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BALDWIN
Miss Leah Connover, a former Useber in our Public Scbool, spent tbe week-end witli Miss Margaret K. Rope.
Tbe courts of tbe Baldwin Tennis Club are in good condition and la dally use by the members and their friends.
¦ iThe Mission Study Class of the Bp¬ worth League held a meeting at thc home ot Miss Pheba T. Powers in Lakewood Monday evening. Mibs Powers was tbe leader of the meeting, wblch was one of tho most interest¬ ing ot the series. Tbe next meeting will be beld at ttae home ot Mrs. Fran¬ cis W. Miller, when plans will be made for. the final meeting and so¬ ciable.
About 25 members of the Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church en¬ joyed a dainty luncheon In the din¬ ing room of the chapel Tuesday af ter¬ noon, preceedlng their regular meet¬ ing. The luncheon was particulary pleasing to the ladles. Inasmuch as the dishes used were those recenlly purchased by the society, as well as their new silverware. Some time ago the society purchased a new china closet and are now endeavoring to sn it with dishes.
An Interesting meeting ot the Sun¬ day School Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church was held In the chapel Tueeday evening. Plans were msde for the members ot the.school to participate in the parade ot the South Side Bible School Union, which is to be held ln''LynbroOk on Saturday, Jnne Bth. The committee on consti¬ tution, consisting ot Rev. Warren I. Bowman, Samuel T. Bourdette and Harry Miller, reported, and the new constitution, after approval and changes, was formally adopted. The Sunday School Board meetings in the future will be held on the second Monday night in each month.
Mothers' Day Is to be observed In the M. E. Chnroh next Sunday, In¬ stead of last "Sunday. Committees have been appointed to see that all
mothers of the village arrf Invltod to tbe services, also a special committee to provide flowers.
Mrs. Angellne C. Smith is vtaitiag relatives at Woodmere.
Miss Louise WoUey of Grand ave¬ nue, for many years an esteemed resi¬ dent of ths village, died at her home Monday •evening. The funeral ser¬ vices were held Wedneaday evening at the home, tbe Rev. W. I. Bowman ofBciating. Interment was In Long Branch.
Walter Smith, son ot Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Smith, for mitay years employed In the real estate buslneas In British Columbia, expects to visit his parents Id July.
Mre. W. H. Carman ot Seaman ave¬ nue Is quite 111 at hor home. There 18 Ilttle hope tor her recovery.
Albert S. Heinrichs and bis me¬ chanics sail tor Italy on Saturday with several iteroplanea which they are under contract to demonstrate to the government. They do not ex¬ pect to return befort July.
The meeting of the Brotherhood ot the Church was held In the chapel on Thursday evening. It was "A Sym¬ posium of Jacob." The following subjects were discussed by the re¬ spective members: Tksr business life of Jacob, Elbert Ha^xTna; Jacob as a parent, Oeorge M. Bode; the social side ot Jacob, Louis Kllmarx; the sel¬ fish side ot Jacob's character, Bdward Goodnough; and the regilious side of Jacob, W. L. Shubert.
The meeting of the members ot the Advance Club was held at the home ot the president, Mrs. Byrne on Grand avenue. Mrs. Kllmarx read a most Interesting paper on Commissioner Davis ot New York City.
This evening a large euchre, five hundred and dance Is being given In Southard's HaU, under the auspices of the Society ot Catholic Women of Baldwin. There wlll be a large at¬ tendance. Handsome prizes are to be awarded.
Fire completely destroyed the barn of .Mr. Stauff on Harrison avenue, early this week.
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will meet at tbe home of Mrs. Kice nextiTuMday as guests of Mrs. Kice and Mrs. Rickets.
Messrs. Hutcheson, John Lush and Shotwell have rented their homes for the summer season.
Arbor Day exercises were observed In the scbool on last Friday after¬ noon. The pupilS' of the sebool marched out on the lawn In a body where the graduating class planted three trees. Tbere were short exer¬ cises.
The exhibition of school work was held on Friday evening and a large and appropriate number of citizens attended.
