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ROOSEVELT
On Sunday Aft*momi thi larire \mm on Babrlon Turnpik*. n«i»r Peasant AT«nti« took flre. The bam contained :.ay and waa a toUl loaa^
Mm. Aol«na Symth diefl «t her home on Hahylon Turnplks on TnMHlty, LHcember 26, age 72.
Rer. a. D. Owrs, pMttor of th« Methodist Church, spent the Christ¬ mas holidays at thn home of hia parents in .Michigan.
Mr. C. Dehl was home over the i»eflkend and returned to (amp Up¬ ton on Tuesday.
On Npw Year's Kve, Monday crpn- inR, a Masque and Civic Ball was held hy tiie Alpha Hook and lArtder i'o. at the Flreinen'H Hall. The dance was attended liy a large nutn- hrr of tnaaqueraders who were all drcused in rery witty cofltumeB. In the grand march at 11..10 p. m. Mrs. Tninipfoiler of Ilussell I'lace as liSdy C/olumbla wa« given Int pri7.e. Mr. W. I'achctte of I'ark v^TPnnA, HM iiprip Ham was giren 1st prlxo among the gents.
On Sunday Mr. and Mra. Ira Sear- ly were made the happy parfints of a llttin dauKhter. Mother and baby are doing nicely.
BEUIOKE
Mrs. Jnlla A. Frey, mother of Mrs. W. F. Straubel, of Bellmore, dl«>d at the home of her dangbter In Brook¬ lyn, 826 Balnbridge St., on Decerm- bier 27 from pneumonia, after a ahort Illness, Interment at Rrergreen Cetne- tery, Sunday SOth.
The local school reopened Wed¬ nesday January 2nd, 1918, with a large attendance^ The scholars and t«irhera wpro right on the job after their vaca.tion.
Meetings of Doys' Brigade erery Friday ((v»'nlng at tho tnhool.
School will open on January 14th.
Mi.ss Glarlys Vooris led the Kp¬ worth I.oaKiie in tha^ Methodist ( lill rch, Sunday.
Mrs. 11. Firld.s formerly of Roose¬ velt visited friends for a few days during Chrl.stmas week.
.Jolin Stutzke of Cnmp Cpton Kpcnt a very pIcTsant tiino ,-\t the homo of hia parent.s over New Years.
Simon Nathan is vi.siting rela- tivea in New V'orli.
John Henry Apeler who has been with Doubleday Page A Co. for seven yeara, diirJng w"'iiich time he has worked himself up from c^ce toy to .lastfitant sales manager, re¬ signed hia position last week tb be¬ come Oeneral Manager of Moffart, Yard A C:o. of New York, a large cptJihinhed publlnhlnig house of long standing. We wish Mr. Apeler success ia his new undertaking.
The taxicab of H. O. Jenncr has been out of running order for the iast few days. Mr. Jenner says he will be b«ck on the Job as soon as possible.
Mr.s. H. Oilman fell on tho jrc in front of th«> home of ThoinuH Miil- ravan ;thd wa.s seriously injured. HI r.s. Gilman i.s undcT Ihe doctors care.
Mr .and Mrs. Powell and son formerly of Wantagh ihave moved to Kooserelt
Mrs. S. Heck entertained the past ¦week.
Garland Gaden stationed at Oamp Wadsworth, Spaitlianburg, N. ('., and fomieriy of Roosevelt spent tlie hoiid.iys home with hl3 parents in New York.
Regular services at St. Pauls' Church next Sund.ay as follows: Sunday School at 10 a. m. MornlnK' prayer II a. m. Mid-wook services <'very Wednc.sday evening at tho home of Kev. |A. Smith on Henry Street
Mrs. Betitly and daughter are spendinK tlio vacation at the homo of her prir<mts al Sloataburg-on- Ilud.son, N .Y.
Mrs. .M. Matheron eiUortaincd the Toadies' Guild of St Pauls' Church at ihe last meeting.
