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» ‘life on the South Sibe is M o rtb living’ SIDE V-i*--— 1 — -— * ------ - —-— --------- - ------ - — — -— — — ■. ------------ --- ----- - -------- — — ' ----------------- ’ ----------------------------- 1 ----------- | For the South Side of L o n g Island A reliab le m e a n s o f c o m m u n ication betw e e n the v illa g e s o f R o c k v ille Centre, B a ld w in , Freeport, R fiosevelt, M errick, B e llm o r e , S m ith v ille South, W a n tagh , S eaford, M a ssapequa and A m ity v ille. Issued W e e k ly , Subscription $ i.o o a Y ear ***“.■ - -------- - -------- - ------ - — - ------ V -1 --------- - — t ------------------ - — — — : ------- - r ............ - ................... - ' ■ ■■ . .... .......... . VOL 2., N U M B E R 2 FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. V., FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1909 PR IC E , 5 CENTS FREEPORT The South Shore Yacht Club will en tertain the South Bay Yacht Club of rP^t-^pgue with boat races and vaude-!lice __ ______________ ___ ville and stag at the club house Aug- pjace(j a ladder yp against the rear of WANTAGH Archer B. Wallace receiving word | Single men won. (This report was i from home that there was a burglar handed us Jand we regret its ommis-; 'sion ,rom 18,1 i8sue- Ed-) 1 . : vo„ secured a complete force of village po- . Dr. W. G. Smith, Dentist, 61 W. Mer- yard tor *b-25- Phone 3'18 Freeport, tf and surrounded his home. Archer ' Road, Freeport; ’Phone 85-R. tf' - ~ , ... Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite will .. ^ . forth to do or die. He came down th e ! C. V. Sprague. u-u n g u e . 163 Wei ne g Assemblyman Wm. G. M;ller g ladder with the burglar in his arms, , P 8 ----------- Hil Beach will sing a selection from planned a trip to Europe. Mrs. Mill-, the marauder proved to be the fam- August. Umhauer, for seven years j EllJah. ______ nraA ,„vn mQa fnrmorlv rnnnprtpfl with 1 crowd warm this winter for he has working young man whose success is tne Deac*1 wnere a very enjoyame aay ored, who was formerly connected witn . , . p, . w .n. rp fipoppvpH was spent. A neat sum was netted by Williams’ livery stable on Main St. given an order to Plumber Wil iam F. deserved. ^ „ the society. Havens is charged with getting some nianHn hit nPw^tnrA^n'xfnfn Emil Schneider, formerly a resident of his employer’s money from the bank, % P * 1 here, will return to this village after The Firemen held a picnic on without waiting to get the necessary ; ‘ • _______ an absence of some years and estab- Wednesday evening, which was well at- s^nature to the checK attending to j The im clasgea of the M. lish an upholstering business. tended. Dancing was enjoyed on a that little detail himself. Sunday School enjoyed their annual! A social to V e W o n the grounds ± Report has reached us of the m ar-! Plcnic and automobile ride Tuesday, of Mr. Samuel Kilpatrick on the even- iven ' m ‘ng pi e riage of June 29th of Miss Ida Gardner The youngsters were taken around the ing of Aug. 3rd, 1909, under the au- K . * _______ . ................................ v!lla.ge on thei,r rideand bkrought J0 the ®Picea of the ladies’ Aid Society of j The ,ar monthl buainesa meet- picmc ground on the church lawn, the Bellmore M. E. Church. There.; of th| fire department will be held where dinner was served and the after- will be on sale aprons, also ice cream next Thursday evening in the truck noon spent in playing games. and cake. house * A cordial invitation is extended to ot July 13th. There are twelve more I cades to be heard from. MERRICK John Seaman has finished his new store end offices near the station, which will be opened as a cafe by a Mrs. Quinn of Freeport. and T. J. Heenan of this village, by Rev. Bissell of the Episcopal Church. The fire department’s new alarm -calls as published in local papers will be tested to-morrow afternoon be tween 4 and 5 p. m. A fireman will be on duty in each fire house in case Here and There in Freeport everyone; come and have a good time. Mrs. Sadie Brown of C, Milton Foreman and party of friends enjoyed a motor trip through there may be a genuine fire alarm sent j the east end of the island Sunday, go- Mrs. S. J. Osborne, Sec’y. Hoboken, N. J., is visiting at the home of Mrs. A. E. Hunt. in. Much interest centers in this test. ing through as far as Greenport and return, making 129 miles in all. an auto trip to Shelter Island Sunday returning the same day to Freeport. Judge Tatem, acting village