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ively Base-Ball Games G. A. R Decoration Day Ceremonies
South Shore Yacht Club Opens Season
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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, NASSAU COUNTY
OFFICIAL PAPER, FREEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 3, Number 44
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. V., FRIDAY. MAY 26, 1911
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 Qania
Merrick
Awarded $2,500 for Life of Son
Tuesday is Memorial Day. A writer aays: "Tbe beautiful eostom of decora¬ ting the soldiers' graves has grown I Young Seaman Shot by Neighbor
from a tiny seed thought. At tbe close of tbe war a German soldier of our army remarked tbat it was a costom in Germany tor tbe people once a year to scatter flowers on the graves of sol¬ diers. In 1868 John A. Logan,. Na-
b Mistake for a Burglar
On Wednesday a jury in Justice Gofl's part of the Supreme Court, in Manbattan, gave Harry Seantan a ver
Bellmofe
Single copies of tbe Messenger can be had at William Wolfe's drug store and from Anderson Bloomer, news dealer, at 6 cents per copy. tf
Freeport
Single copies of the Messenger can be secured at Greenblatt's news store on Railroad Avenue or Kiefer's, Main Street. tf
tional Commander of tbe Grand Army ; diet of $2,500 damages against Jesse of tbe Republic, issued an order in | Ullman, a silk importer, for the acci- which be named tbe SOtb of May for! dental shooting of the plaintiff's son
the purpose of strewing flowers or oth erwlse decorating tbe graves of com¬ rades who died in defense of their country during tbe late rebellion and whose bodies now lie in almoat every village, or hamlet churchyard in the land. Tbe name'Decoration'has been changed to'Memorial.'"
Services at the Church of the Re¬ deemer Sunday, Sunday after Ascen¬ sion, Day, at 7:30 and 11 a. m. and 8 p.m. Celebration of the Holy Com¬ munion at the early service and morn¬ ing prayer and sermon at the second service. The Sunday School meets in tbe Parian House at 10 a. m. Tbe Woman's Auxiliary meets weekly upon Thursdays at 2:30 p. m. and the Junior Aaxiliary upon Saturdays at 2:.30p. m. Tbe Boys' League meets eacb Wednes¬ day at 3:16 p. m. Arrangements are ander way for tbe annual fair to be held upon the afternoon and evening of Wednesday and Thursday, June 14 and 15. All are invited to assist in making this event a great social and
financial success.
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Merrick coming nuptials are two; Miss Bertha Hewlett and Dr. Allan Beetham of Baltimore in July and Mias Aline Haines and Mr. John Duer in the early fall, probably In September.
Mrs. Miller has been visiting her sis¬ ter, Mrs. Tween, tbis week.
Millard, at Far Rockaway, in August, 1909. The complaint against the de¬ fendant's uncle, Eugene Hirch, who was named as a co-defendant in the action, was dismissed.
Ullman has a sommer home at Far Rockaway and in August, 1909, Mil¬ lard was crossing Ullman's yard about midnigbt when be was shot and mort¬ ally injured by Ullman, whose defense was tbat be thought the yoong man was a burglar.
Ullman was acquitted by a Coroner's jury and the District Attorney of Queens refused to take the case before tbe Grand Jury, but was compelled to do so by Governor Hughes, to whom the neighbors sent a petition request¬ ing an investigation. Ullman was placed on trial and the preaiding judge directed a verdict of acquittal. " Tbe fatber then brought a civil suit against Ullman for $50,000 with the above not«d result. Harry Seaman is a brotber to Charles ]^ Seaman and Mrs. Thomas Powersj^oth of Free- port.
Charlotte M., daughter of Mr. and An Epworth League fete will be held j Mrs. John E. Searles, and Ellsworth on the grounds of tbe Methodist Church | Mead Jennings, both of this village, on Saturday aftemoon and evening, j have announced their marriage on Dec. June 10. Cake, ice cream and other ¦ 11, 1909, at Union Course, L. I., by ^ood things will be on sale. Don't [ Rev. Cbarles S. Gray.
L. I. EditorsJ)rgamze
Form Press Association for Benefit of the Craft and the Island
Roosevelt
forget the date and place.
Wantagh
The new arrivals this week in their summer residences are Mrs. Herman Schwab and family and Mr. W. Brenton Welling and family.
The wedding of Miss Mary Buchanan Jennings, daughter of Mrs. Spencer Augustus Jennings, and Mr. Robinson Leech will take place at tbe First Pres¬ byterian Church, Brooklyn, on Thurs¬ day. Miss Jennings is a niece of Mr. Philander R. Jennings of this place who will give her away.
On Wednesday evening the Willing Workers held a shirt waist reception in the Firemen's Hall.
In the Memorial Church next Sunday tbe pastor will preacb in the morning on "The Prophetic Vision of Universal Peace and the Signs in Our Times." In the evening the Christian Endeavor Society will attend the church in a body wben an appropriate sermon will be preached acd special music rendered by the choir. A cordial invitation is extended to parents and friends to at¬ tend this service.
Last Saturday afternoon tbe Wan¬ tagb boys played "the Seaford boys at Seaford. "The score resulted as fol¬ lows: Wantagh, Ralph Box, 1, Henry Schaardt 3, Jack Box 3, Arthur Smitb 2, F. Soper 3, Roy Wells 1, George Soper 1, making a total of 14 runs for Wantagh. Seaford, C. Wanzer 2, Wassing 3, C. Smitb 3, Douglas 3, Bush 0, Flesies 1, Rinwal 1, Bots, 0,
In the Beiimore M. E. Church at 10:30 a. m. the pastor's subject will be "Perils of the Nation." Miss Grace Livingston will sing a solo. Sunday School will be held at 2:.')0 p. m. and the Epworth Leagaa> at 7 p. m. At
7:45 a memorial service will be held to i
which all Grand Army men are invited. | 0" Saturday, May .23, Rev. W. H. Special music will be given .by the I Burgwin, paator of the M. E. Church chair. The pastor's subject will be''" Hempstead, united in matrimony "Saving the Republic." i Merton C. Hitchcock of New Rochelle — and Edythe. daughter of Edward A.
