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FARMINGDAI. .E Wafer tor hills am now being sent out by the vlllace clerk for 1926. Mr. nnd Mrs. Walter Pike and fam- ily hnve moved into their new house on Melville road. Saturday evening a miscellaneous shower was given Miss Dorothy Par- ry by-Miss Ruth Allen, Mr. and Mrs. George Van Sise of Richmond Hill, are the guests of Mrs . \Elteahel .h Hubbs. Mrs. . Fred Carlson. Clinton street , has returned home after having made a visit with her mother, at Brooklyn. Anthony Winhlad nnd familv. of New York, spent the week-end \ with Mr. nnd Mrs. Alfred Pool e on Colum- bia street. Application has been made to the Secretary of State for the incorpora- tion of the Farmingdale Athletic Asso- ciation. i ¦ The Knights of Columbus will hold their annua l communion next Sunday, following a communion breakfast at the club house. • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mann spent Friday nnd Saturday with Dr. and Mrs . .1. W. MacMillan , of Montclair , New ,T«rsey. Members of Bethnage Chapter , 0. E. S., motored to ' Baldwin Friday night to attend a reception given to the Dis- trict Dermty. .FrMny, ' afternoon, the Farmingdal e Hteh School-will play tholr-flrst base- ball same of the season with Amity- vllle as their opponents. Mrs; Elizabeth Horuan cf Fulton street, has been granted a permit by the Health Department to operate a Maternity Hospital on Fulton street. Martin Van Sise of Brooklyn , only brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbs . pass- ed - -way . at his home in Woodhaven, nt thft sg;p of S4 years. Interment ' was in Bothnage 'Cemetery. ' Smidn .y. Anrll 25. nt. 11:15 A. M„ the RevV William Wiley, rector of Grace v , Church. Mnssaoemia;'\ ' will pi-\Rch fit St- Thomas * Church of ' this village. - Joseph Brooks and family are now living! at the Knfehts of. Columbus rlnMinuce on Fulton street. Mr. Bmoks Is acting as steward for the cl\h . The cpnner beech tree which stood nn th» !*wn of Low|n Barrl'y has been tr-Ti'iHanted hv Hicks Nurseries to ih<= Marshall Field estate in Hunting- ton. ¦ ' ThVevm ' girls held their card party, on* of th» series, for the . benefit of th\ . Ubr->rv . at th» homo of Miss Huth Allen , Ch»rrv street. Thursday even- ing. At this time they olso gave a mi=cel1 aheous shower to Miss Gladys Snulre. . • . - . - • The fourth nnnunl physica l training exhibition of . .. Ihe Fn-rroingdale Hinh 9rbon] . ' nn'ier: the direction of Miss Ethel!' Xitchfleld! phvsical training tpscherrvna\ held In the gyro, ' Tues- day nnr! Wednesday evenings, i The program was- , excellent. • . - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - . On Frldav. evening, Anril .16 , thirty ¦Ti ' limbii-rs of , Wontfrow Wilson Council • v'i. I]G. Jr. O. TJ- ' -A. M., motored to . Freifin ' rt fri attend tW offj clal visit ' of lb\ State Coivnoilor ' , ' \ William-Anthony am! £T>> ft , ' . nVlhe council room Of Free- port Council No. ii7>* ' ¦ - . '• ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' , The Board of Assessors of the vil- lage iiTB^nVeotiiig'ln -joint session -with tho Town Assessor , in order to ' equal- ize the asspsnipnts of both town and village. , All properties are being in- enwe 'd : In ' valuation on both rolls 16 conform with the increased values pre- vailinj: at present. . Bigf -wrestllng. bouts , iy!U ba staged! hv Hojok and;Ladder Co., 'No. i , =of , the Hicksvjlla . Fire ' Depaftmen\-at :Ukr; nnlnn;Hii3l! qui Wed ite ' sday. . April ' 25 ' , Farmer Barn ey, Charley West , . Hans Miller the Polish Flash and Charley fSJim) Conklin , of Huntington and two Hicksvllle boys will furnish tlie Fife Works, ' . , . On Monday evenlnE. abput . b o clock the fire 'department was called out to extinguish a fire which was! 'burning In, the brush and grass adjoining the Sperry Aeroplane factory. There be- ing no ^water near, the firemen were compelled to layTSO-O feet of hose from the nearest hyilrant and with the nid of tho . Much pumper , saved the building, . which would , hnvoibeen destroyed. ' Cause of fire , spark from a locomotive. ' . ' i , . •- . - . ¦ ' . \ • The fifth nununl priso speaking con- test of the Farmingdale High School was helil last Thursday evening in Uio auditorium. The prizes were awarded to Betty Denton , who took tho first prize 'tar girls , nnd Roger Barber , first prize for boys. Second girls ' prize went to Emily Denton; second hoys ' prize to , Chniieo-Titus. . Loulao Mny and Fdwln QplnrMvero glvnn hon- orable! -mention. The ' prizes tvoro do- nated by tho high scliool senior clans of 1926' ' nml wore ?5 gold pieces for tho first prizes and ?2,D0 for second prize. Clarence E. Leo , Stato Scliool of; Agriculture , made the presentation, WOODBURY Saturday-the Boy Spouts of Wood- bury piny bull with tho Fn niilngdalo I10V Se011t!I, Mrs: David Dough ty hit s boon In Oyster Bay caring for her nlntor , Miua Baker , who has bec-n ill from grip and bronchltln. Wlllinin Velsor haH .sold hlii houno In Woodbury to lilu . i Hon-ln-lnw , Mr. Snmml n , ofi Oyster Bay. Mr, and Mrs. V G I BOV have moved to West Hills. Mrn. ' Kn.ylor and Mra. Carrlo Velsor wore cnlloil to Freeport, Wednesday, to attend the ttincr.i l of tholr undo , their uncle , Rharlcn \Verity. Thn Itev. Mr. Brown on Sunday, preached hlo first neniion us pastor of the Woodbury. Methodist Cliurcli, Mr. Brown BUCCDOI I B tho Itev. John Protliunio, Tho Womnti ' B Foreign Missionary Bocloty hold an intoioiil.liig mooting at the homo of Mre , Irving llnylls Wortneadny afternoon, A BOC I II ! hour concluded the mooting. Thn hoiitomi uoiwort dollcloun rofre/iliDiont». Flro broke out In Mr. Ij ing ' n plchlo factory at Woodbury, Wednesday morning. The Cold Spring Harbin- and Huntington liomi companion re- sponded very 'luloklv to tho iiliirm. Wutor nml ohomlMii cxtini;iilnhorii wore used - linnioillatQly, — xt~ — m* , ¦» — t.kllc /'/tit.v to Hear iilini-rviiliniin in ' iil ' li -sl Iiiliuhlliiiit — IH. ' . i inn) -ii- ' . ' ' -I'li H . -i . II I - IV unil . i- lnii'in' MiUii' ' - . - ,, Inn w ' .iiii I In- i-'irn lu'ur I\ ii)''-iil U'lllll ll- ' V- . 