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■ F $,> - Nassau County Review Official Paper, Village of Freeport FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1914 Vcl. XIX, No. 10 Fierce Early Morning Fire Wrecks Realty Building Freeport Single copies of the Review for sale at G reenblatt’s and B raithw a ite’s, Railroad Avenue: K iefer’s, Nassau County Review, DaSilva’s and Go- betz’s, Main Street; DaSilva's, W est Merrick Road. tf. H1GHWATER TIDE TAfiLE (These times are for Sandy II<H>k. Deduct 32 minutes for Hempstead Hay) News of the Churches Local Topics Friday, March Saturday Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, \ 6. 7, 8 , 9, 10 , 11 , 12 , 13, 14, 2.33 p . m . 4.02 p. m. 6.11 p. ra. 6.06 p. m. 6.24 a. m. 7.12 a. m. 7.68 a. m 8.42 a. m. 9.2b a. m. Mrs. A. E. Frost, proprietor of the Crystal Lake Hotel, has leased it to S u b j e c t o f S e r m o n s , S e r v ic e s of th e w e e k an d o t h e r d o in g s in th e c h u r c h e s a n d c h u r c h so c ieties The Lenten services of the Catholic Church of Our Holy Redeemer will con sist of the Stations of the Cross on Friday evenings and a sermon followed by Benediction on Sunday evenings. All the children are rtquested to at tend the 8 o’clock Mass every morning. n d • e p l a n a t i o n e n o t e n t i r e l y o i n a t u r e , o n e i l l a r e a f f a ir e b y th e e d i t o r . Social and Personal inly A b o u t G u e s t s , V isits a n d P a r t i e s of F r e c p o r t e r s a n d T h e i r F r ien d s PROUD OF MY COMRADES A man without a hobby is Flor- stay Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Alcorn of man ence Place have returned from i without an excuse for existing, whelh- j a t A tlantic City. er it may be golf, bowling, collecting ---- botanical specimens or running for of-1 Miss Dorothy Spring, of New York, One and Frank Argimbau, of Rose Street, fice. Most of us have several. of mine is our fire In the Fire Department M a t t e r s o f i n t e r e s t t o a n d a b o u t t h e fire m e n in o u r l o c a l d e p a r t m e n t b y H . E . P . BOWLING TOURNAMENT. STANDING OF THE TEAMS. Won Lost i‘. C. Hose 1 Hose 3 departm ent. My this village, will be m a riied at the hobby don’t interest you, any more Hotel M ajestk, New York, on Monday, ; Truck 1 than yours m ight interest me. But, i March 9. A fter the ceremony the j Hose 4 just the same I ’m going to say another i couple will leave for a Southern trip, and on their return will reside with the ju st the sam e I ’m going to say another word about the way our firemen “ Je- I groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Argim- 1 bau, for the summer.—Owl. Next Sunday morning Rev. F. M. Kerr, D. D., of the P r e s b y terian,,. .. , , Church, Hempstead, will occupy the] ,vIe‘ 6 ^?° ui\ , u pulpit of the Presbyterian Church. ' ^ was able t0 u,n?wy uthe alarm Dr. Kerr is always welcomed in Free- , Sunday afternoon and had the torture port by his many warm friends. His ' \ f ,ook,vng at thu b aZe ^ . of a w,n- presence is desired upon this occasion, | ' 0W- ou remem er what a day it especially because as the official mod- i lt, . ° r a/1>,|,ne t° he out. erator of the Session of the Freeport 1 Wb®‘?.tbe ^ b,9tle blew tbe .aky waH - w D „ - , v , church, it will be necessary for him to ^ e l,,,gbte(j' e.ve,ry flare,show' nK W|th ! Mr. and Mrs. B. Kendig, of New York I bc prc. €rit a t n llleeling 0l- the congre. j 'he varying wind and n, ,ess than eignt ] j olm E> Golding, who has been at ; gation, which has been duly called to [T1|mu es r(!m the w!1!9tl e Asheville, N. C., for his health, for M v . r .. , oni r take action upon calling a permanent ew no a sign o e ^®ze could lie several weeks, writes us that he is M aster Edgar Cornell, of 201 Can , pa8tor Thel first reading of the call - ---------- ------------------- Engine 1 Hose 2 11 9 6 4 5 1 3 6 5 7 II .917 .750 .500 .144 .417 .067 The worst firv in the history of the Idled from the third floor being the 35 Freeport Fire Department occurred j and 50 foot extensions. , early this morning, when the Realty | It will be absolutely impossible for I Building, also known as Otten Build- j a few days to estim ate the exact darn ing, corner Main Street and Railroad ! age to building and eontent< and the Avenue, three stories high, and built ! insurance involved, although