Freeport News 19210401

              7 hot the free ure esli the klin of hlstor ith the n of til mm in hi y were re personally a to i lien a theute auspices i i knight other pli tlon wit nees wer ittee comprise meyers assistan me affair il 15 electloi y evening com held on the ">. h iii tin aiuiun will the depart usslstall atea to o king • i h ,-.,. 3 of truck ward nice n t news vol i no 7 freeport long island fll.y friday april 1 1921 price five cent1 membership of elks lodge now over 2,000 mark reception to exalted ruler al bin n johnson by regiment of hit initiates 500 new members march through streets big tim at clubhouse follows initia tion of clan of 164 candidates johnson receivei jewel freeport club notes johnson's regiment of initiate into the kreeport ladff of he h i o klks made u heroic mid suuofstful ultiick on dull cure on thursday evening sidded hit captives to their ranks lilicl then with the exulted ruler alhln n johnson whose hih-i-cssful record they wero celebrating made merry during nn evening which cminprlned i'uii frolic iiinl ceremony exalted killer inhnson iiiih during hit tenn if olllce lukcn into the loiga 7#0 members mid therehy not only reached the 12,001 murk which ho set for liiiiihcif n yenr ago hut exceed ed it hy a few for the membership of i he order is now 2.0is wlilch repre senis an inoream uf 52 per ecu i in it yti r he fore ihe ceremonies at the elub liouse there was 11 parade mid there wns jiille a turnout for this intrude masquerade dane this friday elec tlon of officers next week the mill masquerade of the kreeport club will be belli on friday night of this week at the clubhouse it promises to he the big social event of the post-lenteu season the election of officer of the free port club will take place on tuesday evening april i the nominations made are president forest h duu bar vice-president theodore s votiglil ; secretary joel pitcher treas urer leonard s kaytwa trustees 111 ra in it smith albert l eurle david kennedy and arthur frank a meeting of the baseball committee of the club will he held monday night advocate brighter railroad avenue albin n john8on x^rai 500 of the members taken in dur ing the year were on hand prepared to march bareheaded they started from in merrlck road passed pearsall and bindrim approach street illumination problem from different angles a ilrlghtor railroad avenue was the slogan which julius lsindrlin was talking up with considerable effect last saturday night among the kum road avenue business men und store keepers trustee howard i'earsall antedated him hy u few days with a similar proposition or rather one hav ing the same object but with a soine whut diivereiit means of attaining it trustee pearsall has offered the sug gcs'lons to some of the business men on the avenue that they get to'getliet and have a string of incandescent lamps strung for the full length of the block from grove to muln st last summer there was such u string of lights extending about half th length of the block from jrove street the lights being placed over the middle of the street in the most convenient pluce to light the streets for the block dunces thut were held there almost every saturday night when trustee i'earsall brouched the subject he suggested that the business men oh the hlock chip in their share f the cost of such illumination this suggestion mot with some little favor mi the counter suggestion was offered with some enthusiasm that the village should more noyrptntfj illuminate hie avenue it wu pointed out tli.it the village now has no lights in uiitlroad avenue although there is an arc light at both ends of the streets one in main street and the other in jrove street another counter suggestion offered was that boulevard lights he installed ou the avenue and this was further extended to include all the principal business streets hindrim's den for brightening the r r improving station grounds k of c views of vatican an interesting m hitlou of the tour peun battlefields mid _ -, . . i « l i'^w.i ifiniiriiriiin 1iiiu new system of electric lights ,.