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Vol. 7 .\o. 6.
OFFICIAL TAFEB OF FREEPOBT
THE NASSAU POST, FREEPOBT, >. Y.. FKIhAY, .MARCH 9, 1917
OFFICIAL PAPER OF NASSAU COIXTY.
PRICE TIVO CENTS
DELAY IN PASSING FOOD MEASURES
Parts of Several Bills
Now Pending WiU be
Combined.
(Special ciirreHpondence.] AII)Riiy. .March i{.- Tbe ht-arliiK ujioi) tlie Wlt'lts footlH and iiiarkftu bill, one of the most iiuportant infasiir** of the preseiit leginlatlve schhIoii, Is han^ Inf flre. Whpii tlie pi'opt>Mltluii taiiiii up before the joint coniuilttfcs on ai; rlculture of the HiMmto and n.>4Hfnilil.v conelderahle opposlilDii dci eloped, ami It seems that the nieasiire tvlll have to be aniendtMl.
There ore Hoveral other fooiLs and markets lillls which liave not progriHs ed as fnr iia a liearlnft, and it ma.v li;' that the siihstaiitlal imiIiiIs In th(^s' measures may he taUen a.s fhe ffroiind work for an entirely new hill, nr els they may he incoriiorated In the Wlck.s bill.
The public hearlnj; peiicMl of the ses Sion has arrived, and from iiniv on. for at least three weeks, posaltdy loiiijii'i', the members of the vari'iu.-* comniittee-i "Will alt 1/3 Jiidf^ment upon the liHu
Would Raatrict the Ballot.
Most Interestlii)? has heen the striiK- gle over the proiKisltlon to siihmlt tn the people this fall the proposed amendment to the state constitution which would prevent after 10211 any citizen from votinj? who Is unahle to, read and write English. It Is provid | ed, however, that citizens so handicap^ ped who have voted l>efore may con- tlnue to do so.
The eonBtltutlonal amondment ah'ove referred to was introduced by Senator Elon H. Brown, the majority'leader of the upper house. He rcKards thi.s proposition as one of the most Impor¬ tant before the lawmakiiiR bo<ly of the Empire State. His views were freely Uttered when the measure was Kiven a public bearing.
Hon. Charles H. Youdk. who was a delegate at large to the constltiitlona! convention of 1!»15, was an.ardent sup porter of the Brown amendment. He argued that If there was ever a tinn- when Amorlcanlsni in Its pun-st fonn should be e.\emplit1<»d the time was the present. Mr. Voung was the an thor of the proposed constitutional amendment, which was adopted, lmi finally reconsidered and re.lectcd b. the constitutional conveiitioii of tui. years ag(>.
In his nrgiiinent Mr. You'is* declareii that one of the causes wli.v the coiisti tiitlonal anieiidmenl had not prevailei! nt the polls was because the peopli ha»l desired tliut the lltenicy test be Included In lift' propiisltloii stibnillteil to them for flnnl illspo.sliloii.
Ho predicted tlmt If the peojile weii Iflveii an opportunity to express their wishes upon Ihe propost-d literacy tos' the pr()i)osltl()ii iviiiilii be cm tried b an enonuoiis iiia.lorlt.i. lie pol'ited t the state of .Massiicliiisells. where lit- said a lltenicy tt^st hiiil been In opera tlon for many years, and In spite n' the fact that that state was the hom of many ])eopl(' of foreign birth no a; tempt had been nuide to repeal the provision reipilrliig a pu^scrllnvl form of knowledge for voters.
Vital Argument, at Public Hearings.
It can Im' said with certainty that the legislative hi^arlngs are more ein qtieiit with iMtal arguments than the ile- bates upon the floor of either the sen ate or assembly. It Is at these hear ings that advocates and opponents of tile measures discussed appear person ally or through U^gal repreBontallon to raise the most forcible arguments ei¬ ther for or against the propositions under discussion.
The present month will be fliled witii commlttt^e hi'nrlngs upon menstires o' state'wlde Importance. Hearings upo ' these bills were scheduletl for Wediies day:
By Senator Wagner Making It lile Kni to atteinpt t<> make contracts for the niono[)ol.v of any article or eommo (lity or to prevent competition, by pro riding that the lalmr of a human beiiiu shall not he dt^enunl as a (N>ium(Hllty or article of coiumerce.
