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Nassau Supervisors to -_ $600,000 Improving Roads Engineer Starks Advocates Widen- \ing of Merrick Road from Lynbrook West to City. Mineola (special)-The Board of Su- pervisors has alloted the sum of $600,- 000 in its budget for next year, the sum to be applied to various roada through- out the county which are in need of extensiverepairs and reconstruction, In- cluding resurfacing, reconstruction and drainage. The list of roads was submitted last week by County Superintendent . of Highways W. Fred Starks. Superintend- ent Starks estimated that the sum of $1,488,400 was needed for the highway work. He recommended an appropri ation of $100,000 for procuring the neces: wary land to widen the Merrick road from a point beginning at the division line between the city of New York and he county of Nassau and running M casterly to the village of Lynbrook. The upeflnlendent stated in his estimate that he believed this sum was war- anted because of the excessive traffic hich exists through this section and hat the extra width of paving is neces- ary in order to make traffic reasonably e. What amount the board will set aside or this work is not known at this time. The supervisors from time to time will ribute the money set apart for high y purposes as necessity requires. he roads listed by Superintendent ks and the amount he estimated hould be used for each road follows: Town of Hempstead Elmont road (Foster Meadow avenue), from Central avenue, northerly to the amaica & Hempstead turnpike, a dis- fance of about $000 feet, to be ofled and ded. Estimated cost, $3500. Central avenue, from Queens line to he Merrick road, a distance of about 000 feet, to be resurfaced and oiled nd sanded. Estimated cost, $20,000 road, between: und . a distance of abou 50 feet; tters and construction of shoulders tween gutter line and present pave: nt. Estimated cost, $15,600. Belimore avenue, from Jerusalem enue, southerly to the Merrick road, a stance of about 12,400 feet, to be re- onstrdicted. Estimated cost, $48,500. Wantagh avenue, from the Merrick ead northerly to the Hicksville-Massa- qua road, a distance of about 27,650 et; portions to be oiled and sanded ortions to be resurfaced and grade portions south of the motor rkway. Estimated cost, $129,000. Bethpage turnpike, from a point 2000 ect west of Whaleneck avenue, easter: about 10,500 feet, to be reconstracted. stimated cost, $38,500. Merrick road, from Freeport, easterly, distance of about 6000 feet, to be re- rfaced. Estimated cost, $35,300 Grand avenue, Baldwin, from Church reet, northerly, a distance of about 400 feet, to be resurfaced and drained. stimated cost, $22,000. Jamaica and Hempstead turnpike, from Hempstead, westerly, a distance of bout 7000 feet, to be improved with oncrete pavement, 22 feet in width. stimated. cost, $50,000. Tulip avenue, from the Hempstead ind Jamaica turnpike, northerly, a dis ance of about 7000 feet, to be recon: ructed. Estimated cost, $30,800. NortR Village avenue, Rockville Cen- fre, from Hempstead avenue, northerly, diatance of about 3500 feet. Concrete pavement. Estimated cost, $44,000. Broadway, Woodmere, from Maple venue, Cedarhurst, to Lafayette place, Woodmere. Paving between gutter and isting Warrenite pavement. Estimat- d cout, $22,000. West Broadway, | from | Broadway, Woodmere, westerly to the end of the present concrete pavement, a distance t one-quarter mile, to be concrete pave: ment. Estimated cost, $45,000. Merrick road, paving between the ex- Ing pavement. Estimated cont, $5000. Broadway, Cedarhurst, vitrified storm frainage through Woodsburg. Eatimat- d cont, $10,000. Rockaway avenue, vitrified drainage, Estimated: cost, $4000, Generni maintenance, $25,000. Merrick road, beginning at the divi sion line between the city of New York d the county of Nassau and running terly to the village of Lynbrook. The dating width of pavement and the ex- «ssive traffic which now exists through hir section, warrant an appropriation of $100,000 for procuring the necessary nds in order to widen this road and do extra width of pmving which I= need- In order to make traffic reasonably e. Town of North Hempstead Manhasset Hil (North Hempstead npike), paving of shoulders and re- ying of Belgian Block guiter from oot of hill, westerly\to Lakeville road, distancs of about 4,000 feet. Estimated storm North Hempstead