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A reliable means of communication between the business men and residents of Freeport, Merrick, Bellmore, Smithville South, East Meadow, Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa and Amity ville. Issued Weekly Subscription $1.00 a Year ■ ■ .f«: - y ■ 'i VOL. 1, NUMBER 5 FREEPORT ' B E L L M O R E , L. I., N. Y„ F R ID A Y , A U G U S T 21, 1908 PRICE, 6. CENTS m The Brooklyn Times in its issue of the 18th gives due prominence to the 1 Freeport Board of Trade^to its Presi dent and reports at length upon its meeting held on the night of the 12th. “ All sorts of resolutfons were pass ed\ says the Times. Undoubtedly Freeport is proud of its Board of Trade, which has received just credit for its efforts, but some times there is heard suggestions that the number of resolutions passed be lessened until the board can catch up with those al ready passed and which, seemingly, have had no further being beyond their inception. In Alonzo Foster the local board has an efficient executive, one who can be relied upon to handle all matters that come within the scope of the organization. It is to be hoped that he will put forward to a' success ful end any resolution that will be for the necessary betterment of this vil lage without letting it be pigeon-holed and forgotten. Jeanette E. Hall, wife of William S. Hall passed to the Great Beyond Saturday morning after an illness of - severaljmonths. She was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital Friday for a sur gical operation, while every possible medical|attendance was given her, but she lacked the strength to rally and in the early morning came the end. She was 47 years of age, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin V. Wood of Hempstead. The Methodist Church BELLMORE Base-Ball Bellmore s, Seaman, p Pettit, cf Smith, c Hunt, lb Vooris. 2b , Levy, as Self, If Merritt, 3b \ Gangloff, rf . Totals Lindenhurst Voelker, c Wardle, 2b O'Neill, 3b Brown, ss Frevert, rf Kenele, If Buchter, p Rail, cf Getener, lb r 0 3 1 » 2 1 1 0 1 2 po 1 1 7 11 - 6 0 0 1 0 Bellmore’s New School. 27 12 4 po 9 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 6 Bellmore Lindenhurst Totals 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 5 24 8 6 0 Q 4 2 x—11 0 0 1 0 2— 3 The local school board will tlirow opie» the doors of the new school house in Bellmore in time for the opening of the Tall term. It presents at once an up- todatc home for the children to pursue their stndjes in, one that is modern in ev ery way. The present school board consists of the following: Theodore N. Rip- _ , , _ „ son, President; Eklward Thompson, Secretary; J. J. Bedell, Treasurer; A. R. Two-base hits 0 Neill, Gangloff, gm^i1) Harry Me Cord, Peter Johnson, A. R. Miland, Collector, and Cliarles Merritt; left on bases, Bellmore 5, w. Smith, Clerk. Lindenhurst 4; bases on balls, off Sea- _ _____________ man 4, off Buchter 5; struck out, by n x - * , u- , ^ SeamanS, by Buchter 9; stolen bases, «re the ReP\bhcan c a n d ^ lady-,L Hack Sec, Treag William Hunt 2, Vooris. Levy, Merritt, Gang- the office of President and Vice-Presi- love Miss Emma Wolf at this rustic I j Preside; t of the Bo’ard. loff 2; time of game, i hr., 50 min.;' dent of the United States- retreat while the others are busy m, •y’ -------- umpire, Mr. Post; scorer, H. Apeler. A meeting was held Wednesday eve ning to learn as far as was possible the sentiment towards the establishing of a fire company in Smithville South. W. E. Horn was elected chairman. Matters of importance concerning the formation of this company was discus sed and undoubtedly the meeting was a success. It was decided to hold the next meeting in the School house at Smithville South, next Tuesday even ing Aug. 25, at 8 o’clock. It is hoped that a large crowd will be on hand to voice their sentiments towards this im- • portant movement. A notice concern- • ing the above is printed in this week’s | Messenger. William Woestendick is visiting A. Jung, Smithville South. Arthur Wood, formerly a resident of this place was taken ill at his printing office in Rockville Centre. He wad away from business for two or three days and returned to work again after deciding to return to Smithville South to live permanently. Reported—At.the