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Nassau County Review Official Paper of Nassau County FREEPORT, N. Y.. FRIDAY, JUNE 26. 1914 Vol. XIX, No. 26 Freeport BUSY CLOSING WEEK IN THE SCHOOLS Local Topics VILLAGE TAX RATE FOR 1914, $1,375 ?ocia! anri Personal HIGH WATER TIDE TABLE Tbe#e time*1 arc for minutae for Friday, June Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, July Thursday, Friday. Saturday Hook, Deduct 32 lead Hay) 26. 9.42 a. m. 27. 10.29 a. m. 28, 11.18 a. m. 29, 12.10 p. m. 30, 1.06 p. m. 1. 2.05 p. m 2, 3.07 p. m. 3, 4.11 p. m. 4. 5.12 p. m. Programs of Interesting Events, and Items Con cerning* Final Days of School LIST OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF 1914 CLASSES FRENCH CLUB SAIL (Special Correspondent) Saturday evening, June 20, Single copies of the Review for sale French Club of the Freeport at Greenblatt's and Braithwaite's, Railroad Avenue: Kiefer’s, Nassau County Review, DaSilva's and Go- the High School had a beach party. Mrs. Schneiker, Miss Simons and Miss Moul ton were the chaperones. The party position of Seniors next year. Russell Tree delivered the address to the Juniors. It was bright and to the point and showed both the spirit of riv. . airy and friendliness which prevailed ! place in the budget. C o m m e n t a a n d e x p l a n a t i o n s n o t e n t i r e l y of a n e w s n a t u r e , o n r il l a g e a f f a ir e b y t h e e d i t o r . OUR VILLAGE BUDGET In this issue we present the budget of Village expenses for 1914, amounting to $70,433.50, which will make our tax rate this year $1,375, u considerable increase of last year. Of this amount $35,167.50 was voted at village elec tions and $7641.00 is a legacy from former years, making a total of $42,- 808.50 compulsory upon the Board to The other items Freeport Board of Trustees decide to clear up old accounts and provide funds enough for payment of all bills $8000 UNPAID BACK BILLS TO BE LIQUIDATED THIS YEAR betz's. Main Street; DaSilva’s, West of about 30 left Freeport at 5 o’clock. Merrick Road. tf. After arriving at Point Lookout three large fires were built and some of the Dorothy Hibbard gave the class meetings oi tne village uoaru at wmen \ T u A ! 1-. 1° ,uWOrk . r0HstlnK g,ftB. which were a number of “ jokes” the budget was discust and every mem- between the two upper classes. Kenneth Smith presented a tale—the class prophecy. Alfred Rollo read the Junior phecy. The time-table of the Great South Bay Ferry Co. appears in our issue this week, in full. are $5000 in general fund, $14,000 in weird strect fund, $6125 for fire department. $2500 for Board of Health, a total of $27,625 additional. I had the occasion to attend the meetings of the Village Board at which ‘dogs.” The rest of the party amused themselves by playing baseball. The teams were the ''Squedunks” and the ” Uckmucguchucks. ” During the course of the game seme flying dives were made into the sand . ' ’ by both the boys and girls. The final men;;,| l i score was 3-1 in favor of the Sque dunks.” By this time everyone was ready for his dinner and.it surely tast- , i ed good, even though it was decorated The Freeport Bank continues to evi- w cinders and flavored with sand, dence its prosperity by having declared j^en all set sail for Long Beach where a semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent. ^ remajn(]er of the evening was on its capital stock, payable July 1. spent in s(tolling on the beach and \Tory formerly at Schluter’s, has opened a fruit and vegetable store at the Fulton market. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Williams are entertaining a young daughter, born Monday night. on each other. George Johnson presented in behalf the Senior Class of 1914 a handsome table on which to place the encycloped- It was a gift wisely chosen for it will prove both useful and orna- Miss Fitzgerald accepted the gift for the High School. The afternoon was closed bv singing the class song and giving ^he class COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES The Commencement exercises of the graduating class were held in the Higli covering 70 miles of streets, 20 of them improved with Peekskill gravel, nearly 200 large street arc lamps, the The Village Board of Trustees at a special meeting this morning, June 26, fixed the tax rate for 1914. for village purposes, at $1,375. Last year the rate was $1.04 an increase of 334. The Board has given considerable attention to the fixing of this budget, and decided that they would pay all bills against the village, some of which have been standing for years' and put the finances of the village on a proper business basis. The budget is as printed below. No increased amounts were fixed by the Board over last year, although the total is about $26,000 more. It will the regular and special village election, over $30,000 was voted to be expended, by decision t^0PU 9 ntKr',?' °( the taxpayers, on which the Beard had no alternative. About the only increase made by the Board was in the her disliked the necessity for increas ing the tax rate, yet were unanimous ; ly of the opinion that in order to main tain and presen e the integrity of the village its outstanding accounts should i be met and enuf money appropriated to meet its legal obligations during the yeatr, and that has been done. No re flection is made on any previous Board. ; but the fact remains that debts had accrued to the amount of nearly $8000, I and they must be paid—and now will be recalled that at be. Freeport is growing—it costs money to maintain a village ot a population .ind Parties of i .•epoFieri am i T h e ir Friends Harr.-...i Gunning has graduated from Union Co:lege with the degree of B. S. He has completed the course in sanitary engineering. Mr. Gunning graduated from the Freeport High School in 1907. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gunning Bay view Avenue. Marjorie B. Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel K. Smith, was grad uated from Packer Collegiate Institute Monday evening. Miss Smith took „ part in the Class Day exercises Satur- . aiiitenance ( : lire Depp. $6125.00 day afternoon, attended the class sup i irt H-PL Bond July 1, 1914 oUO.Ou per Saturday evening and the sermon 375.4JO to the graduates delivered Sunday af- 3500.00 ternoon in the Packer Chapel by Rev. i Newell Dwight Hillis. With the other 4000.00 48 graduates Miss Smith received her diploma Monday evening at commence- ' ment exercises. One of the rules of the Institute is $15110.00 (iiat students withdrawing to enter col- : lege may return at the end of their sophomore year for graduation from Board of Health Maintenance of Board of Health $2500.00 Fire Department Fund Int. on Fire equipment bonds Voted for house for Hose No. 1 Voted for tractor for Truck No. 1 Unpaid bill, Gutta Percha Rubber Co., fire hose 610.00 i Sidewalk Fund To pay 13 cost of construct- $1500.00 $500.00 The Freeport branch of the Socialist ,0H • _______ School auditorium Wednesday evening. party holds its meetings every Wed-j The invocation was given by Rev. J. nesday evening at the L. I. Rug Works TRAINING CLASS BEACH PAR 1 Y Sidney Gould. Theodore Wassung Building on Olive Boulevard. The members of the Freeport Train- gave the salutatory. Miss Rose Van best volunteer hre department possible fire department, upon request of the —Roosevelt Spectator. jng Class enjoyed a delightful day at —---------- High. Hill Bench tin Tuesday. Miss Gordon P, Ellison has built a targe ! pjazel Seaman was the hostess, the Rees rendered a charming solo* Sev eral selections were given by the or chestra under the able leadership of Seaman’s Miss Knights. Vernon L. Davey gave and then an interesting talk in which he made new dancing pavilion at Point Look- i pHrty sailing over in Mr. out. He announces that the music j |aunchj the “ Hazel S.,” ---- ----- - ........ . .......... „ . ................. ......... . ........ . will commence on June 28, and con tin- : SpPn(ijng the day at the Seaman cot- a strong plea for the installation of a es,l> aru* fearlessly^ 111 . n i l till m m n r . ■ O'V,,. 'T U 1 n i ,, f*11 n mi cr i r l ti n r n m n n . l u l t r n i n ! m r i - n i l p u n i n t h i , u nh/-hn 1 a and an efficient police system, but the amounts have in the main been voted by the taxpayers and the increase of the rate made compulsory upon the Board, who have done their duty hon- tage. The Training Class girls are noted for their wonderful spreads, but this one surpassed all others by far. manual training course in the schools. Hiram R. Smith presented the prizes. The spelling prize v/ns awarded to two HOW YOUR MONEY IS SPENT If you own a niece of property in sports were enjoyed by all. The party George box and Margaret Livingston. 1 *Ui00 your village tax lor 1914, >13. i•> * , • . t *__ _______ : i.. tru il ___ * __ . .1 ................... iq anpn fnllnWH ? arrived home in the evening merrily singing songs and declaring they had j the time of their lives. ue all summer. On Monday evening, June 29, a big ___ ______ r ________ __ _ „ __ ______ „ , ___ ____ _ - __ vaudeville performance will be given Baseball, swimming, dancing and other people who received 100 in the test— : the Village ot Freeport assesst at the American Theatre for the bene- 1 ■- ..... >> 'ru.. - ...... ......... .. ......... -> « -------- - » .... -------- : Siooo vnnr vil1»«r» t«v for i » u ei fit of Danny Murphy, of the local actors’ colony. CARD OF THANKS I wish to extend my thanks, through the Review, to the firemen of Freeport for their good >vork at the fire in my buildings on Brooklyn Avenue, on Monday, June 15. The willing service given could not have been better per formed. G. Howard Randall. AdverUaemcni CARD OF THANKS Freeport, June 23, 1914. Editor o: Review :— Will you Kindly publish in your is- this week u card of thanks to our crepe paper and red roses ANNUAL SERMON Commencement Week activities of the Class of 1914 began Sunday even ing, June 21. at the M. E. Church. The graduating class and their friends listened to an inspiring .-ermnn deliv ered by Dr. Curtice, pu lor of the M. E. Church. CLASS DAY EXERCISES Monday afternoon, June 22, was Class Day. The study hall was pret tily decorated with scarlet and gray the class friends and neighbors who were so kind to us in our recent bereavement, colors, and flower. Although outside it was rather gloomy, within sunshine in the loss of our daughter Jennie, who atKj merriment \eigned supreme. The prize for the most notable advance *s spent as follows: in work was awarded to Alfred Ny- gren. Five dollars in gold was given 1 for the best school song written during the year. The song was “ Happy I Days,\ com nosed by Miss Helen Ruhl. Miss Marian Paterson received a $51 gold piece for having been perfect in attendance and punctuality for nine | consecutive years. Robert If. Hunt presented the di-! plomas to the graduates. They Were:] Jerome Nolan, president; Dorothy Hib bard, vice president; Wright Lewis, secretary; Elsa Nygren, treasurer; Mildred Hill, historian ; Russell Tree, | enumerate, but tune fur instance reporter; Sadie Duryea. Mary Fox, street lighting system, on which the Clara Peter-on, Alfred Rollo Gt rge i,,: 1 1 \ Johpson, Kenneth Smith, Theodore ! 9es8t •infiOO. $3.50 a-yiar, lc a day, for Wassung. a street light in nearly all cases no Mr. Hunt spoke of the great loss to i further away than the nearest corner. The comparisons can be carried to ev- Fire Council, because the amount ap propriated in previous years had been entirely too small, and enough w as put in this year to clear up matters which had been hanging prior for several years past. The entire budget: BUDGET 1914-15 General Fund mg sidewalks Public Park Maintenance of public park adjoining L. I. R. R. Interest Fund For payment of interest due July 1, 1914, and Jan. 1, 1915, on Road bonds Grand Total On an assessment