VOL. 9, No. 24
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
SUPT. MOON URGES SCHOOL TEAM WORK
bolidtt Vititt From Parents- Value of College Education Preunted.
All pupils who expect for the first time to enter high school in Septem¬ ber are requested to call at the of¬ fice of Superintendent Ward C Moon, Grove Street School, at any hour of the school day during July.
Superintendent Rfoon advises all pu¬ pils of a certain type of mind to pre¬ pare to (TO on beyond high school, and the course of study for these boys and girls would h* preparation for collejfe or technical school.
Many pupils, boya especially, the superintendent holds, have often awakene<l at the end of the hiffh school course to the value of a college educa¬ tion only to find themselves unable to enter, simply because they had plan¬ ned to leave school upon finishing the course at hifth .school. Parents and pupils, he believes, should be largely guided by the record made in seventh and eighth jrrades. In these grades teachers carefully study the aptitudes and abilities of the children- The ad¬ vice Of these teachers is sought and it plays a large part in determining the assignment of co^prse for hiph school. The .superintendent says:
"The important work .should not be left to the crowded first days of open¬ ing school in September. Many chil¬ dren have become discouraged during their term because the;^ have made the •wrong choice. If college is to follow high school it is to the advantage of the pupil to choose the college pnrly, in order that the course may be I'o.-m- ulated accordingly.
He maintains that there is a marked change in organization between the grades and the high school. This change connes at the time which is con¬ sidered critical in thejphysical growth of children. It is of extreme impor¬ tance that pupils in school should re¬ ceive very definite care and advice, not only from parents, but also from teachers. The high school program of¬ fers new difficulties and is sufficient¬ ly heavy to require the best effort that a growing boy or girl has to give.
Too often, he holds, in some com¬ munities, the social life of boys and girls detracts seriously from good •work.
It is the business of the school to see to it that the habits of punctuality, persistence and effort are fostered- These habits can be developed only by regular application and much repe¬ tition. There is great need in every community for close co-operation be¬ tween teachers and parents. There must be "team work" so that pupils in school will feel and know that there is sympathy and friendly interest ¦working reciprocally between school and home.
Parents are urged to visit the su¬ perintendent and talk over the work of pupils who are about to enter high school, in order that the best possible preparation may be made for a suc¬ cessful opening of the -work in Sep¬ tember-
We would like to show you our newly-replen¬ ished line of modish
WRITING I PAPERS
It is now convplete in every reapect i»nd for those who are particiHar about their station¬ ery our stock offer* many dis¬ tinctive styles.
CHUBBUCK'S
QuaKty Dnin^ Store
FKEUPOKT.
KEEPER SEAMAN RETIRED REQ CROSS WORK
""' '"^I'Tr!':':"'*''" AND NEW PROBLEMS
.Andrus Seaman of Baldwin, keep¬ er of the Coast Guard station on Pdnt Ivookout Beach since 1907, and for thirty-six continuous years in the life iife-.'av.ng service at the L'each, was retired on Sunday at 12..'?0 a.m on half pay by th« g-overnment.
The retired keeper is .56 years of age, and during his long career in the government service aided scores of stranded vessels and heip^d save many lives. He was noted for his strict ad¬ herence to duty and 'methodical en¬ forcement of discipline among- the crews over which he had supervision.
Notwithstanding his strict methods, he possessed such a fine disposition thai the men at the statitm deeply re- gf '* his , retirement.
Benjamin Coombs of Freeport, who hn.s put in twenty-nine years at the Point Lookout station, succeeds keep¬ er .Seaman.
Chapter* Have Responded Unsel-
hthly, But More Women Workers
Are Needed.
