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\ , \ She V CL. 1 NO 1 (Copywfijht 1914, by The Nassau Post Publshing Co) FREEPORT, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1914 RECROSSES SEA TO WED JERSEY DOCTOR l O d d Romance Revealed by Miss S k i l t o n ’s Sudden Re tu r n to Rockville Centre SHE WAS BOUND FOR BOMBAY Was Missionary in India—Met Dr Pineo at Lecture in New Jersey City 1 Financier Who Quits Rockbille Centre Bank Pr esidency to Seive Tonu i Six months ayo Miss Mabel tikilton, u eharming young woman of abom twenty-five, returned to the home ol her brother, Charles H. bitllton, in Smith street, Rockville Centre, to upend a six months’ leave ol absence from the field of her missionary labors In Bombay, India, where she had been utatloned by tbe Board oi horeign Missions of tile 1 'resbyteilan Church for several years. During her visit she renewed ties of acquaintanceship and by her pleasing manner tnivdp 11 host of new frierds. She delivIl^iM numerous lectures on the subject t her work on the dark continent, and some months ago accepted an invita tion to address the Sunday School oi the Central Presbyterian Church ol Newark, N. J. There may or may not have been something about the form of invita- tlon that caused Miss Skilton to hesi tate in her acceptance, but at ah events she did. When she finally con sentod to go however, she freely ad mlts that there was-eometbing extra ordinary about the contemplateu Journey. Miss Skilton made considerable pre paration for her lecture In Jersey City and It was enthusiastically received While there she made the acquaint ance of Dr. Pineo, a well known pliy siclan and surgeon and superintend ent of the Sunday School. Of all the large gathering thai hoard the story ot her thrilling ex pcrlences In tho far east, none seemec n o te interested than the Superintend ent, Plnoo. At the close of her tall he engaged In conversation with hei and later accompanied her to the rail road station. Vidls to Rockville Cen tre followed and near tho close oi Miss Skilton’s visit In Rockville Cen tre ho proposed. Blushingly she heart, him and half consented. Then sin accepted the proposal conditionally She did not fuel that she could forsake her duties unless an honorable releast could bo obtained from the church authorities. This Dr. Pineo undertook to do, but on January 2 she sailed ol the steamship Gcoige Washington foi Liverpool. Upon her arrival In En gland arrangem ents wete made at once for her passage to India where Miss Skilton was to remain for five years. Miss Skilton was accompanied by another young woman, who with her, was ready to board a steam er when a cablegram was handed to her. She opened the envelope nervously, and without comment handed It to hei companion. It contained the brlel statem ent that Dr Pineo had secured her release. Tho two women parted at the steam er gangway, Miss Skilton returning to America on the George Washington. Her return to Rockville Centre a few days ago was not wholly unex pected, for the Doctor had conveyed the news of her coming. Yet she was^ received joyously and plans made at once for a wedding In the near future. Miss Skilton Is visiting In Water- bury, Conn., at present, but will soon return to Rockville Centro when the nuptials will be celebrated. During her rather repiarkable ca reer as a missionary In India and else where. She learned several lingos of the natives and became rather famil iar with Indian music. Hiram R. Smith “GENERAL’ JONES WILL SPEAK. \General” Rosalie G. Jones, of Port Washington and Brooklyn, champion hiker and suffrage leader, will address an audience In the Arcade Theatre, Lynbrook, on Friday evening, Febru ary 17th, upon the subject of \Votefr for Women.” A special program of motion pictures has been arranged for the occasion. DR. JORDAN AT VALLEY STREAM The Rev. D w igtt A. Jordan, of Freeport, le filling the pullt of the Grace M. E. Church ofi Valley ^Stream. He will rem ain through the confer ence year. VISITING CARDS BY ’PHONE Rockville Centre Miss Ordered Some-Then She Remembered The telephone in the Rockville Centre branch of the The Nassau ,3ost rang mightily one morning re cently at precisely ten o'clock. \Hello ahswered a dutiful attend- “Hello,” came the response from a shrill feminine voice. \Is this the of fice of the Nassau Post?