South Side Messenger 19131224

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SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
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FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1913
Everr Wednesday
Vol 6, Nombev 9
Merrick
Services at the Church ef the Re deemer Sunday, tbe first after Christ- mee, at 11 o'-clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. Morning Prayer and dermon at the morning aervice. The Church Sehool meets in the Parish House at 10 a. m.    Meeting   of   the   Woman's
Bellmore
Wantagh
Single copies of the Messenger can be had at Wolfe's drugstore, Bellmore, L, I. tf
Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Skou are in New York City, where they will spend Christmas with relatives.
Services wil! be held at   the   M.   £. Church Sunday morning at 10:30 a. m.: Sunday School at 2:30 p. m.; Epworth .        . .     J • , League "rlS;   evening  Service,   7:45;
ABxIliary omitted until' the second | preaching by the pastor. Rev. Wm. Thursday in January. The Girls' Dalziel; all are cordially welcome. Friendly meets on Mondays, the younger girls at 3 and the older ones «t 4 p. m. in the Parish House. The Boy ScoutA will meet next week on Monday at 7 o'clock p. m.    Tomorrow,
Christmas Day, there will be a Cele-1 Samuel Self has moved his real es- bration of the Holy Communion at j tate office from the rear of his store 7:89 a. m. and full service of morning on Grand Avenue, occupied by Adler prayer. Holy Commanion and sermon Bros., which will now be used as an at 10 o'clock. A cordial welcome is out kitchen. Mf. Self now has his extended to all to attend  the  servjces j office in William Wolfe's drug store.
of this church and join in its common- i 	
ity activities. j     The work of laying   the  gas   mains
  through the village streets is progress
Mrs. Walter E. Spear is spending ing rapidly. The Merrick Road see¬ the holiday season at her family home I tion is completed, also Bedford Avenue in Balla, Philadelphia. i from Merrick   Road   to   the   railroad
track.    The digger is now at work   on
Mrs. James Emery returned last week from a four months' sojourn in Washington, D. C.
BeDmore Avenue. Several of the resi¬ dences on Merrick Road are now sup¬ plied with gaa.
Miss Minnie Hutton left today for a three week's stay with her Springfield, Mass.
A. L. Brown   has  returned   from   a family   in i successful gunning trip to Manorville. IL. I.
Frederick. Seitz, husband of Marie Seitz, died Sunday last at his home on Park Avenue, after a longilinces, aged 77 years.. He is survived hy hi.s wife and four children,Louis F. Seitz, Mrs. Hennig, Mrs. Kober and Mrs. John Ross, all of Brooklyn. Mr. Seitz was born in Gei'many and came to this country when he was a young man and spent the larger part of his business life in New York and Brooklyn and the last five years he lived in Wan¬ tagh. He was a man of quiet demean¬ or but a true Christian, and beloved by all who knew him. He was a mem¬ ber of the Memorial Church. The fan- eral was held frpm his   late   home  on
Freeport
Single copies of the Messenger can be secured at Greenblatt's or Braith¬ waite''s ne\7S stores on Railroad Ave., or Kiefer's, Main Street, Freeport' L. I. tf
J. J. Scannell, Locust and South Side Aves., has gone to the city for the winter months.
John E. Golding, who has been in the northern part of the State for the benefit of his health, is home over the Christmas holidays.
Roosevelt
Roosevelt. L. I., December 12 li ie evident from a public meeting held in the school last night, that the Bouid of Education and the taxpayers are ut last agreed to a great extent. Th' purpoae of the meeting was to rt'l*:! some unsolved school problems to Un¬ people and the people seemed to giv<.' unusual attention to the board mem¬ bers, recommending sUoh things as the board apparently wanted recommend¬ ed. County Superintendent Welling¬ ton C. Mepham was present.
For nearly two years, affairs   in tht Roosevelt schools have been in a mud- We must request o^ advertisers and I die, and for a time it seemed that they correspondents lo get their copy   in   a ' would never straighten themselves out.
