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■S It Happened..V 't IN 1921 ! -Complied by: Clinton £. M^U Freeport Village H/^/or/an k . .......... ______ _ _ ______ jieedlework prevalent from 1760 lOidtime Stitcheiy EAST MEADO.W ‘A stitch in- tune —^ way back' in time ’r - is the March ..themcr.lhtpughout Old . Bethpkge yillage^resioratlon. ^ch.-weekend,' thew will be demonstTAlions , o f , all kinds of Veo/TOR’S A)Or&each,v*oeli t h e LEADER, IhrouDhthaeHorts and »“H«n'lc sellings, scholarly research of Clinton Metz. Freeport Vl)rage>tlatorlah, will Visilors wrll eyeii have a chance to reprint Homs from The Freeport News of 1921,57 years ago, during the • t week of publication.-John j . O'Neil w'as editor ol the Freeport News In is known today bar- ■•thary^r, Metz tells,us..An asterisk (*), following the caption of an * ® .Individual Item signifies that the Item or Its headlng.has been changed -Martha Wasnmgtqn,^ will be ■or summarized somewhat by Metz.) . .*• > ■ demonstrated as, ISth-'century- . . • . - \ .canvas work at the-SchejicThouse YILLAGETRUSTEESVOTEFORNlGHTMEEmNG* and can be rompated with the Night meetings wercTinally .decided upon^at the Village B o ard's/ Victorian needlepoint known as organization meeting. Sylvester Shea was reappointed village clerkand \berlin.work\ in progress in the . Ginton M. FHnt village attorney. Board meetings will take place on the' 1865 parlor ofthe Layton house. second and fourth Friday nights of each month. ' . ' . ; _ ^ e vUlage rnenfoUTcSmo-inm > ■ • . ■ ' owfl -at'ihe'Conkliri* House, * . ■ . ■ He^e, at the restored,home pf.a . Y.W.C.A. FUNDDRIVETOSTARTMONDAY ' ’ -togTfchncB*^villf bT'the‘’1 ^ The Young Women’s Christian'Association will Start on Monday its tr^tion * — \ ~ drive to raise 420TO for e iposes in the coining year. Mrs. George f ;— 'oiJ'-Bcthpage--TdlUiT °ei“.‘ -toraUon, res a wofidng fatm-coni- estabhshed Its home on North Grove S ri«t. Membership m-its girls „unity of thiJ3iid-19ffi century. U ' club is 175, and the association's membeishtp comprises over 300 ^y the Museum Division women. - of the Nwsau County Department .'.;of Recceationjind Parks. During March it I r o ^ r i frcm 10 ain to • ^ Patrick.J. Reiman, New York ‘Coffci Fretport-MusidShop, 43 WestMerrick Road. New Model-80 Vic* through iz -witn t^ s a u qj Schools\*Donald Costlow (j.) and. FrtS Principal Wdilam ^ ^ i O O . March evenln^riii 10 . The viHa^Tu located on^ound Southard be added fo-Ihaachool which benefltted-SP much from' ■ . ' '.\7 ^ ” —' -' ....... Swamp Road, just'south of Long ^®*^lcated leadership. ^ ----- .. Un^T920 Freeport's only develqpedVaterfront wiU^ the inrorpb* ~S280. ■ . ” ■ SUPPORT YOU/? lOCAl MERCHANTS rated area consisted of Milb'um Creek and the n o r^em part 'erf Free- • ,, port Creek. The V^age's south boundary ran roughly from Meister r Boulevard northeasterly'.to'the . inte^ectron-ef .Merrick Road and - - - MeriickRiveri Many hundreds of acres to the south'as well as east had ■{ not y et' come within-VUla^ lines.-This situation changed radically ' . when numerous streams; canals,and dwellings were added by exr J tension of the soutCboundary alTthe way to the bay .except for East. V Point (at the foot 6 f^iSve3«eH .'w h ich even foday.is a marina con- (. trolled by*tfae;Towii of Hempsteadr knd^.the qld.Cow-Meadow .area; - • Portions of Cow Meadow were later aiinexed on two occasions: in 1950 | to include Freeport:Bay Estates.