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VOL. Lill, NO. 38 WHOLE NUMBER 2538 Roosevelt Gives Fine Welcome « to Its Returned War Heroes F I M S h , TM Red Cross unjt, which had a large float Adorned, Medals Given and Dance Feature Big Event. Saturday was a great day for the village of Roosevelt, when it gave a ousing welcome to its returned war [heroes. 'The festivities of the day started with monster parade at 2 p.m. with the oldiers, sailors, firemen, Red Cross orkers and the Roosevelt school, which ways does credit to the town, made a onderful showing, consisting of junior Red Cross girls in costume, Red Cross ogs, police dog having seen 18 months' f metual service; Scotch girls, Uncle n, Oplumbia. and other patriotic rep- esentations. A band of 100 pieces head- d the line of march, with Major J. J. pixon.in command as marshal. After the parade, the people gathered p front of a reviewing stand, where pervisor Hiram R. Smith was master ceremonies, handling the affair very bly, and introducing the following d District Attorney Weeks; érmnt Boe\ Pettit; Lawyer Peter Beck, who hade the speech of the afternoon; pmmander William H. Patterson of ie G, A. R., Rev. Father Gorman and v. R. R. Roberts, Seated in the stand with the supervi- were. Mrs, Phocbe, Scholey, Miss rtrude Westervelt, Superintendent of hools W. C. Mepham, District Attor- y Weeks, Rev. Father Gorman, Rev. R. Roberts and others. the speeches a grand dinner A dance were given the boys and friends. The school children were ed 'to sandwiches and cake by man J, J, Boston of the refresh nt committee. comevelt cartainly had a day, to be occupied by its members and prettily decorated. The bronze tablet erected at the in- tersection Of Nassau road and Babylon turnpike, deficated as a tribute to the memory of the Roosevelt men who serv- ed in .the war, contains the following names: Army-First | Lieutenants . John J. Kiernan, C. T. Whitehouse, Jr.; second Meutenant Harvey J. George, Bergeant Major Sr. Gr. C. A. C., John E. Griffiths; Sergeants John J. McCaffrey, Whitson McKay, Robert Thurlow, Joseph C. Pet- tit, Charles H. Dahl, Jr., Benjamin Mo- berg, John J. A. Denton, P. Pirnie, Jr., Harry Gilman, Olarles W, Eckstein, Conrad Egner, Corporals Guy A. Russell, Albert Cornell, James O. Benson, Au- brey V. Mole, W. D. Crevolserat, Frank Robins, George M. Dennis, J. Albrecht, Jr., W. N. Hesse, Horace F. H. Denton, P. J. Grayfinger,- Henry Plock, C. N. Pierce . First Class.. Privates . W.. H. Browne, H. E. Mole, H. H. Evans, Jr., J. F. Tydeman, Roy Golder, Lionel H. Van Dusen, Luman Loses: Privates S. A. Asmato, Fred'E. Behr, Joseph H. Behr, John, Bier, Eugene Brower, R. G. Brower, 'George Carmah, Irving Car- man, Walter B. Clay, A. D. Crevolserat; Harry Crevoiserat, William Eldred, C. J. Gossel, Harold D. Haff, Lioyd Hall, F. K. Harrison, L. S. Hubbard, George Leisner, W. B. Marino, Eligo D. Moore, Charles Peterson, D. E. Pierce, John R. Reddy, E. G, Sander, R. F. Seaman, B. Silverstrome, J. A. P. Schlegel, A. A. Sieber, P. V, Solmo, Mansfield Soper, Harry Smith, Theodore Smith, Calvin Valentine, Vandwater, - William White, E. 8, (iams. Navy and Marines-Ensign Peter S. Beck, F. D. Graham, H. W. Hinrichs, Jr., Peter E. Smith, C. P. 0. G. D. Hveens, F. G. Goots, Jr., A. J. Lang, A. D. Browne, Lewis Golder, Jerome T. Nolan, H. Edwards, G. J. Higgins, John E. Nolan,, Jr. . port * Serie: Some of the big men of Nassau County who _ are _ supporting Charles R. Weeks for District Atttorney because of his keeping ithe county clean : Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr« Oyster. A. R. F. Col. Robert I. Bacon, West bury, A. E. F. Capt. Henry A. Uterhart, Sy- osset Capt. Elliott Bacon, A. E. F. Lieut. Harold E. Brown, A. E. F., Preeport Lieut. Harvey J. George, A. E. F., Roosevelt ' Lieut. Cortland Johnson, A. E. F., Inwood Hon. Lewis J. Smith, present County Judge Nassau County Hon. Leone D. Howell, present Surrogate Nassau County Hon. Earl J. Bennett, present Comptroller County of Nas- sau Hon. Franklin A. Coles, ex-Dis- triot Attorney Nassau Coun- ty-2_ terms Judge Edward 'T. Neu, a brook Iam Judge Irving Harold, Glen Cove* Judge . Harrison B. Wright, Rockville Cong. ® Judge Albin N. Johnson, Free- port Judge George Littlejohn Judge Clinton M. Flint, Free- Edwards, . Assistant Attorney _ Nassau County Charles R. \Wood Assistant Attorney, . Sea. Cliff WHY REPUBLICANS sHoULD GBT vores Facts Showing Results Obtained for Following inspectioqs and hearings afterward in Washington on Tuesday, concerning proposals for housing the Rockville Centre post office, beginning next April 1, the Post Office Department accepted the proposition of James E. Stiles, owner and publisher of the Ob- server-Post, to provide quarters for the business in a $25,000 building to be erected on the south side of Observer stroot, midway between village avenue and Park avenue, on the Edwin G. Wright property. « Lessors of the United Estates Build Ing, where the post office is now located in Village avenue, and Edwin W. Wal- lace of the Nassau County National Bank, were competitors with Mr. Stiles for the post office lease, The building proposed by the new les- sor will be three stories-high, of brick and provided with moflern and adequate facilities. In connection with locating the post office in Observer street, a concourse 50 feet wide is to be opened between that thoroughfare and the railroad through the Loourto property and 25 feet of the Langdon estate. It is intended to im- prove the latter property. 