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r Vol. XVII J FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1912 FREEPORT NEWS HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE Local Topics (By the Editor) Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Apr. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 6:00 a. 6:52 a. 7 :40 a. 8:24 a. 9 :U8 a. 9:51 a. 10:27 a. 11 :10 a. The oc- Reception to Prof. Smith Lecture on Lighting New Village Board Meets I Residents of Freeport and students Last Thursday evening a very inter- The organization of the Village of the school honored Roy Leo Smith, eating lecture was given by Mr. Pierce, Board of Trustees was held Monday ' \ (Governor’s Island, which is as near forrner]y principal of the Pine Street illuminating engineer of the Weisbacb evening at 7 o’clock, the'tim e fixt by As I said last week, I am no lawyer, is I n r a l i t v flH rtm he sernrerh School, at a testimonial meeting in Co., to the employees of the local gas law, with all the members present ex- The law providing that a tscond vote company and several invited guests. cepting irustee Sigmond, who was not on appropriations cannot be held until Mr. Pierce explained the fundament- then back from Florida. the next a nnual election was amended al principals of light and how it was John D. Gunning, the retiring Presi- by the Legislature of 1910, so that the really one form of wave motion, hav* dent, was present to turn over his keys limit is now 90 days, and if it is so de- irg several charts which showed clear- t0 President Hanee, and was askt to s>reei we can vote early in June ly the points he wished to tiring out. He also demonstrated how the glass prism refracted light and how these prisms had been utilized in forming the J W W Scott of South Main Street and several men lauded him in speeches, modern holophane reflectors, which are constructed on strictly scientific lines this locality as can he secured) Friday, Mar. 29, 5:00 a. m. 30, 31, 1 . at a testimonial Brooklyn Hail Friday night. casion was planned as a fitting au re- voir to the teacher who for e ight years was an instructor in the Grove St. School. Three hundred persons crowded into the hall to grasp the hand of the retiring principal, students joined in concerted singing of school melodies open the meeting of the new Board. arrived home Wednesday after spend ing over 4 months in Florida. He re ports having had a very pleasant trip from Jacksonville on the Clyde Line steamer Mohawk. Mr. Scott says he will never spend another winter in the North. Mrs. E. H. Van Riper's class of the M. E. Sunday School tendered a sur prise visit to Mrs. Harry DeBeau, nee Edna Barker, at her residence on North Ocean Avenue Tuesday evening, taking with them a fern in a silver fern dish. They were cordially wel comed and a pleasant evening spent. Howard Aldridge presented a dozen silver knives, forks and spoons in behalf of the students and teachers of the school. Although aware that the gathering was in his honor, Mr. Smith was non- He said he came to pay his respects to the new President and to the new and old Trustees, 'ihat during the past two years as President he had had a lot of hard work but it was also a consider the question of appropriating funds for s t r e e t l i g h t i n g . 1 have been askt if 1 will refute the statements in the last issue of the Ob server .regarding the cost of street lamps in which it was inferred that and produce the best method of reflect- nioaonre to be President of a Village , ‘ , , i . P . - S ' e - i » e n = „ of u L S T t f e . T , \ ' ^ ' 1 ^ „ \ X ‘ inn thee mostst efiicientficient manner.ner. Dort . e _ .... . . _ Pu*1- state that the hehts nave never been his hand. It in gold, and contained about $150 W a s given as Free port’s contribution toward a library which Mr. Smitli has been collecting On Tuesday evening of last week the for years. Overcome with emotion, bowling team representing the Bay ^ ri Sm *th s l i p s quivered, hut he made View Hose Company met and defeated no utterance. Ihen a committee of the team of the Alpha Hook and Lad- women surrounded Mrs. Smith, and i th mo ef man The edect of