'I' - ' . - li; , - . ' I'll \' ll. 'iKll. \l- 'l!!- -Ilillllll i:iii|il!ri'i' . , , COLO SPRIN G HARROR. Eev. E. Vaughn n preached at Lake Grove Sunday last. Mrs. Mary Valentine is confined in bod by illness. The firemen were called out several times during the week bv wood fires. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. White spent the first of the week in New York. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Requa entertain- ed Miss Louise Walker, of Teniifly, N. J., over the week-end. Tho Ladles ' Aid Society met on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Wm. Heaney. Mrs. Harry Helmkin and Mrs. Jas, Crawson spent Tuesday with Mrs. Schwelr, of Huntington. Miss Grace Thurber spent tlie week- end at Bay Shore with her grand- mother. Tlie Get-Together Club had a very enjoyable evening Wednesday, with Mlrs. Ernest Turner , of Huntington. The Baptist Sewing Circle met on Wednesday evening with Miss Ethel Bunco. Mrs. A. F. Requa spent the early part of the week visiting friends in Brooklyn. John Johnson , -who underwent an operation at the I/jng Island College Hospital, is improving nicely. Roy Peckhsm and Oscar Gardiner have started their foundations for new homes on Turkey lane , and Relative Heights. ' - ¦ Mr. and Mrs. Welbourne of Springer , Miss!, are guests of their daughter Mrs. Victor White at the White home- stead. - Mr. Burch , with his Sunday School B ible Class , took a trip to New York by automobile-Wednesday evening to enjoy a social evening with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doty. The Community Men ' s Club will meet Friday evening at the school , and on the following Tuesday. April 27 , they will hold ladies ' night They will provide entertainment and re- freshments. - . Those . who did not see and hear Frank Lane on Tuesday evening at the school auditorium missed a real evening ' s sport. He was a profession- al in his, line and . was so enjoyed that he has been asked to return. , in next winter ' s series of entertainments. . Health Center Notes \The ideal to which we should strive la - tha t there- should be no child in America that has not been bora under proper conditions , that does not live in hygienic surroundings , that ever suf- fers from under nutrition , tlat does not have prompt and' efficient medical attention and Inspection and that does not receive primary Instruction in the elements of hygiene and good liealth. \ 'HERBERT HOOVER ; At tho April meeting ot the Nursing Activities Committee , Mrs. Wilson . re- ported a total of 186 calls made in March including 97 nursing -visits , ' 35 for -instruction , 13 for investigation , J J O miscellaneous and 34 school room visits in which 423 inspections were made. 22 defects have been corrected and IS clasa room talks given on Wednesday ' and Thursd ay, of ; last week. ' Miss Fulton, of the National ' Ooniiiiittoe- ' on ' Prevention . -of .Blind- ness spoke in all seven schools of the \ cursing district ' on ' \Care , of thy Byes. \ A conference for mothers aaid young children will be held .Tuesday, April 27; 2-4 P. M , in the 'Health-Center. Eally office hours at the Center 8:30- ;?:00 A . M. ' and 1:30-2:00 P. W. except ^Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Tel. ¦992 Cold Spring Harbor. Muff Well Protected. , Russell W. Muff , who has a little houseboat at Oold Spring Harbor , just west of the. headquarters of the Cold Spring Fire Department , from which he «3lls clams , was arrested Monday morning, b y -Sergeant Bock and Stats Trooper O'Day after his place had been searched \ and two revolvers found—one an army automatic and the other a .28 calib re wca-pon. ' . (He was arraigned beforn JttEfcfce of the Peace Henry A. Murpliy 'to whom ho explained that he had had tho automatic ever since lie came out ot service and It was the one that went through \ tho . oorvlco with him. The other, ho said was an old weapon that he had on the boat with him. ' • All who were officially connected . with tho case being under the Impres- s-Ion that there was no criminal Intent In having tho guns in his possession the charge was reduced to one of disorderly conduct and ho paid a. Jlno of $10. Both weapons were -confiscat- ed. ' - ' , , : Union Service Held. ' A union service -was held Sunday evening at tli e Baptist Church , to which tho Community Men ' s Club came In a body. Floyd Baylla , of Huntington rendered two very nlco Holes. Hcv.Tl' crry tho now jastor of tho M. B, Church , was Introduced . by Hov, M, C. Bennett, and ho responded In a few well chosen words. Tho aor- mon \When a Man Is a Man \ waa well delivered by tho pastor , tho Kov, M. C, Bennett. M rn, Mary Brower nnd daughter , Liilu . wore ' ia Freeport , Wednesday, wliero they attended the funeral ol ClmrlCB Verity, SYOSSET The gigantic strides mado by the Oakland Motor Car Couipnny wero Blrlklngly rovenlod thin wook wlion tota l production flgiirofl for March nliownd that more- earn worn built dur- Ing thtn ono month than during tho entire flmt 'four month\ of last year. A record-brcnltlng total- of 12,0.15 Oakland Six and Pontine Six cam wan manufactured and ulilppod out. Another factory record wits- smashed on March 31, when 7110 earn woro dlilppod to ilnalc-rii— tho grnntOBt ono day shipment In llio history of tho company. Officials of llio Oakland Motor Oar Company point out that public accop- inner) of lhlii now car linn 'boon no rapid nnd complete as to ollminnto Ilia uuunl \ probationary \ parlod, Thin In duo In groat part, thoy holtovo , to tho Blow «iid Ktroful development of tho now ciir wlilch WIIII placed In production iinly iifii;!- ihn'ft yonrn of Intuniilve ox- j ,'-: hiiuiiU mnl ti'utb, \J'ho iiitlcii of tho Ponllao Six In the United Blutcii lmn been w largo thill tho company him not luioii nblo tn mulct) any I OTO I KU BhlpmniitH. .. ' • ' Oakland Makes Record ANOTHER 1LE 0F ¦ CEMENT HIGHWAY Huntington Toivn Board En- dorses Proposition of State to Improve Another Section of Ef wood Road. i \ Town highway improvements alone are not the onl y ones that are being considered this spring, for at the meet- ing ot the Town Board , held at ' the Town Hall In Huntington Village ' hut Friday Representative Davis of the New York State Highway Department appeared before the board members and advised Hum that c/er a mile of concrete surface would be placed on the Jericho Tumpilw -ig. -iin this year if the papers were, sigisd and all pre- Mmlnary work ' could be handle! -In time to ' place the proposed improved section in the first letting- of contracts of this spring.. To be exact , ihe distance to be cov- ered under this proposed contract -will be 6S76;7 feet and will run from the end of the present concrete surface near the junction 'of the El wood.road , eost to a point a short dista nce east of 'the town concreted highway extend- ing from East Northport to Jericho Turnpike. This particular section of the Jericho Turnpike has. been rapidly breaking up and it will . be a decided Improvement The new Improvement will be known as Part 2 of State Highway No. 5111 , and as the State constructs only 18 feet In width , the cause: for the. visit of Representative Davis was to Inter- est the members ot the Town Board to on -behalf of Huntington Township, within the boundaries ot which the en- tire proposed improvement- lies, 1 agree to pay for an extra two feet in width. There was no nuestion from ' the first as to what action the board would take for every member' of the Huntington hoard believes in safe and sound highways and to construct less than. 20 . -feet in -width to a highway such, as the Jerlcbo Turnpike which is one ot the main arteries -of travel through lie Island , -would be foolish- ness. The board immediatel y signe l up for the additional width , which will cost the township approximately 58 , 000. .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' - The next move wHI . Tie to place the proper papers before the ' next meeting of the Board of - Supervisors who ' will doubtless- Im-m ' edilateV [sanctlou ' . the improvement - 7\77 . When .the plans -of the istate '^Depart- meat were - exp lained' -by : Representa- tive Davis- tho following resolution was passed: • . - ; ' ., ' - ; .,. . ' ' \Whereas , the ' State j.; Bureau r of Highways has tenatlyely ! determined to resurface reconstruct or repair such portions of- a; State;- Highway ; located within .the Town , and hdre ' lnafter des- cribed as Part.2 , therefore be ' it , . \Resolved , That.this?board ; pursu- . - ¦r.t to Article 7 of the . High way Law, retjuest that . the plans for the jiiain- tenah ca'and repain of th . e highway ' s ' tis d-ss . cribed in -tils ]Xiragraph , - .tie;- .modi- fled as provided in paragraph; 3 , ' viz., Jericho Turnpike , Part 2 , State ' High- way No. 5111 between Station 1-56 Plus 00 and Station 224 Plus 7 , a length ot 1.30 miles in the Town of Hunting- tori laying a total length' of 6878.7 feet Resolved , Tliat this board request that the aforesaid highway be resitr faced , reconstructed, or repaired of the classea , ' lengths and' widths 'of- . ' pava- ment indicated In the. followlng'talilo , and that the said hoard hereby agrees that the additional cost- of theifaarae , over the engineer ' s estimate for the resurfacing, reconstructing or repair- ing of same, with reinforced . con- crete pavement, 18 feet In width , be and hereby is charge ^ upon said town as provided ¦ by «ectibn' '177 \ of. ' thi Higliway Law. (The chart' shows a width of 20 feet) ' '¦ ' '<¦*¦ ¦ - ' ' ¦ ¦:¦; ' Resolved , That where; this- resolu- tion, provides tor widening tho pave- ment to -curbs , that this pavement shall ho extended back- on intersect- ing streets to the street 'Ino with a width on street luio to .III curu,, llm- -s on Intersecting street,. ' ' ' ' 'Resolved , That this hoard tjgree to liavo all' sower , gas nnd water mains and connections herewith ' laid or re- laid -where necessary In anld street prior to the date -of 'the ' i' .wiiv.l ' of the contract for tho improvement. \Resolved , That the cl' .rlf of this board Is hereby directed lo forthwith transmit two certified ' copies: of the foregoing resolution to tho State Bii reau of Highways. \ A second resolution had to bo .pass- ed 'appropriating tho money needed for tho improvement iind tho amount will Imvo to -ho deposited with thq S tate Comptroller before tho work can be done. ¦ \Whereas , Tho Town Board of the Town ot Huntington , \Suffolk County, has roquoutod tho State Dopar-thiont ot Public Works, Bureau of Highways , to modify it-he pinna for tho reconstruc- tion ot the Jorlolm Turnpike , Part 2 , Highway No. - Will , no nn 'Do provide for a Broator width or for * different Blylo of construction , mild \Wlioroau , Tho Town Board ot tho Town ot Huntington. Iran ' ndoptoil reso- lution providing for tho raising ot fundB for • tho osUm&toil cor,l,, either by .authorizing tho iuminnco and «mlo of town bonds or by levying of taxen , nn d \ , ' ¦ \Whereon , The SUto Department of Public Workn , Bureau of IHnhway n , has prepared plans , Bpiir.lflraitionu and c-sttmato ot coift for tho rocontvt-nic- U OA of , «(ild highway which inolutlow extra work desired by the Town of Huntington, and liau trnimmiiucd tho name to -tlifn hoard , accompanied - hy « communication iiUtlns that the OB II- mated cont of fliieh extra work to be horno hy tho town In 38 , 1.110, , \Itosolvod That fliioli phum , upoulil- cntlonH and eal'tnmtoiv ot emi t bo anil llio flimi o lit horoliy, npproveil, \it Is further resolved, That thoro In hereby appropriated and inado m- modlttly nvallahlo tho mini of'tU . l'GO being tho aniiiunl. reoulrod of tho town for (inch oxce ' wi coat, IncluiWnif f> per cent, for onglnoorlnK .cimrgom - wd; oh itinoiint In hereby ordered (IcpoHltwl ivi-ili the data Comptroller whn l> , hereby aiilhorlzcit nml dlrnctod to pny tho name nt any ttmo upon Joint ro, - (iiilMltilon or dmft of tiio -Stain Dopurl- num l ml Publlo AVorlt n , lluroim ' .of Highways and tho State Comptroller , in accordance with Uie provisions of the Highway Law. \It being understood that the State Comptroller Is to refund to the proper town authorities any unexpended bal- ance of said appropriation upon the completion of the work and after writ- ten notice to the State Comptroller from tho State Bureau of Highways to the effect that no further drafts will bo made upon the said appropriation- \ 'UNCLE SEME\ HAS BEST NICKNAME OF AIL In a recent issue of tlie New York City Evening Post , Leonard Smith writes very interestingly on \The Mirror of Albany, \ and incidentally throws a few well-deserved bouquets at Senator Gearge ' L. Thompson , of this district , better known as \Uncle George. \ It says : —On Long: island even the oysters and clams call Sena- tor George L. Thompson , the veteran lawmaker from Nassau and Suffolk counties , \Uncle George. \ This may or may not be strictly accurate , but it is a fact that every one at the Capitol uses Senator Thompson ' s vernacular title. . , Some politicians have nicknames and others do not. Governor Smith is \Al , \ .Speaker McGlnnles is \Joe , \ and Senator Knight is always \John \ never \Jack\ or Johnnie. \ But Senator Thompson ' s nickname is the best. There- is a sort of home folkiness about it , that aptly describes the affection in which Democrats and Republicans hold the big Long Island- er. Senator Thompson is a merchant in business at Kings Park. For years he has been working also to make li fe easy for Republicans and hard for Democrats, on Long Island. It is pro- bably thought that \Uncle George ' s \ kindly nature keeps him from troub- ling even his political adversaries when they do not bother him. He has held political office of one kind or another, since the time of President McKinley. He first came to the Legislature , in 1909 as Assembly- man c from Suffolk. Three years later Long Island sent him to the Senate and has keot him there ever since. Senator Thompson has an iron clad rule. Il ls this: Never make a speech. To my knowledge he has broken it only twice. Not so long ago Senator Straus , Democrat , read a letter from some one calling \Uncle George \ a tool of the interests. The Senate was astonished at the terse, anery rejoinder of Mr. Thompson. He tlattened his opponent with redhot words that did not . once falter or break step. Several years ago Senator Ellwood M. Rabenold offered a ' - , measure that Mr. Thompson thought v would injure the fishermen In Long-Island. He broke his rule and protested vigorous- ly. Tlie ' -re ' siVUs were summed :tvp In a verse ' : read • by. Senator- ' • William L. Love , poet - laureate of the ' upper House, at - a private, dinner. . ' .; ' ' ' ' The verse concluded : \ • But Rabenold ' • was faltering, 'twas - plain, the eye could see , - : . , ;; &nd honors ' went to ' \Uncle George \ ; by forty-five to three. MANY GRADE CROSSINGS ' ' : TO BE ELIMINATED Ten grade crossing elimination pro- jects on the Long Island Railroad in Nassau and 'Suffolk counties ' are among the 11-1 projects throughout the State -upon which the Public Ser- vice Commission took action a few days ago In ordering early hearings on the eliminations. Tho 114 projects will remove 17-1 grade crossings at a cost of $20 , 000 , - 000, to be financed out of tho $300 , - 000,000 bond issue voted for this pur- pose. These crossings were tho first of 1 , 500 In tho Stato selected torollnil- nation after a study of the situation Bhowed them to bo tlie most danger- OUB to llfo and the most detrimental to traffic. The Long Island Railroad pro- jects, which will cost $2 , 921 , 000, and Include nlim crossings In the village of Freeport, follow: _ Suffolk County Town ot Isllp, Cavlcton avenue , $179 , 000. Town of Rlvorbond , Main street , $100 , 000, ^ . „ , Towu of Brookhnvon , South Country rond , $115. 