School Board meet ing helsLat the school house on the night' of the 14th, the board elected - j Chas. Wood, District Clerk; Samuel Hunter, Truant Officer and Janitor; F. SMITHVILLE SOUTH The Stroller's Column nempsLeaa. m e Metnoaisc unuren Next Sunday Norton’s Cuban Giants | on O b j e c t of^mn^tanc'^to and^ the Ladies’ Soc.etmscbnnected at Bellmore groundg. ona Is there a reader who will answer him, with it always received her earnest support which will be missed for a long time to come. The funeral ser vices were held at her late home cn Pine St. Monday evening; the inter ment at Greenfield took place the fol lowing day. .Mr. Hall and his son, Martin, have the sympathy of their friends and acquaintances who feel for them in the loss of a wife and mother. There is every reason to believe that Main St. will be paved with vitrified brick or some other suitable material by the coming Spring. While t|tis im provement has been agitated for some time, it is alleged that there is now enough harmony among the business Another dance and picnic promised wjth facts. by the Fire Department at Deubert’s _________ Grove for Labor Day. Races and games of all kinds promised to wind i up the summer season. WANTAGH busy — erne way or another having a good' Assistant Engineer of Roads, E. time, till the call of the city is heard | w. Taylor, reports that the Newbridge , again. r0ad from Smithville South to Hicks- , | ville will be completed in two weeks. Several letters from city people en- | ------------ i thusiastic about the beauties of Wan-! Mn Ahearn got reckless recently to ! tagh, etc.,were received and are print-1 ^ e extent of investing in an automo- ed in this issue. Glad Wantagh is ibubblewithwhichheisbecominginti- well liked, but don’t forget it when ’mately acquainted. It is stated that _ ____ • j-i-. j -1 • _ ytt • _ j ____ ! hp tx/nnlH rafhoT* e u r o i l i a n anrrxr art ___ ____ _ _ Arthur Latimer will leave to-mor- men and residents to push this matter row for a week’s trip to Sag Harbor. to a satisfying end. j -------------- This statement has been made by a prominent resident of Freeport who ought to know: It is' too .bad the work cannot be started before another Winter passes by, for the crossings and driving generally are such as to cause much concern to those using this much traveled thoroughfare. There will'be at least two Republi- . i Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, wife of The base-ball club have plpns under Frank C. Smith died suddenly last Fri- foot, so it is reported, for an enter- ’ - \■ - • • . . tainment to better their financial^ con dition. This club is worthy of sup port. They furnish good sport for about two hundred people every week, who gather at the home grounds to see them put up a rattling game of ball. day aftenoon after giving birth to a girl baby. The deceased was well lik ed in the neighborhood. She was a good wife and a good neighbor. The you are in the city this Winter. '• Wantagh, Long Island, Aug. 17, 1908. To the Editor: Wfien the shades of night fall softly o’er the little hamlet of Wantagh, the he would rather be sure than sorry, so enlists, whenever possible the services of a horse to pull him around the coun try. ________ Miss Ethel Kraft js enjoying a week’s vacation. funeral service was held from her late katydids begin to chant their dolorous home Monday afternoon, by the Rev. j aong Presagmg early frost, and the si 1- Thos. Braithwaite, Pastor of the Me- very moon kisses the limpid waters of morial Church. Together with the en- the ake and e dds the small houses tire neighborhood the Messenger offers j nestling among the trees, casting an its sympathy to the husband and fath-' etneral oeauty over the landscape. un- er of the little one who will never known to the daytime no wonder we Captain Richard Nelson Spates, a have know its mother Relatives have regret when our extonded V1^ t to th ^ ^ ^ wag we known and popular resident of the child m charge to bring up. It ^ sav in T S e s ; blowing at the time no damage was Bellmore. celebrated his 76th birth- was a sad happening. - close saying g ^ s K ^ outbuildi The gentire day recently. The Captain has a re- ---- - all > good .hings must come to ! loss amounts to about $1500, no insur- markable constitution, being