The afteruouii was pleasantly rpent in tlu^ most enjoyable way, by scwiiiK and business meetinu:.
A largo number of Christmas artioles wero .sold for the
holidays. Tho sales amounted well over $12,00.
Tho delightful luncheon was ser¬ ved by the ho.stess.
Those present wero Mrs. Wm. P'obb, .Mrs. Win. Ilemeinan, Mrs. C. Hates Mra. A. Schlegel, Mrs. C. Hinner, Mr.s. A. Hoffman, .Mrs. P. Howell, Mrs. P. Stuart, Mrs. H. Smith. Next meeting at Mrs. W. Heineman's.
A number of boys from Camp Up¬ ton were home for Now Years.
sniOOli NOTKS
School will open ou Monday, Jan. 11. litis.
Examinations in all grades above tho first trie, weelt iH^Kiuniiig Jan. 21 as follows.
2nd, 3rd aud -Ith Grades begin on llonday a. ni. January 21.
Grades 5, 6 and 7, on Thursday and Friday, January 2t and 2o.
RcKents exams bej^i lining the weelv of January 21. Ill 18.
Miss Marjorie Crai;? will resume hor duties at the school on January 14.
NOTICF OF ANM'AL MKETINCJ
Please tctl<o n(Uice that the Annual Meeting of the Sioek'.iolders of IvooFcvelt AVuter. Power and l.ighl Company for llie purpose of electing seven llirectors and lu.-^pectors of Klection aud trau.sacting such other businesa as may properly come be¬ fore the meeting wiil be held on the 21st day of January. l'J18. at 7.30 o'clock in the afieru(Km. at the office of tho Company, Nassau Road in tie Village of Rooseveli. County of Nassau and State of New York. The transfer books will remain closed from tho 2nd day of January, I'llS, until tho 22nd day of J.inuary, 1!»18.
Dated tho 31st day of December, 1917.
KRANK A. WOOD, Secretary.
High Relish of DlaQuet. Among-it the viirleus ft.-i>='ii'.'.ptlons of character wblch hyp> crl.>^y btis tauffht, «nd ni.'n hnvi* imuticod. thrre U nou«> that rniws « higher relUh of disgust than to see dlcuppolaUHl Invetoiaey twlstl'ig ItHi'lf by the most visible falsehoods liilD nn appearoU'C >'( i U'ty It has uo preleuiious to.—Tboum" Paluu.
8p««l« JapansM 'olldiy. On the day of his baptlsui, a Jap¬ anese nuu.ufuoturer, a rooent Chris- tiuu convert, gnve a holiday wUh full pay to all his eiaployeos.
Read the Nassau Post Cor local aad jrlcl<y aava.
I>a.st Saturday that which might have caused a serious flre occurred when the water back in tho kitchen range of Mr. Oeorge Roffey's home on Orand Arenue blew out When the water back blew out it struck a gas range, which was standing noar, breaking ono of the pipes so that tho escaping gas made a flame of over a foot long. The explosion also blew a big hole In tho metal ceiling and broke two or three panes (if glass out of the kitchen windows. Other damages were very email. Fortun.ilely no ono was hurt.
Saturday morning, a large Pierce Arrow limousine ran off the road in¬ to the Pond on tlie south sid(( of the .Merrick lload. The limousine was coming from the east, and as it came around the cornt¦^, the driver raw that a touring car and a truck Jiad run together, owing to tue sliiipery ronditioii, of the road, which was covered with a thin layer of ice; and in an effort to avoid run¬ ning into the other cars he threw on the brakes. As soon as he did this the car skidded off the road and down into tho pond. This is about the twolftjli car that has run off the road at tills point Something should bo doue to avoid similiar ac¬ cidents in. the future. A white fence or eomfething on that order fhould l)e placed on^ the side of the road to warn people of the danger.
Walt.er Brockmann of Fort Slo¬ cum spent New Years - with hia par¬ ents.
H«ndrfcltsmi*, Jnli«t Nlcholaon*, Brelyn Paul*.
