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FREEPORT, NEW YORK. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1914
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FREEPORTTRUSTEES Boys, Barred From Girls GAS UGHT WANTED j Discussing Plan To Revive BIG ATTENDANCE AT sm IN DEADLOCK Playhouse, Set Woods Afire IN STEVENS STREET Inland Canal Project To-day|tEACHERS' INSTITUTE
" Matter of Appointment to Fill! Baldwin Property Threatened
As Undcrbush Burns Near Home of Charles Cook
Weldon's Place Discussed Informally at Meeting
"CONTTNUE AS WE ARE" SAYS RAYNOR
Vacant Chair Removed and Board
of Four Consider Volume of
Routine Business
¦The Bafedt way is for uk io eouiin- ue the way we iire now," remarked Trustee Oaniei Kaynor, to President Roland M Lamb, during the bi-month¬ ly meeting of the Village Uoard of Kreeuorl yesterday aflernoon. follow¬ ing the suKSestion of the village exec¬ utive that Ihere mu.st be nome citizen of the village wlio would be accept¬ able to all the iiieiiiber.s of its Kov- ernln« hody to flll the jilace of lloberl )'. Welden. resi^Jlled.
There wan uo furiher iliseuHsion of Ihe Bubjeet. alihouRh since Friday, April 17, the irustce.s have numbered bul four, two of whom have favored an appooliiimenl of one man and two of another. lnd< cd. the trusiee.s have been deadloci<ed over the appoint- luent of a HuecesKor lo Welden trtnee the day he resigned his offlee for ob¬ vious reason.s staled in a len^lhy eoni- niunieation lo the board.
At the meeting yeHterday Ihe trus- lees sat one on a side of the council table. Thf einpiy chair, lormeily oc¬ cupied hy Wfldi'ii has hern removed. Trustee l{;in(lall o(( upied the eniire side of the table he fonnerly divided wlib Welden. faeuiK Hedell. f'rcsi deni Lamb and Trustee Raynor occu pled seats al llie short ends.
The tiusiees considered a volume ol routine business. A eommiinieation from villa.uc Counsel Sidney H. Swe¬ zey. relative lo the proiiosed resolu tion to del hue Oiie lioulevard a pul) lie highway wiihin the limits of llie village of I'liMport. was read and liied The eounsiil'Said he believed Ihere was no necessiiy lor such a resolu tlun.
Applicalions Inr ' sidewall<H were granted to ihe following: John T. Runcle, 21.' feel on (Jrove street; Kred (iottschaldi. 100 feet on Pensylvanla avenu*'; t'alherineCarney, 40 feel on (.'olumbus avenue; and (Ieorge (los- selm, 100 leet on ,Slionnar<l avenue.
The apiilication.'^ of .Ainmuller ' A- llothniann of South Ocean avenue, and .laspler Bird, of Ka.st Seaman avenue, for electric Iklil was granted. .Iohn K. Hill, of Ciiiiid avenne. made an ap¬ plicatiou for waler, which was referred to roinmitiee.
Presideni Lamb reported that two
car loads of oil. lo be used tor sett linn
' dust and preserving roads had been
ordered and were on the way lo Free
poi t.
The Uoard of Assessors were author ized lo enter inlo a contract wilh Smith & .Maleolmson. Kngineers. for the preparation and the keeping up to date of the assessment maps for a period of tive years. The maps are to be drawn lo a scale of one to a hun¬ dred.
A carload of Peekskill gravel which was recently ordered hy the village will be used io resuiface and repair various strt^els, and lo ocnstruel two new roads on Seaman avenue belween Miller place and Long ellach avenue, in accordance with the decision of the trustees.
The Street Couiinissioner was au- thorlzed by the Hoard to cooperate with the Town tiuthorities iu the changing of the course of a stream lhat crossed Easl.Merrick road at the Kreeport Park, in order that a wider bridge may be (onsiructed there. Two otehrs bridges in that seel inn will be reconstructed also.
A bill against William S. Hall, tor $40 for water rent was rinluced to $1G Upon the complaint of Mr. Hall.
