South Side Messenger 19141230

              ITH SIDE MESSENGER
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FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 30, U14
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Merrick
Bellmore
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o ail of our friends a Most ew Yaar,
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Services at the Gliurcb   of  tbe  Ke- dtMMir Sanday,    the   aocood ^After
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Tbe independent   Willing   Workers
will give a dance 'in  Firemen's  Hall,
    owM—J, ; ^    in this village, on   New   Year's   Eve,
Ohristmas, at 11 o'clock and 8 o'clock j Thursday evening.    Music will be fur-
P, M.    Litany aermoD and Celebration joished by Wreith's   orchestra,   and  a
of  tbe  Holy   Communion  at  the   11 good tinse is assured all who attend.
o'clock  servkre.    The  Church   School ^.   . ,.   — T      „, .u   d n
w uwn. , _    .   I     rjijjg chriBtn]as exercises of the Bell-
Wantagh
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The Victor Club Basketball team played the Carlisle A. C. of New York last Saturday night in the Parish House. The score was 40 to 24 in fav or of the Carlisle A. C.
The fallowing is the lineup: Carlisle A. C. -Ziraborg, centre; White, guard; Lulu, guard; Krause, forward; Frank, forward. Victor Clob—Box, centre; Soper, guard;  Ludford,   guard;  Box,
Rockviile Centre
Rebearsale are non' in full awing under the direction of Albert P. SteineN Dancing wili follow the play.
Rockviile Centie Lodge, No. 279, L O. O. F.. will meet this Wednesday evening, when officers for the ensuing term will be elected.
A meeting of the Mothers' Club will be held on Friday afternoon, January 8th, when the Rev. Howard Johnson wili deliver an address taking for his topic, "Some Phrases of Vocational Training."
Lynbrook
A ineetinK of Inc Board < f Village Trustees will be held on Tuesfiny even¬ ing ne^t.
Arrangements are being completed for the opening dance of the Norwood Hook, Ladder and Hose Company which will be held in Firemen's Hall on January 2Srd.
Alfred H. Wagg will   leave   shortly
Vol. 7, Nuiiiber I
Freeport
Single copies of trie Messenger can be .-leeure-: at Giveiibiatt'd i>r Braith- waite's !iiv^ =torps on Railroad Ave., or Michii. IV >, .Uam Street, Fi-eeport. L. I. 'tf
The schools closed Wednesday, De¬ cember 28, for the Christmas holidays and will open again on Monday, Jano> ary 4, 1915. The pupils in the grades at the Grove Street School held their exercises  on   Tuesday   afternoon   and
for   Florida where he intends spending; the high scbool exercises were held on
the month of Janusry of hill health.
A new Estey pipe organ, with   elec
,».        *" ^*'*""'L?«T*Thlri^wn; I moVe'' AVenue'"W^^^ A meeting ot the Board   of   Village; .     _.
!?:*'^..^r^^#'^S«™.^V^«Jl     'School   were held   in   tbe   church   on      On Monday   night  the   Victor Clob j Trustees will be held on Tuesday even-! trie power, has been installed at Christ ^-tSd-at oTr?n;orthi's ; Monday  evening     The  building  was  played a team from Oceanside. ing next. ; Church through^the jf-t-f t.^ Wc..
•»j, \up wwjr      ^ <^fj}iai   welcome   is ' Prettily decorated and the tree was an |   ='""" * uuim, .wen a i^ioo ana ine \..noir
{eapecially pretty Might.    Each  of   the j     Mrs. A.    E.   Hunt  and
for the benetit Wednesday. Both were well attend and the spectatois were entertained by songs and recitations. The high school people sang "Nazareth" and a Christ¬ mas carol.
MMay week, extended to all to attend ot tlkta church.
tbe  aemces
Poatmaster Zeiner desires to   thank tlM comroanity for the  many  expres | •iona of sympathy which have been his j , aince bis business and Post Office were j . borned  oat  last   week.    Awaiting ai new and large building to   be  erected by A. E. Hewlett, the Post Office will be conducted from  Mr. Zeiner's   resi- •dMce on Miller Place.    From tbis cen- t«r also Mr. 2Leiner  began   caring   for bia trade on Mobday.
