Freeport News 19210318

              rhe freeport news vol i no 5 freeport long island n y friday march 18 1921 price five cents annual report shows larger village costs expenditures for fiscal year just ended are 309,542.88 com pared to 168,405.30 last year increase is 141,237.58 but balance has grown greatest expansion it in funds not raited by taxation but paid from earnings of light hd water plant bone very interesting fuels were pfe senteo to the taxpayer in the annual report of the village treasurer 8 him ai smith which was published ofr eiaiiy iiint i'rhla.v perhaps the out standing feature of the report the rail that the village of i'reeporl in the year ending february jh 1931 ' spent\|b0b,54z88 this la equivalent in mi expenditure of npprpxlmntel s.'ci for each of the 8,700 liiliahllanls i".i the vftlage the receipts df tin village from nil sources were pikt his it so in spite or the large xpi'ii diturci the village is being run at a profit in the previous year the expendi tures of ihe village were f 16^,806.80 iim-e on band increuhi-d from 84,07!».0 al the beginning of the fiscal year march 1 1010 to 167,091 i i al ii 	 ml of ihe ilscal year february 28 1080 or an increase of approximately 28 mx in ihe year lust ended a siarl was made vvith a halance of s.yt.ihh . 1 i and a ihe close ol ihe year ihe halance was w6vto0..s7 an increase of npprnxl inalel.v i<i,immi the sliilislics of tin piesenl and previous re|,oi'ls of ihe villam irea urer are ; l-'eh i'.r.mi l-eh 021 liulnnce uturt ml.tt7a.90 57,601.11 lieeelpls 	 i17,2fl8.(l8 i is j is i i expenditures .. u.l'ii.m wist :. ij.ss lialame end . 67,s9f.ll t;i!,:mki.:t7 the expenditures of ihe various funds in ihe lasi iwo fiscal years end ini l'ehriiar -"'. i'.l'jm and kohniury 28 1021 respectively complied are as follows rev thompson's return asked by m.e church quarterly conference reports show church is in flourish ing condition societies send statistics both membership and . attendance increased drops 5.000 feet in air freeporter se unusual spectacle ; north of village 1 mntiy pt'ujii in frwpafi ware treat ed in an an usual si^iii lust friday af ternoon u'lii'n tiii-y ki uimii edward blaik juni|i from an airpi 	 ai e n-\ic\\t t f.,o(t r uiti „ paradntte three otter airplanes accompanied t tie one from wi»iih the officer jumped and they ciivnrteil around the rnuc fully descending parachute whan the jump whs made the attpianea were ijiist over west hempstead hut to peo i iik win viir(;/i«.<l the htunt from lln | business sei-lion here il i|i 	 red us i the plane rmghj bare ix-en just over seaman arcane toe paraehote land ed on the edg of mltrhel field christie elected village president by 525 plurality rev w e thompson pastor of freeport methodest episcopal church pastor's salary increased 500 by action of official board his return to free port is assured men's club sees artist at work m e church organization event draws record attendance bowling matches on 1 1 w,:u r..:!o 1800,542.88 this roinparisiin shows an increase iii espendltarea of f!i n,'j:t7.'.s the principal invreaaei as indlcatedi art in round niinilicrs in i in following ( 	 i htreel hunts 112,000 wittce sij.ikmi walit ss.ikhi cli'i-lrll light 150,000 iil'hi extvnalon n.lloo ejer iric light bond laaue flfc\00u ii win hi 11..i11i lhal uuml uf ihi'si i'niiils are thus in which 1 in 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ¦ \ i'vpond imi k 11 1 i'ai-i'il l iii s nt i i 1 . 