roll 624.24 this will make a $1 374. AMOUNTS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE PLACED IN BUDGET Bond, Fire Department Interest on same Interest on Road bonds Packer Institute. Marjorie Smith has completed two years at Smith College, Northfieid, Mass., and therefore re ceived the Packer Institute graduate’s diploma this year. Miss Smith has been spending the ' past week at Watertown, Conn., where the graduating class met for a social $2792.50 time before separating. ------------ j Florence A. Brown, daughter of Mr. $70433.50 and Mrs. Jere E. Brown of Brooklyn of $5,132,- Avenue, was graduated from Packer tax rate of j Collegiate Institute Monday evening. when she received her diploma at the commencement exercises. Miss Brown graduated from the Freeport High School in 1912, and has completed the course equivalent to two years of col lege, given at Packer. Observer. $600.00 , 375.00 1 2792.50 ; General $ .98 Police 1.95 Roads ::.3i Street Lights 2.33 Board of Health .49 Fire Department 2.83 Sidewalks .30 Public Park .10 Unpaid Debts 1.47 -------- Total $13.75 ; 1 Village expenses Money borrowed by previous Unpaid bill, N. Y. C.. for rent Unpaid bill, Smith &Malcom- son, for maps and reports Special Appropriations Election $5000.(Jo | For Police . For street lighting • >00(1.0(1 I For Hose house 375.00 For Tractor For Sidewalks SlOo.oo : For Public Park $3667.50 Voted Last $ 10000.00 When I lookt this over prised at the results we was sui- money spent. I have not the room $10475.00 Police 1 und Maintenance ef Police Dept SlOOuO.OO Street Fund Maintenance of Streets $14oo(i.OO Unpaid hill, Henry Steers Co., gravel ‘ 1556.001 831500. ripaid bills froth previous years Mr. and Mrs. James A. Sutphin en tertained the Brooklyn Brokers’ Base- bad team at their home on Smith Street, Saturday evening. The Brook lyn boys played the Freeport Club in' T ' ihmi o.i i the afternoon and after the game were ii.'iOo no taken to the Sutphin residence, where 4o0odo refreshments were served, after which l.'ou no \U were taken to the South Shore 5u0 no Yacht Club House, and dancing was enjoyed. The putty returned home on late evening train. New York City for rent $375.00 Henry Steers Co., Inc., gravel 1556,00 >:*!ith iV Mulcomsun. sewer age repts. Gotta Pi rcha Rubber fire hose , Note 1 rceport lb. ik, i 110.00 SI5556.00 1 I \rinwvii passed a\ ay on June 12. Very tiuly yours, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lit dell, 32 Smith Street. A d v e rtisem e n t Fourteen Years Ago President Nolan welcomed the visit ns, undergraduates and faculty and introduced each speaker in turn, i Miss Mildred Hill endeavored to the High School—the leaving of .Mis- i Knights. He also spoke of the splend- , r.V department and the figures are not id work done by the entire faculty this l>'dh tor the modern advantage.- we I past year. ' demand- and natural ly expect to pay The valedictory was given by Miss ; lor- JUS'l FOR FUN The city papers -eetn to think they country Street Lighting Fund Maintenance of -ttvet light ing and n pair- to plant $ 12000 .i o , Gt 5 0 ( 10 .( 1(1 -7611. I t , , : News oi the Churches Village Trustees make interesting the dry subject, “The Mary Fox and the benediction by Rev. . I 1 1 : . ..... •• —wl -Inliuororl it in a K. Heller Scott. (Items of interest from the Review files fourteen years ago this week ) W. C. T. U. sets fountain at corner of Main and Fulton Streets. Freeport Golf Club organized, with H. P. Libby temporary chairman and Ernest Wallace temporary secretary. W. R. Post elected Councilor of Freeport Council No. 57, J. U. U. A. M. Freeport Mutual Benefit Association j [)njor C]RgSi gBVe the address to incorporated. , Class History,” and delivered it in credit able manner. Thursday evening, the Alumm ban- Miss Clara Brown showed her abil- quet at Garden City; Hotel was held. I are ity as a poetess in the clever little class poem, which was a take-oil on ! Mark Antony’s