NEW STATE RECORD IN AUTO REGISTRIES
The .Ti-st five months of N'ew York State's automobile year .sliows a 47 per cent increase in commercial cars over the ?amt' period in 1017, a 16 per cent, increase in passenger cars, and a 22 per cent inerea.^e of all types of motor vehicles. The Empire State is rotting a new record in automobile reaistration and one that indicates ,"jflO,iini) cars, l.')0,0OO chauffeurs, and ?.j,000,0OO in receipts by the end of this year. Since February 1 the regis¬ tration has been little short of phe- nominal, considering the abnormal conditions which many predicted a few months ago would serve as a dampen- in? influence on automobile growth. The enormouse increase in commercial cars in this state has exceeded all ex¬ pectation.
The records in State Secretary Hu¬ go's office show 335,245 passenger cars registered up to July 1, or 44,1-30 more than a year ago this time. There has been an increase of 21,465 trucks over a year ago, the total now reach¬ ing 67,."^30, while the present registra¬ tion of the omnibus has reached IG,- 819, the total registration of all types of cars in this state on July 1 being 423,8.53, or a gain of 73,813 over July 1, 1917.
In the way of receipts, February to July of this year I'eveals a gain of 22 per cent, or $804,136, receipts to i j.Mr. Hugo's automobile bureau so far j ithis year amounting to $4,443,044-50, , ji'iul going upwards at a rate that' I readily suggests the five million dollar mark within the next few months. Al- . ready 10,000 more cars have been I registered by Mr. Hugo in five months than during the entire twelve months of 1917. j
Mrs. Henry P. Davison, chairman of the Nassau County Chapter, and Mrs. Henry L. Maxson, chairman of Freeport Branch, urge Red Cross workers in Freeport to read carefully extracts from a letter by Ethan Allen, manaiger of the Atlantic Division, American Red Cross, to all chapters:
¦ The women of the country, work¬ ing through the Red Cross, are pro¬ ducing enormous quantities of sur¬ gical dressings, hospital and refugee garments, and other useful articles. The produc.'ion has been increasing during the past year by leaps and bounds; there is no apparent limit to the generosity and devotion of these Red Cross workers
"The Red Cross is one of the great¬ est of rranufacturing enterprises, and the wise direction of all this energy and enthusiasm presents many serious prob ems. It is desired to have every Red Cross v/orker to understand the situation as it gradually develops so that f.he division may have that co¬ oper;'tii)n on the part of every one that gjcs wi.'ii a true understanding' of Red Cross aiins and ))urposes. Sum- mai-izing accounts of tiie work up to the present time, and of the prob¬ lems now before the Red Cross, Mr. Allen points out that:
W'hon the United States made its. entry into the war, the Red Cross saw the necessity of providing great quan¬ tities of articles which could be made by chapter workers, such as surgical dressings, hospital garments, kni-tted comforts and the like. Information as to types of these articles was cir¬ culated throughout the chapters and reiied upon in arranging for'the pur¬ chase of the necessary raw materials, such as gauze, cotton, yarn, etc.
Plans for instructing workers ia the production of the various articles were rapidly made effective. In a sur¬ prisingly short time the chapters were turning out enormous quantities of all these articles. In the meantime, the Red Cross organization for in¬ specting, transporting.and distribtat- ing these products to the points of need was being developed.
It was not possible at the outset to make any dependable estimates of the quantities and relative proportions in, which the various kinds of articles should be produced. The Red Cross commissions, when they took up their work abroad, and the Department of M^ilitary Relief, dealing with the camps and cantamients in this coun¬ try, understood from the first the necessity from every point of view, of making these estimates. The difficul¬ ties of making estimates at all relia¬ ble required time and opportunity to study the situation from every angle so as to be sure, in the end, that they had given due weight to all of the perplexing phases of the problem.
While these studies were being made the Red Crosa was convinced (Continued on page 8)
CHURCH DEDICATES SERVICE BANNER
Episcopal Church at Freeport HiAds
Impreuive Ceremonies for 40-
Star Emblem.
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Residents of Freeport learned with much regret on Tuesday that Colonel James Dean, one of its best known and highly esteemed citizens, who served as president of the community for several terms, had died at his home, 228 South Bayview avenue, af¬ ter an illness of more than a year from arterial trouble.
