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For the South Side of Long Island A reliable means of communication between the villages of Rock ville' Centre, Baldwin, Freeport, Roosevelt, Merrick, Belknore, Smithville South, Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa and Amity ville. Issued Weekly Subscription $1.00 a Year ’• |S ■ ■'M VOL. 1, NUMBER 20 FREEPORT AND BELLM ORE, N. Y., FRIDAY, DECEM B E R 4. 1908 PRICE, 6 CENTS FREEPORT BELLMORE Elmer Raynor has returned from Monticello, N. Y., where he has been recuperating after a long illness. He will leave Freeport with hii family for Toronto, Canada, where he expects to reside permanently. Tuesday, December 8, the Ladies’ Aid of the Bellmore M. E. Church will hold their annual fair at Firemen’s Hall. A free entertainment wHl be given. They are going to try to please everyone present. The Choral Society has postponed its : A large and appreciative congrega- concert to the evening of Dec. 22. at' tion greeted the Pastor at the Metho- which date the Messiah will be sung, i dist Church Sunday evening, Nov. 29. — ------------ ! A goodly .number of men were present. Rev. Charles H. Scholey of the P res-; — byterian Church preached an excellent; Dr- C- S_ Wing held the third quar- sermon, “ A Present Problem,\Sunday j (;e|y Conference for the Bellmore evening, and there was a special Methodist Church Sunday afternoon, fter preaching a helpful i sermon, the Sacrament of the Lord’s l Supper was administered. Thanksgiving service under the direc-|N0V. 29. After preaching a helpfu tion of Prof. Palamountain. WANTAGH \ Robert J. Murray has returned to Freeoort from Mexico. He prefers j Freeport to the South any time. The special meetings closed Sunday ------------ | night. I'he pastor was ably assisted Mrs. Jean M. Stiles’ Barn Dance at! in these services by the Rev. A.^R Fraternity Hall takes place to-night: B°urquard of Stockholm, N. ,L - ' under auspices of the evening class. i ~ T- i ! Rev. G. A. Gibson and Mrs. < Gibson In the Methodist Lpi.scopal Church, Were agreeably and pleasantly sur- Sunday evening at 7.30 o’clock, Dr. W. j prj8ed when Mrs. George F. Newland A. Richard will preach a sermon to j ancj daUgbter Miss Helen stopped their Young People on \My Partner and I .\ : car jn fr0nt of the M. E. parsonage and All are cordially welcomed. ] presented them with a fine turkey and At the-close of this service, at 8.30, there will be a half-hour song service with \Alexander’s Gospel Songs,” in which the Baptist and Presbyterian congregations will join. The object of this meeting is to become familiar with the new music to be used in the series of Union Evangelistic Services, now being planned by the three church es for January 7—25. all the delicacies necessary for a com plete and bountiful Thanksgiving din ner. Besides there were numerous parcels of groceries and edibles of every kind, also a generous check, and a card of \Greetings and best wishes, . from their many friends in Bellmore.” j d a y ’ John Seaman received a birthday surprise party at his home last Satur day when a number of hid friends from Wantagh, Bellmore anti Smithville South landed unannounced at his home for an evening’s fun. It was 3 a. m. before the crowd commenced to think of home and the following day. Some of the bunch who were included in the crowd of fun-makers are Mr. and Mrs. John Kernan, Mr. and Mrs. John Ask- in, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Zeiner, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Seaman, Mrs. Ackels, Mrs. Hunter, Mr. Keenis, Mr. and MissGarnar, Miss Ella Gorman, Miss Edith Spates, Miss Ruth Askin, Mr. Knettle, Miss Keenis, Mr. Keenis, Mr. Alec. Wallace, Miss Gale, Mr. Balsi, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Wright, and that’s all, if you please. The Wantagh Brass Band was or ganized last Monday night at the resi dence of Wallace Verity, with 16 members. The officers are: Presi dent, Shepherd Bartholomew; Vice- Pres., Dunham Norton ; Sec’y. Grover Sierns; Treasurer, Percy Smith. The following members were enrolled: Bergen Seaman, Walter Ashdown, Raymond Corsa, Geo. Seaman, Ed. Hunt, Harry Sopet, Raymond Dean, Henry Ultsch, jr . ; Wallace Verity, Fred Dean, Edward Hannington, Charles Soper. The brass band will hold a Ball in Ultsch’s Hall on Tues- Dec. 15. Proceeds for instru ments. vices this preach. week the pastor will Stop at Firemen’s Hall Dec. 8th and The 5th sermon in the series on the admire the display of everything use-; “ Book of Job” or \The Great Drama The Board of Education will hold a 1 ^ an^ ornamental to make home cum-; 0f Doubt” will be preached by thePes- special meeting in the Grove St. School | fortable and house beautiful. ^ tor in the Memorial Church next Sun building Tuesday evening to allow the ! ------ ' ---- day evening. Last Sunday evening the taxpayers to vote on the proposition to | Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Self will oc- , Choir repeated the Thanksgiving mu- purchase a site for $8000, for a new ' cupy their new home on Grand Ave. sic and a soprano solo \ I know^that my .