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VOL. XII FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1907 NO. 30 FREEPORT NEW S The new Spring tim e-table for L. I. R. R., went into effect May the 17 . / Copies of “ Sunshine on the F lag,’’ by Rev. K. P. Ketcham, D. D., can be secured at the Review office; ten cents each. A sharpie race will be held from Gordon Ellison’s fishing station Decor ation Day at 2 o’clock. Three prizes will be given. J. J. Stanton of Brooklyn, who owns I some property on Lillian Aevnue, was ! a visitor at the Review office Tuesday , afternoon. Under the auspices of the Church of the Transfiguration, Miss Cuthbert will hold a cake sale at her residence on Ocean Avenue, Saturday, May 25. M. H. Cornelius was visiting friends | M. V. W. Hall of this village ap- Freeport Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., were granted, in Amityville Sunday. pears as director of the Craven Realty , is to hold its annual memorial service ' The following bills were audited and Co. of Woodbury, Orange County, j u s t : a t Greenfield Cemetery Sunday after- j ordered p a id: “The Crystal Lake House opens for guests on May 25, under management of its owner, Mrs. A. E. Frost. Miss Marion Lott of Mayville, N. Y., has been spending a few days with her aunt, Mrs. E. A. Bedell, North Grove Street. The Epworth League will hold a Salamagundi Social at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Smith, next Wednesday evening. incorporated with a capital of $25,000. ' noon. It is announced that Rev. Wm. I Chas. Long. wire. $>36.00; C. 1 ' S. Hall and Rev. F. O. Cunningham ; Wallace. $22.79; W hite Van Glahn, will speak, and a quartet under leader- \ rope, $38.12; Purnell W hite, burying ship of Miss Dailey will Conduct the ] dogs. $10.00. H. P. Libby and M. V. W. Hall of this village are directors of the Plaza Park E states of Nassau County, just singing, incorporated w ith the Secretary of State. Frank Snedeker was visited by a number of his friends Wednesday eve- The W. F. U. will meet at the | ning, without invitations. They suc- home of Mrs. Collins, 216 Randall A v e \' ceeded in surprising Mr. Snedeker as nue, Monday afternoon. A full a t - : much as could be desired, but after he Mrs. Charles Fow ler’s class of j Baptist Sunday School will hold a I early in June. Fancy articles, ! cream and cake will be for sale. the fair ice recovered his equinam ity he made his guests at home, and a very pleasant evening followed. o f : F. C. Blackmnan, for the past two I years with the Holland House, Long j Branch, N. J., will conduct the Im perial Hotel this summer. The open ing date is fixed for June 15. Mystic Rebekah Lodge, No. 29S, 1. 0. (). F ., will give an entertainm e n t in Opera Hall Thursday evening, May j 30, (Decoration Day). The j mance will be by the Freeport Min- i strels. Next Saturday night. May 25, is the j date for the entertainm e n t of the American Lady M instrels at Firem en’s Hall, under auspices of the Ladies’ Guild of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Some vicious m iscreant entered the base-ball grounds, Ocean and Seaman Avenues, Sunday or Monday, and dam aged the fences and grand-stand. Manager W allace offers a reward of $25 for the capture of the guilty par ties. Coming Events Cantata, “ H e arts of Gold,” in the Presbyterian Church Sunday evening, June 9, by the Sunday School. “ Mrs. W iggs Sale” in the chapel of the Presbyterian Church, June 7 and 8. A good idea. Street Commissioner Pine well voices popular sentim ent when he says he will arrest all persons leaving horses on Main Street without having them tied. Runaways are be coming too frequent, especially on the line of the trolley. A hitch in time saves a harness and wagon repair bill. The Lynbrook Fire Department is busily planning for the annual parade and tournam ent, to be held at Lyn- brook June 19. It is probable that all the companies from the Freeport De partm ent will attend, and some of them will probably take part in the contests in the afternoon. Huyler El lison is President of the Association and is busy with the different commit tees arranging for the event. The Brooklyn Eagle hsa become in terested in the development of Long Island, and