This coming Monday evening the annual speaking contest will be held In the Methodist Church. The fol¬ lowing boys and girls will compete: Isabelle Brown, Edna Gunther, Adele Klolber, Vera Preston, M. Mulliner, Mary Collins, Oscar Nygren, Louis Drees, Harry Sheffer and Frank Hur¬ ley. Two gold pieces will be awarded to the best speakers.
delegates will st(« at tbs McAlpine hotel. '
Tbe members of the Board of Edu¬ cation met witta the school Board from Freeport laat night to settle the question ot Iwundary lines.
Tbere Is considerable new building being done in *town, much more in proportion than in the other villages.
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SEAFORD
The meeting ot the Ladies' Aid So ciety ot thc M. E. church was held at the home of Mrs. Bertha Walters on Thursday afternoon.
The meeting of the social society whlcll will be held at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Smith Van Nostrand tomorrow evening, will be in the na¬ ture ot a reception to the new pas¬ tor. Rev. M. B. Maskiel. Addresses of welcome will be made and a de¬ lightful program presented.
An eniertainment and musical will be given by the members ot the social poclety.on May '26.
Mrs. Charles E. Mills went to I-few York on Monday shoplng via auto.
In the game betA^en Seaford and Copaigue at the grounds ot the lat¬ ter last Sunday morning Seaford was defeated by a score of 6 to 9. A re turn game will ^" played In Seaford on May 23, at the diamond at 10..^0 a. m.
The supper given by the young ladles of the Guild was a great suc¬ cess and they wish to thank all those who so willingly assisted them.
Mr. Van Dyke of the Episcopal church was ordained by the bishop of New Jersey on Saturday of last week.
Communion services wlll be held on Sunday at 9 a. m. This Is Dr. Van Dyke's flrst communion service and It Is hoped that there will be a large attendance.
The Seaford basketball team plays the All Stars tonight In the Y. M. I. C. hall. Admission, 10 cents.
Doctor Van Dyke and the teachers of the Sunday school of the Episcopal rhurch will give a May party on Sat¬ urday, May 15, leaving the Guild hall at 10 a. m. Mrs. Bergen wlll donate the ice cream and the mothers the cake.
The bpy scouts meet Wednesday ot each week at 4 o'clock at the Guild hall.
The members of the boy scouts wlll give a pinochle at the Guild hall on Tuesday evening, May 18, at 8 o'clock. Prizes will be awarded. Tickets, In¬ cluding refreshments are 25 cents.
The members of the Ladles' Guild will meet with Mrs. Edward Mans¬ fleld of Pine street on May 19, at ;? o'clock.
The wedding of Miss Josephine Steck and George Wade, formerly ot Amityville, wlll be solemnized at the Episcopal church on May 29, Doctor Van Dyke presiding.
MERRICK
Mrs. Johnson of North Merrick la entertaining Mrs. Spaals of Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Mrs. Fred Chauncey has taken the MacCrary cottage for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Powell of New York City have taken the home of Mr. Cammann on Lindenmere road for the season.
The headquarters of the Anti-Suf¬ frage Club of Merrick are located at the home of Mrs. H. R. Fairfax where all will be received personally by Mrs. Fairfax on Wednesday of each week from 2 to 5 o'clock.
The flremen are busy preparing for the minstrel show which will be giv¬ en In June.
The Merrick Athletic Club was de¬ feated by the Freeport Club team at the Freeport grounds on Bay View avenue last Saturday by a score of 8 to 6. This week the club plays the team representing the Freeport Lodge of Elks at Merrick.
Danlei and Edward Landau have almost completed their new home which they have been erecting on Hewlett avenue.
The regular meetiilg of the Antl- Suftrage Club Is being held this af¬ ternoon. Full details will be given In the next Issue.
ROOSEVELT
This afternoon IA.tb. William Pear¬ sall is serving tea at Russell Hose house for the beneflt ot the Ladies' Auxiliary. It Is expected that a large number will attend.
Charles Behr has sold the Hall residence on DeBols avenue to Mr. Sheridan ot Brooklyn who will move here in the near future with his family.
The Long Island Home-made Bak¬ ery Company of South Main street, Freeport. ie moving today to Roose¬ velt, having rented one ot the large stores In the Whitehouse block.