—i— * <=«• ! * - Redeemer livtitit” was sung by Mts's Concordia, Rockville Centre, will be given in Atheneum Hall, Thursday, Dec. 10. This will be a musical event Harrison Ave., was entered by burg-1 of note. Under the direction of Wm. school building corner of Archer St. for the Winter, and Long Beach Ave. ! -v---------- . ^ Capt. and Mrs. Spates had as The Women’s Relief Corps have a ; Thankggiving guests Mr. and Mrs. R. Bazaar and Fair at Main St. and Me*- ; n . Spates, Misses Spates and Harry rick Road to-day and to-morrow. The ; Spates of Brooklyn, corps is an auxiliary of the D. B. P. ; ______ _ Mott Post. No. 527, G. A. R.. The Catholic club of Bellmore held . ,, ... , . j a meeting at the home of H. R. Zeiner i for a reception in the Firemen’s Hall \Obstacles w,ll be the morning j thig week when p|ana were perfected on New Year's Eve. theme of the Rev. Charles Herbert ] for an invitation 8traw rjde in‘j anuary. | - ----------- Laura Cowles, which was much en joyed. The scholars of the Sunday School are rehearsing for their Christmas ex ercises on Dec. 23rd. The Willing Workers are preparing Scholey at the First Presbyterian Church. In the evening his subject ■will be “ Short-weight.” The Stroller’s Column tian and assisted by other talent, will give a musical entertainment on Wed nesday evening, Dec. 9, at eight o'clock. Tickets, twenty-five cents, «re on sale a t the drug stores. Pro ceeds are for the benefit of the Sunday School’s Christmas Festival. The Choir of the Presbyterian Church, ! I notice in Seaford at the R. R. sta- under the direction of Prof. Palamoun- j tion a guard fence between the tracks and a letter box on the platform, both of which are commendable in their way. ♦ Tuesday the first of December was about the mildest day we’ve had so far, the thermometer registering 67 at 3 p. m. The following day there was a drop, though. Mr, George Wallace will deliver a lecture before the Odd Fellows, Hemp stead Lodge, to-night;^ subject, \Fa therhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man aa a doctrine of Odd Fellow ship.” The Old Maids’ Convention drew an ■expectant crowd to Opera Hall last night to enjoy the evening's fun. They were well repaid and the per formance could be repeated here at once and again fill the hail. The play •called for specialties which were in troduced during the evening and were well received. George William and Dorothy Wilhe*- mina, children of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse I. Smith, were baptized at the Congre gational Parsonage last Sunday. Rev. T. S. Braithwaite, with Arthur D. Southard as delegate from the local Church, attended a Council of dismis sion in Bethany Church, Eapt Rocka- way, on Tuesday last. A little girl came to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. George James on Tuesday morning. The Barn Dance to-night at Frater nity Halljwill be something unique in dancing events hereabouts. Freeport’s New Theatre Work on Chas. A. Sigmond’s new theatre on Main St. is being pushed rapidly. The huliding will have the auditorium on the ground floor, with a foyer entrance at the front. It will accommodate seven hundred people with seats, which will be of the new A Bellmore lady handed me the fol-! lowing, \for December:” H , If cold December gave you birth, The month of snow, ice and mirth, 1 Place in «our hand a Turquoise blue, And aftccesss will bless whate’er you do.” MERRICK There is one man in Freeport who makea more noise every week-day than any other and no one objects. He’s the chap who toots the six o'clock'whistle at the pumping station. Wm. Bedell of Bellmore, who is con nected with the water works, is finish ing a new dwelling at West Hemp- rftead, and likes it so well that he in tends moving there soon as it is com pleted. H. L. Trubenback burns the mid night oil, pardon, electricity, regularly at his residence in Freeport. He is an architect who turns out plans for every While driving on the Merrick Road, Wednesday afternoon, Gus. Muller and h^s sister had a slight