turnpike, from Ros- Iyn, easterly; tions to be reconstruct ed. Estimated cost, $10,300. Roslyn-Mineola road, from Old Coun- try road to the Jericho turnpike; to be resurfaced. Estimated cost, $10,000. I. U. Willets road, from Searingtown Church, easteryl to the Rostyn-Mincola road, a distance of about 4500 feet; to be reconstructed. Estimated cost, $18,- 100. Main street, Roslyn, from Broadway, northerly to the North Hempstead turn- pike; vitrified pipe drain and repaving for full width. Estimated cost, $45,000. General maintenance, $55,000. Culverts, $2000. Middle Neck road, Port Washington, from Main street, northerly, a distance of about 700 feet; grade to be changed to conform with grade of county highway, being constructed by the state. Esti- mated cost, $3000, Town of Oyster Bay Oyster Bay, East. Norwich-Jericho road, reconstruction and resurfacing. Estimated cost, $82,500. Glen Cove-Jericho road, portions be- tween Jericho and North Hempstead turnpike; approximately 24,000 square yards. Estimated cost, $52,800, Glen CoveOyster Bay road, from Friends' Academy, easterly to Week's corner, and from Francis Pond, easter ly to the Mill River Hollow road, to be resurfaced. Estimated cost, $67,200, Prospect street, Sea. Cliff, from pow- er house, northerly to Sea Cliff avenue, a distance of about 2400 feet, to be re: surfaced. Estimated cost, $10,000. Hicksvillé- Massapequa road, from the end of asphalt block in Hicksville, southerly, a distance of about 5100 feet, to be repaved. Estimated cost, $22,000. Merrick road, from Hempstead town line, easterly, a distance of mbout 600 feet, to be repaved. Estimated cost, $3200. Main street, Farmingdale, from Yo- kum corner, southerly to the Babylon turnpike, a distance of about 3300 feet, to be repaved. Ketimated cost, $22,000.- Conklin street, Farmingdale, from Main street, easterly to Secatogue ave- nue, a distance of about 1400 feet, to be resurfaced. Estimated cost, $8000. Bethpage turnpike, from Hempstead town line, easterly; portions to be re- paved. Estimated cost, $38,500. North Hempstead . turnpike, . from Brookville, easterly through East Nor- wich to the county highway, a distance of about 5000 feet, to be improved by repaving. Estimated cost, $26,400. East Main street, Oyster Bay, from South street, easterly to Oyster Bay Cove, a distance of mbout 6000 feet, to be repaved. Estimated cost, $28,600. General maintenance, $40,000. Glen Cove City Back road, from Creek rond, south- orly to Cromwell place, to be widened with concrete pavement and drainage Hatimated cost, $10,000. Dorsoris Way, from Forest avenue, easterly to Walnut road, a distance of 2500 feet, to be improved with con crete pavement. Estimated cost, $18, 000. Woolsey avenue, from Crescent Beach road to Dosoris lane, a distance of about 2850 feet, to be scarified, rolled, oiled and sanded. Estimated cost, $3000. School street, storm drainage, gut ters and catch basins, between Cottage row and Dosoris lane. Estimated cost, $4500. Town path, from Glen Street . to Friend's Academy, a distance of 8800 feet, to be resurfaced. Estimated cost. $45,000. Highland road, from School street, easterly to Walnut road, to be scarified, olled and . sanded. . Estimated . cost, $7500. General maintenance, $8000. ----_-4&_____ NEW BOOK ONROOSEVELT Old Personal Friend Writes Memo- ries on His Home Life In a new book entitled \Personal Me- moire of the Home Life of the late Theodore Roosevelt In Relation to Oy» tor Ray,\ written by Albert Loren Cheney, formerly editor of the Oyster Bay Pilot, and an old personal friend and near nelghbor of Col. Roonevelt, is shown a picture of the man wh Roomavelt acknowledged a his \boss.\ The compiler of the book is the father of Mra. Ralph Stuart Clinton, who as Miss Amy B. Cheney, was secretary to Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, and muthor of the story entitled, \As a Girl Haw Theodore Roomevelt.