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• \ or.. t. \\ o. 1.~ FINE PERFORMANCE 1 I BY LOCAL PLAYERS IS MUCH ENJOYED 1 Thr(>e Plays nod llu s irnl Pro- ~ram Strike Fancy oi I .J ar ge .Audience I .AFF.Al}{ W ELL ..lRRAXGED I --- ' M iss Civil i zat ion' ' The F irst and T he I Last' and ' T he Sequel' are Staged I a t H empstead The G:Hclt>n t'ily Players llHHie their! bow at the li E'lllP~>teud H igh Schoo l 1 auditorium. Saturdn~ eve ning , Decem- hl•r 1 >th in a llenctlt Perfornnnce of I thrPe Ont \ct Plays for the ~assau Hospital In \lin l.'olu. The Plurs were framed in a :\Iusil'nl progr nn~ whi<'h I '' ould hun' rep ud one for going if thPr e had been no \ 'ery excellent per- I fcrmnnce, it wa ,~ one of tho se cases J where ~h~ frame fitted the picture. Of 1 course \\hen we saw :\ J rs. Gertrude H ilton Stoddart was at th e pi a no, we kn ew we were to have a musical treat. W ith :\lr. O sca r :\ f u ll e r playing th e violin and :\ir . B . Neito . ce lli s t we heard a Trio o r remarkable brillia n ce of te <lh nlqu e a nd ton e. A t e ight o'clock promptly the first n otes filled th e stately auditorium wh ic h wa s rapidly filllng v. 1 th the muel c a nd art lov ers or Garden C ity a nd H e mp stead , not to mention th e fr a nkly e nvious ones v.ilo came to see the new drama - tic group . :-dr s. Stoddart s howed her u s ual discretion in the cbolce ot her pr ogram, the fir s t num • b e r being Wi . dor 's \Se r e n a d e\ follow e d by \To You \ ... t Go\ROE'\ Ctn . LO'\ G lsu'\o . \\. Y .• ~ t:D'\E on. DE<.E)IBER 19 . 192 3 • 1161 .. VJ' a9 n t SW~1'~ 1\to fO~ A\l fhey that l\\\lte the ,SWOl'~ l · il\ with th.e 5wo1'Cl , ' - ·-· ~er~::.bulka and TechaUrowsky's Im Sixth Birthda of XMAS SHOPPING 'N HEM STEAD MR. DONA D C 48 !!ILT N li t'\ 0 !\) r: N VAU 'HA N, AVE. , C!TY , L. I. TE~ CE:'-JTs A CoPY N. I LANNIN SCHOOL SITE CHOSEN BY VOTERS AT HEATED SESSION ISSU(> Is DN•i<lf'd by Count or 210 to 10~ i-t 5,000 to Be Expended l)E r riTIO~ IS DENIED Move To Div i de D is tr ic t 18 Refused by Super i ntendent Mepham in De - cisio n Thi s Week - A n ew central jun i or a nd ~enlor high schoo l will be built here n ncl will bo erecte d on the Lannin sit£' ta be pur- C'hasu l for that purp~. These l\\0 questions, wh ilh have divided the reside n ts of this village into two we ll dc,fint•cl fact:ons, \\ erP <h•cldetl finally at an t>lf>t•tio n lwlcl a t the Garden ('ltv Ho tel following :t heat e d discussion )lond ay night. Th e first r eso lution. authorizing th e e xpenditur e of $417.500 for tht:> erection or the propoM!d building, was pa ~>sl' d by a vote or 288 In tavor and 39 again~t. The funds for the building will be rai s ed by a tax on taxable prG p erty in th ~ district and co ll ec ted In twenty annua l Installments or not more t · han $21,000 each . 'I'he secon d resolution, authorizing the pu rc hase ot the Lannln s ite at a cost or $10,000 nn acre, or '67,600, \\\88 passed by a vote or 210 to 108 . Tble property consists ot nearly elx and one-half a cres and Is bounded by Ro c kaway avenue, Stewan avenue and Chen-y Vall v road . It belonp to Joeepb Lann weU Jr ..... thi s village . .. \ MISS CIVILIZATION\ M Le Abb The c urtain rose on a very Christ- ary e t I ~~~ .