Sitting as a lioaid of Health, the trustees instructed tbe Health Otiieer, Dr. William II. Huncie, to noiify the property owners along the several creeks of the village, that they must clean the banks.
i When fourteen-year-old Sadie Cook j and thirteen-year-old Georgina Pease, ; after much laborious building eomplet- ! ed a play house In the rear of the I Cook properly in New York avenue, I Baldwin, ininiediateiy adjoining the large woods, they decided that no lit¬ tle boy. no matier whose brother he might be should come inlo it. The house, they agreed, was a place for dollies and their mothers only.
The pair of liille girls compU-led '¦ the house yesterday morning, and fur- I nished it lo suit their needs. In the ; early afternoon they went there to i play, and almost Immediately along ' eame (Jeorgina's brother and several ; other little boys of the neighborhood. I They apjdled iineeremoniouflly for ad- I mitlance. whieh was refused. ' "You can't come into our house," i said litlle Sadie. ;is she fondled her ' dollie. "We buill it ouiselve.s and we want to be left alone. There's no : room for boys." ^¦i'
! "Ah. go on. Sadie," urged Ihe Pease ' boy, "Let us eome in. We'll be good." ' But despite lhe earnest plea th' I door was barred. Both Sadie and ; (leorgina stood on Ihe outside and just wouldn't be moved by any idle wishes ! of boys.
"If you don't let us in." threatened
one of the lads, "We'll set lite lo your
! house, and Ihen you won'i have any
I place to play. We've got matches." I And the boys showed them. I Bul Sadie and Georgina were ol)- jdurate. They guarded the door until ithe boys went away—very, very an- 1 gry, and still threatenlnK the destruc- : tion of the playhouse.
When the Iwys had departed into the bucolic recesses of a clump of trees in the rear of the Cook barn, the little girls went back with their doll¬ ies to play. They had been there but a short tiine when they were aroused by cries of "Klre, fire!" that came from the youthful conspirators. The boys were running toward the Cook house. "What's the matter," queried Sadie [ running from the bouse, "Have you j started a flre?"
I "Yes," came the breathless reply
from the lads. "Run for your lives the
I woods are on ftre."
' It was ST this juncture that Mrs.
I Charles Cook. Sadie's mother, return-
. ing from a visit to the bedside of a
1 sick neighbor came upon the scene.
I ,She found the underbrush near the
rear of her home aflame and noted
how quickly fhe flre was spreading
I She hurried lo the house and sent in
an alarm.
I Kroni that time until dried under- ; brush was burned from a three acre I area of the woodland, the children were el'mlnated. The boys lan away and the little girls stayed very close I to Mrs. t^ook in the house. The mem¬ bers of the Baldwin Hose Conipany worked diligently to prevent the flames from spreading lo the Cook barn and that of William Goldbaek, ; whose hme adjoins, although for a ¦ lime both places were threatened. They fought the blaze for an hour.
GRIEVAN(!E day, TUESDAY, FOR EAST ROCKAWAY!
LOWER FARE RATE AT FREEPORT IS DENIED
Equalized Assessment Roll Will Be Public Service Commission Holds On Exhibition—" Fireworks" | That Reduction Would Mean Dis¬ crimination Against Other Places
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Expected Many Increases
l-'ui Ihf lirsl linu siiici' the iieople of lOast Koekaway elecied trustees up¬ on iiliiU'oriiis lliiit ihelared for an euualizaiion of. la^aiidU. a "Grlevtince Day" will he hild ."i Firemen's Hall on nexl Tut.'sday evi ning between si\ an ten o'clock. Al that time the eijual ized a.ssessment roll will be-on exhibi¬ tion and complainls relating to taxes will be heard by the Board of Trustees, ll is expected that Ihere will he "lireworks" in Kasl Roekaway on this lirsl •Grievance Day." Many of the larger estates whicii were formerly as.sessed as farm land and in bulk, are this year assessed ujion a lol basis and in [larcels. In these several in- slanees, notable Ihe Davison estate whicii includes tlu lilsluric old mill al the head of Last Roekaway Creek, lhe taxes will be considerably more Ihan lliey have been before. The complaints will doubtless come from lhe owners of these properties.