01)0. Town of Smllhtown, Main Blroet , $18.1 , 000. Town ' of Bnbylon , Broad Hollow rond , ?51 , O00. Nucenu County Town of Hompntond. Grand nvoiiuo and Mllburn avenue: Village of Free- port , CIOKH I IIRB at Mlllburn Pond nvo- nuo Bnyvlow nvoiiun , Long llouoli ave- nue. Bergnn nluno . Grove street , Ocean iivenno , South Main street and Henry it.reot,.U,!lfiO , 000. , , „ Town of Oytiter Buy, Jericho Turn- nlkn , *(M,O0O. Town of Norlh Hempstead , East WHIlBtnn l-nnd, $170, 000, nilv of Olon Cove , Buck Pond road , $108 , 000, PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF THE QUAKERS A Paper Read b y Mrs. Geoffrey Bare Before The Huntington Historical Society. (Concluded.) The American Quakers were espec- ially ot them were agricultural work as many of them wore -farmers and others had trained at Rosedale Farm which •the Friends had taken in Pennsylvania, in order ito prepare men for their over- seas work while they were watting on their passports. Iavaslon , neglect and heavy rains had ruined the land; machinery was in bad condition , horses were scarco and the French peasantry did not un- derstand co-operation. All things worked together to make tlie task of the Friends Agricultural Unit seem al- most hopeless. But . they -p atiently overcame each difficulty. -So success- ful were they in repairing machinery that the French army turned over to itaeni salvaged machinery., In one month this workshop without a profes- sional wheelright repaired three hun- dred and -sixty -macMnes for the peas- ants. The peasant was won over be- cause he saw ihe -work of these men and its results and realized they were Working without -compensation or glory for tlie 'good of the people. Rab- 'blts , poultry and beef farms -were maintained with vyhlch ito re-stock the peasants. Quaker boys went out when •the crops were read y and thres 'hed the fields—living in the peasants homes , often sleeping in the same roomi with the family. It 1s of little value to de- fend a country from its enemies if the land Itself Js destroyed and tlie citi- zen population starved or mentally de- ranged. An able-bodied working group at home means a country- truly saved but as Mr . Jones so well putu it: But perhaps if we grew so humane and intelligent-as to tell off a suffi- cient number of people with the requi- site physical , mental and spiritual qualities -to undertake adequately the reconstructi on , of a country on the very heels of war , and to take proper care of the civilian population on ac- count of which so many men were dy- ing and killing, we should be too hu- man e and intelligen t to indulge In the grotesque and self-contradictory prac- tice of war any more. \ The Reconstruction Unit had per- haps the most discouraging experi- ence of all the Quaker groups. For , •after repairing ' homes and asse.mldlng itheir litble ready made houses they were forced ito evacuate leaving behlri J much of their equipment gathered to- gether with so much difficulty and the inva-ding and retreating armies swept up their work like so many sliav- Ings. ' I 'have liero a mos t remarkable diary by one of 'the Heconsl ruction Unit , D. Owen Stephens , this book , contain- ing a dail y account of the work and inany interesting and enlightening con- versations with still more ' Interest- ing thoughts , of the writer : It lias been loaned to me b y Dr. MacDowell 6f Gold Spring Harbor , who was one ot -this grou p and who is often men- tioned in the diary. It is published in England hut I mean to own n copy of It and lend it freely for it gives with- out fills or frenzy and with no Idea of making any sort ot \ appeal\ a true picture of a land in the grip of that highl y developed -product of our mo- dem: civilization , which we call war The -little ready made houses were called \demouatables \ and were m' ade by the Anglo-American Friends in fac- tories in. France which tlioy had equipped themselves. Lumber was supplied by the government. The houses wero generall y of three rooms but being in sections could bo larger or smaller as the need mig>ht lie. They were well supplied with windows and doors. The roofs were tiled with ma- terial supplied from ithe region where thoy wore built nnd the houses stain- ed to match the roof. The problem of shipping these houses was 1 grent an all civilian freight .must give way to army supplies and even tlieso moved Irregularly. The building group re- paired whore they could, but their main duty was to put up and roof these \demouutahleB \ In the towna where they woro -sent. It waa to thin special group Mint-Dr. MacDowell and Mr. Stephens belonged. I feel that I cannot better describe this work than by rending extracts from tho diary of Mr. Stephens, \Wo stopped -at Tugny-ot-pont , .a smalt village ; fragments ot brick wall and heaps of bricks , Hero wo loaded tiio truck with aoctlonfl of ono of tho Friends ' houses, • • * » The sections rcqulro two men ito handle Ilioin. \' \With bur load wo drove across country -through a couple of partly des- troyod villages to Villers St. Chris !