„, imerekt ln ,„„„,. being installed — posts to mark off driveway the loin island kallroiid started last week to do some spring clean-up work around the station grounds and building new lights are to be in stalled both on the grounds and in the building and some changes are to be made on the driveways the present gm fighting system w ii be eliminated and the use of gas will be discontinued in favor of electricity toll concrete posts have been plated on both east and west bound platforms nt about o foot intervals and each of these will carry an electric jajrip these posts are reinforced with mil rods and the railroad is in hopes that rhey will withstand the onslaught of automobiles which have caused a great deal of damage to the gns light lamp posts in the past another change contemplnted ln con nection with the present improvement work is the erecting of a series of re inforced concrete posts about 7 feet high along the north side platform to separate the portion of the plaza re served for pedestrians from the drive way reserved for automobiles the local representatives of the railroad have noticed in the pust that drivers if automobiles have not always re ipected the right of pedestrians to a mall portion of the platform and to insure the protection of people these posts are to he installed some wll cent war and of knights of columbus vatican at boots wt eel red by the pope ministered holy co was shown in th tuesday night und the holy redeem of columbus turns were shown this feature well attended t charge of the enter joseph moivls elv cornelius itegun where n placed along the soul ii ded side principal streets jmd re hh batleaa and the clul through turned to the club exalted ituicr johns in ids swallowtail regatta beaded the procession at ills side was i ho com manding officer general luck m risse as mephlslopheles of the red clolh the aids were cecil 11 lolni s 	 waleihury fleming and llllbert pr avenue wns to have every business man on the avenue illuminate his store or olllce in ffie evening he made a tour of the avenue and pointed out the plan's wlmra the attractiveness of tho avenue might be unproved by groups of oiiices leaving a li-in burning until about ill o'clock in the evening the mercliiinis would pool it by such ure he pointed out to prove o a merchant let him be oaked village operation explained to club attorney clinton flint f d bap tist men's club greatly in terested in subject / ladles night was held by the jtfen's tub iif the freeport itant 1st church in he church parlors on monday night in spite of the lnclenien»>v'cutlulr tfiere iv us a very fine attendance it was a very informal and also a very enjoy able affair there was an open dis cusslon following an interesting d dress by attorney clinton m i'hnt vfflajga counsel ills topic was the jovernment of die village of freeport he outlined 1 the theory of village government and | explained the functions of the various olli.es ami how the otllcinls carry out the duties of their position lie an f d elect and ba conest for chief mask a to be the annual tire will take place on april 7l at the true1 puny elections will tuesday preceding following friday 1 meeting of the de held the only contest iiient election is for chief there are to this place — c.upt ha hose 12 cupt sam • apt john mauersl and ex-deputy jhie engine 1 s dlnion smith 11 unopposed for chief now second deputy first deputy the lire depnrtment will hold its first annual mask and chic hall at tin auditorium on april 15 charles fritz is chairman of the committee on ar rangements plans are now tinker way to have the department put it baseball teojn ir the held this summer young folks give two playlets xwered nimicr questions which hebrew congregation made creditable record as actors in difficult roles two well acted playlets were pfe nc\l in lini came the klks hand it what he would ask for the use of his feature of the lodge inaugurated dur-l window ever evening for advertising ing the past year ami every member of purposes ib would ask sonic reasoli hich was taken in during 1 1 the leader was j cecil towel south side avenue i'ir-l tim i'oeland f 22 slionmird aienui second t.h.t itohert a miller , roosevelt place able amount for the uae of ids win dow it is then but a short step to showed a great desire on the part of """* ",' ' u isr'1"1 j ubday his listeners to have ., 	 plain to r7 v *"""* k""sk ******* then the interlocking relationships r "' ""' ew ( wtio,i the flrst the governments of villa towns "™ \ * "*¦ y ksther and mor 	 , " 	 	 ¦»'¦ '"'<• the second a comedy miss tl nil county at the close of the discussion re freshments were served and a social time enjoyed j '«."•". bedell warming up fred ii bedell f freeport who molly the evening's pro-ran was opened with'uu address of welcome by rabbi kniil friedman and after the plays were presented bender's orches tra rendered a program or dnu'ee mu sic the children made u very creditable llowlng as actors ami actresses tl pitched for mlneola las year winning «,.,.,, w,.m btte*to their ,• 	 and wt < i ixteen oul at eighteen games has uel niin fo h(ii 	 tinted to get his arm hack into con in,(.ti ,,,- mlw harold smith ..< ir ihe conclusji 	 ai it the merchant's | 0on to start bis thirteenth year f 1((1s).v muioiu s,miii i in i window is worth a reasonable ai 	 ml if i 1.1 someone else for advertising pur poses it is worth at least that mil ii baseball right the cast of characters in esther and mordecal " was ¦ q 	 n bather adolphlne benowlts the kintr david lacohsen ; prince llai man philip lohlsnillh : jester mar ltuss randall is having a hard time i'oiirl •. 