__., oe vsc\' n..,r o r \\Ii~--c· vili1.ati - . J: ;=d:: ;;:::: =~-- - _ · ;~ .. .._ 1 ,~ JU , ~AI~ ·~tnRUL 11~ - rtu·nat·d H ar ding Davi s. t I • .. . • ., .. ...,.. ...c George L . Hubbell, president or the board, who was unable to attend on a<>count ot llln e$s in bl s family, Rob ert K e ith opened the meet - i n g. By a unanimou s vot e George S. Em o ry , pre s id en t or th e Nassau Coun ty Tru e t C'o .• wa s elerted chairma n . • The lighting for thi s 'burg l ar' play '!'here are _many parti~ s planned for \ eeemed to us particu l arly goo, l. though next we e k, 10 fac t the young p e01> le A holly wteath. with Sa nta C' l aus' can never h a v e too many pretty b ags.\ it is to bp regretted that pretty :\Irs. I are to be very gay.' but the party to jolly o ld r ace looking at me and u nd e r. I I went in to see about it. :\Ira. Frank nannPrm, 1 n ,:at with her race In sha- C'ot.nmen~e ~h~ Ch~ts tm as aeaso n was neath, \ Do Your Christmas Shopping~ \\as at the cas hi e r 's desk and s h e gave dow nll through onf' delicious sce n e ~hen b) :\Itss :\laty Lee Abbot at herlin Y oUI· O wn H ome Town.\ The • m e a sm ile of welcome such as o n e ~vith :\It·. LawrPnce \lortlmer, who home on l\ourth Stt·eet on Monday I thought struck me with co n siderab l e! neve1· gets in the big d t y. Wh at a piL.Y£>11 .Jo1• !latch. with his usual sa voir tfl<•rncon It was :\.ary Lee's sixth forc·l'. ~ow why was I goi n g to New I f<Jir~> !II'I'OillpaniPI I h~· a husky voice. bit t•hday anti the lit.IP guest!' wt-rP in.r York any way'? \'hy not do as thP hlac·k mask and getwral thug appear- vitPd to come in costumes appropriate 'I for the holidav aenson. The children I atH'e that hrcught the first thrill or were treated t~ a moving picture and a I the P\'Pt,ing. ::\lr \\''illard Fairchild as 'HPrldy' stumbled on with a realism P\nnut hunt and muslc·a l chairs and that brought down tlw house. Il ls red 'h<'n the birthday supper. EveJ·ything I in green and red with Santa Claus in' th<' c·entre of the table, a ti ny rei n deer wd a gift ror l'ach gue t. Little J ean I .\rmitage as a Ch ri s.t ma s Bell a nd Re R aimes CO'mbes as a Chrlatmas Rob in h 1ir ntHI hlac·k faC'e, {'ertainly not 'the l!kin one lo, •es to touch' endeared him to hi~ audience. de,.plte his wicked na'ure. ancl th en :\ J r. Kneeland L. GrPen. th<' third burglar ' H arry' prowl- in g among the Xmas sil ver with a won the prizes for the most origi n a l velvet touc·h that wa s genius, In co n - costumes. I sabe l Combes came as a lra st to these t 'hree villains ca m e ;\lisa C hri s tmae tr ee, Son ny S almon. T ed Civilizati o n , I n dia ph a nou s dt ·a perle s A ro mtl e ld a nd Trow K e nn e dy were and \fl oati n g tre sses. SG attra<.'tive t o Sa nt a C' l aus, Bar b ara Bromfield wa s a l ook up o n . w e marv e lled th a t the thug s Chr i s tm as H owe r . :\ l ary and J a n et cou ld reelst • h er pleas •not to . make a P eacoc k were p oi n