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Vol. 3. Ho. 19.
OFFICIAL PAPEB OF THE VILLAOE OF FBEEPOBT.
FBEEPOBT, H. Y., FBIDAT. 7VHE 18, 1915.
PBICE TWO CEHTS
LOCAL NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE VILLAGEJF FREEPORT
Mrs. Charles G. Hill Elected President
Suffrage Club—E. H. Osterhaut
in Town—Personals
B. Howard Osterhaut, secretary to Mr. Hugo, Secretary of New York State, waa in town last week.
Piatt K. Wiggins graduated from New York University Law School last ¦Wednesday with the degree of LL. B.
W. H. Sammons of Huntington for¬ merly of this village was In town on Monday.
Harold Humphrey of Whaley street has returned to Freeport for the sum¬ mer months, having completed hla second years' work at Cornell Uni¬ versity.
F'red Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Clark, waa graduated from St. Paul's school at Garden City this Wednesday. He. will enter Wesleyan University In the fall.
Mrs. William Hurley of Chicago was the guest at the home of Dr. and Mrri. Harold French last week.
William Chubbuck has been in town several days this week super¬ vising the many changes which are being made in the interior of the Main street pharmacy.
Mrs. Marie J. Reynolds has return¬ ed from the West.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Chapman have returned from a delightful motor trip to and through the Dela¬ ware Water Gap.
.Mrs. J. S. Abbott spent Wednesday in .\ew York City visiting the suf¬ frage headquarters.
Irving Sherllne of Brooklyn, a re¬ cent graduate of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, an expert in tho compounding of perscriptlons, now employed in Chubbucks, has moved to Freeport and will make his permanent residence here.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Rhul are enter¬ taining Mrs. Ruhl's sister from Min¬ neapolis.
Leslie Uandall, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Uandall, has completed his post¬ graduate work at the Military Acad¬ emy and wlll return to Freeport for the summer in a few days.
.Master John Cotter, eon of Mr. and Mrs. John Cotter of North Grove street, who has been quite 111 for the past week or so Is much improved.
Mrs. S. J. Swezey entertained the members of the Chautauqua at her iiome last Monday week. A large number were present.
Mrs. C. G. Hill was elected presi¬ dent of the Equal Franchise Club at ihelr meeting at the Baptist church on Monday.
All are welcome at the charity whist, bridge, euchre and flve hun¬ dred to be given by Mrs. George Hoff¬ mann, 205 South Ocean avenue, this village, on Tuesdav, June 22, at 2 o'clock.
The member^ of the Freeport Arts Club were the guests of the members of the Wonian's Advance Club at their annual nieetlng held in Baldwin last Thurst'.ay afternoon.
The fair and festival given by the la^>es of the Baptist Church Circle on Ttiesday was quite a success despite the Inclemency of the weather.
The Informal dance and flve hun¬
dred given for the benefit of the Free- port Club baseball team at the club¬ house last Friday evening was a social and tinancial success.
Mr. and .Mr.s. Robert Humphrey have returned from their honeymoon.
The members of the sewing circle of the Woman's Relief Corpa_ will meet with Sister Abrams at her home on South .Main street on June 24. All are requested to be present.
The members of the Mystic Rebecca Lodge of Odd Fellows gave a delight¬ ful euchri; and domino social at the Mechanics' Hall yesterday afternoon.
The members of the"^unday school class of Miss Annie S. Bedell will hold a cake sale on Saturday, June I'.*, from J..'?i) to 7, o'clock, in the lecture room of the church. Tlic proceed.s will go to the missionary fund of the school.
Last Wednesday evening, ,Iune u;. was liigh priest's night in the Free- port Chapter, Uoyal Arch Masons.
Alfred P. Davi.son of South Oceaii avenue is representing the town of Hempstead in the eoualization hear¬ ing before Commissioner Knapp at Mineola which began on Tuesday.
Ex-Judge E. N. Edwards, Judge Jackson, Ilarry G. Clock, /James M. Seaman. George M. Levy and Sidney S. Swezey are in attendance at the .lune term of the Supreme Court at Mineola.
