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voL. Lill, NO. 6 wHoLe NUMBER 2852 AVY STORM TOPS SOUTH SDE TRAVEL ads Impassable-Dangerous r Autos - Railroad Ignores Line Out Of School Ses- Held travel, and business genoral- jractically paralyzed Wednes- Is und Thursday. morning. by | snow, sleet and hail storm | e var. a storm which amounted Lizard, High. winds piled deep i the roads and streets, making ! most impassable for pedestri- drawn. vehieles and automo- « slippery surface of the id readways underneath the , mole travel exceedingly danger-| iti lin« also put. train schedule; pi on the Long: Island Trains running were three more behind the reular | ma ns. time m 'l sessions were held in Free: I nnbrouk, Eaat Rockawny and villages, and in Rockville Centre swrs were mt noon. rm put a heavy tax on tele: and this was further im- Io the fact that many lines were wi of commission by the high | service y narrow escapes from nwdentn‘ p Merrick Road and in the villages . Drivers found it. nec- wet flying . starts . to . get i the deep drifts and dangerous took place when cars atruck «puta unexpectedly. r makin numerous attempts to inc« open the trolleys on the < stopped running late Wed: nicht and were out of commis- Ent incl Thursday | morning. expeot=d to be Friday night be «fort can be made to move a trotley. car © MUNITY CLUB _ ENING RECEPTION al Hundred Enjoy Club Fa- ies-New Secretary Now | On Duty Ito kxille Centre Community Club I% nuening. night reception on 035 nicht of last week and about wile visited the clubhouse during ir of the evening, most of them for the entire . entertainment The interior waa finished in n attractive form, sind those who ©! It. and during the evening got iht Into the various activities the club promimes, were most Inatie Iw anditoriom there was a com- «inx In the early part of the iod this was followed by the music being furnished by «!f Club orchestra. At the rame Clier notivities were carried on °\ parte of the building. Card 'or nd out In the pariors and indulged In card games. The © Alleys mnd pool tables, which » charge of Adam Fehr, were ised by hundreds during the ev- ~a! many of the membership ap- hn hianka which were distributed 'he rvening have been.returned, \w membership committee, Donald Frazer is chaterman, is \ying on a drive to get in all ' tective members and have them m ll’ummvmny Counefl under which W it conducted, and of which ‘ \loger in chairman, will hold fte »tulnr meting on Wednesday of next week, !! Burdick, the new secretary, Itlved and \ maiing his head- > at the club during the day \oning, and Ja bully engaged the various programs for \tent departments. Mr. NEIGHBORH'D WORKERS MOVE Freeport Organization Now Has Quar: ters In Railroad Avenue 'The Neighborhood Workers of port are moving. from pros ar quarters in Olive boulevard to un offic mt 35 Railroad avenue, formerly occu pled by Jumes Hanse. This change is due to the fact that the building: in. which their quarters were located has been sold und the room was needed by the new owner On Monday, February 9, at 230 pm., the Nelghborhood Workers will huld their regular meeting at the home of Mre. G. H. Hammond at 73 Merrick road NO HEARING FOR POLICE BY TRUSTEES Village President Russ Threat ens To Resign If Motion To Grant Hearing On Strike Charg- es Is Forced, And Rockville Centre Trustees Vote Against , Request Presented Pro their The Rockville Centre Board of Vil lage Trustees was petitioned by the five former members of the police foree to be given a hearing in order that they might defend the | charge of con themselves . from having engaged in a PURCHASE OF SCHOOL SITE; Two To One Majority Carries Proposition - Opposition Won Over By Promise Of New Prim- ary School In Southern Section Of Rockville Centre School) District The how proposition to purchase for $26, the five tract of land in Hill wore side avemuie, Rockyille: Centre, for A/ lich school site. woes carried at. the mee time of the Reckyille Centre School distinct held. in the. Clinton School, Puesday night, by a two to one. major ity The yote in favor of the purchase sits ind it 113. Between ln und 507 people attended. the meet- ins Thore wie i strong opmr ition to the proposition at the meeting, und this op- position. made itself evident as soon as the meetin was thrown open for dis cussion. The opposition was not found | ed so much on the proposition that it | was unwise to purchase the aite, Mt‘ the opponents of It generally speaking, | held their opposition as a mort of a | club to force the erection of a school in the south section of the village. | President Ives, speaking for the School Board. in his opening