The  A.   C.   Doanes  and    the   Col. Whiteheads are leaving this   week   to , apend the remainder of the   winter  in tbe City.
       _            Miss   Alice!     School will reopen on Tue«day morn-, Guild.
numbers'was  well "rendered  and  Old 1 Sutherland are spending the Christmas | ing. January 5tb, 1916. 	
Santa remembered all 4;he officers and ; holidays  with  Mr.     and  Mrs.   Peter |                          .       .  _                                School will reopen on Tuesday morn*
members of tbe school in a substantial! Sherer of Trvington, N. J. In honor of the   Holiday   season,   a I ing next, January 5th, 1915.
way. '   ! number of infants were christened  at i 	
Following is ihe program: Mr. and Mrs. Harrison J. Young and j the Church of the Ascension   on   Sun-      Ex-Sheriff Charles E.   DeMott   will
Welcome Song No. 4, School. ; daughter, Mias Elsie, started for Port I day afternoon last.                                   i leave shortly for Florida where he  in-
Prayer. i Orange, Florida on   Monday  morning,} - - tends spending the  remainder of  the
Song, Choir. December 28,   where   they   expeat  to;     ^t   tbe   annual    communication   of' """*«'"•
Hail the New Born King, four  girls; spend the winter. | Massapequa Lodge,    No. 822.   F.   and of Miss B. Johnston's class. The Dream, Merle Roberts. Recitation, Vera Sprague. Song No. 18, School
William T. Colder has sold the Charles Colder estate property on South Main Street, to J. H. Ackerman of Cypress hills.
A Tea Daosant will be held at the Freeport Clob, next Friday afternoon, New Year's Day, from three' to seven o'clock, for which invitations have been sent out by the entertainment' committee.
; A. M., the following officers were el-. ,/"^^"K ^^«/"" J««"/«»ected for : Tbe beautiful night of last Wednes- j ected for the ensuing year: Master. "'^ ^^rtaory term of court are Daniel I day brought out % large attendance  to j Smith   F.   Pearsall;   Senior   Warden, I
I the Christmas exercises of theMemor-1 Walter B. Wellbrock : Junior Warden, i iai Sunday School in the Parish Home. ! William H. Knoche; Secretary, Wii- ! A cantata entitled "The Shadow of j liam H. Connell; Treasurer, John J. j Santa Claus." waa given very credit-1 Lewis; Trustee, Samuel W. Connor. I ably by the children after which a I These newly-elected officers will be in- Duet, Grace Johniton and Grace Marge number of presents were ex-; stalled on Monday evening, January Hodgson. I cbaTiged between teachers   and  schol-1 4th.
Sewing Circle,   Gertrude   Hendrick-/gr^.    John T. Cowles'teok the part of j 	
Lesson from the tlolly,   Grpce John¬ ston's Class. Christmas Story, Daisy Straubel. Christmas Helpers, Jeeeie Brandt.
Rodman Rowe with the Louis F. Mohr Organ Works, New 'ierk wa.s at borne with his parents over Christmas.
Miss Julia Burns of Bronxville   was It home here Saturday and Sunday.
' Class. , :     Be  a  Santa  Claus   To   Some   One,
August Frederick, the young son  of; Mable Fisher. Mr. and  Mrs.   Rudolph   Koeppel   was i     The Christmas Scout, Edwin    Hodg- baptixed at the Church of tlie Redeem-1 ¦*>"
son's Class. j Santa  Claus  while   around  him   was
Do You Feel Bad. Marion Capenoff. [grouped a large number ot small child- I     Mother's Gift. Leroy Hunt. j pen on the stage.    The carols sung by
Song No. 38, School. j the children were   well   rendered,   led
Offering. ; by \iigg Helen Jackson at   the . piano.
.Missionary Exercise, Miss Stickle'8|The Christmas   tree   donated   by   Mr.
