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Nassau County Review. VOL. XII FREEPORT. N. Y., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1906 NO. 8 Don’t Lei Advertising Scatter Don't let your advertisem e n ts scat ter. In other words, don’t talk about too many things at once. One idea at a tim e is about all the average person can soak up. I t ’s better to impress a single idea about your store and make that one idea sink in than it is to try to cover a dozen subjects. The boys and girls, and some of the — older people, have enjoyed several , Mrs. John C. Chase of Hempstead <iays of good skating this weeek. lAotird of Trade ; ed : William P. Jones. Julius Detmer, „ ,, , , John I). Gunning. R<»v S. Wallace, L e tter Police Protection was | Thomas Burleight Albin N. Johnson spent Tuesday with relatives here. special order of business and there was , E lvin N. Edwards, J . D. Kiefer, J. B. Pearsall & Murray, Review Building, j an unusually large attendance at I C a rtw right, Henry P. Libby, Charles A young daughter has arrived at the have a line line of Chritmas and New j the meeting of the Freeport Board of; L. Wallace, 0. W. Humphrey, Henry- home of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Smith. Year Tost Cards two for five cents. Tim e To Quit When two villages three miles apart Next Sunday will be observed as Missionary Day in the M. E. Church. See the Gas company’s suggestion Trade, which was held in Fraternity Hall, Railroad Avenue, Wednesday, Jesjse Ryerson and George DeLap j when ten additional members were have gone to Norfolk, Va., to work on I added to the roll. the Jamestown Exposition buildings. for a Christmas present in this issue. Owing to the severe cold on Saturday . i last, and the failure of contestants to Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Fletcher attended ; appear, the second pushmobile race for to.ch adopt the questionable idea of us- j a wedding at Bay Shore Tuesay even- . the Dean trophy was postponed, ing the fire whistle as a time keeper, j ' nK. each being t„ bl„w „ ,lx | ti, M Co. h » . . | pl^ .‘. \ S T S S . o’clock, and the two being from six t o , large consignment of state apples; see | Smith, widow of Raynor Rock Smith, fifteen minutes apart and neither of j adv. them right once a week, we really ; , , . . . . ... , ., | John J . Randall is erecting a new think it is tim e our \ illagc at ers r e - . ^0U8e on Wallace Street, north of Lena considered thier idea of using the fire j Avenue, whistle except for an alarm of fire, and th a t not a false one either. The Executive Committee offered the following resolution: ” Resolved, That the Board of Trade recommend to the Board of Village Trustees that in making up their L. Maxson, W. B. Osterhout and Sidney H. Swezey. In order to ensure active action, it was resolved to make the report of the special committee of five the special order of business at the m eet ing to be held in January, after which the Board adjourned. Following the business meeting. C h r i s t m a s G iving A t this season of the year the one great thought that throbs in the heart of every unselfish person is what can I give my friends to increase their hap piness? It is only a crabbed, sordid soul at this crowning summit of the year who asks what am I going to re ceive. Children expect to receive and are happy in the thought, but rightly balanced adults find their chief pleasure in giving. This does not include that class of chronic misers who by long years of cultivated stinginess have strangled every generous impulse, and who suffer so a t the idea of giving up anything that it is necessary to adm inister co caine to get them in a donative state but it. means and refers to the over whelming majority of our people. Once in a while there is a poor wretch so stingy that he is constantly in pain. The mere suggestion that he give up the value of a peanut throws him into a cramp colic. To save expense he may raise his family on wild goose ber ries and hazel nuts until his children develop into physical, mental and moral dwarfs, but fortunately such instances in this broad and generous nation are tolerably rare. -M A N D Y PER K IN S ” By Jno. J . Beckman Mandy Perkins was about The neatest gal around Always dressed so spic and span In silks she did abound They wasn’t flashy fashions Like most folks would expect But were ju s t plain and common Void of the least defect. Her parents