There has been considerable i on- jtroversy among the taxpayers of lhat I village over taxes ska'*«*i 'i»' I"*«l two j years. When Dr. AV. A. Strong was ' eleeled lo the iire.sldency of the vil- 1 lage. he advocated the assessment of Sold anil extensive estates on the sanve j basis as the rest of llie properly of the village. The village was divided over taxes for nearly a year. Presi- I dent Strong refused lo .sign the as- ! sessment roll as made up. Kinally ' the State authorities were asked to I assist in the adjuslmeni of Uie mud¬ dle. A representative was sent to Kasl Roekaway and a hearing was I conducied. The Slate department re- . commended that the property of the • village be assessed on the basis of ; 100 per cent.
i Since the meeting Ihe vill4gc presi- I dent with the assislanee of Trustees I Haff and Kdwards have revised the j a.sessment roll. It will be on exhibi- ! tion for the flrst time on Tuesday.
j Dr. Colyer a Versatile Thespian ; Dr. Ci. Clifford Colyer, a Freeporter, j practicing denlisiry in Peekskill, N. 1 J., appears in the news of that thriv- I ing Hudson River ciiy twice in one w'eek and both times as an attraction I in theatricals. The Highland l5enio- I crat tells of the doctor's appearance at the Ladies' Night reeeplion of the ('ortlandt Hook and Ladder Company ' as a teonr soloist, and again of his I assistance in the arrangement cf the j affair. Several days later, according I lo the same paper, Dr. Colyer sang ; again at an •eniertainiuent given by the j flremen.
; Freeport Students Hear Dr. Roteb<ium I Dr. Rosebauni, of New York lectured before the students of the Freeport High School on Tuesday afternoon. He recited two poems "Evangeline" and "How Pat and .Mike Stole a Rope," showing In each voice modulations to give effect to the subject. A collec¬ tion was made to defray the expenses of the speaker.
Will Plow and Remove Stumps With Prom nent citizens of Bellmore wtll give a practical demonstration of the use of dynamite as a cultivator of the soil on Det.iratlon Day In that vlUage. The Rev. Jaoies Hall, Frank L. Hack, A. T. Wolfram and several others have arranged to plow a field with the explosive aod to removs stump* ot tr««a at xA* amm* Abba
Holding that any reduction in the faie between thc village of Freeport and the terminals at Flatbush avenue and Manhattan of the Long Island Island^^ailroad would be an unfair discriii'lination against many other comniunities on Long Island, the r*ub- lie Seivice Commission of llie Second District has denied the application of Harvey .1. George, in which he a.sked that the fare between Wreck Lead and Ihe terminal, and,this village he made equal. The order of denial was hand¬ ed down on Thursday.
In his complaint of the condition re¬ garding fares that obtained to these two South Side places, George con¬ tended that the people of Freeport were obliged to pay a higher rate to travel the same distance as the peo¬ ple of Wrei'k Lead. Both places are sub.stantially the same number of miles from either of the terminals, or if there is a difference It Is in favor of Freepori.
The membi*s of the conimisslon, wh<le appreciating the apparent dis¬ crimination against Freepori believed that it was unavoidable and that a I change could not be made without in¬ volving further di^c riminations against ' olher places, thai m present stand on j an equal footing wilh Freeport. The ! condition, the Conunission slates can-1 not be remedied withoui changing the ; rate of fare to Long Beach, the ter- i minus of the braneh on wliich Wreck I Lead is located. I
BALDWIN'S MOnO WINS IN BUSINESS'
jTaxpayers Urge Extension Of
Mains to Houses and Ask
For Lamp Posts
COMPANY REPRESENTED AT HEARING
j £. V Baidwin Will Decide Placing
of Lamps on Colonial and
Woodside Avenues
Several property owners of Stevens ¦ street, in the RooseTelt Lighting Dis- I trict, appeared before the taxpayers' comniitiee at its meeting Thursday I evening to urge the matter of obtain- j Ing gas for eoi:inierclal purjioses in I their homes, and to secure illumination ' for the street There are no gas main's ! on the thoroughfare, which is not in¬ corporated in the town system. ' Representatives of the Nassau Ar I Suflolk Lighting (Jonipany. whieh has ! the contract for supplying gas in the i dislrict, slated that it would necessi- ' tate lhe laying of pipe for more than ; one thousadn feel from Main sireei i lo reaeh Stevens street. I'nless ' street lamps were placed to afford a j partial compensation for the outlay. I they contended that the extension would be unprofitable. The property I owners argued that they had tried to 1 get, gas for more than a year and I threatened if it was not supplied to pay no more street lighting taxes.
