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Nassau County Review. VOL. XII FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1907 NO. 14 FREEPORT NEW S you have an invalid at your house yon should read Chas. P. Sm ith’s ad in this issue. The W. C. T. U. will hold a m o thers’ meeting a t the home of Mrs. H. L. Crandell Monday afternoon at three o’clock. M rs.jFred E. Story entertained the tfarol Club, of the Freeport Arts Club, at a luncheon, at her home on the Mer rick Road, last Monday. Do n o t feel chilly or uncomfortable i by the cold weather. Get a gas heat er now. Olaf Magnusson, son of Anders Mag- •tisson of this village, has been ap pointed private secretary to Senator Carll S. Burr, at a salary of $35 per week. “ A subscriber” wants to know why it was deemed advisable to build a new school house on Seaman Avenue, and not a t the Southern end of the village, and if it is true that there are only 250 school children north of the L. I. R. R. and 700 south. We have no doubt the school board will answer these an d . all sim ilar questions at the school meet ing on Feb. 13, but if they deem it necessary to make any prelim inary statem ent, the Review will publish the -Feb. 12 (Shrove Tuesday) a pancake social will be held at the residence of Mrs. Frank J. Sprague, Grove Street, at 8 o ’clock, under the auspices of the Church of the.Transfiguration. Thomas Powers was busy- last Fri- I day shoveling the snow off the side-1 walks of his neighbors on Church and I Smith S treets who were too busy to do j the work themselves. S c h o o l N o tes On account o f exam inations no g rade rhetoricals were held this week. The regular monthly m eeting of the Board of Education was held last Mon day night. Miss Cooper has been absent school for several days owing slight attack of grippe. V illage T r u s t e e s All the members of the Village Board were present at the regular meeting Friday evening, excepting Trustee Sig- home. BELLMORE Mrs. William K^rr is'quite ill at her BALDW IN Heat when you want it. See Gas Company’s advertisem ent in issue. the this Addie Dean, pupil in Missl Cooper’s room, leaves school this week. Miss Dean will resume her studies in a city school. State Regents’ exam inations com menced ^in this school last Monday. There has been about 60 or 70 in at tendance each day, counting the*large number of out of town people. The Hempstead High School refuses effort will be The Freeport Choral Society will have its first concert on February 11. Talent will be secured from Manhat- t.-Lt vlth tan with selections by the Choral Sc- | cety, which^now^has about eighty mem bers. to meet Freeport High School prize speaking contest in June. made to arrange a other school. in a this A rummage sale for the Alter Guild of the Church of the Transfiguration will be held Saturday and Monday, February 2 and 4, in the vacant store under Opera Hall on Main Street. Leslie'Brown, a former Freeporter, met with a serious accident recently. He was riding in his uncle’s carriage in New York, when a branch of a tree struck him in the face, causing an in jury which required the removal of one . . . . . i , , .. , ,' Posters are now out announcing mvhe eye. He was taken to a hosp.tal. and j H h sd)oo| , entitled - M r . Bob,” is recovering nicely. , . , • ,, . J I which will be given on Saturday Examinations are being held week. The grade exam inations were started on Tuesday while the R e g ents’ started on Monday. The regular mid year promotions will be held next Mon day. Miss Susan Storer, who has been ill for several days, left Monday for her home in Susquehanna, Pa. Miss Stor er will stay until shk has thoroughly recovered. Miss Nina Humphrey is substituting for her. t ing, Feb. 2, under the auspices i.f the Student staff. The cast have been working hard • fo r the last month or two, under the supervision of Miss Partridge, W aterbary and Hastings. Tickets are now on sale and may be ob tained from High School students. A special school meeting has been called for February 13, to decide upon the question of appropriating $7000 for a site for a new school house, at southwest corner of Seaman and Ocean Avenues; $27,500 for a school house on said site, and $5000 for a site at corner of Grove Street and A tlantic Ave nues. Upon request we print the qualifications of voters; To be entitled to vote a t school district meetings, a person must be of full age, a citizen of