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VOL. XII FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY. JULY 5, 1907 NO. 36 FREEPORT N E W S A meeting of the Village Board Trustees will be held Friday night. Keep abreast of the times ing the gas company’s advt. Mrs. William Schuhmann Wednesday from a visit with ents in Deleware. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. on a short visit to Prox i] Work on the new schotl Seaman Avenue is progre Court Iroquois, Forestd ca, are to hold a class ini' 10 . isimons are |ce, It. I. luilding on pig rapidly. iof Ameri- ion Sept. F. 11. S. Re-union a Success Scholars meet and talk about their Alma Mater and other things over the dinner table. This meeting now being past it can j This Saturday afternoon the feature be seen .how wise the suggestion of j of the Long Island section of the Brook- some Mer- Dr. Fletcher has been repairs to his residence onling rick 1' 1 Boats to hire for sailing and fishing , parties. Launches Nettie Belle and; Harold Hunt has secured' Prospect; W. H..Patterson. as a copy holder in a printil position Mr. ,„„1 Mrs. Willi, ...... . have Brooklyn' . ...... ... returned to Brooklyn after spending ' $42.00 several months in Freeport. j within a The annual fair of Alpha Council, j Daughters of America, will be held Fri- j day and Saturday of next week. A new one story office building is be ing erected on Main Street, between the Manhattan house and Windels’. If you haven't a good pocket knife the information in C. B. Smith’s adv. in this issue will be of interest to you. Mr. and Mrs E. F. McKinley were at the Crystal Lake House last week, having come from White Plains to at tend the Alumni banquet. The Review appears a day later than : usuyl this week because of the regular ’ press day being a holiday and the printers being out on a celebration. Residents of the South Side are high- i ly pleased over the action of the Long Island Railroad in oiling their tracks from Babylon to Jamaica, thereby lay ing the immense clouds of dust that arose after the passage of every train. buys a Piano, week. Come qu| Kiefer’s, opp. be sold want it. Kiefer’s, opp. I'o.-| if you Hice. A special trolley conveyed! sau Republican Club of HemV Nas- I’oint Lookout last Saturdjoud to after South Shore Yacht Club At a meeting of the South Shore Yacht Club, held at the Benson House last Thursday evening 25 new names the seating were added to the membership roll, there being makinP a total of 1U5 members to date, lyn Eagle will be “ The tremendous work being done by the Long Island Railroad; its great terminal problems and how it is solving them: the double tracking of a large part of the road; new stations, and the installation of, electric service to all suburban sec tions.” An interesting meeting of the Allied Boards of Trade and Civic Clubs of the Town of Hempstead was held at Fra ternitv Hall, Railroad Avenue, on Sat urday night, which was fully attended by all its members, at which time a . .- number of interesting improvements, i dy. of advantage to the entire township. Mrs. J. I). Kiefer receivcil gram Thursday announcing thl illness of her mother in Kentul she immediately started for ht| The Stationery department] Nassau County Review has i large consignment of now views of Freeport. Come,in' ' ] them over. Owing to the State Conv the Sons of Veterans occurfi to 3, anti so many of the i making returns on the pianp i the committee of arrangemjfeti S. of V. fair of Lincoln < 'amp has postponed the event to L Birthday, the anniversary of ganization of the Camp. tele- irious and tap’s holding it was. The scholars from the “ dear old F. H. S. ” were cemented more closely together and their love for their institution strengthened. Letters of regret were received from The first annual banquet and reunion Mr. L. M. Burdick and Prof. C. W. of the Freeport High School Alumni, ; Qley, former principals, who could not held at Crystal Lake House Thursday attend. evening, was as great a success as the; The class of 1907 were the special most sanguine graduate of I. H. S. guests of honor and brought their col- could have desired. Early after 8 Mege yells with them, o’clock the parlors of the popular hotel i began to fill with the members and their guests, and a re-union and recep tion was held until ten o’clock, when all adjourned to the dining hall, which was artistically decorated. Arrange ments had been made for of each class together, __ ___ „ . members of 11 classes, all since 1893, xx promises of many more. Consid- in the association. Over the table i er*I1K that the Club is not yet two floated the class colors of the different1 rnonths old, the first preliminary meet- classes under which its members were being held on May 9, the prospect seated, while around the wall were the *01‘ a lar£?e membership is very encour- flags of colleges to which the grad- aP*nP5 ihe meeting adopted the offic- uates have gone after departing from ! *a*r flag,.device and pin. ,, tlc, v their alma mater, and the upright col- , Ihc l'.abr ls a three-cornered field of | knight, Corps of Engineers, U. S. | umns were draped with American flags1 h'ue> Wlt.h the two corners at the base ; A in thl, p0st.