they had money It wasn’t no small sum, W ent ’way up in six figures And big ones too, by gum ! Mandy, she was very plain And had a pleasant way Always wore a cheerful look Had something nice to say. Money didn’t make her vain, It made her plain instead; T w a s a pleasure to be plain, She didn’t lose her head. She’s just the sort o’ c reature The world needs bad to-day, To make life worth while livin’ To cheer you on its way. SALE OF SCHOOL BONDS Sealed bids for the sale of Fifteen bonds of School D istrict Number Eight o f the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, aggregating $15,- 000.00, bearing 44 per cent interest, payable semi-annually, will be received and sold to the highest bidder by the Board of Trustees of said D istrict on the 24th day of December, 1906, at 7 o’clock, P. M., at the school house in said district, but said bonds shall not be sold below par. Principal and interest payable at F irst National Bank, at Freeport, New York. Bonds to be issued in the denomina tion of One Thousand Dollars each. Bonds to he delivered and money paid within fifteen days after the date of sale at First National Bank, Free- ]H)rt, New York. One of said bonds to be made pay able and to m ature on the first day of January in each and every of the years 1910 to 1924 inclusive. These bonds are issued in pursuance and one of the oldest residents of Free port, on Friday of t last week, when Mrs. Smith gave a birthday dinner in honor of her 95th birthday. There were represented at this dinner five generations of the Smith family, which is well known in Freeport and vicinity. The generations were represented by her two children, Mrs. CarmanCornelius Friends for dinner. Have you te l e - |° J and CaP> ™ ™ a3 S™ith phoned vour wife? Have vou a Gas ^ n' i, ; Kate Holland and Mrs. T rite of Brook- 1 lyn, Mrs. Emma Combes of Hemp- i A m eeting of the Village Board of : T rustees will be held next Friday | evening. Mrs. Fred Hobe, a former Freeport- s^ea<*> Mrs. Zi 11 ah.Pearsall, Miss Ethel er, was in the village Wednesday, vis- ! ^ UI^S a,u* Lolden of ^ r ^e~ iting friends. Doa’t go to the city for your Christ mas present — look around in your home store windows first. You can now pay your school taxes to Wesley Pearsall at his office in the Re view Building. W aterm a n ’s Pens the Ideal Christ mas g ift - a large assortm ent at Pearsall & M u rray’s. See C. P. Seaman’s Christmas an nouncement. He has the goods, and the prices are right. Get single copies of the Review at DaSilva’s, W est Merrick Road, or Go- betz’s or Pearsall & M u rray’s, South Main Street. A ttention is called to the adv. of Wulff, the oil dealer, in this issue. Mr. Wulff\ is very prompt in delivery and will treat you right. Plush Robes in great variety, $2^25 Ju s t the thing for a holi- to $16 each, day gift. Freeport Main Street, Freeport. Harness Store, Sensible, practical holiday g if ts are those which would make good gifts at any season. See the suggestion in Chas. P. Sm ith’s ad. in this issue. Miss Gertrude MacCarey of Cincin nati, Ohio, and Miss Mary Cox of Sea Cliff, L. L, have been visiting Miss Fannie Devlin for the past two weeks. Mrs. Wm. Higgins, Ocean Avenue, will take your order for home-made candy in any quantity, after Monday, the proceeds to be used for a worthy Christmas charity. Delegations from Freeport Council, Jr. O. U. A. M. and Progressive Coun cil, D. of L., attended services in the Hempstead B a p tist Church Sunday evening. O « Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cudlipp.who have been residing at the Higgins cottage on Ocean Avenue, have removed to the Allison house on North Grove Street, near Lena Avenue. port; great grand chi Iren, Miss Helen Powell of Freeport and Mi.ss™Gussie T rite of Brooklyn; great great grand chilrden, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Suits. Mrs. Smith is still j living in the house on Main Street where she has lived for several years past and it is hoped by her many friehds to see “ Grandmother” Smith pass her 100th birthday. Serm o n on “ T o b a c c o ” The sermon of the Rev. Dr. Ketch- am in the Presbyterian Church last Sunday evening on the subject “ To bacco” was from the text ^ Cor., 9 ;27; “ I keep under my body” and was heard by a large congregation. Instead of any violent diatribe against all smokers, the preacher advised all young men and boys that the abstainer —the non-smoker had a vast life ad