justice in place of Judge Swezey, had several automobilists before him Sunday for __ exceeding the speed laws. Thomas j ton* D Tuesday. Forbes of this village was a victim, and he pleaded not guilty as did a Mr. Thorpe of Rockville Centre; both were set down for a hearing. In another car was also a Mr. Herman of Rock ville Centre, who paid his $10.00 fine. Those arrested and fined were E. W. Floyd-Jones, Louis Schoonmaker, Her man Veit, Alfred Lobb, Sydney Simms, James Oliver, William Shaw, $10 each. Dr. D. M. Wooley $5; Reg inald Robinson, $25; Blanchard Atkin son, $20. Officers Clarence VanRiper, Walter B. Cozzens, Sylvester Shea, Elmer Raynor, Archer B. Wallace and Fred Hyer were in charge of the course. The Smithville South A. C. will hold Mr. and Mrs. Barth of Brooklyn are a dance and entertainment, with mov- occupying Mr. Benjamin tiulling’s ing pictures, at Kraft’s Grove, Smith- house on Wantagh Avenue. Mrs. Edna Braithwaite Anderson : ville, S°uth- next Thursday night. A ----------- left for her future home in Washing- good time guaranteed. 1 Mr.’1 and Mrs. Peter Avagadro have —r——- been sojourning a few days at High Mrs. Caroline A. Smith, widow of Hill Beach. Smith Cox and party of friends took i .thf late St.eph®r c - Smith died at her krin tn S h o l k p r Ts l „ n H S n n d a v ! late home in this village aged 82 years and two months. She was well known to every old resident of Bellmore and for many miles around, being one of William C. Doncaster has gone on a business trip to Canada. A gasoline stove exploding caused a cottage fire Saturday at Nassau-by-the- S-ea, owned by the cottage company. The cottage next door caught fire but was saved, the other being a total loss. Volunteer's checked the flames from further damage. Communion service and reception of new members will occur a t 10:30 Sun day morning in the First Presbyterian Church. In the evening there will be a praise service devoted to familiar hymns upon which the pastor will make comment. During the pastor’s absence his pul pit will be supplied by the following preachers: Aug. 8, Rev. W. H. Hen- drickaon of Brooklyn ; 15, Rev. Paul H. Greider of Brooklyn ; 22, Rev. J. J. Macdonald of Brooklyn; 29, Rev. P. W. Yarrow of Chicago. Robert Anderson and Roland M. ™ ; The annual school meeting will be Lamb are both enjoying their mid-sum- tne early settlers Here the tuneral held in the school house on Tuesday, mer vacations with their automobiles, services were held trom her home lues. , August 3> a t ejght 0’ciock for the elec- ----------- Rraithma^ko8, tion of two trustees in place of William The old Grove Park, later the Imper- Braithwaite officiating. The inter- c £)oncaster and j 0hn H. Davis, a ial Hotel, is being transformed into a ment was 111 Green eld Gemetery- clerk in place of John T. Cowles, a li- boarding school for boys. \ ,, . iL. i brarian in place of Frank Schorr, and ------------ Many ol the sidewalks in this vil- for the transaction of such other busi- During the recent rains the value of ‘aKe are beautified by trees,/but in ness as rnay properly come before the the large gutter along Main St. was many cases the branches hang down meeti shown; the water running off to the over the sidewalks causing annoyance | ----------- catch pan south of the Merrick Road ° Pedestrians and danger to those Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cowles cele- cleaning up the road in good shape. . ™ ^ wouM h >jp b r a t e . ^ t h e ^ An addition to the Pine St. section ! _, , , , , been receiving the congratulations of will be the handsome new home now in ' . A he roac s lave been gone^ over dur- tbeir friends. Mr. and Mrs. Cowles course of erection for Smith Pearsall i\g the past ie™ weei s 'yith the. rf ult have been deeply interested in every- of the Review. jthat in sor\e Slde roads the weeds have thing that pertains to the welfare of come up stronger than ever and the our vj|]age and have lent their aid to Judge Swezey returns Monday from r,oad bed fu r^ts wbl.ch makes every good cause, and we hope that the 8 - y y 1 d; iving \Ppleasaat and waking out of next twenty-five years will be as happy the question. Why not go over them and pro8peroUS as the twenty-five that again‘ have passed. The Messenger also ex- “ ~ , „ , | tends congratulations. , . There was a meeting of the Board _ _ nected with the power house is not as-, of Trade recently but no report has Q “ c ' u A n k , sistant fireman but fireman in charge reached us as yet; [f it comes to us The Smithville South