Colonel Dean had been a resident of Fvv .jport for twenty years, and during that period demonstrated his interest in the welfare of the village, his loy¬ alty and progressiveness, his liberal¬ ity, upright qualities and kind-heart¬ edness as a neighbor and friend. Be- sid._-s serving as village president, he wa.s honored by the Freeport Club, which selected him .".a president, and by the Soutl? Shore Yacht Club, of which he wu.s at one time treasurer. He occupied for a number cf years a hand.scme home in South Ocean ave¬ nue, until u few years ago, when he sold it and located in the Bayview sec: ion.
Colonel Dean was born in Scotland in 1S43, and came to this country when youn,','- He was for many years a resident of Bay Ridge and of Long Island City before moving to Free-
A service banner, containing 40 stars, was presented and dedicated at the Church of the .Transfiguration, Freeport, last Sunday evening. The presentation was made by Captain W Atwood French, U. S. A., retired, through Montgomery N. Milbank, chairman of the committee on cere¬ monies, to Rev. Reginald Hehcr Scott, rector, who received it on l)ehalf of the church and offered the dedication prayer.
Col. Richard S. Seckerson, chaplain of D. B. P. Mott Post, G A. R., de¬ livered the patriotic oration, which was a fine one, and a band from the 111th Engineer Corps at Camp Mills, played with excellent effect. Members of the corps accompanied the band and aii were transported to and from camp in automobiles provided through arrangements by Chairman Milbank.
Profes.sor David H. Rogers, organ¬ ist and choirmaster of the church, had I charge of the musical program, and j it was plea.'^ingly given. The church I was beautifully decorated with the na- I lional colors, outside and inside. I The Boy Scouts of the church, chil- |dren of the Sunday School and many I'friends of Uhe icongregatjln, filled ' the auditorium to overflowing. I The church service banner, artisti- I cally made by .Mrs. Milbank, is some- I what different from the usual service I emblems. It has the usual service j border of red, a white centre, and a .^——________^_^^_^.^^_____ I blue cross with stars clustered around
port In the Bay Ridge section of |'^ g^f^^g ^he church ceremonies, the Brooklyn for many years he conducted ;^i,it ^and gave a concert on the a large florist busmess. He was for- jg^^.^
merly one of the best known florists -j-he vested choir led the procession m New \ork C.ty, and was a former jj„^„ the aisle to the service ban- president of the Society of Amen- _g ^^^^^ ^^^^ f^^j^^ ^„j y^ ^igh can Horists and of the New ^ork| „„,;„„ n,„ k<.„,v,= „f fV,^ ..^o, ^f X^ Florists' Club. He was for twenty
passed through
' among the beams at the rear of the , ,. , , ^ ^ . r. church. The procession opened ranks years a public school trustee in Bay : ^^^ then" passed through the color R.dge, a charter member of the Bay sergeant and national flng. The colo Ridge Uub, and a former presideiit ^^^ f^^ ^^e navy was representee of the Bay Ridge Free Library. Col-;r„ r„j^j. r-L,^^\^^ * Mo„t,».„ »«^ TVf;«
ted
of the Bay Ridge
onel Dean was the possessor of a re¬ markable collection of more than 1,500 implements of warfare.
He was a veteran of the Civil War. He was one of the oldest members of the U. S. Grant P.s: Xo. 327, G. A. R., Brooklyn, and was a past com- inander. 'He was a born leader of men, and his fellow townsmen and
associates in Brooklyn were always ^y the color guard cadets and girl es- assured of the successful outcome of „„„^„ .n,„„ u^;„f„j *„ .-f,, „io„» tv.^
by Cadet Charles A. Mackey and Miss ! Alice Mackey.' For the army by Cadet ; Harry Comells and Miss Betty Mil- i ler. Chairman Milbank and Captain \ French, with Miss Ruth Seckerson be¬ tween them, followed. Rector Scott jand Col. Seckerson -were also in the ¦ processional. .A.s the processional passed to the rear of the church, the service banner was lowered and untied
whatever civic enterprise he endeavor¬ ed to put forward- Besides his wife he leaves two sons, one of whom is Dr. Julien Dean; three daugh.ers, three grand children and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were held Thurs¬ day evening at his late Freeport resi¬ dence.