address, practically promised that a proposition for the erection of such a mouth side wchool would be presented t6 the voters in the near future, and stated that as VOTE FAVORS Rockville Centre and Freeport, Nassau Co., N. Y., Friday, February 6, 1920 RECEPTION & Freeport Students Entertained By Community. iprvice Club The reception given to the students of the Freeport High School, on Satur day' evening by the Community Ser- vice Committee, was a great success. Despite the severe cold weather, about one hundred of the young people were | present and an enjoyable evening. was spent in dancing und song, Refresh: ments were served at 10.30 o'clock, and the students voted the affair a step forward for community: services. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Sherman and Mrs Robert H. Earon were in charge of the dance. HIGHER GAS RATE CHARGE ANNOUNCED Increase of Twenty-five Cents Per Thousand Feet, Effective In Freeport, Rockville Centre and Town Of Hempstead, An- nounced By Nassau and Suffolk Lighting Company The Nassau & Suffolk Lighting Com pany, under a tariff fled with the Pub: lic Service Commission, Second Dis trict, and proposed as effective on Feb 20 in Freeport, Hempstead, Mineola and Rockville Centre, and the towns spiracy. to quit work in a body if their | #oon as an eight room building is com-| 9f Hempstead and North Hempatend, request for an advance in sulary refused. Village President Russ refused to re celve the request for a hearing, refused to accept Police Commissioner Grein er's motion to grant the men a hear wite Ing, threatening to resign if the motion | declare to the Board of Education that | n Averse was forced, and then when the motion was forced to a vote the trustees unin imounly voted to refuse to grant the men a hearing. Trustee Dodge was the only member of the board who was not present. Attorney Sanford A. Davison. who de clared that he was not being retainci in the case by the policemen, but was appearing because of the principle in: volved to secure Justice for the former policemen, presented the petition to thi trustees: The condition to which Attorhey Im Json objected was the action taken by the Board of Trustees in holding an in | vestigation and hearing charges againat the policemen to the effect that they went on strike by conspiracy, and af ter this investigation, issuing a state ment that a careful Investigation had | been made of the situation, when only | one side was heard at the investigation, and the men given no opportunity to de- fend themselves, really amounted to an Indictment against the men, and they have then been deprived by the trustees agninat them. Before the petition was read VilMage Davison that the police matter was | closed and would not be re-opened. Attorney Davison urged the right to petition. the board of trustees, and the petition was presented and was read by Trustee Lee Greiner, chairman. of the police committee. with the statement in the petition that the men were Informed that they could resign If they were not satisfied with their pay, He stated that ha had mere ly questioned Officer Cox. Attorney Davison declared that the principle in- volved did not concern details ante cedent to the time that the mon re (Continued on page 8) FREEPORT HAS NO HICH SCHOOL SITE Statement Made At Rockville Cen- tre Meeting Denied By Free- of éducation propos rtound fico? of the of the west rcama, I~ =i! be able to fod him at ~- vaio orreng raze {in-n, the Villu avenue n= offered & ”in. tér the vt made on the bowling aller» Rockville: -Contre Community during the \monk 6f Pobrbary er img mllor William No Petit .., ¢ bis home fir the of vith a auta wared And 1s w. a ngain. \ io witt i ank o Brats a a erie inet netm, oon Freeport Board wld € is‘gfig ad | Donald Frazer, of their right to a trial on the charges | for further extention of the school ge- President Russ declared to Attorney | Village President Russ took imsue | Tt H. Pog## offered a resolution call: pleted on the south side it will be. flled. side school was made by Attorney San ford Davison, who sought to Introduce | a. resolution, which if adopted, would | it was the sense of the meeting that | a school should be erected in the south side nt once. This resolution was of-| fered but it. was. ruled out on the ground that it would conflict with the enll of: the meeting, which was held for the purpose of voting on the high school wite only While no. definite action. was. taken im the. south side school proposition, it in likely that the meeting will be ef fective in bringing about metion on the proposition. in the near. future Attorney Edwin Wright was elected chairman of