artificial light on the Mr. Gunning said f u r ther that it was _____ ______ .......................... human eye was a nother point brought not in the line of improvement when plussed when the silver was handed to out and how great eye strain could be t(ie taxpayers had voted against the him. avoided by placing lights out of range appropriations at the recent election; Almost before his thanks was ended, vision and using s uitable glassware personally he voted for every one of Edmund Lumley, chairman of the to hide the naked light, yet give dif- the appropriations and deplored the re- meeting, stepped to the side of the fused light properly directed upon the suit of the vote. He regretted espe- cx-principal and pressed a puree into objects to be illuminated, ihe elTect No. 22 Church Notes _____ _ Mrs. C. H. Scholey is leader for the Young People’s meeting Sunday night in the Presbyterian Church; subject, “ The foreign missions of my denomin ation. A birdseye view.\ Following ■ are the services in the Episcopal Church of the transfigura tion during Holy Week: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:30 a. m. ; Thursday, 8:00 p. m Good Friday, passion service, 12:00 m. to 3:00 p. m. ; evening prayer and sermon, 8:00 p. m. Easter Day, Holy Communion, 7:00 a. m. ; morning prayer. Holy Com munion and sermon, 10:45; children’s service and address, 3:00 p. m. ; even ing prayer and sermon, 7 :45. being that the eye more clearly defines the object selected without the attend ing eye strain. Mr. Pierce’s method of figuring the proper lighting installation was very interesting. Several of the gas com pany's employees are taking up this prevailed in order to reduce taxes for those who used no electricity at home stead. This is the 'second series of three games between the two teams and the Freeport hoys have captured both series. In the first game the Bay Views won out by 46 pins, the score being 761 to 715. The other scores were: Second game—Bay Views, 801; Alpha, 664; third game— Bay Views, 736; Alpha, 662. In our Village B iard report it will he noted that the Village Board decid ed lights should be turned off at 1 flowers. For the alumni Robert Paterson con veyed the well wishes tinti appreciation of his comrades. Edmund [.umley welcomed Mr. Smith formally as he entered, and Albin N. Johnson, a member of the Board of Education, whose relations with the principal have been friendly, lauded the educator, told of his manly quali ties and bigness of h:s heart, not for getting a humorous reference to the daily the turning down of the proposi tion for s tr e e t lighting and for s pend ing $15,000 for more improved roads, and he only hoped the new Board in its wise judgment might solve some plan for maintaining the lights. \ I sincerely and earnestly thank you )\u'f for this privilege, President Hu> se, ini, ll(,|)efita furnish street in Freeport . „ moonlight schedule at $21 a Captain Hanse in replying said that year alu| any0ne who has ever figured r,nor the nastn f the V,llav-e there had itu u t k n o w g this to he so. We have sta te th a t the lights have never been operated for 521 a year and even when Mr. George Wallace (who undoubtedly wrote, ov was responsible for such i M. E. (’.onference opened in the Nos- statementsi was President of the v i l - ; trand A venue M E. Church, Brooklyn, lage, it was only possible to furnish Wednesday and continues for a week, the lamps on a moonlight schedule at Rev. W. A, Richard, pastor of the i 21 a year by making the private light Freeport M. E. Church, is in attend- consumers pay any shortage, m a n i f e s t - : ance. Rev. E. O. Tree occupies the ly an unfair procedure to make the pulpit in his absence, people using electricity in their houses ... . „ . „ pay a higher price than should have ' ^ m t i a n Science Society serv.ces Sunday mornings at 11 a. m . ; Sunday School same hour; Hempstead Hank equal share of street light- Hui!'iinK’ Hempstead; subject, \ Real- ^ ity. A reading room supplied with ubjetit-in detail and will soon be able and I hope that if I can he of any ser- ‘\jt'.V^impossihle m f„,m . h Bfrr.pr Christian Science literature is open at the team of the Alpha