Freeport News 19210603

              the freeport news vol i no 16 freeport long island n y friday june 3 1921 price five cent latest scandal is barefaced sort of affair women wore smiles and beads and a rose at uniondale fire house membership growing who staged the affair district attorney asks rumored that investigation may lead to group of employee of township i just oik scniiilnj nft'er another jtltt uit soon as there in a lull in the outpourings from miih'iiiii another scandal breaks out junl to keep nns kiiii i'uuiity in the eyes of the scandal loving folks the latent hcandul 1 a barefaced sort of an affair only it ik more than that anatomically speak ilik in facr the newspapers lire nol permitted to tell ju«r mow much tfas hurt besides the face the affair took place last friday night at the meadowbrook hook and ladder company house lit uniondale mid assistant district attorney klvln kdwardm wiilmi he raided the place dis covered hint tin interior of the ocean side schoolhoune wan not the only place in which there was a hot tiny iluii night john n hummers of freeport tipped off assistant district attorney ku wardh that the uffulr was kolng to he pulli'd off and qw a i a went to ilif lire boom with n whole kutlk of deputies and spoiled the party and the tickets cost 5 too now there ih a long llbt of names in commerce chamber roll now con tain thirty-two names tin freepfirt iihiiiimt of cohmnmt t iicid hi regular weekly matting in tb • i.i'if i hovatj in ohircl mxeet on wed nesday night mid took jn uliout hmiii new umubfri ull having piild their dih'h in advance i'hi organisation now has thirty-two tlklllllltm it wiim decided to tr.v t(l i hhi new members wit hin tli next tvo wcelk whi'li permanent officers will lit elected petitions on boxing bouts in circulation pastors of various churches started getting signatures af ter services last sunday no violation of law is claimed in protest bronze tablet to m e church service men unveiled at memorial services held sunday morning patri otic organizations present corp harold e maxon gold star man of church objection made on general pnnciplei mr kerr declarea all require ments have been com plied with petitions tspr muring opposition t loldiiik boxing l>outs in kreeport wen si mi i'd in circulation by the pastor f the vnrloun churrht'h huniluy fron si tii "><> signatures were attached t null petition at the evening services the petltioiih which are addrcssi-i to the state iloxlug commission de cliire mini ii license whs grunted for holding bouts in kreeport without of liortiinlty being given for an opiw slnn of popular opinion on the matter the possession of the district attorney that the bouts attract an undealrahle which mmm that a ioiik list of people wttneiit to the village and that they of tliem very well known . throughout the township and county lire going to he riven an opportunity to tell district attorney charles it weeks nil they know about the af folkn are going to be asked tin vi cinmed the chief of police to ask for more policemen kev it h scott ifnd ilev t sidney ioidd wen instrumental in having the petitions circulated ('. herbert kerr manager of the freeport auditorium where the bouts are held when he beard of the peti tions pointed put the provisions of the un general principles in so far as do claim of any violations art made and fair ho such eiiibiirriinming questions as wliere did you get the tickets and how did you learn the affair i>uxlnff law under which the boats at wus going to be bold and those i r auditorium nre licensed and rar qnssuona are gotltg to lie punsed right , r|,m out an<l declared that he has met on down the une until l>y a process of all provisions or the law nnrt has not elimination the parties who ntogud the vtolnted in'iy of hie provisions or re utyiilr will be reached i ipilrcmentr right there is the reason why there j no claim is nmde in the petitions are some mighty anxlwiis people in | that any provisions of the law lire lleinpstead township today it la violated in connection with the local hinted by those who claim to l>e on exhibitions the opposition lielng bused the inside that the process of ellin nation is likely to direct the investlgn t ion toward a group of tollu who have that such bouts have been legalized 1 	 n drawing ilielr salary from the in this slate it is believed that the township if this in true the grand boxing < oininlssioners will not he jury will know nil about it before long placed in n position to revoke ihe local and then there is likely to lie