the United ------- j States, and a resident of the school Main St., opp. Lena Avv., on sale for district, and must have resided therein next week ; a new and elegant lot of | fos a period of 30 days next preceding fine white ecru and black lace, jet and th ^ c h o o l meeting at which he or she silk collars, large size; also new lot of offers to vote, black plaited voile dress sk i r t s ; also In addition fine silk petticoats in gray, black and j tions, every such person tan; remember Monday is bargain day. ! l . Must own or hire, N. B. Tapestry table and couch covers, very cheap. “ The Jolly Four” will give a masquerade ball in Eiremen’s Hall, Roosevelt, on Monday evening, Feb ruary 4. Music will be furnished by Mole and Raynor. George Anthony and Jesse Mollineaux are the com m ittee in charge. The fire departm ent was called o i t for a long run to the lower part of South Main S treet through the mud and slush, early Saturday evening. Harvey Sm ith upset a lam}) in an oyster house on the ‘ * F reeport River” and caused a small blaze, which he qucklj extinguished, but not before some of the neighboring youngsters had seen it and yelled “ fire,” bring ing out the firemen. At Scott’s remnant store, north mond. Julius Detmer, J. B. Cartw right and Mr. Fredericks, representing the Board of. Trade, appeared and asked if the Village Board would be willing to sub mit to the taxpayers the various prop ositions as suggested by the former Board, published in the Review some tim e ago. They were informed the Board was not ready to decide as yet. Mr. Detmer also called attention to the “ scurillous articles” in the last is sue of a paper of a neigboring village, commenting on the Board of Trade’s action and report. The a rticle caused considerable comment, somewhat as an article in Puck might. The various recommendations were discussed somewhat. The Board ap parently did not favor the idea of se curing a Superintendant of Works, al- from j though “ favoring all necessary im- to a provements” . Alexander C. Ackerman, foreman of Wide Awake Engine Co., asked the Board to put in the next budget an ap propriation for a new steamer. Complaints received regarding lights not burning were referred to the light committee. Application for the position of Superintendent of the Village Electric plant was received from Charles E. Brown of Brooklyn; filed. W. W. Bor ton was approved member of Wide Awake Engine Co. An amendment to the by-laws of Vigilant Hose Co. was presented for approval. This provided that any member failing to report a t least once in three months at a regular meeting of the company, shall have charges brought a g ainst him and be suspend ed. The Board approved the amend ment. Notice was received from the Fire Council that a resolution had been adopted giving the chief of the Fire Department power to arrange for a special alarm for fire outside the vil lage, where help was requested; ap proved by the Board. The report of William Smith, engineer in charge at the power house, was read, showing that the plant was operated 514 hours, l>0 m in.; ran 111 arc lamps 212 hrs. and 40 m in; pumped 2,768,950 gallons of water, using 286,- 931 Ihs. of coal. Last year in the same month the plant was operated 499 hours. Chas. E. Raynor, having laid $59.04 j worth of cement walk, the village | clerk was instructed to open an ac- j count with him, crediting him with j three-fourths of the amount on his road | fax. The following applications were ! s Peter Chichester has started a route. Revival services are th i M. P. Church. being held in paper Regents exam inations are being held ■ a t the school this week. ROCKVILLE CENTRE Edwin G. W right is having a pretty cottage erected upon his property on Locust Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. William Smith are en tertaining a young son. Ernest Sorrenson is spending some tim e with friends in this village. (Jeorge Block has been laid up for some tim e with the rheumatism. Mrs. Frank Seaman, who has been quite seriously ill, is convalescing. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyers and son are spending a few days with W. J. Enters. Edward Lawmaster is having a barn built on his property on Oak Street, near Bedford Avenue. A lbert Dean has resigned as janitor of the Fire House. Solomon Chiches ter now has the position. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hawkins Brooklyn for a couple of weeks. The Mission Study met w ith Jesse K. W ortman last Thursday evening. James H. Story has secured a posi- : tion at the Millburn Pumping Station. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stillwell have ; removed to Brooklyn for the remainder , of the winter. Miss Maude T. P e ttit is visiting sister, Mrs. F. M. Summerville, Brooklyn. in Harry M e rritt got some lime iff his eye while working one day last week, injuring the eye quite severely. R. McCord’s house on Centre Avenue has been undergoing extensive im provements, and is nearly completed. a i The W inkler farm on the Newbridge Road was robbed of a number of arti cles outside the house on Monday even ing, the thievesTven taking two trees. The waterworks has entirely clear ed up the implements used in the lay ing of the pipe line, which have been shipped to the city. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. E. Church met w ith Mrs. F. D. Smith on Tuesday afternoon. J . W. A rthur has closed his place here and removed to Brooklyn for the remainder of the winter. The “ T rump Club” met with Miss Elsa Pa})}) at her home on Harrison Avenue last Friday evening. The Epworth League will hold a I cake sale in the chapel, of the M. E. Church on Saturday afternoon. Notwithstanding the heavy fall of snow, quite a number attended, the necktie social held in the basement of the M. P. Church on Thursday night of last week. John J . Bedell has purchased the for mer property of Alva Smith and is making extensive improvements and alterations to the cottage on the prop erty: At the regular meeting of the Fire ■ D epartment 'held last Monday night, the following officers were elected to | fill vacancies caused by resignations: I ; President, E. B. Mulliner; secretary, I R. W. Robins; trustee, F. Baldwin. ! Joseph R. Sherwood and George W. ; Mftler were reinstated. The L. I. R. R. is having the Park • Avenue crossing improved by placing >n j macadam between the tracks. The third annual dance of the Hello Club will be held at the Atheneum Hall on Wednesday evening, January 30th. During the temporary absence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Weeks, on Friday evening last, burglars effected an en trance into their residence. Division street, and made their escape with booty amounting to over $100. The residence of Mr. Kitvhell, Park Avenue and the trolley tracks, was en tered un Monday evening between 7 and 9 o’clock, during the absence of the family, and goods valued at over $150, including $25 in cash, was taken. Miss Mabel Josephine W right, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. W right, was m arried to Mr. Emory Ward Stearns, of Brooklyn, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Arlington Villa, on Wednesday evening last, the Rev. Charles H. Scholvy, pas tor of the Presbyterian Church at East | Aurora, N. Y.. a brother-in-law of the | bride, officiating. A special school m eeting will >e held at the school house on Thursday evening, February 7th, at 8 o’clock, when a number of sites will be pre sented for the consideration of the vot ers of the district, as well as a prop osition to raise either sufficient funds to purchase any site that may he se lected. and for the erection of a suit able building adjoining Pvimarv School No. 2. Sunday night burglars affected an 11 Howard Cooper of Flushing has been j appointed station agent in place of Al- entrance into the residence of Mrs. | b e rt H. Dean, resigned. Mr. Dean is ! R. Hutcheson on Grand Avenue, . , now in the employ of the Brooklyn occupied by R. Mott and family and i t ! Department, I C ity W aterworks. is reported carried off a lot. of silver ware, about $300 in cash and some Lorenzo R. Smith has been confined : jewelry. The same night they broke to his home for some time. He has al- ! into Dr. Lillie H eim b u rgers’ and there m o st entirely lost the use of his eyes 1 in some way set fire and destroyed a and grave fears are felt for the regain- j very valuable rug, some elegant por ing of his sight, tieres, some hand made curtains and > o ther valuable articles. Thyy pried M. Coleman, father-in-law of John Pickle, died on Wednesday last at the home of Mr. Pickle. Funeral services were held on Saturday, with interm ent at W estbury. .Word has been received from Jam es Heimhurgvr and They made their open the desk of Dr. secured $50 in cash, last call at C. H. Southard’s residence, bat were frightened