11 c.iivpmiies of initial •- f<>l to the merw«inl blm«i'lf and he shioiihl . etling rj f some unnecessary lowed in regular order each 	 being t waste the advertising opportunity weight s captain of the freewfirt ....' , •-*¦ ••¦•"•" ' • in ¦ iiiiiii ' ¦ 1 ' 1 1 1 ~ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , fioii'i i;ir ulennwd by a characteristic sign nffurdtti by lighting his window lu he baseball club he wants to be at his lhl bapnae s.ribe bather svolfson ry which u.i i ndered with cit.-c i fn,nt f schioss department store - ¦ l^retttpuck and^mlktrewi^brkhehi u..n at li r.,.er,h ,„ s,,lltll mllil .„,..., ,', a roup f elwood meyers busy kln«sl pages joseph friedman 	 i •*' "»• n 	 ungol the lodge mm new mren boulevard ligd)>i pedestals wlthl i,ll vv members wei and initiated ,,,„„.„ ot kui ttoese make quite bwood meyers will i 	 i hand this , mj m , ;; 1v 1ji uere needed to n,ake the ii ,,, uupostug bddwtw to the likl.lln w,,r nn it i a h.-t l.-r ball team , hat ever ,,.," u ' '' "' ''' "' "'" "' ' ¦ in membership reach thai st ier fucuiuea la main street awl benefll bis bard wort to give freeport * „, m 	 ifros tmi la.irk but r'.v.u.-.i r 	 r j..bn 	 t llv „„. bchloes i,ii-bm.nt but ftr-i rtass repwaentallnn should be ap ibs entire lection f main str.-t ipretiated i lo.-.-fui f the raitten . • • i r ne the uaa of fnrt ntenatwrj ro • : to reach tl fnirin rhjs dmmtag !.•• wai | loll.i gasa fh v..r t tk nyad i eurnhil.ll.'w r the philippines grace rosemrteln jo johnson a trusted butler lawrenc s p shea given indorsement for postmastership pettit secures unanimous vote for his candidate to suc ceed t benson smith shea testimonial dinner howard pearsall one of contestants for place g»orge arlng is also given compli mentary vote — george baldwin finds little support among commituwnen sylvester iv shea has received the indoi-sement of tlie freeport members of the nassau county republican com mittee for appointment as postmaster to succeed t benson smith the in dorsement wur secured at a meeting ol the committee held in the office of stephen i pettit in merrlck rotul 011 toestlay evening although the meeting ended up wltti u unanimous indorsement of shea it is understood thut it marled without una nimity the cuudidutes who have been seeking the indorsement of the com mittee were nikju howard 1'eursull jeorge aring and ieorge baldwin pearsall and arlng were ln the race early und stood put on their claims of support of various members of the committee baldwin did not make u strong pollticul showing but claimed recognition on he grounds of his long record in the postul service slieu wub the dark horse little bus leaked out as to what took ilace at the committee meeting from that little it is indicated that arlng re ceived the promised support of u lervlsor hlrutu it smith who fullhifc 11 securing b unanimous vote ot ar ng then gave his scheduled support to i'earsall peursull likewise failed to secure a unanimous vote and then the neetlu went ulonjf according to the m'ogram prepared by commltteemun jettit and supported by the four mem bers of the faction the commit teemen who supported rre ft ti-ofn^thf wij-rt wore pettit llob rt i anderson clurence lewis and lohn iminiwr and those who later hliued in to make the vote unanimous vere supervisor smith and clarence williams it will probubly be a couple of louths or more before any cbaiige in ost musters is actually made smith and post in auto partnership given by friend of new secretary of klks lodge a testimonial dinner was teiiderml to sylvester i she.i who was recent ly elected fcmntwy of the kreepmrt klk l<klge hy n number of his friends in the lodge on tuesday night tin • dinner whs held at the white cannon inn in kiist itixkiiway shea wan pt rented with a hue gold witch suitably engravpfl captain lames miiiixp wiim toastmns ter speeches were nmde hy stephen p pettit village preolnvnt hotiert u christie former village president clar ence a kdwards i'olli-e jmlge alhln n lolmson knipnt s kmnlall ieorge l/tty anil the guest of honor when shen received the watch ih exprehwd his appreciation n n very natural wh.v hy nuylng nofhiiik there were a thnniwind things lie wnnt eil to s«y but words would not slia themselves so he spoke volumes in si lence christie takes personal charge of street dept village president puts his en gineering and road experi ence to practical use grove st trolley to be discussed paving of that street by county to have effect on local line solves ticklish problem in making appointments official paper and health officer designated salaries