is running extra supple ments each Saturday, setting forth the attractions of the Island, as they are known to us who live here. This Sat urday the edition will be of especial in terest to our section of the Island, em bracing the South Side from Valley Stream to Amityville. B e tter order a copy a t once if you want one. A pleasant party assembled at the home of Miss Mary Raynor, Raynor Avenue, Tuesday evening, the affair taking the form of a surprise party. Games were indulged in, interspersed with vocal and instrumental music. About midnight a dainty collation was served and those present left in the wee small hours of the morning. Those present w e re: Misses Ricker and Gussie Path of New York C ity; BlanehelSmith of Brooklyn and Edna Braithwaite, Gertrude Nolan, Sarah Paulson, Florence Carpenter, Priscilla Smith and Mary Raynor; Daniel Ray nor, Theodore Bedell, Fred Patterson, Chester Raynor, W ilbur Rider, Alvin Raynor and Howard Pearsall. E. W; VanBuren & Co., painters and decorators of Myrtle Avenue, Brook - j lyn, have opened a branch store at 26 I South Main Street, opposite the Free port Bank. afternoon. A ; tendance is requested, to hear reports from the Institute of Queens-Nassau W. C. T. U ., held at Farmingdale this week. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, widow There will be a union service in the j * aptain Raynor Rock Smith, one ' Methodist Church at Hempstead, Sun-I '-he early settlers of Freeport, died day evening, May 26, which will j Friday at her home on South Main probably be attended by a number of Street, in her 96th year. Mrs. Smith members of the local W. ('. T. U. Mrs. I w as, so far as known, the oldest resi- Frances W. Graham, President of the tlL‘nt '>f this village. She was a native New York State W. V. T. U., will de New York City and came to Free- Don’t be half sick through the Spring and Summer because of impure blodd. ('has. P. Smith in his ad in this issue tells you how to have pure blood and perfect health. Mrs. S. F. McLeod, of Nova Scotia, stewardess of the Clyde Liner “ Ap ache” ’ spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Mr. and “Mrs. Wm. Schuhmann at the Higgins Cottage. liver the address, ed. Everybody is invit- Rowland H. Mayland complained : o f telephone wire running across J the corner of Randall Avenue, i through his trees, and requested that ! same be removed. Clerk was instruct- j ed to communicate w ith the Company j requesting them to remove the wire I and place it where it belongs. The Street Committee in conjunction I w ith the Street Commissioner was in structed and given full power to have , the conduits of the brook at Broadway j \! 1 and J a y St. cleaned. It was decided to remove the pole j at the junction of Main and Church I Streets, where the pole lamp was for- j merly located. J[§The Board adjourned to meet on j Frdiay evening of next week, May 31. Miss port when a joung girl. She became the second wife of Captain Smith, who, ------------ i beside being a pioneer settler, was a The Nassau County Review station- hero at the wreck of the American ery D epartm ent is showing some very I bark Mexico, which stranded on the j ,n a ,V s Fureign Missionary Sm ictv. attractive correspondence cards. They j shoals opposite Freeport on the 1 B A L D W I N Miss A. Miller of Merrick spent Tuesday with Miss Nellie Miller. Miss Christine Fischer has taken a position in Silver Lake Pharmacy. Miss Meta Seeba of Brooklyn spent Sunday with friends in the village. Mrs. P. Goss and family of New York have removed here for the Sum mer. Jam es H. Story has bought the coal business from bis father, Hewlett Story. Mrs. A. YonMicheroux is having a house built of cement blocks on Carl Avenue. Miss Phehe Hautseh of Morris Park has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hautseh. Mr. and Mrs. F. XYubert of Brook- Mrs. H. Hc- Marv C. Meeks of M alaysia | j.vn are visiting Mr. and j will talk in the M. E. Church Sunday | ,,enstrtMt- evening, under auspices of the Wo-j yVilford C. Southard will return >rnell University for ing of January 2, 1837, when 62 immi- liilS O - I i i i l l grants perished by jumping overboard I , , or freezing to death in the bitter cold , <>” ba unlay aiternoon at 3:30 that prevailed. Captain Smith saved ° ^ ock' thv H-eeport A thletic Club eight of the number on board the ves- 'vlH ' ^ n ,ts season for 190/. 