Tuesday night, ^eing conducted by his I f*f. ««'^''" ""^.T^^^' ^*""'^ °^  the : Court actions, protests and every kind pastor. Rev   T. S. Braithwaite, assist- I ^°''^*y °" Thursday. j of complaint was ramp-mt,    and Jlibel
ed by Rev.   Mr. Grimmel of Brooklyn. Miss Laura  Cowles  and   Mrs.   Rhoda i Jackson   sang a  duet,   "Savior   More] Than   Life to   Me."    The   interment! was in Brooklyn on Wednesday. i
Chas. Sully has given   up   his tion as barber with M. LaMasa.
charges were made, posi-!     The board called last   night's   meet-
Town Budget Fixed
After aeveral .weeks' wutk the Hempstead Town Board hns completed its work on the budget for 1918, the total amount which is to be railed be¬ ing ,'f 183,5^.02^ this is exclusive of Uio tax which ir, imposed on the vari¬ ous di>Jtri .:.'•, for water,  fire and gas.
The rutt: will be about eighty-five cents, which will be mora than the last year rate by about twenty centsj al¬ though these figures are not yet defin¬ ite and cannot be until the rate of the county and State have been received. The budget is as follows :
Care and improvement of town prop¬ erty, $2,000.
Interest due on macadam road bonds, $12,000.
Interest due on Almshouse bonds, $1,170.
Almshouse bonds due, $2,000.
Receivtrs' perceiitaf^ei-, $7,500i»*
Receiver of Tkxcs for notices, $1,000.
Salary fund, $18,365.
Per diein fund, $2,254.
Per di6m   fund,    Superintendent  of
Mrs. Vivian Carmichael has brought I suit to annul that provision of her j Tuesday evening the Christmas ex- father's will which left $20,000 to | erci&es of the Methodist Episcopal Mrs. Mary Fordham, his sister, who Church will be held in the church on cared for him during the later yearsfof | St. Mark's Avenue. A fine program his life. Mrs. Carmichael's father I has been arranged and a cordial invi- was the late W. J.   K.   Kenny.    Mrs.   tation is extended to all to be present.
Carmichael is represented   by   Harold! ""	
Bunker, attorney at law. |     Last Friday night  Firemen's   Hall
.    , „ ,,     , ,   „    ,  i was packed to its   capacity   when   the
Andrew   George   Hughes   of   Park i annual Christmas exercises of our pub- Avenue is offering a reward of $75 for | iJc school were   held,   and  those   who the arrest and convictien   of   the   per son or persons   who   poisoned   his Andrew's dog.
failed to take advantage of the oppor son i tunity of being present   mi.ssed one of I the best entertainments given   in   the p^of,v,o=to..-  u    i>    -7 • I     ¦     I history of the school.    Every   part  of
er.^l\ TZ \ \J'l?''\ /"*::;"« .the program was rendered in a credit- sold h.s house on Smith Street to New j able manner, and the instructors of York parties, will move after the holi¬ days to the house owned by A. E. Hew¬ lett on Miller Street.
The   local   school
i the school are to be congratulated upon i the manner|;in which the children were ; drilled for the occasion. .    .        .     !     Miss Darling, the primary   teacher, „, .      ,        enjoying   its;gave two   piano   selections   and   won
Chn3lma.s vacation from    Friday   last   great applause from the audience, to Monday, January 6th. I     After the entertainment  Christmas
.. i gifts were distributed, each  pupil   re-
The Cnristmas festival of the Church ! ceiving a box of candy and an orange School of Merrick will be held in the j from the Board of Education. Appro- Parish House on Friday evening at | priate addresses were made by the 7:30. Santa Claus has promised to , members of the Board, Alva R. Smith, drop in during the evening. The mem- j Peter Johnson and John J. Gangloff. bers of the school will return their | Principal John H. Harrington is Advent barrels which are out for the i spending the holidays at his home at Archdeaconry Missionary offerings at j Pottsdam. N. Y.; Miss Darling at her that time. As well as rtceive pres-' home in Amityville, and Miss Davis at ents, the ohildren will bring gifts to | her home in Hempstead, send to children less favored than j The program: themselves. Everyone is invited toj Song, "The Birthday attend the exercises.   Accommodations  School.
ing and put three important  questions ,
  ' before ihe people.    One  was   the   ad-1
The   Christmas   vacation     of    the i disability   of building   a  new   school!