\ The book is filled with stirring Roosevelt inci- dents, and liberally illustrated with pic- tures of Oyster Bay and the men as sociated witlf President Roosevelt, in- cluding m picture of the grave of Mr. Roosevelt, It is told how Rocsevelt \rode the goat\ in Matinecock Lodge, ¥. & A. M., and treats of him ms soldier, wovernor, vice-president and president while at Oyster Bay, with a frontispiece portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Rider; miso an approved picture of Lieutengnt-Colonel Roosevelt,. Jr., taken from portralt painted while he was in Francs, The author announces that a tributed to the fun ment of ®, Oyster Bay. may be ordered Publishing Company. (box 24). References: ings Bank and the Washiagton, Rvilletre Frt. Nassau County, N. Y., October 24, 1919 PRESBYTERIANS IN NEW ERA MOVEMENT Presbyterians of this yicinity are to meet on next Tuesday afternoon and evening at Freeport to kindle: their fires for a blg warming up this fall and. winter All the local congrega- tions from Far Rockaway 'on the south to Mincola on the north are included in an institute to be held for the pur- pose of perfecting plans and organiza- tion to put on in a way commensurate with the demands of the times the for- ward movement in the church known as the \New Era Movement.\ Organization is already going on in most of the churches and this insti- tute will help to open the way for ac- tive aggressive work down to the last member Some very inspiring speakers are scheduled among whom are Rey, J. N. Armstrong, D. D., recently of Blair- town, New Jersey, where, as pastor he tried out the program of the New Era Movement in the local church of which he was pastor, in so eminently suc- cessful a way that he was called to guide the movement in the local con- gregations of this t Metropolitan district. Rev. Robt, W.\Anthony-\Our Dr. Anthony\ whom every body down in this section loves and loves to hear speak, is another speaker. McGarrah also, who is of National fame, and Acheson, never heard down this way before, but if rumor does not play false, will never be forgotten after next Tuesday, There are some local men also as the program below will show. Brief Devotional Service. New Era Movement. - Why? What? Whither? How? - J. N. Armstrong, D. D.; Family Religion-Personal Evangelism, D. H. Overton, D. D.; Religious Edu- cation-the Sunday School, E. Blake MacDonald; Stewardship. . Proportion- ate Giving: Church Finances. | Assem- bly's Budget, H. H. Leavitt Jr.; Work at Our Own Doors. Christian Responsibility _in - Booklyn-Ni u, R. W. Anthony; Every Member Mobiliza- tion. | Group System Explained. . New Era Magazine. Publicity, H. C. Web. er: _ Simultaneous _ conferences: _ (a) Church Officers, Elders, Trustees, Dea- cons and other men; (b) Women's Work; (c) Young People; Devotional Service; I ‘i F. bytery, F. T. Steele; Inspirational Ad- dress, Barclay Acheson; Goals; Closin Rev. G. G. Dunshee, presiding in af- tornoon; F. M. Kerr, D. D., presiding in evening (if at home). ”agembershlp of - churches WED UNDER BOWER OF OAK LEAVES Miss Florence Adaline Brown, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jere Edwin Brown, of 92 Brooklyn avenue, Freeport, was married last Saturday evening to Wil- lard Frederick Van Riper, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Van Riper, and grandson of Imaac Van Riper. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents by Rev. Ev- erett A. Burnes, pastor of the M. E. Church of Freeport. Miss Harriet E. Smith of Astoria. was maid of honor and the bride's maids were Miss Helen Van Riper of Newark, N. J., a sister of the groom, and Miss Ethel Arnot of Spring Valley, N. Y. Miss Adaline Holaday, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman C. Holaday, was flower girl. Harold E. Brown, brother of the bride, was best man. The ushers were Louis S. Cozzens of Freeport and Merrill Miners of Jamaica. The color scheme of the wedding was in pastel of yellow, lavendar and green. The maid of honor wore pale green satin with overdress of tulle and silver. The bride'smaids wore yellow chiffon with overdress of tulle, trimmed with ribbons of yellow and: lavendar, The little flower girl was in white net, car- rying a bouquet of yellow roses, with wtaff, and a baaket of out flowers, which were strewn in the bride's pathway, Eaaketa of white chrysanthemums bord» ered the aisle leading to the percola, which was covered with clematis vines and white chrysanthemum, > uniting, The bride'smaids carried bouquets of yellow and Invendar chrysanthemums with shepherds' staffs, The bride was attired In a gown of white matin, em» broidered, trimmed with Ince and pearls, wore a vell of tulle, and carried a show- er bouquet of bride's roses and oringe blossoma A large company of relatives and friends were present at the wedding and at the reception that followed. After a wedding trip in the south, Mr. and Mra. Van Riper will reside at Wa- waset Park, Wilmington, Del. L Mra. Van Riper is a graduate of the Freeport High School, Packer Collegt ate Institute and Adelphi College, Brooklyn. Mr. Van Riper in a graduate of Free- port High School and the chemical courses at N. Y. University. He is now on the Du Pont Company staff in Wil minigton, Del. __-4_..