The commiitee informed the peti¬ tioners that il had nothing lo do with the matter of gas for comniercial pur- : poses, but was appointed to consider ' the mailer of sireet lights. This was ] referred to K. V. Baldwin. The mat- '¦ ler of placing a lighl on Colonial ave¬ nue corner of Woodside avenue, or on ' Woodside avenue, was also referred to ' Committeemen Baldwin.
The committee decided to have two
lights placed in the vestern part of
the district, as jipplied for, one at Ihe
; corner of Centennial and Brookside
; avenues and another at the corner of
I Pennsylvania and C:-'..'..: .ivcniii-j.
The uiatter of changing the location I of lights in the village of Roosevell. I particularly on I'ark and (Minion ave- ' nues was taken under consideration I and saneiioned.
Long Islanders in Conference with Brown at Hotel Knick¬ erbocker on Appeals
Gathered in the Hotel KnickAboek- er. Broadway and Forty-second street. Manhattan, a group of men represent¬ ing specifically the civic and com¬ mercial interests of the great South Shore and generally all of Lory<f Island, are discu.ssing with Congressman I^- j throp Brown, a plan by which the pro¬ posed inland waterway against which I the unfavorable reporl of Gen. Roes- I sler of the oBard of .Army Engineers I was recently flied at Washlntgon. may be brought to active lesut> before tlie
, ment of the plan, .\mong those who are in attendance at the meeting this
] afternoon are the three members of the Iward of supervisors of SuCToik
¦County, a representative from the town board of Islip. a member of the town board of Hempstead. Daniel No¬ ble, surrogate of (jueens County: a delegation of t\\n from the Pequots of Rockville Centre, Klvin .N Kdwards,
Mineola Schoolhouse Crowded To Capacity as Nassau Edu¬ cators Meet in Conference
EMINENT EDUCATORS ADDRESS THEM
Former Justice tivin r«. Edwards
jof FreciKiil, Chailes H. Uedlield. su- ; pervlsor of Southampton, John J. Han- idall of Freepori, H. Willard Grithth of j Hempsiead, Kred L. Gilbert of Cedar- ! hurst, Hiram R. Smilh, supervisor of j Henipslead, former represent aii ve W. W. Cocks of Westbury, Assemblyman
HRE DESTROTED CHAPMAN HOMESTEAD
Lack of Water Handicapped Fire¬ men at Lynbrook Blaze
The old Chapman Homestead, on Sunset avenue near Broadway, Lyn¬ brook. was totally destroyed by fire on last night. The flre was discover¬ ed by the police who gave the alarm.
The tire department responded promptly uuder the command of Chief Cbrlstianson, but were handicapped by the lack of water, the nearest hy¬ drant being twelve hundred feet away. The house has been unoccupied f,or over a year. The Io.hs is about 19000, which was partially eovered by In- suranee-
EXHUME IRON CASKET AT FREEPORT
Congressman Lathrop Brown I'nited Stales .A.riiiy Board oi Ueview for Rivers and Harbors (m May i'J. The meeting will be the last to con¬ sider the project before it must be finally dropped or revived.
In their frank discussions with the Congres.-Jiuan the men who have been delegated to represent Long Is-lanri this afternoon, will probably accede lo the request that the necessary land he deeded to the Kederal Government or at last give assurani?fe t!hat the e'oun- lies, towns and villages of the soutli Shore will act atflrmatively!