conserva- of brick, with all the stores it con tive estim ate places it at about tained, was badly damaged by fire and $20,000. water. The building contains or, the third The lire was discovered by one of | floor, Mechanics’ Hall, the largest the police force and was under such lodge room on Long Island, and which is occupied by the Daughters of Amer- tremendous headway that it is impos sible to even guess at the cause. It apparently started in or near the clos et used by the J r. O. U. A. M. Coun cil, to store paraphernalia, and did not stop until it had practically gutted the ica, Daughters of Liberty, Foresters of America, United Commercial Trav elers, Royal Arcanum, Royal Arch Masons, Jr. O. U. A. M. and B. & P. O. Elks. On the second floor are the fitick 1 took three games from Hose «bjrd floor, and the two floors below law offices of Edwards & Levy, the Mrs. Edward C. Chapman held an ^ ™ f ^ ' o ’iill's60' T h e ^ s c o r r, iwb * hud been badly damaged by water, af- offices of the Surety Coupon Co. Xt Home briday afternoon, at her 1 ^ ‘ f a,,,, rtmnt rtm- fcVrrv Cn Freennr A t Hom e\ Friday afternoon, residence, corner Bayview Avenue and Rose Street. Truck 1, 631; Hose 4, 587 Truck 1, 742; Hose 4, 699 Truck 1. 654; H..«e 4, 639 tre Street, was awarded the prize of i f 0r this meeting was Ia=t Su., returning home. Over a hundred of five pounds of Huyler’s in Chubbuck’H j morning ^ ^ H '-— ‘--'i -u.. advertising competition last week. y K‘ feeling fine, and hopes North with the birds.\ I t will convene imme them had braved the storm, fought the diately after the morning service next b'aze a\ d returned home, many of _ \ „ Sunday. March 8. , them to do more fighting to ward off .............. ................... .. The \V o te s for Women meeting In thp PVening Rev. s . j . Gould w i|, , colds resulting from the exposure and fov Southern Pines, N. C.. to he held a t Fraternity Hall last Thursday prt!ach on the topic announce for last wetting. . . . evening was quite largely attended. ; Sunday eVening, \M issing His Big nn vm Chance.’’ There was no service on ac count of the storm. Engine 1 did not appear for the games with Hose 3 Thursday evc-ning to \retu r n and Hose 3 being present and bowling, i the games were declared forfeited to 1 them. Mr. and Mrs. William G. Miller and daughter Florence s tarted Thursday tTlere being nearly 200 present, most of whom were women. The meeting was presided over by Capt. Jam es Hnnse, who introduced the speakers, Miss M artha Klotschken of New York, and Miss Rosalie G. Jones, who pre- Do you blame me fot our firemen? How w ; same task. You have as they, possibly mol them are not property m ty w n e r I two weeks. J u s t before starting Mrs. ging about ; Mj|]er 8|jpped and fei) on t be jce and u like the h at stake many of fractured her w rist. She was attend In spite of the almost imuassable cumlition of the s treets, fifteen mem- sented their argument in favor of the ] hers of the Womans’ Missionary So- Suffrage cause. i ciety of the Presbyterian Church met at the home of Miss C. L. Roe, Burglars entered the summer home j Wednesday afternoon. A devotional of Mr. and Mrs. William Higgins on j aervice was conducted by Mrs. D. F. North Ocean Avenue, the latter p a r t 1 Dikeman, who was leader of the meet- of last week. Melvin Bond, a neigh bor, saw a window of the house open and notified the police. and Mrs. j . Hewlett, on \Im m i- Imunication from Chief Pnrkerson and Officer Dunbar gration.\ A feature of the meeting : p k i ing of th inspected the building and word was I watl a readjng and t a |k given by Mrs. £f t He village sent to Mr. and Mrs. Higgins, at their i H. J. Raymore, one showing the dan- | communication winter home on Dean Street,Brooklyn. ger to American civilization from u n - ! excenting the M r Ff i r/ rr i nu n u l l iw l Q u n r ln x r n t u l oci ti -l __ • , i . i . t ! F o Mr. Lamb is a Republican.