By Senator Boylnn—Providing that the prohibition against theatrical per¬ formances on Sunday shall not be con Btrued to prohibit the e.xhlbition of moving pictures after 12 o'clock.
Hearing on Prohibition Masauraa.
These hearings are scheduled for BJarch 11:
The coimtltutloiial amendment pm pe8e4l by Senator Carson to (irohlbit the 8al<> or ma-nufacture of liquor In New York state; the bill hy Assembly- Dian McNab known as the o|>tltlonal prohibition remonstrance law.
The aliqye are perhaps the most ln% portant of tU^ measures which will be publicly discussed this month, although as a matter uf fact, there are a number of other bearings of a character Tltal tc Greater Neyrjfork^and other }o<;all
tiea. as well as hearings upon crlmlTTal and dvll code amendments.
.Nothing definite has lieen done re¬ garding the annual approiirlatlon bill, or budget, as It may i)erhap8 be as properly called. This measure Is still being put In shape by the senate flnance committee and the assembly committee on ways and means. This bill bas ever Ijeen one of the last to be disposed of because of the fact that many alterations are reipiired as the result of the re()iiests of heads of state departments, the mandate of the ex ecutlve or the agreement on the part of the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties.
The emergency ai)proprlatlon bill carrying several millions of dollars which Mill Im> used to make up a defl cleiicy created during 1010, liiis passe<l both houses nnd will very likely be come a law In a slmrt time.
State Constabulary Bill. Vi"ivliiK the proposillon from the Htnndpolnt of the present time, it aiipears os tliotigh the bill whloh would creiite a stiite constabiiljiry will pass both liouses this session. The ¦senate bus aniended it bj .striking out the provision whlcll reipiires that all members of the proposed ciiiistilbiilary shall be appointed as the result of civil service examination.
The stnte civil service coiiiinissloii liowei'er. is tirni in Its belief that al appointees shall have passed a stati test, for Htiiess. It Is held by the eom missioners tlmt In order to be const! tiitlonal the propi'seil law must pro vide for examination of the applicant for positions in (Oiinectloii with tin constabulary.
The assembly has passed the bill which increases the state naval mill fla from '2.(nn) to 4.IXK) aud mtiklng the .salni^.v of the commodore, who is fhe commanding oflicer, $«,f)(yi per year Will Probably Prohibit Boxing, Many prominent legislators are of the belief that the present hnv permit¬ ting bo.xlng exhibitions will be re¬ pealed this session. Senator Slater of Westchester county some time ago in¬ troduced a measui;e repealing that stat¬ ute lu accordance with a suggestion from tJovernor Whitman that such ac¬ tion t>y the legislature would meel wltli his approval. The plan is to pro¬ hibit the granting by tbe state athletic csimmission of any additional licenses to club.s which do not already exist and'to recognize only exhibitions staged by existing clubs until October or No veuiber of the present year.
Hecause of the congested calendar of the court of claims, the services of the judges of that court, known ns addi¬ tional Judges, whose terms of ottice will expire in .January of next year, wlil not end, ni'cording to a lull intro¬ duced liy Senntor Walters of Syracuse. Before these terms shall have expired the Walters bill provides, the governor shall bave certitlod that there is no longer necessity, because of the expe dltfd work, that the additional Judges shall continue to sit.
Tax Commi.siona of Brokera.
Measures of iiniiortance continue to be introduced in both houses aud prob¬ ably ii'lll be until the end of the ses¬ sion, whl'-h, unless a state of war comes, should lie In the latter part of .\prll or early in 'Sltxy-r Of the meas¬ ures recently Introduced one of the most farreacliiiii; is that of .Assembly¬ man Coff-y of W'esfcliester county which taxes the commissions of stock and 1(011(1 brokers.
Till' proposed tnx will cover all per¬ sons, corpoiatloiis or associations re ceivlii>{ commissions for the purchas¬ ing or selling of the securities after .Fnne 1 of the present year. The rate of the tax Is fixed at .5 cents on each $1 or fraction thereof received. The peiialtj' for failln.>; to pay the fax is made a misdemeanor and is jinnish nble by a fliie of not less than $.'»l»0 oi more than $1,000, or by Imprlsoiimeni for not more fliaii six months, or by both fine and iini)rlsonment. There are several other provisions.
Tlie promiscuous sale of cigarettes fo minors Is stnick at by a bill which would make It a misdemeanor to fur¬ nish this form of smoking material to minors under iwent.v-one .vears of age. It la also Blade a misdemeanor for nuch minors to have cigarettes in their possession or the materials with which to make them.