Coron and   lighted  by  electric  lights was   very     beautiful.      An    offering
A young daui?hter has arrived at ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Abrams. and Mr. Tredtvell D. Carpenter is quite proud of the distinction of being a grandad.
Next Friday (New Year's Day) be- n .. or, ^.n . .. r .- . ing a holiday, the Post Office will be Babr and Peter 0 Rourke, of Lynbrook. ^closed  after  9:30.     Tbe  banks,   the
 ¦" I newspaper office and most of the busi-
The funeral si-rvice of the late Mrs. I ness places will be closed  all   or   part Belle C. Wiser, who died at the, home jof the day.
of het son, Victor B. Wiser,   on  Sun-; 	
day, Dec. 20th, was held at her late j Wor>l has been received by Mrs. residence on Wednesday last, the Rev.' Henry E. J. Schiffer of Roosevelt George Adams, D. D., pastor of St. ' Place of the death of her brother, E. James M. E.   Church, officiating, with  A. Fabricius, of Hollywood, Cal.
interment   in    Greenfield    Cemetery, j 	
The deceased was in her 64th year, and ; Freeport Chapter No. 302, R. A. M., had been an invalid for many years.      ' is looking for a large attendance at   is
  regular meeting, Wednesday, January
has ! ^' ^^^'^-    ^^ '^'^ ^'""^ ^^^ Royal   Arch
er on Sunday afternoon by the rector. R. F. Rebers Jr. and Miss .Maria Shan¬ non were the Godparents.
Miss Petrina |jurns is spending week in Newport, N. J.
the!
Solo, Grace Straubel. Drill, eight girls. Solo, Ijonisa Mitchell. Enter Santa Claus. Closing Song, Scbool.
ice.
H. H. Ganiinsnn   is  harvesting  his
I George Johnson, son of Mr. and Mr«. I Peter Johnson, is at the Hempstead j Hospital. He was successfully oper- I ated on this week for a growth in the ' nose, by Dr. Dean of Freeport. He is j improving nicely and is expected home in a few days.
The local church ik attain this year I very prettily decorated with Christ- i mas greens. No city church looks j John G. Deubert has been contined handsomer. All those who had a band J to bis bed for several days, suffering in obtaining and preparing the greens j with a severe attack of pneumonia, which involves no small amount of real | At last report.s he was slowly improv- labor feel duly repaid   when   they  see : ing. and bis maiiy^riends hope to   see
amounting to $11.46 , was taken for | Missions. A'fnong the\ presents were i gifts to the pastor and Mrs. Braith | waite and also one to James M. Law- i rence, who has been janitor of the | church since its organization. Mr. i and Mrs. Braithwaite desire to   thank i
"Maidens All Forlorn,"   a comedy,
will be presented  at  Parish Hall  on
Wednesday evening, January 6th,   by the Girl's Friendly Society.
The Lynbrook National Bank declared an annual dividend of six per cent. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the bank will be held on Tuesday, January 12th, when direct¬ ors for the ensuing year will be elected.
A dramatic reading of "Peg o' My Heart," will be given at the Clinton School^on January 27th  by Miss Lois
Mrs. J. A. Blair,  of Rockviile Centre,   has
all those who joined in their Christmas | Secor.   graduate  of   Le^an^    Powers ; ^ Wo^to ^r' jth^M
present and to wish to all their friends i School of Oratory, Boston, Mass a Happy New Year.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered in the church next Sunday morning and the pastor will preach both morning and evening.
North   Village; announced  the i Miss  Mil-; Varney, ' ' SOD of the Rev   P  W   Varney,   pastor | . of the First M P Church of Lynbrook I We extend our congratulations to   the ! happy young people.
Degree will be conferred upon two candidates, the entertainment commit* tee will have a program of refresh¬ ments, and the new officers will confer th« work. An invitation is extended to all Koyel Arch Masons residing or visiting in this vicinity.
"Opea House^'
New Year's Day
the general result.