(,ffiCe building at Long I and bunting. Menu: I <>\ the tnangle white, and with a red Be;i(.h 0;i Tues(jay> j ulv 2nd, at 1 p. m., Little Neck Clams j diamond m a white d,amend in the con- j an(| it was ,k,,idc.(1 tkaj a iartrL. (k.lvga-1 Tomato Bisque ! tre; 1 be combination is something : ti<m from thv AlllUil Hoard of Trade ! Filet Sole ! and ^ diamond feature ,s not | shoul(1 atteml thi, meeting and use its j Olives Sweet Pickles only attractive but readily d.st.ng- • b ,st intere, ts for the promotion of anv ; Roast Beef au jus ; u.shes the flag from all others. | plan whereby the channel should bo French Peas Mashed Potatoes ' 1 he Club cap device is two cross foul ; c.omnletc(i ; anchors with club flag in ceftter, the j : pin a gold steering wheel with the two ! diamond flag in center. A few of the j members have procured flags and cap I devices. The ('lub adopted the New York SEAFORD Miss Grace Acker ley is visiting rel atives in Jamaica. ' Junior League service in the M. Church Sunday at 3 ;30. E. R. T. Prodgers and family are now occupying their cottage here. John Cook of Brooklyn spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. Josephine Stock. William Beniston’s house on Hick ory Street is completed and is now be ing occupied by Mr. Beniston and fam- Mrs. West and Miss Leila Southard1 of Wood mere have been visiting Mrs. Edwin Ilendricksvii. were fully discussed and taken up f further actioiv The Allied Board is deeply interested in the proposed channel to be dug at Wreck Lead by the Estates of Long . . , Beach Company, in requirement with j /' n'1tyvdlc ha\e bvvn \ isitmg at Mr. its agreement with the Town of Hemp- | a!\ ■ ‘1 A. ( . \\ alters . stead, and ujion which matter a public hearing was held before Col. John G. ! Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pear-all of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman now occupying the new tage. W. Taft are Wilson cot- Stewed Tomatoes Chicken Salad Apple Pie Ice Cream Assorted Cakes Coffee Tea Crackers and Cheese Nuts Stephen P. Pettit and A. B. Wal have dissolved partnership in the estate and auctioneering business 1 Mr. Wallace takes the business, ing in with him his cousin Ernest lace. They have also established the in- Clarence E. Jones’ new motor boat, built at Combs’ shipyard, is one of the best equipped of any' of the small launches around these waters. She has i regular sailing and head lights, a win- j law office, at 68 Main Street, ter feruising cabin, and an electric j whistle. ; W. G. Holland, County Judge Clerk of the District Court, of H Isaac W. Miller had a narrow escape oke, Colorado, is visiting his broil] from painful injury if not death Satur- Charles E. Holland, after a separati] day morning. He had not been out of of thirty-two years. The brothel bed over half an hour when the entire | separated when they were young ceiling over where he had been lying ; and although they have kept in cor re] fell, covering the bed with bushels of | pondence with each other, this the hard dried mortar. Raisins M ints Albin N. Johnson, president of asssociation, acted as toastmaster, traducing the speakers as follows: The Nation Response by Singing ! My Country ’tis of Thee j The State pjgS Yahct Club cap,. 1907 pattern. The next meeting will be held in the j parlors of the Benson House on Thurs- i day evening, July 11, at 8 o’clock, at I which meeting the constitution and by- | laws will probably be adopted. Another topic taken up was th e , building of a driveway and park over ; the proposed new conduit line that is being contemplated by the Water De-1 partment of the Borough of Brooklyn, 1 and in accordance with the same, the : secretary was directed to communicate | with the Commissioner of Electricity, j tion in California. Gas and Water Department, Cominis- ( sinner O’Brien, in reference to the Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carman, former ly of this place, and now of Stamford, Conn., are visiting at Frank Raynor’s. A Lemon Social will be held in the Guild Room Thursday evening, July 11 . The Junior League sewing circle meets on Friday afternoon at the par sonage. Mr. and Mrs. John Dunkin, formerly of this place, are spending their vat a- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graef and fam ily are