The Junior League wiil hold a Satur- and Elizabeth Turner.
day Market in Firemen's Hail, Bell- •
more, on May 27 from 10 to 5 p. m. I After suffering for over All kinds of fruits, vegetables, home made bread,- crullers, biscuits, pies and ¦ '"^t Sunday afternoon on his 79th eggs will be on sale. In the afternoon birthday.
ice cream and cake will be served, i The deceased, who has lived here for
Come and help the Juniors. the past 15 years, was tbe son of Mr.
. and Mrs. Brewster Jayne and was
The Bellmore Pleasure Club an-; born in tbe Dick's Hill section of nounces a moonlight sail to High Hill j Long Island, where he was educated Beach on the evening of June 10. This and lived until ayodng man. He mar- same club gave several enjoyable sails ried Miss Fowler of Plain Edge in tbe last summer to the beach and promiaes : Fall of 1859, ai^d she still survives a good time on the above date. Boat him, with'^fojir children. Less than leaves Bellmore dock at 8 o'clock, re- two years ago Mr. and Mrs. Jayne
lhe organization of Roosevelt Hose Co. No. 1 of Roosevelt, L. I., is pro¬ gressing very nicely. At present there I are 19 members on the roll of the com-
The first annual meeting of the Long i pany and at last meeting held May 19, Island Press Association, composed of | two new members were elected and editors and publishers of papers on | three were proposed. "•'
Long Island, was held at the Garden An entertainment committee, ap- City Hotel Saturday afternoon. There pointed shortly after the company waa were about thirty newspaper men pres- organized, to devise ways and means ent, and the business meeting was cailed to order by L. B. Green of Patchogue. By-laws were adopted, and it was voted to hold semi-annual meetings on the first Saturdays of June and December. The election of ofiicers resulted as follows:
Henry A. Reeves of Greenport, edi¬ tor of the Watchman, the oldest news¬ paper man present, president; Michael Peite, editor of Labor and Commerce, the Italian paper of Jamaica, first vice- president; Walter S. Funnell of the Brooklyn Daily Times, second vice- president; Smitb F. Pearsall of the Nassau County Review, Freeport, third ^^^ ^^ „„..,„^.,
.... , .^ ,. ^*° y^?" I vice-president; Archer B. Wallace, of forpmBrrnf" thp rBm*n'nnv"nA iTia'nmril George W. Jayne of Bedell Street died *u„ D„„i,..;n- r. r.u„ I„ i '"reman or tne company, on tiis prop-
We are now printing our entire pa¬ per at our ofiice on Railroad Avenue, inatead of baving half of it printed in New York, thus giving us control of all our space instead of allowing some¬ one else tb stick in ahything tbey wished.
to raise funds is considering tbe advis¬ ability of putting on a minstrel show at whicb time it is hoped a neat sum will be raised which will go towards payment of hose of which samples were submitted at last meeting. From the samples submitted it is believed that a heavy rubber lined double cov¬ ered hose will be purchased.
A committee has been appointed to consult witb the Alpha H. and L. Co. to arrange in mapping Roosevelt into fire districts which is a mucb needed improvement.
Work on the engine house, wbich will be erected by Mr. Ed. Gombert,
the Rockville Cenire Observer, secre- grty, is expected tobegin in a meek or tary; L. B. Green of the Patchogue - go and by the time tbe hose is pur- Argus, treasurer; executive commit-- chased it is expected that everything tee, Walter S. Funnell, Harry S. Rush- and everybody will be ready for call to more of Jamaica, editor of the Daily I duty.
and Weekly Democrat; William M. j
Hyde, editor of the Port Wasnington | The Roosevelt Water Company, or- Newa of Port Washington, and Charles; ganized less than two years ago, has F. Delano of the Record, Amityville. j fulfilled their contract with tbe Hemp- The banquet was served in the din-1 stead Town Board in the matter of the ing room of the hotel. L. B. Green [ fire district and has every hydrant was toastmaster, and read letters of placed. The village is now well pro-
turning from the beacb at about 1
o'clock. There will be dancing at versary. The surviving clfildren are
Willmarth's pavilion. Tickets on sale ' Mrs. George Webber, Mrs. Fred Smith
.pi.hr„t«H%h:?r^.iHr »pHHi\.r „ . "^""^^ ^'""^ Congressman Littleton and teeted with a good water supply and ?.t^}'l^}^^^\^:\^°]^^.": y!ut"^'"''"'- P^egy O'Brien Littleton. A letter I active firemen with good fire "fighting
was also received from President Ralph i Peters of the Long Island Railroad re-j
apparatus.
by any of thb members, 35 cents. | and Miss Isabella Jayne of tbis place , gretting hia absence and extending an
The boys of the village have organ¬ ized a base ball team and have already booked several games. Following is the lineup of players: Kenneth Tillot¬ son, lb; Theodore Wassung, 2b; How¬ ard Schneider, ss; Clarence V. Smith, p; William Smith, c; George Johnson, Sb; George Brockman, cf; Anderson Bloomer, rf;John Bush, cf; Charles V. Vooris, cf. This Saturday after-
and Mrs. C. D. Southard.
The funeral services were held at his late home on Bedell Street, Wednes¬ day afternono. Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor of the M. E. Church, officiating. Interment was in the Greenfield Cem-«- tery.