__._._ TO ATTEND ROAD CONFERENCE Mineola (special)-At x meeting of the supervisors on Monday, Supervisor Bmith of Hempstead and County Super- intendent of Highways W. Fred Starks were authorized to appear -~before the state commission of highways on Oc- tober 23 for an interview regarding state Arnold L. iers nentl Fitte to Be Justice of Supreme Court I Arnon L. Squiers, whom the Republi cans have chosen as their candidate for justice of the supreme court, for the Second Judiclal District, consisting of Kings, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk and Richmond counties, is eminently quali- fled to assume the duties of this office If elected. As a citizen of Brooklyn for the last thirty years, he has always advocated measures and policies for the best in- terest of the city. His thorough know- ledge of the law has been acquired as a successful practicing attorney for the past twenty-four years. All his life his activities have been of such a nature as to develop in him the Judicial temperament, which a communt- ty anticipates in a jurist selected to in- terpret Its] laws, Mr. Squfbrs is a native of New York state, his birthplace being Smyrna, Che- nango County, Coming, to Brooklyn in 1899 when he was nineteen years old, he entered Columbia College after re- ceiving his earlier education at the com- mon schools and Cazenovia Seminary, of which he is, and has been a trustee for many years. For a short while he taught mathe- matics in Barnard College, and was as- sistant professor of mathematics in Co- lumbia. College. Columbia College in 1893 conferred upon him the degree of L. L. B. He read law in the office of Hon. James A, Blanchard, the late jus- tice of the supreme court, First Judi- cial District, who for many years and until his death was his most intimate friend. Mr. Squiers has been a member for many years and actively affiliated with the National Republican Club, the American, New York State and Brook» lyn Bar Associations, and the Chamber of Commerce of Brooklyn. He is mar- ried and lives at No. 226 New York and is on the governing boa of the Central Congregational Church. As a member of the Board of Alder: men for six years, though in the minor- ity, he won the respect and ton of impartial observers for his ef- vient and able handling of the greater city's most important civic problems. As chairman for two years of the Saturday Afternoon Discussion Com- mittee of the National Republican Club of New York city he received special commendation for his capable manner cf carrying on these discussions, which were attended by the forcmost think- ers and moulders of public opinion. By his patriotic service in conducting these discussions during the war, he helped to arouse the American spirit to such an extent as to evoke a public expression of approval from the late former Pres: ident Theodore Roosevelt. As un attorney he has displayed a broad knowledge of civil practice and trial work, & keen insight Into prob: lems of human relations, and « wide knowledge of affairs in gencral, quali- which equip him for the im portant duties of the supreme court, He is a forceful speaker, a deep stu: dent of history and economic problems, and his public life is & living proof of right thinking. Arnon L. Squiers is the kind of man who as a judge would so acquit himself as to satisfy every fair mind: ed litigant and citizen. He is, therefore, the kind of a man that every voter can vote for with satisfaction. LECTURES ON BIRDS Long Island Club Will Conduct Them in Schools The executive committee of the Bird Club of Long island is announcing the programme of work for the season of 1919 and 1920. The Bird Club was organized by the late Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who had the protection and care of the birds at heart. During the period of the war the activities of the club diminished, but now an active programme of work in the public schools has been arranged with the co-operation of the Audubon Society, Lectures with