—Nassau Post. Political preferments should not en ter into village affairs, but Mr. Lamb is an ardent \ P rogressive,\ not a R e publican. DEPARTMENT OFFICERS Chief Loonain has slated that he will be a candidate for another term, and will undoubtedly he endorsed at the ed by her physician and decided not to ; meeting of his company next Tuesday — Notwith8tandi the mun let the accident interfere with the evenmK* Acting unon this, 1 ruck 1 trip, as she was advised that the trav- at their meeting Tuesday evening en- went to work promptly and soon four eling would not make any difference to | dorsed 1st Asst. Chief Pearsall for the lines of hose were pouring w ater into j the injury. same office for another year. None of the other companies have met so far I A farewell surprise party was ten j month, dered Mrs. John Wild at the home of | j Mrs. H. B. Hagen, Wednesday even-I At the meeting of Truck No. 1 'ing, and M r^W ild was presented with ; Tuesday evening, the following officers the flames, and the ter the fire had eaten through in sev- ] G reat South Bay Ferry Co., Freeport era! places. | Railroad Co., T. P. C. Forbes, a Gos- Two alarms were turned in on Call pel Hall and several vacant rooms. 41, and the departm ent was soon ! On the ground floor are located Schil- on the job, aithough handicapped by i let’s Cafe, Frank John’s restaurant, the Itad roads and a raging snow- Greenhlutt’s sporting goods store, the storm, hut when the whistle first blew I F reeport Candy Kitchen and Good- the top of the building had burned man’s delicatessen store, through, and was lighting up the sur- ^ The American Mechanics lease the rounding buildings. When the men . lodge room from the owner, T. P. C. responded the windows were flying out Forbes, and the loss on furniture will at various places, and the danger from ; fall upon them, mostly covered by in falling glass and metal cornice was surance. The heaviest loss on the sec ond floor will fall on Edwards & Levy, with a loss that cannot he covered by insurance ; damage there was both by fire and water. The Surety Coupon the building from various angles, and one line was on the steps leading to the rooms. It was over an hour be fore much headway was made against made their a handsome piece of cut glass. Mr. _ _________ ______ __ n _____ were nom inated: Foreman, Frank S. ing. Very interesting papers were i REGARDING CLEANING STREETS and Mrs. Wfid are moving to R iver-j Snedeker, j r . ; assistant foreman, given by Mrs. R. A. Miller on \Jap - j i n our ]ast jggue we published a com nead from Freeport. Among the guests I Stephen W. Hunt second assistant Mr. Higgins called Sunday and esti-j restrieted immigration, the other tak mated that from $200 to $300 worth of I jng t be view that America was under goods had been taken. j obligations to-^eceive all who wish to come to her shores. E x tracts from \G o d ’s Melting Pot\ and \Comrades from Other Lands\ were also read. The officers elected were : Mrs. J. M. Baxter, president; Mrs. C. L. Roe and Mrs. D. F. Dikeman, vice presi- ^ m j - a ..id e n ts; Mrs. Joseph Hewlett, secretary at the Plaza on Tuesday evening, April for zineg lMrs A Schonmann, 14, for the benefit of the ^ ^ e p o r t^ J u ; j cradle roll secretary, Mrs. C. C. The case of Mrs. W alter Harvey i against the village of Freeport, which j was set down for this week, was laid ! over until Monday, March 9. A moving picture show will be held ; niors. Tickets can be secured from any of the members at 10 cents each. Systematizing Credit At the regular monthly meeting of the directors of the Business M en’s Association held last Tuesday night, the suggestion of one of the members, that in the future, those coming into the town and asking for credit, will be asked to fill out a simple form, giv en bv the members, was adopted, the idea being that any newcomer asking for and worthy of credit from the lo cal merchants will be willing to give proper references. The I. W. K linert Rubber Co. and The Model Brassiere Co. of New York City ore contemplating locating branch factories in this section and the Asso ciation will co-operate with them in pointing out the advantages of the vil lage, train facillities, etc Smith, treasurer. The annual report of the secretary and treasurer were read, and accepted with thanks A vote of thanks was given to Mrs. Elijah Smith for many years of faith ful service as vice president. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. C. E, Jones. No a ttem i years to opera| storm in order , to the railway some kind of Van Reese, ::om- at the party w ere: Misses Ella Sea son of the s treets man, Minnie W illets, Mary Crevoise Howstorm. The ! rat, Jeannie Dunbar, Nina Crevoise- eell to the point, ! rat, Anna and Prudence Ritchie and *■^1 that Elizabeth Patterson, Clinton Smith, \ as in former Mesdames Flora Colder, John J. Dun- path. way in foot by foot. As soon as pos sible Chief Loonam sent a line to the roof, ami with the men standing on tops of ladders and clinging to the metal signs along the building, the Co., Great South Bay Ferry Co., Freeport Railroad Co., etc., suffer heavily from water. The parapher nalia of most of the lodges meeting in the hall was destroyed. On the .ground floor, thu loss to Schiller will he comparatively small, with insurance; Frank Johns is not in sured. Greenblatt, whose stock is foreman, Clarence E. Jones; recording secretary, C. O N iles; financial sec retary, Rodney L. Scudder; treasurer, ___ ___ ^ Harvey B. Sm ith; trustee for three men looked the part of seasoned fire I damaged by water, is insured. There Southern New York Fi7e7en'sKAssn.\ f'8'hters. and it was then only a case j ia also insurance on the stock of J. w plow a fter the bar, Frank M. Smith, Henry C. Schlu- I Frank S. Snedeker, j r . ; to N. Y. S tate : of \drow n ing out\ the blaze. A line , Goodman, delicatessen. W e could travel ter, K. Osborne, Dora Colder, Martin ' Assn., John J . Boland; wardens, Clar- , of hose with engine pressure got away j Freeport and the firemen are to he L:*long at least beacon, Richard Smith, Nelson Gold- j ence M. VanRiper, Frank S. Snedeker, tde men and went to the ground, i congratulated upon coming out of s**’ ” er. Emma CrevoiserAt, Mrs. and Mrs. | j r-. and C. O. Niles, Winston Ravnor. Mr. andd Mrs. G. A. Howard E.Pearsa My comment on this would be, first! Winston Ravnor, Mr. an Mrs. G. A. i Howard E.Pearsall was endorsed for that the ultim a te end of all work is ! Dunster, Mr. and Mrs. Mueller. the office of first asst, chief for anoth- not necessarily to provide paths to the ~ m ---- er year, Chief Loonam having stated railroad station, more than to the busi- ''MTs- Henry L. Maxson, South Ocean , his intention of seeking re-election as ness section of the village. Of course £ venue’ entertained a card party las.: [ Chief. 1 am not trying to discount the neces- rh u rs<iay afternoon. The members I ------------ sity of a path to the station also. ' m -6!!6\ 1 w -m 1 M®®dan'®s 7 ^ At the meeting of Hose 4, Tuesday The other remark is that Mr. Van 1 tir’ 1 lam 1 1 ar ' ' ' p , ’ .evening, the following were nominated M u , - Reese is mistaken about attem p ts be- Mp- °h’ a w 'l ^ j for the ensuing year: Foreman, Chas. be needed, but each time the men were j Long Island Home-Made Bread Co., ing made \in former years,\ us no at- i R a rv“yn FineV ’ At the close n't the ^ Fritz, j r . ; a ssistant foreman, For- hack at their work in a few seconds, donated his surplus stock of rolls,buns, where for a time it threatened to this the worst fight in their history, break some bones, but several of the ] w ith flying colors. Several interested men sprang forward and stopped it. j parties furnished coffee, among them Men inside and out were forced to j being Lyman W laft, formerly of drop hack often for air, and at times Truck 1, and Frank Squires, the flag- it seemed that Surgeon Runcie, who j man at the Main Street crossing, was on the job from the start, would Thomas St. John Baldwin of the tem p t has been made in any year by rtatvfy r men. At the village authorities to clean the Karnes refreshments were served. Mr. and married 40 At the M. E. Church, next Sunday has been set apart for taking the an nual subscription for the current ex penses of the church year beginning April 1, and also for the work of the great benevolent societies of the de nomination for the same period. Pledge cards have been sent out to members and probationers and these will be received, so far as prepared, on Sunday morning and evening. During the coming week a large company of the men ef the parish will with the go out two by two to call upon those 35 to 75 women. hope of seeing them locate here, »s ; who do not find opportunity to return these establishm ents will employ from their pledge cards on Sunday. A large 1 increase in the financial support of the I work is confidently expected, j On Monday evening next there will I be a speical meeting of the men of the i parish who are to make this canvass j for conference as to their endeavor. Sunday morning the theme of Dr. C u rtice’s sermon will be \D o ing the Entertainment