visiting at the home of Mr. and If you haven’t ordered so at once, hot weather from now on. the first opportunity they had to meel Prof. Roy Leon Smith, High School Principal. ; ranKe> <l1 School W. Burgess Osterhout, ’01 | man says “ F. II. S., we love thee” Faculty Rev. Kneeland P. Ketcham ! Past Miss Caroline G. Atkinson ; Present Prof. Arthur E. Barnes, Sup’t of Schools Future Samuel R. Smith, j Pres’t Board of Education | Freeport Lodge, I. O. O. F., has Welcome, graduates! j elected the following officers for the Harold E. Brawn, ’031 ensuing six months, to be installed same, assuring him that the Allied Board favored the proposition, and as- j Mrs. John C. Baylis. j suring him of their support, provided j your gas , the above mentioned project is carried j The weather j out. and requesting his assurance that The prayer meeting on Friday ing ami choir practice Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Higgins and sons | Robert and George of Brooklyn are 1 spending the summer with Mr. Hig- I gins’ brother, at 142 South Ocean Aw. the same would be constructed if it was j ing, in the M. E. ( hurch, will bt ' as usual this week. held in anyway feasible. Better police protection, better roads, and the protection of the town’s interest were fully discussed, after which the Board adjorned until Satyr- j day evening, July 27.at 8 o’clock. I A strawberry and ice cream social was held at the residence of Mrs. < >. I). Baylis Wednesday evening, under auspices of the Junior League, and was very successful. Alonzo Foster, president of the Board of Trade, will start July 13, on the Steamer Princess Irene for a trip abroad, landing at Gibraltar, taking in Italy Switzerland, England and Germany. He will sail for home on Aug. f 17, on the St. Paul, arriving about the 26th. Kirby Some of the boys of the Baptist Su day School are to hold an ice crear festival at the residence of Mrs. F. Cunningham, corner Lena and Ocear Avenues, on Saturday, July 13. led cream, cake, candy and lemonade will be on sale from 2 to 8 p. m. The profit from this festival is to he the contribution of the boys toward the purchase of the new lot which this Charles Cartwright and John have launched a new catboat which ( hurch is raising money for. they have built during the winter. The boat is named the “ Eva K,” in There was a large attendance at the honor of Mrs. Kirby, who contributed closing exercises of the upper gmdt-*- her quota of work. Considerable in- of the Ocean Side School, which was genuity was displayed in construction held at^Salamanda Hall on Friday even- amUhe boat bears very creditable tes- ing last, when an excellent program Remarks were also made by E. F. IcKinley, formerly principal, who is iow connected with the law depart ment of the N. Y. Street Railway Co., Westchester Co., with office at yhite Plains; Prof. L. II. Cams, ho succeeded Mr. McKinley at Free- >rt, and who is now at Newark, N. George Wallace, who was the st principal of Freeport School, and L. Crandell. XI1 the speakers were roundly ap- uded but without detriment to any next Monday evening: N. G., Fred Greaves; V. G., (’. Wesley Golden; re cording secretary, William S. Merrill; representative to Grand Lodge, Leo Fishel; alternate, JesseT\. Bedell. BA L D W I N Clifford Smith spent last the Jamestown Exposition. Miss Catherine Pollard is the guest of Miss Florence Mulliner. Everybody is invited to attend a so- - rial that will be held at the parsonage week a t ' next Tuesday evening, under the aus pice- of the Epworth Leagum No ad mission is charged but a free will of fering will be taken. Miss Emma Webb of Jamaica is the The Baptist Church are engaged in the very laudable undertaking of rais- j guest of Mrs. Sarah E. Cornwell, ing the sum necessary ($1750) for the purchase of the lot next door to their ; present church building, for the pur- i [lose of erecting thereon later a suita- | ble parsonage or a larger church edi- j lice. This is a fine idea and financial encouragement will be appreciated by O. Cunningham, and his faithful workers. timOny to the industry and mechanical skill of its owners. was rendered. The school is in a most prosperous condition, and the number of pupils continues to increase rapidly. At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Considerable credit is due Prof. J. An- W. J. Schumacher, Pearsall avenue, thony Bassett and his excellent corp of Miss Rose E. Brady, for several years i teachers for the remarkable success of a teacher in our school, and Eugene the school. Out of the 167 papers writ- W. Helland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Helland, were married by Rev. Kneeland P. Ketcham, D. D., pas tor of the Presbyterian Church, last Saturday evening. The couple will re side1 