I bim about soon.
n .     . t- ., :        ,^ ,-.. ,1     Perry Gangloff, son of Mr
Robert Ke,l IS m t.al.tor«.a engaged I j,i,„ / Qa^ioff,   ,,ft   last
in masonry work   upon   the  buildings '
intended for   the., Panama
snd will continue there an
opens.
Se buildings K„„r„i f„r Pittsfield, N. Y., .Exposition I j,i^ County, to visit r«lati til the   l-airi ^j„ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^
and Mrs.
Saturday
Colum
ves-     He
Tbe Donald Cammanns are leaving New York this week to remain for the rest of the winter in the South.
,     William Lutz is again employed   by I N. Meyer as a clerk in his store.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Seaman of Roslyn spent tbe Christmas holidays with relatives in the village.
Chas. Miller of Baldwin has finished
fliving  the  Parish  House a coat   of I    ,„,. i,   Z T"      „^ » »
•-.     J   \r„«   'a7:..i,io« k        ..    i- 1      There  will   be  motion   pictures  at
paint and  Van  Wicklen has  supplied  n- ,   tr n ^u-   m -j       ¦  u... vi _
Sew   gutters   and   leaders    upon ^he   5'"'r*".\*!"''   *"| ^^fT'*^.^.^*:^ church building. ! Year's night,   at  8 o clodc.    A  good   i show 18 oromisea.
The Men's Club basketball team ia scheduled to play the faat Red Sox team oi Rockviile Centre tonight Wed¬ nesday in the Parish House at 8.30. No need to say tbis will be a fast game as the prowess of the local team is well known and the Red Sox beat them on their last visit here by a large score.    Admission 10 cents.
The Merrick Club will give the tirat of a series in a Lyceum courses in the JPire Hall tonight, Wednesday, at S o'clock. The attraction is the Hearon Sisters. Admission 25 cents. It is to be hoped tbat this course may be sufficiently sustained by the village to justify the Club in its efforts.
Tbe Christmas celebration of tbe Church Scbool was beld last night, Tuesday, in the Parish House but ow¬ ing to our early going to press this week on account of New Years Dav we cannot report the affair until our next issue.
I     Amos «Nfiedermann, who  resides   at
! tbe Bellmore dock, was nearly   frozen
i to death last Saturday night.   A party
j of young men found him lying  on   the
sidewalk   near   Wolfe's    drug   store.
He  was    almost    unconscious    wben
found.    He  was  taken   to  Firemen's
Hall, where be soon recovered.    Later
j he started for his home, but  had  only
I got  as  far  as  William    Brockman's
house on Bedford Avenue when be was
again overcome by the cold.   'He   was
picked up by two young men, taken to
a  nearby   house   and   again  revived,
after   which   he was   escorted  to   bis
home. 	
The public scbool will reopen on Mon« day, January 4 after the Christmas vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Seaman are visiting with Mrs. Seaman's parer<t8, Mr. and Mra. Keenholts, at Nyack, N. v.. for the Christmas holidays.
Gas lamps were lighted on Bunker Place on Sunday night for the first time.
)     Next Friday, New Year's Day, will
I be fittingly observed   by the Jr. 0. U.
I A. M. and tbe I. O. O. F., by keeping
1 "Open House" in their meeting rooms
I in Mechanics' Hall, Railroad  Avenue.
The annual mid>winter excursion   of i     The rooms will be   thrown  open  to
the L. I. R. R.,to the City will be held i all brothers of these two organisations
on Saturday, January 9th. and  their  fraternal   friends.    Oppor-
  ' tunity   will   thus   be    provided    for
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schorr of Mah- wab, N. ^3., are in town spending Christmas with Mrs. Schorr's mother, Mrs. Cheshire.
The Union Free School will open next Monday after the Christmas holi¬ days.
Valley Stream
Miss Gladys Abrams, and Miss Lydia j and be at home with us. Dean, both of Bel mar, N. J., and   for- i
merly residents   of  this   village,   are 1     Rockviile Centre i^odge No. 279, spending the holidays in Valley Stream | 0. O. F. will attend divine  sjrviee with their respective grandparents.       !^ body at St. .Mark's M. E. Church   (Sunday night. January 3. lyl.5.
