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FREEPO R T N E W S A m eeting of the Village Board of Trustee.s will be held Friday evening. \A ttention is rallied to the new adv. of Vosburgh and Co., if you are think ing of purchasing electric fixtures. The Town Board met at B. T. Sm ith’s Central Hotel Friday and granted a numbei*of oyster licenses. Leo Fishel is among the latest purch asers of Ford autos. There are now1 about tw enty of these machines in the village. Mrs. James Nichols of North Caroli na is spending the summer with her brother, Moses Cornelius, on Grand Avenue. Ross & Randall are now closiner a t 1 o’clock Saturday. Miss Irene Avery from Patchoerue is visiting Florecne Davis. Counselor Harry G. Clock starts for a six weeks’ tour of Europe Saturday. Milford VanRiper has joined his mother and sister at Cairo, N. Y.. for a vacation. Harold Smith returned from .in Kansas, y esterday, where been since last Spring. a ranch he has The annual picnic of the Prim ary De partm ent of the M. E. Sunday School was held Tuesday, with a ride around the village and a jolly time in the grove adjoining the church. The annual school m eeting will be held Tuesday evening^ Aug. ti, when one Trustee will be elected, in place of John K. Eldridge, whose term ex pires. Mr. Eldridge should, and prob ably will be re-elected. A budget of about $80,000 will be submitted approval. Thomas home. Thomas E. Powers the Clark property on has purchased M ain14 S treet, where the Post Office and Haass’ m ar ket arc ^pealed. Mr. and Mrs. W allace it. Post and Frank Snedeker, Jr., are spending a vacation at Freehold, N. Y. Sneak thieves entered John E. Gold ing’s barn last week and stole a new Pierce wheel belonging to Mr. Golding. Horses and stock owners who read and heed what Chas. P. Sm ith says in his ad in this issue are sure to greatly increase their profits. Board of Trade SEAFORD The annual Ladies' N ight o f the Free- i port Board of Trade, brief mention of which was made in the last issue o f the Review, held in F r a ternity Hall last Wednesday evening was a very success ful affair. Paul G. Haass, W illet <». Smith, Charles G. Betzig and Olaf Magnusson were elected to membership. The secretary was instructed to for- ; An entertainm e n t will be given in f\ . ward to the officials of the Long Island the Y. M. I. C. Hall this Friday even- Railroad the thanks of the Board for ing. I the^excellent service afforded the r e s i - ; _ 7 \ — Monday night a meeting was held a t , dents of thp village by the summer: m- Co\ (llt has senj; his rvsig- the office of the Stanton Development schfedule. V as Postm aster, to tak e e f f e c t Co., at which was considered the ad-' A resolution was passed requesting uctooer 1. visability of locating a sand-lime brick -he railroad authorities to keep * ne plant on the G reat South Bay, where i*!- bts in the subway a t the depot shipments cf brick could be made by 1 *if?hted until after the passage ot the both w a ter and rail. There seemed *aSL train for the night, to be good reasons for the establish- During tne eveniw . I resident Alon- ment of such a plant, a few of them 1 20 Foster, who sailed 1' -r Europe given being: * i Saturday, was presented w ith An apparently inexhaustible supply WANTAGH Roberts is quite ill at his 1 Miss May Stebbins of Elizabeth, N. I J ., has been visiting Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Wolf of New York is visiting Mrs. George Smith. A Ghost Social was held at the home of Mrs. VanNostrand Tuesday evening. The Lemon Social held in the Guild Room last Thursday evening was very successful. Carriages and wagons, all prices at Fred Menendez, Bell more, successor to Colvin & Co. tf. A neat sum was realized hy the members of Alpha Council. No. 11, Daughters of America, by ■•tin grand fair held on Friday and Saturday l.ist. The Hcffiey School, which is con veniently situated in Brooklyn, near the L. I. R. R. depot, is again adver tising in the Review; see their special summer terms. Fred Menendez of Bvllmore guaran tees as represented everything sold by him. No exaggeration or misrepresen tation. If in need of a carriage or wagon, write for a representative to call for particulars. tf. We would again advise all our read ers t h a t we are willing to advise them .‘v<i‘Tv r , at any time concerning tax matters. If tamecl a few ol their triends at you,„wish wont sent when taxes are due, just leave your name and wv will advise you or get your hills for you. Stephen P. Pettit has sold the Man- ln the absence of Dr. Ketcham. Rev. hattan House for Roland M. Lamb to! Daniel H. Overton of the Greene Ave., Isador Mayer, for ,$15,000. Mr. May- i Brooklyn, Presbyterian Chiuch, will er talks <>f making extensive improve-! 