Freeport Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M. will hold its annual memorial servire . at Greenfield Cemetery next Sunday noon ^t^ o'clock the club will meet the ; afternoon and has invited Alpha Ooun- Wantagh Juniors on the local diamond cil, D. of A., and Progressive Council, and a good game is promised. jo. of L., to participate. Three spe-
Nothing has been done yet by the I ^'al cars will convey the members to railroad company toward clearing up j ^}^ cemetery, when the principal ad- the remains of the freight houae, which ! ^""^^ *'" ^« •",«?>« ^y ^- ^- ^- ^"^^P^ was burned two weeks ago, „hich j T""'«°" "^ ^'^"''"'y"- doesn't present a very nice appearance.
t No date has yet been set for the i hearing before the Public Service Commission on the complaint of I Charles Whitehouse of this place I against the New York & Long Island , Traction Company to cempel them to j give a ride from Stop 72 to the rail¬ road tracks at Garden City for 6 centa and also to double track their line from Hempstead to Freeport. Tbe hearing , _ will be held some time next montb but
On Sunday morning the Post »ill at-1 the exact date and olace has not been tend Memorial Services at the Presby-1 decided upon. Edwards & Levy are terian Church at 10:30 a. m. Com- representing Mr. Whitehouse in the rades will assemble at tbe Post rooms matter
at 10 a. m. j "
Sunday at 3 p. m. the Post will at-' The meeting of the Roosevelt Board
invitation to the press of Long Island to accompany him on a trip over the Island, which was accepted.
G. A. R. Items
The regular meeting of the Post will I be held in the Post rooms this Satur- { day evening. May 27.
tend Union Services at the M. E. Sun-1 of Trade held on Tuesday evening, was
Someone has suggested that the dents of the village petition the
resi- com-
William Smith, engineer at the Elec¬ tric Light and Water Plant received severe burns on bis hands Thursday
pany to move the old depot to the site ; evening during the storm.
of the freight bouse and build a new depot for the village. This is a very good idea and it seems that Bellmore should have enough nublic spirited resi- j dneta to start this movemnet. There
He was working on the switchboard, | trying to put a new fuse in the volt! machine, which had been burned out, j when there was a flash, and the engin-1 eer was heard to cry out. His assist- j
Tbe annual base ball game of the Men's Club between tbe married and single men will be held on Memorial Day at 10 a. m. on the field opposite Mr. Harry McCord's home, Kirkwood
Ave. Great will be the game, "great" i Truet 0, making a total of 13 runs for in the usual sense and undoubtedly Seaford. Tbe score was very close; in "great" in a sense never before real-. the ninth inning the game was a tie ized. The attending public are asked and tbe tenth inning gave Wantagh the to control all remarks of derision upon ; game by one run.
the various plays as far as possible, \ ^,
Of course, there is a limit. The pub-j Miss M.E. Mott en.ertained the lie are as^ed to go the limit. The nm-; members of the Ladies' Aid Society on pire is commended to the care of the Wednesday afternoon at her home.
fans in tbis case, probably being
surer of his life than if he were de-! ^ The Boys' Brigade which has recent- pendent upon the players. We might ly been organized in the church, met comment upon the players but as we in tbe Parisb House Wednesday night, have been requested to play, it does J. J. Fussell is captain and drill not seem politic. And there are others, master. An invitation is given to
Oh you married men! A poor fpjlow ; other boya of our village to consider ,_ ^ .....
confessed to the clergyman upon the the question of joining this organiza-1 Avenue, the event being the raising of i °' I'neii wbich were all tied with pink fourtb marriage that he had previously ! tion. Ithe flag on the new 71 ft. flagpole, ! ribbon. The small packages were all
buried tbree wives. The clergyman i I which was completed and raised last P^* together and tied with wide pink
sympathized, "You have had lots of I John Hall, the proprietor of the I week. Principal John Harrington and '"'bbon,
trouble." The man replied, "Yes, but' Argyle Hotel, entertained a men's club his assistants. Miss Carrie B. Fish and \ A musical program was given after
they only came one at a time." We ' from tbe city, consisting of about 40 , Miss Bessie Soraeue. arranced a verv ;''*'''^^'» <=°"^''0"''^^ 8®"®^- Avery
day School. Comrades will assemble at the Post rooms at 2:30 p. m.
On Decoration Day the Comrades will assemble at the Post rooms in uni¬ form at 1 p. m,, to take part In the exercises at the Freeport Cemetery.
well attended and now there is a lova feast going on in that association. For some time past there has been dissatis¬ faction owing to aome petty differences wbicb, bad they not been overcome, would probably have been the means
isn t a station between Freeport and ; ants rushed to his aid. They found his Amityville that does as much passen-linger nails burned, and also the flesh ger. freight and express business as is, on his hands. Two physicians were done here, and no doubt if the people | summoned and surgical attention given ask for a new station now, the com- after which he was removed to his pany will grant their wishes, and give home, but was back at work the next us a respectable depot. The present (jay.—Times building ia a disgrace to the place.
What is the matter with coming to life and see what can be done with the com¬ pany toward getting a new depot? '
Last Friday afternoon. May 20, a large number of our residents were present at the public school on Bedford
will not go there this year, but will
have the graves of the comrades there
decora»ted on Monday.
„, , J ,. ~. ... A pretty and new feature of the
Wednesday afternoon. The prevailing , ^^^^f^ ^f ^Decoration Day will be the
All Comrades, Soldiers, Sailors and ; of "killing' it as far as actual good to Patriotic Citizens are invited to be | the community was concerned. At with us. The Relief Corps, No. 239,1 the meeting some of the ofl[icers of the will take part in our exercises. ! association turned in their resignations
Sunday noon there will be a lunch jand William Ellison was elected presi- prepared for Comrades and friends at i dent and Mr. Morawitz as vice-presi- the Post rooms. jdent. Resolutions were passed that
Owing to the fact tbat the use of the . all friction cease and the members will M. P. Church at Rockville Cemetery ' not commence a well formulated plan was denied the veterans last year when! for the advancement of the village, a beavy storm came uo, the veterans
A linen shower was given Miss Mild¬ red Peasell in the Presbyterian Chapel
color was pink in which the chapel waa very prettily decorated. Miss Peasell received many verj^ handsome pieces
E. D. Seabury has purchased a model 14 Buick auto.
The matter of the the Roosevelt Hose
incorporation of Company No... 1
spreading of flowers on the water a i was presented by Counselor Elvin N the head of Freeport River, preceding i Edwai-ds before the Town Board last
are sore you will not want to miss tbe ' members, on Sunday last. game. I
I The Wantagh Gun Clob will hold a
Mr. Carlson of Miller Plaoe for a' match shoot witb the club at Island of considerable time witb the Midmer Trees on Decoration Day in tbe after- Organ Works, has left tbe employ of noon. The club will hold its regular Mr. Midmer and is now engaged in the ! shoot in the morning of Decoration city. A Mr. Hutton has come to take ! Day. Mr. Carlson's place. I'
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harrier of East | 65th Street, Now York, came yester¬ day to occupy their cottage for the ! summer on the Camp Grounds.