Room «.--Celia Oallo, Marjorie rrisrh, Jennie Klynkosky. Marton Sprague*. Sara Spragup*, Oeorge Klce, Ferdinand Colberg*.
Room R.—Arthnr Colberg*, Paul Rice, Myale Robert*, Edward Sten¬ gel, Marion C/ilbersr*, Dorothy Field*, Mflessa Harmer. Hazel Hill, Zole Uitr., Viola Ryrell*. Mary Sabia*, H««el Smith. Orac« Simpson.
Room 4.—Joseph Bennett*, Otto Krtiger*, Victor Machosky*. Robert Schade*, Charles Wood, Marguerite Roberta, Dorothy Schade, Celia .Sprague*.
Room 3.-^Emraa Driegal, Marie Regan*, Dorothy Sully*, Wm. Hoy¬ den, Norman Crookes*, Ralph Oallo*, Howard JoTinson *, Anthony Blym- prsky, Howard O'Neii*, Roy Rice*, FranclB Umhaver *, Robert Pelge*.
Room 2.-Charlpfl Baldwin*. Wil¬ liam Cluklcs*, Conrad Helnrerling*, T;ben I>ange, Wilbur Southard*, Wm. Steiner, Nicholas "Waring*, Francea Munkenbeck*, Helen Paul*, Ade¬ laide Wood*.
Room 1.—Raymond Royden, Jos. Klinkosky*, Fred Rice, Tessie Mar- chosky*, p;ilen Macy, Alice Paul*, Florence Tenny*.
* Perfect In deportment
SEAFORD
Miss Myrtle Haff gave a party at her home on New Year'a Kve, with the following guests present:
Miss Katherine Mulchay, Miss Dertha .Seaman, Miss lOdith Greens- woid, Miss Mabie Smith, the Misses Mauretta and Bianehe Ketcham, Mr. Theodore ("oarsey. Private Walter Kirehoefer, Sergeant Scoval, Mr. Arthun Ketcham, Mr. Milton Haff, Mr. and .Mrs. Louise Ketcham and Mr. and Mis. John Jlaft.
Clair Bartholomew also spent New Years in town.
Many of t^e people of this village understand better now what cold weather means t'lan ever before. Some of the people were entirely without coal, others found that heating systems were frozen up, tliese arc both trying conditions, es¬ pecially when tho thermometer reads 12 below zero.
Justice of the Peace Wilher South¬ ard of Wantagh assumed his duties on tho first of the year. Judge Southard arrived at iho Court Room in t^c Belmore Fire¬ men's Hall bright and early and ex¬ pressed hia willingnes to g.et busy. Judge Southard is successor to for¬ mer Judgo Corodon Norton also of Wantagh.
Wheel Here we go again. Well we're always on the hop in this town. Another Improvement has transpired iu our Post Office. Mr. Heine has had the. fixtures changed, fO that they are now standing lengthwise in the room. Mr. Heino has al.-?o ndded several new lock boxes to his fixtures, which help greatly to tho apijearance of the offlee.
Mr. Merle Post who is stationed nl I'cllinm I'nrk with the Naval Re- Eerve, has had to come home on ac¬ count of illness and is under the care of Dr. Fletcher of Freeport.
Miss Edith Greensword of Rich¬ mond Hill is visiting at the home of Mrs, I^ Ketcham.
There will be communion service in the Episcopal Churc'.i at 7.30 a. m. on Sunday, January 6th. The Sunday School service will l>e at 3 p. m. and evening service at 4 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Kdward Mansfield and daughter Sara have gone to Hiool<l)rn. for the remainder of the winter.
District Superintendent A. S. Kavanagii will conduct Quarterly Conferenee at 2.30 Sunday. January 6th In the Methodist Church.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at t.he homo of .Mrs. O. D. Baylis, Thursday afternoon.