ef employees fixed — lean from light fund the county represented hy fctiper vlhor hlrain r smith and the village rt>pr«m«>!»t«d l>y the hourd of trtimeen will get togethei discuss t lu st reet and proji friday night ct of paving jrove the incident prohlem of p handling the trolley situation the county has planned to lay ¦ concrete pavement on jrove street and hoped i get ahead with the work this year to carry out the work of laying this concrete highway will mean the chang ing of the grade of the street some what in places und such changes will necessarily involve similar changes in the trolley line which is owned hy lu lius bindrim there is also a franchise provision that requires the trolley company to pay for the cost of such paving on the section of the roadway between its tracks and for two feet ori either side of the trucks to meet this coht wilt menu a heavy burden on the trolley company in the past befo:e bindrim took ver this line it was genernlly con sidered more or less of a white ele phant but during the past year he has inade ihe expenses and income break even in conversation with the ropre lentative of the freeport news a short mine ago mr bindrim declared that the line was ln no position to bear any such heavy costs and said in a more less serious manner that if forced to pay such a cost he would turn ihe road over to the village village president itohert i christie was given a new nutrition by the vil lage board at its first regular meeting when it voted to him he task of giving personal supervision to tlip public works of the village principally the streets nt the present time pending the securing uf the services of some one who can be appointed to the po sit ion there wns n throe cornered fight on hand for appointment of street mi mlssloner clarence williams was seek , ing re-appolntniciil mel bond wont ed the job and also john lewis the situation was u ticklish one for the board each candldute had strohg points in his favor und he recognition of any one meant the loss of the other wo the trustees on looking over their post-election situation took un inven tory und reculled thut they bad as villuge president a man with engineer ing experiences and knowledge of practical road building a solution reudily suggested itself prevail upon the village president to put his engineering and road building experience to practical use for the vil lage by hiitlng him aaauuie the po sition at the head of the street depart newt aud tut bint have aatok achma>j three candidates for street commission er perform a special line of work un der lie personal direction of the vil lage president this was decided upon village president christie being agree has motor bungalow will open salesroom here and h g ed handle local agency for buick car i.eltoy smith ami mill.m m i'ost w.i of i'ret'ports niosl popular gating usiness men have formed a partner hip and are now engaged in the auto loblle business as sales agents they secured the agency for this tcrrl f the buick car and have d temporary ofllees to enable open them all of freeport's prettiest girls will be on street saturday to decorate you with the insignia of community pride it will be the annual ta day for the y w c a miloes pearl his sweetheart u)uanlbia ability in suleher miss cummers full of pep „ v lss lil v r t start work without delay pending le securing of salesr 	 is for which ley an now making arrangements milton i'ost was formerly proprie s and active director of the r ort taxi service of railroad avenue le sold that business about a year o and since then has been engaged s an art director with a moving plc re concern i.eltoy smith has previously hivn lei tilled with the sales end of the ih mobile business in l're..|,ori | his local connection as salesman h established all enviable record an 1 1 is line he carries g alile'lo the proposition clarence wil liams handed lna ids resignation us stiv.;i commissioner and the following day all three applicants for this po si tlon were at work on the streets with president christie - 1 the hoard voted in * favor of tho proposition ofvereatlng the posilon of and securing the services of a conmils si 	 r of public works who will be re sponsible for the maintenance and operation of the electric i ght and wa ward ha unique traveling „.,. .