Mrs. J. Sidney Oould and Mrs. K. W. Ault attended the annual lunch¬ eon of the Fav Rockaway Woman's Club at the Ostend Hotel last Tues¬ day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jo.seph R. Clark and son Fred motor today to Meriden, Conn., where they will spend a short time as the guests of relatives. They wlll attend' the annual commence¬ ment exercises ^t Wesleyan Univer¬ sity next week.
Mrs. F. S. Fraleigh and daughter Hilda will start for a summer trip through Canada on June 29.
Mrs. C. W. Bedell and family have moved into their new home on East avenue.
Mr. and Mfs. John Lynch and fam¬ ily of '.F.'iX Soutll Pine street have re¬ turned (o Freeport for the summer months.
Smith F. Pear.sall of The Nassau County Review was recently elected president of the Long Island Press As.sociation. With other we join in extending congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Brayton, for¬ merly of 2117 Uandall avenue, have moved into their new home on Lena avenue corner (^ Grove street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mowry of South Grove street liave been entertaining friends for the past week.
Miss Ruth Strom'ner.u; of Sagamore place starts Saturday on a two weeks' vacation, during which time she will visit friends on the eastern end of the l.sland.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Martin and Miss Grace -Wade of fi.S Pearsall avenue
Continued on Page Four. ,
What the Sewers will Cost YOU
The present total assessed valuation In the Village of Freeport is over $5,200,000.
Maintenance and operation of the pumping station and disposal works for eight and one-half miles of sewers, and the interest and sinking fund charges on a 30-year bond issue of $80,000 will be less than $10,000 annually.
The tax rate on the sewer aystem would therefore be about 19^ cents per $100 assessed val¬ uation.
Properties receiving sewer facilities would be assessed in proportion to the frontage on the street. This assessment would amount to 75 cents per foot, or less.
By means of a temporary bond Issue arrangement would be made whereby those who wished might pay their assessment in three or flve annual installments instead of all at once.
A .%0-root lot—varani laud—aa-
menuvA nt gtiXXO, would tiirrrfore
pa.v aa followiit
It on a netnrereA ntrert. Si:t.4e per yenr for Ihree joura; or S^{.S,4U Ibe flrat >rar, mnA,a0.ir7 per annum lliereafter.
If uot on a aenrrred at reel, S0.1I7 per ananm.
A .le-foot lot—trllh bulldlns—¦¦- aeaaed nl S1.3<i0, would there¬ fore par mm tollowni If on a mewered ntrtrt, SLV.Ill per year for three yeara. or S4O.:t0 the Srat year, nnd gli.HO per an¬ num thereafter.
If not on a arn rred atrrel, S2..s<l per annum.
.\ 100-foot lot—vrllh bnlldlBK— aaaeaaed al S-^OflO. would there¬ fore pay aa followat
If on a aewerrd atreet, gSitX.TH per year for three yeara, or SM0.7S Ihe Srat year, and g!i.7H per aa- Buni thereafler.
If not on a aewered atreei, S-'I.TH
Sanitary Laundry Work
IS ESSEHTL&L TO HEALTH AHD HAPPIHESS. ITS THE KIHD OF WOBK THAT PBODUCES AH AP¬ PBECIATED FEELIHG OF SATIS- FACTIOH, IT IS A GUAEAHTEE OF RELIABILITY.
Have your Work done in a Factory where
EVEBY PIECE OF LAUHDHY
Is properly marked Is properly oounted Is washed in two suds; cold and
boiling hot Is rinsed in three waters
Is wrung dry in sanitary en-
closures Is starched and ironed by thc
latest sanitary appliances Is delivered promptly
THE PARK LAUNDRY CO.
FORTY-TWO LEADIHG CITIZENS OF COUNTY AT ROCKVILLE CENTRE MEETING FORM TEM¬ PORARY SOGIETY—COM. J. S. COOLEY ELECTED CHAIRMAN.