$20,000 For a Drug Cure.
-Xnofher Interesting bill appropriates S'JO.IKKI to be used in an endeavor to find a cure for the drug habit. This bill is in the form of a resolution which also asks that the life of the present Jwliit legislative committee, which has Investigated the extent of the drug evil, he extended.
Moving picture advocates and those who are engaged In one way or anoth er In the industry will have an oppor- tunlt.v to be heard uixm the group of moving picture bills which are before fhe legislature on March 21. On thnt date these bills will be heard before the respective committees to which they have been referred. Men lmiK>r tant iu the moving picture world, as well as prominent screen actresses and acti^rs, have sigiilfled their intention of lieing present to be beard upou that date.
MR. SWEZEY FOR "STEVE" PEITIT HEAD OF VIIIAGE NOT A "SORE HEAD"
I
Will Take Place on Tick- Resided as Secretary
et Now Held by Mr* Randall
Sidney H. Swezey will be a caiidi- ate for village president of Freeport and his petition will be filed some¬ time this week, perhaps to-day. From all indications .Mr. Swezey's name will be substituted in p'ace of I-^rnest S.Randall's the latter doubtless want¬ ing no ties lo bind him in his candi¬ dacy for the supervisorship. The an¬ nouncement of .Mr. Swezey's name for the viiiage presidency does not come as a surprise, as lie has been
of Comittee for Busi¬ ness Reasons
Despite the effort of some persons to place Former Sheriff Stephen P. Pettit in a bad light by intimating that he has kicked the traces of re¬ gular rcpubiicaniBro and has Joined the forces of "sore-heads" on the out¬ side Peltit has taken this opportunity of denying that he has any grievance.
".My reason for resigning from the secretaryship of the town committee was because I have held that posilion for twelve years and my work now
PRES. RANDAU'S ANNUAL REPORT
Gives Summary of Vil¬ lage Affairs During Past Year
house have been cleaned up and kept in as neat and attractive condition as possible.
STREETS During the pa^t year there have been improved nearly 5 miles of j .-(ireels as follow.s. i
With Peekskill gravel 40,"i0 f'.. ¦
With cinders 20125 ft, i
AViih broken stone 2650 ft. i
nienlioned on numerous occasions as ^.^^^^.^ „,p jnto Manhattan every day.
pi'obable candidate for the offlce during the lasl five ycai-s, but he has consistently declined to run.
.Mr. Swezey will take .Mr. Randall'.s place and will havo no oiiposition. His name wil' take the head of the ticket with the same candidates li.stori a.s were named on the Randall ticket
I will nol find as much time to take care of this work, which is ardious as I formerly did. 1 was not nor am I now sore at any thing. I did think tbat it was wrong for us to indorse any candidates especially as it placed IIS here in Freeport in an ciiibarras- ing position in regards to the candi-
Mr. Randair,s resi,^naIion has not as ,ia7y of the ofllce of overseer of the yci been handed in, but it is definite ly known that ho will not run.
.Mr. Swezey has won an enviable reputation for himself in this village. He proved his ability a.s a vote goiter on the several occasions he run for police justice always against opposi¬ tion. Recently ho broke his deter¬ mination to remain ii3 the ranks by accepting the appointment as a schoo' trur.tee and he has given to that offlce the same thought and con¬ sideration as he gives lo his legal affairs. He is known a.s an ultra consorvativc and ia slow to action, preferring fo study the matter* <»t hand in all directions before coming to a decision.
That he will give a good account of himself a.s village president is the general belief of all his friends. He kn()ws the village and it.s government thoroughly. .As village counsel ho had occasion to make a close study of village government and his famil¬ iarly with village, town and county laws combined with his general know ledge of Freeporf as a village en¬ sures an intelligence that will reflect a credit to the village.
The Post hopes for a simi'ar happy combination of mind and purpose in tbe personnel of the board as has existed during tho last year, but no one can entertain any thought but a true one, when he evpects Judge Swezey to be a real loader in the bi.c step to keep Freeport in the van of all other villages on Long Island.