Business Announcement.
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Beginning with the next publication on July 26, the weekly issues of The Nassau Post will be consolidated with those of the South Side Obscrrer. The decision to consolidate the two leading Nassau weeklies was arrived at after it was definitely determined that the interests of both could be more efficiently conserved.
The epoch-making responsibility which the United States has undertaken and must continue to assume in the world war makes necessary the greatest possible conservation of materials, and probably few industries are more vitally affected than those of publishiiig and printing. Readers, of necessity, must be famil¬ iar with the preliminary economies which the War Industries Board is already urging newspapers to affect at this time.
The Obsinvcr and the Post will be combined into a two-sec¬ tion, twelve page newspaper, the first of its kind in Na.ssau Co«n- ty. For the present, at least, two main offices will be maintained, one at Freeport and the other at Rockville Centre. A branch office will be opened at Lawrence.
It will be the aim of the management to extensively cover all territory from the county line at Massapequa to the city line at Valley Stream. Correspondents have been retained in every village. Special trained newspaper men have bet-n detailed to handle all important county and town news, which will l>e re¬ ported cxtensiielti and exclusively. . ^
The best features which have stimulated the remarkable growth of these weeklies will be retained and others added. At least forty columns of fresh, reliable, accurate items will be serv¬ ed in an interesting manner each week.
Special provision has been made to aj'stematically report the events and happenings in the villajr^ of Freeport and the eastern section of the town. Subscribers to the consolidated paper will be able to read the feature stories and personal items of the entire southern section of the county.
In its aonsolidated form the Obaen^er and the Post becomes the largest weekly in Nassau County, a id on Long Island. With over 8,600 subscribers, it will be of inestimable value to advertis¬ ers. It becomes a greaten medium for stimulating the healthy growth of village and community interests. It becomes the home paper, the village paper, the town and county paper.
(Signed) JAMES E. STILES.
Publisher.
275 IN SUMMER SCHOOL
Freeport Pupils Attracted to Special Term Instruction Course.
COUPLE SERVING U. S.
George Northam and Wife of Bell- women and men.
corts, then hoisted to its place. The j banner was received by Chairman Mil- ' bank and then presented to the rector j of the church. After the dedication I prayer the band played" "The Star I Spangled Banner," the vested choir I countermarched and led the proces- ' sion up the aisle singing, "Onward Christian Soldiers"
At the conclusion of the ceremonies, , marked by the singing of "America," the soldiers and others present repair¬ ed to the Sunday School room, where a I social gathering was held and re¬ freshments served by \,he committee of
more Answer Country's Call.
The total registration of the sum¬ mer school is 275. The attendance is made up of two classes. Those who come in order to make their promo¬ tion in September, and second, chil¬ dren who come for voluntary motives- This is a five-week term, which began July 1 and will end August 2. The hours aie fram 8.4-5 to 12 a.m. Pupils attendin;; are fjoni the first to the eighth grades.
Pupils attending summer school who failed in June to pass all the Regents' examinations for entrance to lligh School will be given examinations at the end of the" summer school. If they succeed in passing these examina¬ tions they will be permitted to enter High School without condition:
The following teachers are employ¬ ed: Herbert Benton Arthur, Misses Bertha M. Roe, Marie McCarthy, Catherine Hughes, .\nna Wortman, Beatrice Vail, Marjorie Pitcher, Kate R. Ennis. Frances B. Siemens, Sara 9. Baldwin.
FREEPORT TROLLEY SOLD
Line From R. R. Depot to Ferry Dock Brings $2,000.