At the taxpayers meeting held labt Wednesday evening Henry Albers, Archibald Greensward, Ed. Maro¬ wltz, James Coward and John J. C. Teurs were elected water commis- sionerj for the ensuing term of flve years.
Special plans are being made for tournament week. The St. John's Orphanage band cf Brooklyn bas been hired to furnish the music for the Hempstead parade and tor the local review. Plans in detail will be an¬ nounced later.
Frank A. Wood will be In New York the greater part of next week attending the annual oonvention of sealers of weights and measures. Ttae
The Arbor Day exercises In the Union Free school were very Inter¬ esting, and it is to be regretted that a larger number of parents were not present. At 10 o'clock there was the planting of two pineapple shrubs in tront of the main entrance to tbe sttbool building and the singing by the school ot "America." The regular exercises followed in the school and consisted of an address by Mrs. Coro¬ don Norton on "Community Inter¬ ests"; an addresa by Prof. Marlon M. Brooks, principal "'of the school, on "Two Club Activities": songs by the school; recitation, Elsie Stossell. and a dramatization, "Little White Flow¬ er," also a class exercise, "Picnic Party." The exercises were announc¬ ed by posters made by the pupils of the school and prizes were awarded by Miss Stella O. Faling to the fol¬ lowing pupils: Room IV: flrsf prize, Gordon Meyer; second prize, Lester Wlebel; third prize, Ernest Dean, honorable mention; Room III: flrst prize, Donald Jackson; second prize. Arthur Olsen; third rrize, Charles Jamison, honorable mention; Room II: flrst prize, Lorraine De Long; sec¬ ond prize, Ethel Michaud: third prize, Edgar Senne, lionorable men¬ tion.
From 11 to 3 o'clock a cake and candy sale was held, netting about $16. In the afternoon a game ot baseball game was played between the school team and Merrick, Wan¬ tagh winning by a score of 28 to 3.
Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite, pas¬ tor of the Memoitlal church, and Thomas S. Seaman, delegate, attend¬ ed the spring conference of the Man¬ hattan Association of Congregational Churches held at Woodhaven on Thursday of this week.
All the teachers of the Union Free school have been re-engaged for an other year. The members of the faculty consist of Principal Marvin M. Brooks, Miss Stella G. Fallng, Miss Carrie E. Turner and Miss Anna K. Grimm.
The pupils of the Memorial Con¬ gregational Sunday school have be¬ gun to rehearse a cantata called "Carols of Summer" to be given on Children's Day, June 13.
Fred Schmidt, who has been con¬ flned to his home tor several weeks with the grippe, has now resumed his work as rural letter carrier.
Keogh aud McNlsh, while going east on the Merrick road Sunday in their auto were run into near Lyn¬ denhurst and their machine was com¬ pletely smashed. A man In the auto which ran Into them was badly in¬ jured, being thrown through the wlndshlelcj. it was reported that this man died Sunday night as a result of the collision. This was contra¬ dicted later. Keogh and McNlsh have only recently opened a plumbing es¬ tablishment In Wantagh, succeeding Place and Allen.
In the Jerusalem public school a play, called "Labor," was given on Arbor Day under the direction of Mre. Orr, principal. It was very good and elicited much applause from the audience and pupils. The following pupils comprised the cast: Philip Mc- Closky, Deidrlck Reinke, Elizabeth Dengler, John Strang, Ruth Gasner, George Seaman, Dorothy Powell, Ruth Wiebei, Helen L. Strang and Edna PueCz.
Mrs. John T. Cowles entertained the Ladies' Aid Society ot the church at her home on Wednesday afternoon. The society is preparing for a sale of work and a supper to be held in the parish houee early In June.
In the Memorial church next Sun¬ day the pastor. Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite, wili ofl^ciate at both services The morning subject will be "The Quality of Mercy." Evening theme, "Be ot Good Cheer." The Sunday school meets In the parish house at 2.30 and the Christian En¬ deavor meeting is held weekly in the church Friday nights at 7.45. All are cordially Invited to the servicea of the church and to Join In Its wor'ic In the community.
The Wantagh flre department will hold a dance In the truck house on Thursday evening, May 20.