Coatlnued on. Pace 4
WOMEN PLAN FOR PATRIOTIC FAIR
The great social occasion of the Presbyterian people in Freeport is the ("hurch Fair. It has usually been scheduled for November but this year the ladies thought best to carry it over to the pre-I-Jaster season, and will hold it next week Thursday and Friday. The occasion will be made distinctly patriotic this year. The Chapel where the fair is he'd will be decorted p3'of3isely with the na¬ lional colors. There will be a booth where badges will ho sold. The fair will make loyal sentinment for the country and Church rather than dis¬ sipate it. On Thursday a Cafeteria liincheort will bc seived at the supper hour. On both afternoons tea will be served from three to five. There will be many interesting features a- mong oihers Grandniotheis AKic tilled with antiques not for sale but lo he inspected.
Grandmother Goose will distribute surprise packages to the children.
The Original Brand of Lady-made Candies will be .sold.
The old bogie man H. C. L. will be shot all to pieces at the Utility-table, Domestic Kconomy table, Delicacy- table and .Moneyworlh's 5c and 10c table.
The ladies desire to make the affair a coi'dial welcome to every one whether member, friend or a stranger in our village.
The ordinary phrase a "Cordial Welcome" will be made a new meaning.
WANTAGH ITEMS
Harold S. Kropp has been appoint¬ ed a trustee of the school to fill out the unexpired term ot John F. Rhame resigned.
.Mr. and .Mrs. Francis E. Baldwin are entertaining a little baby girl, who was born on Washington's Birthday.
Church services will be held next Sunday at 10:30 A. M. and 7:30 P.M.
Christian Endeavor .Meeting Fri¬ day Nights at 7:45
Gordon Norton, son of Justice Nor¬ ton returned from Panama on Tues¬ day.
Find ths Reason. If yon do not like a ntau. try to find out .whether you are the reason or whether he Is.—Tooth's Cooipaulon.
poor.
".My objection to this was in line with other suggestions made by other comniitteemen and done without any feeling or rancor. You can deny fm" mc that I have auy fault to find in any way possible and you can add Ihat 1 am as strongly with the party to-day as I ever was."
DRl.^LHERS ELECT 01 FK KK.S.
I Xing Island Coimcil Nov 550, of the United Commercial Travelers oi America, at their meeting in Free- port last Saturday evening elected the following ofllcers: Senior Coun selor, Albin N, Johnson, Junior Counselor, Walter .M. Nichol.s, Past Counselor, Forrest S. Dunbar, Sec'y- Treasurer, F. A. Spiegel, (Chaplin, John J. Boland, Conductor, Char'es W. Knapp of Rockville Center, Page, Loon C. .Moore of Patchogue, Sentinel Charles H. Collins of Brooklyn, .Mem¬ bers of Executive Committee Harry J. Howell of Jamaica and George A. H. Sniith of Frefport, Delegate to Grand Council JolQi ,.J. Boland, alter¬ nates Forrest S. Dunbar and Edward A. Spiegel. Every indication points to another successful year. The meet¬ ing was ronored with a visit from Grand Senior .Counselor John .M. Weeks of Syracuse and delegations from Jamaica Council and Knicker¬ bocker Council of .Manhattan.
.MR.S. (;ASSER i;>TKIlTAI.\S
.Mrs. John Gasser entertained a large number of relatives and friends at ber home on Carmon Ave., Hicks¬ ville, to celebrate her Fiftieth Birth¬ day. After an elaborate menu was served, dancing was enjoyed by both old and young.
Amoiing those present were: Mr. and -Mrs. John F. Gasser, .Mr. and .Mr.s. Fred Hartmann, .Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Bartels, .Mrs. Elizabeth Becker .Mrs. Jacob Kappstattcr of Hicksville, .Mrs. Robert Kiosling, .Mrs, Joseph Brugger, Mrs, Rose Melcher of Ridge¬ wood, -Misses .Maine and Ro.se Gasser, ,Mr. John William, and Robert Gasser Mr. Frod Bartels, .Miss Dorothy Bar¬ tels and Helen Kappstetter and other .Many beaiiaifiil gifts were received.
TO de.mo.nstrate fire alarm
The Ganiewell P''ire Alarm Tele¬ graph Co., will Install in the quarters of Truck 1, on Church Street, this week, a complete fire alarm unit, con¬ sisling of a standard fire alarm box, an indicator and a gong. This will bo con3plete so tbat an alarm may be sent from the box. and its operator seen up lo the recording and sound¬ ing of the alarm. It is hoped that a great many of the taxpayers will a- vail thonisclves of the opportuniiy of seeing this in operation, that they may contrast it with present methods This will he kept in the truck house, in working condition, until after election.
nKLL.MOin: max seeking
ELECTION.