0CCUPy the Presbyterian pulpit muni ments. Mr. Pettit has also sold the i'lg and next Sunday; ail invited. Hollywood Inn on the Merrick Rtiad j and Bayview Avenue to Roland M. ! Lizzie McL. Dav is has sold her Lamb for Mr. Mayer; consideration, I bouse.’.‘Shady Nook,” northeast corner qoo Pine St. and Ocean Avenue, to Mrs. . r, , i Margaret Hughes of New York,. The 1 he May June number ot 1 he S tu new owner contemplates erecting a dent is now out. It contains 1 he Ep- handsome residence on the property. itaphs of the Class of ’07.” hy Herbert ------------- G. < lock; Salutatory address hy Mil- Mr. ami Mrs. II.P. Libby and Mr.and ton D. Raynor; ( ’lass of ’U7, by Harri- Mrs. W. P. Jones started on an auto son Gunning; Junior Oration. William [ t r ip Friday, visiting Shelter Island and (.’. Story; ” \ a l e d i c t o r y , ” hy Norma E. | other points of interest in the eastern Sammons: and a fund of interesting r p a r t of the Island, returning Sunday m a t t e r about the school, commence- morning, ment week in particular, and the usual athletics reports. Single copies can | George Cooper has been appointed ! so Pool janitor by Uie. Board uf Educa- Mrs. lantha Woodend in^ recovering from a serious fall sustained a few days ago and is able to be around again. The Freeport gang of burglars is to he tried at an extra session of the County Court on July -19. D istrict A t torney Coles is losing no tim e in get ting these men up for trial. The annual fair of Alpha Council, Daughters of America, which was held last week Friday w / i Saturday, was a grand success, the Council realizing over $150. cepuion at their home on Grand AVerflu Tuesday evening. Dancing and games were enjoyed. he seen red from Ralph Crnndcll. circu lation manager. The N. Y. L. 1. Traction Co. and the (jueens Co. R. It., also the B. R. T., have arranged for waiting room in Slanson’s Pharmacy, at the City line. He now has accomodation for 25 people and expects to increase the ■amu to 40 and more before Fall. A ladies’ w a iting room has been provided, as he is liberally paid for the use these accomodations, the patrons of the trolley need not fear being under any obligation to the druggist for use of the w a iting room. Lewis H. Post has finished a census of the school district which is probably the most complete ever made. It shows the following r e s u lt: North of the railroad track Adults. 1145; children between four and sixteen y ears of age, 392, of whom 203 are boys and 189 girls; children under four years, 122; total north of the track. 1659. South of the track, adults, 2198; be tween four and sixteen years of age, 632, of whom 291 are boys and 341 g ir ls : children under four years. 21; total, 3046; making a total population of the shcool district of 4705. ! tion. C. E. Holland, the present jani- I tor, will devote his tim e to his rluties i as truant officer, at a salary of $4nii | for eight months. Mr. Cooper will I take control a t the school August 1. A t the meeting of the South Shore Yacht Club held at the 'Benson House •to la s t '1 hursday evening seventeen new and ; members Were elected. The next meet- of j ing will he held at the Benson House August 8, when it is is expected to fin ally pass upon the constitution and by laws and adopt the officers’ flag. At the regular m eeting of D. B. P. Mott Post, G. A. R., Woman’s Relief Corps, Wednesday evening; there were a large num b er of visitors from Brooklyn Corps and addresses were made by several of the visitors, fol lowed by a social time, including re freshments. of the very best sand for this purp< se | lying 911 the shoals, bars and beaches, : and shipments of lime, the other essen tial ingredient to be used w ith the sand, can fie shipped in by w a ter or land. Tiie quality of the brn k would he -Hlivible for any purpose, from found ation to finest finish, and any color de sired. If made in Freeport the saving in transportation charges to builders and contractor.