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FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1»1«
FREEFORT
William Greenblatt of Railroad ave- Imsc has gone away for a rest-up.
. Foster Smith is a new policeman OB the village force. He was appointr od last week by the Board of^ Trus-
Itoes.
. Tfie past week has been an active one with real estate agents in rental of houses for the summer. Demands for permanent residences continues, hot ^e agents can only shake their heads when applicants apply and say: '*Sorry, but there are no places to be had for renting."
The street sprinkler was put in operation this week and laid the dust on a number of business thorough- I fares with water.
For the Second Red Cross Fund the I . . ^. , «,, x j ^
village school pupils have raised; ,^„**5"**"»" of fl.*; was voted to 18,306.20. ConsidoraHe of the amount the Red Cross by Freeport Council on was given by the pneils themaelves. Friday evening. Liteerty Bonds for
'$400, which the Council siibscribed for in the last campaign, iwere placed in the custody of the Treasurer.
FREEPORT CHURCHES.
METHODIST
A Cabinet meeting of the Bpworth Lenipie was held Tuesday evenin|t in the church parlors. Folkming the business session a pleasant social time was afforded.
The local Epworth League sent a large delegation to the annual spring conventidn of the Brooklyn idouth District Chapters in Lawrence on Thursday.
I Mr. and Mrs. 'William Logan of Staten Island were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hunt of North Ocean ave-
I nue on Sunday.
I The formal opening of tne Lights' clubhouse on Randall Bay for the sea¬ son will occur to-morrow (Saturday) evening. Members and their friends will be entertained in the usual hos-
I pitable manner by the actors who com¬ pose the club. Dancing will be a fea-
I ture of the affair. Music will be fur-
I niehed by a new band engaged for ¦the Fca:on.
Pastor, Rev. Everett A. Burnes.
Sunday, Mav 26, is to be one of the great ousUndlng days in the hiatory of the church. At the morning service, at 10.30, D. B. P. Mott Post, G. A. R., snd the Woman's Relief Corps are to be the guests of the church. 'Seats will be reserved for them in the cen¬ tral eection of ths church auditorium. The new pastor, Rev. Everett A. Bnmea, will give an appropriate talk on "A Memorial—Old and New," The choir has arranged special music for the occasion.
In the evening another patriotic service will be held, making the day distinctive. At the evening service a message on "The Why of the War and Our Duty" will be the pastor's suibject. Patriotic hymns will be used and each person who attends will be presented with a copy of a little song book, "Sonw of Our Country." Thia book will be worthy of a place on the home piano for constant use.
Monday evening, meeting of Sun¬ day (School Board.
Tuesday evening, banquet of the Epworth League.
Wednesday evening, mid-week ser¬ vice.
Friday afternoon, Woman's For¬ eign Missionary Society meeting.
A soldier visitor to the meeting of Freeport Council on Friday evening was Brother LeCroy of Winona Coun¬ cil No. 4 of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He exp«ects to sail for France soon. The southern visitor, who is at Canvp Mills, made an interesting speech and said that if he returned from across the sea he would make a return visit to the Council.
Mi.os Mary E. .Southard, chief clerk to tha Local Board for Division No. S on Monday was appointed a special deputy sheriff bV Sheriff Phineas A. Seamiin, She is the first woman' in Naasau County credited with the ap¬ pointment as a special deputy.
The formal reception by the various Bocietiet, of the M. E. Church to P.ev. Everett A. purnes, the new pastor, and his wife, will occur this Friday evening in the church parlors at 8 o'clock.
Kegel's bathing pavilion at Wood¬ cleft channel and near the Casino on Randall Bay, will open for the season on Decoration Day. Rocke. Di Napoli is the new proprietor.
The regular monthly meeting of the Freeport Branch, American Red Cross, will be held at the Freeport Club on Tuesday, May 28, at 3 p.m. It is earnestly urged that every one
attend.
The Freeport Branch wishes to ex¬ tend hearty thanks to William Chub- buck for the use of the show window
I in his drug store and also to Ernest
IW. Ault and to William Schloss. Throught their efforts the splendid
I display of articles made in the Red Cross work rooms was possible and the
I members feel the result has haexx very beneficial, both from an educational
I and a practical standpoint.
I Elsie Fowler of Mount avenue en¬ tertained a few Freeport and Lyn¬ brook fsiends at a salmaguni party last Friday night. Miss Fowler, who forniefly resided in Lynbrook, proved
la delightful hostess and all who par-
Iticipated in tho party went home well
[pleased.
I Thj regular meeting of the Girls' I/Service League was held last Tues- Iday night at the Reil Cross rooms in Ithe Olive Building. Red Cross work Iwas in order.
1 LUTHERAN CHURCH
^ Pastor, Rev. A. C. Karkau.
Services will be held as usual Sun¬ day at 10.30 a.m. and at 7.45 p.m.
Luther Lsague devotional meeting at 7 p.m.
In keeping with President Wilson's Memorial Day proclamation, a prayer service will be held in the church next Thursday, -May 30, at 9 a.m. Everyone is invited to join in this service.