Harry E. .M«>rrilt of Bellmore, is a candidate for the nomination for constable al the Republican Primary on Saturday night, March 10th. Ht is well known throughout the town, having played on most of the fast baseball teams on Ixmg Island. He is a native son of Bellmore. having been very active in the inter¬ est of the local fire department as well as tho Political Association.
UH'.Kl. THESPIANS TO PLAT
A three-act comedy entitled, "The College Aunt," will be given on Frl- ady and Saturday evenings, .March 23 and 24, in BiookljTi Hal', under the auBplces of the Student Staff of the Freeport High School.
The coaching of the characters for the play will bc under the direct sup¬ ervision of the author, Mr. Vincent Dailey, of Highwood, N. J. Mr. Dailey comes to the school with ex¬ cellent recommendations along fhis line, and the prospects are that the play will be a gooij' one and well worth seeing. The cast wil' be made up of high school students.
The admission will be flfty cents. A complete performance will be given each evening. Don't forget the dates—March 23rd. an<r 24th.
Read the Nassau Post
To the Residents and Tax Payers: —
Following the precedent of the ma¬ jority of my predecessors, 1 wish to briefly review the work accompll.shed by the various departments of the Viiiage of Freepori during lhe past fiscal year ending February 2Sth.
*I shall not go into details of re¬ ceipts and I'xpenditure.s as these can be obtained from the report of the Vmiage Treasurer now being pul.'^ llshed.
WATER AND LIGHT
The plant was never in a more healthy and prosperous condition than al the presenl time. Water System
There are now li}J>4 juater consu¬ mers .-ihowing an increase during the year of 96.
The water revenue received was $2.")063.88 showing an increa.se over the previous year of ^5109.48, while the expenditures for operating, re¬ pairs and interest were ;fl'.';!31.Jj6, a decrease from the previous year of $1862.68.
Tho profit of lhe wat"r .-lystein be¬ ing ni2n2.ii2 for ll'e pii.-' jiar
Maturing Bonds amounting lo ?3500.00 have been let ired reducing th^ total of water Boni.; to $72000-00,
Extensions consisting of 4525 feet of mains and 11 fire hydrants have been made at a cost of $4618.00, mak- iuR al the pre-ient time a total, num¬ ber of hre hydranti< of 304 and 149,- 412 fe(*l of alxjul 2S and a third miles of waler mains.
$3500.00 has been added to the Wa¬ ter Sinking Fund making the total amount placed in that fund $7000.00 exclusive of accrued interest. There still remains a confortable working balance in the Water Fund.
The water system i.s conservatively inventoried at $120,000.00. Light System
There are now i:i,'i9 conimeicial lighl consumers showing an incicase during the year of 131.
The commercial light revenue re¬ ceived was $41885.92 showing an In¬ crease over lhe proviou.s year of $8360.82 while the exp'indiiures for operating, repair.s and interest were $20618.33 a decrea.se from the previ¬ ous year of $4551.29.
The profit of the coiumercial li>;hi- ing system being $212f,7.5.0.
Maturing Bonds amounting to $4500.00 have been retired reducing the total of Lighl Bonds to $43500.00
Exten-sions consi.si'.ng of 9 new arc street lights, new transformers and meters installed, poles and wiring put up have been made at a cost of $2172.- 56. There are now 200 arc street lights in opera'cion.
$7500.00 has boon added to the I..i;;ht Sinking Fund making the total amount in thai fund ot $l000u.00 ex¬ clusive of accrued interesi. There still lomaina a comf'orlablo balance in the Light Fund.
The Light System is consoivalively inventoried at $9ii000.00.
All of the money expended from the water and light system for ex- lension.^^, payment of bonds, interest and sinking funds have been paid out of the earnings of the rdant.
The coal situation would have been very serious if a contract had not been enterfjd into last May, so that we have been able to get sufflcient coal, al $4.25 per ton, except three (3) car^ for which we were obliged to pay $8.35 per ton. Without this con tract our coal bills would have been $10,000.00 more than we have paid. »
We were also prepared for further emergencies by laying in 12,000 gal¬ lons of oil in the tanks at the power house and our boilers havJng been equipped two years ago for oil burn¬ ing, the change could have been made from coal to oil in a few hours. This oil can be used on our streets next year If not required for fuel. The co.st of 11200. for installing the oil burners and tanks at the power house has already been .laved two or three times over.