look and Lad- a ’et of to give e x p e r t advice to the company’s v ee heai ate to ca l upon r 11 !mPosalble ,0 d®r C10m° ^ - V o.n TLeU 8 alley,8 at Hemp- ^ em8f rnoted ,arge shower bouquet of and auKKe8t the moat p m^d. vice you will not hesitate to call upon llKntg tl)e same as used ern and economical method of lighting their homes and business places. durin g the past of the Village the re had After the lecture refreshments were been geVen men served as President served to all and the e v e n i n g ’s program and none had had a heavier load and was pronounced a success. Mr. Gil- none acquitted themselves morle cred- lingham, the local superintendent of jtably. the gas company, in arranging these Ex-President Gunning and President meetings for the employees, shows the Hanse then shook hands and President seen statements, hut never figures, to the contrary. Even admitting this to he true, though, we are burning the lights twice as long now or more, and lamps of L T u n d e ^ h t ^ d 15! dTsIlrtVbVne! ^ fit his customers. . breadth of the physical man. Mr. o clock. Ihis has since been changed Johnson said he envied the people of to 1:30, to accommodate people arriv- Westfield in the possession of such a Wnitora ivna ing home on the 1 o clock train. sterling man in their school system. Orders also have been given to the The Philomel Quartet of women fol- engineer at the power house, that in |owe(j Mi\ Johnson, and Mrs. Edmund case of fire at night, the lights shall be Lumiey and w. Robert Humphrey turned on, and left on until the fire- 8ang Mr. Smith's recent at-' At this time former Trustee J. Huy- V. G. Walters has returned from a ,„er Ellison askt permission to make a two months’ visit in Florida. Mr. ill while in Florida but is improving nicely since his return home. He is residing with his daughter, Mrs. S. F. Pearsall, at 155 Pine St. few remarks and on behalf of a few of the new President's intimate friends presented him with two large floral horse shoes, one inscribed ‘‘Success\ and the other \Good Luck.\ Captain Hanse said, \You sure have got me.\ men arrive home. On Tuesday S. Dimon Smith, thev He was well taken back but thanked torney, Harry G. Clock, told the as- newly-elected treasurer of the Village, the donors and then called the meeting The police department is also author- aemblage that he appreciated the feel- filed his bond of $25,000. His secur- to order for business, ized, when necessary for special work, jng 0f friendship which the students of eties on the bond were William G. Mil- The first motion was by new Trustee to notify the engineer to turn on the tbe Freeport schools held for Mr. Smith ‘ ler, Roswell Davis, R. M. Lamb, T. P. Randall, that a special sidewalk com- that lights can be produced in Freeport lights. ana said that he is a man possessed of C. Forbes, jr., and Emma A. Chapman, mittee be appointed, to handle appli- for |ega than is paid in any place in Village Electrician C. O. Niles re- magnetic preaonality. _ t „ - 7 — — . . . , \ \s ceived a verdict in his favor in the For the moral uplift to his son and Peter Hansen has had his bungalow moved from his Rose Street property to a new site in Bennington Park. For a short time Tuesday afternoon the through trolley service was interfered with by the moving across the tracks at Aqua Boulevard. to his son and amount of $250 in his case against ether sons in Freeport, Rev. Edward P'rank D. White of East Rockaway. the above address every week-day ex cept hoildays, from 1:30 to 5. The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will meet in the chapel next Wednesday, April 3, at 2:30 p. m. Subjects for the day are “ India” and “ The Freedmen.” All women of the church are invited to attend. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church. —Located on North Grove St., just be low Randall Ave. Next Sunday or Palm Sunday, the catechumens who have been under instruction for the past months and who were publicly examined last Sunday evening will oe confirmed at the morning service at 10:30 o’clock. At the time for the evening service, at 7:45, a reunion of all former catechumens of this con gregation will take place. The pas- our hobbies and it is the hobby of the tor, Rev. A. C. Karkau, will preach at man who wrote the item referred to plant has increast greatly, such as coal, wages, supplies and equipment. The sum requested for operating lights for the coming year was based upon figures furnisht by Engineer Smith, who has been at the power house since the plant was first started and is better qualified than any one else to know the cost of running the lamps. But what is the use? We all have The case was tried at Mineola last Friday before Justice Putnam. Niles was run into by an automobile driven by White on the night of October 12, at the corner of Bayview Avenue and Merrick Road. He was riding north approaching the Merrick Road when the automobile dashed around the corn er and threw him from the bicycle and smashed the wheel. The man refused O. Tree thanked Mr. Smith. Mr. Tree appreciated the full strength of a teacher’s influence over the growing boy or girl in his remarks, and showed, metaphorically, how several profes sions were working for the welfare of humanity. He said that in the pres ent age the educator was pre-eminent in the field as a cultivator of manhood. F. E. Pitcher also spoke. Chairman Lumley, at the close of the to settle and Mr. Niles engaged Coun- addressee, presented to Mr. Smith an selor Flint to start action. Leo Fishel ablum, in which were resolutions ex- represented the defendant. pressing feeling already told verbally. Village Trustee and Mrs. Charles A. Sigmond arrived home from Florida Tuesday evening and report a very pleasant voyage oy boat. While they were in Florida they spent considerable , . of the time looking over and investing lm‘ Police Justice Elvin N. Edwards, after several months’ illness, has re- j ported for duty At the time of writ- haa juat returned from the city where mg he has not had any prisoners before H^e ;n P r e s b y t e r i a n Hns- Notices under date of March 19 have been posted throughout the Village, proclaiming the sale of fixtures of Jos eph C. or John C. Young, to be held April 4 at 66 South Grove, St. The notices are signed by the mortgagee, Peter Robohm, and Sylvanua L. John son, constable. Mrs. F. A. Clemons of New York is spending a week end with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lott, on Miller Ave., Mrs Lott both services and also administer con firmation at the morning service. The _ __ _____ _ |___ ___________ ... Sunday School meets at 2:30 p. m. cation for sidewalks, and that Clerk country so far as we can find, even The topic which the Luther League Shea be directed to keep a concise rec- where water power and not coal is used will study next Sunday evening at 7 ord of all applications, so that the fund jn manufacture. o’clock is entitled \Enthusiasm for should not be overdrawn. Trustees ----------- | ()ur King.\ Holy Week services Randall and Bedell were appointed. ; The referendum worked at the Free-j every night next week at 8 o'clock. Before appointing his committees port election for village officers. Out j except Saturday. Friday of Holy President Hanse suggested it would be 0f nine propositions for appropriations a good plan for the various committees aggregating $60,000 the taxpayers ap- to arrange for meetings the afternoon proved only two calling for an ex- prior to regular meeting of the Board, penditure of $6,500. The Hanse ticket for considering any public questions was elected as there was no opposition, connected with their work. But the vote on the appropriations The committees are: showed a lack of confidence on the part Light, Randall, Sigmond. Gf property owners, the only ones el- Water, Bedell, Randall. igfible to vote on appropriationfl}dn the Streets, entire Board. work done at the recent primary where Week at 10:30 a. m. there will also be a service in the chapel. Holy Com munion will be celebrated at the even ing service on Thursday of Holy Week, also at the morning service on Easter Sunday. Preaching service Sunday morning in the Baptist Church by Rev. J. Whitehurst, local missionary. The Stationery and Supplies, Sigmond, manhood suffrage was the only test and : eveniuK service wjll be in charge of Myrick. Police, Licenses and Power House, President Hanse. Assessments, entire Board. It was decided to hold the regular 1,100 votes were brought out by active campaigning. The importance of the primary now dwindles. Hanse and his successful followers no doubt realize in property in that State. Mr. Sig mond has purchased a tract of land which he intends to develop and on which he will commence the erection of a number of bungalows in the near future. 