speech at the burial ot ! Caesar. It contained a number of bound to make fun of Tins Friday evening the Senior Class I newspaper reporting. I find equal beach [iarty will take place. amusement in reading items in our city papers. For instance, did you ever length, S u b j e c t of S e r m o n * . S e r v i c e s of th e an d o t h e r do in u s in th e c h u r c h e s an d c h u r c h so c ieties knocks and certainly succeeded in n ak- ing a ‘‘1 it.” Miss Elsa Nygren read the class will which consisted in bestowing on everyone imaginable a generous sup ply of slams. Mervin Selfless, representing the the 1st quality Garden Hose. 9c ft. Lawn Sprinklers, 50c up. Sprinkling Cans, 25c up. Black Scieening, 2c sq. ft. Galv. Screening, 3c sq. f t . ; rolls 2ic Lawn Mowers, $2.45 to $9.25 Window Screens, 20c up. O-Cedar Mops, 89c; oil, $2.60 gal. Garden Utensils Perfection Oil Heaters, $2.98 Chicken Wire, 150 ft. Roll, ic sq. ft., lc opened Chick Wire Wire, l i e sq. ft. Nursing Bottles, 2 for 5c Perfection Cook Stoves, 2 $6.75; 3 burner, $9 00 Peroxide, 16 oz. bottle, 10c Da Silva Seniors and showed that the Juniors ingston second in the special match be- were capable of taking the responsible tween them held Friday afternoon. S. R. SMITH SPELLING PRIZE ! see a report of a tire, of any George Fox and Marguerite Living- i where they did not say; ston tied at 100 per cent, in the Sam- | “The entire village turned out to see uel R. Smith spelling prize contest i ^ e lire, which caused considerable ex- held Wednesday morning of last week i citement. in the High School, Eleanor Wiggins “Two men (the number may vary) and Kenneth Curtice, winner of last I who were sleeping in the building, year’s contest, received 97 per cent. ! barely got out in time. Fox won the first prize and Miss Liv-! “ Tl’“ fi\“ firrl First Church of Christ, Scientist. Services Sunday morning at 11 a. m .; Sunday School, same hudr; Hetn| -lead Bank Huildini ng. The members of the Ku Klux Base- bull team, under direction of Mr. Os tt ! :iu I at .’ i.i - i f 1 1 n Freeport High School, enjoyed a trip to I’yint Lookout Saturday The Nassau Post i o|:orts I he l'i :br. ii. • is • ! the team a- inking part in the event: Max son, Holmed Swvzey, Horace Wernpie, Waiiiwrig.it Wentple, G< or I: nkei 11 - ward To1 1:1 W’altei Uni Lester Dnnh y, Fted Plump, WA s John*'n, Irving Schwab (n orge l.e i Gnu , V\ Berwyn Hughes, Dwight Boland Hen ry Millard. A number of fin nils gathered at the home of Mrs. ('. A. FuRon Thursday e ■ mg, where a farewell reception was tendered M i - - 1 lu-i nva Ra -inussen, w ho w ill sail for Denmark, Jul, I. No. 1, i The i . cuing wa - spent in guinea and utilat- dancing. The home was tastily dec - luted with dairits end : c .• Misses Giaia ami E l s i e Edna Pi wers will h i ml In the Fire Department | Firemen’s Day Labor Day M s t t e r e o f I n t e r e s t t o e n d a b o u t th e fir e m e n i in o u r l o c a l d e p a r t m e n t b y H . E . P . JUST A REMINDER We think we know how to fight fire, and as I have stated in this column be- | fore, I will back the Freeport Fire burner, Department against any there is, but ! in Lindenhurst Saturday morning the j combined departments of Lindenhurst, Amityville and Babylon could not stop 6-10c Store and W. Merrick Road ,» fire that had gained good headway in A d v e rtisem e n t At a special meeting of the Free port Fire Department, held Thursday evening, it was decided to hold the an nual Firemen’s Day on Labor Day again this year. The annual parade and inspection of the Department will be held at the same time. The entire fire fighting apparatus I turned out to fight the blaze.” j Verily, there may be some laughable I things about country reporting, hut we ! have no monopoly on them. The para graphs I have written are copied from : a recent report of a fire in Freeport, j appearing in a city paper, and of I course the first two are not correct and . , , , , . the second one is always