away by Mr. Southard’s watchman. granted: For electric light—Agnes T. Homan, j K ilpatrick and Moses Hunt, who re- Atlantic A v e .; George D. Smith, W e s t! cently started for Florida, th a t they Merrick Road. 1 a rrived there all right and expect to ] For w a ter—H arry E. VanRiper, j see the Ormond Beach automobile Rose S t . ; Chas. D. Smith, Merrick to the above qualitica- Following is the list of speakers for the Church of the Transfiguration dur ing Lent,so f a r secured: Thursday,Feb. 14 Rev. J . H. Melish, rector of Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn. Sunday, Feb. 17 Rev. Robt. E. Wood of Wu Chang, China. Thursday, Feb. 21 Rev. Dr. Lindsay Parker, rector of St. P e ter’s Church, Brooklyn. Feb. 28 Rev. Dr. Spencer S. Roche, rector of St. Marks Church, Brooklyn. March 7 Rev. Jam e s Clarence Jones, rector of St. Marys, Brooklyn. March 28 — Maundy Thursday —Ven. Archdeacon Bryan. be in pos session of, or, under a contract of pur chase, real property Situate in the dis trict liable to taxation for school uses therein; or 2. Must be the parent of a child Road; Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Co., for dredging jijirposes ; C. W. Golden, Smith St. The President stated that Alvin G. Smith, civil engineer, reported the vil lage map was now ready. I t was decid ed to give notice that Mr. Smith could now put the numbers on all the houses. Mr. Smith was empowered to attend see races. They sem some oranges, pick ed by themselves, as proof of their arrival. LYNBROOK Arrangements are being made for the holding of a Lincoln dinner in the Lyceum Hall on the night of Lincoln’s birthday. Miss Ola Bidwell, the well-known violinist and reader, will deliver an en tertainm ent at the chapel of St. Jam es | M. E. Church on Thursday evening, January 31st, at 8 o ’clock. A special meeting of School Dis trict No. 7 will he held in the school house on Tuesday evening, Feb. 19, for the purpose of determining w h ether a Realizing the vital importance of sv- Uniun Free School shall be established ; curing the assistance < f the ladies, if in said d istric t; also for the purpose of j j^ js desired V> make a grand success ascertaining }he sense of the voters ; of any undertaking, through the efforts to the numbering of the houses, but this | p resent as to the advisability of pur-1 ()f Peter J. Kirchof, the newly- doe-s not require the purchase of the j chasing a new school site in and for elected secretary of th ■ Lynbrook En- numbers from him so long as they are | said school district and erecting there- ^ j ne Company, the wives,mothers, sis- within the required size.' I on a new school building, and the tran- : tvrs atK| sw eethearts of the members The President said Mr. Smith stated I s a il ion of such other business as may there were 50 miles of streets in the j properly come before the meeting. village. ^ _____________________________________ Village Collector E. A. Dorloi ported that he had collected in all ■ children of school age, some one or! $10,420.24. and had turned over to the i SEAFORD 1 m ore of whom shall have attended the | d istrict school in such district for at ! least 8 weeks within one year preced ing such m e e ting; (under this provi sion both the father and m o ther can v o te); or 3. Who, not being the parent, shall have permanently residing w ith him or her, a child o r children of school age, some one or more of whom shall have attended the district school in said dis tric t for a period of a t least 8 weeks within one year preceding such m eet ing (under this provision but one per son can vote, viz, the head of the household) ; or 4. Must own personal property at sessed on the last preceding assessment roll of the town, exceeding $50 in val ue, exclusive of such as is exem p t from village treasurer his hooks with a list of unpaid taxes. Mis. William Ritch has hegn quite seriously ill, but is now able to be out i again. were invited to the residence of Mrs. Torrence on Wednesday last, when af ter due consideration a Ladies' Auxil iary was organized for the purpose of assisting the “ hoys” in preparing the supper for their grand public ball which will he held at the Lyceum Hall on Thursday evening. February 21st. The following officers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary were elected: President, Mrs. Torrence; Vice-President, Mrs. Peter J. Kirchof; Secretary, Mrs. F r o s t; Treasurer, Mrs. Tichenor. The O B IT U A R Y Elizabeth Smith The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith occurred at Hempstead, Friday, the in term ent taking place at the Greenfield Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was a native of New York City, born March 26, I execution. 