1 he sel at the peril of his own life. He buys have been pract,s,ng tor several -------------- was aided by a volunteer crew. He | vvev^ ’ ]!,nrii n>e‘ ',l ' ,la-vn^ A fter quite a breathing spell, the was given a gold cup, suitably engrav- ^ a*'t‘ * 1' 1111 annoumt.i are put up twenty-four cards and twen ty-four envelopes in a box. They are boxed in a steel gray package with en graved top, with an attractive design. A smaller size is also shown for accept ances and regrets. Freeport paper paper w ith “ F r e e -',. . , , port, Long Island” embossed on it - i s i ^ departm e n t was called out for an- the latest addition to the stock of the i loi1S run to the first dustnet at Nasau County R e v iew -stationery de- rhp:tlt <?a s t , ^ Wednesday mornmg. partm ent, Review Building. It comes i 1 ° \ * Llar ?n the h a s t Physique , i c , Road was afire and owing to the ma- four colors m a box, for 30 cents and , ..., , , H. 35 cents ! b ility to get a connection with the i power house by telephone and the dis- The inquest into the death of Mrs. j tance from the fire houses, the building Elm ira Simonson still continues, hav- was afire from cellar to roof when the ing been postponed to Friday. Al- j riermen arrived, after a quick response markably well until a few months though the belief is strong that Mrs. i to the tardy alarm. The next building ago. She leaves, beside her children, Simonson came to her death by f o u l! to the west was smoking by the tim e a number of grand children, some means, no evidence to that effect has i the firemen had laid the hose from the great grand children and great great as yet been produced. There are still j n e arest hydrant, about 1000 feet away, grand children. Funeral services were a number of witnesses to be examined, j and good work was done in preventing held Sunday afternoon, Rev. I it from burning. The telephone wires ” ‘cham, 1 The Pastor will preach as usual in of the N. Y\ and N. J. Tel. Co., and the Baptist Church Sunday, at 10:30 I the village electric light wires, on the ed, by citizens of the Fifth Ward of New York, for his heroic rescues. His wife, who was a remarkable woman in and intelligence, bore him eight children, three of whom are living -Mrs. M artha Cornelius and George Benson Smith of this village and Thomas Smith of Hoboken, N. J. Mrs. Smith retained her faculties re- that the team will be composed of the following: Longenecker, pitcher; Rob a. m. and 7 :30 p. m .; subject of even ing sermon, the last of the series on “ Reliable Religion—Its Inspiration Hope.” Sunday School at 2:30. j loss will probably amount Prayer meeting Friday evening at s | with $1 loo insurance, o’clock. . . . ! One of Leander B a rker’s horses be- Next Monday evening a partiotic en- j canvi 1>ighLuned at poles passing the hotel, were melted by the intense heat, artd the large arc lamp in front fell to the ground. The to $3000, K. P. K et of the Presbyterian Church, of which she was an old member, offi ciating. terta.nment w. be given in the Bap- , murnin , antl proceeded to make things list Church, wi h a program appropn- livt.,v (m Main s t r e e t . Raymond Ber ate to Memorial Day. D. B. P. Mott | ker ka(l just alighted frum ‘ the wag<in. Post, A. K will be present. N o ; was , t im i n g t „ tie the horse when it admission will be charge.! but an op- sfcarted Un a lively run and made its portunity to help the children giving j t;r, t halt nuai. R(,s, & Randall’s build- the entertainment will be given during I h Main s t r e e t , near the railroad the evening. All are welcome. | Lrack> when it struck another wagon ! and threw it in front of a ..'olley car which fortunately was standing still. V'illaRe Trustees The regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees was held Friday evening, all the members being pres ent, President Morrison in the chair. J. B. Cartw right complained to the Board of the Telephone Company run ning cables through the trees in front of his residence on Ocean Avenue, claiming that such cable is only about 20 feet from the grade, and requested j Sunday from the summer