beach the 15th of July j store and Postt>ffice. It is a question Dr. Luce and family of Amityvilie, Gun Club defeated the Nassau club by promises to be the best ever this year. I we often have been asked, but have : ^j,^ p^gggu ^^^^ young Brothers, a score of 83 to 65 out of a possible John Haff's big boat from Seaford has jbeen unable to answer why the city ¦ j^^^^ ^^ g^^^^^^ ^^.^ ^j,jj^^ ^j^^_ j,^ This makes the third time the been engaged also the .Freeport band. | should require Mr. Birch s property at' ^.3^^^^ ^^^j ^^^^^j.^ ^^^^ Wantagh are Wantagh club has defeated the Nassau Willmarth proml^s one of his fall.    The pipes  are  being  laid along ; ^^^3 ;„ ^^t^gggg     At Wilmarth's were  club.    The I fol lowing  are  the   scores
registered  recently  ex-County   Judge  made by the winning club:
WANTAGH
Mr. J. W. Birch expects  a  definite | settlement .Monday  as  to the time of his  removal   from  bfs  present    site, j where  he  has  conducted  the general It is a question asked, but have ;
'Bob"
usual good dinners and there will be in¬ teresting games ar.d a side entertain¬ ment to keep the crowd in good humor. Tickets are $1.00 each and the boat leaves at 9 a. m.
all.    The pipes  are this  properly  now  and we see no ap¬ proach, even to his  fence  line.    Ours not to reason why: ours to be done and die.
The Sunday School of the Presby¬ terian Church will be closed during July and August. A good sized con¬ gregation listened to an interesting ser¬ mon by Rev. Charles Edwards of Roose¬ velt Sunday night. The evening ser¬ vices will be continued throughout the summer.
Mr. Chester A. Ludlow and Miss Eliazbeth Keating both of New Jersey, were married by the Rector at the Church <»^.^'-he Redeemer Saturday eve-1 Mrs. C. Brindell, .Mr. and  Mrs. 'Mess
Ingraham and wife of L. I. City, Alon¬ zo Biggs, Mr. anrl Mrs. Cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Reid, all of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Bergen, Hollis;-Airs. Deleo and friends from Brooklyn. At the Ocean House,   which  was  filled  from
James M. Seaman 18, John Box 16, George aiems 15, William Dean 15, Walter Ashdown 11, Grover Siems 9.
Divine services will be held in the Memorial church at 10:30  a.   m.   and
Saturday until Tuesday, are registered ', T^^^. P-. ™- "«^* Sunday.    In the morn-
nin, July Srd.
A TAXK'AB will take you'any where you want to go.    Phoue 4Hi Freeport.
man, Mr. and Mrs. Schneider, with son and daughter, Misses Linderburg, Mr. and Mrs. Cooey, Mr. and Mrs. Cantor and Miss Helen Fleck.
Church of Transfiguration will hold their annual Sunday School excursion Wednesday, July 14, '09, to High Hill Beach. Start from Woodcieft Dock at 9:0i) a. m. sharp, because of tide.
Coal—W. P. W. Haff—Wood. 1 Mo.
ROOSEVELT
!   I Monday the base-ball team went  up '¦ against the Nassau Cuban Giants from
over Hempstead way and it  proved  to
be an easy thing for the  home  crowd.
Any number of fans were on hand but I the  game  was  tiresome,   the visitors
playing  poor  ball    from    the    start.
About the flossiest proposition   in  the
pitching line was that of Harry Jahn jof Newark, somewhere in the wilds of ; New Jersey.    He played ball with  the
i rest of our players, all round the ebony ;     In a loosely played  game  Saturday, : Sundav  afternoons  for the Methodists ! hued  players of the opposite nine  and  the Rockaway nine turned  the  tables  following Sunday School. I made good generally.    A heart  break-; on  the  Merrick  F.   Club's team by a ; ing game was that played Sunday when j score of 10-11.    Tomorrow the  M.   F.       John J. Dixon is occupying his home
our  boys went drtwn   in defeat  before | C. will play the Washington F.   C
Miss M. Bowne has sold her house on Merrick Avenue to her brother, Mr. Curtis Bowne, who will make Merrick his permanent home. Mrs. W. H. Bowne and Miss Bowne will continue to reside at the old home.
You CMi get 2,000 lbs. of ooal at Half's yard for |G.35.    Phone 38S Freeport. tf
ing it is e:cpected that Miss Cora S. Wenrer daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jac¬ ob tVenner who are summering at High Hill Beach, will sing a solo. Miss Wenner is a diligent student of music and is having her voice trained and Harrison J. Young  and   family and  gives promise of fine vocal ability.
Mrs.   Frederic   Wiebel   are staying at i     rri,„ „^<,o; „\* tu^ c,,^,}..,, c^u,^\ „«
...  ,  TJ... p      , •' I     The sessions of the Sunday school as
High HUl lieach. ! well as the meetings of the Christian
Endeavor society have been   suspended
till September.