  schools begins next Tuesdav afternoon, i house,    in a new   section  of  the  fasti
.  ^       ¦- continuing for two weeks, "until Tues- i growing village.    At present a kinder- | Mr. and Mrs. Geo.   James   of  Oak-jj      January 6 Igarten is heing conducted in   a   rented
land Avenue, entertained  Mrs. James'j       ' ^   \ j room and ten teachers are employed to | "'Rhways'   assistant   and    expenses,
parenta, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koehl of i     Bell Malcomson. a   former   resident i'nstruct scholars in only eight   roome, ;'^-^ 4^-      .    .      , ,- ^    x
Farmingdale and also Arthur Bechtold i^f preeport, was married to Miss Por-1 so greatly is the school congested.*)       I     Appropriation for   relief  of  Grand of Brooklyn, over last Sunday. ; ter of New   York   at   Annapolis   last'     Another question was that of fiiJe es-j ^rniyVeter^s, $1,800.
  week.-Owl. I capes.    The escapes   now   being'used I     Bridge fund, $10,500.
The first number of   the   Entertain-1 ,     were put in by   the  old   school   board!     Machinery fund   $500.
ment and Lecture Course was given in I     Mrs. Wm. H. Ashdown   entertained   and this was the original cause of  the i     ,=^"0* «"« miscellaneous, $500. the Parish House on Tuesday   evening i the Seven Hundred   Club   last   Friday   disturbances.    The   board   asked ^the I     To b^ assessed upon property ojtside of last week and  consisted  of  Alonzo i afternoon, the honors   being   won   by I people whether they should be repaired ! °t incorporated villages   for   highway Foster's Heinline Banjo Quartette and   Mrs. Henry Ashdown. I or removed, but nothing was definitely i PU'Poses as per estimate of -Town Sup- Concert Co.      The   audience   was  de-'                                                       I settled on this   point.    Next   was   the | "'"'enJent of Highways, $40,000
lighted with the program from   begin-i     H. C. Schluter is improving his resi-j paying of Chnrles Moles, the architect, j     * or rent of  halls   for  Grand   Army ning to end.  We never heard the banjo ' ^ence,   puttting in a basement and ad-1 for drawing plana for the escapes   and \ P^^^^- ^^00. -     ,    ,.„ _„„
and mandolin played so   well,   in   fact | dJtionftl rooms in the rear.    He is also j othrr parts   of   the   school..    His   bill|     Board of Health funds  $10,500.
either   instrument I improving  his store,   corner   Merrick ' way $75, and the people   ordered   that i   J^^neral fund estimated from audited
it be paid. ! bills, $68,114.32.
Superintendent Mepham   urged   the ! ^ Condemnation     proceedings-Hugo
w§ never   thought    . ^
capable of expressing the deeper notes | ^°^^ and Church Street.
Mr, and Mrs. R. M. Kolisch end daughtera Miriam and Roae, of New York, spent Sunday with M^s. Kol- isch's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Miller. Mrs. M. Bing of the Bronx has also been visiting Mrs sister.
Tickets   can   now   be   secured.
of
will be provided to the extent   of   the capacity of the building.
The annual Cooking School conduct¬ ed under the auspices of the local church will be in session again this year from Jan. 3 to May. As form¬ erly, Miss Huger, the expert in cook¬ ing, will be in charRe. Sessions of the school will be held on Saturdays , from 12 to 3 p. m.
NEXT SUNDAY. Mr. Speeds will clean his aiiito,
Mr. Surrs will groom his horse, Mr. Gadds will go to Coney
With the little Gadds, of course. Mr. Flite will put carbolic
On his homing pigeons' perch, Mr. Weeds will mow his bluegrass,
Mr. Jones will go to chiirch.
Mr. Hett will test his furnace,
Mr. Feete will mend a chair, Mra. Feete will soak her bunion,
Mrs. Hett will wash her hair. Miss De Spill, with iron and cleaner,
Will remove a coffee smirch. Miaa McBird will practice trilling,
Mra. Brown will go to church.