Hempstead
pleasing program to celebrate the occa- j pleasant afternoon was spent
sion. The children of tbe school' all
took their parts in a pleasing and ered-' President Gunning, Trustees Bedell,
itable manner due to the excellent: Sigmond and Collard and Counselor
training given them by the teachers in ; Fishel went to Albany Wednesday on
charge. At the conclusion of the cere- behalf of tbe village of Freeport to
monies an appropriate address was j oppose a measure our good Democratic
the ceremonies at the grave,
Donations of flowers' for decorated soldiers' graves may be sent to W. H. Patterson, Sootb Main Street, Monday or Tuesday mornings.
Monday afternoon and it was laid over by that body for one,week to get the advice of tbeir counsel.
Hempstead
Within the past two weeks William P. Jones of Freeport has sold a number of lots of his Roosevelt property and ia negotiating for the sale of two Main Street lots to a local merchant.
Lightning struck tbe tower of the Baptist Church during the storm Thurs¬ day evening, doing damage to the amount of about $150. The bell of the church is also used as a fire alarm in
made by Principal John Harrington of friends from New York City are trying ; connection_with thri electric fire alarm
the school, as was also the address of;tnput through, to get New York City | system.
Mineola Hospital in Good Condition
mi. ,• L^. ... L .. ^y ^^^ introduction of a thorough
The lightning split tbe strik- business .system and with officials of
Entries are closed for the dog show to be held at tbe Fair Grounds, June 6 and 7, under tbe direction of the Lad- Mrs. Walter Draper and daughter, j ies' Kennel Association.
Mrs. John Ginnane, have been spend- ]
ing tbe week with Mrs. L. B^ Corlies I At a recent meeting of the Board of Harrington and his assistants of Kirkwood Ave. ! Trustees permission was granted the
Peter Johnson, president of the Board , property in this and other localities of Education. Jobn G. Deubert, rep- exempt from their share of taxes.
resenting the Army, and James Moore, j —
representing the Navy, drew Old Glory ! The Junior Class of F. H. S. will
to the top of tbe staff, wbere it un- i hold a social at the home of Marian
furled to the breeze amid the singing | Bedell, 355 Archer Street, this Satur-^
of the Star Spangled Banner by the { day evening. May 27. Ice cream and j be the negro minstrels, "end men" and This instituti'on covering many thou-
ing apparatus to pieces and running business ability, the Nassau Hospital along tbe wire burned out the fuses in is now one of the best managed insti- the several fire houses, doing consider- tutions in this state. Notwithstanding able damage to the system. that the cost of operation is over $1,000
per week, the amount of service rend- On May 31 a fine entertainment will ered fully justifies the expenditure.
children and their guests.
, United Sonday Schools to hold a parade A Mr. Cooper of Brooklyn is erect- i Sunday, May 28. ing the new bouse in Merrick Square j
OR Smitb Street.
Tbo severe electrical storm of Thurs¬ day week shattered a telegraph pole on Merrick Avenue below Merrick Road and struck tbe barn of Walter New¬ kirk, splintering the flag pole and rip¬ ping out aome of tha front withoat, bowever, setting the building on fire.
(Continued on Page 5)
I saw H in th« MMMngar"
J. Gordon Ross, M. D., of New York bas leased the residence of the late J. F. Baukney, Franklin Street, and will take up the practice of medicine here.
William H. Glenn and Jobn Zahn have formed a co-partnership to deal in automobiles, and manufacture parts for automobiles, and do all kinds of foundry work. They have leased the Hempatead Braaa Company factory on Proapect StTMt
credit is due to tbeir ability in train¬ ing the children for sQch exercises. Parents of children should be proud to think that we have such excellent in¬ structors in onr school as has been sbown on several occasions during their period in tbe school. And further we can state tbbt Bellmore school has a flagstaff eqnal to any school on Long Island.
Owing to lack of time we are com¬ pelled to omit the program until next week.
(continued on page 4)
To Mr. I candy will be on sale. A box lunch great {eon will be served. Come and bring your friends.
In the
A4vartlaa
In Evarybody'a Ceiumn i
severe thunder storm last Thursday night, lightning struck L. C. Nichols' building, occupied by Lewis' department store. It tore down part of tbe chimney, and also ripped open a part of of the building, leaving a bole in tbe side about foor feet bigh and two feet wide.
A tree was struck near C. H. Fred¬ erick's residence.
Jobn Henry Cbase died Wednesday (Continaed on page 5)
Advartiaa it In Evarybody'a Column
all, at Loretto Hall, under the auspices sand square fee of floor space i^ at of tbe Loretto Dramatic Club, for thel times taxed to its full capacity, while benefit of tbe Chureb of Our Lady of still tbere are many improvements re-
Loretto. quired, which the management hope to
, , make in due season. Tbe large grounds A cake and home-made candy sale .bout the buildings are being tastefully Wll be held in the Primary School uid out and cared for by Mr. Petit of building, under the auspices of tbo Pri- Garden City, which materially adds to mary Mothers Club on Saturday May j the beauties of tbe place. Fortunately 27. at 3 p. m. for the purpose of rais- this institution haa of late been liber- ing funds to defray the expenses of a ally endowed, receiving 1100,000 from picnic for the children of tbe first the estate of Mrs. Hicks: some
three grades. $10,000 from estate of George J.
o -..i. «. D .. „ u . . Dougherty and eventually $100,000
hmith A Bedell bave a positive rem- from the Duryea esUte, while former
edy for your falling hair, dandruff and I bequeata have asaiated in relieving
other scalp troubles, Re«l their ad in j thoae who. have, from time to tim^
tbia iasue. it. cuntribated largely to ita maintenanee.