vantage in that he was s u r e : 1. Never to be a slave of tobacco, which is a not very remote possibility, to every smoker. II. Never to be physically, mentally and morally injured by it. III. Never to be an offence and a nuisance from it. IV. Sure to be preferred in business and society. V. Sure not to wrong some-one else in its use wife or children for exam ple. VI. The non-smoker has vast advan tage as to influence over others sure to be seriously injured if they acquire the habit. VII. All think about it. It is: I. Easy to keep out. 2, Hard to get out. All Keep out. During the month of December Scott’s Remnant Store, upper Main Street, opposite Lena Avenue, will give goods at Monday’s prices; special sale of dolls; just landed some e legant silk embroidered Oriental table covers; presents given with every purchase. The picture on page eight of the Re view last week (the pushmobile race) Village T r u s t e e s A t the meeting of the Village Board of Trustees held on Friday night, Chas. L. Wallace having notified the Board that the rent of the Village Office would be increased from eight to twelve dol lars a month, the clerk was directed to have a lease drawn up for one jjjear a t twelve dollars per month. The Hartford Steam Boiler and In spection Company reported having test ed the boilers at the power house and had found them in a good condition. The Board approved the election of | Robert W. Shaw and William S. Mer rill as members of Ever Ready Hose Company, No. 1 budget to be voted upon at the next delightful entertainm e n t was g iven by annual Spring election, a sufficient | J . Wallace Mackay, the human violin- sum should be asked for so that the | ist, who proved quite entertaining, street lights ^may be kept lighted | every night from dark until daylight; ; S c h o o l Motes To provide for the appointment of a j The total registration up*to date is Superintendent of Public Works, who is to have charge of the entire village plant, and to perform such other duties that may be required of him ; To provide-for a sufficient sum of money necessary to keep the streets j and avenues in a proper condition. The recommendations caused con siderable argument, wherein it was stated that from time to time, and at almost every meeting of the Board of Trade recommendations were introduc ed, but that they died a natural death, so that nothing was accomplished. Freeport is and has been growing at a great rate, and the time was ripe when the interest of every individual tax payer must be considered. Action must be taken that will prove the most beneficial to the m ajority of the tax payers, and the Board of Trade was the proper medium whereby any or every resident of Freeport could appear and make known their ideas of what was proper and right for the interest of the village at large, and for the pur pose of meeting this issue a substi tute motion was made whereby the President was authorized to appoint a special committee of five to investi gate every recommendation presented, select what to their idea was con ducive to the most good, and to p resent the same to the Board of Trade a t their meeting iiV January for its consider ation and adoption, after which they are to be presented to the Board of Village Trustees to he recommended by them in their annual report and in the making up of their annual budget, after which the members of the Board of Trade can be in a position to bring what pressure it can upon the voters of the village for their support at the next village election. President Foster appointed the following committee : J. B. Cartw right, Julius Detmer, Thomas Burleigh, Henry L. Orandell and Mr. Fredericks. A fter further routine business was concluded, the Executive Committee submitted the following resolution as the special order of business for the evening; Resolved, That it is the sense of this Board that a regular police force of five men be established for the pro tection of the village, and that the Board of Village Trustees be requested to insert in the next budget an amount sufficient to cover the necessary ex penses. Resolved, That a comittee of fifteen be appointed by the Chair to attend the next meeting of the Village Board of Trustees and present this resolution. When first presented the resolution called only for a force of four men, but upon a recommendation, the num ber was changed to five men so as to allow- for a force of four patrolmen, with one