the meeting. He was nom inated by Attorney Francis J. Hooley Chairman: Wright appointed Mes. Eiste Speliman clerk of the meeting, James Madigan and James Patten, tellers, and | assistant. clerk. | Alfred E. Ives, president of the Board | of Education, read an illuminating ad- dress in which he outlined the growth of the school system of Rockville Cen- tre, gave figures showing the high po- sition which the Rockville Centre schools hold in the state, the necessity tem to keep up with the growth of the village, the advimability of purchasing the proposed aite so that a much needed high school for the 400 high school students now enrolled could be erect | ed at an early date. and the necessity for a primary school in the south side of the village from which 20 per cent. of the pupils of the school district now come In for the purchase of the site, and | Dr. D. N. Bulson, in an address. in which he gave nome of his experiences in school matters during the yearn in which the school system han been ex- panding, seconded the resolution. Aw soon am the discummion of the res- olution started It became evident that south aldern were going to press their claima and hold them agminat the pas sage of the north aide proponttion, 'This led to a dircumsion as to why the achooln were all on the north ride at the present time and it was pointed out that the south side which was the original realdentia rection, did not want to he bothered by m school house too close to that section, and had the old three room achonl erected on the north wide Attorney Hooley caused much laugh- ter by repeating m remurk he heard to the effect that the south aide wan m Inted by a race of the childicam n 1: | and cubte | A further effort at securing a south Ubting with a minimum: charge of/ will establish a rate of $1.75 a thous feet for gos for fuel and $1. a month. Hflock rates are now in effect A proposed new regulation requires monthly consumption of 30.000 cuble feet when gas is used for | power and 12,000 cubic feet when used for heating, with a minimum monthly charge of $1. No guaranteed amount is now required The rate of $1.75 per thousand cule fect. announced In the ahove schedule Lis im increase of twenty five cents over the rate now in effect.. The minimum charge of one dollar yer month Is an Increase. from the. present. charge. of fifty cents per month. 'The above. schedule: was almo. filed with the Village Trustees of Rockville Centre by the Public Service Commis- sion. ViNage President Russ: declared that the village should oppose the in: crease and the people also should re- fuse to pay the advanced charge. Village Counsel Hooley read an ex: tract from the franchise of the com: pany granted by the Village of Rock- ville Centre, in which It im specifically stated that during the life of the fran- chise that the company cannot charge more than $1.50 per thousand feet for gas within the village. The trustees wore agreed that the Increase should not be accepted under the franchise, and It was questioned whether or not the franchise would lapse If this new rate was enforced. It was pointed out that in two sur: rounding villages that there mre two other wan companies operating. Vil: lage Counsel Hooley declared that a | mistake was made in ever letting the Nassau and Buffolk Lighting Company Into the village, and the possibility of a munleipal ga plant was suggested. It is generally believed that in: view of the franchise provisions in Rockville Centre that no detérmined effort will be made to enforce the higher rate. It is not known finitely at this writing whether the chine granted by Freeport tained 'a similar pro- vision, or. If t village is otherwise protected. It in likely that if protests are made that the Public Bervice Commission will hold hearings on the matter pend- Ing the final granting of the Increased rate. NEW DATE SET FOR OCEAN SIDE VOTE TO H. S. GIRLS 1 POST OFFICE SPEED Takes Nine Weeks To Carry News- paper Twelve Miles 'The speed with which some mall mat- ter is delivered, now that Postmaster Burleson is so ably directing the nffairs t this branch of government: service, is indicated by the fact that a copy of the Amityville Sun sent to the Observer Post_on November 28 of list year, ur | rived at Rockville Centre on Tuesday of thin week. At this rate it took this copy. of i | newspaper: nine. weeks to tmivel 12 | miles, or about ten times as much time (ax it would have required m snail, which has no legs at all, to walk the distance - qos c ARLY MORNING FIRE stmyed a barn at Atantie ave and Main st. Freeport, at. half one Wednesday morning and threatened | to destroy a. cottage adjoining, The property. is owned by C. Milton: Fore man. The cottage was occupied by th» Welss family. 