correct where , ut * ,0 clt'ck’ ,n the, the fire is of any size in the village. Llhar,eii Lesley Harman, a leader in the watchmaking industry of the coun try, will address the hoys and their a row of frame buildings with a high wind blowing, until the fire reached Half holiday during Summer. I beg the first National Bank Building, which to advise my customers that during j was of |t)rick jt dimply goes to show the months of July and August my feed store will be closed at 1 o’clock Saturdays. J. M. Hewlett. A d v e rtisem e n t that when once a fire gets good head way in a row of frame buildings, water only seems to feed the flames, and it is only these brick buildings, inter- To close early during Summer. Dur- throughout the ^ \ s of frame i.k,nd' Harold E. Williams To Improve Main St. Railroad Crossing Owing to the junction of roads, in cluding the trolley, L. I. R. R., Main Street and Church Streets, one of the urdays. A d v e r tiser lent. NOT A STATE RECORD Coming Tuesday, June 30, at Plaza Thursday night’s Times stated ----- Theatre, the 1913-14 World Champion- at tne tournament at Gjen Cove Wed | eonsultafionT'Bh ^hu' (flfidafs^o/The peU U o n v e r^h e Id fo r'w' or 1 d^ h a i n p ion - feeTZpose'l “to' be E s t a t e rlc o r l cuss what could be done to put this in ship in riding, bucking outlaws, steer Just for information, the record is held ] Proper condition Word was received roping, relay races stage coach races, by Wide Awake Engine Co. ot Free- | ’ thT RnilrnH.l rm.lri Indian races, wild horse races, etc., in port which on October 3, 1912, at Rockville Centre, threw a stream a distance of 288 ft., 2 inches. GEORGE WALLACE FOR TRUSTEE Several weeks ago one of the city papers had a spasm, and reported that the Village Board of Trustees would meet and appoint a successor to Mr. Welden, without any question. As a matter of fact on tnat afternoon the Board did not even meet, as it was not their meeting day. Last week the dis ease aflected one of our local contem poraries, which came out with a big heading, \George Wallace to Replace Welden; peace and harmony will be , restored by his election.” And then . worst crossings in this section is Main went on to state that this was merely will be Street, where it crosses the L. I. Rail- a rumor and “ confirmations are being road, and the Village and County auth- sought.” orities have been in consultation as to The Review has no criticism to make the proper method of repairing tnis 0f Bs contemporaries, as we have busy crossing so that it would be in a enough to do to attend to our own better condition for traffic. ] items, but there has been no discussion lrUi.i me vCj*t, my .mm. » Monday morning Supervisor Smith, 0f this matter at any Board meeting, , at all that it cannot redeem?” , representing the County, and Presi-j an{) the Review is very doubtful if Mr. The hour of morning service is 10:30; that i dent Lamb and Trustee Randall, rep- Wallace would be chosen, for the very the hour for evening worship, 7:45. simple reason that it is highly improb- Pews are free and all are invited, able that the Board will agree on any person. In fact they have very posi A triduum was held at the Catholic lively agreed to disagree on this one Church on Wednesday, Thursday and subject. At the meeting of the Board '•'ridav ■ rm.i n a communication was re vived fioin Francis C. Morse, cu i k (it ;k. Hoard of Education, a.-king for el ect: i. current at School particularly direct roui-r I'm Subject next Sunday, g appai iitus; m d to Light Com- an Science. 1 • .ittee with power. U|ion resolution of Tru.