- itophn , a larger town ithim tho othors. For tho rost ot the day we hauled ooc- tlons . Our hist load wo took down n narrow , twltitlng iddo street , lined with low brick wall* and low brick houses from which HLtlo children and little old women poored nt our truck as It rattled -past -thorn, filling the Whole light of wa y, Wo curried our honso 'Hoction s Wirough a narrow unlo- wny and laid them lionldo n. truck patch. An old hunt man and Jils old wrinkled wlfo appeared from a lov doorway and oyed curiously our kha- ki tioiinors and maroon collogo invent- ors. Hoblnuoii ilniKUod In tho l- ' iioudii ' groy uniform, explained to tlioin who we woro. 'All , Los Amln American , ' H I IO naltl . \ \At noon Ck-monlB iirrlvml. from Noyon where ho 1md bonn fiiitiimonod by thn ttiitliorltloH to noo about Itnliln- (ion ' « Ktittiiii In Wio war zouo, Tiio ofll- corfi producoil a 'translation «f d. Intlor of Ilohliiiinn ' ii which thoy hud not al- low oil lo roach ltn tlotitlniitlon, In llio letter ho imUiiil tor bnolw ami 111- (twltiro on democracy nml s'ollglon for tho group to read. Ho niiiut hmvo HIio win- none nt c.lovon o ' clock lomor- row; t'ho authorities will allow him to con llntin wor k In I'Yimcn but not in /ho war r.ono , Domocrncy anil rnllglon , lllllt lH llll lllllU'l. 'Htllll? Hllllllllllloil lllllll Hie win- auUinultldii tliolr goviiiiiiiuintH iiliiliii -limy urn fighting for tho pooplo and tilt* cimao of <!od , \ i \Tho vnluo of Did materlulii In our It ii t In nhnnt 11 , 000 fpiiuoi; tlm vnluo . including our labor , is about 3 , 000 francs ; Uie charge made b y the gov- ernment to 'the peasant is 1,200 frs.: this is equivalent to $210. The gov- ernment lias promised to pay each family in full for its losses due to the -war , and this charge for the hut is de- ducted , from tho promised Indemnity. The government gives the material s , we gi ve our labor. If we did not give our labour , the government would have to nay local contractors . for their labor , anil because it would be obvious- l y unfair to the contractor for us to underbid him by the value of our la- bor , tho peasant mus t pay for the labor which we give. But since the governmen t sells the Imt at a , great loss this does not seen) unjust. In cases ot extreme poverty -the govern- men t consents to rent the hut tor the nominal sum of one -franc a year. \ I am clio-slng 'these paragraphs with no idea of continuity but onl y to give you some glimpses of conditions un- der which the Friends Unit worked in France , and also some glimpses of the reaction of it all upon the work- ers and those they worked among. A rain all night and today a heavy drizzle and' heavy mud. u' e went, on wifh tJjo house. Tiio more side sec- tions .that went up tho more houses took share , the more the mother ami ¦daughter watched. A tell , raw-boned woman and a slim girl—we woul d catch one of them stopping, in the midst ot tossing hay to tlie horse , or drawing rater up the well , stealing a look at the ' muddy sections as they jutted against. the sky. To -them It was a home growing tip \beside their tumbled brick walls, ami they began to smile as they, stol e their glances at it. I felt that-we ought -to saf something to them-^there were many things I wanted to say, but I bad not the language , so I only smiled. In the middle of the afternoon the mother asked us if wef would like a cup of coffee. We all gathered- about the door of their brick box of a home and received each a dainty little china cup ot coffee and a large offer of sugar. Towards dusk the drizzle drove across the dark landscape in nearly horizon- tal lines and ttte wind began to bito. But the Iwo stood in it and in the mud with their large wooden, shoes and eyed every nail as it -was 'driven home. . Despite the slippery hammers and ' the sticking saws , we worked hard and . Cast , and left with every joint a -tight one. \ • ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ \Today we finished Hombleux and -th e Madame will move in tomorrow. She was Joking- with us about needing a -camloii to carry all ot her valuable furnltiiro into her chateau. . She . -has no furniture. ' . - This afternoon! she, said 'You aro an artist ,, arert 't you?' I ventured ' yes , ' , wondering which ' one of the fellows had said that. Then in a string, of rapid French: 'Would ' I please fix: her ' sacre , coeur ' if I could. Something had happened to if. Where- upon she produced from the stable a life sized print of the head . of Christ with a'few grass stains over it and the noso scraped off. —I told her I could clean it and draw In the nose , and cmled it across .the fields , to- night wondering how . I could manage it with nothing but la Hard lead pencil and a fdiiiit aih pen. \ - ¦ ¦ ' \To-ilny our whole force of six work- ed , for fha first-time in nearl y two weeks , In our own villag-e and ono ^ of our own houses' . Bo we feel that we are really- started in the steady grind of putting up twenty-fd-va baraques. Boston Is something of an astirlng ant student and !haa some rubbers , char- coal (inil . conte crayon , so together we repaired the Sacred Heart. We drew a new nose , ipart of a che-ok , and made new rays -of light in tho halo. Madame on seeing our reparation , thought 11 very beautiful. \ \A stinging cold. Our shoes were frozen hard , like Iron an<l we doublni) up on heavy pairs of socks. —The same frost dinging to all the branches of all tho trees. Wo put In the floor ami side sections