-: direct from the plant w ith minimum price, would give our local people a decided advantage and place them in position to successfully com pete 'w ith outside contractors for any work requiring brick. The International Sand-Lime Brick Co. of New York offered to erect the necessary buildings, install the ma- - 'he plaitl in agtivq opVfiatToif. They fully guarantee the quality and quantity 20,000, ten hours w ith a force of 8 to 10 men, mostly laborers. They would also guarantee the sale of all surplus brick at the highest m a rket price, now $14 to $15. They claim the cost of pro ducing the plain sea-sand lime brick is about $3.50 per thousand. It is proposed to form a company to lie know as the Freeport Sand-Lime Brick Co., for the manufacture of tliese brick. About $30,000, it is estim ated, will be sufficient to cover cost of land, buildings, machinery, barge with dredging pump, w ith which to bring in the white sand, make road to Main St., etc. It is claimed also that valuable patents pertaining to the manufacture and coloring of brick will become part of the property of the company. Sam ples of brick are now on exhibition a t the Stanton Development Co. office, and the money is to be raised by popu lar subscription. Harry Baylis and Astoria are visiting David W aring. hand some pair of field glasses and a large bouquet, as a testim o n ial o f thevsteem in which he is held hy the members of the Board. Mr. Foster was greatly surprised, but recovered and acknow ledged the g if t in a brief addrt -s of thanks. It was unanimously resolved that tne Secretary he instructed to com municate with Daniel Morrison. Fresi- The annual excursion of dent, of the village; Char! s I ’. Lewis, pequa Sunday School to Harry Foster of their aunt, Mrs. Frank Herman has moved to Linden hurst., where he will conduct a hotel and 1 a rber shop. the Massa- High Hill county treasurer: Franklin A. Coles, district attorney; Ftvderier E. Gilder- sleeve, Sheritf of Nassau County, and State Ex i.-v Commissioner Maynard N. Clements, reo.uestintr ea< h to use his influence to prevent the granting another license to ‘lie Schang hotel east of the village, now in th i\n a ’ne of August VonFehrig, when such li-v.se -hal! ’nave expired or been revoked. Charles D. Baker, Long Island odt- itp^of the Brooklyn Ti; vs. was principal speaker ot the ow n ing, gave a lengthy talk of interest upon rhe advantages accruing to villages and communities wherein are active Boardij of Trade, and sim ilar organiza tions. Mr. Baki nented I , upon having such a large number of | ,Jel llV‘llL'ni ladies and gentlemen interested Beach was held Wednesday, boats sail ing from tieaford dock. Mrs. Thomas Roberts died at her home here on Tuesday morning after 1; short illness. Mrs. Roberts has been in ill health since the death of her on Wesley, four months ago, and has of ten been the victim of melancholia, which it. is believed greatly hastened her end. She was fifty years of age , j \t. i and is survived by her huspand. Thus. I Robert.-', and one daughter. Mrs. Ed win Hendrickson, and two sons, Will iam and George Roberts. Funeral ser vices were held from t.he church of St. Michael and All Angels. R w . Fortes- ! que-Cole officiating, on Thursday, and : the interm ent was in the family ;>lot a t in its wo I fare, and he ais 1 congratulated the LYNBROOK residents upon haying such an attract- i _ ive village to work for. \‘Freeport j 1 harles Southard has purchased anti rem a.ked Mr. Baker, “ has achieved | ,nuved *n^° *luUiSe termerly owned an excellent reputation, which it is upj*'.v Samuel Cornell. to the lesidents ot the place e> main- | Active preparations have been begun tain and increase. _ ’or the erection of the new brick build- Assemblyman Millier. a term er pre. -1 im, ful. the Lvn|iruok National Bank, ident of the Board, was also •aileci up on and made a pleasing addross. ^ Top delivery as well as open busi- Following this an excelllent program 1 ness wagons suitable for grocers, of music, recitations and magic w a s ! butchers, etc., at Menendez c a rriage enjoyed, concluding w ith refreshm e n ts ! repository, Bvllmore. tf. H . from BALDW I N H ebenstrvit, Jr., has returned i two w eeks’ pleasure trip. BELLM ORE Ed. Bourne has been on the sick list. Misses Grace and Ethel M e rritt are visiting friends in Glendale. b red Menendez has ^placed a lam e sign over the stables at the depot. A Good R e s u lt Under the operation of the new Fure Food Laws, baking powders now gen erally bear on the labels a statem e n t of the ingredients. This is of utm o st importance because of the harmful in gredients used in many cases. Royal Baking Powder is known to be Alpha Council, ica, will hold a beach near the Saving Station, Boats will leave Pearsall’s dock at 9 A. M., sharp. Tickets 25 cents, child ren, 15 cents. Ice cream and soft drinks will be for sale on the boats and at the beach. 