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| FullText | ively Base-Ball Games G. A. R Decoration Day Ceremonies South Shore Yacht Club Opens Season r>' SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER OFFICIAL PAPER, NASSAU COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, FREEPORT VILLAGE Vol 3, Number 44 Every Friday FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. V., FRIDAY. MAY 26, 1911 $1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 Qania Merrick Awarded $2,500 for Life of Son Tuesday is Memorial Day. A writer aays: "Tbe beautiful eostom of decora¬ ting the soldiers' graves has grown I Young Seaman Shot by Neighbor from a tiny seed thought. At tbe close of tbe war a German soldier of our army remarked tbat it was a costom in Germany tor tbe people once a year to scatter flowers on the graves of sol¬ diers. In 1868 John A. Logan,. Na- b Mistake for a Burglar On Wednesday a jury in Justice Gofl's part of the Supreme Court, in Manbattan, gave Harry Seantan a ver Bellmofe Single copies of tbe Messenger can be had at William Wolfe's drug store and from Anderson Bloomer, news dealer, at 6 cents per copy. tf Freeport Single copies of the Messenger can be secured at Greenblatt's news store on Railroad Avenue or Kiefer's, Main Street. tf tional Commander of tbe Grand Army ; diet of $2,500 damages against Jesse of tbe Republic, issued an order in Ullman, a silk importer, for the acci- which be named tbe SOtb of May for! dental shooting of the plaintiff's son the purpose of strewing flowers or oth erwlse decorating tbe graves of com¬ rades who died in defense of their country during tbe late rebellion and whose bodies now lie in almoat every village, or hamlet churchyard in the land. Tbe name'Decoration'has been changed to'Memorial.'" Services at the Church of the Re¬ deemer Sunday, Sunday after Ascen¬ sion, Day, at 7:30 and 11 a. m. and 8 p.m. Celebration of the Holy Com¬ munion at the early service and morn¬ ing prayer and sermon at the second service. The Sunday School meets in tbe Parian House at 10 a. m. Tbe Woman's Auxiliary meets weekly upon Thursdays at 2:30 p. m. and the Junior Aaxiliary upon Saturdays at 2:.30p. m. Tbe Boys' League meets eacb Wednes¬ day at 3:16 p. m. Arrangements are ander way for tbe annual fair to be held upon the afternoon and evening of Wednesday and Thursday, June 14 and 15. All are invited to assist in making this event a great social and financial success. « Merrick coming nuptials are two; Miss Bertha Hewlett and Dr. Allan Beetham of Baltimore in July and Mias Aline Haines and Mr. John Duer in the early fall, probably In September. Mrs. Miller has been visiting her sis¬ ter, Mrs. Tween, tbis week. Millard, at Far Rockaway, in August, 1909. The complaint against the de¬ fendant's uncle, Eugene Hirch, who was named as a co-defendant in the action, was dismissed. Ullman has a sommer home at Far Rockaway and in August, 1909, Mil¬ lard was crossing Ullman's yard about midnigbt when be was shot and mort¬ ally injured by Ullman, whose defense was tbat be thought the yoong man was a burglar. Ullman was acquitted by a Coroner's jury and the District Attorney of Queens refused to take the case before tbe Grand Jury, but was compelled to do so by Governor Hughes, to whom the neighbors sent a petition request¬ ing an investigation. Ullman was placed on trial and the preaiding judge directed a verdict of acquittal. " Tbe fatber then brought a civil suit against Ullman for $50,000 with the above not«d result. Harry Seaman is a brotber to Charles ]^ Seaman and Mrs. Thomas Powersj^oth of Free- port. Charlotte M., daughter of Mr. and An Epworth League fete will be held j Mrs. John E. Searles, and Ellsworth on the grounds of tbe Methodist Church Mead Jennings, both of this village, on Saturday aftemoon and evening, j have announced their marriage on Dec. June 10. Cake, ice cream and other ¦ 11, 1909, at Union Course, L. I., by ^ood things will be on sale. Don't [ Rev. Cbarles S. Gray. L. I. EditorsJ)rgamze Form Press Association for Benefit of the Craft and the Island Roosevelt forget the date and place. Wantagh The new arrivals this week in their summer residences are Mrs. Herman Schwab and family and Mr. W. Brenton Welling and family. The wedding of Miss Mary Buchanan Jennings, daughter of Mrs. Spencer Augustus Jennings, and Mr. Robinson Leech will take place at tbe First Pres¬ byterian Church, Brooklyn, on Thurs¬ day. Miss Jennings is a niece of Mr. Philander R. Jennings of this place who will give her away. On Wednesday evening the Willing Workers held a shirt waist reception in the Firemen's Hall. In the Memorial Church next Sunday tbe pastor will preacb in the morning on "The Prophetic Vision of Universal Peace and the Signs in Our Times." In the evening the Christian Endeavor Society will attend the church in a body wben an appropriate sermon will be preached acd special music rendered by the choir. A cordial invitation is extended to parents and friends to at¬ tend this service. Last Saturday afternoon tbe Wan¬ tagb boys played "the Seaford boys at Seaford. "The score resulted as fol¬ lows: Wantagh, Ralph Box, 1, Henry Schaardt 3, Jack Box 3, Arthur Smitb 2, F. Soper 3, Roy Wells 1, George Soper 1, making a total of 14 runs for Wantagh. Seaford, C. Wanzer 2, Wassing 3, C. Smitb 3, Douglas 3, Bush 0, Flesies 1, Rinwal 1, Bots, 0, In the Beiimore M. E. Church at 10:30 a. m. the pastor's subject will be "Perils of the Nation." Miss Grace Livingston will sing a solo. Sunday School will be held at 2:.')0 p. m. and the Epworth Leagaa> at 7 p. m. At 7:45 a memorial service will be held to i which all Grand Army men are invited. 