-te'e I.. . . Btndall, toe recommenitatiun of the c ire Council for the purchase of a 'ri . tractor for the truck i f Hook & Ladder Vompany No I, at n cost of $'1596, was unanimously approveii. A resolution v. as pass ni giving per- I prated the 10th anniversary of their m i s- ion i or hirst Assistant Chief wedding last Friday night. A very I Howard h . Pearsall and any other ! enjoyahlfe evening was spent by about Cbiels so desiring, to attach a signal (JO of their friends, and the bride and j ‘ l° the official tire call (No. 4iiii), at groom were the recipients of many The Knights of Methodism of the t?ls residence, to save time in getting beautiful and useful presents. M. E. Church will hold its final meet- j <}re a,afms- The connection is to be ; The evening was spent in games, ing for the summer this Friday even- [t’one without cost to the village. dancing, and eating until the small 1 he following applications were j hours of the morning granted: Musical selections were rendered Sidewalks—William A. Macfarlane, i during the evening by Miss Mary Me- So. Main Street and Olive Boulevard, ’ \\ ~ Filled 12x40 f t .; S. P. Pettit, Lexington and Brookside Avenues, 4x108 f t . ; A. Sid- A reading room with Christian Sci ence literature is open at rhe above address every weekday from 1 :3o to 5 The last meeting of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church tor the summer will be held at the home of Mrs. Samuel R. Smith, 135 Smith Street, today, Friday, at 3 )). m .; Mrs. Frank A. Horne, leader. lliti tun and spend two weeks’ vacation with Mrs. Ernest Wirth, I I- ster County, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Gottschaldt eele- inotion pictures ; admission, 5 A d v e r t i s e m e n t Try my special box of cut flowers, 75c, for the weekend. C. R. Ankers, florist, Rockville Centre, L. I. Tele phone connection; delivery anywhere. A d v e r tisem e n t representative of the Railroad could not be present, and the matter was postponed. It is the desire of the par ties interested to cbme to some agree ment whereby the track can be put in permanent good condition, in connec tion with the improvement of Main Street, which is now being brought to a completion between Freeport and Roosevelt. friends on “ The Making of Watch Case.” All men and boys are invited to hear Mr. Harman. An entertainment will be held in Bethel A. M. E. Church on Thursday, July 2, at 8:30 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dexter, entertainers, will present an evening of humor, music, recita tions and songs. Refreshments will be on sale after the entertainment: ad mission, 25 cents; children 15 cents. The subjects of the sermons at the Presbyterian Church for next Sunday Morning, “The Higher Man’s Revolt Against the World,” from the text. “ Be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed.” Evening, “ A Retrievable Part, ” from the text, “ Is my hand shortened The World Film Corporation pre sents “The Triumph of an Emperor,” a stupenduous production in five reels; to be shown at the Plaza, Wednesday, July 1; matinee and evening; admis- ' ' ------------ eion, matinee, 10 and 15 cents; even- The Crystal Theatre has been entire- jng jq and 20 cents, ly renovated and remodeled, to make A d v e rtisem e n t it entirely safe and sanitary, and is j ------ - ----- - — — ------ - ----------------------- now open under new management. Trees, plants and shrubs can be se- TKe pictures shown will be of the best cured at small cost at Woodbine Park : tl,e v'KK68' and most spectacular obtainable. Motto, “A good clean Nusrery, Bergen Place and Lena Avt;. | ^ ar^,“s <‘ve^ enacttM; to be ^shown at show and the pi ice always 10 cents.” John J. Randall, J. F. Germeroth, manager. j Freeport, N. Y. Advertisement. A d v e rtisem e n t “ The Triumph of an Emperor, ’’ is a production in five reels, employing 1000 people and 500 horses. It is one A HUSLING BUSINESS MAN Some of we American business peo ple would have to take off our hats to Charles Howard’s laundry, when it comes to prompt service. After hav ing his place practically destroyed fire at 9 o’clock Monday morning, was around making his regular collec tions Monday noon, and delivered his laundry with his usual promptness the latter part of the week. Friday evenings of this week at 8 o'clock in honor of the Sacred Heart. On Friday evening, after the devo tions. two new statues, one on either side of the main altar, were formally blessed.