„„ ,„„ fa ustrlhution svs conven.ence on display l|s ^ ,„„ s m||(1 ^^ securing funds to carry on the work lot the village pending the receipt of taxes in august was another prohlem lai klecl hy the hoard and it was 1 cided to borrow 15,000 from the sur plus in the electric light fund instead nf from the aanlfl thus saving inter there is on display in the sli ri 	 s of herbert i towards in mer rick road a unique contrivance a • two wheeled trailer which is called it it is u long i-lan.l manufactured at jar tnorrrr bunguli product and i den city.jn the adams trailer cor poration it wns designed by rjiann ii curliss and c carl adams of > air plane fame fur their owo use hut it beci 	 so popular that they started to ' 	 lufacluiv motor bungalows similar cst i't tlie demand are id down they canopy folds th vide rviicnsiclii : l.ady rlucta t i a i : reginald i'eters with i u iirohi grouch mortimer eta for ihc present smith | poet a the new tit-iii will be known will hav their lieailiiuarlers lu super's uaray imie i'eleih bis twin sister sadie ; |,, ls m|(|m , doidfarh julian hurry incol.hen ii welt an arllsl **¦** -' » 	 i.v 1 her , i to hold ladii8 niqht i he i r.cporl council ir i i a m . will hold ii ladles right and tainlc lie ei.lcrlnliimeiil in ihc lie 	 i ii|it..iiii,n on i rldnv kvelllng ill *< the f oiiiii.lttee hi < imri'e poiuprlm>l uf . ii ndwarsls immfoi t«raif i w m ll ri it si wart 	 i rill 1 usyjf i>u hi 1 imifl 1 umi in trti in f vi.rk of »».« i«.<,ii arganl i aam i ch<ii . rw *<?**'. ii.d 1 i..'i li \\ .. i-:»ti l ufa < i 11 llr 1 1 	 mill r i ¦ rt 1/1 im i i mil pi illlfls f .. , - 	 ' , . he wtttk f i v.'m i . • ¦ ¦ r.v,lf 1 '¦'¦••• i . cgmgrcnv mi i llillldf ipnl 1 	 . . i 	 i 	 i ai arm jvitt m ini com|.i».t . 1 	 i.f ¦ in a short time to l loom in a ii'iitral i lag lie plans foi drawn roth uiwnibe a host f frlwidi null their hiic.c lure * bill they c\|ie t le in a line sal atlon lu the ill which ii v uf the tirm liavt who will i t in their ¦ pleased uew lell wim asagaaohs that group of fine looking men kk mining property 1 bal i 	 u i hoc lookiiu 	 n wiio 1 ilka .. mini 	 lulhu-h anl m im milli llk it || anil m i into i|>ki<lln nl iii i ton ih l iiimiihpra i ih ( iii 	 tills v 	 i • u of bringing l.ill ll|i to i..i it 	 ||||| „, ,, , u , training i m|ii nhmhiim i ' nl i .¦¦ nil one t the i linn i ¦ 1 1 i iiiilkeia |« irttlillllg h 	 hi t"i hi 	 nilnk mil to their own to n when the si form double beds ami over them like an umbrella '¦"<'¦ '* m 	 led and equlpp _ ninioilatil su slmpets an,^.|o pro couiforls anil^aiienleiiccs wlllctl would seem luxuries eu tour inside are an icebox a targe lank to supply running water a folding dining table a small harocfriburnlug stove lilchcliclle clothes clo.-et el lights everything thai could po help i 	 ake hi 	 ihe trail easy and healthful mr edwards has secured the ng^ncj l'"r i 	 i island for these motor loin kulowav slephen pettll informed the board that lie would start immediately the erection of lit houses in the streets for merly in ihe mount kstate and asked the board to lay i75 fevt of water main both in milton street and harris a\c uiie which astenstona would connect 111 lirt'ng dl-ail iimia ill ilie water in.uins it i'rank post asked tor water main extension in the same aartlnn trustee johnson prnaiiitaii a motion demanding s public retraction from bill herring wit krs.port bait ton»r out afur big racord this y«ar kill herring of freepoii the l 11 	 ball uambr iti ap|.areiiih found lii leather playing the ouillel.l f»m mtig durliii the last two months f ibe seiimo la«l r he hit seven ii.miic urn he iiiim reivhe.l orde.x lo ie 	 m'lll ii und you ps e\pe 1 blni ile,l if tlien i be the ibibe kuth ol the up almli i i'll i bl l hlh nlttth hi iii pi hmtalnual ball playing mtu tun pi«\e.i ill-i pi n 	 le i lie i i i 1 lohn \|. 1 jlil iv l,mk 1.1 11 honib inlhiw him sprittg f it i i,'i ill iliin ii'cteij limn htm ik t pli.her in ihin men inn hmipe.l in be h,....|,lvi igua 1 tub in umil k1t i'lm.'.l with ihe w.-o-iei iiiiiv 11 >« t ii master • • gw ffc '• n ittlm fojuiil him tu x 1 lce unit him wl(h 111 in hkm he pl«n.d nnhii inn till 11mnt lien v ihe nassau ami suffolk ughl ng com pany of the stiilfiiienl irniade that it and had tiled a bond wittf 	 village to trtc liideiunifn coqjshtuers licre against any iblj over cbaratp after an amendment by y trustee m.i\>.m which toned the orlg llial motlss down somewhat it wal ¦ 	 ' in the matter of cfloosldfl the olll hit new paper of the village i secret hnl lot was taken liu-liv maxsoii mil ler and pearaau voted t the n oiinln kem.w 1111 1 village i'lvm.icnt i'hii>nc and trustee join on 1 tl!e r«*|mrl c p 1 »> neil pnhlisli.t of the 1 1 | 11 s'.h honed tii rigbl of vi<>\l*>'«rd to uate the nassau ouau hswlws ai the iii al pa«atr 1 linstce i'lmi-all was uileie-l.'.l in 11 si \ t e n l.lent vf tho ¦ oi|,,.r:iiton lni>t . . marrtl he ha willing t h:ini his x.'to rllniin n i»'»tl.»n if hm he j«vlar*d h si im n..i\c tn iw ¦ ¦ fee pa • 11.»\h>i t tl«l(.l v i^llh iklttwi l>i v ii 1 w 1 , 1 mslpn-i 1 iv uiili to tn isl ihrs r lx r sat the i v v 1.ol >¦ wm i • la t lbiiih wliele he will h i he n«mr»ei nt f»p n i it mill mil tiki m nw > it v*gt k