stereopticon slides will be given in the schools or to groups of members and classes. for study will be formed among the chil- dren. The whole time of the well known lec- turer, Mrs. M. 8. Sage, has been secur ed, and she has already begun her work In the districts of Oyster Bay, Gien Cove, Locust Valley and Hunting: ton, with herdquarters at the Oyster Bay Inn. Communications In regard to dates for talks or any other matters may be addressed to her there or to 1974 Broadway, New York. The objects of the club fre: To assist in the enforcement of the Jaws that have been enacted for the protection of the song and game birds, To distribute Information about the attraction and care of birds by the plac- Ing of nesting boxes and shelters, the planting of trees and shrubs and grains to provide food in autumn and winter for the birds who do not migrate. To inspire and educate_in school chil- dren a love of birds and an interest in their preservation. To check the wanton destruction of bird life by cats and other antmals that prey upon them. To teach the economic value of, bird life to the land owners and farmers. CONTINUE HOME GARDEN Storing Vegetables for Winter an Advantageous Proposition Home gardeners should at this time take a leaf out of the notebooks of com mercial gardners, who for a long time have realized the value of storing beets, cabbage, potatoes, onlons and other vegetables, say gardening muthorition. Htorage conditions as good as those used commercially can be duplicated in m «mall way in the basement of the dwelling or in a pit in the garden or HAD DAHLIA DAY Express Co. Strike Benefits Church Fair and Hospital a The express company nt Rockville Centre called up William W, Hart of 394 Rockaway avenue at 3 p.m. on Oc- tober 14 to may that four boxes of flow- ers he had shipped on the 6.30 a.m. ex press had been returned on rccount of the strike and were at the express platform subject to his orders. \'Please handle them carefully. Keep them out of the rain, and I will advise a. dispo- sition in an hour,\ was Mr. Hart's re- ply. Then after getting the wires busy with the commission men in Brooklyn and New York, found it to be impossible to make delivery before night. It was necessary that the flowers be opened up and placed in water, \Well said Mr. Hart, \whom can we make bappy? There is the fair at the Presbyterian Church about to open.\ \Yes sald Mrs. Hart, \and Dr. Boor: om's hospital.\ That was enough. The phone got busy. W. A. Smith, chairman of the fair committee, waid he certainly would be delighted to have a thousand dahlin® for decoration, and Miss Finnegan, head nurse of the hospital replied, \Oh joy! That will be glorious. T'll send two men at once to the station. One thoumand dahlias, Ob goody, goody. Enough to make everybody happy. Mr, Smith called up later to may the (dahlias opened up in grand condition and would be a feature in the decora tion of the fair. Miss Finnegan called up and grace: fully acknowledged the gift to the hos: pital, but whe added.\ \I don't know what we will do for dishes to eat from. We used everything in the build: Ing that would hold water, excepting the ash can and a few nursing bottles. Mr. Hart say» he is better paid than If he hud received thirty or forty dollars from the smile of the flowers, and every- body in happy. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL \New York is one of the mont. im- portant states in the wnion politically at the present time,\ deciured Mrs, Arthur L. Livermore, chairman of the Women's Executive Committee of the Republican state committes in summing up the politictl situation in this atate tor women voters. \With a Democratic mayor in the chief city of the state and a Democrat« ie governor for the stats, every effort will be made by the Democratic party to get control of the state in 1920, and with the power of the party in office and the patronage it controls, the most + { 1 - The Home Bureau of Nassau County, which was successfully managed . by Miss Olga Goehler, on October 1 came under the management of Misa Grace v. w #, who was formerly in cha of the Home Economics Bureau work in the high school at Paris, Texas. She is a graduate of the Teachers' Col- lege nt Columbia | University, . Miss Goehler resigned to-take. up a special course of training at the university. Drama ETHEL BARRYMORE IN'DECLASSE By Robert Boutelle. Thiw is a season of off-dope. 