vacation. Miss M. Talen and daughters of Chicago, Ilk, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. George W. Miller. (juite a number from this village a t tended the Epworth League convention at Patchogue on Tuesday. Mrs. J. W. Smith of JxTew York has inson, catcher; Bristol, first base; taken one of Wheeler Glover’s houses Tooker, second base; Milton Raynor, j a t Hienek Point for the season, third base; Rverson or Levy, short j stop; Bollmaip left field; Cheshire, : A meeting of the Baldwm Fire De center field; Ketcham, right field; sub- partment was held Monday evening, stitutes, Denton, Post, Try on. ' Several new members were elected. The roof of the grand stand has been I nn , , . . . . , . ^ .i . • i Miss h I ore nee 1 ho m a s . . celebrated covered with t a r paper, so that in case , , • . . . , , . .. . . . 1 ' V , .. i her birthday on Saturday last bv giv- ot a storm breaking out, those m the • .* , , 1 . . . ... , ’ . , . ; mg a party to a number of her little grand stand will be protected from frjunds the rain. Rooms have been built un- i der the grand stand for dressing rooms. | The first meeting of the M. L. S. in The fences have been repaired and | nearly three months was held at the other improvements made. This, to- home of Miss Hamilton last Friday gether with the purchase of necessary ! evening. supplies, and other incidentals, has made considerable expense, -and it is hoped that the public will show its ap preciation by liberally patronizing the games this season. The home club on Saturday will have for its opponent the strong,tdjaid-• The sentim ents •isle Field Club. j p aragraph in last The ever-present and always unan swered question what is Freeport g o - , , ing to do about base-ball this year? i n0Lte arn',n* thv ,,f th,!?, vllla^ | where the annoyance is equally great. 1( K'a >e\ ieu . i If this could be stop|)ed and a quietus The above pertinent question printed : „„ Mmit. „ f Lhl. lumu.r,)US dogs Miss Lizzie Carman died at her home i on the Mi 11 burn Road on Monday. Fu- I neral services were held at the M. P. - Church Wednesday afternoon. Rev. F. ; A. Smith officiating. •xpressed in the week’s Review in regard to the noise of the mud-digger during- the night struck a responsive The Sunday morning service Presbyterian Church will be as w ith preaching by the pastor. ....... . •ilt 7 :30 there will be a in the I usual, ! In the special evening a patriotic preaching an I p raise service, which will be attended by 1). B. P. Mott Post, G. A. R. Relief Corps, No 139. It is expected that the new patriotic song, “ Sunshine on the F lag,” will be sung at this ser vice. and no damage then resulted beyond knocking a few spokes out. The horse then crossed the track and continued south until in front of the Freeport ll’ ‘ ‘ iBank, where the wheels of the wagon ami the Woman s j interloeked with tlu. vvhet,ls of a t wo- ! seated Jwagon from Baldwin. Mrs. that the company be compelled to p h u e , in your issue of the 17th should arouse > whj(.h sut.,.ut,i in making the night hid- such cable from 10 to 50 feet ab ve the general interest among lovers of the , ^ Lhi.|V , uuld <.aUM. .fnr .. hh -I, ground. j National game m Freeport, ami beyond ,ri..lljl, d,. The clerk was directed to notify the j that incite action of co-operation with ! * ’ _________________ Company to raise such cable so as r.ot | the m anagem ent of the Freeport Ath- • Louis Carman died at the home of to deface the t .......... letic Club, which has conducted base- his sister, Mrs. D. H. Bcdt 1, Central It was decided to pay J . Huyler El- ball I or a number of years in the v i l- 1 Avenue, Saturday afternoon, of mn- lison $4.00 per month for the use ot j lage. Freeport has had much benefit sumption. F'ui < ral ervi'es were held his ground in the eastern part of the | from base-bail, the sport attracting j Tuesday afterno\!) \s hen a large dele- village for the Board of Health. ! many persons to the village and no gation from Freeport Council, Jr. O. Chief Cozzens mack requisition for a, doubt increased its permanent popula- ! U. A. M., of which the deceased was a card index cabinet for the Fire De partm ent, at a cost not to exceed $1>. Also for band for the annual parade Stillwell had left