A. C. will hold of one shift during the day. we’ll print it gladly, for we want to a dan.ce and entertainment, with mov- ~ . . see the Board on its feet and making pictures, at Knift s Grovo, Smith- The Airdome on Grove St. is in sue- good ville South, next Thursday nihgt. A cessful operation every night but Sun- | B his vacation. An error last week in this paper that we correct now: Thomas Chilton con- day, pleasing the crowds who enjoy ville South, next Thursday nihgt. j good time guaranteed. The big Republican outing is sched- the latest in motion pictures and illus- uled for August 18th and all the mem- ra e songs. bers are hoping for better weather than on a previous occassion. The outing will be “ stag” but many of the BALDWIN Miss Reta Bedell and Mr. Harold S. Chase together were the pair who ar ranged to give the village folks some thing to talk about this week, for they decided that they had been sweethearts long enough and that marriage was just the thing. Realizing with lovers’ true intuition that there would be family opposition the young people provided themselves with a license and the necessary w it nesses, and Saturday presented them selves before Rev. Mr. Burgwin of the Hempstead Methodist Church and when they emerged from the parsonage it was Mr. and Mrs. Harold Chase, once and for all time, if you please. Arriv ing in Freeport the Bride informed her aunt, Mrs. Katherine Paff, with whom she had been living, that she was now Mrs. Chase, thereupon Mrs. Paff got up a family council whiclwresulted in the information being given Mrs.Chase that a separation was on at once be tween the newly-weds. Love finds a way. you know, and in a short while Mrs. Chase was over at her husband’s home, having gone via the back-door- over-the-garden-hedge-route to herHar- old. She was followed by the bride’s family but Harold struck an heroic at-* titude with Mrs. Harold in his arms and ordered the followers to desist. They desisted. The bride, safe in her husband’s home, secured a search war rant ahd by this means obtained her clothes from Mrs. Paff, who was in a more agreeable mood by this time and will give BELLMORE .... folks double value Sunday when they gameSi good music, a “ Willmarth” I 'Vltb 8pec™1 attention to the automobile played two games with two different dinner and plenty of fun for all hands. trade- , He has ren?vatfd the place teams ahd won both without much ap- Tickets $1.00 each. i a n d made many pleasing decorations. parent effort. The first game was - ------------ ----------- with a selected team of Freeport play- ‘Lew” VanHorn has left on his reg- ers and they lost to our “ Champs” by ular western trip, hitting only the big At the Town Board meeting Mon day permission was asked to incorpor ate a water company at Baldwin. Those asking for permission included The school is trying for a record at tendance this Sunday. Announcement of the coming picnic will be made. We told you so. Last week we said Miss Gertrude Waterburv from Sau- that we were in for a prize, that is our gerties, N. Y., is a guest of Mr. and i firemen were, and that’s us. Wednes- Mrs. E. T. Southard. day night we got what we were in for; — namely the chief’s fine brass lantern Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Walch and given for the best appearing company daughter have left for Saratoga to at- in the Baldwin firemen’s parade which tend the races. was a part of their four days’ carnival. - -- - Twenty-five of us good looking people Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Smith are spend- j went down and brought home the ing a few days with Mr. Smith’s sis-.(bacon. Cuck-a-doodle-do! Now don’t ter. Mrs. F. W. Walch, Grand and | forget the firemen’s fair on the 2nd Seaman Aves. and 3rd of September. The Fire Department’s carnival In the tennia tournament Saturday his week is bringing Baldwin strong-, between Merrjck and M the ly into the lime-light. Wednesday home force8 were routed severely, 8-2. night the band s first tune was O : Barri the 8ti f def the event But I t ’s Good to Be Here, and that was a h * one gocjall A re_ expressed the sentiments of the big turn contest at Massapequa has been crowd exactly Just at dusk the side arr d for jn the near future, shows and the Midway Pleasantness cut loose with a blaze of lights and a! The Merrick Field Club’s ball team b aze of noise. All kinas of good journeyed to Babylon Saturday and things were to be had and in this we | suffered defeat at the hands of the include too, Coney Island ‘ Hot Dogs, j