SMITHVILLE SOUTH
At the last meeting ot the Ladles' Guild held at the home ot Mrs. Kel¬ ley on May 6 it waa decided to hold a strawberry festival early In the month of June. The next meeting ot the guild win.be held June 2 at the home of Mrs. Wlnplnny at which time the flnal arrangements will be announced.
A meeeting of the Mother's Club will be held at the athletic club house on Thursday afternoon. May 20. It is hoped that a large number will at¬ tend.
Mrs. S. Church has returned home after a two weeks' stay In Merrick.
The regular Sunday services are held at the athletic club house each Sunday evening at 7.30, under the leadership of Archdeacon Dufileld ot Garden City.
Jamee Rowe, the well known car¬ riage painter formerly employed by Fred Menendez, has resigned his po¬ sition with Vall and Colvin of Mer-: rick and has accepted his old posi¬ tion with Mr. Menendez.
CEDARHURST
S. Rosenblatt ot Hick's lane is back from Washington.
Mrs. Alvin Smith is back trom Pittsburgh.
t O. C. W. Low and family of Man¬ hattan arrived this week at their cot¬ tage on Cedarhurst avenue.
Work was started thie week on
the cottage of Charles Hammond which he is erecting on Summit ave¬ r.ue.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Rosenthal ot New York City are occupying tbe David cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Bartel of Ocean avenue have returned from a month's sojourn in the Southern Statea
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Barnett of Man¬ hattan are occupying the Rutherford cottage on Ocean avenue.
WOODMERE
The golf and tennis committees of the Woodmere Country Club are arranging their schedule ot tourna¬ ments for the season. A series ot golf tournaments will be played with the niembers ot the Ocean Country Club of Far Rockaway. Teams representing these clubs wlll also oppose each other in baseball games.
A motion picture entertalnmen.t will be given In the Woodmere school tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Fiel ot Hewlett is entertain¬ ing her daughter Mrs. L. S. Clapp ot I orest Park, L. I.
L. Schmidt of Cedarhurst has had plans prepared for the erection ot a building on Broadway.
Mr .and Mrs. J. C. Crane of Man¬ hattan are occupying their cottage on Fulton street.
HEHPSTEAD
Miss Clara Dayo is rapidly recover¬ ing from the operation that was re¬ cently performed at the Merry hos¬ pital.
George S. Emory, James E. Dann and Frederick S. Smith have been elected trustees of the Presbyterian church for the next three years.
Last night was a gala one in Ma¬ sonic circles. A musical was given at the St. George gymnasium at which Raphael Diaz sang.
Ebenezer Kellum of Hilton ave¬ nue, is president of the Veteran Fire¬ men's Association recently organized here.
Dolly Madison, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. R. C. Hurry, was christened In St. George's church a week ago Sun- aay. The child Is a great-grand niece of Dolly Madison, whose sister. Lucy
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LONO BEACH
Several very beneficial Improve¬ ments are under way at Long Beach which will add materially to the at¬ tractiveness ot the village. Recently $200,000 was appropriated for street repair and sewer extensions. About 250,000 square yards of streets, in¬ cluding the laying out of some new ones, will be paved with macadam or brick.
The popular boardwalk will also be improved by a concrete paving for the greater part of its three-mile length, this being done by the Bstates of Long Beach.
At tho recent school election a budget of $18,985 was adopted. Tais was |.^,000 lese than last year's bud¬ get, making a reduction In taxes from 36 cents to 28 cents per hundred. Tb-^ assessed valuation of the school dis¬ trict Is $7,000,000. Forty-six puiuls
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LAWRENCE
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. K. Taylor and family are at their cottage on Broad¬ way.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Sprague and Mr. and Mrs. Oiibert Horton ot Bay View avenue have returned trom an automobile trip to Atlantic City .
Mrs. Floyd Abrams ot Lord avenue has been entertaining Miss Susan Hewlett ot Oceanside.
J. Donohue ot Brooklyn has bad plans prepared tor the erection of three bungalows on McNeil avenue, Inwood.
Miss Ethel Homan of McNeil ave¬ nue is back from a sojourn with friends In Patchogue."
Mrs. E. Bradley haa been spending a few days at the home of her mother, Mrs. William Langdon, ot Pearsall avenue.
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