her young niece, jtbe j d aughter of Robert G. Anderson, in the and inspection of the D e p a rtm e n t; re- ------------- l wagon, and the little miss, seeing that quisition for cabinet granted and $15b j self to base-ball and The D. B. P. Mott Post and the W o -ith-‘ wagons must collide, jumped to appropriated for the band, m an’s Relief Corps are arranging to ‘ the sidewalk and escaped with a few Engineer Smith subm itted his report tioii. During the past few years mo- member, accompanied the body 1 rom tor boating, automobiling, golf, and j his home to the M. P. Church, where several other pastim es have detracted I the services were conducted by Rev. the interest that formerly directed it-L f . a . Smith. The interm ent was at the scratches. The two wagons were bad ly damaged before the horses and, ve hicles were separated. Sunday (Trinity Sunday) will be Holy which is also properly observe Memorial Day. Ac cording to Order No. 4, the Post and Corps will assemble in their rooms, Odd Fellows’ Hall, at 12:30 sharp, the soldiers in full uniform, officers with side arms, to hold their regular ser vices and decorate the graves of their j Communion at 8 a. m. deceased comrades at Freeport and Rockville Centre Cemeteries. Commader Wm. H. Patterson, th r u ” A d jutant Henry Mead, invites all sol diers, sailors and veterans to be with them on that day; also citizens other organizations who wish to with them. for the month of April at the power house, as follow s: Ran plant 380 hours, 20 minutes, sending out 12,664 killow atts of a lternating current; ran The services in the Episcopal Church 110 arc lamps 160 hours, 45 minutes, A good entertainm e n t will be provid ed by the American Lady Minstrels at F ire men’s Hall, Roosevelt, this Satur day nigfit. Among those who are to take part are Misses Minnie Gorman, May Col lins, Mary Short, Myra Mortimer, Maud M ortimer, Lillian Squires, Anna Hogan, Emily Short, Louise Reichert, Anna Karran, Elsie Sheck, Carrie Metz, M artha Reichert, Catherine Kipp, Mona K arran, Anna Allison, Anna Meyer, Anna Carberry, Dora Meyer, Mrs. E. Torrey, Carrie Reich ert, Baby Gorman, Baby Reichert. Mrs. John B e rr is the musical director and Miss Minnie Gorman director of the fenteriainmenL the annual corporate communion of the A ltar G u ild; m atins and litany at 10:- 30 a. m., Sunday School at 2:30 p. m., evensong at 8 p. m. At evensong there will be n<> sermon, this being the and I second monthly musical evensong at join | this church, and the length of the mus- ! ical program making this change de sirable. J A member of the firm of Bard, Dav- j An unusually fine musical program ies and Jam es of W ilkesbarre, Pa., ; has been prepared, beginning with and W. A. Edwards, of the Estates of j Sm a rt’s beautiful processional “ Light Long Beach, representing Ex-Senator | Celestial,” at 7 :45 .promptly, Clark Reynolds, called at t)he Review office j Magnificat service in A will be render- Wednesday morning. They inform us j ed, also Bang’s “ P eace” and the offer- that up to this week over $600,0001 tory from Spohr. From the requests worth of building lots have been sold, j for the beautiful anthem it would seem pumped 2,789,450 gallons of water, consuming 221,120 lbs of coal. Bond of John E. Harris, plumber, in amount of $500, with the American Surety Company of New York as sure ty, was accepted, as was also the bond of Janies G. Sutphin, plumber, for $500, with the People’s Surety Com pany of New York as surety. m a n a g e m e n t; of the Athletic Club has found it a j difficult problem to keep the ground j rent paid up, m aintain a team, etc. I The people <>f the village have been j generous with their contributions, it is true, but good base ball costs money and the Athletic Club has expended all it received usually to give good ball. At present, there is no local league, and<no visible sign of one being form ed. As a lover of base ball it seems to me a re-organization of the club, so that its scope could be widened, and a more substantial backing financially obtained, would be the proper thing to j g e t good base-ball re-established. One ( Ireenlield ( emetviy. vive Mr. Carman. Two sisters sur- The elections of Roland M. Lamb j man, the manager, has to