'The theatre, as well as the diamond, i}- lustrates that fact. Booth Tarkington wrofe a successful play-a drama of American humors. 'The Shubert The- atre has offered sufficient evidence that Shakespeare can still pack a house when artists interpret his dramas; that it is not yet hard to gather a good supporting company for the classics, but that it is hard to find another Sothern-Marlowe team. Now contes the final straw to date: another Amer- loan -playright \has from the waiting lst: Mr. Tarkington Is nded by Zoe Akins of St. Louis in assertion through \Clarence that American drafmatic composition does not begin with George M. Cohan and conclude with the other playmalc er, Augustus Thomas, Miss Akins's support in this con- tention Hes chiefly in her last compo- mitlon to be seen town, \Declassee\, In which Miss Ethel Barrymore began an engagement at the Empire Theatre lnnt week. \Declasmee\ interests throughout its three acts, the first In London, the last one, in New York. Whatever of inconsistency one may de- tect in the motivations and charmcter- izations, may be pardoned readily in view of the freshness of the text; even in oft-repeated wituations the vigor and character of the lines Is ingratiating. In fairness, the reviewer attests that \Decluamen® zed - almost Maw during the performance, Cool re- flection, however, leaf one to place proper credit. Zoe Akins has given Misa Barrymore much that is tangible and human to express; Miss Barry: more does with this opportunity what whe has done with everything whe has touched in the last ten years; by the power of her mature art and her matchless volce, she has Intensifted ton fold the dramatic qualities of her ma- terial, and rly enlarged the scope of the muthor'@ character conception. There you are, An American woman writes an unusually good play; the queen of American stage women Inter- prota it: It looks like m long season without change of bill at the Empire. As Lady Helen Haden, Misa Barry- more presents the last representative of the mad Varricks-conmidered mad because they were never able to make the modern compromise, War, wine and women, with a recklems but high natured abandon, had despoiled Lady Helen of all her relatives and ances torn. Married to the coarse Sir Bruce, she was not happy, but enduring., By living true to her principles of unsel« fish Justice, whe, in the frst act, i% forced to leave Mir Bruce through the unacrupulous dealing of an American for whom whe had conceived a prmswion, one of the Varrick mad ones, it would weem, for the player of the American technienlschool graduate was not be- yond repromwch in his performance. With only her jewels, her maid, her recollections, and her undaunted spirit (her father had paid more for oysters than for ber education), Lady Halen began to 'fall down and moll her frook.\ mecond act shows Lady Helen, a duchess discounted-declammed, m m »pearmint-laden breath sighed to her nelghbor-at a New York Hotel, two year later, Forced to meek for com- ny at a dance whore one obtaina @ ner with a ticket, and obliged ther guests by entertaining the non ipt entortainers of the vaudeville ublic, Helen Haden, m long way from er royal christening, from the Queen's favors of other days, is offered without the Water DeBusay, Valse monic Trio; 4. al “wad-mam I!“ who were guests at the \blow-out\ them on October 18. The first popular Rockville Centre boy, I published to show the business men townspeople generally how he Mg the honor treat given him and the 3 eral hundred other war veterans; ! My dear Mr. Ankers: I wish to ex- tend through you to the Business Men. and Citizens' Committee my - sincere thanks and appreciation for the wel . come home from the service of the | United States Army and for the presen tation of the gold ring, which was made to me at the Rockville Centre Club. During my seven years' experience as an army officer, the day of October 13 shall always stand out as one of the happiest and best days of my entire military experience. The spirit displayed by the people during the parade impressed me deeply and I appreciated that it was the feel ing as shown by the citizema 6f Rock» ville Centre that carried the United. States Army over the top find brought wbout the wonderful success of the | United States Army in France. I shall always wear your ring upon my finger and be proud to have it