1839. Much of her life was spent at j Any person who is Bellmore, though in her later years she chiefly resided w ith her children in Greenpoint, Richmond Hill and Freeport. She was a woman of pro nounced religious tastes, a devoted Methodist, a simple hearted Christian. Of late years she had been in feeble health and finally passed peacefully away on Wednesday, the sixteenth. Rev. Henry L. Glover, a friend and for mer pastor, officiated at the funeral. ! Islan d tends Mr. and Mrs. John Dunk in gave a Huntington is now to have free <le- j d inner to a few of their friends on livery. Charles L. Monks has been j Tuesday evening, appointed regular and Charles W. ! — Monks, sub, rural free delivery route I William Spear of Brooklyn has vn- carrier. Route 2. [ tered the employ of Ansel Raynor and is hoarding at the M. E. parsonage.- The annual meeting of the Amity- j ville M erchants’ Association took place | X^iss Edna Dunkin has returned to Friday evening, when officers were j Mayfield, N. Y., a f te r 1 a visit with her i of considerable value in Lynbrook, and “ The Rockville Centre Fire Depart m e n t” being the special order of busi ness, considerable tim e was spent in discussing the various methods for the im provement an betterm ent of the F i n al the meeting of the Board of Trade.held on January 15th, at their rooms on the Southern Boule vard, and upon the conclusion of the discussion, Messrs. A. W. Fisk, Jr., 1. S. Remson and Mr. Taylor were ap pointed a committee to investigate the needs and requirements of the d<*part- ment, and to report the same at tin- next meeting of the Board. Henry Hessner, Seaman Frank, John N. Bissell, 11. C. W right, Carl Miller, Frederick W. Fielding, Frank Rear, d.^hn Robinson and Henry Siegfried werh elected to membership. The committee on building a club house reported that 615 of the 1000 shares at $25.00 each had already been subscribed for as a fund for the build ing of a new <lub house at Rockville Centre. The Committee on necessary Village Improvements reported that it had spent an entire meeting with the Board of Village T rustees; that such meeting had liven mutually very pleasant and that a large amount of necessary data had been secured, but that the corn- mi tee would make a complete report at the next meeting. In order that the residents of Rock - vilh\ Centre might he in a position to vote intelligently upon any of the-prop ositions that may he submitted for their approval at the next Spring elec tion, it was decided that a public meet ing he called under the auspices of the Board of Trade, to he held in tin- Ath- I eneurn Hall on Thursday evening, Fob ! ruary 11th, at 8 oh lock, and that the | Board of Village Trustees he respect j fully invited to present an abstract of I their proposed annual report, so that i the taxpayers would have ampl • time | to consider any and all propositions j that were to be submitted. Owing to the amount of business that is being transacted at each m eet ing, it was resolved that in the future, meetings of the Board of Trade be citizen of the United States, of full age, and a resi dent of the school district for a period of 30 days next preceding the school elected for the coming year. John H. Perkins of Riverhead was appointed Shell Fish Commissioner of Suffolk County by the Board of Super visors, to fill the vacancy caused by j the death of W arren Corwin of Good i Ground. and i hoys are relying on the resident: of Lynbrook for their support, and antici- ^,, ,) on t}„. second and fourth Tue.