(Sijccial to The Nas.'iau I'o.st.j
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, June 17.— An adjourned meeting of persons in¬ terested in orgazing a Nassau Couuty Historical and Geneological Society was held at the village oflice, Rock¬ ville Centre, last Saturday evening. The attendance was not up to expec¬ tations but considerable interest was manifested.^
FOrty-tw'o names are on the roll to perfect the organization and an ac¬ tive canvass will be carried on to ob¬ tain additional names.
Dr. T. S. Colley of Mineola acted as temporary chairman and Archer B. Wallace was elected secretary. This gentleman was also appointed as gen¬ eral press agent to arouse Interest In the aims and objects of the society.
It was proposed to get In touch with the State Historical Society be¬ fore forming a permanent organiza¬ tion, so that the aims and methods of the older society could be studied and adopted where advisable.
The meeting aljourned to the af¬ ternoon of Saturday, June 26, at 2.30 o'clock at the Court House, Mineola.
The society thus sets forth its ob¬ ject: "To collect, preserve and diffuse information relating to general his¬ tory, to the national, civic, literary and ecclesiastical History of the United Statea and the State of New York, and more particularly the vil¬ lages of Nassau County; to maintain a library of general, as well as his¬ torical literature; to encourage tna writing of books-a,nd papers, and the delivery of lecture upon the subject of hia,tory and literature."
A blank wilh these objects as set forth is at the office of the Nassau Post, and the organizers urge all citi¬ zens interested to call and add their signatures to aid the worthy oBjects as above stated. Also remember the date of the next meeting at Mineola Court House, Saturday, June 26, at 2.30 p. m.
CHIIL FNlLEt HT
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LIKELY HE WILL PRESIDE OVEB GREATEST RALLY IH HISTORY OF HOLY HAME SOCIETY—TO BE HELD OH SUHDAY. JULY 11.
121 PBOSPECT STBEET
TAMAICA. L. I,
FBEEPOBT BBAHCH OFFICE, PHOHE 872.
WE WILL CALL AHD DELIVEB PBOMPTLY WITHOUT EZTBA*^ CHABOE.
Cardijial Farley, whose summer home is at Bayshore, will be invited to be present at the grand annual rally of the members of the Brooklyn Diocesan Union of the Holy Name Society to be held at Freeport on Sun day afternoon, July 11. Invitations are also being extended by the offl¬ cials of the Holy Name Society to Bishop McDonnell and Bishop Mun¬ delein. It is expected that this will be the greatest rally In the history of the diocesan linion.
The executive committee met laat Sunday and made plans for the rally. All the flrst allotment of tickets— 3,000—for railroad accommodations has been disposed of.
The members of the rally commit¬ tee. •Recently visited Freeport and looked over the ground. A local com¬ mittee of the Holy Name Society of the Church of Our Holy Redeemer is working to make elaborate arrange¬ ments for the biggest Catholic dem- onatration of tba year.
SIVE yoon life
PLEHpyiWD
MCREA OF L. I. R. R. IMPLORES CITIZEHS TO AID COMPANY IN THEIR EFFORT TO PUT AN END TO RECKLESS DRIVING AND GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENTS.
COM. MPP OPENS
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t.Sj)ocial to Thi' Nassau I'ost.)
NEW YORK CITY, June 17—J. A. McCrea, general manager of the Long Island Railroad, in that company's campaign to put an end to automo¬ bile accidenta at grade crossings. Is urging upon tlit ^tate of New York action similar' t& that taken by New Hampshire. That state has just passed a law requiring every city and town to maintain a warning sign on every highway approaching a cross¬ ing at a reasonable distance on each side of the crossing.
In discussing this, Mr. McCrea said that thia did not mean that the rail¬ road should not maintain its cross¬ ings as at present. "As a matter of fact," he continued, "the railroad cannot maintain signs at a distance from a crossing, nor has it the right to erect them. Under the New Hamp¬ shire act grade crossing protection is put in the hands of the Public Serv¬ ice Commission. That commission has ordered that enamel metal signs 24x12 inches, white letters on a blue ground, shall be placed at varying distances from grade crossings. If any town for OH days neglects to com¬ ply with the commission's order. It for feits $1 for each day. Any one injuring or defacing these signs is liable to a flno of $10.