actively The morning and evening services enu- engaged in his work on the water j in the Memorial Church this Sunday n ' A cottage owned by Miss Mary Wolf of this place and rented by George Cornell, caught fire last night at six o’clock by the explosion of an oil cook stove. Having nothing to stop them the flames had it thejr own way and in fifty-five minutes the entire struc-tMr. Frisch coming u ture was in ashes. The furniture and One cannot help noticing the ambi- works, chipper, hale and very hearty, will be jonducted by Dr. R. J. Kent of tion of the inhabitants of this settle- ” walks daily two miles from his the Lewis Ave. Congregational Church, 1 r\ or,f h,lt Q alinrt t ' rY'° a\n * oro home to his work, with a pleasant Brooklyn. It is to be hoped that a can Banners flung to the breeze, so we ! smile for cv.ery one and a cheering large congregation will be present to can see which way the winds blows, this year, one for each district. They will be ready early in September. Authority t<£?purchase supplies for the fire department of Freeport has been given Chief Archer B. Wallace, J. Huyler Ellison and Frank Bedell by the Board of Trustees of the Vil lage. After a three days’ automobile trip around the island, S. A. Williams, Jacob Post and Wesley Miller, returned to town, satisfied that Freeport is as good aa any other village on Long Isl and. Freeport Club 6 Floral Park 0.., On Saturday at Athletic Park the Freeport Club shat out Floral Park by the score of 6 0. Levinus was easily the star of the game* striking out twelve men and shutting off the visit ors without a hit, a feat which has never been done at Athletic Park. Oaterhout played his first game at second and was right at home, taking everything that came his way and rob bing a Floral Park man of a hit over second by making a sensational stop and getting-the man out at first. In the second inning C. Levinus satrted things moving by hitting for two bags, Callahan was hit, Tooker sacrificed,- Corby singled, scoring Levinus and Callahan; Levy was hit, Bristol walked -on four wide ones, Raynor.flied to Pike who doubled up iLevy at second; two runs. Third inning—Osterhout clouted the ball for two bases, Levinus made a heat sacrifice, Osterhout going to third; C. Levinus singled, scoring Osterhout; Callahan singled, Tooker reached first von an infield tap but Levinus was ' caughtjat the plate; Callahan scored on a wild pitch, Corby wse safe on Child’s catch Tooker at the plate; two rune. * In the fourth Levy singled, Bristol was safe when McKay fumbled his bunt, Raynor sacrificed both men; Os word to all his numerous friends; old hear this noted Divine, about whom and young. The captain is a Civil mention was made in these columns War veteran, an ex-master of sailing some few weeks ago. vessels and has been in almost every | ----------- country of the world. He can relate William Shultz showed’em howto many an incident of his travels that shoot at Hungry Harbor Saturday by would be considered good reading by getting 19 out of a possible 25 “ clay many people. birds’’—point the gun the other wa£ “ To what do you attribute your William. After the shoot the bunch many years of life, Captain?\ got to work on the clam bake and did “ Santa Cruz rum,\ says the skipper justice to Long Island’s well known and ii^his case experience is its own I edible, teacher. ::: ~ Long life to our friend Captain R. Last Sunday the base-ball record N. Spates. was broken, for the team went down . ----------- in defeat to the outfit from Jerusalem, Deputy Receiver of Taxes, Mason ; first time they failed to win this sea- O. Smedley, of Queens Borough, with 1 son.' Have to tell the score too—it Mrs. Smedley and children, are\ among wag 19 to 6. BUT WAIT. the summer colony at High Hill Beach. ; ---------- Mr. Smedley makes the trip from the To the Editor: beach to the city every week day. vance, as the policy on the property was cancelled yesterday and a new one was to have been issued to-day. ' The Bellmore Fire Department rolled up about thirty minutes later but its trip was useless. Miss Wolf will probably commence re-building at once. ment when but a short time ago there were no sidewalks and very lately it has been lain on Wantagh Ave., and around Ultsch’s hotel, and Mr. Sea man’s ^residence, showing