Consressman has asked tlig codper- alion of Long Island in the prepara¬ tion of an appeal fiom the adverse rn- Iiorl of the Army Kngineer. Hn asks that the land for the main trunk canal be deeded to the government and the requests that the lateral canals be built to the various villages aloni: the line.
The (^ongressjiian has received nu¬ merous letters from Long Islandeis offering Iheir support for the advance-
EARNtST 5 RANDALL
LeRoy J. Weed ol Nassau Counl>, Oscar Maddaus. secretary of the .Nas¬ sau County Ahjjoclalion; .Supervisor l''ied .SLelde of the lt)wn of Babylon, .N. B. Killmer, secretary of the Jamaica Bay Improvement Association, and re¬ presentatives from the Waterways League of Greater New York.
"LARRY" O'BRIEN HONORED I HEART TROUBLE CAUSES BY LYNBROOK FIREMEN^ DEATH OF MISS CUTLER
Bakes Bread When Help Leaves
And Makes A Record
"If you would have it Well done; do It yourself"
Longefellow's Myles Standish
This motto of Thomas Si. John Baldwin, proprietor of the Long Island Home Made Bread Company, of Kree¬ port, has served him to advantage on ' more than one occasion in the past. In business the well known business ntan has worked out his destinies on just this Basis. When there was a question aa to how—Baldwin did it and it was right.
But that is not the subject of this tale. Recently the L. I. Home Made Bakery loet one of Its champion bread bakers, and Baldwin turned to the tubs of dough much In the same way that a duck takes to water. And he made a record. In three daya he turn¬ ed out more bread than hla other three bakera together. And that .8 not all. Each morning he tended store as usual and actually sold more of his own bread than on any three days since he opened his store
Baldwin is probably the most ver¬ satile baker in Freeport. He works by schedule and acts with perclslon. His bread products are made accord¬ ing to government formula.
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Not a Bit of News in Baldwin I
According to Postmaster Chartea j Miller of Baldwin, that village has passed a week without incident. "There Isn't a thing doing this week. | Baldwin folk are enjoying the fresh ' air and tbe spring. They have no i time fore excitement of the kind that makes newa," be uid to a N PMt Ta9ar%me.
Sexton Seaman Finds Curious Cof¬ fin in Presbyterian Cemetery
While digging for llie remains of John Raynor, who died in Vermont in 1860,. the spade of Furman R. Seaman, sexton of the Presbyterian Church, Freeport, on Wednesday, struck what he tliought to be an iron chest. It proved to be a coffin that resembled a torpedo. It was built In two parts and riveted logethei. Iron handles were attached. The top pmiion cov¬ ering the head and chest showed it could be removed.'
The bodies of Mary Ann, Daniel and Amanda Raynor and the one in the iron coffin were rein ten ed in. Green¬ field Cemetery.
Political Equality League Elects At the annual meeting of the South Side Political Equality League, held on Thursday at the home of Miss Irene Davison, East Rockaway, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Miss Irene Davison; vice presidents, Mrs. George Spinney aud Mrs. Chantler; s.ecretary, Mrs. Austin Crary; treasurei-.. Mrs. Camp¬ bell; captain, Mrs. Mehler; chairman of ways and means, Mrs. Smilhins; corresponding secretary, Mrs. F^dwln Peckham. A large delegation will at¬ tend a convention of suffrage organi¬ zations of Nassau County, in the ball rooip of the Garden City Hotel, on SaUirday afternoon where addresses will be made by Mrs. Raymond Brown. Mrs. Frederick Watlian and Mis. Jas. Lees Laidlaw.
Miaa Ashdown Injured in Fall Mrs. Henry Ashdown, a well known resident of Freeport, fell face down¬ ward on Main street and Franklin Square on Thursday night. Fortun¬ ately, she was accompanied by her two sisters who assisted her to her home. Mrs. Ashdown who Is a mid¬ dle aged woman. Is badly bruised and suffering from shock. The dangerous condition of the sidewalk weher Mrs. Asbdown fell was reported to the vil-
Receives Loving Cup as Token Of Popular and Beloved Freeport F.steem At Big Surprise Young Woman Succumbs After
Party | Long Illness
Lawrence fJ'Brien, ex-chief of the Lynbrook Kite Department, was pre¬ sented a silver loving cup on Tuesday evening in the quarters of Lynbrook Hose Company by Chaplain Joseph R. Alien, pastor ol Christ Episcopal Church
The pieseiiiaiion was a genuine sur- -prise to "Larry " who had purchased tickets and hail planned lo take Mrs. O'Brien to the theatre. Returning home thai niglit he found Mra. O'Brien not feeling very well and they decided to postpone the trip.