—Tablet. The Fqrty Hours Devotion opened in hy the Catholic Church of Our Holy Re- he deemer on Sunday at High Mass at 10:30. All the Sunday School child ren took part in a procession. The devotions closed Tuesday morning at High Mass at 8 o’clock. ney Reynolds, Grand Avenue, 4x57. Water—S. P. Pettit, Jay and Milton Streets; L. I. Building Co., Atlantic Avenue, (2); W. B. Cozzens, Archer Street. Lighting— William V. Noble, New York Avenue; John E. Wulf, So. Bay Avenue; Joseph T. O’Neill, South Bay Avenue; Florence I. Penny, New York Avenue. Chief Engineer Loonam reported that Hose Co. No. 2 objected to the proposition to use their fire horses for road work, as they did not think it practical, to risk having the horses engaged away fronj the house in case of fire. Upon motion of Trustee Ran dall, Board agreed to the request to appropriate $45 per month for main tenance of the horses. Acting as Board of Health the Health Officer was given authority to Washburn, Mr. Blanche Wash- Mahon, Mrs. Emory Williamson and Miss Among those present were: Mrs. Craw, of Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Smith, of Valley Stream; Mr. and Mrs. D. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Van- dewater Post, Mr. pnd Mrs. Daniel Washburn, Mr. and Mr**, Fred Gott schaldt, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Wash burn, Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank Post, Me. and Mrs. Arthur Renauld, Mr. and Mrs. George Bedell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Post, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pearsall, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Willet Cheshire, Mr. and Mrs. John Post, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. Or son Golden, Mrs. Amanda Golden, Emanuel Post, Samuel Cheshire, Misses Clara Bedell, Olive and Vera Bedell, Grace Cheshire, Florence and Blanche Washburn, William Cheshire, Roy, have examination made at any time of Raymond and Floyd Post, Milton Be heads of dogs suspected of suffering from rabies. The matter of preparing the budget was discussed at considerable length, and it was practically decided to fix the rate at 1.275. The Board ad journed to meet Thursday evening, June 25, to fix the rate. PAY YOUR WATER BILL All water bills not paid before July ______________ ___ _ _____ _____ ___ 1, will be subject to an additional 5 the Plaza, Wednesday, July 1; matinee percent, penalty, and evening. AdvertisemenL (continued on page 8) Rev. Donald F. Schumann, who is visiting with Rev. R. Hebe\ Scott, and recently ordained to the Diaconate by the Bishop of Bethlehem, will preach at the Church of the Transfiguration next Sunday evening at the 7 :45 ser- dell, Emory Washburn, jr., Edward Kryer and Harold Johnson, all of Free port. Harry L. Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Foster, hits arrived home from Lafayette College, und is spend ing his vacation with his parents on Bergen Place. Mr. Foster is a mem-. ber of the Junior Class at Lafayette, and belongs to the Signa Nu Fratern ity. He has made a brilliant record Justice Kelby on Saturday morning in the literary activities of the college, sentenced Miles S. Rhodes, found being the assistant editor of the An- guilty in connection with the Mirfeola nual and the author of the play pre- Jail management last Fall, to not more sen ted this year by the dramatic soci- than 8 years, nor less than 4 years in ety. As news editor of the college Sing Sing. ( ounselor Seaman made a paper, he is in line flor the editorship plea for mercy, after which Judge in his senior year. Kelby imposed sentence without Rhodes Four Years Standard Gasoline, 16c gal. nett Smith Garage. A d v e rt •sement More Freeport News on Page fl G. Ben-1 Remember every Wednesday isape- I Wednesday is cial feature day at ti.i plaza. J A d v e r tlxvrre-b t I