another license hot time with justice cropscy icbed-l chief 1 lull tiituiii when nsked by one uled lo remain here ajl string tho of the ministers if the bouts were the summer in the meantime tlie guilty cause of mi increiise in the size of the folks win have to continue lo tax , police force being naked declared thai their patience their endurance and they wei 	 ne of the causes some oilier things until something breaks as lo the affair i sell and the raid tlie brooklyn bugle tells the story as follows i p to tlie moment i lull mr bil wards walked out on the lloor and told everyone to keep ids seat the affair wm a huge success ii was held ijhm feet from any dwelling in un isolated .'. '.'..'... ,~? i riipiib . irim.ju.ouse was jammed shouts of acclaim arose like tlie distant roar of niagara mr suinncr was with mr kdwards when the nice little parly was so rude about fifty men from the church qave their services during the world war a bronze tablet hi the honor am memory of harold karl maxon th only member of the methodist church who xiive ids life in the war in<l tin llfl.v-one other members of h cbtttel who served in the war was iinvellei and dedicated nt the memorial serv ices held in tin church on sunday morning the church was crowded with inein hern at the congregation and members of the i i b moti'post u a it the woman's relief corps the amerl niii legion and ihe woman's aux iliary the members \>( these organi z;iiiotin tiled into the auditorium fron i in snnday school rooms just hefon i lie services started the <}. a it men and the legion men being in tinlforn mid carrying their colors the kev walter k thompson i l pastor of tlim church presided tit the services the invocation was by the ltev j sidney could pastor of the presbyterian < liurcli and chaplain of the wllllan clinton story post the american legion the memorial address was delivered by chaplain s c benson who worked both in france null iermany during the war the hronae tablet which was to be ledlented was mounted on the front wall of the church to the right of the lias it was covered with the ameri an ting which covered the canket in which the body of corporal maxon was brought back to this country wll larn o miller president of the hoard if trustees of the church made the indentation speech and the flat was hen drawn back by hlriitn it smith inn lil w brown superintendent of he sunday school and commander of he wllllnin clinton story post of the american legion responded on behalf itathorc in whose honor the tablet was reeled the kev i r thompson then mnb i short dedication address after which mrs agnes f.aron placed a wreath of poppies under the tablet i'lu 	 iilteuntion then joined in sing ing lutheran church 12th anniversary will be celebrated sunday and monday special services and dinner ly interrupted so were constables riiaries anderson charles tlntle wn ham strobhon chtotga siultli lames molloy and rollceiimn lames kelkei'm when tin mldlag parly mrlveil motor cars were iiarked outside so nu meiiiusly as lo sukgeal i be old days of hie \ underbill cup rai there were tin wagons and tine upholstered ones the star spangled banner which waa followed by the benediction by the ilev dwlghl a lordou i 1 the inbiei which is about thirty inches wide by twenty laches deep bears tlie following inscription 1 v t i i'.hs in honor mini in memory of har old hurl maxon killed in action at ' cambrul september 30 11mh in honor of all those members of the kreepi.rt methodist kpls copal chuwh who gave their serv ires i 	 ir country in the world war the honor roll at the church con iiiins tiie names r the following serv ice men howard alilnil^r william m r.ed.'ll claude llrolherldue harold i i'.r.iwn frederick oomba louis .). t'umellas knl|ih i craiidell morton revolnerat lester i danley morton ;;,..,;; 	 ; rh-r i-l luuuuumii ttpr ess hsi.ti 	 i lule 1 llnynnr mil undefended divorce case in the iinilci mlciuillvorce case f 0 artliur chrfetladsft «. anna chrls ttoaaob both <>< fr<mv*ft whicii mil tried before justice maccrnte at mlne ola on wednesday testimony wm broutfht out to tlie tec t that hie wife became enamored of sam salvatore a cement block manufacturer of itoose vol and dt*nppeared and it wax inter discovered she was liviiik with him johnson & lehnson were attorneys for tlie plaintiff k of c minstrels will be different some unique features are scheduled for event to be held next week legion plages trench mortar in plaza park war trophy dedicated by con gressman hicks as part of memorial day program last