Rev. Paul Morrison will preaca in the Methodist Church morning and evening, January 6th after
Establiskal 1907
CLARENCE A. EDWA.RDS
All Branches
INSURANCE
Opp. Depot
AUTOMOBILE
FIRE, BURGLARY,
ALL CASUALTY LINES
SURETY BONDS
Tel. 3«. Rea. 909.
STABLE MANURE
CARLOADS FOR SALE r»T Prtmpt Delivery Call w Write
M. McCIRR'S SONS CO.
M4 W. J4tb ST., N. T. C. PkMie Crccly ItK.
STOrKHOLnilRS MFKTIIfG.
Tlie Ann unl .Mwting of Stockhold¬ ers of the I'Mrst National Hank of i llellninre will be held on January | 8lh, 1!)18 at 10 a. in. to elect Diree- j tors for litis and .Ijj.-'transact any oi.lier business that may come befori» tho meet in'4.
CHAS. M. VANDEROKF,
Cashier.
WANTAGH
Thero'-will be services in the church as usual both morning and evening, and Sunday Sihool in the Parish liouse at 2.'i0 and the ( hri.stian Kndeavor will meet in the church F^'iday evening at 8 o'clock this being a business meeting, all luenibers ari> asked to be juerent, the topic will be "Planning for the Future," leader Williani Coron.
The New Year's Eve Dance was very successful and a pleasant time was had by all.
Mr. Charles Schafer who is con- f\iied to his home with pneumonia !.¦» Improving slowly.
Mrs. James T. Seymour of Wan¬ tagh Avenue also haa pneumonia and is not much improved as yet, but we hope for a speedy recovery of them both.
Privates Dorgen Seaman and i.ewi* Ashdown spent New Years loiuo with their people ,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Royce and >^oiis spent the holidays with Mr. and .Mrs. John Box.
ft< HOOL NOTKS
Th(> pupils wluse names fellow w*re perfect in attendance during lec riihei. Tho«e i-tarred were also peif,<(-' in deportment.
Room T. E 'll Ga'lo, I.eRov Hunt, Harry Morris, Dennis Re¬ gan*. Wayne Rice*, Anthony Savo¬ na, William 8(«iig«l*, Augustine Bigga*. watielmlna Fields*. VioU
Prepare for the FOOD DICTATOR
With the mind of every housewife planning to feed her family with the utmost economy, the way is paved for her to do "Her Bit," if a
Reliable Angleiron Cabinet Range
it iiMtall«d
Are you ready for what may ceme. If not. step into one of our officeft, select a range now, and enlist its serv ices for the summer and the years to come.
The Nass.iu & SufMk libV'v f! Co.
Oi:c> '¦ I' >V \.I.D, frt:. HriMiMltxH '><-»p«rt, Mlar«l«
harlnff npKul th* holldaytt «t hin home in flc.henerlady.
Th« Methodist Sunday School will flieot at 2 o'clock this Hunday In order to hold their Quarterly Con- ferenca at 2.30. I
Mrs. Nelson Verity on Tuesday of iaat week, slipped and fel' at whirh time she sprained her wrist Mrs. %'erlty is now under the care of Dr. Lnce.
MERRICK
Friends of Herbert A. W. Bahnsen will be certainly glad to hear that Lie has met with success In his con¬ scientious pearch for a position in the business centre. We take great pleasure In announcing that Herbert Is now employed in the prominent ent offlcea of Olllespie Bros, and ("o.. Merchants, New York City.
Read the Naasau Post for local and Ticlnlty n»ws.