1 111 ii 111 the ranuiiu of i in - municipal hiw#r house 11111i m atit plant tin 58,000 rulaed u boud isnuw ih devoted to the purdih«a "'' " -'" kl|il waju tewru'tlng ¦*»( itiiuprlitluj an nil engine and dynamo which i now being installed the increased aspra illluri's in rln i'h'ilri ugbi ami water iiiiiik is 1 he ni-,.p..iii..iialc sbttwi charged to eaclt w la*ne funds i>f i lu loial lncrnim'il i'\\miiililuri's al the power hoilsc tin hulk of this in creases is due to tha pjuumaa ueitui made at the poww twua in the nan lei of i'liiiii-i in the buluuaj to aeeuu iii.mimic the "'¦«¦ oil t'liylm tln inslal latlon of a ten ton mm tlw iiuri'usf.l si oi eoaj ami the u>f»»aaed fwtghl niti'h it was pointed oul l a mi-iuhi'i of the hoard uf truetm ui wk 	 ta 	 daruutl was shown lhal iilslih of i ik osl of the iinilsual iinpro clinni being made at tin pom r house and ll ahiioiiiiul p..sl iir t-ultta uf coal uuil olhei nui'i..ililie i lit imicam'd immulltuflm are an inilieal lull if the igrowta of ihe vtltaaji phone operators plan renefit dance will b&.given for immediate re lief of disabled soldiers at fox hills hospital the telephone operators id the free poll central station announced this l-nelit dance auditorium bbk their plan in held in th lor b l-'reepo . by a unanimous fe'ng vole at tbe quarterly conference of the etreeporl i methodist church held last stinduy morning the rev walter e thomp-i 	 , son it l was invited to return to the the men's i'luh of the prsjeporl m j church an pastor aifil i istricl superin 10 church was given an interesting i tendent ki'v a s kavanagh d d talk h.v oeorge warwick the crayon was requested to use his influence artist at its monthly meetiiik hist i-'ri with the hishop to have this appoint '¦ day night mr warwick who went ineiit made as the district superin overseas during the late wlir a a tendent is in favor or this without t m.t3 a entertainer with the a k i'1 told several stories of happening '""¦*""" " wl '"' '"""• over here hut evldwtly thinking the quarterly confer 	 e was held ,,,.,, m,,s ,„.„,,!,. ,,.,,, ti ,.,.,,;„-, |,(. w al f o'clock in the afternoon when the devoted most of his talk lo humorous district superintendent met the ollicial narratives s humorous s his it hoard of the ehui-eh the heads ol the mi"ks *'«» llis j illustrations < drew many a laugh various church societies and the pas m 	 (| b qe th icfo pro i i lay even'litf march 0 eeds of the dance vv i ihe relief of ihe dlsi he led o mills hospital idlers at ih slalen island ii aiiieiiii'iits nrc lieiii mad interesting entertainment fsiitun the evening the musical program a ill he rendered h.v < jermorhth's or heslrii c herbert kerr has donated tin if the auditorium for that evei m ss irene murphv is ln»asurer ol iperutorx i-ommittee . klein invention device manufactured in freeport lor the reports of ihe ollhers of the j the locf meeting wa large turnout and was voted societies showed the church in a hour , one id ihe best in ihe cluh's history isldru condition in all departments and k'-tre-hmeiits rounded oul the eve the nieiiihersliip and altendani i nlng eii.ioymeiii i'l-esideiit ' ieorire dul'ois presided ihe report of the hoard of trustees and lid i j lee recorded . plans or i nan wade h.v wniiam e uolder gee w under way tor a big time i april f relary for the sunday school li.v liar i date ami plans of which will us iin oid !¦:. brown superlntopdent ; for the noun,ced inter ladies aid society h.v mrs thomas announcement was im-uf that mem w lucas president loi the kpworlli bars of the chili were howling every league by alexander w brady preal-j monday nljtht at the rveeport club nk dent for the men's lull by i'rofessor ' ariam-'enieiit has dmtj flmb w horehv ii ico'oik'1 imil'.os president ; for the those who belong to the men's club woman's foreign missionary society hut nibi to the l-'reepori i'luh can howl h mrs 1 kdwiii-d clark president as the lmiosis f ihose who are tuem for ihe w 	 hi's home missionary so hers of ihe hitler or^'anl/at ion ciety by mrs william cl miller prcsi the committee headed h.v robert h ili'lil : on i hureh deneviulenft's by wat llunl uill do ihe . u.