Mrs. Robert M. Dibble   and  daugb-1 — ter. Miss Mabel, have   returned   from their trip to Vernon, Conn.
; ROCKVILLE CENTRE
I PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
' Rev. A. H. Rennie, Pastor
i     The New Year's Motto for 1916 wi.l
I be given to the   church  next   Sabbath
morning 10:30 a. m. The description j of the Ureal World-Kingdom Image ' will follow m the treatise on the   Pro
I phecy of Daniel. .   -   . - ...     ^.
i The New Year's Motto for 1915 will -P^ ^^'^ engagement of Miss Glays Mor- i be given to the "GoTo-Church Band" Ir's. of Rockviile Centre, to Wilbur J. I next Sabbath morning. , Wright, of Lynbrook.
{     Tbe Sabbath School  will   begin   the {
Study of the New lessons   taken   from j     "God" will be the lesson-sermon   at
tbe Old   Testament.    We   are   asking j the Christian Science Church  on   Sun- I ••he   parents   to   have   th-jir     children ¦ day next. j pr«»sent this and everv Sunday   of   the !
New Year at 2.30 p. m. '    Mr.-. M   J
I     Sabbath   Evening—Y. P.   S.   C.   E. i removed to the city for the  remainder I "™« i Meeting 7.16 p. m. ! of ^he winter.
Sabbath Evening Preaching Service
The announcement  hafi   been   made  greeting old friends,   making new   ac¬ quaintances and in thia manner create a new interest in the organizations in¬ terested.    For tbose present   who  de¬ sire to play games, tables, cards, dom- inos,   etc., will be furnished.    A com¬ missary committee of two,   one  mem¬ ber from each lodge, will provide suit- ________ able refreshments in the banquet hall.
Casey and daughter have j ^eaoy at all times   for   those  desiring
7.45 p. m. "The tirst page of the New Year book- What have I Writ¬ ten?"    Pastor's theme.
A cordial invitation ig extended to non-churchgoers to worship with us this New Year of   191.^.    Come   home
A short business meeting 4t| the ; Mechanics will occupy the earlier part .Mrs. George E. Hendrickson and ' of the evening and after routine busi- daughter have been spending a few j ness has been transacted the meeting days in the city. i will be adjourned, thus   giving  ample
_     .      j time for all to enjoy   themselves  with
I the games.
;     The  committee in charge  from   the ^ -.        |,       'Jr. O. 0. A. M. consists of James   W.
Gets Verdict' ^^^^''^i''^-^-^^^'^y ^°'<^®" ^"^ ^^i-
I son   Ashdown  while   the   interests of ' the I. O. 0. F   will be looked after by
Mrs. La France
School will reopen on Monday morn¬ ing, January 4th, 1915.
Daniel A. Calhoun has sold his prop¬ erty, and intends leaving shortly for St. Petersburg, Florida.
Theatre Notes
THE HIPPODROME Once each year the New York    Hip¬ podrome   presents a   scenic   spectacle 11^;'yuJg^^e^rwas^'ieVoO, Tnd" with
The Appellate Division of the Su; ineine Court has affirmed the d>icision of Justice Kelby relative to the case ol Mrs. Mary La France against the City of New York. This ir> the last of a series of actions which Mrs. La France two years ago brought against various property owners of Merrick, claiming an undivided one-sixth inter¬ est in the  property.    The  amount  uf
Frank Smith. Gilson Peter Cokelet.
H.   Raynor  and
Frederick G. Miller bas been called as one of the trial jurors for the Janu¬ ary term.