The army and navy are well rep¬ resented by Mr. and Mrs. George R. Northam of Bellmore. i
Private George P. Northam enlist- j
ed on June 4, 1917, in the Seventh 1
Regiment of Engineers and went to ! „, ,, ,. , , »-,
France on .March 1.') ' The trolley hne of the Freeport
Mrs. Northam for a time drove a Railroad Company was sold lastSat- taxi at Bellmore, but hearing her ur<lay in Mmeola at foreclosure by country's call, she accordingly enlist- James N. Gehrig, as referee, for the- ed on June 28 in the Naval Reserve su|", o' $2,000. „. . .
Force for a period of four years. She The purchaser was Juhus Bmdrin, was detailed for dutv at the Navy treasurer of the Great South Bay Fer- Yard, but was transferred to the :^'3rd ry Company, who lives at 1051 Bed- street, Brooklvn, dock. Mrs. North-; *ord avenue, Brooklyn, am's husband "objected to her enter-1 The foreclosure proceedings were ing the service, taking the view that brought by the Nassau County Trust it was a man's work, .but Yeoman /Company, aa representative of the Northam held to the theory that stockholders The railroad equipment what's good for the lesser half is good represents an outlay of about $20,000, for the better half and went ahead , »"<* was established about five years
Bellmore wishes her good luck in ««<>• Since that time ithas operated
the move she has made.
WATCHING SCHWAB'S
FREEPORT LAUNDRY FIRE
Early Morning Blaze Destroys Building and Contents.
The Nassau laundry at 42 Newton boulevard near Henry street. Free- port, ¦was destroyed by Are between 4 and 5 o'clock Thursday morning.
Some machinery and a larg« quan¬ tity of laundry belonging to patrons, were consumed. An automobile stored in a portion of the building was saved.
The vi'lage firemen turned out to iflght the flames, which had gained much headway, and did good work in protecting adjoining prtfperty The laundry was surrounded by twienient dwellings, some of which are occu¬ pied 'by negroes, Mnd they moved oui their btjlungings fearing that their homes would take lire.
Th« cause of the laundry fire is not known. It was operated by J. Broth¬ er*.
Freeport Resort Continues Under Mititary Ban Report States.
Although Louis Schwab of the Bou¬ levard Hotel, Freeport, was acquitted of a charge of running a disorderly house last week by a jury at Mineola. Captain Tobin, head of the miUtary police at Canvp Mills, evidently has not deemed it expedieat to leave the
I a line of one mile from Freeport rail- I road station to the ferry dock. The I line has not been in use since last Oc- I tober.
It is reported that Bindrin would ' probably have the equipment used by the Great South Bay Ferry Company, which now operates a short line trolley from Atlantic avenue to its steamboat docks.
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Father OToole Has Lucky Escape.
Rev. Jlohn L. O'Toole, of the Holy Redeemer Church, Freeport, had a lucky escape from serious injury in an automooile collision which occur¬ red last Friday afternoon at Foreat place unguarded for soldiers to fre-|'Hills, acoordihg to the Brooklyn quent, the Brooklyn Times says, and | Times.
has not lifted the ban against men im : A passenger in the car wras hurt by uniform from entering the resort. flying glass. The accident was causad
Every evening three or four of the ^when Francia Teressa uif ^8 Madison men detailed to this vilhhgre for police street, Hoboken, a chauffeur, ran his work are statiomed in front of the car into thiit of Father O'Toole. Ter- hotel to see that the ban is not broken, 'essa received a cut over his eye and It is understood that Schwab in-1 a New York bov riding with him, was tends seeking an injutKtion against Abo injurwl- TVie driver was arrested, the military authurirties in an effort taken to Long Island City, and charir- to reetrain thenv from placing a guard | ed with recklese driving. over his place on the grounds that it Chauffeur Teressa was sent to jail is ruining his business, as even civil- | for five days by Magutrate Conway ians are now giving the place a wid* j of Long Island City H« was charg«4 berth. Iwtth racklass driving.