\ \Ye^ maam,\ replied the other. \Well print five hundred visiting .-ards at once. My na/ne Is Rose Xirk. <i live on Park avenue. 1 will :all fo them this afternoon.” Then the telephone clicked and she was gone. in ten minutes by actual count the phone rang again, and the same at- .endant answered. “This is Mies Kirk again,” said he voice on the other end of the vire. \I want to cancel that order or cards. At least I want to make i change. Print 250 of them Mrs. Xnthony Gallagher.” “Certainly,\ sale! the \^attendant \any change in address?” But thtPlelephone had clicked. BELLMORE TO HAVE THEATRE Will Break Ground for Quasi-Pub lic Building on February 9 Realizing the advantages of a liiasl-public building which will af- ord amusements for indoor recrea- fion in a wholesome environment, a ;roup of citizens In Beilmore have organized to promote a theatre pro ject which, it Is estim ated will in- /olve the expenditure of something jver $10,000. Plans for the erection jf a building are practically complet- .d, and .it Is stated authoritatively hat ground will be broken on Mon- fiuy, February 9. The structure will occupy a site in liedford avenue about two hundred feet north of Grand avenue. It will ontain an ample auditorium in which motion pictures will he shown and iheatrical performances given. The building will be one story high facing Bedford avenue. The basement will be fitted with bowling alleys, pool tables and a lunch room. The the&rte will be operated and managed by a stock company in which John Adell, James A. Stiles and Elvin Edwards are the prime movers. MULRANNON'6 DOWNFALL \Mayor\ Mulrannon,* of Roosevelt, has had his first downfall. While at tending to his duties on Wednesday he fell Into a fifteen-foot sand pit, and as fai as Roosevelt was concerned, they were without a \Mayor\ for two hours. The \Mayor\ was visiting friends at the home of William Clif ford. After an absence of about two hours Mr. Clifford began to he wor ried and with some friends started In search of him. He was dragged from the pit with ropes. H.R. SMITH RETIRES AS BANK PRESIDENT ENTERTAINMENT FOR VAMPS An entertainm ent and dance will be given at the Rockville Centre Club on Wednesday evening, ebruary 18, for the benefit of the Firemen’s Relief Association of that village. A com mittee representing the fire depart ment la arranging detaili for the function which it la predicted wlU be largely attended. I A Asks Directors uf Rockville Centre Depository to Relieve Him of Co: fining Duties : upe ; yiso : of ihe towxshi ? PRICE THREE CENTS OFFICERS OF NEW AUDITORIUM ASSOCIATION\ FREEPORT CITIZENS WHICH PLANS PUBLIC HALL FOR FREEPORT Native Lonj fsl ,nder - Began Career in Grain Business- Entered Bank in I8S0 Hiram R. Smuh, Supervisor of ihe town ot Hempstead and one of the best know n financiers on Long Island, has asked the directors of tjie Bank of Rockville Centre to relieve him from the responsibility and active du ties of president of that institution, according to a written statem e n t is sued at the bank this morning. The change, it Is believed, will take place within a week. John W. DeMott will in all probability assume the office from which Mr. Smith retires, and Earl J. Bennett, the bank’s counsel, will become one of the active manag ers of the depository. The bank’s statem ent is as follows: \Owing to the excessive duties of his dual position as Supervisor of the 1 town of Hempstead and as President of the Bank of Rockville Centre, Hi ram R. Smith has requested the direc tors of the hank to relieve him from active duties as president, which re quest will be acceded to by the offi cials of the bank, who will select him as chairman of its Board of Directors. Mr. Smith, while retaining his in terest in the bank, will feel free to give more of his time to public busi ness.’’ The summary decision of Mr. Smith to retire from the presidency of the bank was made only yesterday al-; though for several days he has hinted at his desire to lay aside the confin ing duties at the bank to give more attention to his work as Supervisor. Probably no mar has been more closely identified with the develop ment of Long Island Institutions than Hiram R. Smith. His name appears as a leader in Innumerable public en terprises, and his achievements stand as monuments. Mr. Smith Is a native of Long Island. He was born in Merrick in November, 1859, the son of Nelson H. and Catherine J. Smith. He received his preliminary education at the Free port Academy and later graduated from Eryant-Stratton Business Col lege In Brooklyn. In May 1878 Mr. Smith entered the Hour, grain and feed business at 129 Broad street, Manhattan, and travel led extensively through the west. Upon his return in 1880 he was elect ed a member of the New York Pro duce Exchange end remained until 1890, when he became cashier of the Bank of Rockville Centre. He was elected to the presidency shortly af terward. During hfs administration the hank has known an almost phenominal growth and it is primarily through his painstaking efforts and ability that It is now number 3d among the leading financial institutions of the east. kol AND H. MAYLAND A STEEPLEJACK NEEDED DID CARMAN’S HORSE IN ROCKVILLE CENTRE Local Foie Climbers Have Failed to Repair'Pulleys on Village (Flag Pole FREEPORT’S COMMANDRY Jr. O. U. A. M. Form Military Company If the plans of Freeport Chapter, Jr. O. U. A. M., are carried into effect the lodge will have a uniformed com- mandery before Spring. Hilbert R. Johnson and Rufus R. Rhodes have undertaken the formation of this fra- ternaVmilitary organization. x Although the idea was advanced on ly a few weeks ago, It Is stated that fifty have already enlisted and that a number of others w ill join before the company has begun Its drill season. The commandary will carry Spring- field I rltlles which have already been purchased and the members will wear regulation service uniform. Captaip Hubert W. Eldred of the 47th regi ment N. Y. N. G. will drill the new company. FIRE DESTROYS BUILDING Fire which totally destroyed a samll dwelling in Mill Road east of Raynor avenue, owned by Capt. Jas. Hanse early Sunday morning, caused damage which ’a estimated at about $2500. The building was occupied by A steeplejack of exceptional ability and daring Is needed at Rockville Centre right atvay. Ho need have 2 , reputation, but ne must be able to climb a seventy-five foot polo with a cross-arm about half way up and reach the top. All of Rockville Cen tre’s pole-climbing experts have tried to qualify for this particular job and all have failed. It appears that the village flag pole has not bent before a breeze with the color sflying from it since the Fourth of July, 1913. According to Captain Carty, a village trustee, once a sea captain himself,^the halliards have be come swollen to such an extent that they will not slide through the pulleys at the top. The late William Van- Deusen attempted to reach pulleys last summer, but upon reaching the cross-arm fifty feet above the ground became dizzy and had to give up the On Tuesday John Ryan a local lineman, attempted to do Die Job, but ho too returned to the ground dizzy and bewildered before the work was done. Captalh Carty declares that he could have done the woj k twenty years ago, but declines to tackle it WANTED: NEW TRUCK HOUSE Alert Hose Co. No. 2. Asks Appro priation of $600. for Buiiding The members of the Alert Hose No. 2, of Rockville Centre, are prepar ing a proposition ...to submit to the taxpayers of that village next Spring which calls for an appropriation of $600 toi the building ot an extension on their quarters in Observer street. The extension as planned Is to be two storler high. A slmila^proposltion was placed be fore the voters hast Spring and defeat ed. A number who voted against it tbitin however, have expressed them- selves as being in favor of it now, and it is fully predicted that the appro priation will be carried Under present conditions at is Im possible to hitch a team ot horses to 'ne apparatus while it is in the house. LINDNER IMPROVING. Paul W. E. Lindner of Malverne, who was badly injured in an automo bile collision in Merrick road at Val ley Stream several weeks ago, Is rap idly recovering. Mr. Lindner was thrown from his machine and broke several ribs. A singular coincidence | is that the accident occurred in front of his brother’s home to which he was taken. KNEEL IN PRAYER? Quadruped Ran Away at Sound of Church Bells—Was [Found ^ on Knees ND THIRD TERMER, SAYS CHIEF O’BRIEN Head of Lynbrook Fire Depart *tnent- Declines to Enter Race Again Metbodist-Eplscopalians in Rock ville Centre are aware that there was a special service at St. Mark's