27, at 2 p. They report the fishing excel- aWarded for'first pla'celn^each evenT 8c No‘ 2 Pearl ToP Oh'mney8. Be lent in that locality and one day they and bronze for second place A match 6c Shelf 0il C,oth| Per 5c‘ captured over 100 fisk Mrs. Sigmond raedebof half mile bet*ePen Kaiser, the fc Wire Coat Hangers, 2 for 6 c also had a very interesting time when Natinonal champion walker, and , \ 2 n' she hooked a shark Neunedorfer. who recently broke the W'n*w Shades complete, 20c Mr. Sigmond spoke of the beautiful record fpr the one mile team walk will 33c Wash Boards 25c surroundings of the home of John J be „ jal attraction. ' ‘ \e Randall. Mr. Randall has a plot of _______ land about 260x460 feet on Ridgewood i she had been in the Presbyterian Hoa- 11 was decided to noia toe regular tbe truth of Judge Culen’s rpmark in 1 pital to undergo a serious operation, meetings on the 1st and 3rd Friday ev- bj 8 dissenting opinion that \the prim- which, fortunately, was postponed enings as heretofore. ary election is not a real election.\ Upon motion of Trustee Randall, the j be real election took place quietly President was empowered to employ a wjth no money spent on either side and competent accountant to audit the tbe property owners stepped in and re books of the Village. moved the public purse from the hands Dr. E. R. Heard was re-appointed 0f (be reprsentatives of the will of the member of the Board of Health for three years, and accepted the office. Resolution passed to transfer the following amounts from the light fund, same to be returned as soon as there The first annual track and field meet ° ;„ h of Freeport and Baldwin Schools will ‘hnrri0\ ^ t ^ 8' ^ 8 pre8enCe ° f m,nd be held at Freeport, Saturday, April _____ 8 ' . c at the Seaman Avenue House Wares At Lower Prices committee from the Brooklyn B. Y.'P. U. A cordial welcome is extended to all. -Other services as usual. Avenue where the values are $150 foot. There was a large attendance at tr.e auction sale of the real estate and per sonal effects of Mrs. Elizabeth Denton at her late home, corner Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue, Saturday afternoon. The property and buildings were sold for $16,250 and purchased by Smith Cox. There were only three bids made. George Wallace started it at , D If it is a real pleasant Sunday take a $14,500. I The 6 shares of Freeport $1-89 Copper Bottom Wash Boilers, walk down to Gere’s Bathing Pavilion. Rink stock was tbe cause of bri8lt „P$J;4£ , ^ c, r, • He will be pleased to show you the bidding. They were started at $300 $6.60 Decorated Dinner Set, 54 picees, per share and finally bid in by Smith $4.60 Cox at $400, totaling $1,200. There is no time like the present for taking off corns and we have reason to believe there is no better remedy than the one mentioned in Smith & Bedell’s ad. It 35c Enameled Coffe Pots, 26c 19c Jardiniers, 2 for 26c 45c No. 1 Floor Oil, per gal., 35c 36c Glass Lamps, complete. 25c 39c Enameled Dish Pans, 14 qt., 25c 89c Glass Coffee Mills, 59c 95c Roll Top Bread and Cake Boxes, white, 69c $1.49 Parlor Lamps, with frosted base and globe, 69c 2-Burner Gas Stoves, $1.19 people as expressed at the much-vaunt ed direct primary. Thus the will of the people who have the say when it comes to passing out the money is . found superior to the will of the peo- was sufficient on land in the respective p|e wbo own no property and are at funds: $1000 to general. $1000 to , |jberty jq - move elsewhere if rents go More Freeport Hews on Page 8 h'8h under bankrup'tmg government. Now follows a threat that Freeport . . lights will be shut off and that there partici- wi|1 | will be no police and no fire protection. Kerosene lamps will be brought out \You’ll have to hurry\ to pate in that $ 1.00 a pair saving sale of 300 pairs of manufacturer's sampl Women’s Ties. Some sizes are getting LOCdl TOpiCS C0DtiDD6U OD PdR6 4 low. $3.00 ties now $2.00; $2.60 ■ ' 1 . ............. ties now $1.50. These shoes are It don’t seem possible but creating a s'ensation in this communi- DaSilva’s Chocolates at 20c ty. C. D. Smith, 68 Main Street. improvements he is about to make. It Percales, 12c yd Dotted Swiss, 16c yd Lawns or India Linen. 