-day pate making this affair <t grand sue- j evenings of each and everv month, cess. 1 he firemen of Lynbrook have, secretary was instructed to com-, always been ready to respond to any ,mmi(.at(. with John T. Davison and' alarm and their assistance has pioven . Alexander Davison, requesting them to have the sidewalk in front of their I pa runts. Miss Alice Jones entertained her , Sunday School class Wednesday even- j ing, at her home, in honor of her birthday. None of the cases of diphtherea have resulted seriously so far and the dis ease is well under control, there being great credit is dye Alonzo Pearsall, Elmer Jackson Daniel Kenyon, all of In wood and ov“v,''‘ ! nloved bv the Queens Borough Gas and I »o new eases, a gre a t cred it is dye m eeting, and in addition possesses one Ej ‘ t j c had a narrow escape from I the school and health officers for this or more of the foregoing four quahfica CjltLU 1 , , . * *, , . liemg suffocated by gas last Saturday tact. while trying to make connection for the new building of D. L. Starks, Central Ave., Far Rockaway. tions, w h ether a male or female, is en titled to vote, and may vote on all ques tions brought before the meeting. * W illiam B. Seaman William B. Seaman, a lifelong resi dent of this section, -and a carpenter by vocation; died at his home on North Main Street Tuesday, after a brief ill ness, in his seventy-first year. He is survived by a wife Pearsall & Murray have a large line of pretty Post Cards larger line than ever. Come in and see them. No clew has been found as to who placed the body of a three months’ old — HEMPSTEAD A number of members of the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels a t tended the meeting of the archdeacon ry of Queens-Nassau at the Chujrch of the Ascension, Rockville Centre, on Wednesday. we feel confident that they will be lib projH.rt v OM Park Avenue placed erally remembered by the residents of : passable condition, and he was also this village. j requested to communicate with the ! owners of the property on the east side WANTAGH j of Clinton Avenue, between Front __ _ . Street and College Place, on the- same John T. Seymour is confined to his i question, horr e with grip. Su r r o g a te’s Court Mrs. Rhoda Jackson, who ha- been . E e u e rs ofadm i n i tr a t io n have been ill, is now 'convalescing. | Ja8UwI ^ A1|';X'H H ,m ' 2!? eKtat^ of h,a _ ______ _ late wife, Fihppina rum , Elmont. The topic for the Christian Endeavor , T here is no real, the personal valuaion ' Society on Friday night is “ Paul a t 1 being placed at $8800. There are sur- Macedonia.” viving heirs, the husband, two sisters and four brothers. The'annual meeting of the Ladies' : Letters of administration issued to Aid Society was held on WednelMay af- ! John H e w lett Nostrand, Farmingdalv. ternoon at the home iff Mrs. A* E j The estate consistrf’of $3<><)<i real and st year. a wire and three Charles L., Frank and Nelson Seaman. Hunt. Miss Anna May Siems, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Siems, was mar- $20,000 personal. The heirs are the widow, Sarah P. Nostrand, and sons, John F. and Hurry Nostrand. Letters of administration issued to Anna Zilke on e state of her husband, Cause of action. Tin- widow, four infant beside the tracks of the trolley on Remsen avenue, near the terminal at Mott avenue, Far Rockawav, early j The Parish Aid Society has been last Saturday evening. The body was formed in the Church of St. Michael ,. found by Eclward Walsh and he noli fit# and All Angels, by the young people of ried to A rthur R. Wood of Hempstead Philip Bass has sold his P f°Pe r l y OI' Policemtfn Dwyer, who sent for the the Church, to meet fortnightly. At hist Saturday ni'jht at the Cbngrcga- ‘ovc Street to August W arner f°r . Hmbulance of St. Joseph’s Hospital. ' the meeting held Tuesday evening in ; tional parsonage by Rev. Thomas S. sons and three daughters survive. ( • TOO- but when it arrived Dr. John J. Hill the rectory to organize, the following Braithw aitc. Raymond Fish was beat j L e tters of adm inistration issued to said the infant had lieen dead for ^ome officers were elected: President. Em man and Miss Freda Ludwig of Brook-1 Bernard Kane on the estate o f Bridget There will.be an organ recital in the time and that it was thrown where it ma Steck ; treasurer, Harry Kambo; lyn bridesmaid, i The young eo|Uple ! Kane, of Freeport. This is a cause for EL Ghurch Friday • aftemppn at 2 A^ethodist Episcopal Church on the eve- was found. Detectives W illiam Ennis secretary, Nellie Post. This society will reside in Rockville Centre, where action. Widow and soli survive. d 'c M k , with1 interyeent in Grc-enfieldJ ning of February fifth, at eight fifteen, and John Farley are working on the will hold an entertainm e n t and dance Mr. Wood is employed an the staff of Will of Thomas C. Week*, of Hemp- Cemetery. ! - 1 * ‘ ! ' ■ fo r the benefit of the choir. cast'. in the Guild room on January 31. ' the Observer. stead, was proved. Funeral services will be held At the M. .