Postponed Because of the wreck on the Long Island Railroad Tuesday evening, the I ________ ______ ______ ____ musical entertainm e n t which was t o ; Impossible Or How the Wall sidewalks, beyond what could be done to make the owners atlend to this work. W hat cleaning of the sidewalks [ ... . . has been done, has been entirely the ! They did not celebrate the event m any result of private work. particular manner, but entertained a As Counselor Fishel remarked at the j \ umber of. g \ eats wh° =a‘!ed Spend , A o _ ; ►: ! the day with them, including Mr. and meetmg of the Taxpayers Association M R M Kolisch Mr. and Mrs.Wil- last week, we are a little too much in- I a , i », r»- j dined to criticize, without considering ! ' ,am hGtarl‘ck- Mfr- and MrSR Bing and remedies No nrovision has ever been daughter Rose, from the Bronx ; and remedies, ino provision nas ev er been Mrs Lena Loeber of New Haven- Vmege’BoanM o ,1 .™ \.’ j * • » .• » « 'l7 h« \ ddrm g or after enowetorma. I would “ B0 received a ’conaiderable number of ' apade a epade, even though he might e.rHC fK fl8aUg\ 1 ” Mnr; ^ L Ree%e ! te-egrams of congratulations from be treading on pet corns, and it is a that he have a petition prepared and frjendg and re]ativeg from different safe bet that editorial set them to Mrs. Morris Miller were years ago last Sunday. est S. Dunbar; second asst., A rthur J. Cooke, ; recording secretary, Elliott P. Ross; treasurer, William H. Ryder; trustees, Hilbert R. Johnson, John J. Randall, jr., and James C ruikshank; wardens, John S. Sumner and Charles F. Fritz, jr. Last week’s Rockaway Times con tained an editorial on fire fighting in Lynbrook under the difficulties of cold and snow that was as strong as any- ] A number of the men were cut by fall i ing glass, cornice, and metal ceil- ; ing, hut fortunately none seriously. 1 Every foot of hose in the depart ment was in use, and the men were . handicapped by lack of ladders, the I only two ladders which could be han etc. The engine was kepi on the ground till nearly noon pumping out the cel lars, and in the middle of the morning a small fire was discovered by Chief Loonam under the metal ceiling hut was promptly extinguished. D o ings in th e s e c r e t fra t e r n a l o r g a n iz a ti o n s of F r e e p o r t a n d v icinity. i p a rts of this and the adjoining states. present same to the Village Board, to allow the people to vote upon the _________ proposition to spend $1000 or $2000, i Magter Char|eg| gon of Mr- and Mrg- for thie work during the enauing year. , D j B rindigey, j r ., Gf 209 Church In t h .s way th e o p m .o n o f the taxpay- g wag ten vearg old Saturdayt . T i b i s : of criticism ,n the wrong place | hjm A t conte8t was the chief Personally I cannot see why the v,l- feature of the afternoon-g enjoyments, age should not run a anew plow over d refre8hment8 were served The the sidewalks as well as the gutters, thinking in that village, even if it was only thinking how fresh the edi tor was. A still alarm came near being a general call Thursday morning when have been given in the M. E. Church under the direction of Prof. Fajans, violinist, was postponed until next Wednesday evening, March 11. Nickle Perfection Oil Heaters, $4.00 Stoves, No. 8, $16.00; No. 6, $10.00 Griddles, 69c up O-Cedar Mops. 98c Chicken Wire, 160 ft. Roll 4 ft. $3 00; 6 ft. $3.76 6 ft. $4.50; open, | c sq. ft. Sleighs, 25c to $4.00 St. P a trick’s Day Post Cards, 1c, 10c doz. DaSilva 6 and 10c.Store and West Merrick Rd. A d v e rtisem e n t. Freeport Coal Co. The place to buy coal; also the place to get a pretty calendar free. If you wish either a r ticle, phone’or call and see us. Tele phone 398; 19 So. Main St. A d v e rtisem e n t B u ilt.” In the evening the sermon that was to have been preached last Sunday evening will be delivered. The topic being \W h a t Religion Is and W h at the Church Is F o r.’’ ed in this proposition, and should have £ edg€rj’ck GreaPveg. the say as to whether or not this should North Main Street, became filled with smoke. A rthur Cooke of Hose 4 was passing and summoning Frank Johns, driver of Hose 2, they secured the chemical extinguishers from Hose 2 house and extingiushed some smoulder ing papers in the cellar; no damage. In the Fraternal Orders Village Budget Fixed I At the meeting of the Village Board of Trustees Monday