I/Ox^O I8M!fD RAILROAD TIME TlfiLK
(F:ffpctlve October Iflth, 1917) Jyoave Merrtrk for New York and intermediate stations: Week-days-— 5.1«, 5.52, 9.38. 8.54. 7.17. 17.28, 8.00, 18.13, 8.52, 10.12 a. m.; 12.13, 1.30, 3.08, 4.17, 5.38, 8.38, 8.13, 11.14 p. m.; fl2.01 night (Brooklyn only). Siin- daya—«.47, 8.20. 9.22 a. ra., 12.28, 2.48, 4.32, 5.83, 8.08, 10.25, 11.17 p. m.
l.«€ave Freeport for New York, PennsylTanla Station and Brooklyn. Weekdays- 6.20. 5.5«, 6.42. 6.58, 7.22 i7.4», 8.04, 18.17, 8.56, 10.17 a. m.; 12.19, 1.34, 3.13, 4.21. 6.01. 5.42, if6.21, 6.39, 8.16, 9.28, 11.18 p. m.; 12.04 night (Brooklyn only). Siinday- 0.51, 8.24, y.26 a. m.; 12.32, 2.52, 4.36, 5.37. 6.40, 8.12, 8.26, 10.29, 11.21 p. m.
Leave Freeport for Amityville, Babylon, Patchogue and intermediate stations: Week-days - na4.44, 8.10. a!l.31, 11.53 a. m.; al.47, sa2.VJ, 2.44. aZ.r^S. a5.03, a.^..55, afi.20, 6.38, ia7.0G, 7.¦IS, a8.03, all.07, a'j.57, all.20 p. m.; 12.17, a2.22 nig'hls. .Sundays-5.31. a!).22 a. m.; 12.34, 2.30, a3.54, a5.44 a7.08. aD.02, 11.14 p. m.; al2.1'J, al.51» night.
Loave New York, Pennsylvania Sta¬ tion, for Freeport, Merrick and prin¬ cipal intermediate stations: Week¬ days—n3.50, 7.04, 8.36, 11.00 a. m.; 12.53, sl.25, 2.00, 3.00, 4.07, ct4.17. 4.59, C15.16, 5.33, 15.51, 16.15, 6.51 7.10. 8.10, 9.06, 10.25, 11.30 p. m.; 1.30 night. Sundays-4.30, 8.29, 11.40 a. m.; 1.40, 3.00. 4.51, 6.15, 8.08, 10.17, 11.30 p. m.; 12.54 night.
aTrains run to Babylon only.
nNo Brooklyn connections.
fiSaturdays only.
flOxcept Saturdays.
iKxcept holidays.
tL^xcept Saturdays and holidays.
Trains leave Brooklyn, Flatbush Avenue Station, about the same time as those shown from .New York, Penn- .':y!va:iia Station. This time table subject to change without notice
cKxcept Merrick.
Buy Hyacinths to Feed the Soul
Jf thou of fortune be bereft, And in ttjr store there be but lefi TWo lomrmm,—sell one, and with the dole^ Buy hyacinths to feed the soul.
'^LM ND thus the ancient Greek betrayed his grasp of tha ^'^^ eternal verities. For it is from the soul that trua happmiess springs.
Why don't you, in selecting^ Christmas gifts, buy hyacinths? By that we mean buy a New Edison, "The Phonograph with a SouL " For w^hen you give this wonderful instrunient you are enrichiDg a life; you are in very truth feeding a souL It is a deep and genuine source of happiness. It is as though you bad personaSy introduced your friend to the world's most eminent artista. In this wonderful instrument,
Tie^IW EDISON
"The Phonograph with a Soul*'
the world's greatest artists have given you their all. Yoiu might sit in their own miisic rooms listening to them and they coukl give you no more. The famous tone tests in which the living artists sang in direct comparfaon with their own records have efiiectuaSy proved that
fact Of the million w^ho have heard the tone tests, not one could tell when the artist stopped and the record began. This applied both to vocal and instrumental music. Come into our store and satisfy yotirself regarding thia.
The New Edison as a Family Gift
Hav« ycm ever cxmsidored the New Edison n a Saxnily gift? Nowadays many femilies are eliminating the smaller individual preaoBta and are pooling their funds for the acquisition of this wonderful instromeut. And each member of the group draws bigger dividends in reel pleasure than ever ba would from aa assortment ol less worth-while gifls.
Chubbuck's Drug Store, Freeport