At seven o'cloek the phone rang and Mr. O'Bri' ii received an urgent mes¬ sage to ciiiiie around lo the flre house. On his.atiival tliere he was greeted by neatly a hundred members of the flre depnr!ii;ent Including Chief Chrls- tainson ami Cliaplain Alten who ad- 1 dressing the ex-Chief said "In behalf I of the iiK'Hibers of llie fire department ' and the bii'.iness '.ven of Lynbrook as a token of tiieir esteem and apprecia¬ tion of ymir work and service 1 pre¬ sent to yuu this beautiful loving cup."
When .Ml O'Brien reciivered from his surpri-^c he feelingly responded and said ;!i:i! he had only did his duty and what he had heen able lo accoin- plish in his official duties had been with the as.-.l.'-tance of the niembers of the flre department and the citizens as well.
After the presentation ceremonies were over the ladies served refresh¬ ments.
Dr. Curtice s Gift to The Post The minutes of the recent meeting of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church,bound in pamphlet form, has been received at The Nassau Post office, a gift from the Rev Saul 0. Curtice, pastor of the Freepori M, E. Church. The booklet is replete with reports of the various ] committees, data relating to the church organization and containi a' r«Il at tha ailBlsUrs of tk* BOAtatemee !
Ruth Harriet Culler, daughter ni Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Culler, of Por¬ terfield Place, Kreeport, died at four o'clock yesterday afternoon afler an Illness of nearly nine months, duiint; which time only members of her im mediate family, a nurse who was in constant attendance and the family physician, Dr. Leo Halpin, were per¬ mitted at the bedside. Death was tin; resull of acute valvular heart iruuhle which developing while she was visit¬ ing a classmate at Nannel.neai Spiing Valley, N. Y.
Popular and beloved. Miss Cutler, occupied an enviable iilac.e in Kree¬ port society. She waa a young wo¬ man whose presence was much souglil. It was while at a function in .Muiinet that she was first taken ill. Her con¬ dition appeared critical. Dr. Dingham was siiiiunoned, bul she failed lo im¬ prove under his treatment and was brought lo Kreeport still desperately ill.
Over the prolonged period of her confinement Miss Cutler's condition remained unchanged. The heart af¬ fection gradually became worse until her death yesterday.
.Miss Cntier was born in .Manhattan and educ.ted there and at Krei port. She was a graduate of Hackeistown Centenary Institute and Miss Jennie Hunter's Training School in the me¬ tropolis. Upon her return to Freeport ahe estabflshed a kindergarten class which she taught unlil a year ago
Funeral services will he cojiducied at the Cutler home at 2.45 o'clock on Sunday afternoon by the Rev. J. Sid¬ ney Gould, pastor of the ^'reeport Presbyterian Chureh, before a gather¬ ing of relatives and close friends. The interment will take place In Albany, lo which city the remains will be transported on Monday Three brolh¬ ers survive beside her parents.
Elks Club Addition Co^ $26,407 The flne addition to the Elks Club House at Merrick road and Grove street, Freeport, wbich was completed a short time ago, coat |26,407. The, k«U41ac M««pt*d at a rMMt »*»tlkC-
Superintendent Mepham Suggests Form of Universal Scholars' Record Card-Wright Elected
jl'rubabl> the largest institute and altogether the most r<'presentative galheiing of educators that has ever beeu held wiihLu lhe borders of Naa¬ sau i'imnt> com ened at two sessions in lhe .Mineola schoolhouse yesterday morning and afternoon under tho di¬ rection of the two district superinteii- deiila of lhe coauiy. Dr. James S. tooley, of Mineola, and WelUagton C. MepLaui, ot Mirrick. Sdore than :jW) teachers, principals and Bupeiin- leuueuis from the tbree townships were in aiieudance. They came by special trolley, auiomohile, train and a vatieiy ot vehicular couveyauces.