the public spirit of the citizens. Ruth, Betty an<jr,myself will soon be compelled to face the trials and tribu lations of junior high school life, when we return to dear old Brooklyn, but j Pursuant to a resolution passed then for theatre parties, dances, and, a{. a meeting of tax-pavers and many other follies in which we city people indulge. So they have come to an agreement with the “ trolley magnates\ over, in Amityville at last. About time some thing was done. Care should be used in selecting a route that Ntfrfil serve territory not taken care of by the rail road. Don’t look like hard times when all the cottages at Nassau-by- the-Sea and High Hill Beach are filled and rented for the balance of the season. Never in the history of these resorts has business been so good as this year. What’s that? Local owners of auto mobiles in Freeport violating the speed law in the village limits. Thought ev eryone there stood in awe of the local police. Pretty good organization in Seaford, called the Y. M. I. C., always doing something to keep things going in that section. By being active they keep - the place from going behind. Coming to Bellmore to-night? A correspondent writing to the up- to-date Sentinel in Hempstead asks that they agitate an “ old home week\ over there. Let’s see, Hempstead is a pretty old village, settled before 1700. Surely old enough to have an affair of this kind. Understand the Merrick Fire Com- any will attend divine service this Sun day evening to hear Rev. Frank Town- ley preach his final sermon before go ing to another charge. The depart ment will attend in uniform. Rather a pretty compliment to pay the depart ing pastor. This interesting bit of information was given me in Smithville South this week: - A group of mten sitting on a pile of lumber in front of the Smithville School house were watching the finish ing touches that contractor Frisch was putting to the excavation for the cel lar. One of them remarked that it seemed a pity to have a new school house and not have a new flag pole. NOTICE butted in\ and said, “ I ’ll give a new flag pole if you (indicating one of the group) will give a flag\. “ Done\ said the other fellow'. “ Now we will have a new flag pole and all painted white with a golden ball on top and a nice Lignum Vitae truck and a brand new flag “ suitable in size to thepole.’*' Neither of the gentleman concerned ever do things by halves. Come on boys “ help just a little\ and we’ll have something to be proud of. An up-state paper says with truth and terseness: “Twixt optimist and pessimist The difference is droll; The optimist sees the doughnut— The pessimist, the hole.\ fours, SEAFORD “ R. W.’ A week ago a near accident occurred at the railroad crossing in Bellmore, so it is reported. The crossing that is ndticeable for having no signal bell to warn pedestrians and the driving public. A touring car with people tried to stop suddenly to avoid a train and collided with a post. No names or extent of damage known. - Harry R. Zeiner has his brother-in- law Harris H. Tripp, from New York, out here to look over the village with a view to establishing a pharmacy in Bellmore, which is a real necessity, by “ Freedom\ Ma and pa have both gone home And left me up here all alone; It is the first time in my life, I’ve had no pa nor his little wife. The ponds are filled with roguish boys The lawns are then bestrewn with toys, For when ma takes her “ 23\ There’s no one happier than me. • Liberty echoes from all the hills, Liberty answer all the rills, The woods and buildings all resound, The boyish voices that were bound. Two good weeks just speed away the way. Sincerely hope he will make But seems to me it’s but a day good and soon locate here. That ma besplashed me o’er with kisses , . , „ , , J And begged me keep her many wishes. 