0" Saturday, May .23, Rev. W. H. Special music will be given .by the I Burgwin, paator of the M. E. Church chair. The pastor's subject will be''" Hempstead, united in matrimony "Saving the Republic." i Merton C. Hitchcock of New Rochelle — and Edythe. daughter of Edward A. The Junior League wiil hold a Satur- and Elizabeth Turner. day Market in Firemen's Hail, Bell- • more, on May 27 from 10 to 5 p. m. I After suffering for over All kinds of fruits, vegetables, home made bread,- crullers, biscuits, pies and ¦ '"^t Sunday afternoon on his 79th eggs will be on sale. In the afternoon birthday. ice cream and cake will be served, i The deceased, who has lived here for Come and help the Juniors. the past 15 years, was tbe son of Mr. . and Mrs. Brewster Jayne and was The Bellmore Pleasure Club an-; born in tbe Dick's Hill section of nounces a moonlight sail to High Hill j Long Island, where he was educated Beach on the evening of June 10. This and lived until ayodng man. He mar- same club gave several enjoyable sails ried Miss Fowler of Plain Edge in tbe last summer to the beach and promiaes : Fall of 1859, ai^d she still survives a good time on the above date. Boat him, with'^fojir children. Less than leaves Bellmore dock at 8 o'clock, re- two years ago Mr. and Mrs. Jayne lhe organization of Roosevelt Hose Co. No. 1 of Roosevelt, L. I., is pro¬ gressing very nicely. At present there I are 19 members on the roll of the com- The first annual meeting of the Long i pany and at last meeting held May 19, Island Press Association, composed of two new members were elected and editors and publishers of papers on three were proposed. "•' Long Island, was held at the Garden An entertainment committee, ap- City Hotel Saturday afternoon. There pointed shortly after the company waa were about thirty newspaper men pres- organized, to devise ways and means ent, and the business meeting was cailed to order by L. B. Green of Patchogue. By-laws were adopted, and it was voted to hold semi-annual meetings on the first Saturdays of June and December. The election of ofiicers resulted as follows: Henry A. Reeves of Greenport, edi¬ tor of the Watchman, the oldest news¬ paper man present, president; Michael Peite, editor of Labor and Commerce, the Italian paper of Jamaica, first vice- president; Walter S. Funnell of the Brooklyn Daily Times, second vice- president; Smitb F. Pearsall of the Nassau County Review, Freeport, third ^^^ ^^ „„..,„^., .... , .^ ,. ^*° y^?" I vice-president; Archer B. Wallace, of forpmBrrnf" thp rBm*n'nnv"nA iTia'nmril George W. Jayne of Bedell Street died *u„ D„„i,..;n- r. r.u„ I„ i '"reman or tne company, on tiis prop- We are now printing our entire pa¬ per at our ofiice on Railroad Avenue, inatead of baving half of it printed in New York, thus giving us control of all our space instead of allowing some¬ one else tb stick in ahything tbey wished. to raise funds is considering tbe advis¬ ability of putting on a minstrel show at whicb time it is hoped a neat sum will be raised which will go towards payment of hose of which samples were submitted at last meeting. From the samples submitted it is believed that a heavy rubber lined double cov¬ ered hose will be purchased. A committee has been appointed to consult witb the Alpha H. and L. Co. to arrange in mapping Roosevelt into fire districts which is a mucb needed improvement. Work on the engine house, wbich will be erected by Mr. Ed. Gombert, the Rockville Cenire Observer, secre- grty, is expected tobegin in a meek or tary; L. B. Green of the Patchogue - go and by the time tbe hose is pur- Argus, treasurer; executive commit-- chased it is expected that everything tee, Walter S. Funnell, Harry S. Rush- and everybody will be ready for call to more of Jamaica, editor of the Daily I duty. and Weekly Democrat; William M. j Hyde, editor of the Port Wasnington The Roosevelt Water Company, or- Newa of Port Washington, and Charles; ganized less than two years ago, has F. Delano of the Record, Amityville. j fulfilled their contract with tbe Hemp- The banquet was served in the din-1 stead Town Board in the matter of the ing room of the hotel. L. B. Green [ fire district and has every hydrant was toastmaster, and read letters of placed. The village is now well pro- turning from the beacb at about 1 o'clock. There will be dancing at versary. The surviving clfildren are Willmarth's pavilion. Tickets on sale ' Mrs. George Webber, Mrs. Fred Smith .pi.hr„t«H%h:?r^.iHr »pHHi\.r „ . "^""^^ ^'""^ Congressman Littleton and teeted with a good water supply and ?.t^}'l^}^^^\^:\^°]^^.": y!ut"^'"''"'- P^egy O'Brien Littleton. A letter I active firemen with good fire "fighting was also received from President Ralph i Peters of the Long Island Railroad re-j apparatus. by any of thb members, 35 cents. and Miss Isabella Jayne of tbis place , gretting hia absence and extending an The boys of the village have organ¬ ized a base ball team and have already booked several games. Following is the lineup of players: Kenneth Tillot¬ son, lb; Theodore Wassung, 2b; How¬ ard Schneider, ss; Clarence V. Smith, p; William Smith, c; George Johnson, Sb; George Brockman, cf; Anderson Bloomer, rf;John Bush, cf; Charles V. Vooris, cf. This Saturday after- and Mrs. C. D. Southard. The funeral services were held at his late home on Bedell Street, Wednes¬ day afternono. Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor of the M. E. Church, officiating. Interment was in the Greenfield Cem-«- tery. Freeport Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M. will hold its annual memorial servire . at Greenfield Cemetery next Sunday noon ^t^ o'clock the club will meet the ; afternoon and has invited Alpha Ooun- Wantagh Juniors on the local diamond cil, D. of A., and Progressive Council, and a good game is promised. jo. of L., to participate. Three spe- Nothing has been done yet by the I ^'al cars will convey the members to railroad company toward clearing up j ^}^ cemetery, when the principal ad- the remains of the freight houae, which ! ^""^^ *'" ^« •",«?