The limileU accomodations of lhe Miueola school were uardly sulficient lor those who were pieseut at tbe morning and aflernoon sessions. Al¬ though nearly 200 extra seaia were I provided, during the aiiernoon pro- I gram many were obliged lo litand in I the aisles of lhe audiiorium or in the I iialls uuiside. 'i'he schools of tho county vMTf ctostid lor the day. I Tile eonleronee of teachers in six sections occupied the eniire nioruing, and althtiugh Slate Coiuiuissiouer of Kduealion, John 11. Kinley, was not presenl, there were olher eminent men lo represent liim. Dr. Arthur Dean. I luet of the Voiaiional Division of the Slate deparliiieiil, in place of Dr. Kin- ley spoke upou liie geueral subject aud its place iu education. The talk ul Dr. Cuarles S. Chapin, Principal of lile Slato Normal School at Moniclair, N. J., gave an interesting address up¬ ou tile subject of "ElUcieuc.y in School aud Afler School."
Duiing llie morning sessions of the insiitute the leacliers were assembled in tlie various elass rooms of the silioulhoiise where were discussed top¬ ics relating directly to tho work of llie schools ot tho counly, courses of slu4y and classification of pupils. In the division to wliich ,Superinteudent .Mepliaiii spoke the niiilier of scholar¬ ships to ("orneil l.'uiversity aud other Slate colleges was talked over fully. The Superiniendent mentioned the an¬ nual rejiorts ot school trustees and the preliminary examinations of pu¬ pils. Of particular inierest to the teachers was the subject ot a new form of record which will in ail pro¬ bability be used throughout Ihe coun¬ ty wiihin tlie uext year.
it is tile inteniion of Mr. Mephaui lo advocate the use of a uniform rec¬ ord card in the schools of Nassau by which a pliysical and mental biogra¬ phy of e-acli scholar may he kept trom year to year. Such ji record will bo adopled wiihin the next eeveral mouths.
Before the teachers adjourned for the day a leHoluiion urging that the Board of Supervisors appoint a prac¬ tical school man to tho commission which will make recommendations for a new form of government In Nassau County, was passed.
in the various sections ot the con¬ ference during lhe nioruing Dr. Shor- man WilliaiiiK, chief of tho Library Division of the iJepartmcut of Educa¬ tion; .Mrs. Ellen Eddy Shaw of the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens; Prof. D. W. Redmond of the t;ollege of the City of New York; Professor Uarthol- oiueu, head of the Commercial branch of the Department of Education; Dr. A. A. JoliUiJon, Director of the Ixing island Agricultural School and olherH addressed the teachers.
Wiiiiam Wright, principal of the 5^ineola School, was elected President of the Association.
Van de Water Had Narrow Escape Had it not been for a lamp post near the curbstone on the Merrick road, near Grove sireet. Arthur Van de Waler, aged 29, an employee of K Seaman, a grocer, might have been seriously injured by an automobile. As it was he was slightly injured. Seaman was riding inlo the court that runs beside the store. Mrs. Grace Hawkins of Baidwin. driving an auto¬ mobile in which three others were riding, crashed into a post Immediate¬ ly beside the court. The car was dama;;ed and Seaman's wheel was broken. H« was thrown to the ground and bruised about the lK>dy.
Epworth League Anniversary Social The Epworth League of 8t. Mark's M. E. Church, Rockville Centre, will hold an anniversary social on Wed¬ nesday evening. May 27, tn the Sun¬ day Schooi room This will be the iwenty fifth anniversary of the organ¬ ization One of the features of this social will be the donation by eacb guest of a penny for each year of their life.
After Lynbrook'a Cleaning Day The village of Lynbrook presents a clean appearance this morning. Fri¬ day was annual cleaning up day." The rubbish wagon hired by tbe Clrlc Association carted awajr twenty k>«ds ef wMtt BtAttriala to thm taUAe Aam^,