of the house we uncover- ed yesterday. In the afternoon , ns It grew col'der , %ve kept saying, 'Well , let' n quit now. - I' m colder .than- the douce, ' — ' -Say, I' m /going ba ck to the iiouso my 'feet are frozen. ' But wo kept golag un til nearly dark. \ Wo had the prospect of only enough wood for supper and a . cold evening afterward. After supper wo hoard the camion grinding up to tho iiouflo , stop, Its doors sl um ; and wo Jumped up to help unload the wood- Wo found Brown coming towards , us In a heavy goat-skin coat: 'Say, fellows , I' m BOHT I coulilii ' -t got tills out to you before hut yesterday I had to go Noyon and WediiCBilny ithe 'Relief had mo all day. ' Some one climbed Into -the machine to hand the 'logs out to IIB while wo fol- lowed' each other to the door , each with a -load;—After it was unloaded , 'Eamy, oun 't you spend tho evening with us?' 'Well , I'll tell you, I' m aorry, hut I really liavo to got haclc, The llollot Department, wa ' ntB mo tonigh t, '\ Then cam o tho-groat tpiiuh' and much lo tholr chagrin the unit hud to louvo tliolr towns ovon hofore- . the civilian population hut itb ey did much to hol|i along tho way, . \Our riind- run wloiis In ' r.tralglit Btrotiilica of a. -mile or more. As we continued, tho moving family cniavniiii bociwno more jnimoioiiii. Tho great Iwo-wlioedcd citrtB woro piled high with Ml-( . liohousehold iioReciiataua;—a child or woman nut on top ot Homo londii. The .prouoiiHlcn wan mos-ily Bllont twivo for tin plwldliw of liprftOB ' hoofs, tho ratlin of mnull wheels , llio crunch ot largo hniivy onoii , anil tiio scraping ot many toot, There wna nothing to nay and wo finltl nothing, I think every one ww niiinbort. A groat thing was moving ulowlV towards IM and wo wore moving nlowly away from It, for buck thorn tho Important, ovory-ilny OVOII I H of llfn , tilling tho noil, preparing fond, onllii/r It , and Bloopliig, woro linposu- llilc. All thoBo piwpli) woro leaving homes which thoy hoped would not lm destroyed. \ Anil llion (mini) this IIOWH : tho army hud ronchod tliolr rocmiHtnictod towiui. \Yon , wo 'burned all your hoiuion; 1 lighted nemo of tlinin jnynolf. \ Thin from n llrlMnh offlcw -who had linen uctltiK iindnr onloni In tho retreat, After Id hi 'Uio ninn In tliln group wini o in Piirlit and -tliolr mixl limit WHH I O util In Iniiiiiportlng llio liunutmi of tin liiiinnnii Byliini. \A , train of Insane and fiiohln-riilr.dod from Aiufonii In KO I IIB down lo LmirrtoK iiDiir llii' W IIIUI I H I I Imriler , iiml ton of nn have been asked to help in tho temp- orary asylum there. \ \Ten of us volunteered. We are to be ready to go at any time. \ Among these ten volunteers was the writer of this diary and Doctor MacDowell. The details of this work are not pleasant and I will spare you 'hearing them. After this lliey were sent to Sermalze which I have menti oned before -as having;-a hospital , 'here they helped build an addition to the building in wlilch Dr. Babbit did his groat wprk. Later, they went liack to 'house assem- bling but In a ' ' different part of the country. Back at Ihe old work , here is a descri ption of we day. ''Mac , 'Mes and I got up before six o ' clock and put in an hour before breakfast. Befcro the end of the day we had tiled tiio whol«f- roof. Mes laying, Mac receiving, and I throw- ing—twelve 'hundred .file. Our hands were dry-roughened, red with the bak- ed day tiles and their dust. T.hc work was so constant that I can , oven now , in the evening, experience the icrape along my hands and fingers of tlie tile as they slid off , in my a'-ms the wei ght of a tile as I lifted it off Jts pile , the padded noise of Mesner ' s rubber shoes walking over the boards of- the roof , and the clocking noise of tiles as he lays them, in -place on and against each other , and , if I snut my eyes , I can see the red tile against the blue sky as it diminishes toward the figure above waiting for it. Then came new s of the complete des- truction of Moutdidier. . \I burn for Montdidier , and burn for revenge. But re venge upon whom ? No, no amount cf inflicted revenge, of satisfying revenge , will restorc-Mont- dldler. All of devastated Franco , de- vastated Bolgiii'm . oin the bomb cavities of the cities of Franco , Belgium , ling- land , Germany, Austria , Italy: all ot wasted Poland , Italy, Austria , Russia , Rumania , Turkey, Palestine: all of ihe ships ' at the bottom of the sea. Re- venge can only add to those tragic realities. The building of houses has never appeared so definitely ,and assuredly righ t as now; it is not spectacular; but it yields absolute :c- sults. \ \ . \Tho ending cf the war has nude lis face our future lives as we had not done before. Mac ls , a trained, special- ist and in - the midst ot a long Invest- igation; I have spent some years to- ward' the acquiring of a certain techni- que , yet these years of war , especially this last one , have driven into us ,in ambition to strive for the realization of a certain spirit o-; human relatio-j s and -we cannot feel ' justified , content- ed , in following the plans of our form- er lives , which seem now very insipid. The growing passion to de something, say. something, create and urge in Uie direction of our vlsibn , seems to lead away from .the reconstruction work. The reconstructi.ri wtirk must he done , the -murdered ii©m»(s ' are \ crying nil about us, but the lit' ,1-3 that we , as two day. labourers , can do here seems so much less than - ,ve ' feel we ought to do. \ The difficulty is not to find , ma- terial but to decide wh at to leave out In writing about \ the Friends activi- ties during the last war. -Facts and figures you wilt\ not care to re-member but the spirit of the workers who . offer- ed their services not instead of mill- 'tary service but because ' they were zealous to serve mankind is what I would 1 have you carry with you. So I choose to end this paper with a f?w versos by a young friend working in the Door und- Window Factory at Ornans , In France. I' ve been malting windows- Oak windows in our shop along the river— Thinking of where they 'll go and what they 'll maybe do: Windows to overlook tho trampled roofs of clattering towns. To open out across the silent wasted- ness of tram pled 'farms , On white-scarred vineyard slopes, ' Or shattered woodlands' healing ut the touch of Spring;. , Some may ho gates of magic libera- tion , Giving on Hying worlds ot leaf and sky, Where those -whose feet can novor troad clear earth Shall send! (tliolr spirits wandering afar; At these will children clhnli to greet tho infant mom , Or press tliolr -noses tight , watching l-1io first anow feather fall; Through hoin may little breaths of morning murmu r— This humble Blirino days glowing -altar fires— And I' ve boon .making doors— Doors that shall open -as a slioltorlng hand to lia-rnsBed hearts Praying a iiolnco In HOIUO broken . phi co; Doors guarding -at last those helpless OUCH Guns could not guard nor arm lea make Bocuro. Hero coming ngo may fiwirblo tit. nlock , Or venturing youth -push wide with eager liniitl; Thin door may usher Birth, with hope- flllllOBU , Close tin lolly when Death has passed with fiieivdly eyes , Or part roleutloasly two lovorii , linger- ing with -reluctant MpH at dusk; Hero may a woman loan with shado w- e.l fncp , Waiting <t liul—who lieu in an lintlllod ... Hold— , 1' vo not made doors mid windows for OhiileniiK or palaceB— Onl y for little wnodnn domon.tabloB To libeller mostly iilmplo folk Dripped from tlm -grinding j ft \vii of Wmr. It()(l tllOB Will 111) fill- TO()f , tho Wftl-lB 1)0 Inmv n and gruel! the wliIlo-ltiHilih. ml doom, Tho Koctilniiii holt -together oaiilly, An liarrou IIB II aliod for iinlin ' iiln nl- im nut , until my doom and wludown iniiko ll Uomo— O pal hint Mutitor Workiiui n of tho world, Hlinpoi- of nil |bin iionin ot 'hiinimildiiil ! If. ' . 'itih mo tho tritoi- trvido of making w ar n ami wludown for JIKUI ' B firm II : LOUIS BENDER Plumbing - Heating. Huntington Station Telephone 2 Huntington - i '• ' . SIHK/ttjtj Field' s Fire Proof Warehouse and Storage Rooms offer to the Public a safe p lace to store your Furnittu-e. ¦ « . ¦ .; Separate Locked Rooms for each lot. Prices Ri ght! ' A. L. FIELD , Prop. K AROLIM'S KITCHEN A Homey Place to Eat Dinners Luncheons Salads Sandwiches, etc. 241 Main St. Huntington HUN TINGTON WEimuG $m? Electric and Acetylene Welding IN AIX ITS BRANCHES B. NOON AN , Pi-op . SHOP TELEPHONE 633-M. . - HOUSE . TELEPHONE 148-W. Tel. 320 P. O. Box 477 Wavcrly Grinding Shop LAWN MOWER GRINDING AND REPAIRING CIRCULAR SAWS GUMMED AND FILED Wen! Neck Ave. Huntington , N, Y. C. A, Wnnaer AEBMER BROS. Phone Huntington 697- R ' Hn lcsitc Box 3 LANDSCAPE GARDENERS ¦ Experienced in Lawn Makiiifi Grading, Planting and Trans- planting Shrubs , Trees , etc. Also Good Topsoil for Sale! CESSPOOL CLEAI« Team Work .. .. . w. H . rarau stti Tdopliono 414M Huntlnfllon 'EDWARD SMITH Donlor In Intornatlonnl Motor Truoko, \ rnc ' 0 „ r ,| farm Wnrjoii o , potato DlaO«m, »nu nil kliicio of farm machinery, and tec- ALSO CONOflETE PIPING STOCK ' Greenlawn l-ona l» l;u,a I'Vanlt ,T, OllclirlHt , a oiiniinoiir on n Inrni) 'truck wlilch ho iitatml -was owned by J UTIIOH A. TVIcKlniKiy, of Brooklyn, appeared lirforo Jiwllco 0MI10 'J'wieo John nonriii .llilit (I'Tlday) morning, to Hill why bo wao drlvlnir a niftiihlno , Hie enmi) of which wan coimlilenibiy over- W <lll('lirlHt wan caught. .Mon-Juy morn- ing hy Sltiito . Trooiwr Ooiiiiirdlunu (in Now York nvoiiuo . who wooing that Uio loud wim apparently ton heavy,, weigh- ed It. Acoorillnu in llio nUo of the tiro on Iho ronr of tlm tnir.lt , 14 Inch onoii , It ' WHH DcrmlBiilblo lo amy ll) , - (100 pmitHlK. Tho wolghliiK proceed- llign showed Uiul. II- wn» MOO poitudd ovpi-«-clr. 1il- nllchrlsl, who wan nerv- ed wllh ' n MimiiHHiii , told tlm trooper Hint lm wan currying inerch iindlHO for ¦fim Atlimtlo & Pacific Ton Com- pany. Truck Overloaded—Not Mnn Wimlous for letting in LuW:; W | (1 . . . | ing-duwn , ' '\ I Doors ,s»-ing<lng outward frci-lv ,„ i Truth' s Pleasant wavs. ' 1 Il y L. Griswol d \Williams j„ . % „. I vice oc fjove in War Time \ by \i»f„ . ! M. Jones. '\¦ Estimator Wanted By building firm in Huntington. Must be familiar with all kinds of construction and be able to take off quantities accuratel y. Reference as to character and experience required. All cor- . respondence confidential. B. E. L. Box 26 Huntington Bo You Want a Horned it so , I have somo good bargains listed.. - One I would especially mention is a comfortable house in one of tho best residential sections of the town , which . I can. offer at a fair figure. Also lots for sale. List your p.op ' erty with mp. Several houses to rent at reasonable figures. Irs. William Dictou REALTOR Spring Street . Huntington. Tel. 850-R