chief, who would be at all tim es at the police headquartes where the services of a policeman could be secured at all hours. Ex-Village President, Julius Detmer, stated that last year the idea of secur 905. Grade rhetorical severe held last F r i day. Grover Siems of ^W antagh entered school last Monday. New desks and tables for the two ex tra rooms have been ordered. Three of the four tables in the phys ical lahratory are now ready for use. The work in the “ Annex” is pro gressing rapidly. The third and fifth grades will commence work in it on the day after^th e Christinas holidays. M erit Cards were issued last Thurs day. The following students were placed on the honor r o ll: Marie Parkin son, Hazel Colder, Florence Fullager, Irene Provost. On December 21, the grades will hold their Christmas exercises in Miss Dail ey’s room. The grades are at work preparing for them. Miss Dailey is drilling thenVon special songs. At the regular meeting of the Board of Education, to be held Monday even ing, application for two new teachers, for the “ Annex” will be acted upon, A site for a new school will also be thoroughly discussed. The High School play, entitled “ Mr. Bob,” will be postponed from Decem ber 20 to January 12, the first Satur day after Christmas vacation. Re hearsals are held every Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday. The High School rhetoricals will be held this Friday. The following is the program : Music School W hat Makes a Hero W alter Sheard A fter a Match Harold Wilson The Aesthetic Craze W alter Smith The Unbolted Door Lillian Sheard Courting in Kentucky Warren Thompson Music Grade Chorus De Candy Pull Helen Smith Ego and Echo Clinton Storyparing A rgum e n t: We should have a one-ses sion school day. Affirmative, Oliver Teeple Negative, H e rbert Tredwell Music Grade Chorus B A L D W I N John S. Lusch spent Saturday in town. Robert Rope of Buffalo spent Sunday | w ith his sister here. Mortimer E^ LePine is quite ill at his home on Grand Avenue. Jam es Fallon has removed to Brook lyn for the remainder of the winter. Single copies of the Review van be secured 'a t John Seaman’s store near the depot. It Wilford Southard will return from Cornell on Saturday for the Xmas va cation. Smith to have a granitoid sidewalk laid in front of his property on W est Merrick Road, he to be credited with | three-quarters of the cost thereof on ; his individual street tax. ! The application of A. Isaacson, South Lena Avenue; Edward Hart, Lexing- was furnished by courtesy of Stafford, ■trm Avenue; Jam es Hanse, Main St., the photographer. W est Merrick Road, who is a great favorite with the boys. The cut came just as we were going to press, and in our hurry we neglected to give proper credit. A complimentary entertainm e n t will be held at the Freeport Club House on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 19. in celebration of the great social and financial success of the “ F a ir ” held last month. As this success is e n tirely due to the efforts of the “ Ladies of the Club” it is planned for each and every lady who participated in any way in that event to help celebrate. Owing to the lim ited seating capacity of the o f a resolution passed at a special assembly hall, it has been decided to school meeting of the inhabitants of make this evening’s amusement a said district held on the ninth day of strictly family affair. February, 1906, voting a tax not Ito e x ceed $15,000, to be levied by install- Freeport Council No. 57, J r . O.U. A. ments, upon the taxable property of the M., added 18 members at the class in- said district for the purpose of build- itation Friday night. Delegates were ing a new school house in said d istric t , p resent from Eagle, Brooklyn and Certified checks for $500 made pay- Franklin and other Councils. This able to the order of the Board of Trus- makes a total membership of 324. tees of School D istrict Number 8 of Addresses were made by State Chap- the town of Hempstead shall accom-1 lain Brown and National Representa- pany each bid to evidencextlfc good I tiv6 Clasch on “ The Principles of the faith of the bidder, to fye forfeited in ! O rder.” The speaker of the evening case the bidder does not take the bonds, was Bro. Tun iso n of Franklin Council Dated Dec. 14, 1906. 