Babylon team. The score was 10-11. Everybody was there and the firemen We are afraid that no more games will and ladies in charge were working un- be seen on t he home grounds here ow- til late to make it pleasant for all ;ng to the scarcity of funds. Manager hands, and they succeeded. I Frank Wolfe made a commendable at- The parade in which many line tempt to continue throughout the sea appearing companies from nearby vil- j aon but the response to his appeal has lages took part with the local depart- | not been adequate to justify a cbntinu- ment was a fine sight. The judges ance 0f the schedule printed earlier in gave the Freeport Department first the season. The conditions of all small prize, Merrick, second; Oceanside, > p]aces such as Merrick are such that it third and Columbia, fourth. The jun- , ;s imp0ssible almost to support a home ior Odeanside company received first team. If enthusiasm counted for any- prize. Their appearance created much thing in the malter> we have enough favorable comment. Chief Cotte and ;n tbe few fans bere to support the his assistants deserve credit for their 1 pirates. efforts and the entire department re- \ ----------- ceive much praise for this affair. A good sized audience was delighted The Queen will be elected to-morrow Wednesday night at the Parish House night. There are also athletic games ; when Miss Gay Zenola McClaren pre- to be run off to-morrow afternoon. ; Rented “ The Music Master.” Miss Get over to Baldwin to-night or to- McClaren made a great hit with the morrow and enjoy the fun. Don’t mind , critics. Those who have seen David the confetti or the tickler but when in Warfield in his noted play said that the | entertainer represented him to perfec tion. Miss McClaren is a great inter preter. The Men’s Club of the Church j of the Redeemer is to be congratulated . m / : for furnishing our village the oppor- Last Thursday the St. Matthias Sun-; tunities afforded by suqh entertain day School held their outing at High | ements. It is.reported that Miss Mc- Hill Beach. A large number attended j Claren may appear here again under and everybody had a good time. After j the auspices of one of the church so- luncheon at Mr. Killian’s pavillion they cieties in “ The Man From Home,” enjoyed dancing and bathing. the greatest hit of the season in the The Athletic Club is preparing for i H\® of humorous plays. We. hope that another good time next Thursday night jtne repon 18 true’ ____ at Kraft’s Grove, when there will be William Woods jr., our “ Bill,” is about to open an automobile repair shop in Freeport where he will be the agent for the Campbell motor. The Sunday School picnic this year Rome do as the Romans do. SMITHVILLE SOUTH the score of eight to five. Two of the places as far as Denver, Colorado, and incidents of the game were a dandy making Pittsburg the first stop. He thi^e bagger by Ed. Smith, and the reports business conditions excellent G. Byron Lattimer, Alfred T. Davison, smashing blow on Still's right should- and prophesies a good year. “ Lew” William E. Brockhauser, John G. Lush, er while he was at the bat putting ought to know. Robert G. A-nderson, E.Terry Southard him out of the game. The injury was ------------ i and J. Huyler Ellison. It certainly a painful one. The second game was D. H. DeBaun, once a well known looka a? if the village would have with the Bayside A. C. also of Free- resident here is seriously ill at his what has been a necessity for a -ong port. Bellmore allowed the visitors one home in Brooklyn from acute conges- i time« a water company to add to the run and took nine for themselves. > tion of the liver. i i other advantages of the section. Sam Seaman found one of Post’s easy -------------------------------------------- — ----- — ------- ones and immediately started a Mara-i KEITH’S VAUDEVILLE AT ! To-morrow this time a number of our thon of his own around the edges of j FREEPORT local yachtsmen will be on their annual the infield landing home the same af- j since Manager Keith of the Keith- 1 cruise through eastern waters. All ternoon. Harry Merritt was in the proctor circuit has taken charge of the the Southards, Charles, Terry, Fred game first on third and then as pitcher vaudeville entertainments in the Sig- and Ernest, with Nicholas Cunning making good in both positions. Sea- mond 0pera Houae at Freeport only ham, Edward Craft, William Mills, A. man pitched one game after Still s first-class acts have been shown, and Whaley and others, each in their own knockout Frank