set ta. s, El ea nor n oise and so avoid waking Moth er ! lv Pson, H e l ai n e P e ter s , Ali c e Merritt, Why Not Shop I n Hemp s tead , 1 Asked Th e c lim-ax ca me with a pun c h w he n K a thlee n Rlp so n -a n d Jo a n Armitage Myself ? close upo n the sc r eec h or a lo co motive w e re Cb rl s t mu F a irie s, Ca rolin e Bur - I • I I ::\fr. F . Pr e nti ce Abbo t as Ca pt. Lu cas gess a Ch ri stmas l etter, H ele n Frey poster sa id or at l eaet give o ur H ~mp -J of the s tage poli c e for ce a nd Offi ce r w as mi s tl etoe, th e yo un g ho s t ess Mary stea d s tor es tile fir st ch an c e and ln c l- I And i n Add i tion Everything In Men's, nentee or ou r o \ · n G arde n C it y Poli ce L ee wa s a fah-y -a nd hm · broth e r Frank d e ntnlly sa v e my self from th e New j Boys' and Women's Wear Force broke rhr oug h the portl ers and Kimball w a ~ a ho-l ly berry , H e lain e Y or k cr ov. · d s. J had thirty minut es dlft' e rf'n ce juet a per s o nal touch can ju st i n time to s a v e our heroin e a nd 1 Peter s a C hrist m as berry, Di c kie before my tr a in left s o I turned a nd do t o th~ day! 1 th e n and ther e 'Mother ' disarmed a n d unmaeked the Davies a c lown, Dolly H asti ng s , Sa nt a w e nt back to Main Street and etart ed bought the • bag a nd wandered on burgl a r s t hr ee t o t h e intense d e li~ht C l au s helper, Ann e VIrg i nia C lark a ln w1ndow -sbo pplng . amon g the beautiful t hings and Mr . o r t he firH row o r boys who Chu c kl e d C hti s tm as She p erde ss a nd Di c k ie , A . L. FRANK'S DEPT . STORE, INC. Frank him se lf , wh e n be sa \v 1 wa. s I n - and applaude d eac h move thr oughout I Laltnooer hlm e elf . ' Row s and rows or Xm as bell s mak - tereste d In his s t ock s h o w ed m e the thi s fir s t pl ay. Th e n the c urtain s: - lng n borde r abou t Ulc wi ndow s a nd vn.rlou s departme nt s. There wn.e w e r e drawn upon t h e v ery g r ace fu l Miss Eva Dahlgren doo t · n od In the firs t wi n dow gl tt s or e veryth in g i n the w or ld In boys' , men' -s s woon o r o ur h e r oi n e in t o the sta l wa t· t D G• F every des cri ption , both c o s tl y and we ll a nd women's wear . J c ou ld bave got· ar m s or Ca pt . Lu c ae . Ex ce p t for a ance IV en or I withi n e v e ry o ne 's m ea ne . 1 s pi ed a t e n a gi ft to r e very memb e r or the s li g ht inclination to drag in one o r two :\1rs. Dr exe l D a hlgren. who rece ntl y hand bag of brown v elve t with a cord ram il y in t his one sto re, but I finally s p ots and an occasional t oo IO\ V pit ch r e tu i'O e d r 10 • 111 abr o ad i nt ro du ce d h ~r to h a n g about my wt•ist. lin ed with tore my se lf away, with a \M e rry Xmas or volc·e :\tiss Civi li za tion wa s e x ce l . you n ges t dau gh t e r , :\1lss Eva D ah lgren pink silk and I thought , ',' There, why and H a ppy N ew Year\ ringing In my l e ntly g iv e n . at a dance a t S h e r ry's l ast Friday wouldn't th at do for John 's s i s t e r ? S he eat·s. \ FIRST AND LAST \ evf' nin g. :\ f r s. Reginald T. T ow neend Is WPat·i n g brow n thi s winter and one (Co