UNCLAIMED LETTERS
Freaport, N. Y., May 21, Xi)16.
Brumbai^gh, Miss Therese
Box 222, R. W. H. P. 0., Freeport i Brooks, John R., Wards' Rest Inn. ; Blach, Mr.
Games, 'Nellie
Blair, Marcus G.
Cook, Mrs. Walter, West Main Street
Felgenbauer, Mr. Edw. j Haverstraw, Mrs. ! Hanson, Mrs. C. I ,Iohnson, Miss Nellie. I Lee, Mr. : Mulone, Dominick
Nethercott, Miss Ida
Papa, Mrs. Rose
Porter, Mrs. S. C.
Peterson, Louis
Powell, Thos., Rec. S^c, Ct. Iroquois
Stable. Will G. 'Swanson. N., Green House Fish. Sta. ' Smith, Nat E.
Soper, Mansifield
White, Nana S.
T, Benson Smith, P. M.
The committee appointed to deco¬ rate graves of departed membsrs ih Greenfleld Cemetery will perform the duty on Sunday, May 26, at 9.30 a.m.
The war ambulanc* for which the order through New York State hew subscribed will be presented to the Red Oposb at Arcadia Hall, Halsey street, near Broadway, Brooklyn, on Saturday evening, June 8.
Every member of Freeport Coun¬ cil is urged to attend the patriotic me¬ morial service in St. Mark's M. E. Church, Rockville Centre, next Sun- , day evening. May 26, at 7-45. The ser- I vice will be for Winona C. Martin, the first American woman war vic¬ tim, for whom a bronze tablet will be unveiled. iRockville Centre and Lynbrook Councils will have delega¬ tions at the service. Members will ibe enabled to obtain regalias at the Council room before starting for Rockville Centre. The start should be made by trolley not later than 6.60 from the railroad crossing, Freeport.
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS The patriotic dance to be given this evening (Friday) in Brooklyn Hall is expected to be* pleasureable affair. The Relief Corps is sparing no effort to make it so. Tickets are at a popu¬ lar price, 50 cents.
; Tomorrow (Saturday) evening will occur the service flag presentation for 1 the sons, grandsons and sons-in-law^ j of the Corps and G. A. R. members. (Surrogate Leone D. Howell and E. S. I Seckerson, of Roosevelt, an army j chaplain, are expected to make ad¬ dresses. There will be patriotic sing¬ ing and other entertaining numbers.
On Decoration Day, at 10.30 a.m.
the Corps and D. B. P. Mott Post,
; G. A. R., will hold the usual memorial
1 exercises for deceased veterans in
j Freeport cemetery. In the afternoon
I at 2.30, the Grand .\rniy veterans and
the Corps, accompanied by a military
band from Field No. 2, Mineola, will
' po to the 'bridge over Freeport Riv-
' er at South Main street (Horsfall's
, mill site) and scattsr flowers for the
: sailors and soldiers who lost their
I lives at sea.
Hempstead (Special)—Contracts for erection of the new Town Hall were awarded by the Town Board on Tuesday.
The successful bidder for general construction was Thomas Dunn, of Saratoga Springs, 167,402.90.
For the electrical work the Hudson Electric Company of Manhattan, was awarded the contract at $1,576; plumbing and drainage, James Mc- Cullagh, Inc., of HkkaviUe, $4,949; steam heating, W. K. Morsn of Mt Vernon, N. Y., $6,447.
The total sum to be spent for the new building is $78,694.90, and as soon as the contracts are executed and the proper bonds given by the successful bidders the work of build¬ ing will oommencs.
SURROGATE'S COURT
Three m Tmn Die WHkont Pro- ti^ng f»r Property im Will.
Mineola (i»p<«l»') —The esUtes of three persons who died without leav¬ ing a will, were noted in the Surro¬ gate's office during the past week.
Anna E. Bedell, who died at Roose¬ velt on April 1, left property valued at $550 in personal and $4,000 in real. Two sons and a daughter are the heirs.
Sarah Jane Nicholi, who died at Valley Stream on April 18, left prop¬ erty valued at $8,000 and f 4,.*)00 per¬ sonal. Two nephews, three nieces and a grandniece and a grandnephew are the heirs.
William W. Newby, who died at Rockville Centre on March 17, 1918, left an estate of nominal value. The widow, Emma J. Newby, and a daugh¬ ter, Emma J. Crocker, arc the heirs.
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WANTED Whitejfirl for f(*r\t>rm] housework in small family; wsges, ¦:^0 a month. 802 MiHrarn Avemw, Baldwin Harbor.
TO LET at Merrick-Hmiae, 6 rooms and bath, neiw staition. All im- provwnenlts, $18 per month. J. Ha»- ner, Merrick. 2t-14
BARGAIN—A-uhurn 1916 model, 7- passenger, 6-cylinder touring car; 5 new tires;- good condition. Apply quickly, 4fi Randall avenue, Freeport; phone 1342 Freeport 16
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WANTED Poys or men to work on travel I bafTB. Learners aJso taken and I pckid while lesmdnir- Only thoss I seeking steady employment need I apply.