L L R. R. Ends
Wooden Cars
, that taxes the wid^, wide world for I material. As usual, tbis wonderful I creation has been staged, and. afterl9 I weeks of tremendous success it is j about to be withdrawn to give way to I some lighter form of entertainment I for the early Spring season. I The last call has been sounded for those who would enjoy for some   frac
costs and interest   aggregates   nearly ' .$7000.
j The point at issue arose over the construction of the will of Samuel I Smith, deceased, father of Chauncey I Smith, the question being whether un- : der the terms of the will, Chauncey I took a life estate with pow^r to dis¬ pose of the remainder or a simple   life
Elks Charity Ball
The annual Charity Ball of Freeport I Lodge of Elks will be gives on New ' Year's Eve. Tbe committee in charge, I J. Huyler  Ellison,   Roland   M.   Lamb
and   Bernard  J.   Loonom,   is  putting i forth every effort to  make   the  affair
par  excellence.      Present  indications
point to an attendance  of   more   than ; four hundred.
Because of the natural attractive* i n'.ss of the Lodge it will not be neces- ; sarv to provide extra decorations, al- ; though the Christmas wreathe* and !hollywillbe   hung  suitably.    On   the
main floor of the   Lodge a course  din-
Tbe Long Island Railroad   Company had notified the Public   Service
/The fire companies meet next week ;for their monthly sessions; No. 2 on Monday in Headquarters on Camp Ave, and No. 1 on Tuesday in the Fire Hall. Ko. 2 is expecting to occupy its now home in course of erection in Febru¬ ary. Ab appropriate celebration will nfjrk tbe opening, possibly on Feb. 22Dd.
iyhSRotCaadkUte
for Town Clerk
           tion of a two dollar  bill   the  magnifi
Jerome Messina, barber at Firemen's Hall, will remove to Samuel Self's stord on Grand Avenue next Monday, where he will continue his barber busi¬ ness and also   conduct a pool   and   bil-; —.-v"    .r-   :.-.  ,  :-    --—; izes     wars oi ine w ono      wm    oe   a;   ^   -.h^r father Hiad in thp   lifatimp
Hard parlor.    He and his  family  will j "T"'"" *hat i   is now complying with | ^^mory, and this most stupendous of I If' cLuncev   Smi b    ^nd   therefore ms on tne nnner floor        tbe terms of  the  Commission's  order i „,^j^.i-,   ^jn   u-„.     *-J1j     ._.„  |0r   Chauncey   smitn.   ana   tnereiore
ma on tne upper noor.     , ^_,. »;„,_ ^,. , j._ .„:. ;ilieciacies   win   nave    i«aea    "f^y-   whatever  interest  her    fatber    had.
Therefore it  behooves   all   who  have ; ^^.^^^ ^j ^^e death of said Preston B.
Hiopodrome j g,^^^u  ^^^ tbat inasmuch as Chauncey  .„.„ k„ ^^ts,^„„t.u^ „„  (,„ ^i.:».-. -# engagements  to | g^j^j^'^^.y ^^^   a   life  estate   under ! *'i^^lf.\'l?,^TAt!.?„!';'! „f'!!^-5
Com- i ?>'••*!'.• ™"»«%'«n^ "^^K ^?} character-;        anything pertaining to *^""  11208 " Wars of the World     will   be   - ' _.   _ «•
occupy the rooms
O.   Howard Tutbill,   of Centre,   the   announcement
Rockviile of whose
Herman Lutz, a young Iwd, living witb his parents on Bellmore Avenue, was accidentally shot in Sunday afternoon with an a yonng boy living with John Pickle. Tbe boys were playing together when tbe accident ocearred. Dr. Skou at¬ tended the boy and it ia feared the lad will lose sight of the injurred eye.
, ' estate,
cent  creation   that  cost    more    than i     t, „ob the   contention  of   Mrs    L«
, $250,000 to stage.    Little more than a I p^ ' r that the dSd  liirned  bv   her ' °«'" '''" ^ '"^*^ "' "'*d"*Kht.  Down- fortnight remains before   the  gaiety, | f/'hr>restiSB^.;ith^^^^^ '=»^»"^
er   in er-  pjjggtja of five^pieces   will be one  of
the best that can be secured.