The siding at the power house ba* been extended 200 feet during the past year, making it more useful for tbe unloading ot coal, gravel and cln- d«rs and tor the storage ot suppliei. Tbe grounds surrounding the power
Total 26825 ft.
We have now 33Vs miles of im¬ proved streets wiihin the Village of Freeport. 23 miles of Peekskill gravel streets. 7 miles of Cinder streets. 2 miles of Macadam streets. 1% miles of shell streets. .¦\s there are nearly 70 miles of streets in all, we .-itill have a number of streets needing Improvement. These will be taken care of as fa.st as the funds will permit and atten¬ tion given to Ihose already improved .<o that they will not deteriorate. The present honded indebt¬ edness for street iiiiprove-
menis is $61000
Paid off during the past
year 2000
I am of the tirm oiiinion that there is no village on Long Island whose streets generally compare with those of Freepori. Owing to the high cost of road oil during the past year, not as many miles of streets were oiled but a great majority of the streets not oiled were kept sprinkled with waler during the summer monlhs. Two (2) sprinkling carts have been purcha.sed during the jiast ye;ir which can be used for oil or water.
Fifty (50) street signs and 14 (14) school signs pul in position during the past year; al^o appropriate signs al each entrance lo our Village.
We have on hand now about 5 cars of ftne Peekskill gravel for repairs so Ihat this work can be done in lhe very early spring instead of as it has been the custom, waiting until June before it is possible lo gel ship¬ ments of this material.
BOARD OF HEALTH Tlic problem.^ before the Board of Health during the past year have been serious. In spite of the epidemic ¦of Infant iie Paralysis which was wilh us during the greater part of the sum¬ mer and fall, the expendiUire.-? have been kept well within the appropria¬ tion and great ctedil is due 'o the Heallh Officer, Dr. Runcie, for the able and economical way these trying exiieriem OS i^'cre met and disposed of.
.Aciinii as Chiif of i'olice during the past year, I have devoted mui h lime and atlenlion to this deparl- ment. There have been many petty bur.elai'ies and thefts; while .-oiiie re- .•<ults have beep, accomplished, not as much has been done as 1 would have wished. New rule.s and regulations have been placed in effect and I am hopeful of securing better results. The present forct i.s nol lari;e enough to properly protect the Village. Four patrolmen al night to cover 70 miles of sifreets are not iufhclent, yei I do mil recommend any greater amount heing expended for police protection except that I think that one man de¬ tailed es|)Ccially to follow up itnd in¬ vestigate the commission of crime would be advisable. This can be done hy rearrangement of the work with¬ out much added expense.
Oidinancei governing traffic regu¬ lations have been passed which are very beneficial.
FIRE DEPARTMENT Much equipmeni has been ailili il 'u the Fire Department durini.: tlic pa.-t year.
A new motor hose wai-'on for llo-^e -N'o. 1, costing 3,000.
A now motor tractor for Knfiine No. 1, costing $4000.
A new Hou.se for Hose -No 3, cost¬ ing $4000.
A new fire paM'il loiniiany has heen organized durin;.' ihe past year and add- greally lo the efficiency of this department. The department generally has a personnel of mem¬ bers and equipmeni, equal, if not su¬ perior, to that of any Village of our size in the Stale of New York. We have one H'jok A: Ladder Co.,-vone Engine i o., four lioje Cos., and one Palrol ( ().. with apparatus all motor¬ ized excejd the Patrol Co, and one Hose ( o The Patrol Conpany has a plan of >ecurlng a motor apparatus hy privaie subscription.
Hoce .^o 2 is very much !n need of a new house and Ho.^e No. 3 is de¬ sirous of securing a new motor driv¬ en pumper. Both of these are quite neces.sary to bring the Flre equip-
R. R. CROSSING AT FREEPORT REPAIRED
Supervisor Causes Of¬ ficials, to Improve the' Roadway
The lx)ng Island Railroad Company has caused its crossing al .Main Sa. ill our Village to be repaired. It has been in btid shape for some time aud Supervisor Hiram R. Smith, who liasses over it quite frequently, took the matter up with the offlcials of the Railroad as will be seen by the COI los-pondence which we print here¬ with, Hilh the desired resuli.