ntin ued o n Pag e Ten) :\ II ·s. Stod d at·t's trio the n played or this vi ll age gave a lat' g~ dinn e r at Kurt Oaske'e · :\ J azurka · and the Pi etTe's he fo r e t h e dance ror the 1 1 '('hausonette' by Frlm l , before tbe ta . t h 1 . < P >u- :\It·. and :\Ir s. Augustus Van Cor t · • n e, w o s her s t s t er a nd ::\1rs ll I t 1 · Sl most ambitio u s play or the eve nin g T ow n send a l s 1 1 · · ·, < nc • o t a t ·o n . Conn .. former ly old :\It ·a. E. B . W alters of R o xbury R oad has gone to Ri ch mond, V a. to s p e nd the hc · lidays with her fam ily . Mr . Walters sa il e d l ast week for England witho u t doubt \Phe F 'l r s t a nd th e La s t: I a nd s i s t e r 1 ° ~ss ~t~d het · mothe r t·esldents of Garden C ity s p e nt Su nd ay Is one of J ohn Gal ~> worthy's fines t bits guests who 11 ~\nb t eerceedv n bg th fe dance wit · h :\Jrs. Wm. J . Y ounge. :\ f r. Van . a ou t out· hun - Co ·t l a dt . , d . . (Continued on Page T we l ve) dred ' n a ss t sle m taktng oft'ering to be abroad ro t · the next si x weeks on 1 · ing S unday at th e C'athed t ·a l. business. Discussion pn'('eding th e voting was lead by l'. Wa1te1· Randall and Chase :\IE'IIon. opposi n g th e J>Ur chasc of the Lannln site. an1l bv Rannond Balian- . . tynP ath·ocntin~ th~ purchase. :\I t ·. Rctntlnll sta ted that. although he ha d opposed the (.'e ntrnl plan, hi' wiehed to ac{·ept the \ill of th e majority. but that he c·onsidered the Lannin site in- advisnblP. Reasons he nnmPII for this attitndP were chh•tly t he location or the IHOposed site. its limitPd a r ea. high t•ost. and s l oping ground which, he said, would have to be levE'Ied at addi t io nal cost berore It would be suitable for schoo l groun d s. In place of the L an nin s it e h e proposed a lat ·ge r s it e eout · h o r the L . I. Railway whi ch, • h e said, l?b u ld b e purchased for ~3.000 an a c re. On th e otb 'e r hand, :\ J r. B a llantyne asser t e d that t h e s .. e i s amp l e Car a ll u ses which mny be req u ired or I t , a nd ts m ore s uitabl e a a it adjoin s t h e pres . t- nt sc hool s ite . H e create d a se nsa - • lio n whe n he declare d that o n e man had avo w ed his Intention o r d ela ying ~he pur c hase or th e s i~ \ If b e bad t<7 get a n Injunctio n to do it .\ Further d e l ay, he d ec l ared, would m ea n keep- Ing tbe c hildr e n so mu ch l o n ger in \ the mi se t -able eha c k s\ In which they are n o w ho us ed . PETITION DEN I ED At th e same tim e , Distr ict Superi n - t e ndent ot Schools W e llin gto n C. Mep . ham a nn ounced hi s decision to deny the p eti t io n to div i de Di strict 18 into two Ot· b h ree distric t s, d eclaring th at I t the p e tition were gra n ted \It would preclude a n y ce ntr a li zat i on and Its ad . vantage6.\ The p e tition had been s ub - mitted by residents or the ce ntt ·a l sec- tion or Ga t •de n City o n the g r ound that the sec ti ons to the eas t and west of Ga r den City proper can not obtain ade· quate school facilities by remai n ing an n exed t o D i s tl'i c·t 1 8. 'rhe decision (Continued on Pag e Ten) y •