Mr. Cleek will drive a golf ball,
Mr. Tiller steer his boat, Mr. Popper on his cycle
. Round and round the State will mote. Mr. Swatt will watch a ball game,
Mr. Stake and son will search Thru the bosky wood for mushrooms,
Mr. Wilka will go to church.
Do yoii ask me what's the matter?
Do you wonder what is wrong Wben the nation turns from worship.
Sermon, prayer and sacred song?    • Why do people rush for pleasure.
Leave religion in the lurch? Why prefer a padded auto
To a cushioned pew in church?
Reader, well I know the answer,
But if I should speak aleud What I t)iink*8 the real reas<)p.
It would queer me witb the'crowd. You'll be popular, dear reader.
When you )vield the critic's birch. You'll be safely in tbe fashion
If you blame things on the Church. —Newark Evening News-
.   King" Primary
Christmas Drill and Song, Grades.
"See What Santa Brought for Me." an exercise by six primary children.
Song,   Christmas   Carol.   Elizabeth Dekker.
Christmas   Eve,   exercise   by   three primary children. , Santa Claus, Robert Drake.
Song, Merry Christmas, LizafGalet. j "Come Again Santa," an exercise I by four boys of tbe intermediate de- I partment.
I     Song, Christmas Lullaby, Agnes Mc- j Glineey.
I     Joy. Peace and  Love,   Nelson   Mer- j ritt.
I     Piano solo and piece,  Florence Dek- iker.
1     "Perhaps," Marjorie Wilson. j     Chorus,    Christmas    Welcome,    by : eight boys.
'     A Merry Christmas, Roma Galet. j     When   Santa  Claus   Comes,   Emily ! Brown.
'     Song, Marion Smith. I     Tale of the Christmas Tree,   Harold I Smith.
A Christmas Carol, by Sylvester ! Gartland.
I     Dialogue,    Santa's   Volunteers,    by ^ four girls and four boys. ]     Recitation, "Joe," Ethel Peterson. j     Recitation, "A Dear Little   Schem- i er," Adeline Adel.
j     Song.     "That    Glorious    Morning IStar," Hazel Greeo. !     Recitation, "A Visit from St. Nich- lolas," Hazel Doellner. I     Recitation, "Love Between Brothers land Sisters." Sarah Adler. i     Song,    "See   Amid    the    Winter's I Snow," Adeline Adel and Walter John- 1 son.
i     Dialogue,    "The    True    Christmas j Spirit," Mary Wanser,    Dorothy Mer- j ritt,.- Anna   Dekker,    Ethel Peterson, Walter Johnson. ^
I     Violin Solo. J. H. Weimer.
Recitation, "A Christmas Lullaby," : Gertie Smith. I     Piano Solo, Adeline Adel. !    Recitation,     "Bethlehem,"     Katie I Galet.
j    Song "The Shepherd King." I     Roll Call, Quotations from Longfel- j low,   Whittier,   etc.,   Gertie   Smith. At the annual meeting of the Men's   Hazel Doellner, Mary Wanser, Charles
of the very finiest music but the Misses Fanny Heinline and Edna Kimball made these instruments express the very soul of music. Th6 entire Quar¬ tette was a great success and we hope this will not be their last appearance in Wantagh
The Program:
, PART L i
March—a. "Motor King," Franzen ; b.  Popular   Medl*y,    Heinline   Banj Quartet.
Plantation Song and Humor with Banjo, Frank Shaffer.
Banjo Solo—a. "March Impromp¬ tu," Eno; b. "Berceuse," Hauser, Miss Fannie Heinline.
Recitation—"George aays boys don't have such a Snap in Life after all," Parker   Miss Edna Kimball.
Overture—"William Tell,   Carmen, Poet   and   Peasant,"  Heinline  Banjo I ioo^ed forward to every year Quartet. William   G. Miller,    Inc.,
PART II 1 view, "In Bonnie Scotland."