'The railroad concourse will be dedicated to the vil- lage. - Construction of the post office building will be started next week, plans and spocifications having been agreed upon. A petition signed by 98 per cent of the business men, requested the Post Office Department to keep the local office con: tiguous to the main business section and south of the railroad. Wallace wanted to locate it north of the railroad on Front. street. By the erection of the post office building in Observer street, and the Mined-WW R. Smith, who has been working for almost three years to obtain sufficient state money to build a road known as the Lakeview route to relieve | the heavy traffic on the Merrick road, bas at last succeeded in gaining the con- sent of the state highway. department to provide most of the fund for build- ing the route, work on which will begin' next spring, and which will entail an expenditure of about $500,000, of which sum the state will pay about 75 per cent, U Supervisor Smith holds a copy of a letter which State Commissioner . of Highways Frederick S, Greene . wrote recently to First uty Commissioner Schultze and Engineer Sturde- vant. I» the letter, Deputy Schultze is advised by Commissioner Greene that following a conference between the last named official, Supervisor Smith and Highway . Superintendent . Wy . Fred Starks, it was determined that @ total length 'of fifteen miles of- reinforced concrete p&vement, eightoen feet in width, the town pays for the extra two feet. 'This road runs from Valley Stream and connects with the state highway at Massapequa, Part of. the Lakeview route runs along the fol- lowing course: . Beginriing at a point on the northerly side -of the Merrick road, a short distance easterly from where 'the Hempstead branch of the L. I. R. R. crosses the Merrick road at Valley Stream, and tu thence easterly across the town of Hempstead, through Hempstead avenue to Seaman avenue to Smith street at Merrick, to New York avenue, to a point on the dividing line between the town of Oys- ley Hannah T.. Willets, \Westbury Frank A. Coles, formerly Nas sau coll-ts District . Attor- ney, Glen n Robert Seaman, Vice President E “i > {gun-u Agricultural mwgfzikc Malvern BUSINESS MENEURCE WLL RIVRR Complete Plans fo+ Ring Fund A f | opening of the parkway to the station, | t Bay and the town of Hempstead. ow facts as to why the Republi a materia! improvement will accrue film state highway commission in the same letter also states bered, and great credit is given | _ In Memoriam-First Lieutenant J. W. J, J. Dixon, chairman of the|Pirnic, Sergeant W. E. Ensko, Private Spelino Anton. A 80) 6 # N sale ogg aia < WED AT FREEPORT CHURCH MASS In the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends, Miss Mary Ursula Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terence J, Morris of 77 Wallace street, Freeport, was married on Wed mnesday to Francis J. Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Murphy of Park place, Brooklyn, in the Church of the : Holy - Redeemer, “MOM by schoo! | Rev. John L. O'Toole, who was assist- Mdmmfifl' hoot: ed in the nuptial masa by Rev. Joseph i at tht Stn abet | Murphy of St. Vincent de Paul Church, 2 honor of non who made tie | Brooklyn, Rev. John Boylan, of B& in honor of men Augustine Church, Brooklyn, and Rév. Peter O'Kelleher of Church of Our Lady of Refuge, Brooklyn. The wedding music was rendered by Mrs. Frank Keogh at the organ, and solos by Mrs. Edward F. Keogh, Mre. l project. members from the tain the being and no 3:53! i555; H itis. Elly 3 basis for the libel suits, The paragraph states: \Doughty McWhinney, Raisig and some others of thetown's officials frater- iit t 4 j H j + The bride was given in marriage by her father. She was gowned in white chiffon nlmnnmnsndumljo‘wu. with & coronet of ortnge blossoms, and duchess lace. The bridal boquet of white orchids. 'The maid was dressed in pink baronet allver lace, and the brideamaids mauve satin, and silver lacd, and turquoise HUNT ROR COL. RYATT By wire is \** woods Information concerning the where | Mineola (special)-George Rossie! of abouts of Colonel Norman P. Hyatt of Webster City, Towa, who. cbnimanded the 152nd Depot Brigade at Camp Up-, ton and disappeared from his western home last July, has been eagerly sought in Rockville Centre, Océan Side, and other places by his wife, Edith M. Hy- att, but without result, ; iH : The groom's gift to the bride was a platinum with diamonds, and to the best man and usubers he pre- sented ntick pinm. f The brides gift to her attendants was allver vanity cases. The . church waw decorated . with palms, autumn leaves and white chrys- anthemums. A. wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents which was also decorated with autumn leaves and chrysanthomums, m.m¢hluwhybw«;t wedding trip to Maine and realde in Freeport upon their return. mabe nme fone sil akrE