mishap. The horse shied, throwing both occupants to the roadway . No serious injuries. The horse was stopped by John Doty of Smithville South. A plan is under way to form a social club among the men of the church. A meeting was called for last night at the parish house. Horses, trucks and a car load of lumber arrived in town for work on the city water works in this section. A gang of Italian laborers are quartered in the old camp grounds and work will be started by the first. BALDWIN GENERAL NEWS NOTES Miss Ethel Carman gave a birthday party at her home Saturday night, and entertained a large r.umber of friends, who remembered her with some very pretty presents. The even ing was well spent in amusements of various kinds. The Long Island R. R. is using on its regular passenger service some of the new steel vestibuled coaches which later will be equipped for its electric lines. These cars are the same size as the day-coaches now in use and are an improvement over the small cars I used on the electric trains at present. The dancing class for children and | They have wicker cross seats, adults is now established in Seaman’s i Hall. Information can be secured! Arthur B. Wood from Mr. Seaman concerning class Observer staff, days and terms. It will fill a long felt new south-side weekly newspaper. The want among those who wish to become Rockville Centre Herald, which owing proficient in dancing tand ball-room ; to hustling ability of its owner will etiquette. ■ probably secure a good foot-hold from ! the start. The Messenger wishes Mr. The Ladies’ Aid Society hau their meeting Tuesday at the residence of Mr$. John Carl. formerly of the will shortly issue a The- L. I. Holiness Association is. conducting Gospel Services at the M. P. Church under Rev. Hammel of De- lanco, N. J. erection of several new cottages on the old James Pettit farm on Seaman and Grand Aves. W. Augustus Miller is now receiving taxes at his store on Grand Ave., near the depot, for School District No. 10. The residence of Mr. Buckley, on SMITHVILLE SOUTH A letter has been received at this office, which has been re-written and printed as follows. The correspondent expects too much evidently from the newly organized fire company, which, had it had an apparatus, would not shirk any duty it would be called upon to perform. The letter follows: Dear Editor: The firemen are dead slow in Smithville South. There was a house on fire about 8 a. m. Monday and there was not a fireman to it, so I think they had better organize a com pany of women for there w^re seven of them turned out. If they had had the hose they would have put the fire out, as they didn’t it burnt just the same. Nov. 30. 1908. Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Oscar MacMillan Buck, B. D., Pastor. Sunday Services—Preaching service, 10.30 a. m .; Sunday School, 2.30 p. m.; Epworth League. 7.00 p. m .; preaching service. 7.30 p. ro.; prayer meetings, Thursday; Ladies’ Aid Society, Wednesday. ,-v Special services in the Church this . week and next, except Saturdays, sites are described ranging in price i Spcakers thig week. Tuesday, Rev. from $7347 to $8600 and an inspection I H. W. Munson of Hempstead; Thurs- by taxpayers is asked for. : dayi Rev_ F, A Scofield of New YroR- . ! City; Sunday, Rev. Edward Cunning- The concert by the Singing Society ham ()f Brooklyn. At the other ser- Wood and the Herald much success, ! lots of excitement, and plenty of , money. A circular has been distributed i broadcast throughout Freeport signed Bayviewites, calling the attention of ! taxpayers to the Bay View section of ; Freeport and pleading for an equal distance between school buildings in They have broken ground for the order to provide for the fast growing sections south of the track. Four iL jewels and dresses. j the^/enn^Orch^^a^tinik^lto^ea^er-! Q0re’. Wednesday evening. Dec. 8, 'i>8. The Epworth League of the M. E. ; ship of M. Stock, concert master of the ! Uancing tlckttL l _ _ Church, on next Thursday evening in Royal Opera of Copenhagen, the Sunday School Chapel will present j Tickets are 50 cents £each; dancing the 3 act farce entitled \The Blunder-; will follow without additional assess ing Mr, Browo” ; tickets 35c. i ment. i - Mr. Gerhold, formerly of Rockville i The new steel and brick ice plant of Centre, will open on Saturday Dec. j the Welz and Zerwick Brewing Co. at 5th, a grocery store and lunch room in ! Amityville is about completed at a cost the store which he has leased from | of nearly $60,000, including machinery. John It. Seaman on Grand Ave. near It will