->hi rill at thfij rj|)(>trntri i tilqp lef pom treasurer and on church church service h 	 laj ni.ld ti 	 h i ntlltulo lamlu w^'lij will 	 s hall treasurer er metjihe.s of ihe kroii are c 	 les and w k hildridge ii 	 icla-l seen lome t>ed h hiiwell v 	 ard s ma . 	 lary the naslor read his report on bee syl\estor slie ii k i •. kelse . local man intends to have his 1 <¦ 	 u ¦>* "'<• church ami its wnwm terry 	 imr.,,i wiinam work it ii hunt wb8 secretary of | p jones and 0 	 kb de i'-eaucliaiitf tin 	 tin , the rev in thompsoii ihe present i 1 pastor came to ihe church the latter i part of november to act as a supply eul of the until conference time hut shortly after rponiti 	 his coming the officials of the church h.v unanimous vote requested him to i.ec 	 e ihe reuulai puslor after a ham klelll wjio is pros live wire trn\olhi bat ( has just heen allowed a patent im ,„- of lock inendesec 	 ,,„. in their sockets so as lo prevent the i||m cj ,,, lei-ept t hell of the lamps an il in linn run subject to the approval up lo big i'll-ures lor man husines 	 cms the m,,-i valuable feuture f ihe invention i roiu a commercial olni oi \ i,-w /- lhal il permits iii.1 se of fixtures and lamps now in use wltholit change and any one uf twelve liiici-eiit methods can be uhed tu ac oinplish this purpose ill developing his i 1 1 \ ¦ ¦ i i . i i during t girls capable service conductors li"1 '" tl";:"i st patrick's party feature of this week's program two club events scheduled ui iialh.il the hishop ml the djsirici superintendent i the itev mr thompsoii is a uradii ale of allei;heny college and drew theologlcul seininar ami has the de h'1 v v ('. a girl proved that grees of a it , a m it i and i i they are capahle of doing serious the doctor of divinity degree having thing when they took ¦ itlre i-harge hivn grunted hill by his alma mater in f a vesper service hundu.v nll,-r 	 n i 	 million of his ability and success al four o'clock al ll melhodlst in the ministry church the choii 	 poseil of lie has heen pastor of several of thu ihirlj two v \\ c a uiil dressed iii large churches in the conference in white s;in as a procc-sional the fludlub kmhuryn memorial ami st 1 1 inn of l.i-hls after w hleh tl 	 on john s churches in itrooklyn anil l'irst ffitigtttoto sanu two h\inii church w alerliiiry c 	 i wliere he miss marjor e t'fti her presidenl of added o\er un new menihers in two tin senior blue triangle club tcad veins ami increased th 	 emhership ihe scrlptiue seleeli 	 mil prayer to er i.^hi was offered by miss luura parker j he has heeii ei active lu the work general ecielai of the l.oim l-laml i of the local cujurctl since cow ing here y w 0 a a \ er h.-aiitiful solo land has had the heuil co operation of m task wa ll e ollhials ami menihers of uie.drod hill aml-lh church one of the llrsl thing he did the ileamv vus to preach a series of sermons to tin slwutfff of the afu'riionii miss men which wew well received and the kiln al-iicw of ihe i'lnan e depart , uicli of the uougregatlon have rallied meiil of the katloiutl ito.nil used as i 	 ,| him in splendid shape llis in imjj^jiuwj neiyhhoi linc-s ." and lold ieie-i ami work tor ihe young people hi a most impressive and interesting ha alreadv l.orne ffu t '»¦ over 70 of manner of ihe conditions of iwisg ihe niemher of ihe siindav chool for « 	 n and hildren in all , oiin have heen enrolled as prepai al or i lies of i he w olid i'lieij need of our iiieml.er at ihe chtiich and ale meet friendship was clearly shown and ihe log in classes for i ¦ ¦ — t met ion in pre niaii.v wa.vs in vvhiih v e ma.v erve pare ihein for uieuil.er-hip in full mid lli.'in the civ ice closed wllh ihe ne n.iii i.e 	 notion sung b tin1 choir peace 1 l,;ive with you miii rj miss mil ch in ang fyllow elected to village board hilbert 9 johnson wins in three cornered fight for trus tee by record vote robert l christie village president-elect 	 r 	 henry l maxson re-elected trustee hie of lllo-e tions that ait.v unosic nlatioiislv harry klein mat i luce w'ar mr klein has re ill iluahtc as»i-i.ni c ii in ills ei\ed h letter i aura klein and he u not the ica-t bit hxhwarr atmuit lvln lu-r a share i i lie credil as soon as j^iy pali-nl n,i all..wc|l mr klein reici\eil an oiler for its tale uutrlglll to a iaaiiiif.il i ur r iii dec trlcal speciallies and he refused this oiler he sn.\s although il hb up i l)\c ttgurtm ul the '''" f the de iiiial mi|iii heiausc he whuu i have a fyc ofj e-lalilishcil in i'lccpoil loi uiak ad and dlatrlbututa ihe aril i - ¦ i haie e\cral men who ure inter atwi "' u»j palenl ' a mi klein and who h.ne mumigtl moii lo till i iamifaiiuriuj toil aa ml 1 have o>,,l no deal " the total aeee-sioii to ihe church in the three month and a half he lla hecu hen is ml of whom t8 arc prepai alor.v mciiiliei ami 17 have heel n nifessioii ol lull into full mcud.ciship i'ueiilv nne persons have heen hapli/.ed i'he cony refill ion and i elal,oi;i!e paraph irnelia in i he sior.v in in ¦ ni ihe freeport habile the mi i blue triangle hub win dfteiurj hvery saturday nurnlag e 	 itaiu the high scl 	 i teachers and horll.v heloie hall a-l lo the clnl treahman club at « tt patrick's party dr«n gather at the ittmrtrj in ufttve al ihe y w c a h'riday bight march btwtm and mml i hem.*lve around ll is have in rea-ed and new i i luolil h itoih i luirchur ded h ih ihe i'reslimau cluh will enjoy a hike heel ion and weiner roasl tuesdav ol iicxl l«'is are week on wednesday ihe i'.elsv l!o — < i ill . ii eveiv l'urpa will hike on an all da.v ll p u ami wouien of the living orgaulavd into group to complete tkmple with comp..lenl leadeis who will a-sisl a uuwuug ot ihe joini coniluillee uf ihe uustlir ill keeptnu lu i oil il \\ i 1 1 1 the the l-ree|m llehlcw coli nimi n lurgtf ami lielp in in a held on wediie-das eieiiiii with 1,-ic-inm i.c n-ople in the work of ii llnru>ch a chairman al ihis meet ihe chureh "'- l '"¦ j lllij tau»|iu iii apple i ill ll of ihe pa-loi s work l-iael v\a di u-sed und il wn de lung lihrarv lalde piepai'jiu iheln el v e loi in hour - i real the sior.v hour wa m-t il iited l,,v ml aloe it ii.il in ihe lihi.in.m with a vlcw to lncul<ittullg in ilie inn pre — nnial.le yuuiih mind a de-lie ful gttud lileialuie and an appreciation of maxson wins in close race with williams christie upsets all precedent by car rying every district in village as independent candidate running alone robert i chfistie was elected vil lage presidenl at the village election held 00 tuesday of this week llilhert it johnson and henry i mnxs.ni were elected trustees there was a totirl of li.xt effective votes cast for village president of these christie received 1,482 rotes and clareiii'e a kdwunls candidate for re leciion r.ieived mi7 christie's plu ral il.y was 520 johnson was blgh man in ihe on le-l for trustee lie received 1,578 voics henry i ma\son received 1.20b and silas a williams i.jof voles la\-on and williams were euudidales for re election as a result of hie election i here will be two new members on ihe villnne hoard christie replacing village pr»e mem kdvvards and llilhert it johnson replaclmg trustee s a williams of the eight propositions submitted three were defeated the two propo skioiih lo pay s7."»0 and ilhi a year re spectively to tin village presidenl and trustees as salaries were defeated ity a ml margin nnd the proposlftoti |,, pave church si i 	 i was defeated h.v a mailer inarylii unusual campaign the election this vear w oil of the liaidi-l fot hi conlo--|s in the iii lory of ihe villiu'e the piimpnlkii had a int'e siarl ion vv hai it lacked in mum 1 1 mi n more until made up in i he mat ler of intensity a ooli as chrislie entered the •:,!,, pnl«n and declare himnelf out f»r v llnce president n a platform of re i ta burdens and ellicieiil ope'i tion of the affair of the village there v:i-an iin.iiiedii.te response bj imica ed activity he llatly declared lllnikcit npnoweil to paying a salarj in the irll ire p resident and trustee and de . hired in favor of kfl holding of nn.-ht ineetilll's thai eclion of the kepiddican coun ty committee oririinixnt ion which has it d 	 nln within the village of hree i mori was split liv the campaign and 1 this a\e a potent political phase to the village campaign ami tin result of the campaign i held tu he p 	 lit vviih pnssihilitv in count political matters fls wall as in village matlero . edwards starts strong there was no queetiofl hut that ed minis had a big advantage ov.-r clirls lie as the campaign started dm to ills position as villiiue t-csi,|eiit and lo his loplll liusiness i'onnections ami chi i ih was handicapped by thv lack of po llticul pr 	 ilielice as the eanpalgn pro^reajaed there was ev iilence that ihe peisoniil work of the christie campaigners and their candidate was producing noticeable effects which had t)ie result of spur ring the l-ldwards oruaniziitioii lo in creiiked efforts christ is made a xtrotik plea to ihe nn 	 ifer and the effect of the fosjt iii tilers vole was quite evl ilclil in ^ the eleclion the lv-i not one sided in till respee however fnr th victory for ohrlatle was not produced entirely l.v ihe commuter as tin territory south of the ra i road tra.k nave hint b most substantial kind llf support "•"' llil i '"¦•-" ' ' l '"¦ " ~ "' ¦' '"-'""" "> cjnp!x,'rofr'ihe''i'nr-ll-llp,!,;'''o,',!e twcni.v wo hihlrei l,e uumhe ni '.,.,„.,.,. „,.,,.-„„„.„„„ i tfauui even v,ded i.et ,,,,} - 	 ., ,„ ,„„ r,,lm ""' wl "« ;"' 	 ''"¦ 11 lwt ,„„., l ,,.„-„.,. n 	 stes ji.d f iv ur eveiv won that am horn i lie n ^ m support in tll i '• -¦ '-*¦ ¦ iip uegeudu wen hie prin ivimeres ilirht i'1'1 l "" 	 program lor ihe lheri ii johbson and tru-lee lav mis sniitii siowi.v t n.i « i.-i i > r,,r |. jjbvaii were contestants for hilbert l johnson elected to succeed trustee william story hour at the library a weekly feature of freeport life for the children that en tertains and creates a desire for good litera ture at the same time mil without ll "- i lie a-uie siori'd awa in ihe i ok to the m-l/.ed in ihe liloaiv and e\i r i\.nl.dd . hildien after ihey lane heen w llh ii de-nv loi good iciidint mi*s kli/.aliclh suiilli a tea hei us ihe l.i.ulu ol ih hlgb sclnml pie auae m the atatj auui i km hal olhcial hoard h uiianiiliou mil cided lo increa.-e ihe alai f..i ilie em ii qaum . ided lo i,.,,ed without delav in liav urilu inoiunn the wriier lipped ini in completed us tetm ¦>- po.--lhle all the itlirurv and hid hiinsell awa in a woik that nil rein iin i he done »" miner while the ic lory lioiir tya in ri-ad ihe tone ijitlle h'lol till llitlei ihe'-illirle posltl 	 f hu-tee while h 	 hid ciii|,l,a-i wl.eievei p,.--il.h silas a william had the liidoi-emen i ami kieall d 111 ;. lo ihe iiiiere-i f in ih ihe citizens and in-ople's pur value ol ihe lol.v lo i h ,|,: j for || 	 ihel phoe a iru-lee this i here ucie p ni now mil i iii ii in three cornered iil'iii wa mnrlod '" de vvlihh ihe loi.v li-l i i p i li i i.i ., i , ide whether hell or a girl illl-le and i-kei olm should he elei i|iie-li,,n lo make un ih.il i-ven ,|«- iru-lee hill a velopiiieu 	 he-ioiv vv a - made i lea r heca 	 v bleu , ilia ol illill ilie lliol.ll iii i he loi v vv 1 llol lo-l i in tl.ll'11 • ii wile l.ol ilone ol luwlug t'verv uonl hill al liuii'b their liilili-.il iiiliniioi .,- lo ihe mailers i right or wioh 1 bruughl ww in ibe illowed ll.ciu iii i hi i iliats de t'onliiiued on pa w loloi-oii or uaiann .,| wllh xihi u ih • am |. gb aged it thai the public made ,| one i.elvveen he i sou and vviih john 	 a i-cpled a a ilie lit u illiajl johnson's l/husual vote ioiiiisoii polled an imu-ual vole i ivi,,i,l hnaker und winiethln unprec continued uli paue s i