February 24th 1917 K. .M. Meaver. Esq. I^ngineer, .Maintenance of Wavs, Ixmg Island R.R. Company, Jamaica, .\. V. Dear Sir:
Will you kindly have the pro¬ per Department liive their attention
10 the crossing at .Main Street, Free¬ pon. It is yetting iu veij bed eon¬ dilion and il was mutually agreed at Iho time that the imiiroiemenls were made on .Main Street, by the ('ounty, that this crossing would be put in peniiauent repair.
Vours very truly. (Signed) Hiram R. Smith, Supervisor. Jamaica .\. Y. Febv, 26lh 1917 .Mr. H. R. Smith.
.Supervisor Town of llempstead, Heinpstead, .\. Y. Dear Sir:- -
I have yours of the 24th inst, regarding the condition of Main St., Crossing, Freeport, and would advise that we will do whatever we possibly '.)i: lo have the condition remedied as soon as possible.
Yours truly, (Signed) E. .M. Weaver,
Engineer .M. of Way.
11 will iherofore be seen that our Supervisor in his quiet and unas- siiniing way i.s always watchful of the interest of our Village.
SKAFOHI) >E>VS
.Mrs. Emile Witlmann's mother is confined at the home of lipr daughter and there are slight hopes for her re- coiery.
Mr. and .Mrs. John Witt IJenderick- son are now living with their ^¦on-in- law .Mr. George Lush.
.Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Roach are the happy parent.s of a baby girl which was born on Saturday of iasi week. .Mother and baby are doiiis; nicely.
.Miss .Mabel Smith of Freeport, L,I. Is lisiiing .Mrs. Jack Kiefer. .,* •'
SMUHVII.'II' SOITH PLAV
".\ rehcanial for the .Musical Com¬ edy "Iloi DoKs" was held at the Smilhville Souih f'^iie Hall on Satur¬ day iiiKhi by .Mr. F. A. O'Keefe, who is putting on the show April Hth. for lhe benefit of U)c Baseball ''layers of Ihe Smithville Soinh Team, and .Mr. O'Keefe is pleased that Ibe .Musical Coineiiy shows every indication of be¬ ing a huge success. .Miss .Mary Um¬ haner is (Ijreciin;; the musical part. Tickets aic now on sale for only 35 (¦(•Ills eai h, ,^^0 be aiire to gel yours now. .Music for the dancing will be rendered b.v I'lof. namef.-i Rag Time Band from .V.-w York.
HAMiniV .NEWS
Topic (ll Ihc l.pwoiih League meet¬ ing ill the M. i;. Church Sunday eve¬ ning will be "I'liltivalinR lhe CJrace of Sympailiy," .Mrs. Robert L. Smith, leader.
The i:j)«oiih League .Mis.sion Study Clai-.-^ Mill meet al the home of .Mr. ami .Mis. Kied B. Smith on Park Ave. riii..~(la.v "vening of next week.
¦rile annual businens meeling and . ledion of offlcers of the .M. E. Sun¬ day School will be hild m Ihe Chapel 11'\t .Monday evening.
Mr. Harvey Miller, who bas been siiendihg the winter in Brooklyn, has iciiirned fo his home here.
Dr. James .McChesney has returned from an oxunded .stay in Westchester County,
Mr. F. W, Walsh has sold his pro¬ perty on the corner of Grand and Seaman Avenues. .Mr. Walsh and family will move loo Boston, where -Mr. Walch is in business.
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ROOSEVELT CHI K( H \EWS
The weekly devotional meeting ot the Roosewlt Epworth League will be held Sunday night. .Miss. XAura Deii'on will lead.
Topii : Cultivating tbe Grace of Sympathy. Rom. 12:15 2 Cor.ll:29. John 20:15.
Regular si rvices will be held at tbe M. E. cjiurch next Sunday. .Morning seivi(e at l'i:30, with preach ing by the t*:i'st("', Rov. S. D. Coors,
Sunday sehooi at 2:30 P. M.
Epworth l.«agiie 7 P. .M.
Evening sermon 7:30 P. M. by the r>aHtor.
Epworth League service will he led b.v Miss Laura Dentin next Sunday, subjeci: "Cultivating the Grace ot Sympathy".
The regular monthly business and social meeting of the Epworth U-ague will be held this Friday eve¬ ning at the home ot Mrs. Walter Stephenson on Roosevelt Place, AJI members and friends are invited to come out and bave a good ttaie.
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