Mandolin Solo—Operatic Gems, Miss !     Lewis H. Ross Co., a beautiful   for- Heinline. : est scene, appropriate   to   the   lumber
Song,   "'Nursery     Rhymes,"   Mr. j business, with   no  advertiajng   on   it, S<:i,ul(e, I just the firm name and address
"Old Time-Jigs and   Reels,"   Hein-
people to   get   together  and   declared j ^^^^'jrns, $981.70.
that the meeting showed they were on I     The following amounts to be assessed
the right track.     He was favorable to ! "Ka'nst the property   m  speciai
a new school and so were the   taxpay- [
er.s ond   the   board,    A committee  of ^
dist¬ ricts, named below, and to be collecte,d by the Receiver of Taxea at  the  time Miller, her [fly^^^g appointed to look   over'sites { ^^ receiving other taxes: and report.    The committee,   William | Woodmere Lighting Dist., „t I Gillespie, Frank   Wood, George   Pohl-   derrick 1 ighting Dist.,
i: i Plump's drug store, for the  enterlain-   man. W. S. Tabb and  Joseph  Adams,   fnToorLiSitin/Dl 0 : ment to be given at the   High   School. I «"'' ^PO'-t "^ "V^rT!,'^ meeting to , ["J^^^i^.^^f'Sing Dist in th^ Auditorium,   on   Monday   even-1 he held in the schoo', Wednesday    De-; ^^.^J^'hurst L^^^^^^ ing. Dec. 29. for the benefit of the   F.   cember 24.    Irustee Edward   Uhe has ^ R;,;'-i,;,VlTghUn?Dist H   S   Alumni resigned and Henry J. Bower was   ap-   """seyeii Lib.uinj, iJiau.
"• ^- ^'"'""'-        pointed in his place.    Mr.   Uhe is   the ^ New Hyde I'ark Light Dist
Calendars for  1914   are   now   being   last member of   the   old   board.    The | ?0"'h Hemp. Light. Ui^t., issued.    Among these are pretty   ones | personnel of the board,   including   Mr. from: j Bower,    is   now   A.   G.    Greensward,
C. E. Jones, hardware. I Charles A. Darling, William  Stephan
Brooklyn Daily Eagle.    Their large I sion and Robert Spearman.—Eagle, calendar with plain   figures   which   is!__    ___     _ .    _
V. W. Smith Buys
Fine Residence
large
Hemp. Gardens Light. Dist.
South Side Lighting Dist., I Hewlett Bay Lighting Dist. , Valley Stream Fire Dist., I South Hempstead Fire Dist. I N'w H'de P'k Wat. Sup. Dist.. $979.87 : Roosevelt Water Sup. Dis^., $3,820.16 i Merrick Water Supply Dist.. $1,658.76 ' Baldwin Water Supply Dist.. $1,658.76 ! Baldwin Fire Dist., $1,000.00
$3,988.66 $3,821,31 $6,192.90 $3,738.78 $5,67S.66 $7,757.80 $3,437.50 $1,075.97 $1,596.24 $1,110.48 $9,071.04 $ 800.00 $1,373.17 $1,829.22
line Banjo Quartet
Soprano Solo—"Chanson Proven- cale," Del'Aqua, Miss Kimball.
Characteristic—"A Trip Down the Mississippi," Heinline Banjo Quartet.
Dinner for
Assemblyman Weed
Carman Cornelius Smith ville South and Mary Louisa Drennan of the same place were united in mar¬ riage at the parsonage of the M«;morial Church on Monday night by Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite.
Christmas services were well at¬ tended in the Memorial Church last Sunday. In the morning the choir gave a speciai anthem and a duet was sung by Misses Helen Jackson and Lucy Seaman. In the evening the choir rendered several nice selections and Miss Laura T. Cowles sang "O Little Town of Bethlehem." accom; panied by Mrs. Rhoda Jackson on the piano and Peter F. Avogadro on the violin. Impressive sermons were preached by the pastor. Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite.