have a daily output of thirty the depot. tons. The management is under Henry Ploch, who has given much satisfaction The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the S. S. ■1 l>' The children of Tredwell D. Smith, i to those served by him and the affairs Stella, Florence and Clifford, have ! of the company are in excellent shape, rented the flat over Scott’s Drug Store | on Grand Ave. Beginning next Friday and continu ing through the Winter regular dances will be given at Seaman's Hall, Bald win, starting at 8.30 p. m., Fridays. Admission 25c. These are to be the regular dances gotten up by the young people of Baldwin and vicinity. ROOSEVELT Bicycle thieves busy again in Massa pequa. Henry Kitcherer is minus a wheel which was stolen this week from in front of Pennell’s Hotel in that sec tion. On Thanksgiving Eve, Sa<nuel Self of Bellmore, L. I., was married to Mrs. Grace Livingston of the same place, by the Rev. Chas. E. Edwards, j at his home in this village ; the happy j couple expect to spend about two j neni weeks here. Over in old Flushing the volunteer firemen have been replaced by the paid department of the City of New York, who will hereafter assume at all fires in that section. The going out of the \volys” was celebrated by a parade and banquet which marked the passing of the old and the coming of the new. - , . Under the able management of the kind of a building from a poultry house ; officerg and trustees the fire company to a theatre building. have placed the organization upon a They insist up in Roosevelt, that S h te ! ----- ----------- Jhe'r t0Wn jf th,f.only’ °.n ^ a\d P°mt abouts, with a chemical engine and a opera chair variety, with plenty of , o the new dwellings going up to prove j h o o k a n d la(j(1er a tug ea n d a new room for each person. that the place is growing faster each , a(]ditjon to the fire haU ig bei finjsh. Electric lights and steam heat with week, and the trolley runs every half e(1 Davjd Greaves ig foreman. The proper ventilation, will insure a com- hour, fortable place for the amusement lov- • , ing public who will be able to enjoy Brooklyn daily attributes the recent here in comfort, a carefully selected weddings and anouncements of engage- vaudeville performance. ' ments to its being leap year but this is Arrangements to present the latest | nonsense for when a Long Island moving pictures with popular subjects and the newest illustrated songs in'ad dition to the vaudeville part of the pro gram are being perfected. The new theatre will be of the kind known as the family theatre, catering to those who wish to enjoy a good clean 6how without any objectionable fea tures surrounding the place. Owing to the reputation of Mr. Sig- mond for “ doing things right” the suc cess of his new venture is practically assured. trustees are J. W. Birch, Reed Mid- mer, and D. Harrison. There are over forty members on the rolls. New Stam p s D e fective. maiden decides on any particular young i de^e; ^ ' a a i.8sn,e. of two cent man. she has a peculiar way, all h e r sta^ P s-.200-.009-v001ot which have been own. of letting him know ihat he longs to her, and the leap year part of it was at first thought that thfise stamps it is entirely forgotten, and she don’t | WOnM have to be retired. The post- propose either. Archer, B. Wallace has been in Washington D. C. this week to ar range for the accommodation of the Bug House Hose Company, which or ganization will take part in the inau gural celebraion. 3 post master-general has decided otherwise. The new stamps it appears, do7not con form to a provision of the universal postal convention in that the value o: denomination is expressed in leth rs in stead of in finnres. The posi master-general has ruled that this provision is suggestive rather than obligatory. The pushmobile race attracted a very large crowd of enthusiastic spectators in this v illage Thankgsiving moming.g A purse of 76 cents was made up for first prize, one of 60 cents for second prize and one of 26 cents for third. The cars were started one minute apart, seven being started, No. 4 first. No. 7 second. No. 8 third. No. 9 fourth, No. 11 fifth, No. 14 sixth, and No. 16 seventh. No. 8 won first prize, time 8 minutes 32 seconds, team, Herbert Van Dusen and John Bier; No. 4 won second prize, time, 9 minutes, team, Frank Merritt and Clarence Chapman; No. 9 won third prize, time 9 minutes 12 seconds, team, Arthur Wood and Harry Smith; course one mile; start er, Eugene Eldridge; timers, Frank A. Wood and Chas. Edwards. Thursday, Dec. 10th the Wa Wa Boat Club will give