1 o f Brooklyn, who spoke of the order Frank A. Wood, from its birth to the present time, and ('has. Edwards, A. F. Bull, for electric light service weae granted, as were the applications of Smith Cox, three houses on Henry S treet; Clarence Detmer, Lexingtbn Avenue; Charles L. Seaman, South Lena Avenue and Geo. Weber, Bergen Place, for w a ter ser vice. The following bills were audited and ordered p a id : S. P. Shea, express, $10.15; Strong Machine Co., supplies, $30.23; M atthias Plum, record book, $6.00; W. W. Cameron, police services, $40.80; Joy Bros., street corner posts, $243.75; Neptune Co., m eters, $8.40; A. I\. Sm ith M anufacturing Co., cor poration cocks, $28.50; C. L. Wallace, rent of office, $20.83 ; W. W. Cameron, street work, $75.75; A rthur Lewis, street work, $125.25; C. A. Fulton,fur niture for court room, $106.50; G. H. Randall, repairs to coal bin, $40.82; H. A. W alling, electrical work, $193.42; J. p . Keifer, painting street signs, $81.57; A. G. Smith, street grades, $185.00. The requisitior of Chief Cozzens for the painting of the firehouses was laid upon the table. The clerk was directed to communi cate with the Long Island Railroad au thorities, callling their attention to the dangerous condition of their crossings a t Long Beach and Bay view Avenues, either Permission was granted Chas. D-j ing a . force of three patrolmen was fully considered and was deemed ad visable, but owing to the extremely large budget called for, over $12,000, the largest in the history of Freeport, it w a s not deemed advisable at that time, but that he thought that the vil lage had increased so wonderfully dur ing the past year that it would be advisable to subm it/the proposition to the tax-payers fob their consideration at the next annual election. It was further stated that the adoption by this board of various re commendations and the submission of propositions to the voters in itself did not complete the work of the Board of Trade, but that after the Village Board of Trustees had favorably ac- ceeded to the request of the Board, it was the duty of the members thereof to use their utmost efforts in securing ihe passage of the propositions sub mitted. OBITUARY Mrs. John Holla way, died this Thurs day morning; age 59 years: funeral ser vices at the house. Sunday at 2 p. m .; Dr. Ketcham officiating; interm ent, ( ireenfield. Fra w ley — Mary, wife of Thomas Frawley: died at her home Forest Ave.; aged 36; funeral Thursday a. in. ; at the Catholic Church. Burnett—George, Dei1, s , at Roosevelt, age 56 years; interment, Greenfield. Layton—Irene, 9 days old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Layton, lower Main St., funeral Saturday, Dr. K e tch am officiating, burial a t Freeport. Montross—Eugene, 9 mouths old. son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Montross, South Grove St: funeral Friday, Dr. Ketcham officiating, interm ent at (rrevn field. Bedell D. Raynor, an old resident of Freeport, died last Thursday, age 63 years, of sudden paralysis of the heart. Mr. Raynor, who was engaged in the oyster business for thirty years, had been suffering from B right’s dis ease for several years. Funeral servi ces were held Sunday, Rev. K. P. Ketcham officiating; interm ent in Greenfield Cemetery. See C. P. Seaman’s Christmas an nouncement. He has the goods, and the prices are right. Edwin M. Preston, Principal of the Union appointed Su perintendent of the M. E. Sunday School. The Epworth League held a doll show and sale in the parsonage of the M. E. Church on Wednesday evening. Cake and ice cream were on sale and a neat sum was realized. About fifteen of the local bicycle en thusiasts went down to witness the start of the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. The New York Herald of last Sunday had a long illustrated article on “ Old Millburn and New Baldwin,” setting forth the charms of our quiet and pret ty village. “ Mrs. W iggsof the Cabbage Patch” and her family furnished a delightful entertainm e n t in the M. E. Chapel last Thursday evening. Miss Elsie Papp read parts of the story which were illustrated by tableaux and which made this touching story seem very real. That thejaudience appreciated the pic tures was very evident from the gen erous applause. The program was fol lowed by refreshm ents and a social hour. The financial results were very gratifying. The M. L. S. paid a visit to Mr. ai d Mrs. Bishop last Saturday evening, and the affair was unique in the way of surprise parties because every per son interested in it was surprise! Li t v some way, but none so much as m