The Lodge room on the second   floor
to discontinue the use of wooden trail-|T'h™,;;; it"beboo"ve's   al7 who ~ba7e !'''l*i*;*r 1"^^^^^ the dancing.^ At  U
ercard  in trains made up in   p.rt   of ^b^^,^ .   trip  to  the   Hiopodrome IV^l'?^''l^^Ltt^^l^T^^JZ'^^^^^^^^ the light.
steel cars.    Compliance with the order ^^^^^ their  holiday
 w .„. -n...-..._  I a J       .. ^ I o.n.1.. oH.y Lvw^   "   '"^ ""'—""«-'   the clock toll out the peals of   remem-
.the will, that Mrs. La France  beemne
.• on .u » .u°'\ '""';^ -*">¦- ^"^   <•' I an heir on Chauncey Smith, instead of W.OO that the   tentative   Hippodrome I ^g^ father
There were approximately   250   law
the  eye  last 1''yi!'*^'"'**"^ ***«*"  '"* Thursday    n„ke haste air rifle  by i    Th« Commission's order   was issued      it don't
OpoB Lobbies m Port Office
Congressman   Latbrop    Brown
to become effective in December, 1914. One provision of it affected 68 cars of wood construction, used in the operation of multiple unit trains out of tbe Flatbush Avenue Station. The _ j company complied with all otber pro- ' visions of the order, but asked a modi¬ fication of this provision, stating that in-; it had intended to order new cars,   bnt
candidacy for the office of Town Clerk | forms us tbat the Post Office  Depart-; owing  to  the financial   situation  had
ot, tbe spring Republican primaries waa Biiade two montba agt>, bas retired ttom the race in which be waa conced- •dly a favorite in the intereat of bis SOifXijf. He states tbat be will^ contin¬ ue aa poatmaater of Rockvill^ Centre until tike end of his term in 1916.
—Roekaway Timea.
sitor cares to invest—S2.00, $1.50, $1.00, 50 or 25 cents at night, or any (lart of $1.00 in the aftermwn'-but in return for that the buyer gets all tbat the investment of a quarter of a mil¬ lion dollars can give.
brance.
1 he funds derived from these events are devoted to regular Club   charities.
Mr. Locas Wiatcrug in Freeport
Julian   Lucas,   of Greene  Avemie,
ment baa   given  its approval  of tbe ; been unable to do so.    It therefore re
plans for an  open  lobby   in   tbe  Sag | quested permission to continue the op
Harbor post office.    Mr. Brown  hopes i eration of tbe S8 wooden cars until new i u^ry 4th, 1916.
tbat other peetmasters will flnd it poa-. equipment  could  be purchased.    This
sible to follow toia valuable innovation i application the Commi.tsion denied at
for the convenience of the patrons of j its meeting last week.     Full  compii-
the poet office.    Be will  render  any j anee witb the order followed  tbia  ac-
aaaiatance in bis power. ' tion.
sui^s started two years ago, involving j this property. The title to the prop- j erty was inaureilby tbe Title Guaran¬ ty & Trust Company of Brooklyn, i Brooklyn, one of tbe few reiraining which corporation came to their rea-! sur vi vera of the Mexican War, is cue, and it paid Mrs. La Franee the {spending tbe winter months in Free- OAJkAnoi«l« i Bum of $18,000 for ber interest in said! port with his daughter. Mrs.  J. Dyer.
VCCOiaWUC I premises. ! Mr. Lucas^ altboa«h well along in tbe
The  City  of  New  York    apijealpdj eighties,is bale and energetic as a man from the judgment of   Justice   Kelby. j of twenty years younger.    He   is  the
   {The appeal waa argued before the Ap-j father of Thomaa W. Lucas, the well
Mrs. Cyril C. Hendrickson haa been 1 P«»**-« Division.    Asaistaat   Corpora-i known  Railroad Avenue  real   estate spending tbe week as the guest of her t«on Coooeel Joun B. Shaonahao argued I and insarwiee brohei. brother, Benjamin Wright, at Verona,   >n behalf of ^e   city,   and  Mr.   Levy j —— .
II. J. ! for Mra. La Prance. ;   More FreOfOrt NOWS OB Poft 8
School will reopen, on Monday, Jan>