>« ^y ^- ^- ^- ^"^^P^ was burned two weeks ago, „hich j T""'«°" "^ ^'^"''"'y"- doesn't present a very nice appearance. t No date has yet been set for the i hearing before the Public Service Commission on the complaint of I Charles Whitehouse of this place I against the New York & Long Island , Traction Company to cempel them to j give a ride from Stop 72 to the rail¬ road tracks at Garden City for 6 centa and also to double track their line from Hempstead to Freeport. Tbe hearing , _ will be held some time next montb but On Sunday morning the Post »ill at-1 the exact date and olace has not been tend Memorial Services at the Presby-1 decided upon. Edwards & Levy are terian Church at 10:30 a. m. Com- representing Mr. Whitehouse in the rades will assemble at tbe Post rooms matter at 10 a. m. j " Sunday at 3 p. m. the Post will at-' The meeting of the Roosevelt Board invitation to the press of Long Island to accompany him on a trip over the Island, which was accepted. G. A. R. Items The regular meeting of the Post will I be held in the Post rooms this Satur- { day evening. May 27. tend Union Services at the M. E. Sun-1 of Trade held on Tuesday evening, was Someone has suggested that the dents of the village petition the resi- com- William Smith, engineer at the Elec¬ tric Light and Water Plant received severe burns on bis hands Thursday pany to move the old depot to the site ; evening during the storm. of the freight bouse and build a new depot for the village. This is a very good idea and it seems that Bellmore should have enough nublic spirited resi- j dneta to start this movemnet. There He was working on the switchboard, trying to put a new fuse in the volt! machine, which had been burned out, j when there was a flash, and the engin-1 eer was heard to cry out. His assist- j Tbe annual base ball game of the Men's Club between tbe married and single men will be held on Memorial Day at 10 a. m. on the field opposite Mr. Harry McCord's home, Kirkwood Ave. Great will be the game, "great" i Truet 0, making a total of 13 runs for in the usual sense and undoubtedly Seaford. Tbe score was very close; in "great" in a sense never before real-. the ninth inning the game was a tie ized. The attending public are asked and tbe tenth inning gave Wantagh the to control all remarks of derision upon ; game by one run. the various plays as far as possible, \ ^, Of course, there is a limit. The pub-j Miss M.E. Mott en.ertained the lie are as^ed to go the limit. The nm-; members of the Ladies' Aid Society on pire is commended to the care of the Wednesday afternoon at her home. fans in tbis case, probably being surer of his life than if he were de-! ^ The Boys' Brigade which has recent- pendent upon the players. We might ly been organized in the church, met comment upon the players but as we in tbe Parisb House Wednesday night, have been requested to play, it does J. J. Fussell is captain and drill not seem politic. And there are others, master. An invitation is given to Oh you married men! A poor fpjlow ; other boya of our village to consider ,_ ^ ..... confessed to the clergyman upon the the question of joining this organiza-1 Avenue, the event being the raising of i °' I'neii wbich were all tied with pink fourtb marriage that he had previously ! tion. Ithe flag on the new 71 ft. flagpole, ! ribbon. The small packages were all buried tbree wives. The clergyman i I which was completed and raised last P^* together and tied with wide pink sympathized, "You have had lots of I John Hall, the proprietor of the I week. Principal John Harrington and '"'bbon, trouble." The man replied, "Yes, but' Argyle Hotel, entertained a men's club his assistants. Miss Carrie B. Fish and \ A musical program was given after they only came one at a time." We ' from tbe city, consisting of about 40 , Miss Bessie Soraeue. arranced a verv ;''*'''^^'» <=°"^''0"''^^ 8®"®^- Avery day School. Comrades will assemble at the Post rooms at 2:30 p. m. On Decoration Day the Comrades will assemble at the Post rooms in uni¬ form at 1 p. m,, to take part In the exercises at the Freeport Cemetery. well attended and now there is a lova feast going on in that association. For some time past there has been dissatis¬ faction owing to aome petty differences wbicb, bad they not been overcome, would probably have been the means isn t a station between Freeport and ; ants rushed to his aid. They found his Amityville that does as much passen-linger nails burned, and also the flesh ger. freight and express business as is, on his hands. Two physicians were done here, and no doubt if the people summoned and surgical attention given ask for a new station now, the com- after which he was removed to his pany will grant their wishes, and give home, but was back at work the next us a respectable depot. The present (jay.—Times building ia a disgrace to the place. What is the matter with coming to life and see what can be done with the com¬ pany toward getting a new depot? ' Last Friday afternoon. May 20, a large number of our residents were present at the public school on Bedford will not go there this year, but will have the graves of the comrades there decora»ted on Monday. „, , J ,. ~. ... A pretty and new feature of the Wednesday afternoon. The prevailing , ^^^^f^ ^f ^Decoration Day will be the All Comrades, Soldiers, Sailors and ; of "killing' it as far as actual good to Patriotic Citizens are invited to be the community was concerned. At with us. The Relief Corps, No. 239,1 the meeting some of the ofl[icers of the will take part in our exercises. ! association turned in their resignations Sunday noon there will be a lunch jand William Ellison was elected presi- prepared for Comrades and friends at i dent and Mr. Morawitz as vice-presi- the Post rooms. jdent. Resolutions were passed that Owing to the fact tbat the use of the . all friction cease and the members will M. P. Church at Rockville Cemetery ' not commence a well formulated plan was denied the veterans last year when! for the advancement of the village, a beavy storm came uo, the veterans A linen shower was given Miss Mild¬ red Peasell in the Presbyterian Chapel color was pink in which the chapel waa very prettily decorated. Miss Peasell received many verj^ handsome pieces E. D. Seabury has purchased a model 14 Buick auto. The matter of the the Roosevelt Hose incorporation of Company No... 1 spreading of flowers on the water a i was presented by Counselor Elvin N the head of Freeport River, preceding i Edwai-ds before the Town Board last are sore you will not want to miss tbe ' members, on Sunday last. game. I I The Wantagh Gun Clob will hold a Mr. Carlson of Miller Plaoe for a' match shoot witb the club at Island of considerable time witb the Midmer Trees on Decoration Day in tbe after- Organ Works, has left tbe employ of noon. The club will hold its regular Mr. Midmer and is now engaged in the ! shoot in the morning of Decoration