shoulder the and Winston Raynor as members of responsibility of maintaining the team, Ever Ready Hose Co., and Ernest Ed- : etc. This should not be. A cluh with wards as member of Vigilant Hose Co., | a good, interesting Board of Directors, were approved. W illett C. Ellison made application for permission to construct a grade sidewalk in front of his property cor ner Bedell and Raynor Streets, about 150 feet in length, i of the cost to be and the contract for building the great j that Spohr c arries out still in the shade applied to his road t a x ; g ranted, to waterway, 1000 feet wide and 10 feet of the Beyond his purpose to excel \in done according to grade furnished. deep, has been-1 signed, the cost to be over $800,000, work to be begun at once. sacred music. Steven Story Messrs Denton, Betzig. and Harrison Gunning A Mr. W aters.!formerly m anager of | T o u r’s “ Blessed are they’’ will chant H o y t’s Lord’s Prayer and and a chor- oi)C of the Atlantic City hotels, has a c - . us from “ Creation” will also be ren- cepted the proposition of Mr. Reynolds' dered. closing with the sevenfold to build an immense hotel at the beach. Amen. the contract for which has been iet. The choir boys certainly responded One of these gentlemen will be in to the appeal that has been made to Freeport the week of June 3, and; their musical intelligence in introduc- The applications of F\ C. Blackman & Co., Frank VV’illets, and Chas. Kru ger for electric light service were granted. The applications of A. W. Galli- would, it seems apparent, be the prop er thing. The cluh should have a cap italization of a t least a thousand dol lars, then the management would not be in a [xisition where he alone had to worry over finances, keep the team up to standard, and do many other things that he is called upon to do. If the people of the village want good base-ball, it seems <«s if they ought to come forward and take an in terest, not alone by suggestion, but by personal help and substantial backing enne, George Raynor, Mrs. Wallace I by contributions. The management Smith, John J . Schacht and I. W h rite-; cannot get good players for nothing, nour, Jr., A tlantic Avenue, for w a ter I and if games have to be played w ith “ g ranted as soon as we secure the nec- guarantees involved, more gate re- essary'm aterial, ” and applications of ceipts than have been shown for two any persons interested in securing j ing proper music, and in training their John F. Powell, Grand Avenue; Juluis years past will be necessary. Stock in the Long Beach Development voices to sing it. An invitation is Wiggins, Main S treet; Peter Hansom, , Yours interestedly. Company will be able to see him at the! extended to all to attend these musical Center S t r e e t ; Harvey P. Post, Pine j E. V. Baldwin, Manhattan House. ! services,. j S t ; F. C. Blackman & Co., Rose St, j Sec ’y Freeport A. C. \ 5 jl .... t cat*i1 ....*a > • . i ^ , , JtiL , The corner stone of the new school building will be laid Saturday after noon, with interesting exercises ac companying. The scholars, about 500 in all, will parade from the railroad station to the school house, preceded by a m ilitary band, and each child car rying an American flag. A number of the sm allest scholars will draw a decorated float containing the corner stone, which i^il! be presented to the district by the principal, on behalf of the school children, who donated it; and will he accepted by the President of the Board of Education. Following the placing of the stone on the building will be the following program : Invocation Rev. F. A. Smith, pas tor of the Baldwin M. P. Church. Chorus By the School Address Dr. Jam es S. Cooley, School Commissioner, Nassau County. Chorus By the School. Address Mr. John W. Davis. Dist. Supt., Dept, of Education, N. Y. City. Chorus By the School. Reading of a detailed statem ent of the contents of the box within the corner stone. Chorus By the School. Address Rev. E. O. Tree, pastor of the Baldwin M. E. Church. Doxology. Benediction. The old school building and speakers platform will be decorated handsomely for the occasion w ith a great abund ance of Old Glory. The scholars are contributing all the money needed to defray the expense of this occasion.