"The Long Island Railroad is do¬ ing everything it can to 'warn people of tlie danger of driving cars reck¬ lessly. It has erected a numher of warning signs more than fifty feet long, and has lighted them at night, and it is now planning some other novel warnlng.s. We want to go 'Safety First' one better, and make it 'Safety flrat, la.st and always.' If we can go through the summer withont one person being maimed or killed in an accident—or even showing a sub¬ stantial decrea.se In the number of ac¬ cidents—as the result of reckless au¬ tomobile driving over grade cross¬ ings, we shall feel well repaid for the time and. money we are spending to get people to protect their own lives.
"About 300 of our 600 grade cross¬ ings are protected by flagmen and gates, and we are spending at the present time $2;',000 a month to pro¬ tect these crossings. It would seem, therefore, that It is only fair for the aiitomobile-drlving public to co-oper¬ ate with us with a view to putting an end to reckless driving."
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Manager Bacon Announces Novel Plan for Connty Fair.
REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE BOARD OF TAX COMMISSION ERS SITS AT MINEOLA TO H£.'iR APPEAL OF HEMPSTEAD T07/N SHIP FOR TAX EQUALIZATION.
Thomas H. Bacon, manager of the Queens-Nassau Agricultural Society, announces that In all probability there will be a nuinber of important athletic events held during the fair In September this year. The matter, brought to the attention of Mr. Bacon and other directors, appealed to them strongly.
Some of the best amateurs In this eotintry will be at the meet, compet¬ ing for beautiful cups given by the society. The association expects an athletic meet such sus is witnessed at the Olympic grames.
The half-mile track is ideal for the purpose and the infleld could also serve its purpose for the shot put, pole vault and other events of the similar nature.
At the next meeting of the board of directora, Fred. J. V. Delny, ath¬ letic director of the Shinnecock Club of Flushing, will take up the matter witb them and present a plan.
(SprcliU to Tlir> Nas.s.'iu I'ost.;
MINEOLA. June 17.—The equaliz¬ ation suit brought by the Town of Hempstead against the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay was begun in the chambers of the Board of Supervisors last Thursday afternoon. Commisloner Knapp, rep¬ resenting the state board of tax com¬ missioners, is presiding at the hear¬ ings.
The action is a"n appeal from the decision of the board of supervisors, who etjualized the taxes among the three towns of the county for tho year of 1910. When the board of supervisors apportioned the tax rate the town of Hempstead appealed from the decision and the matter was heard by a fornier state board, which de¬ cided that the decision of the county board was proper. An apppeal waa taken to the appellate division of the supreme court and the decision of the state board reversed, subsequently an appeal was taken to the court of appeala, which decided that the en¬ tire matter should be re-submitted to the state board, and the hearing was the result of that order.
Alfred T. Davison appears for the town of Hempstead; Uterhart and Graham for the town of Oyster Bay, and James L. Dowsey for North Hempsteaia The opening proceedings were devoted to a discussion of the method of procedure to be adopted, and it was finally agreed that each town should have a number of par¬ cels of real estate, which will be used as a basis of estimate of values In the towns. Commissioner Knapp also decided to conduct the case along the regular lines of procedure. The case began in earnest Tuesday morn ing of this week.
L I. GLOB wm E SOFFIMGE
AT COHFEREHCE HELD IH ROCK¬ VILLE CEHTRE OH JUHE 12. COUHCIL OF WOMEH'S CLUBS ELECT OFFICERS FOB COMIHO YEAB,
The twentieth annual convention of the Long" isliind Council of Women'a Clubs was held In Rock¬ ville Centre on JuJie 12. The con¬ vention adopted a resolution recom¬ mended by a committee favoring ex¬ tension of suffrage to the intelligent of both sexes and urging every mem¬ ber to work for the proposition. An¬ other resolution recommended by the Big Slstera' Association of Jamaica and which received favorable consid eration waa for the establishment of a detention home for children in Greater New York similar to the in¬ stitution conducted in Philadelphia. This proposed institution ia favored to take care of short-term delinquents.