The following item regarding a: former resident of Freeport wiJl be of : interest to many of our reader! :
A handy Town and Country Almanac }     "The   residence   at  the   corner   ofi and hand book   of   information,   from   State Street and Neilson Avenue.   Far j
Fred'k H. Plunip,  Railroad Ave.; also I Rockaway, have been purchased   from i     ,_.        ,     , ,   „ r.      *
a   handaome  wall   calendar   "In   the ! the last owners of the property. Misses j     The school men   of   Nassau   County
Heart of the Hills." i Helena and Susannah Faber.   by   Val- \ Kave a dinner   last  Thursday   evenior
—   - ¦ > entine W. Smith, vice president of the | to LeRoy J. Weed, the Assemblyroan-
Services in Bethel A. M. E.   Church ; Bank of Long Island. elect.    About fifty teachers, principala,
on Sunday next, December 28, will  be;     The   purchase   comprises   grounds,!*"^   superintendents    were    present.
of  Smith- i preaching by Rev. Dr. Rankins. Secre-1100x150 feet, and the   beautiful   resi' ! The guest of honor is very well known,
tary of Missions, at   11   a.m.   and   8 i dence    which was once   the   home   of 1 to those engaged in Educational   work
p. m. 'the  f'amous   novelist,   William   Dean j i" the county.    He has been the repre-
The annual Christmas tree festival j Howells. For a number of years the ! sentative of a school book publishing will be held on Tuesday evening. De-1 dean of American literature made this ; house in Nassau Coanty for some time cember 80. | his residence and did his   work   there. ; and in that capacity has become popu-
Wednesdey evening.   December  31, ; jt is this fact of the   famous   author's I '»r with the school men, watch night services and   evangelistic | residence in the house which gives the j meeting will   be  conducted   by   Revs. I cottage the name by which it  is   most j Sister J. E. Hicks and Sister Rosa Ed- j familiarly known, the   Dean   Howells ^a'^s.   , cottage.
r^u -   ¦     c ~.   o    • ^      .      I    In purchasing the   Howells  cottage   *««" yea" and the last   few  years  of
Christwm Science Society.    Services | from the   Misses   Faber.    Mr.   Smith   his aervice acted as president, Sunday morning at 11   a. m.;   Sunday ! aj,o^g ^ fl^g discrimination in his   gel-'     The dinner, which was held in Nash's
Presiding at the dinner was Super- I visor Hiram R. Smith of Freeport. I Supervisor Smith was a member of the Freeport Board of Education for four-
School, pame hour; Hempstead Bank Building. Subject next Sunday, Dec. 28, "Christian Science."    Wednesday
j evening aervice at 8 o'clock.
I A reading room with Christian Sci¬ ence literature is open every day, from
i 1:80 to £ p.   m.    Literature   may   be
I purchased or borrowed.
An interesting game of basketball j The aeranon of Rev. J, Sidney Gould between Wantagh and Smithville South I in the Presbyterian Church next Sun- Monday evening wps won by our home } day morning will be on the theme, team, acore 60 to 19; F. E. Bradley | "What is Worth While;" in the even- was referee. j ing, "Doing My Best."
,     ,, „   . .   . I     Rev. S O. Curtice   is   announced  to
Late shoppers should go to Smith & igad the Epworth Leagae meeting Sun- Bedell s. Their stock furnishes a wide | day.night in the M. E. Church; topic, assortment of sensible gifts. Shop as j -Things to be forgotten and things to early as you can, but remember   there ! 5^ remembered."
will be plenty for all, even the belated i	
shopper. j     Next Thursday   (New   Year's  Day)
Advertla«nMnt.
Club the following oflficers were re-el ected to serve for the ensuing year: A. J. Anthony, president; Herbert Colviii, vice preaident; Rudolph Koep¬ pel, secretaryrWni. HJ Littebrandt, treasarer.
i being a holiday, the Post OflRce will be   ? »     „       „    '^.^      ,,   -,   ,
I closed   after   9:80.    The   tanks,    the  J.'"*^,^'. ^'¦-J^^",^   *«^'"   «°'^J*   *« ' newspaper offices and most of the busi-1 ^^^ ^'''^^ Faber. "-Rockaway News.
ness places will be closed   all   or  part |
of the day.