Church, Merirck road and Village avenue, on Monday night. The church bells rang prior to eight o’clock the auditorium was crowded. But those who gather ed at the service.jirobably knew little or nothing about what wah going on outside. That is another story. While the bell was ringing a horse cantere’d through Lincoln avenue into Village avenue and walked apparently unconcernedly under the carriage sheds. Shortly thereafter inquiries were made In the village about a horse that had run away from the uta- bles of Cornelius Carman, the Village avenue grocer, in Rockaway avenue \When the bells began to ring,” said a ruddy faced German hostler as he arrived breathless at the corner, \the horse, he went. He’s only half unhitched.” A search was made about the vil lage before the information was vol unteered that the jmrse bad been seen under the church carriage sfied. And there the horse was found \kneeling’’ on his front legs with his head bent as though in prayer. The reins had In some way become caught about the animal’s head and INVISIBLE INSTRUCTION legs. Talking Machine to be Used in East Rockaway School ' The scholars of the East Rockaway Union Free School will special In- He aided in the rescue of twelve | struction from the \Graphanola an year-old Edward Estrom, jr., on Iasi } improved talking machine, on one af- RESCUE CAUSED ILLNESS. Henry Henderson, 67 years old, of Valley Stream, ie seriously ill with heart trouble believed to have been induced by excitement and exposure, rescue Lawrence O'Brien, of Lynbrook, bet ter known as \Chief Larry,\ wm nv, lie a candiate in the coming electlcn of the fire department. Despite the insistent urgings of his many friends lie stated yesterday that he would iH-Ver be called a “third term e r.” O’Brien has served two years as tin head of the lynbrook Fire Depart inent, and during his administration there has not been a dull moment in the varied activities of the vamps Early In h lsja d t term two thousand feet of hose was purchsaed by the vil lage, and the department placed on a better basis. Despite the ditlicultie!- that arose following the incorporation of (he village three years ago, m atters were adjusted so that the several companies “came in” under municipal restrictions. It Is probable that there will he several candidates for tho office that ■‘Larry’’ O'Brien has declined to he come a candidate for, and it is certain that the new chief chief will have plenty to do in the year. The State Fire Marshall has ordered better equipment for the departm ent and re commended numerous changes in its organization. Wednesday afternoon. The old nlan was watching a group of boys skating on “Duck Lake” to the north of Val ley Stream, when the cry for help came from an opening In the ice .'nto vhfch the lad had fallen. Henderson hurried to* the spot and by means ol a rail assisted young Estrom to the surface. Upon his return home he was taken violently 111. MERRICK’S AUTO FiRE ENGINE The Merrick Hook and Ladder Com pany has purchased the chassis of a higli l owered Locomobile which is be ing /: •.eft with ladders and chemical tanks by Charles O. Colvin at the Mer rick G « age for use in the service ot the fire departm ent ot that village The new truck will be ready for use within -be next month. It will resent file the apparatus which has long been doing business at Irvington, New York. JOHN LYON WILL SPEAK The Honorable John Lyon, former^ Comptroller of Nassau County, wllllVlrove street an! address the tribesmen ol The Pequots at their regular monthly meeting, to- monow night. An interesting pro. gram Las been arranged for this par ticular meeting ci tb* well known Democratic elub. TROLLEY EXTENSION FRANCHISE With several minor changes the Board of Trustees will grant a fran chise to the Freeport Railroad Com pany to extend Us trolley line frotn extend Olive Boulevaid through Railroad avenue to Main atXeet. This decision was reached by thA Village Fathers at their meeting yestW d ay afternoon. ▲ bond of $5,0cV> was filed by the ternoon In^each week according to an mnouncement recently made by mem oers of the Board of Education there fhe' m achine. will be operated from a moving stand .which will be taken from one class room to another, and records from which \talks\ in gram mar, spelling, arithmetic and other subjects can be produced will be •played.