in Freeport. Considerable credit for the capture of the gang of burglars operating from Schang’s hotel is due Thomas Birch, the station agent at Merrick. He as certained that VonFehrig and poippany were shipping an extraordinary num ber of trunks to New York and called Sheriff Gildersleeve’s attention to it, and the capture of the thieves re sulted. ten for the Regents’ examination, 139 attained the passing mark, which is indeed a very large percentage. An effort is being made to have the school attain the High School rank, as there are already a large number of pupils fitted for that class. There was a large attendance at the meeting of Alpha Council, No 11, Daughters of America, last Tuesday evening, ty State auded loud and long. Miss Atkin- has devoted her life to the work i •eeport, and that she is still sue-1 ’ul may be seen from the fact that ofWeek announcement was made of halm fact that not a boy in her room ailleen late since the first of January pixjheir work stands as high as their mtness augurs. baifat credit is due the reception and | tholet committee for their work for ________ I berjecess of the event. The mem- The Fourth was as pleasant a day Mr la re; Albin N. Johnson, 9J; l as could be desired, and the weather | Raw- F. Cogswell, 95; John L. wax taken full advantage of in Free- j ’01 ;F> 01; Miss Helen W. Merrill, port. The trolleys and the boats were Bro\|af Magnusson, ’02; Harold E. i kept busy conveying parties of pleas-' Hard ^3; Howard Osterhout, 04; ! ure seekers to the beach at Point Look- yer, 1W. Cook, ’05; G. Clifford Col- out. R. \ » ; W. M. Cutler, ’03; Miss M. The eve of the Fourth was a noisy ’06. (-'G 02, and 0. J. 1 eeple, Jr., j one, ammunition for a racket being Thl I well supplied. ' a i formd xvere about a hundred of the The noise began at dark Wednesday invitiKholars of F. H. S. and their eveing and there was not much time were tuests. ihe guests of honor for resting till midnight of the next i the FK. and Mrs. K. P. Ketcham [the others it may he said that Miss inson carried off the honors in the i .. . , ,, -tin,-!;,,,, Oimical. ilrull, wlt.y, known to every scholar present rict disciplinarian and at the same i Enjoy your summer sieason more by • the most beloved teacher in the, having more time for pleasure and lory of the graduates, her talk was | recreation. This can be done only by the use of a gas range. It. liase-liall Freeport 5 Red Mill 6 Freeport suffered their first defeat of the season at Athletic Park Monday afternoon when they were defeated by the Red Mill team by the score of 6 to 5. The game wa§ marked by sharp Miss A. Mabie of San Francisco is the guest of Miss Woo ley, Grand Ave. The Mi-ses MacAvthur of Brooklyn are visiting their sister, Mrs. W. J. Steele. The annual excursion of the M. P. I Sunday School was held to Pt. Lookout ! on the Fourtl . A very pleasant party assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wn . Benis- | ton Thursday evening, the affair tak- , ing the shape of a house-warming par ty. Vocal and instrumental music and j da living were indulged in and the even ing passed v< rv pleasantly. While they have spent vveral umnursin this place this is- their first summer here in their own cottage, and their friends and neighbors lost no time in giving them a hearty welcome. The fielding and batting on both sides Out of the nine games played the Red Mill team had been the first one t» clip the wings of Archer’s Invincibles and even they had to have two trys at the game. With the bases full, Long- necker made a strong bid for his own game by pushing three men over the rubber with a three-bagger, but was unable to tally the run needed. Let’s have another try. i^t them to see which is the “ best man .” No game was played Saturday af- ternon, on account of wet grounds. w ^ ............ „lt^ | ____________ - of In the absence of the Deiiu- yav As usual, the bells were rung at I Mrs. ebyterian Church, Rev. and | Well living up to their name, the Councilor from Brooklyn I daybreak. Churcl A., Jordan of the Methodist! Farmer's A. C. were defeated at Ath Count'il, No. 23, Mrs. Amy Padgett in- ;f be crowds at the hgarh were prob- 1 ham ottev, and Mrs. F. O. Cunning-j letic Park Thursday afternooA by the stalled the following officers; Coun- ably the largest event here, every kind ham SJo Baptist Church, Rev. Pel-j Freeport Team by the score of 16 to 2. j A jolly fishing trip came to a sudden the | iUid sorrowful end early Sunday morn- was I jag when one of the members (if the I party lost his life in the hay south of , | this place. r”L 'im \f r *L' '* A medicine company is holding forth wag The strawberry festival held in | M. E. Chapel on Monday evening well attended. in a tent on Wm. H. Homan’s lot, Church St. and Lane. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. E . Church met with Mrs. E. A. Haw kins Tuesday afternoon. The M. L. S. met Tuesday evening with Dr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Steele at their home on Central Avenue. John S. Lusch will start for Colum ns, Ohio, where he will spend the re mainder of his summer vacation. Miss Anna H. Kellogg sailed with a party of friends onn Thursday, the The vict o the drown ing was Jacob Wasmuth of Jamaica. on a six weeks cilor, Susan Rider; vice-councilor, Inn of a boat being pressed into service. pal Cq»eorKe Bissell of the Episco The game was never close enough to Raynor; associate councilor, Charlotte of the Transfiguration, , In the evening, the principal at- Rev Raynor; associate vice-councilor, Er- traction was the display of fireworks a t ; Church A. Logue of the Catholic ma Cummings; conductor; Lizzie Ray- j the Freeport tflub, which attracted I Smith, i the Redeemer. Samuel R'. nor; warden, Elizabeth Golden; inside j hundreds of spectators from Freeport, zens. i$- idem, and Walter B. Coz- sentinel, Elsie W liters; outside senti- .UKj neighboring villages. The fire- wright, L. Crapdell and J. B. Cart- nel, Ella Wyman i trustee for eighteen months, Zillah lifarsall; secretary, Ada Smith; asst. secVtarv, Amy Padgett; treasurer, Henrietta Golden; financial secretary, EmmiqPadgett; delegatdto state session, Mina Burdorff; alter nate, Mary Esther Southard. Cake and ije cream was served at the \close of the meeting and a very sociable time enjoyed. f<\ yi neighboring villages, works and music were fully enjoyed. j The base-ball game at Freeport Ath letic Park in the afternoon between a team of farmers from Glendale and the Freeport Athletic Club drew a large crowd. C o m i r i j E v e n t s Wednesday evening July 10—Ladies’ I night, Freeport Board of Trade. tion; NH the present board of educa- Mrs. Ca,Smith! Mrs. Crandell Mrs. Weighty George Wallace Pi and j and ! be in danger, Freeport scoring in ev ery inning except the seventh. Thti; crowd was the largest on the grounds this season. The score: Freeport 1 1 2 4 1 2 0 5 x 16 Farmers —0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 —2 o Fourth, for Europe, pleasure trip. The M. E. Sunday School will hold its annual picnic at Point Lookout next Tuesday, July 9, boats leaving Corn well’s dock. • , ... 1 The Christian Endeavor Society of the M. P. Church will hold a straw berry and ice cream social in the base ment of the church on Thursday even ing, July 11. This Saturday afternoon the Free- Smith, Jace. Prof. Barnes, Prof, port Athletic Club will play the Knick- Mr. and s Atkinson, Prof. Carrisand erbocker A. C. at ........... ~ ’ ! 3 :30. For Sale , • i Whitctijuse Villa. Section No. 2 At theh- E. F. McKinley, er at 1 of the evening or rath- j the photV 11 the morning, Stafford, j photo of rapher, took a flashlight j mp before the depart- > iy crowd. . is now open. * «. Athletic Park, at i Special inducements to the first fifty buyers of lots who will build right away. For full particulars call on or Late Saturday night, Mr. Wasmuth, in company with several friends, came here prepared to spend an enjoyable day Sunday on the water. At I o’clock in the morning the party left the dock, accompanied by George Rohr, in a launch for the fishing grounds. Up on arriving at West Drain they anchor ed their launch in the channel and left in a dory for the fishing grounds, which was a short distance way. They left three of the party in the launch, hut Wasmuth accompanied the fishermen. The men had cast the net when Was muth stated that he was going hack to the launch, which laid out in the midr dle of the channel. As he was a good swimmer, little notice was taken of him as he was swimming toward the boat until suddenly he was heard to cry for help. He yelled to those on the launch to throw hint a line, hut he was such) a great distance from the l>oat that a rope would not reach hirn. The men who were fishing immediately started to his rescue, hut before any of them reached him he had disappeared. They,immediately started to search for the body hut it was not.recovered. He was a man about forty-five years of age and leaves a wife and seven children. A party started but from this place immediately after the return home of .the fishing party, but the body has not been found. Later. The body of Wasmuth, was found on Thursday by a party from Seaford. The third and deciding game between write to Freeport aand the Red Mill team will be played at Athletic Park about Aug. 1 Particulars later. Chas. £. White-house or Frank A. Wood, Roosevelt, L. 1. 1 FOR SALE. Large double bed and springs; also srnaU dresser. . Mrs. Ri- ano, 185 Randall Ave. It. Y jV Ittlltifli H fc f c tr fi