"Calvin; The  most  Christian  man of his generation." will be   the  morn¬ ing sermon theme of Rev. Charles Her¬ bert Scholey at the First Presbyterian , j^e  Valley Stream team.    Everything i Brooklyn on Kenny Field at 4 o'clock Church in comemoration of the  400th : ggemed to be dead up to the ninth when anniversary of the birth of John Cal- j Bellmore jumped in with a  will  and vin.    In the  evening the pastor will { ^^ofked up  to  within  one run of the preach upon the subject, "Why should ; vjgjtors.    This   brought everybody  to a young man be a Christian?" , their feet, but it was no use  the  visi
" itors had them and that was all  there
The regular monthly meeting of the ; was to it.    But it was a  record game Frepport Board of Trade will be  held'"and one not soon  forgotten.    Merritt
and Seaman  pitched.    The  scores   by innings: \
Valley Stream—0 0 4 10 2 13 0—11 Bellmore        —11000003 5—10 Batteries, Seaman  and  Merritt, E. Smith.
Nassau Giants—0 0 0 0 13 0 0 1—5 Bellmore      —5 1600000 0—12 Batteries.    Jameson    and    Youngs, Jahn and Smith.
^,    „,   '^       , 'i     In the afternoon the Wantagh Gun
The Water Company have commenced j ^ub held their regular shoot at Hun- to install two miles of pipe through our | g^y Harbor. The following are the streets.   j ggoj-es made:    Class  A—Walter  Ash-
^ •   4.U   D     J   J! rn    .    IT ,, idown 19, William Schultz 18.
bervices ,n the Board of Trade  Hall |    class B.-James Seaman 12. George
Box 9.
Mrs. A. E. Hunt is entertaining her brother, Mr. Earwicker of New  York
John J _______
of ; on  Brookside Ave. with his family for ! (.jty  this week the summer. '
in Fraternity Hall next Wednesday, , July, 14 at 8.15 p. m. All interested i in village improvements are invited 1 to attend. {
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Foster and Mas- | ter Harry Foster sailed for Europe yes¬ terday (Thursday). They will retum about Sept. 1st.
At the monthly meeting of the Mer¬ rick Hook and Ladder Co. on Tuesday ; I night it was decided to hold a fair on the 2nd and 3rd of September.
Dr. W. G. Smith, Dentist, 61 W. Mer¬ rick Road, Freeport; 'Phoue b^o-R.       tf
[    The Men's Club meets in  the 1 House on Tuesday evening, July : at 8.30.
'arish 13th,
SMITHVILLE SOIITH
Ice cream for sale opposite the  post office every Saturday and Sunday.
good York
The limbs of the trees along Grand ; Ave. are hanging pretty low at pres- i ent.    They ought to be trimmed.
One of the passengers on  the ship Kroonland which left  New June 12th writes that it was "a derful  trip.    No   one    remembers smoother crossing of the ocean.    It  .. ^ often  much  worse on  a ferry boat at I *"'" '" Freeport. New York; indeed, it was hardly morel
The Roosevelt team defeated the j Beyerle A. C. and the score was about 50 to nothing. ^
Ball game Sunday at 3 p. m. Good game and our boys all expect to win, so get out and root.
i The Fourth and Fifth were quiet here, witfi^many visitors entertained , during the two days.
Rev. Chas. Edwards preached in the Bellmore Presbyterian Church Sun¬ day. His old friends were glad to see him there.
THE STROLLER
I notice a news item missed by the Messenger's Freeport correspondent, that of the sale of the Otten Building. However the new owner assures me he will leave the building in that village for a,while at least so there's no harm done.
Am of the belief that ex-Assembly¬ man George Wallace will own an auto¬ mobile soon for it looks as if he had the fever.
won- a is
The way the crowd flocked to Kraft's Grove Saturday night showed that ev¬ erybody was just waiting for a good
time in the moonUght under the trees ^ ^^^j j^^jj ^^ ^^
The Ladies ' Auxiliary gave the first ^      ^^^ ^^^^^  ^.^^  ^^.^^
fair and dance of the season and no-   .   ^ i..        r r.    -j r> u .-      u 1.
L   ,   Tu      ul   *     •      u HI daughter of David Baldwin,   between
body thought of going home until  ev-        ^ '
ery dance was danced and every   brick of cream   was put away.    The fancy
Bellmore is becoming more and more
— - popular as a residential  section  every
Lot of our youngsters are getting day.    If you  look over   the   village
summer money picking berries.    They  you'll readily understand why this  ia
find a ready marketfforjthem both here  so.
Cherries next. 	