10 to 26c yd Linings, Cambric, Percaline or Sateen Musiine, 8 to 10c yd Ticking, 10c yd up Sheets and pillow cases Blankets, 76c pair up Children’a atockings, 10-15-25c pair Ladiea' stockings, 10-15-25c pair Men’a socks, 10 to 15c pair Linen collars, J for, 25c, the kind that wear Seaman’e Reliable Dry Goods Store, Main St., Freeport- Oil You will let your furnace fire go out Stoves, very shortly and if you’re wise you'll get a little gas heater and be ready for equal to the usual 40c kinds, lb. for 5c and be convinced. Stores. Four prizea to the children Crystral Saturday’s matinee. the It The Cudahy Diamond C. hams and bacon are the best. Try one at 15c per pound and be convinced. At the ?irckaR«d* P' 168 ^ 42 W6Bt “ Yi j Prompt Delivery, 2- Burner New Perfection 1 $6.76 3- Burner New Perfection Oil Stoves, ; those chilly mornings and evenings $9.06 *- which are bound to occur during the Mendets for fixing leaky Pots, Kettles , firet days of Spring. The Naasau fc —nd j D-tot m-*—ater Baga box, 10c : Suffolk Lighting Co. offer heaters at The monthly social and business meeting of the Epworth League of the M. E. Church was held Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Crandell. About 40 mem bers and friends were present and fol lowing a business meeting a short pro gram consisting of music and resits tions were eojnved and refreshments w p r o se r v e d Attention of the people of Freeport and vicinity is called this (Easter) week to the fact that the Great A. & P. Tea Company, 42 West Merrick Road, haa purchased 300 pounds of Cudahy ham- and bacon—the kind that is always good. The taste telle. Don’t fail to get one at 16 cents per pound. It “How States are Made” Not so many years ago the United it’s so— j States Government opened up its unoc- i lb. are ; cupied land* free to all settlers. They Try a 1 > were drawn up in a line after register- Both ing their intention to settle and occupy It i the land apportioned off in plots. At I the tiring of a cannon everybody made a rush to get a section of the land; in vehicles Oor King Quality line of shoes fir men meets tbe demands of the most i some on horseback, others a H W I. DaSilva 15-17 W. Merrick Rd., Freeport Phone 885 W Easter Post Garda, 10c dox. Silva’a. „ Da- It Don’t fail to see Marshall P. Wilder’s great picture, ‘‘The Fire Senses,’’ at the Cryetal next Tuesday. WANTED—Strong, honest girl from 18 to 26 years. One who would take interest in their work. Must hive common ecbool [education. Ad dress, Help Wanted, in care Review. It attractive prices. Coming Monday at tbe Crystal, \A Spartan Mother.\ This ia a great picture atory of tbe Civil War. It discriminating dresser. Up-to-the- minute styles—quality unsurpassed— $3.60 to $6.00. Tbeee shoes are very popular with tbe young men. The fad of the season is the shoe with the blind eyelet, to lace all way up, no hooks. We have them. C. D. Smith, 68 Main Street • It The Great Av1 A P. Tea Co., of 42 Weet Merrick Road, baa tbe Cudeby hems and bacon during Easter week. It sella for 16c per pound. It Attention ie called to the adv. of tbe Columbian Braea Foundry In tbia issue. They have opened a large garage in connection with their factory, and the adv. ie well wo^tb reading. of all kinds and some on foot. The first on thi ground etekes off his claim, and so on until all the land ie taken. It’s a marvelous picture of universal interest to those who are anxious to know something about what ie now a matter of history. There ie ■ splendid story told In this picture of ■ thrilling ^nd absorbing nature. By all roeane see it at tbe Crystal Saturday, March 30. Tbe exhibition of thie Vitagrapb Western portrayal reflecte great eredit upon tbe enterprlaing management of thie theatre. It