2t. Daughters of Amer- beach party at the Point Lookout Life Wednesday, July 31. Miss Lucille Enright of Brooklyn visiting her aunt, Miss Wooley. The membership of the Baldwin Club has now reached the century mark. Miss Phebe T. Powers is spending a two weeks’ vacation at Franklinton, N. Y. George E n right of New York is spending a two weeks’ vacation at B. F. M iller’s. Mrs. .1. H. Carl, Miss Kate Carl and Master Robbie are at Cairo. N. Y., for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hawkins and J . H. Southard are spending a couple of weeks at Nassau by the Sea. Miss Hortense Antenen, who has been visiting Mrs. A. Drees, has re turned to her home in Brooklyn. Wm. Brockman has commenced the erection of a house on Bedford Avenue, for his own occupancy. Alexander Putkzi of Greenpoint has j broken ground for a new house on Cen- [ tre Street, near Wils \ Avenue. Miss Helen.,..tfherman will he the i lead\ • a t the Epworth League meeting I at the St. Jam es M. E. Church on I Sunday evening, when she will take f< r her topic, “ Poverty in S p ir it.” j Large congregations are attending the Sunday evening services at the St. Jam es M. E. Church, where the pa tor is irix'i;ig brief talks on the A|i< s ties’ < h ed. A song service precedes oa< !i talk and the hearty congregational sing ing is very enjoyable. Next Sunday evening the Pastor will speak on ” 1 Frank C. Young and family are stay ing at their cottage at H<?rrHbck Beach. A lawn fete for the Catholic Church at Bellmore was held Saturday night last at Mr. K irn’s residence. Dr. Hendrickson of Brooklyn has been visiting for several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Birdsall Jack- son. Miss Jessie New land entertained the members of the Junior Society at her home in Bellmore this (Thursday) afternoon. | Beach parties are now very frequent, ; scarcely a day passing w ithout boat ; owners taking their families and friends either to High Hill Beach or 1 Point Lookout. | Rev. T. S. Braithwaite will preach morning and evening in the Memorial Church next Sunday. The rh r is tian Endeavor Society i.' planning for a beach party to he held about Aug 1. ROCKVILLE CENTRE The annual picnic of the Sunday School of the Lutheran Church will he held in W eidmann's Grove, on Wed nesday. I uly 2 I. The annual *'T.ool meeting, tor the election of two members of the Board of Education, will he held Tuesday evening, August 6. Estim ates furnished on ) our c arriage repairing, painting aml.wheel.- v< p a 'red and rubbvi tirod as well as work called for and delivered, at Menendez, Bell- more. Successor to Colvin Co. tf. A meeting of Rockville Centre Coufi- cil. No. \ Daughtt i s of Liberty, will he held <ni Monday evening next, at which time the newly elected officers will be installed in their respective; offices. Tire State Councilor, N e ttie B. Reid, and her stall' of officers, will make her official visit upon tin- same occasion. Considerable excitem ent was caused throughout the village last week by the report that the City of New York had condemned the property of Nathan Cohen, Lockett's Sons, the Institute Building, and all propt rty on the South Side of Observer . S treet, as well as Observer Street itself, for the line of the proposed new conduit, but from later develupments we find th a t 110- rqtite has as yet been decided upon. believe in the Holy G h o st.' I An interesting meeting of the Lyn- i brook Club was held on Thursday even- 1 ing last, with a large number present. 1 The Lighting D istrict Committee re- i ported th a t it had laid out a district John Adel, who had his ankle broken i covering practically the present W ater by his horse running away a short time | District, and that it expected to be •- A large number attended the pic nic of the Catholic Church which was held at W antagh Saturday evening. ago, is able to again. A lawn festival will be given by the committee of the St. M a tthias Church this (Thursday) evening, on the church grounds. In the M. E.Church Sunday morning the pastor, D. A. Jordan will have for his subject, “ Inverted V a lues;” in the evening the second of the series of \es- per services will be held, at which the special responsive program, “ The Ful- made of Royal Grape Cream of Tartar, | fillment of Type,” prepared by Dr. and this no doubt explains its greatly 1 Jordan, will be used. This service be- increased sale. gins at 7 o'clock. Careful housekeepers are taking ad vantage of the protection which the laws afford, and are examining all the reading m a ttter on the hack of the label before adopting any brand for use in the home. When in place of the words Cream of T a rtar the words “ alum ” , “ alum inum ,” or “ phosphate of lim e” appear A double birthday reception was held at the home of Mrs. Fred Lee, Bedell Street, Monday afternoon, the occasion being the birthday of Mrs. Lee and Miss Emmie Padgett, which occurred on that day. Among those present were Mrs. Gottfried Rapp, Mrs. Fred Hyer, Mrs* Lee and Frank Lee of The Nassau & Suffolk Lighting Co. have commenced work on their c o n tract to light the s treets of this village. The Baldwin Club will have their a n nual games and bay dinner at Ellison’s Pavilion, Point Lookout, July 27. Fred Menendez of Bellmore has a large selection as well as assortm ent of carriages and wagons. Both new and second hand. Myron, the seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Doty, died at his home on Monday of diphtheria. 