'The house caught fre in 28 places. The Aromen, despite the con dition of the atreet« and the weather, had a stream on the fire in 8 minutes | ifter the alarm sounded \NOT A CANDDATE - V.P.RUSS DECLARES | States His Position At Meeting |_ Of Rockville Centre Village Trustees Village President Joseph T. Russ, of | Rockville Centre: is not a candidate for reelection. He made that state: ment at the meeting of the truste on Wednesday night. When the matters of business were ‘ disposed of and the meeting was ready for adjournment, Village President Rusa \took the floor and explained that he had heen complimented hy a great many people for. the. manner. In. which. he has been handlinic village matters, and sald this had been: particularly. true during. the. lint few. weeks He was not making this statement, he sald, In to throw at himaelf, but he. was, neverthelom, pleased to know that hiw efforts to wive the village a satisfactory and economical govern- government. were appreciated He reviewed his connection with the village board and said that hn has been a member of the Board of Trusteos for elght years nnd before hi clection as village preaident, werved eight months in that capacity, filling an unexpired term, He then desired, he maid, to round out his off career by serving ma elected village president, the people TWO DOLLARS A YEAR FIVE CENTS r cory NEw EFFORT BEG MADE To CHANCE coveRtuent OF NASSAU COUNTY BY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE Form of Government SOCIALISTS TRIAL DELAYS LEGISLATION Vast Number of Bills Left Un- attended Because of Hearings On Rejection of Members- Prohibition - Enforcement - Bill Pending-Referendum Amend- ments Favored Albany, (apecial)-Not alnce the mem oralle wemsion of the New York State Ieigialnture . which. Impemched | William Sulzer, have the transpiring of the lawmakers at Albany attracted the at- tention of the people af the whole Unit- ed States on the present one. . 'The ex- amination of the five suspended: Boc- lalists haw become a topic for almost universal comment and the work at hand for the legislature has become Indeed a secondary: conaideration both for the leglalators themselves and the public as well, Irrespective of the mer- its of the proposition, the result pre: wented im that a vast amount of legis- lation remains unattended to and is likely to be left in this status for at least two more: weeks. Two hills of recent introduction ro: flect more: thin passing importance; the measure draffed by the atate de- partment of excise relative to atate en forcement of the . federal . prohibition law, and the bill which would restore the atate convention. . Both measures are still in the Inftinl stage, in the cus- tody of the committees to which they were referred. The importance of each necessitates conmiderable argument so that Anal action in either Instance will not be for rome weeks. The atate excise department bill re- trina the state excise commissioner as the herd of m atate prohibition en- forcement body and defines intoxicat- Ing liquors a those containing aloohol In excers of one-half of one per cent. Provision is made in the measure for granted him that honor, and he has made every effort to merit the confi- dence which they showed In him. Anyone who has rerved that long on the village board, he said, cannot help but tread on someone's toes at timer and !s bound to make some enemies He admitted, he said, that he had at limen been somewhat blunt in hand ling mattern, and that perhape othern wotld have been more diplomatic, but he knew diplomacy so well that he was afraid. that It bordered too clonély on hypocrisy, and he wanted to make very stwo that no one could ever call him a hypocrite or a Har. - Village President Rurs maid he made this atatement in regard to hir candi- dacy at this time na many men and wo- men had called him on the phone and urged him to be a candidate for pe- election. He does not intend to be a candidate in any menme of the word, he said, and does not wish people to pin 'their hopes to him only to find that he im not Inthe race. m necessary force of sgenta and legal masistanta, The bill also fixes an an- nual tax of $26 for pharmacists, $10 for the male of patent medicines and $100 for manufacturers and wholesal- era. Liquors for ume internally may be sold by a pharmamclat upon the pre- weription of ® physician or for relig: lous purposes. Other provisions nre that each phar- maclst shall be bonded to the amount of $500 and each dealer in patent medi- cines $200, an well as those who manu facture or wholesale that commodity, It