\ The use of the talking machine as a method of teaching Juveniles while not entirely new is gradually becom ing a factor In modern education. Its demonstrations at present however are purely experimental. For a year it has bten widely and favorably dis cussed by educators throughout the country. Joseph C. SCllch, an official of the company that manufactures the in strument and a resident of East Rock away will conduct the experiments in that village. East Rockaway is the first village onLong’island to take up Uds rew method. TO ELIMINATE CROSSING BELL In a communication to the F^i eeport Board of Trustees, President Ralph Peteru of the L. t. R. R., promises to eliminate as soon &il possible the use of a bell at the Grove street crossing, which for some time has been a source of annoyance to residents of the neighborhood: The letter an- petitioning / swere a complain filed by the village •f Freeport several weeks ago. ORGANIZE TO ERECT PUBLIC BUILDING _ _ _ ; Plan of Henry J. Raymore to Provide Place For Athletic anch Social Functions A d vanced by Auditorium As sociation THE NASSAU POST WILL FATHER ' IKE CCIKMEKDABLE MOVEMENT Will Incorporate Stock Company and Sell Shares at $30.00—Mem bership Will be Limited to 200- Hon. Wm. G. Miller Will Build on Grove Street Site Largely throug i the offices of the Nassau Post, a movement looking to the erection of an auditorium in Free- ,)ort, where the youth of the village may gather at functions of a varied iatui'3—fiolli at'ilvtic and social—was fairly launched in the present week Several meetings were held and a troup of fourteiB1! prominent citizens mtered into general discussions of .lie project. The i t suit of these meet ings which were ai tanged and called ay Henry J. P.aymqre who Incepted he idea several years ago has been he formation of the Auditorium As- iociaiton, whose primal object Is to airy into effect at soon as possible t plan by which the building may be nected on a basis that warrants and issures the public approval. Tli • need of an auditorium In Free- ,iort that affords the dual advantages jf a gymnasium and hall tor entertain nents of a public naturff has long oeen felt, and it is tho opinion of those who have allied themselves .vith the movement that the plan of popular subscription as a means of financing the project can bo carried nto effect without difficulty. Already t number have signified their inten ion to become members ot tho stock •ompany under the direction of whose executive committee tho hall will be managed. Tho organization meeting of the Au litorium Association was held on Wednesday evening. The following tffir *r.i were elected: R. If. May land, president; Raymond Miller, 1st Vice President; Edward Keogh, 2nd Vice President; J Huyiei Ellison, Tieasur or; Samuel T. Raynor, Secretary aud Henry J. Raymore, General Manager An executive committee that Included the following was elected: H. J. Ray more, Raymond Miller,Edward Keogh, J. Huyier Ellison, R. R. Mayland, Ju cob Post, H. L. Maxson, Father Rob ert Hoyle, H. L. Crandell, Ernest ti. Randall, James Hanse and Roland M Lamb. While there is no definite location for the building decided upon. It is probable that It will stand In Grove street near Olive Boulevard. Accord Ing to the plans of the association It will bo a one-story structure with basement, amply fitted to meet Urn varied needs for which it is intended ’I’liu main tioor will be of sufficient proportions to seat a thousand per sons and to allow for the playing of basket-ball on a court of regulation sizer Musical and theatrical enter tainments. dances and other Indoor amusements will be given there. The Hon. William G. Miller In a let ter to The Nassau Pott states he will undertake the financing of the build ing under the association's plan of subscription. It is proposed that membership In the association shall comprise of stockholders citizens of the village of Freeport. The shares have been placed at $30 each and no member will be allowed to subscribe for more than two. Immediate steps will be made to in corporate the assr elation as a stock company and offer Its stock for sale When the limit of two hundred mem hers have been enrolled Mr. Miller will begin operailons on the building, j It Is the avowed consensus of opln | Ion among the members of the newly (Continued on Page 4) -:L~