e hostess. The occasion was the cele bration of the fifth wedding anniver sary of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. A very m erry evening was spent, and the members left behind them as u me mento of the occasion a handsome ta bouret decorated in pyrography. The members of the M. L. S. are p re the Christmas box which is to be sent to a friend of the members who comes in contact with the very poor of the city. This worker knows of people who could obtain positions if they had proper clothing. Persons who have discarded clothing to dispose of may be sure that it will reach worthy persons if sent to any member of the Society. Toys, pictures and such things will also be acceptable. It scarcely seemed fair ty elect-- a Board of Village Trustees with a ViL lage President, and expect them t»y devote considerable of their tim e in the w elfare of the village w ithout com pensation, and then tie their hands by refusing to vote a sufficiently large ap propriation for the m aintainance of the village interests. The members of the Board of Trustees are men of active Jbusiness life, who although well fam iliar with the requirements of their individual business, are unac quainted with electricity or steam ; the running of a w a ter or e lectric light plant; building up of streets and thoroughfares, and the construction of bridges, and it was not fair to expect M E R R I C K An entertainm e n t, such as Merrick Hook and Laadder Company is noted for, will be held in the fire house on News Years night. See C. P. Seaman’s Christmas an nouncement. He has the goods, and the prices are right. Arthur WhiteWuust1, D istrict Clerk. and requesting them to have kept his hearers spell bound for some tim e, the members declaring that they I points. * , I iine8 ensued, after which the resolu- Board of Trustees, were^sorry when his address closed and j The salary of Thomas H, Chilton, a j tjon pr'e3t,nted by the Executive Com- and requesting tnem to nave eiuie r them to be e x p erts in this line. Con- gates or a flagman established at these | sid^rable discussion along numerous S E A F O R D Miss Alice J ones is vikiting rela tives in W estbury. The Christmas exercises of the M. E. Sunday School will lie held on Christmas Eve. John Albin and daughter Helen spent Sunday with Mr. Alhin’s mother in Hempstead. N . E. Ella V. Sperling, of Elizabeth, J., has been visiting at the M. parsonage for a few days. t A dance will be given in the Y. M. I. C. Hall on Thursday evening, De- hopeHhat hte will make another visit fireman at the power house, was in- was unanimously adopted, and cember 20, for the benefit r f the Y. M. ' here&g»in «xm. * creased to $70 per month. • tVl(1 f0n0V..irur committee was aoixiint- ’ !• C. L Y N B R O O K A meeting of Court Sea Side, No. 113, Foresters of America, will be held on Saturday night. A meeting of the K ing’s Daughteis will be held at the residence o f Mrs. A. Jaques, Broadway, on Friday afternoi n at 3 o ’clock. A number of the young men of Lyn- brook will leave for California shortly after New Years. They intend making their home in the far west. Miss Lauretta Abrams is \spending the winter in touring the Pacific coast in the company of her uncle, Joseph A. P e ttit, of Goldfield, Nevada. The annual meeting of the Lynbrook Club* will be held a t Blake’s Hall on Thursday evening, when officers for the ensuing year will be elected. Everything is completed for the en tertainm ent and dance th a t will be held in the Lyceum Hall on Thursday even ing fur the benefit of the Engine Co. Work on the new garage is being ad vanced as rapidly as the w eather will permit, and when completed, it will be quite an improvement to the village. A rehearsal of the choir of the St. Jam es M. E. Church will be held a t the residence of Mrs. Sylvester Pearsall, Atlantic Avenue, on Saturday evening at 7 :30 o’clock. Under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society a Free-W ill-Offering sup per will be served in the chapel of the St. Jam es M. E. Church on Friday evening at 6 o’clock. Fancy and do mestic articles and candy will be on sale. * Preparations for the coming Christ inas festivities are in full swing at the Sunday School of the St. Jam es M. E. Church. The school is larger than at any time in its history, the whole en rollment coming not far short of the 300 mark. The e n tertainm e n t will In- held this year in the Lyceum on Christ mas Eve. fir.