Roberts was the um- the program for Saturday evening, boat% will sail as far as Bellport. -The pire. Next Sunday s game promises j uiy 3iat, is an exceptionally good one. sloop “ Constance” P class Fred South- to be a hummer for our boys play the Besides nine different moving pictures ard owner, will represent the South Hempstead Field Club. Get down wju include the following high class , Shore Yacht. Club at the second Asso- early and see a good game. acts, direct from Keith’s city theatres: i ciation Races of the South Side Yacht Robert Henry Hodge & Co., in their 1 Racing Association to-morrow at Bell- be dancing, refreshments and Stafford’s Moving Pictures with vaudeville be sides. Wrieth’s orchestra from Baby lon will furnish the music. Everyone promised a good time. .. , j will be held at High Hill Beach on The Athletic Club has purchased ; WedDesd the llth> o{ August. The twelve new gasoline lamps to ight the boats ,eave Merrjck dock o’clock, grove with and ,t is the best lighted , Tjcketa C08tin 25 centg for aH non. and most popular resort of young folks member8 of the 8chool wi„ be on aale for miles around. It is a fact that . . many people attends affairs here from j ^ J Tbofae who deaire to as far as Freeport New members are , a the school will do well to constantly coming ip and all are made , ur6haPae tickets before the morning of welcome. President Cbas. Wood w ill, £he n t h thug )n8uring accomxl^ H. receive applications from all who care | tiona AH are invited to go. Should to join. The application must be ac-; Wednesday be a stormy day, the event compamed by the $1.00 entrance fee ... . . Thursdav and dues are very light. To-night a ]Wl11 take Piace^hursday. regular meeting will be held in the ; The Smithville South A. C. will hold grove and all member^ are invited to a dance and entertainment, with mov- attei|d- ; | ing pictures, at Kratf’s Grove, Smith- Miss May Barton is in the village I V*H® South, next jThursday night A again for the summer. . lTh.e ^ {^\iocratic Out- n*ew sketch, “ His Night Out;” Harry port. “Constance” won the first As- ^ l^st week^w^re ^follow s Three^ and Lp0*8 Stockton, high-class singing sociation race at Say ville July 5th, and p Z Ntb’c ^ S t o S ^ ' t 0\ ;com X Freeport. Fat men a race, Tom row j vaudeville playlet, “ An interrupted re- ers- ladies race. Miss Lillian Bald-! hear8al;,. S«4n and O’Dea, black win. 100 yard dash. Geo. Baldwin. ging^g and dancers; Frank Dale, nplogue and eccentric dancing. Pop ^ . - 4 pricea 60- 35 and 25 ce ii, Otto Payne in his report to the Su pervisors shows a total of i $400.00 turned into the county in fines as the It of the arresting of ' iga> The new chemical engine for the fire company is practically assured. The moving of the building to its’ new site and arranging of funds for the engine have been planned for and we see noth ing to hinder t|ie machine being here long before the snow flies. . Don’t forget the regular school meet ing next Tuesday at 8 p. m., in the school house. s Night bicycle riding on \the side walks is bad enough* but when. the rider shoots through bere without * light and going at top speed be is put down as a nuisance that should be stopped. £ ^ | * and ad- good time guaranteed. The new bridge west* of Heben- j Services at the Church of the Re- streit’s Hotel on the Merrick Road is deemer Sunday, eighth Trinity, at 7.30 finished. It is of concrete and steel! and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Celebration construction and is the work of con- of the Holy Communion at the early tractor Edwin H. Payne, o Wide seats j service and Litany, sermon and cele- on each side are a feature for foot! bration at the 11 o’clock service. Sun- passengers who may be weary. day School meets in the Parish House ----------- at 10 a. m. No lesson is appointed for /M iss Pearl Payne will be in the v il-!the day but the Rector will give an il- lage next week for her vacation. lustrated talk on the “ Blues.” Town Board A petition from Columbia Engine Company of Oceanside was presented to the Town Board Monday, asking that the two companies of Oceanside form a department ahd so .collect the tax from insurance agents. As there are three companies in Oceanside, and as there seems some question whether they would all <^ire to be taken into the department, the Board deferred action, meanwhile consulting counsel as to their rights to consent to such an organization. '• r* A communication was received from airs weights and measures in ’ It in jkJ., ■Kf % Vh PS