their dance in Firemen’s Hall. There will also be a drawing for a sharpie. Dr. W. G. Smith Dr. W. G. Smith lias located perma- ;ntly in Freeport, with office and resi dence at 62 W. Merrick Road for tho practise of dentistry. Dr. Smith sold his office in Carthage, N. Y., where for V11AVO A l l U l t i m o , -A-v. TV twenty years he had the leading tise, to locate on Long Island, pai escape the severity of the northern win prap- ;ly to ters, but move because ho believes in the future of this locality. He is a member Of the Jefferson Conn % ] Dietrict Dental Society and also the Fifth ‘ety ;ye On the occasion of his departure the Dental Soci of N. Y. State. Jefferson Co. Dental Society, of which organization Dr. Smith is an ex-Pi eei- dent, tendered him a banquet at the Hotel Elmhurst at which fifteen of bis professional brethren from Lewis and Jefferson Counties were present. The Cartilage Club, of which Dr. Smith was a charter member and many years a director, also gave Dr. and Mrs. Smith a farewell reception. SEATORD Mrs. Geo. Fieseler and Mrs. Gus Baldwin were guests of their sister, Mrs. Chas. Seaman, during Thanks- giving week. . . A surprise party was tendere his Samuel Seaman by his friends at home, Monday evening, Nov. 30. It was his birthday and his friends pre sented him with a number of presents. Dancing and refreshments were enjoy ed. The party broke up at a la';e hour. Miss Adeline Perkin spent Thanks giving with her sister, Miss Mary Per kin. Work on the new school building is being delayed on account of not being able to obtain readily the needed ma terial. Mrs. James Moore is on the sick list. Miss Hattie Woods and Mrs. Charles Colvin spent Saturday in the city. Mrs. Joseph Garra, who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary Um- hauer, has returned to her home in the city. Miss Catherine Stephenson spent her Thanksgiving vacation in Brooklyn as the guest of Mrs. V. McGlincey. Mr. James Moore and Mr. Samuel Hunter attended a smoker in Freeport last, Saturday evening. The next meeting of the Bellmore Catholic Club will be held at the home of Mr. Zeiner. .1 m '■'J$ Mr. and Mrs. ,Edward Seaman cel ebrated the 15th anniversary of their wedding at their home Wednesday. May they celebrate many more such | Wednesday and Thursday, which was anniversaries. ' ' ° B*ar,\ A The following pupils were perfect in attendance during the month of No vember : Primary Department—Alfred Heck- er, Arthur Keiper, Ernest Corse, Charles Smith, Erwin von der Heydt, Frank Waring, Leon Jackson, Magaret Morrison, Katie Morrison, Helen Bopp, Ruth Bopp, Annie Beyerle, Jennie Bey- erle, Bertha Carman,‘Della Mott, Ma- rie Rath, Florence Baldwin, Jack Mur phy. Willie Pettit, Lorenzo Carmen, Fred Hodgson, Howard Schneider, Frank Colvin. The performance and dance at Y. M. j intermediate Department — George t. C Building the 16th is for the bene-1 Morrison, Edith Baldwin, Margaret fit of Mi|.ton Updiko, who recently was . Kreuzwieser, Emma Miller, Elsie a heavy loser by fire here. ; Smith, Inez Roberts. I Grammar Department— Mary Mur- The Radies’ Aid oP the M. E. Church phy, Gladys Self, Raymond Smith, held their annual two-days fair! Kenneth Smith, Wilfrid von der Heydt. Engagement of Miss Edna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Seaman, one of the popular joung ladies of this sec tion, and George McKay,\ is announced. The wedding is to take place in June. The dance under the auspices of the Freeport Band, Saturday, was a suc cess and enjoyed by many. Two more new houses started this week and a new comer in town in the person pf Chas. Whaley of Pinelawn, who has rented E. D. Seabury’s new house on Cottage Place. voted a success from the start. A good crowd was on hand to buy every thing in sight. t resident here, accident while ROCKVILLE CENTRE 1 The Young Peoples’ Society of the M. P.\ Church have their oyster supp to-night in .the Chtrch Hall. ■ 1 '' ; W ,:.; The Ladies’ Circle, Thursday, hav D. Clinton James, met with a serious walking in his sleep, Saturday night. HeMell down stairs, injuring his head and left arm. Seven stitches were planned a New England supper at taken in bis head. At last accounts he Baptist Church, was improving. He had a narrow es cape, though. You never see a merchant fall Who’s truly wise. The secret is no lengthy tale: Just advertise.-—Ex. . ..L * ; .r ■ ~ •*' s Reliance Hose announce their Fa for Dec. 9 and 10 at their hose f The Allied Boards of Tirade of Town of Hempstead have a ■ here to-morrow night. .. . t ■ V :‘S : ' 'r ' . !v . ' . / v- / • ' 7 ■* \ i . ™;I:
