THE N\SSAU POST, FREEPORT, N. Y., FRID.^Y, JUNE
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1918 Pa«e .5
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Pnh««h»«1 Frl<taf» hy THE NA.<JRAII F><1ST r(mPORATtON .lAMM B. STII.F„<<. F'rwMont flnntfi (;rov» Str»»t. Fr»»p»>rt, N. Y.
fliih»<rip»ion. Hl.Ort • Y»«r. Sln«l<> Copim, 2 (>nt«. Monthir Rut*. 10 Ont*.
THR NA.SSAU rrmj l« on Ml* reruliirbr ^t lh» oflV» of puhlleiition «nd «t »ll th* ¦dinR n»wii »U<Tf*.
rHEEPORT POST OFFICE
T. PF.NSON SMFTH, PotlmMt-r. MAIIJ; ARRIVE From thf W«it- <i.3n. R.30 nnd 10.30 A.M.; I.Ofl. R.oo nnil «.ftn P.M. Ff»>nn th# F>««t—H.80 A.M. «nd 7.00 P.M.
MAILfl DI.SPATrHBD For th» W«it- 7.4R A.M., 12 M. 4.00 nnd |.U P.M.
For the E««t—7.4R A.M. knd B.30 P.M.
illNriAYS
For the W«it—<Ioi,*ii at 4.B0 P.M. FRIDAY, .JUNE 7, 1918
cf ;Tiany prptty (tift.». Those pre.^e-it were th' Mis.'(« Gladys Howell, Mil- rjred Rei««, Porothy Ro?er.«. Marjory Wi; iamji. Ruth. .iMsie, Florence and .\fKV*I Thomp>on. Mrs. Arthur Hein- rich arvd Norma Raynor.
I The reprular meetinjr of the Sol- ^i^r,' Welfare AsKoriat'on will he heUl at the home of the president, Mrs. M. .1. Zu 7.er, 101 Wallace street, Wed¬ nesday nfterna-)n, .Ivine 12, at 2.30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rojfers of Whaley street announce the enjrajre- ment of their daujrhter. Anna Ooro- thv, to Harold Burnes Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hunt, Ocean avenue.
I Mrs. Albert fiaringrer and soi, (lor- I flon, of .Stamford, Conn., were the •' quests of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hunt, Ocean avenue, over Decoration day I and the week-end.
FREEPORT CHURCHES.
A BEACON LIGHT
Hy Eiiffere TUvf.
Your life should be to all, A lijfht that sheds a b?am,
Far out across the waste. Toward what is supreme.
You -Should jfive all you have And fo low in the wake.
Of Him who led the way. Who will not you forsake.
You can if you but will. Do what you know is ri(rht—¦
Your life should be to all, A lijfht that doth invite.
Take up your cross at once, A faith will make it lijrht,
And hope wi.l show the way. To paths that lead aright.
FREEPORT
Jacob Post is havini? operated an lutomobile bus between the 't^)ng Isl- Und Railroad station and Ihe Great
METHODIST CHURTH
Despite the exceedingly warm weather of last Sunday the church
— "ervices were well attended and peo-
On Tuesday and We<lnesday, June pie found them very helpful. In the '¦ 11 and 12, the chairman of the .Sec- morninK. Pastor Everett A. Burnes I ond Red Cross War Fund has arranjr- spoke on "Prayer—Its Calm and Its I ed to have the assistant treasurer and IXemands in Our Crisis," and in the , helpers at the Freeport Cub from 10 evening the subject, "My Shadow,"' 1 a.m. to 10 p.m. to receive p.edges and was very practical in character. One : part payment on pledjfes. ! of the thing.i causinf; some favorable
It will help the committee if pledjres comment was the brevity of the ser-
BALDWIN
The improvement of Grand avenue with Warrenite is completed and makes one of the finest boulevards for travel in Nassau County or any other
I section. The improvement was effect¬ ed through .Supervisor Hiram R. Smith, to whom residents are grate¬ ful. It is hoped thai the county au¬ thorities will place a traffic oflicer at the intersection of the avenue with Merrick road, as five highway points come together. Automobile traffic is heavy and danjferoUs at these points and some bad collisions have occurred
, there and narrow escapes have been experienced.
j Travel to churches and the public
i schools is extensive along Grand ave-
I nu.^ and the .Merrick road, which niake.s the necessity for traffic regu-
, lation more necessary than under or-
! dinary circumstances.
ness of Tmnfortality," third in th« series of *ermons on "Immortadty.'' .As the summer months are here the time of the evening sermon is changed from T.4.T to 8 p.m.
ROOSEVELT
are paid in full wherever possible.
|South Bay Ferry dock, on the bay front.
Mrs. Edward Rogers of Whaley srtreet rc^eVved her ".Mothers' Day ' letter from her son, Percy, last we^k. Contractor Fred S. Howell has ' He wrote it whiie in the trenches, Ibeen awarded a contract to build a -but all the shot, shell .-ind Roches in Inew fire house for Hose Company , the world could not make him forget INo. 2, (Vigilant) on North .Main his best sweetheart and friend,
Istreet. The contract price is $5,368.
John iFather
J. Randal., known as "the of Freeport," returned last
Iweek with .Mrs. Randall an<l other
"Mother."
Mrs. Rogers also received a vase from her son made from a shell fired at the .Amerifan front. It is in the window nf Bartholomew & .Mead's
Ifamily members from Florida, where Pharmacy. |the winter was pas.sed with much en- '¦ Percy Rogers left last September joyment. | ff>i" France and is with the lOlst U.
I S. EIngineers. He has seen service
Louis H. Vogel and family, regu-< twice in the trenches and is re«dy to liar summer visitor.s, are among oth- Jro again, which shows it'.s a struggle
lers who have returned here after {spending the winter in the city.
for the Ger.nans when our boys start
vice, lasting only one hour with the closing at 8.4') sharp. It makes sixty minutes of inspiration and help. .An¬ other thing in favor is the cool auditorium, well ventilated and com¬ fortable. The services this coming Sunday wili consist of a sermon by the minister in the mornipg on "The .Message of the Hand,' and some of the really vital things repre.sented in the hand will be K'ven a spiritual meaning:- In the evening a happy hour service wilj be held and the sub¬ ject will be "Opened Windows," what they mean and what happens when We perform this very ordinary act of life. All the people who do not attend any other church will be most cor¬ dially welcome here. In our planning for the we?k let us not forget our engagement for We<lnesday nig'ht.
"The Bazaar at Baldwin Corners" will be given by the Epworth League of the M. F. Church on June 14 in the chapel. There will be no admis¬ sion fee but an offering wid be taken. Ice cream will be sold. All are wel¬ come. Those in the cast are Ruth M. Wheeler, F^dna M. Guenther, Norma .Mulliner, Thomas Carman, Marion E. Miller, .Marion .A. .Mil.er, Hattie Smith, Marion Keeler. Eleanora Buck¬ ley, -Alan Smith, Grace Lepley, Ever¬ ett Sprague, Janet Raynor, .Mr. (Jif- ford, .Mabelle .Miller, I^eddy Thomas, Raymomi and Rennie Smith and .Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith.
Monday evening, June 10, at 8 p.m. the iSunday School board will meet in the chapel.
SCHOOL NOTES
For th,' Red Cross fund, the Roose¬ velt School donated $2.=i8.80. The Sixth Grade led in the contributions, its total being $49. The Eighth (irade was second with $42.
Tuesday evening, June 11, at 8 p.m. : the Epworth League will hold a busi- i ness mee'tinjr and social in the chapel. 1 Election of ofTicers will also le in o^ ! der for th? evening, after which a ' ;ight collation will be served. !
Wednesday at 8 p.m., mid-week i prayer service; sulj|ject, "Jesus' j "Teaching on Personal Purity." i
The Foreign Missionary patriotic meeting has been postponed from June fi to Thursday evening, June 1.3. The meeting is for the benefit of the French War Orphans. Everyone is asked to jfive all their old silver and gold. The Scout Band will render a few .selections, also a little eight- year-old French refugee wiil sing the "Marseillaise."
District Superintendent W. C. Mepham umpired a recent base'oall game between Roosevelt and Smith¬ ville South which the visitors lost by 11 to 4. The Superintendent's de¬ cisions w>ere favorab.y received by both teams.
Teachers and pupils had a lespite on Decoration Day, when the school was closed.
The Village Board of Health, by Is. P. Shea, its secretary, has .sent out Inotices requestintr that all property jowners or lessees of property place at ¦least one gallon of crude petroioum or Ikerosene in each cesspool, thereby lavoidinR summer nuisances.
Francis F. Smith, formerly a mem¬ ber of the village police force, has purchased the lunch waKon busines.s of I'rank Johns, located in Church .«tre;'t, near Railroad avenue. Johns, who has conducted the business for five years, and with his wife, has
I worked hard <hiv and nitrht to build
Charl-s C. Copeland, who recently jt up, has been successful. After purchased tne store and residential i rentintr hi.* home in Grating p.ace, he property of Charles P. Seaman on i and .Mrs. Johns will go up the state South .Main street, is having- the I to tak? a rest for the summer. b'Uildinjrs put in fir.st-clas.s order -un-
BAPTLST CHURCH Thi^ Baptist Church has secured for its ni'w pastor Rev. J. L. Hynes of Cornwall, N. Y. The services wid be held as usual on Sunday. Thurs¬ day evening there will be the rejrular mid-week prayer service.
The Baldwin base ball team played its first game at .Malverne and won by a score of 12—8. The Malverne team thought it had thj Baldwin boys defeated in the sixth inning, but in the seventh the Baldwin players went at things in a determined fash¬ ion and cleaned up the game. The local team will f)lay its second game Sunday, June i>, with Rockvil.e Cen¬ tre on at latter's grounds.
On .May 28 Mrs. Robert L. Smith received a ' Mother Day"' letter from her son who is in the (Jranville, Canadian, Special Hospital for the Wounded in Buxton, Derby, England.
From "somewhere in France,, Har¬ vey Miller has written to his family and friends. A ".Mothers' Day" let¬ ter is among' the four received on June 5.
There will be a card party at the home of Mrs. Pearsall on Grand avi- nue on the evening of June 12, for the benefit of the Red Cross. -An admission fee of fifty cents will be charj^fd, There will be dancing and refreshments.
Information has been received here that Clifford Johnson of the ;i02d Engineers has arrived safely "over¬ seas."
Miss R. N. Pcarsail will give a euchre and pinochle for the benefit of thj Baldwin Red Cross at her home, 10 Grand avenue, on Wednes¬ day evening. June 12, at 8.30. The tickets are fifty cents each.
Ider direction of contractor Robert iM. Tryon. -Mr. Copeland expects soon Ito have the store building occupied land wi I make alterations to .suit. The jplot to the .>;(.uth of' the ^tore, which Ifrcnts the hou.se, will be built upon in Itinie to JifFord increasjd store front- Irtge.
FREE -METHODIST MISSION Rev. W. T. .Mathews, preacher in charge.
Sunday scrvice.s: Class meetin.a' at 10 a.m.; \Sunday School at 11 a.m.; praise and testimony at "..'?() p.m.; preachinj; at 8 p.m. "by Rev. Charles E. Furman. th:- noted and gifted evangelist. Everybody welcome.
Lawyers George V.. Bode, Albin N. Johnson and Harold Wilson, with As-
.sessors Clarence .A. P^dwards, VVal-
ter B. Cozzen.s and Hamilton G. King, *
assisted the Registration Board of PUBLIC SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
fJistrict No. -T on Wednesdav to en- '
roll th? young men who reached the age of 21 years since the draft law became effective.
Mr. and .Mrs. F. J. Fenning of fio
J Archer street are the proud parents
of a bouncing baby boy. Both mother .After ppendinfr plea.santlv two
land .son are doing nicely. weeks "somewhere here" for a.,r.est,
William Greenblatt. the well-known
Mrs. Bert Clark, better known as but^iness man of Railroad avenue, has
Little Follie Fulkner, and her <laugh- returned home, looking' fine and fit
ter, Jane, have returned from Flori- for the summer campaign.
da, and will spend thi summer months
at their bungalow, 2.')1 Lena avenue.
A stock company took permanent I residence in the vicinity of Camp Mi.Ls last Wednesday evening with Ithe view of providing a good clean performance for everyone to enjoy, but especially the "Loy.s." The man¬ ager. To 11 Coyne, of Baldwin, has Ibeen fortunate in securing .Miss Ros- ella .Meyers of 82 .Archer .street, Free- Iport, who was formerly one of Ned Iwayburn'.s buck dancers, and Miss Elsie .Mills of Baldwin. The company I also has a fine chorus, and many Ifavorites wili be found among the jprincipals. The company is situated Ijusl outsitle of the camp.
Former .Asseml)lyman William G. .^liller. who recently sold his resi¬ dential proiierty at the corner of iSouth Ocean avenue and Smith street CO -Josepli Harris, a shin contractor of Bayonnc. X. .1., moved Monday to the brick residence adjoining at 1">T South Ocean avenue. The property was formerly occupied by Dr. Par- shali and his son-in-law, C. Dwight Baker. They have moved to Mr. Bak¬ er's home at 60 Lena avenue. Mr. Harris will take occupancy of his new ho'.ne this week.
Preparations for closing the term are partly completed and winl soon be announced in detail. The annual address to the graduating class will be given in the Columbus av;nue school on Sunday, June 2,3, at 4 p.m., by Rev. John L. O'Toole, rector of the Church of Our Holy Redeemer. This will be followed by class day exircises in the (irovc street school, unless otherwise determined, on Tues¬ day, June 2."). Graduating exercises will be held in the American Theatre on Wednesdav evening, June 26, at 8.30. The schools will close for the term on Thursday, June 27.
Miss Mildred Johnson of Ozone Park spent Satunlay and Sunday at ; the home of .Mrs. Henry on Southard I i street.
Walter Coombs, who is stationed at Camp Upton, spent his first Sun¬ day at home with his parents sine? he was drafted. He lOoked fine in hi.s new uniform.
Last Saturday evening a dance was given by t.'ie .McDermott girls in the Knights of Pythias Hall for the bene¬ fit of the soldier "boys." The hall was crowded with dancers and re¬ freshments wei'e served. The festivi¬ ties continued until a late hour, when the 'oand played •"Home SweOt Home,' and even then, everyone wanted to stay longer. The soldi?r boys had a .!;-ran(l good time—and said so.
Much pleasure was had by a numln-r of euchr« players at a benefit affair in the Parish Hall of St. Christopher's R. C. Church on Tuesday afternoon. More than a dozen favors were dis¬ tributed to the players. Refreshments were served.
Tlie water has been delightfu.ly warm and the bathers have lingered for hours. .A public bathin.g pavilion would be a good institution at the leach.
.Mr. and ."\Irs. Roy T. Barnes have rented their home at Great Neck Es- tat-s and will spend the summer at Baldwin.—Xorth Heuipstcdd Record.
.Miss .Madeline Haberstroh was the Iwcek-end guest of .Mildred L. Stiles jf 30 West Dean street.
Nate Fenton's Casino Hotel opened yesterday (Thursday) for the sea¬ son. Norman Weyand's Ja/.z Band and high class cabaret entertainers provided a pleasurable progi^m for a large company of invited guests.
Miss Jennie Fulton, whose engagc- imcnl to George (lissell was an- loiinced recently, was tendered a lin¬ en s|iower last Friday evening by two )f her friends, the .Misses -Margaret I Jatter and Lide Lawrence, at the tionie of the latter. .A light codation enjoyed by all following cards. Thrift stani|)s were given as awards. The home was artistically decoraf- I ed with pink carnations aiid ferns. Those who wished her the best of hap- ipiness for the coming years that
A piano recital will be given by the Freeport pupils of Miss Dora .A. Chase, as-'i^ted by Miss Evelyn Swen- son, contralto, on Saturday evening, Jun ¦ ir>, i\* S o'clock at thi' residence of Mrs. Alfred T. Davison, 110 Pine street, for the benefit of the P'ree- port Branch, -American Red Cross. The admission wiil be fiO cents.
f^n y a few property owners appear- 1 before the Freeport village trus-
Summer school wili open on July 1 and continue for a period of five weeks. The summer sessions have proved of considera'ole advantage to backward scholars and it is believed that the clas.ses this season wili be much larger than those of last year.
The regular Regents" examinations wii; commence on .Monday, June 17.
Folk dances under direction of Miss Helen E. Wiclr.-;, physical in¬ structor for the High School girls, ' are now conducted in the open, in the school yard, since good weather prevails. ^Music is furnished by a ^¦ictr(da and the pupils perform the dances with much spirit.
M. E. CHURCH
P.istor, Rrv. George M. Stoekihue.
Sunday morning at 10.30 the ser¬ mon topic will be "God is a Spirit," the first of a series of four sermons on "The Great Definition of (Jod." School of religious education at 2.:')0 p.m. Young People's Devotional ser¬ vices at 7.1.") p.m. Subject, "Finding and F'illing One's Place in the World." leader, .Miss Esther Smith. F'.vening devotional subject, "The Xutural-
-As a result of a typographical er¬ ror in last week's issue, the morning sermon subject of Rev. George M. Stockdale for last Sunday read "Im¬ morality" instead of "I.nmortality."
The public schools will close for the term on Friday, June 21. Commence¬ ment exercises wi 1 ]¦: hrLl four days i:iter, Tuesday, June 'l'>, in South¬ ard's Hall on the Merrick road. There will be nine graduates, eight of whom are girls. The gramniiw schools will unite with the High School in tho commencement exercises and a pleas¬ ant time is anticipated. Complete de¬ tails wi.l b? given in next week's is¬ sue.
Miss Gertrude Westervelt, Princi¬ pal, last week attended a meetioK of the School Masters' Club in .Mineola.
.Mr. nnd Mrs. J. J. Whitehouse and daughter, Elizabeth, of Springfield. Mahs., motored down and spent the we?k-end with Mrs. Joseph Faath, a sister of Mr. Whitehouse.
M. E. CHURCH The Ladies' .Aid Society heid its regular meeting in the church parlors on Wednesday eveninjr.
Assessors' Notice
The Aji.'-ensrirs cf the Town nf Hpmp>.l»>n<l hi! ly t;iv<' notice thnt they havf ciimplete<l I*-!' .A»ac/Hmpnt Ro'ls fur the current ypar 'I!M8), nnil thnt n copy thereof Hbh l>o<'n left with (inp of their niiinlier at the ofTice of the AssedsorB. Room 1. Town HrII. in the \ illnite of HempsteBil, where it may l>e set-n anil ex«mine<l hy any |iermm until the
THIRD TIIIvSnAY OF JUNE, IfllR. ni\t follnwintr. anil that on that ilay, to wit: .If.VK IKTH. tins, from K oclfKik A. M., \intil 4 o'clf>ck V. M., sniil Aasessors will meet at their aaiil oflice in the Town HhII, \ il h(je of Hempateail. to review their nisei^s- ments anil hear anil »xamine all complaints in relation to such nraetwrnents. I)nte<l this let ilny of .Iiine. IfUS.
THOMAS H. HROWER, CLARENCE A. KnWARP.S. CLARENCE R. ANKERS. .Asses.sors vf the Town of Hempstead.
JUST JOr DOWN A LIST OT THI THINGS THAT YOU \iAliV TO SELL
5POSE OF THEM THROUGH OUa. CIASSIFIED COLUMN S TUP_N THE.M: NTO MONEY
FOR RENT
SPACIOUS STORE BUILDING
formerly owned by Chas. P. Seaman Finely Located on South Main St., Freeport
n the centre of the business section and near the famous Merrick Road
TWO STORIES AND BASEMENT
Up-to-date Apartments connecting second floor of|fstore, suitable
for dentist or similar business. Any reasonable alterations
will be effected
For Details Inquire of
R. M. TYRON, (on Premises)
or at 37 Smith Street, Freeport, N. Y.
ight were the Misses Helen Schluter, tees, sitting as assessors, on Tuesday
LONG BEACH BOATS
Ferry Co. Establishes Through Ser¬ vice From Freeport and Baldwin.
The Great South Bay Ferry Com¬ pany had a very successful day last
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lorenec Boaeorn, Htden (luest. Lilly afternoon and made objections to the Sunday for its through service from
pensen. Harriet Toms, Edith Guest. Ithel Hitchcock, .Mertil (iissell, Eve- ^n I!o<lell, Edith Essix, Elinore Law- Bncv', .Mr. and Mrs. Chester Paulton
^nd Mr. and .Mrs. Vernon Laurence.
is.si.^ssments tixod on their holdings for the purpose of levying taxes. The objections were not serious, involving small amounts. The assessors give notice in this issue that the roll for
the year has been flnally completed
First Lieutenant Stuart Cutler of and wid remain open for public
Company D, Twenty-Third U. S. In
lantry, arrived home last week from
I'rance. He is the Bon of Mr. and
[rs. T. R. Cutler of 27 Porterfield
^taoe. Lieutenant Cutler receive<i his
»mmiBsion as first lieutenant Oc-
t)er 25, 1917. He reports that the
ayage ov«r was very quiet as far as
ibmarines were concerned. Four
ther officers of Lieutenant Cutler's
[company came over at the same time
to undertake work on this side for
I Uncle Sam.
spection at the village office for a pe¬ riod of 'fifteen days from June 4.
Village President .\nderson of Freeport is giving close attention to the administration of affair.s and thus far everything has run as smoothly as could l)e desired. A big village likie Freeport has a large number of affairs to look after, but "Mayor" Anderson is capable of handling them ad, large or small.
unclaimedIitters
Mr. Latham of Walton, N. Y., is iaiting his daughter, Mrs. Clinton
Irown on Bergen place.
Freeport, N. Y., June 5, 1918. Mrs. 0. W. Humphrey of 25 Roose- | Burrows, Harry ^W.; Freeport Car- it place is ocupyinjr a portion of I pet Cleaning Co.; uray, Fr*;d; Heth-
erington, Mrs. J F.; Lincoln, Miss Helen, 148 Summer St
old Hu'mphfey residence in Ocean |avenu« and is ready to welcome her [inany friends.
Misi Marion Hunt of North Ocean ivcnue, whose engagement to R«y- Jmond Austin of Mass4ipe<)ua was re- |««ntly announced, was supposedly at- |<Cending a knitting p4rty last niarht (Thursday) but which was in mklity inisi<«llaneous shower, given Mias JHunt by th« Misses Ruth and J«aisi« I Thompson at their hom« in Raackill ii«. Mi»s Hunt wma th« racipieat
WANTAGH
Charles J. G«org«ns, of the Arg;yl« Hotitl, hag received a li()uor licwise and itt again op«n for busineas. /
A THKIKr STAMF D«y WiU Kwi> W>« RuMr BUY ONE TUUAY.
Awajr.
Freeport to Ixjng Beach
The new timetable, showing the through boats, printed in this paper, will continue throughout the summer.
Another change for the public has been the installation of a boat leav¬ ing Baldwin Harbor dock in front of the old hotel at 9.45 a.m. and 4.15 p.m., beginning on June 8 and run¬ ning daily thereafter.
The big double-deck boats, the Sa¬ lem, Sea Witch and Soa Gull, have Ijeen overhauled and repainted.
The sail from Baldwin to Long Beach includes stopping at Freeport, Sea Edge, Point Lookout, Nacaau-by- the-Sea and Long Beach. The sail takes only one hour and the return boat from l-ong Beach permits people to spend the day at the beach with a nice, restful sail at the end of the day. Sunday the company carried over 300 passengers to Point Ix)okout and about 50 to Long Beaeh.
The boats have all tbeen inspected by the U. S. Government agents and the company carries one life pre¬ server for each passeng^er.
The Ferry Company has opened ita telephone service at its docks. TKe number is Freeport ITS, and at any time between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. in¬ formation will be given concerninip the boaU.
BLOSSOM HEATH
_:
Third Season of Nassau County's
Finest Resort
CUISINE UNEXCELLED BEST OF SERVICE
Auto Parties WiU Find This a Most Delightful Place For Lunch
Parking Space for lOO Cars
Remodeled Dining Room has Accommodations for 400 Guests
A THKin' 8TAMP
A Day WUl K««p th« KaUot Away. BUY ONK TODAY.
Merrick Road
Lynbrook, N. Y.
18 MILES FROM NEW YORK CITY'