SHEBAH A KLEIN Freepovt lAmg Islsnd
WANTAGH
PUBLIC SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
The High School Cadets particd- ratid in the Red Cross parade at •"reeport on Monday evening and aade a good showing.
In the baseball series between the four village schools. Grove street won „the championship, taking three games each from Archer street. Seaman avenue and Columbus avenue schools. The team will be presented with a trophy. The champions on B'riday Hst defeated a picked team from the other schools by 19—5. This Friday •fteriraon a picked team from all the schools will play Roosevelt.
The Grove street school team would like to hear from* school teams in Nasaau composed of players up to or including the eighth grade.
(Superintendent Ward C. Moon has been oorresoonding with Albany au¬ thorities endeavoring to settle the sit¬ uation caused by the district inhabl- tanta requesting tihe Board of Educa¬ tion to discontinue instruction in 0«r- Oian. The BUperintsndent has been working to save the graduutin^ jpupila ihsir KsgenU' oouivts, and it u u»- immtood that a satisfactory announee- Msnt «isy bs expected after the school libard meets next Tussdsy evaninc.
Aetive prspsrations for closinf? the tsns will bs ttadsr way, altfaougli the JlpiM #K«ittiiMtkms are yst to be held. HotwMhsUoding th* war oondiiimu
The Good Cheer Club will appear in a three-act comedy, "The Farmer¬ ette," under direction of Mrs. Harry J. Thomas, one of the caste, at the Parish House on Saturday evening, June 8, at 8.30. The talented Paul- ton Trio, on tha same evening, will give a musical comedy, "The Blind Beggars." Proceeds from the enter¬ tainment will be for the org-an and heating funds. Admission, twenty-live cents; children, twenty cents. Edward Paulton, one of the trio to appear in the musical comedy, is a well-known composer ;ind author of lyrics used in the musical comedies, "Flo-Flo," "The Girl With a Smile," and other noted plays now running in New York.
In the Memorial Congregational Church on 'Sunday there will be morn¬ ing and evening services and Sunday School at 2.30 p.m.
The Christian Endeavor meets Fri¬ day evening at 8.30; leader, Frank Mahler. Topic, "Doing His Will."
The Relief Corps has a Red Cross unit which is showinp: considerable activity, meeting every Friday after¬ noon at the home of Mrs. Oscar Toombs, 158 Church street.
The servic3 flag, which will be pre¬ sented tomorrow (Saturday) evening at the Corps and G. A. R. rooms, was made by Mrs. Oscar Toombs, patriotic instructor of the Corps. She^ will make the presentation address.'
G. A. R. A regular meeting of the D. B. P. Mott Post will be held on Saturday evening in their rooms, Fulton street. The veterans will receive their ser- ¦^ice flag from the Woman's Reliaf Corps. The emblem will represent sons, grandsons and sons-in-law en¬ gaged in the present war service.
I. 0. 0. F. Freeport Lodge No. 600 on Mon¬ day evening voted a donation of $10 to the Red Cross fund. The lodge recently donated a similar amount for the ambulance fund which the wom'en of Freeport have raised.
Next Monday evening it is antici¬ pated that the third degree will be worked and refreshments served.
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District Deputy Sylvester P. Shea and his official staff -will visit the Lodge at Inwood next Tuesday even¬ ing.
EASTERN STAR The members of the Freeport Chapter met last week at the home of Mrs. Frederick Plump, Ray street, for a social afternoon.
Erwin Fussell, stationed at Camp Maridon, Tenifly, N. J., was a recent visitor home.
W. H. Van Teryle and George Sea¬ man spent Saturday and Sunday in Wantasrh.
Word has been received that Grov¬ er Siems has arrived safely "over there."
George Box announces the eagase- -ment of his daughter Martha to Clar¬ ence E. Peekham of Ronkonkoma.
Miss Stella G. Faling. a former teacher of the local school, spent sev¬ eral days last week with Mrs. Hunt.
The monthly luncheon and business meeting of the Wantagh Red Cross Auxiliary was held Msy 20. There was an unusually large sttsndance. The annual election of oflioars was h«ld. Those who served during the past yaar ware re-elected. 'Reports of various committsias showed that a grsst aanouni of spork had bssn stc- cossii^Mhed. Duriw ths year 181 knMt- tsd tutklss a«d 1^68 Karmsnis wera iurmd in.
A memorial service, to commemo¬ rate the memory of deceased members of the order, will be held tomorrow (Saturday) evening at the meeting of Freeport -Chapter in Mechanics' Hall. All Master Masons are reouested to be present Most Worshipful Annie M. Pond, Past Grand Matron, will ad¬ dress the chapter.
DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH Mrs. Arrivilla Ritchie is represent¬ ing Mystic Lodge as delegate at the grand |eseion of New York State lodges in Saratoga Springs. She is accompanied by >Si8ter Effie Dunbar, Who it expected to' be appoinfted a District Deputy.
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