afternoon,the bud- gxet for the coming year, in the sum of $32,292.50, was adopted, being . ap portioned to the several funds as fol- General fund $10,000.00 Street fund, 10,000.00 Board of Health 2,500.00 Fire Department 7,000.00 Interest fund 2,792.50 MECHANIC’S MEETING Freeport Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., will meet this Friday evening at Odd Fellows’ Hall, and a large attendance is especially requested. MUTUAL BENEVOLENT OFFICERS At the regular meeting of Freeport The Young Peoples’ Society of the Presbyterian Church will hold a cake and candy sale a t the Chapel.Saturday afternoon of this week. March 7. In the M. E. Church next Sunday morning Mrs. Maude CampbeLLFuller, soloist, will sing \W h o Could I t B e ,\ by Harkness. There will also be a | trio, soprano, tenor and bass, \The King of Love,\ by Ashford, sung by Mrs. Fuller, Harold Brown and George E. VanRiper. The services next Sunday, March 8, in the Episcopal Church of the Trans figuration will be: Holy Communion at 8 a. m .; Sunday School at 9:30; morning prayer and sermon Chuhhuck's adv. on last page calls 1 evening prayer and sermon at 7 :45. attention to the diversified stock on The preacher for the day will be sale at the new pharmacy. | Rev. Charles C. Proffitt of Trinity Advertisement j Church, Garnerville, N. Y. Services are held every Thursday be done. BEHIND TH E TIMES The people of Freeport, as a whole, are said to be very well satisfied with their present form of government. The village has a population of five thousand.—Rockville Centre Owl. Daniel Carman time residents of and family, long- Bayview. have re- Last night, about 10:30 o’clock, the Freeport fire alarm sounded for a two . . D u i ___ alarm fire. Every company turned out '<■«==<,..m„„ b la z /in the Bedell Grocery Co. Mrs. T. S. Dixon, president of the Russell Auxiliary, entertained the The village of Freeport IS quite well ! m embers at her home Thursday after- satisfied with its form of government, j noon. A fter the business session, so- but the Owl s tatem e n t as to our popu- i cial period and refreshm ents completed I who w rote that item hates water, any- lation is about 2 years behind the a pleasant afternoon. The guests | way, if the little used there inspired llU U l l U a U V U should be 7,000 were Mrs. Jere De Mott, Mrs. McAvoy | this article ! Ccrtlf icilt US Filed lows: President, Jacob W illiams; vice president, Henry V e rity; secretary, William H. Post; collector, Oscar W Valentine; treasurer, John T. Post; chaplain, Smith Bedell; warden, Jos eph Lang; conductor, William H. P a t terson; trustee for 3 years, Smith Be dell ; the other two trustees are Charles five Whaley and George M. Smith. and ten cent store on South Main | The association will hold its anni- Street. The damage was small from 1 versary celebration on Wednesday ev- fire, but great by the stream s of water j ening, March 25, at which the wives played by overzealous firemen. | and lady friends of the members will —Owl, Feb. 25. | be entertained. I wonder just how much the fellow It was also voted there should be Mutual Benefit Association the entire j presented to the taxpayers at the Vil- staff of officers were re-elected, as fol | lage Election to be held on Tuesday, about times. The figures rather than 5,000. Mrs. W. H. Pearsall, Mrs. Charles Ep- j pie, Mrs. Wombsley, Mrs. G a tter. Rockaway News, entitled Practice.” I wonder how Try my special box of cut flowers, 76c, for the weekend. C. R. Ankers, florist, Rockville Centre, L. I. Tele phone connection; delivery anywhere. Advertisem e n t. 'Annual white goods sale at Bar- asch’e Dept. Store begins Saturday, January 81. Double green stam p s given with everything in the line of white goods. This will be the largest cut price sale in white goods this town has ever had,. See our windows. Advertisement. evening at 8 o ’clock during Lent, with sermons by visiting clergymen. Christian Science Society. Services Sunday morning at 11 a. m .; Sunday IS IT DANGEROUS? Here is an interesting item from tbe j Dangerous j our young i Because of the severe storm Monday boys and girls would feel if the police . the schools were closed all day. A put a stop to th i s ! I think they’d be number of the children braved the some angry, and it is lots of fun, as 1 1 storm, but did not seem a great deal well remember, every time 1 look at a disappointed when told that school had 10 : 45 ; : certain uKly scar from a blow which been dismissed for the day. barely m ist the temple of a young lad 1 while doing this same thing a quarter of a century ago. \A word of caution seems to be ne cessary to parents who allow their children to run through the busy streets with their sleds dangling on a long rope, and seeking to hitch on to any passing vehicle. Not only is there danger for the youngster while he is School, same hour; Hempstead Bank , trudging through the middle of the Building. Subject next Sunday, March street, if he succeeds in attaching his 8, \M an.