'Funeral ser vices were held on Tuesday, With in term ent at Greenfield. attend to his business i readiness to make a more favorable report at the next meeting. Petitions I are being drawn up to be presented to the Town Board, and as soon as these petitions have been signed by the re quired number of property owners they will be presented. It was decid- I ed to hold a club outing in August, The tracks of the L. I. R. R. in | open only to members and their wives, front of the depot and a*, the crossings 1 it was also decided upon holding a stag have been oiled, and it is a big im-1 outing, consisting of a fishing party, provement. ! to wind up w ith a clam bake. From the report of the treasurer, the Club Archer M e rritt was badly stung by is in an excellent financial condition, bees on Monday of this week, while _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ working in a lot where there were some bee hives, his horse running into the hives. neither has the Committee o f Appraise ment and Apportionment passed upon any definite '-it-, and furtherm o re, the said committee will : ot meet again until next Fall. At the meeting of Kcokville Ce ntre Lodge, No. 279, I. <). (). 1., held on Wednesday even ini' last, the follow ing officers were* installed in their re spective chairs for the ensuing term: N. G., Fred B. Grim; V. (1., Melville L. DeRondv; R. S., Charles G. Weber; warden, Ellwsorth DeMott; conductor, Thomas H. Jackson; R. S. N. G., Wm. II, Grim; L. S. X. (1.. John W. Thompson; R. $. N. <»., J . Anthony Bassett; L. S. V. G., Fred ( ’. Hyer; R. S. S., Jos: L. (juesenbury; L. S. S. , John H. Meeker; I. G., Joseph E. Eustace; O. G., Sidney S. Sm ith: chap lain, William F. Varney; S. P. G., Abram V. Furman. HEMPSTEAD Through A. W. B rierly’s agency the dwelling property of John Hibbcts on Thorne Avenue has been sold to W illiam Floruss of East Hempstead. Jam es Mortimer has been appointed Superintendent of the Cheaspeake Ken nel Club dog show, that will fie held at the Jamestown exposition next November. Notice to Oystermen The Town Board cf tin* Town of” Hempstead will meet at th-' J u s t i c e s C o u r t Room , L y n b r o o k bn i KIDXY. JULY 26, I0O7 from 10 o ’clock A. M., to J o'clock P. M. tor th- purpos\ of G rantingO y iter and Clam Licenses; also to transact such other I n si ness as may properly come be- fnr • said meeting. Unite a bit of e x citem ent was occas- Parties wishing to renew tin ii Oys'er ioned by a ponv belonging to Jo h n ’ ;111.'1 ( lairi Licensee an* nqucst.-ii to . . , . , • v v j v bring two witnesses with them, as by Adel, and driven by his young daugh-, of tlu. Towu ter, running away on Monday. T h a ! Lic(.118e, ure to be i„8ned in all caser. SMITH COX. Supervisor Mrs. Wm. Dreaves died at the resi dence of her sister. Mrs. Wm. Van- 1 Seht, very suddenly or. Tuesday o f con- 1 sumption. The rem ains were taken to; Brooklyn for burial in the Lutheran Cemetery on Friday. Deceased was 32 years of age and is survived by h e r ; husband, one son and one daughter. 1 among the ingredients, they heed the \Rockville Centre, Mrs. W alter Nichols, 0f Sept., a six room house m-ar Review plucky Miss held on V* the reins until | . warning and avoid baking pow d e rs' Mrs. Forrest Dunbar, Mrs. Oscar Val- Office, Freeport. Address F. R . care of ; the horse was stopped, probably stop-, H. LUTHER WEEKS. Town Clerk containing these substitutes. jentine and Mrs. George VanRiper. ^ Review Office. j ping a serious accident thereby. j Hempstead, N. Y., July 15tb, 1907. Officers Hempstead Lodge, No. 141, I. O. O. F , were installed Thurs day evening by D. D. G. M. Fred V. Smith and Staff of Seaside Lodge, as follow s: N. G., Burt Titus\; V. G.. William M cCarthy; sec’y, W illiam Stoffel; warden, John Findlay; Con., I. B. Baylis; R. S. N. G., A. W. Brierlej L. S. N. G., Henry W eston; R. S. G., Eugene Parsons; L. S. V. G., A. Gildersleeve, R. S. S., W illiam Va;i W icklen; L. S. S., Clarence Clark; chap.. Henry VanWicklen; I. G., Al- vah DeGraff: rep. to Grand Lodge, Al- vah DeGraff‘.alternate, George Hague. A fter the ceremonies the members adjourned to the Hoffman House where a collation was served. e y ; V. _«,* .It