in expected that the state will be able to obtain a conxiderable revenue if the department of excise \n continued. There in considerable taik of com- binfng the state excise department and the state department of narcotle drugs, but this plan is merely tentativa as yt. The Republican leaders are firm in their belief that all future amendiments to the United Stater Constitution shall he submitted to the people and moma Village Counsel Hooley, who has been in that office for eight years, spoke of Mr. record as trurtes, village preiident and found much upon which to compliment him. _ Donald Framer, who has been village stenographer for the past thirteen yearn, spoke in a like vein. The Community Chorus will give its March frst public concert on March 16. préniies to be m big svent, and ar Ocean lllIMll-vm-fim decided a Tis moaning 'on Tuesday ty. It wil be given in the Roslcvil chorus, te spare FHRL 1a Amore the airection tion of of Wiltred Glens, le proving that school site of contains some excoptionaliy fine voloss. at $2060 an acte both for solo and ensembia work, and Ohartes, . the program is berg planned so March 4. to show aff the work of the chorus aos Men (rond, Hime se tree | to the best advantage. The chorus i. at im he Niko (, | now . o a o nos soe mmmmmnm munity mnd his about 100 ot twenty | days to | membtre. \ the date of the meeting, what {=m arr-“wgggf-n phak. sooran “august-a!- The young eople of the Lawwnerica M. nan-t evening, . | ©.: Church ark piznning a Valentine so- wey 18, to arpmage Taculty' for the S4) and an entertainment for Washing- coming pmar. * tom's birthday, £ ures to bring aboyt that end have been Introduced. The national prohibition w mistake, it is pointed out. Assemblyman Jas. Cautfeld of u Concurrent Resolution Provides for Changing So That County Can Take Oxer Governmental Functions Now Being Exercised by Towns An effort to change the constitution of the State so that changes in county government \can be brought about, through a concurrent resolution of the two branches of the state legislature . has been brought to light. 'This con- current resolution according to the pro- vision embodied In it, would make pos- sible the putting over of the changes In Nassau county government for which the Nassau County Association has been unsuccessfully working during the past few yours. The efforts of the Nassau County Association to have its Nassau County charter adopted, have so far not been successful, and this constitutional change provided for by the concurrent resolution introduced in the Senate by enutr Law, and referred to the Ju: diciary Committee, would ennble the change to be made. The section of the resolution in which the change is proposed which would affect Nameau County, is ms fol: tw \There shall be in each eounty, ex- cept a county wholly within a city, a board of supervisors, to be composed of much members and elected in such manner and for such pericd am is or may be provided by law, But the log: islature may provide by law for another form of government for any county, subject to the approval of the electors of such county mt a general election in an odd numbered year. Buch law may miso provide for the transfer to the county of functions now exercised by towns.\ The section in heavy faced type is the new section Inserted by the con- current resolution into Section 26 of Article 3 of the Constitution. When it became evident to the fram» ers of the Namsau County charter, fath- ered by the Namwau County Ammociation, that the charter which would practical- ly make a city of Nassau County, could not be passed, changes were made un: der which It was designed to eliminate town lines and make the county Into one large town. The relation of this proposed change In the constitution to the efforts of the Naxsau County Association to make the changes It desires In the govern- ment of Nassau County becomes evi- dent. WOMEN RAISE FUNDS FOR LEGION ROOMS Ways and Means Committee, which was active in PWM Croms relief work during the war period, has de- clded to ald the Rockville Centre Legion boys to outfit their new headquarters on the second floor of the Rockville Centre Community Clubhoure. The present object is to raime $1000 to be for furniture and furnishings, of card parties, tena, muricnia of entertainment has d the members of the are each giving an affair, in: viting four or more ladies, who in turn asked their ot 38 women sre anthusiastio in their raise the required money. inal committes, which reorganized for this work, comprises Mre, John 18. Dewmap, chairman; Mra E. K. Burnett, secretary; Mra. F, H ve, Mrs. Burle J. Bennett, Mre. J. has pois mer e e