-and-ifl-J95a.for addition of Colony | —3 H a ^ -partnafi iSSblished WGBB, the Nassau County coin- me'fcial radio.stadon, here in 1924.- l^urch FREEPORT - A * six-week she is on the faculty\SThe Neigh- | series of modeifa dance dasscs __ horbood-Playhouse in N w York \ for adults, condupted by Dorothy • Qty.. . *. . ' ( .Bifd'-ViUtrd, will b e '^ e r e d at T h e c lassam llbedesi^^^for the /South' Nassau J/Uoitarian- -4abce teachers and persons with •Chm ^ be^nsing /T h e ^ a y , dance training,- and wQl deal with April 4, &t)m 12 noon to 2 pm. the development of a balanced. VlUard; . 'whose: perforining ' ' free-functionmgbody. rjcredits.. include ’ the origii^ _ /MarthaGraham Dance Company, The feefor the series is $25. or .the. - H u n a p h ^ ,;. liinonAUWU ain«. ^ . S5 per sin^eUi{^C class.AM. For'furtherUI UAC . .M « - > U T tUCUiCC S<^olowcompanu»,as weD as-46—inforinaSbn. contact the. South Broadway show s'.'has'Tiu^f a t . N a ssan^nitarian. C b u ^ , 228 > the GrahLxrSchool and the School South Ocean* Avenub. Freepoct. ; 'o f Ainericah Ballet. Prescody. N.Y. a p a c h e I I 103 WobdeWt A»e. Frwsport: i X _ - 2 2 3 r 0 9 2 f l u L _ % -■} — It Catobrotlrig lit T h l f d ^A n h f v e g s f l f y - n a i r t w a a l f Jo and Frank-Cona wish to Thank All TTirir Friends/ and Wish Them a J 4 a p p ^ ^ l o i t e r ■ : OroS'e u r g r e c h h o i s e -ith.h q fed;» 3 I u n d i t i i s o f p f t p t g n t s h l o o i n d ^ m c ^ , - ' , ; ^tarttist , •e* B o i u « s a i G i l t p l « h ' a r e m a p p r t . - B M a i i d d « c d R t e d . « i t h a b o w E a s t e r U i i e s & H y d r a n g e a _ T u l i p s ty H a c i n t h s . A z a l e a s i n m a n y ' c o l o r s ' C i n e r a r i a s v e t r b r i g f i T ■ . P o e f e t B o o k P l a n t s u n u s u a l ■ -- African Violets some rare V arieties^“ -^ E x o t i c G i f t i ' ~ . -r—tomeliar B d sch * O i' d s ' ■ady ;iit l S D e re sr ♦ T r a r i u m s C a c l i j s G a r d e n s, ♦ D i s h G a r d e n s - -.-J- C y m b i d i u m i . * . M o t h . O r c h i d s ;/Gsdfe' a n d t h o t e _ i n g i f t p i l K T a t l i d c h a r g e E M / S ' O T L A ^ T I G /N U F ^ S Y ^ ( 5 A R ^ SHOP - ■ ' ■ ■ . • X ■ X r' X ' ■ • ^ 0 Atlantic Avenue, Freeport i'^a tr^bkp a S o u th o f SvnriieHlgkvcy nease phone f o t ^ e t f i o r i s (516f378-\73S7 Q ^ e r t i y d o y t toe, Friday tn & Sundays9 to 5. . E“ ter • -SutlLmon things we ' ? - vtipd dye t eggs in ill . hunt. B ui .\„jnem b c y r* thebettef For the burglarizi 'furniture _^Jookedaj Last E • floor, lea so gently . “Are 3 asked the -=~ii\Vhei broken In “That’ sleeping •soriinter -’Thre' Then.* ; Outraged had gone c, -.inthe'cy seen. Wi '“^.ofMicke ‘JGpoc _ z, justbeca “Our] odrsupp _____rountrid; ^■“ But; ' “Well hated an “Yes. manOa.d worry-m to have 1 . • “ Enoi egglijin -tFfEOaj soaethi them?) -Whet iggfiBt rustle 0 up. Hal ' 'Bure ParksD ; The in such • or havii —The; antidp andbrt - a y h ^ t-.r :—— ^.Ohv 3 ’^ -Eveiyb B y t p l ^ e / Streirt; ^ ^ ^ i u h f c t : - . .NEWS .... s 1 “ ‘ l V I V ■ _