2 The base-ball club -promises a good j game on the home grounds Sunday, Now she comes back to me for school when they play the Norton Cuban For I must learn the golden rule. Giants. Lovers of base ball should ! And dear old Wantagh I must quit— patronize the local club. It is putting On the hard stool of learning to sit. up some good games and is generally worthy of support. “ Hancock\ To-night the Republicans Gave their banner raising on Bedford Ave., and they propose to do it up fine as silk to start their end of the campaign with fire workb, bunches of red fire, and of enthusiasm. mer guests are the following: Mr. and Mi&s Monahan, Mr. and Mrii. Wolf and children, Miss Anna Friederich, Miss Margaret Ell wood, Mies Louise Fleissner, Mr. and Mrs. Habig, Mr. Fred and Mrs. Weimier and daughter. Eld- ward Scheihi Helen E residents held at Smithville South | Wednesday night, Aug. 16, 1908, 1,10‘ice 18 h ereb5’ Kiven that th e y j The local boat to High Hill ia being j will be a public meeting of the crowded almost every trip lately. I tax-payers and residents of Smith-1 ville South to be held at the Smithville South school house on ROCKVILLE CENTRE What some believe was the work of an incendiaiy caused the destruction, A Tuesday evening, Ang. 26th, 1908 surance was carried. The alarm for this district sounded, bringing out the firemen, who were compelled to use nearly 2,000 feet of hose to reach the - flames, but the building was doomed, j village. A son of John Hopkins on his way to the fire on his wheel, in turning a cor ner, ran into the front of a carriage driven by George> Forbell and was stunned. Two wheels passed over him before the carriage could be stopped. He was attended by Dr. D. N. Bulson, and beyond a shock suffered no Other injury. at 8 P. M., for the purpose of as certaining the sentiment of incor porating a fire company in said By order of W. E. Horn, ........ _ Q h a ivtnan. Unclaimed letters are scarce in the Seaford office, there being only one, Mrs. Ellen Logue. The Y. M. I. C. carried large crowds of friends with them on Wednesday, it being the occasion of their annual out ing. _______ Up to July 25, of all the gunners’ licenses granted in the Town of Hemp • stead, over fifty per cent were made out to residents of Seaford. That $2500 was netted from the pro ceeds of the Fair conducted by those connected with St. Agnes Church, speaks well for the efforts of those who had charge. The fair was well patronized, judging from this large sum realized and the Rev. Quealy is thankful to his parishioners for their help. It seems that Foreman Eustace is the most popular officer of the Fire Department, so to him was presented the silver trumpet as a reward of his popularity. ~ ___ ( , BALDWIN Terry Southard has as interesting a collection of trophies won at different yacht races as can be shown by any fond of this sport. The Southards are expert in handling a boat, be she large or small, and are sure to be somewhere near the lead when passing tMyfinish- ing line. The prizes won by^heir dif ferent boats include loving cups, large and small, candleabra, and other spec ially valuable momentos of races in bygone days. ~ At the Homestead Cottage as Sum- Despite thejfact th a l ^he Trustees Under the auspices of the JL-I. Holi ness Association the camp-meeting south of here carried on 4he last week met with a ready response from the men tn this and other sections. The meetings were held in a tent. Announcement is made of the en gagement of Mabel Southard, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Southard, to Lieut. ISroest Frederick, U. S. N., a* former resident of this village. The wvddtogj r t j l <* , place during the coming winter. * of the village refused to (grant per- missiort to the Socialist Party tb hold meetings in the village limite, nothing was done to stop one speaker for this party from appearing on the scene with a portable blackboard and. banner one) and spouting about Social- apparently interested audj- Notice to Messenger Subscribers and Readers If you fail to receive your .paper on, time, after a reasonable allowance for those subscribers served by the R. F. D. , you will confer a favor ^n_tb#rpaper by sending a postal to that 'effect to this office, stating what week you failed to receive your copy. The Messenger’s county subscribers have their papers # mailed to them Friday P. M. and out side the county Saturday morning. The Messenger is on sale in the following villages; Freeport, Kiefer’s Art Store, Main St. Merrick, J. W. Birch. Bellmore, Smith Bjrbe. Smithvnle S^uth, Clias. Wt$0d. 4 ----- Wantagh, Fuswell Bros. - ‘ Seaford, General Store (Post Office). Massapequa, General Store (P. 6.) After tliis issue it will be on sale also in both Rockville Centre and Baldwin,