The offlcera elected Included: Presi¬ dent, Mra. Walter Drier, of the Urban Club, Brooklyn; secretary, Mrs. L. D, Burroughs, of the Priscilla Study Club, Brooklyn; corresponding secre¬ tary, Mra. Ellen Wakely, of the New England Women's Colony, No. h. Broklyn, and treasurer, Mra. Hay Barrett of the Bushwick Politieal Equality League, Brooklya. .
Six new clubs were received Into the council.
SEWER MAHER INVOLVES DESTINY OF FREEPORT
Old Cesspool System an Absolute Men¬ ace to Health and a Hindrance to the Growth of the Village
l'o the Citizens:
Through the agency of State ami Village liealth officials, the ciiizens, residents, taxpayers of Freeport have been confronted Wlih a grave problem upon the solution of which may depend the destiny of this community. Thc immunity from epidemics, a higli death rate, impaired vitality and stagnation of biminess, which we have been permitted to enjoy, is threatened. The phenomenal growth and extremely lucrative prosperity largely responsible for our present status as a modern, progressive village, is in danger of being thwarted. We cannot believe that the seriousness and urgency of siicli a situation will bc underestimated.
Dr. Frank Overton, State sanitary supervisor, has drawn for you quite spedfically thc picture of the condition. Freeport has had and is stilChxpcriencing a rapid growth. The population has massed, dwellings liave been ereeteil in close proximity. Tlic daily consumption of water has become enormous.
But cesspools, regarded from the begitininif only as a tempor¬ ary and partial system for the disposal of refuse and excreta, have been retained, have been tripled and quadrupled in number until the capacity of the ground to care for their drainage and seepage has been reached and they have become inadequate, anti¬ quated, a inenace to health and a sonrce for the pollution of our water supply.
Assuredly every public spirited citizen of Fi'eeport ivill attend the public meeting at the Columbus Avenue school next Tuesday evening. It would be unfair to believe that any one would attempt to bloclc a fair-minded, impartial, unprejudiced discussion of the subjeci in its entirety.
We urge with all the power at our command that this meeting be attended in a spint of charity and fairness. Go there fully realizing your grave rcspo?isibililies us citizens, as guardians of the women and children of this community, of their future health and happiness, as parents with children in whose future your whole happiness lies—as responsible voters and members of a community. ,
And may the deliberations be such that they will work the greatest good to the greatest number ivhethcr the decision be for
or against.
THE NASSAU POST
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DBEDGING BALDWIH HARBOB,
Plans Are Completed for Construction of 26 Hew Houses.
In conformity with the demand for waterfront altea in suburban Long Island, as indicated aince thc begin¬ ning of spring, active construction: work has been begun on four new waterways or harbors In the 750-acre tract overlooking Hempstead Bay at Baldwin Harbor. To be from six to eight feet In depth and 60 feet each in width, these waterways will flow into Baldwin Harbor, and thereby materially enhance the value of an extensive area by the preaence of hundreds of additional waterfront holdings.
Owners of homes between these waterways will be enabled to have their motorboats anchored practical¬ ly at their back doors; and it lu the homeseekers who love nautical pleas¬ ures who are buying extensively along the south shore of Naaaau^county.
Pl&os are completed and coniracts let for the construction of 2C frame stuceo and hollow tile detached houses to contain from six to nine rooms with modern improvements.
Board of Supervisors.
At the regular meeting Monday the bid of Edward R. Dalton waa ac¬ cepted for improvement (top dretm- Ing) of the Shore Road, Port Waah¬ lngton. from Goodwin's corner to Irv- ing'a comer.
A contract was awarded to Cramp¬ ton Brothers for re-aurfacing tbe road on the easterly aide of Manhaaaet Bay, from North Hempstead turnpike to Travers' lane, at Manhasset; ma¬ terial, trap rock with asphalt binder.
Bbsrlfl Pettit reported 5^ prisoners in tbe Jail for the past week.
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CHUBBUCK'S
Quality Drug Store
FBEEFOBT
"The Big Stofe on the Main Comer."