service is held in old freeport cemetery the knights of co ow and dance to be some unusual features lire girfiik to be incorporated in imnhtis minstrel si held at the auditorium on friday eve ning of next week itaymond malone chairman of ll 	 nicrtalnment com mittee let the reporter in un the se cret of the titrprtces in store and while the secrets cannot be divulged it can be said that the show ought to be i great success it will not be just a minstrel show alone it will be a min strel and something else not counting the features that are scheduled on the oli 	 ml the other special features that will follow the show sj;oing to be a girlie show us well as u blackface inlnslrel show for there is a large sprinkling of girls among tin1 10(1 members of the cast special scenery has been paint ed and a professional orchestra will render the music for the show and the dancing afterwards raymond malone is chairman of the entertainment committee ami will also be interlocutor in making the nr patriotic organization starts day at mass under auspices of knights of columbus memorial i»uy was fittingly observed in kreeport with ceremonies under the auspices of the various putrlotlc or kunlzatlons the program started off with the knichts of columbus mass hi the church of the holy redeemer ; then followed the parade of the or kiinlzution which terminated at i'la/.a park where the french trench mor tar was dedicated after which serv ices were held in the old freeport cemetery flanders poppies were sold by y w c a klrlh the kafgfctl if columbus were hosts to the american legion i a h wo man'l kellef corps and the avonmn's auxiliary at the muss celebrated by the ltev father 1 1 o'toole at the plaza purk the sp 	 h of dedication when the trench mortar was unveiled was made by congressman frederick 0 hicks it was formally turned over to the american le^hm by the o a ii howard osterhoul was in charge of the ceremonies the service at the freeport ceme tery was the last memorial service hint will ever be held there for be lt wa8 scotf h niqht at the scutch bight party hehl in tlie baptist clnirrli molidh.v eveiiini of last week in addition to the l mm of scotch scenes and ivlebrltle and the lecture by the pastor ilev f.rwin dennett three scotch bongi w.fe rendered by mrs chjirles week ami piano selection by mrs ullve • inrilni'r harry ijiuder was beard oh the phonograph it was desired to ha | bairplpe playlnn contest be tween hamilton king and hubert shearer hut unfortunately arrange ments could not be mnde to bring it about mrs j goodwin dies suddenly before service family was preparing to attend memorial services for harold e maxon gold star hero was favorite grandson hat been resident of freeport since 1904 — formerly member of simp ion m e church of brooklyn mm lane k qoodwtn widow of the late m goodwin died lit her residence at 78 south long beach avenue sun day morning ju«t a raw mlnnti fore the memorial services in hoi riingeinents he is being assisted by kl i fore this time next year the cemetery m.v ing gotten prog ran nit kdward j carroll is handling the program assisted by george jones the rehear-salu are be ing directed by hen mnlvey miss evelyn bedell weds chester reese opular deputy village clerk be comes bride of former service man will be no more it wrts the ritual service of the fj a r and was held her gniiulsiiii corporal harold karl maxon the members of the maxou family were preparing to leave their home for the methodist church to attend tlie memorial services when airs goodwin wus stricken she died at 10 lii and tlie service which the members of the at the grave of the civil war veteran | maxon family were planning t attend started fifteen minutes later mrs goodwin who has resided in freeport for many years was former miss evelyn bedell freeport'i popu ar deputy village clerk and cliesici tccse who has adopted freeport us ils home since the close of the war e married in brooklyn on satur lay by the ltev john it clark nt he parsonage of the btnhwtok con relational church they were at ende.l by mrs c w lledell mother if the bride and marry lteese father f the groom miss kvelyn huyiior he young niece of tin bride and laughter of mr and mrs sinclair kaynor was lower girl the bride re n blue traveling suit with hat to natch immediately after the cere nony they left for sylvaji beach lake meldn where they will spend b two v eeks honeymoon the bride was ihe tv i|.ieni of nu merous showers from her fripnds dur ing the past few month but she did not divulge the date of the wedding j v " so they managed to give their friends ' "® in whose honor the local post is inimi'd - d p h mott addresses were made by congressman hlfks the rev j sidney gould rev w r thomp son and ilev erwln dennett the service was in charge of commander yv h patterson of the mott pont and the william clinton htory post f the i-*>ir!i>n i»nrtlpjpiit«ml similar net-vices for the navy tnon were held nt old mill bridge in addition to the placing of mowers on the graves of veterans wreaths were placed on all the war trophies and memorials in the village the woman's relief corps and aux i iliary served dinner fi>r the in kid fellow*1 halt at ' 	 veteran ly a resident of brooklyn she was a member of the simpson m 10 church and on coming to freeport became a member of the methodist church here sim came to froaport in 1904 mrs goodwin was etkhty-eikiit jreara old funeral services were held tues day evening at her late residence the ltev yv s thompson pastor of the methodist church officiated assisted by the rev ii ii scott kev 1 sidney gould and rev dwlght a jordan interment was at greenwood clirlsl lutheran church will i ele ' |. mi d raynor wlkkillh i harold v smith halt itiv 1 wilson william iniili ial its twelfth anniversary wlthspe || \\ hitlnker itaymond c wliillakei vices in the clmrcli on sunday clifford a teeple layton b clark and n dinner in the kreeport club on ijhva monday the taken at the sunday ( hdc il m lown owen w humphrey c wallace f.dward try 	 service will be l>r 1 chantry hoffman italph m travis itollln d linker i f kaynor bdward j bradford 8 delplilit and l»r samuel trex j lame sident of the new york and caw it was quite evident unit the evening was a huge boiu it was i i i(l o'clock when hie constable hove to mid anchored mr kdwards apprnai'lied the guard at tlie door a constable drew a gun new longlimtl synod and former chup liiln with i lie a b f liner monday evening i progr ltoantree judl thompson f.lmcr johni far us it hud talks and vocal numbers will be given the principal speaker w>ll be the llev i v pruess christ lutheran church ii one of i in most niplilly growing churches in following the/ruynor leslie v randall stephen a program of ! carpenter kdwul crosslleld harold the village and has llourlslied in ii most satisfactory manner under the inlnls il hd ud lured tbe guard to keep quiet or lie would shoot your bead off the man's eves bulged and he wm silent i rations amii present pastor the ltev the rald«rs entered kdwiirds in the carl ii miller through whose effort lead he walked out into ihe middle the membership has grown from w t f the lloor told all bauds that the j i in t h placi was surrounded and bade them i.eep their seals charmer of crowned there wus i young woman present | f^n ii slim young woman who answered nnat yew aud * half pipe line needed lewis walter v morse william q mill ir men in cmbs klllott p hayuor charles morrison qeorge m havlsi.n jr kdward w tree ltus mil v colder waller k tiolder utnirge '' colyer alfred l hollo c wi-icv puvlsitun howard oatehh t nnil licileilck lu'dell • first baptist church ' x lor i he dewlopnicnl i i he to the inline of sadie hone sadie de clared later that she bad exhibited her hen menus form before crowned beads lo their intensv appreciation sadie's uniform was rather scanty | but it was a warm evening her tire i osi nine according to the observant j constables who were exact as to de lull consisted of a gray silk garment i of microscopic proportions sadie's specialty appeared to be a book and ladder version of the liulu hula continued on page ¦"> iii l mlcvard project has been beautifully exemplified for the past few wttttk b i lie ngesliou and incon venience resulting from tlie cioaiuil i.f meiii road 1 1 in nprlugneld tu ai lev stream behman property sold the i av id herman propcrlv ill l.'ill k'halcy slrecl lias been nlil lo may wile robins ¦¦( brooklyn wlui will ae cjipy ii as he was made h jailer a si.n william m the sale mutter of ilev krwln dennett pastor 11 a rhrlm koi v ice aertnun thi lord's kgotis 	 f al ii,i uf 7 : l"i p in ser\i>v of suttg und ertuiku the young man and the home suiiibiy s.li.m.i l:t p in 1'iin er iinil le^i iinoii meel iiik i'liurs duy i p in bible reading judge flint to speak tin w c t 1 will muel at the horn i un ii i oraadau m south ocean avenue monday june tl nt a p in former judge clinton m flint will speak on some aspects of village at the groom un friday \ was ihe night of the ml tire 	 i he is a ire iked happy right oat i n a picnic a lirciuan no matter i lay it of me were directed night that oceansldc sell man he ic loud just as if ho wen instead of bl a big lire is always a tlrenian bri what's going to happen th 	 xt was all bis friends could get < him i liter il developed that be was mak ing preparations for his wedding on tin following day when the nre alarm sounded and right bwaj ha became n tlreinaii instead of a brldegroomto-he mr keese whose boine was former ij in brooklyn has i 	 ne a very popular yonng man since coining to freeport after being dlsoh'a'rked from the iirmy lie mine here and made his home with mr and mrs uouman in west merrlck llond on their return from their honey moon mr and mrs reese will make their in me with i in bride's mother in mouth rove street stopped runaway eastern star notes another of the popular card parties to be held june 17 on saturday evening may 28 free port chapter o ed s held its regular 	 ellng in the chapter rooms a large number of tlie members were present ulso ipiite a representation from spar tan lodge the work of the evening was balloting followed by initiation of i candidates after a short intermission me 	 rtal services were held and the altar was draped in memory of those of the grand chapter as well as freeport chapter wlio have passed on during the last year regular business meeting followed exercises after which all present d round tlie festive board for military funeral for wm f downs freeport fire dept heroism at ocean side local firemen distinguish them selves by services at 300 000 school blaze entirely ignore danger when entering building narrow escapes in hall when cell ing qive way and tons of debris falls the freeport fire i epurtiiient us llngiilshed itself by rendering heroic service u the fire which destroyed the ocean side school friday night and saturday morning f lust week cans ing a loss estimated at t<x),o0 that some of the freeport firemen were not severely injured if not killed wun due lo gih.d luck for they took desperute chances under the most dangerous cir cumstances in one instance u half dozen i»f then narrowly escaped by a traction of b second from being buried under tons of redhot debris that thun dered down the stairway that the records were saved was due almost entirely to the freeport men who while moors were crushing in front ami both shies of them entered the superintendent's office and took the trays from the cabinets ami tbe contents of tlie desks for nearly u boar the i'reeport men maintained a una on tho third lloor of the building the freeport department all but the uglne company responded to the cull for assistance from the ocean side de partment thf call came about half past 11 the smell of smoke roused neighbors who discovered the school body brought here unexpectedly friday night is received by american legion the afternoon card parties previous ly given by freeporl chapter have been mi popular unit ii requeel has been 	 le for more of them so another one in scheduled for june 17 to be held al the freeport club tickets will be is sued shortly and may he had from nay of ihe members to investigate exits died body of william k downa who if pneumonia while in active service in france november 7 nils was brought back to the village un expectedly friday night uiid funeral services were held sunday he was given a military funeral by the wil liam clinton stun i can legion and that turned out to receive night si of he aineri organisation also the body fridav wilding enveloped in great clouds of smoke fifteen minutes afterward the oceunside department called for help when the flames broke through the roof and they had insufficient water pressure to fight the blaze the de liniments from freeport kuhlwln itockville center ltoosevelt lynbrook bast kockuway van.l long beach if spoil leil with apparatus and hreitien from far itockavvay and heinpntetiil volunteered their services tbe freeporl gasoline pumper wus jiiickly supplying water for one of us wn streams uml a stream for the rockvtlle center department and two the si reams one at either end of the building were also in operation the fleams from tbe freeporl piilnper(bad the best pressure and did the most ef feclive wont fire chief s olmon smith was on iiind assisted by deputy chief jack m 	 rberger directing the work i the i freeport companies miller lieutenant campbell of iio«e l capt austin monlross of hose l apt samuel corker of hose 8 captain summers of hose i 	 i lieutenant hartmann of truck i the work of the freeport men w:i coin entrated on the central portion of tlie front of the building hen the barnes were held in check for the greatest length of time the • lire started between the central section t the building and the mum wing and quickly spread through the central por tion or ihe building ami to the western wing enveloping the entire bull lint u lien ii wan seen thai it would he impossible to save t|ic building ami it was discovered that tbe record were the lime of ids death wus a graduate of i he i'reeport high scl 	 i ll en listed in the cavalry april i i»i7 the aviation complaint made to trustees about blocked theater doore protests about th 	 millions of tl exits of the theaters and place < lunusement in the village were i 	 id by ibe village board at us hi ing herbert hchley d clared that on saturday afternoon clarence minthorn of north main street al : lit risk of his life mopped i team of run away horses mr mlntboni while landing itt ids porch saw the horses tearing »• » ''"" l'"'1 down 1 	 mud avenue towards main street mr mill thorn immediately ran lowards the horses unit caught them in a few minutes be bad them under control hut for ml mlnthorns quick work the horses might have crashed into a wait ing trolley car which at that time was crowded with people found tlm e\ll from ihe american blocked with blcyclm and carriages and thai u reiir exit was needed the conditions at hie i'liizn uml the aildl torliim were also lusqisseili ihe inner pla e in reference to the high - 1 • - 1 > — in ilic aisles the matter was relcricil to the chief of tbe fire licpurtmeiil win was directed to make an inspei iii ii and report hack to the trustees local men speak two frccport men look ;\ prominent part in the bjiilim attending the u-«i i mi l..n of the war memorial tablet at ihe comniunlcalloii of morton lodge i and a if in heuipstciid on moii dai night wur aibin s johnauo wus one of the speakers and he introduced apt 	 herbert c malliius a f|f loria cross mini who delivered an ail dress iliut wm i lie outstanding feuture of the evening was later trunsfeii branch ami inally to the tank corpq he was a member of the mrj ll 	 i quarter company in the tank corps he went across on the transport kaslnuar which during a storm sank the steamer otranla on which m2 men were iom when volunteers were called lo go into the hold of the kn-ii mar to repair tlie machinery lie was one of he three volunteers selected thom three men are now all dead hi parents mr and mrs walter f i low us who have since moved to min e.ila and 	 sister tiro helen btbel seaman survive him the funeral services were nem sunday afternoon at the i'resbyterian church ltev j sidney could oflklathm inter 	 hi was made at the national cemetery in rypreaa iiiiis charged with taking car johnson asked chief smith if the ic ords could be secured these were in the rooffl directly above the main en trance at this time the entire third lloor vas a seething furnace and like wise the second tloor hack of the 111 perlnlendent's room those who went in lifter the records under the direction of chief smilirand got out the trays front the cabinets were chester pulton frank snedeker john wclbold irvine bheeber rudolph hummel ward frost howard pearaau ami dwlght bound later the contents of the superintend ill's de-k were secured and an effort made to get ill the safe lint this was given up while il seemed an extremely h.i hi-dons undertaking to go into any part of the building with loan oonatantly crashing through ihe freeport men later forced their way into t in inalii hallway while some of hem removed the bronze record tablet ir 	 i lie vv'alk the others started a line of hom up i lie iliiii the stairs pcn.-.l into the ragtag furnace into which timber ami por hurry zimmerman of hell 	 i employee of the mraii garage waa ar i man of wails and ceilings were craah rested on ¦ charge of taking as autowlng tha bamee werttwjtrlng upward mobile lillssn of the garage the case wm i illiiiiil p tpolll'll ull hi june h illxt in tin ¦ dropped iii the meantime he mav mi \ > uml tin i barge through the stalrwav when tin men en lered thc.v had liardlv gollcn tin stream tut 	 tion when down n 	 ¦ gas shut off ai v>i's shut off from freeporl for eral imiirs tuesday uioriiliig while oupling in tlie mains in llettipxteml being repaired ill musses of ibiiiiiiig wreckage tin 	 n on the stain warned by this and the boats f tboae in the hall retreated to the foot or the stairs in i tiiev had not readied the last step when lolls of the redhol concrete from the walll uml celling above crashed down a mong continued on page 8 i ¦