city. A Mr. Hutton has come to take ! Day. Mr. Carlson's place. I' Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harrier of East 65th Street, Now York, came yester¬ day to occupy their cottage for the ! summer on the Camp Grounds. Hempstead pleasing program to celebrate the occa- j pleasant afternoon was spent sion. The children of tbe school' all took their parts in a pleasing and ered-' President Gunning, Trustees Bedell, itable manner due to the excellent: Sigmond and Collard and Counselor training given them by the teachers in ; Fishel went to Albany Wednesday on charge. At the conclusion of the cere- behalf of tbe village of Freeport to monies an appropriate address was j oppose a measure our good Democratic the ceremonies at the grave, Donations of flowers' for decorated soldiers' graves may be sent to W. H. Patterson, Sootb Main Street, Monday or Tuesday mornings. Monday afternoon and it was laid over by that body for one,week to get the advice of tbeir counsel. Hempstead Within the past two weeks William P. Jones of Freeport has sold a number of lots of his Roosevelt property and ia negotiating for the sale of two Main Street lots to a local merchant. Lightning struck tbe tower of the Baptist Church during the storm Thurs¬ day evening, doing damage to the amount of about $150. The bell of the church is also used as a fire alarm in made by Principal John Harrington of friends from New York City are trying ; connection_with thri electric fire alarm the school, as was also the address of;tnput through, to get New York City system. Mineola Hospital in Good Condition mi. ,• L^. ... L .. ^y ^^^ introduction of a thorough The lightning split tbe strik- business .system and with officials of Entries are closed for the dog show to be held at tbe Fair Grounds, June 6 and 7, under tbe direction of the Lad- Mrs. Walter Draper and daughter, j ies' Kennel Association. Mrs. John Ginnane, have been spend- ] ing tbe week with Mrs. L. B^ Corlies I At a recent meeting of the Board of Harrington and his assistants of Kirkwood Ave. ! Trustees permission was granted the Peter Johnson, president of the Board , property in this and other localities of Education. Jobn G. Deubert, rep- exempt from their share of taxes. resenting the Army, and James Moore, j — representing the Navy, drew Old Glory ! The Junior Class of F. H. S. will to the top of tbe staff, wbere it un- i hold a social at the home of Marian furled to the breeze amid the singing Bedell, 355 Archer Street, this Satur-^ of the Star Spangled Banner by the { day evening. May 27. Ice cream and j be the negro minstrels, "end men" and This instituti'on covering many thou- ing apparatus to pieces and running business ability, the Nassau Hospital along tbe wire burned out the fuses in is now one of the best managed insti- the several fire houses, doing consider- tutions in this state. Notwithstanding able damage to the system. that the cost of operation is over $1,000 per week, the amount of service rend- On May 31 a fine entertainment will ered fully justifies the expenditure. children and their guests. , United Sonday Schools to hold a parade A Mr. Cooper of Brooklyn is erect- i Sunday, May 28. ing the new bouse in Merrick Square j OR Smitb Street. Tbo severe electrical storm of Thurs¬ day week shattered a telegraph pole on Merrick Avenue below Merrick Road and struck tbe barn of Walter New¬ kirk, splintering the flag pole and rip¬ ping out aome of tha front withoat, bowever, setting the building on fire. (Continued on Page 5) I saw H in th« MMMngar" J. Gordon Ross, M. D., of New York bas leased the residence of the late J. F. Baukney, Franklin Street, and will take up the practice of medicine here. William H. Glenn and Jobn Zahn have formed a co-partnership to deal in automobiles, and manufacture parts for automobiles, and do all kinds of foundry work. They have leased the Hempatead Braaa Company factory on Proapect StTMt credit is due to tbeir ability in train¬ ing the children for sQch exercises. Parents of children should be proud to think that we have such excellent in¬ structors in onr school as has been sbown on several occasions during their period in tbe school. And further we can state tbbt Bellmore school has a flagstaff eqnal to any school on Long Island. Owing to lack of time we are com¬ pelled to omit the program until next week. (continued on page 4) To Mr. I candy will be on sale. A box lunch great {eon will be served. Come and bring your friends. In the A4vartlaa In Evarybody'a Ceiumn i severe thunder storm last Thursday night, lightning struck L. C. Nichols' building, occupied by Lewis' department store. It tore down part of tbe chimney, and also ripped open a part of of the building, leaving a bole in tbe side about foor feet bigh and two feet wide. A tree was struck near C. H. Fred¬ erick's residence. Jobn Henry Cbase died Wednesday (Continaed on page 5) Advartiaa it In Evarybody'a Column all, at Loretto Hall, under the auspices sand square fee of floor space i^ at of tbe Loretto Dramatic Club, for thel times taxed to its full capacity, while benefit of tbe Chureb of Our Lady of still tbere are many improvements re- Loretto. quired, which the management hope to , , make in due season. Tbe large grounds A cake and home-made candy sale .bout the buildings are being tastefully Wll be held in the Primary School uid out and cared for by Mr. Petit of building, under the auspices of tbo Pri- Garden City, which materially adds to mary Mothers Club on Saturday May j the beauties of tbe place. Fortunately 27. at 3 p. m. for the purpose of rais- this institution haa of late been liber- ing funds to defray the expenses of a ally endowed, receiving 1100,000 from picnic for the children of tbe first the estate of Mrs. Hicks: some three grades. $10,000 from estate of George J. o -..i. «. D .. „ u . . Dougherty and eventually $100,000 hmith A Bedell bave a positive rem- from the Duryea esUte, while former edy for your falling hair, dandruff and I bequeata have asaiated in relieving other scalp troubles, Re«l their ad in j thoae who. have, from time to tim^ tbia iasue. it. cuntribated largely to ita maintenanee. |
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