ection of a permanent home. j Hotel, Mineola, was a very   successful
The grounds are beautifully laid out I one, and it  was  decided   to   effect   a
and the house  is   architecturally   and j county organization of all the men en-
artistically one of the most attractive ' K^ged in educational work. At the ! in the Rockaways. present time   there   are   two   associa-
'¦: Mr. Smith's object in purchasing the I tions, one for the South Side teachers I property is to make for himself and j ^^^ principals, and one for the North j his family a permanent home in Far j Side. A meeting will be called in a I Rockaway,   equally as ^ttrrictive  as a j short time and the plans   for a county
winter   home as it   is  as   a  place  of I organization will be affected. I summer residence. i     Toastmaster Smith   was   introduced
j     The amount invofved in the purchase : hy Superintendent F. B. King   of   the
is reported to be quite considerable, j Lawrence schools. The other speakers j Mr. Smith will probably make some} were District Superintendents Dr. I improvements on the property,   adapt-   James S.   Cooley of North Hempatead
ing it more to his individual tastes and j and Oyster Bay and W. C. Mepham of
requirements. I Hempstead Town and   Principal J. A.
The bouse was   originally   built   for | Davis of the Norwood High School. I Mra. J. L. Livingston, and the   novel-1     Mr. Weed received an ovation  when j ist, attracted by  its  home-like  quali-i he   was   called   upon   to   speak.    He I ties and-ideal surroundings,  purchased I pledged himself lo work for the  inter- i it from her.    After several years resi-1 eats of Nassaa  County in the   Assem-
Dr. George A. H. Smith, eye   treat- ment or glasses ; Tuesdays iind Thurs¬ days, 8 to il, and by appointment,  at, residence. 7 Wallace St., corner Brook-1 ^°her 19, 1912, has been   filed   in   the
biy.    He told his auditors that he  was
not moved to  represent tbe county for
nis own pernonal ambition   but  rather
to secure better living conditions.    He
said he did not know what he could do
The transfer tax appraiser's  report I at Albany but declared lie would be on
on the estate of Henry A. Smith   who | the side of  those   who  were   working
died at his residence at Wantagh,   Oc-1 for good government.
Smith Estate Appraised
lyn Ave.
tf. AdvertlaenMnt
The Post Office will be open tomor¬ row, Cfaristmma Day, from 7:80 to 9:15 a. m.
(Continued on page 5)
Lutz. George Brockman. LeROy Doell¬ ner, Walter Johnson, Dorothy Merritt, i Ethel Peterson. I
Recitation,  "The Star   of   Bethle¬ hem,*' Annie Dekker.
Song, "Birthday of the   King,"  by the Scbool.
Address by Trustee Alva R. Smith.
Address by Trustee Peter Johnaon.
Address by Trustee John J.. Gangloff.
Presentation of gifts.
Red Cross Seals On Sale At Plump's Pharmacy G. I. Braithwaite Wm. Greenblatt Smith & Bedell DaSilva
Chas. P. Seaman H. Schloss Johnston Drag Co. J. S. Lewis Kiefer's
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Everybody who read* ma^aziaes buy* news¬ papers, bnt everybody whe reads newspapers doasa't buy taaiiazines.
Catch the Drift?
Here's  ifae   Kedinm   (o
reach ihu people of
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Surrogate's Court, at Mineola. The I net estate is valued at $140,122.08, of i which the widow, Susan B. Smith, is left $50,000. This consists of a house and lot at 451 Hancock Street, Brook lyn; real estate at the corner of Bush¬ wick Place and Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn; ten lots on Varick Avenue, and the residence at Wantagh, with the contents.
The residue of the estate is left to brothers and sisters, Hannah Smith, Alice See, Ann Elizabeth' Seaman of Amityville and KarJah J. Nichols of Wantagh receive all the building lots located at Babylon. George, Edward and Jarvis K. Smith, brothers, receive land at Wantagh. "The will was dated Febmary 28, 1905.
Tax Memos
East Rockaway school tax now due; ocllector, Seymour F. Frasick, Ocean Ave.. East Rockaway; rate SOc per $100.
Rockville Centre school tax, W. H. Connell. 76 Village Ave., receiving the tax at 5 per cent.
East Rockaway, Village tax, Jobn J. Lynch, collector; address, Lynbrook. The rate ia 26c per $100.
Freeport school tax now payable to Frank Ashdown, collector, at his resi¬ dence, 52 North Main Street, with five per cent for collection since Dec. 10.
Lynbrook Dist No. 20, school tax, payable to Edward T. Talfor, at 6 per cent; rate, $1.08.
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