  The hot weather has caused  the re-
The Wa Wa Boat Club had a  three ; moval  of several  mustaches from the
¦ ^„.„.,,»   tv,« „«„a«o ™oc  r.ioacor.f   t« ^sys outing from Saturday till Monday  faces of some of our well-known  citi-
shot himself through the hand recent-'\^^^^^^' J^'IJ^^^^ ^«^ ^r, ^^a  Jul "Jght.    There went out twelve strong,   ezns.    No mentioning any  names but
ly, inflicting a severe wound,   but  the   "?of P«"°"« f "f"^^' ^^^'^ "'^ «"^ .^"^   ^    look around and you'll notice a lot of
lad is getting along'jiicely. j sick, and the decks were always lull ot;     ...pj^^  Roosevelt"   is keeping Drue-  'em  without the usual  hirsute adorn-
 . people.    The  exquisite  color  of    the
Monday   while  watching    the "ball i ocean, capped by waves of our ship as
' it cut through, was a sight to behold. : One night the ocean was full of phos¬ phorous, and that with the electric light touching the crests of the waves, '
Tony Palermo, son  of A.   Palermo, |'^^^^ «'^P "P  ^^^  Hudson     But   of,
is keeping Drug-
; gist Roeder busy these hot days and in
addition "Ire" has  charge of our local
bakery.    Everybody enjoys/fee   cream
sodas such as he turns out.
em ment.
Mrs. Parker's cosy ice creaAi   parlor
the eyes causing a bad wound and con
.siderable loss of blood.   She went home I "^^^^ »"« think poetry, even though it  looks inviting these' hot  day^. .• .    *u 4.   . «»^o..„o^^^f ™a.^ ^^-iS^d received   prompt   attention.    It was unexpressed."   Miss Aline Haines; ^oo.    Are vou wise?
articles that were disposed of were of  ^^^ ^^ accident for which no  one can i of this place sailed on this ship.        ,     j the usual high order.
"Tom"  Thornton of Bellmore is an example of a man who hustles.    He is in charge of the mason work on two i^ie buildings now goingup in Freeport and Good, nianages to keep perfectly cool,   thank iyou. *
There will soon  be  regular  exbibi- ¦ tions of moving pictures here,   one night a week through the summer.
be blamed.
There is a deterijained effort on foot for the re-establishing of the local Board of Trade and we fully expect by the Fall to se^ this in active operation.
  ^ Delays are dangerous.    A dangerous
No! Half has not put up the Price of' ^elay is not to. order your coal now. Coal, U is still $6.25-the same as dur- j See Smith Cox s successor about CoaL ing April.    Call 398 Freeport.    1  Mo i
1 Mo.
Sorry the Board of Health squabble came off in this high temperature weather. Almost too hot to taCkle tbese scraps among the high browed medicos.
I That Merrick's fame for beauty and j attractiveness is growing, is well evi- I denced by the great demand for houses
Do You Want to Buy or Soil? Uso Evorybody't Column.
Miss Meta Alice Kraft and "^Sam" \    Understand a doctor is to be estab
Kilpatrick  were married June 80th in ! lished here very shortly.    We have re     ^
Brooklyn by the Rev. Jeol Slocum of j ported something of this sort before, j this^season. Every available place the Greenwood Baptist Church. They | but have it straight that this one! ia occupied and new houses are con will reside in Flushing.    The groom's means business. ' stantly building.
right name , is Robert  S.   Kilpatrick [   | 	
and the new Mrs. Kilpatrick will not I Brooklyn Field Club plays here Sun- call him "Sam" but "Bob" but to the j^av against the home team. The Jun- crowd here he will be known best by { jo^r will not play in Rockville Centre his old name. Mrs. Kilpatrick is ajg preceeding announcement being in sister of Wm. F. Kraft and a sister of j ,_rror. Mrs-. Chas. Wood. 1        •' 	
T""   77      7r~>7~~~m         "   J ,~ 1     Mr.   and  Mrs. Bertram Heine have AdvoKite It   In   Evorybody's ¦—. 1__- .. .
A smoker was held by the Board of Frank Roberts of Bellmore is a full Trade Tuesday. Speeches by Pres. fledged base-ball fan and has been oni Seabury and other members with sing-: for years. He would rather miss h ing and music made the evening pass meal'than a local game of ball.
very pleasantly.  —-
  Something new again in Roosevelt.
  Friday evening the gentlemen piem- A  Methodist Church is to  be estab-
i bers of the Board gave a reception  te' lished there.    Surely this town is get- Mrs. Coles Carpenter is  confined  to ; the Ladies of tbe Auxiliary and served ! ting ahead without any regard for the her home by illness. j refreshments,     the    gentlemen     did I hot weather.
~~  „.., : mhjph inflii^flfl fatfP   nnt mnHp   by   thej '	
Haff's  Yard has orders  booked for j entertainersv^nd ice cream, ftituie delivery better order your Coal 1 now.  ' 1 Mo.     I
The gas company expects to give a
Column.
Everybody's Colunnn.
Pate 4.        i saw it in the Mossongorl"
I sawit in tho Mostongor!"
Rumor that the dogs in Rockville Centre are all leaving .for FreeQprt where there is no dog catcher Lg not be¬ lieved j they are only ^getting as far a^..., Baldwin. ^^
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