*1 Wednesday evpning s e r f - ' rope to some wagon or automobile, he ices at 8 o ’clock. • is rapidly drawn through the crowded A reading room with Christian Sci- j street, swaying from aide to side and ence literature is open at the above! in imminent danger of being thrown address every weekday from 1 :80 to 5 from his eled in front of some other p. m. j (continued on page 6) School Closed Monday Unclaimed Letters (Freepert Post Office) Cooley, Miss Elizabeth S. Francis, Mrs. Sarah Fletcher. J. Howard Giffin, Mrs. M. — Hintch, Mrs. D. Jackson, Mrs. Maria Lee, Mr. Joseph V. Romain, Mr. Elwyn, 4 Steiger Mrs. D. J. Stansky, Mr. W illiams, Mr. Charley W right, Mr. E. G. Roht. G. Anderson, P. M. March 2, 1914. ’ MORE HORSES To all who have been interested enough to observe, the one team of fire horses in tbe village have more than paid for themselves When an entire volunteer departm ent can be sum- The following certificates of nomi nation for the annual village election of March 17 have been filed with Vil lage Clerk Sylvester P. Shea: People’s Party—For president. Smith Cox; for trustees, Ernest S. moned by a whistle, run a half mile Randall, Franklin Bedell; for treasur- and have a stream of w ater on a fire in er, S. Dimon Sm ith; for collector, D. six minutes (this was by actual timing Frank Seaman. William H. Patterson of A ssistant Chief Smith, who lives and William S. Hall are designated quite near) it should be, that, as to fill vacancies, etc. someone remarked, \you can have all j Citizen’s P a rty—For president. Rol-1 the horses you w a n t.\ And then, when and M. Lamb. No nominations are we see another company being forced made for the other offices. The fol-1 by hand, I lowing committee are designated to represent the signers: Edward S. Keogh, Porterfield Place; Lyman N. Jones, jr., 56 Whaley S tr e e t; Alvin I A. Sealey, Bayview Avenue and Ar-j P- 1 cher Street. Each certicfiate is signed by 150 voters. March 17, the polls to be open-from 2 to 8 p. m., several propositions. This is a slight change m the time as the polls have heretofore been open from 1 to 8 p. m., but as there was but very little work done during the hours from 1 to 3, the Board thought it was unnecessary to begin the work so The propositions to be voted upon are as follows: No. 1, appropriating $12,000 for street lighting on an all night schedule, including repairs to plant. Nd1. 2, appropriating $2000 for | maintenance of Police Department. No. 8, appropriating $1500 for pay ment of 1-3 of c o st of cement side walk, allowing to each person not over 800 square feet. No. 4, appropriating $500 for the purpose of maintaining the public park adjoining the railroad. No. 5, giving the Village Board au thority to spend $5000 from the light fund for extensions. No. 6, giving the Village Board au thority to spend $5000 from the water to pull their apparatus guess we want ’em. Coming Events Fourteen Years Ago (Items of interest from the Review flies fourteen years ago this week ) March 11, Wednesday, at 3:80 m.—Mothers Club at Seaman Avenue School. Tuesday, April 14, moving picture show at the Plaza, benefit of Freeport Juniors. April 16, Wednesday—Formal open ing of tbe new addition to Elks Club, 1 corner Merrick Road and Grove S treet. i What Did 8k» Mean? Teacher (to pupil who haa been pulling a seat-mate's hair)—\You are not fit to sit with decent people. Come up here and alt with me.\ Charles H. Lush of Amityville has about rented the building north of Bedell’s blacksmith shop on Church Street, and will open April 1. , Citizens of Freeport in primary, pass a resolution requesting the City of New York to grant a franchise for \th e construction of the tunnel under the East R iver.”
