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No Bennington school bond in March's vote, but maybe later in 2013By Patrick McArdle
STAFF WRITER | February 04,2013BENNINGTON The Bennington School Board decided not to ask voters at town meeting for permission to bond for an addition to the Bennington Elementary School, which had been projected to cost $2.5 million.
However, board members at a meeting last week said they wanted to bring that request to voters at a special meeting this year, possibly as early as May, and the cost of the project is now expected to be closer to $4.6 million or $5.2 million.
The addition to Bennington Elementary, one of three elementary schools in the district, is planned to meet a projected bubble of enrollment growth. If the addition is built, it will add at least five classrooms and some other spaces, depending on what final design is chosen.
Members of the Bennington School Board, like Jackie Prue, continued to show support for the project Thursday but not for the timing of asking for support for a bond in March.
This board has not spent any time educating the community about why we cant send the fifth grade to the (Mount Anthony Union) Middle School, about the cost of tuitioning students to other schools. The community at large doesnt understand why we need the space because a lot of the community that votes doesnt go into the schools. I personally have heard from a bunch of people that they wouldnt vote for it because they dont know anything about it, she said.
Prue suggested the School Board arrange for public meetings and tours of the facilities to explain the need for more space at the Bennington, Molly Stark and Monument elementary schools.
Another board member, George Sleeman, said he didnt think the board had enough time to consider the proposal. Sleeman said he had also heard from voters who said they wouldnt support a bond.
I think its a mistake to warn this as part of our annual meeting, he said.
The School Board spent much of Thursdays meeting looking at preliminary designs explained by Gary Corey of Centerline Architects in Bennington. Corey showed the board four designs, two variations each on two different approaches to the project. The first would primarily add to the schools south side while the second would expand the space along the central core of the existing school and add a connector between Park and School streets.
While discussions going back to the fall had estimated the cost of the project at $2.5 million, the estimates from Centerline ran from $3.3 million, for a plan that School Board members dismissed for accomplishing too little, to $6 million.
The two options for which the School Board members showed the most support were estimated to cost $4.6 million and $5.2 million.
Laurie Cohen, a School Board member, said she believed if the public saw the proposed plans, they would understand why the board is now asking them to consider a lot more than $2.5 million.
According to Richard Pembroke, chief financial officer for the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union, the state is unlikely to provide any of the funding for the project.
If you were to warn this thing right now, it would be with no construction aid, he said.
Prue said she thought the School Board needed to handle the bond process well because theres likely to be another construction project relatively soon to address the facility needs at Molly Stark.
The School Boards next regular meeting is at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Bennington Elementary School. At the meeting, Corey is expected to give them an estimate of when their special meeting would have to be held in order to have enough time to build the addition for the start of the 2014-15 school year.
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Clarkson in 1996: "If the environmentalists ever realise their dreams, you can kiss goodbye to free thought and say hello to the Gestapo or the KGB. Environmentalism is every bit as dangerous as communism or fascism.''
Three cars from 1996
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Feb 19, 2008
New NXT Book
Key Features:
* a how-to guide for programming your robot, using NXT-G and Microsoft VPL
* ten robot-specific projects show how to extend your robot's capabilities beyond the manufacturer's provided software. Examples of projects include:Maze solver,Robot House Builder,Search (obstacle avoidance),Song and Dance Act
* flowcharts and data flow diagrams are used to illustrate how to develop programs
* introduces basic programming structures
* includes a DVD w/ e-text, programming code, and link to accompanying website
If you have any more information on the book, please let us know.
ps. And a note to Syngress: It's LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT - all caps - just a friendly reminder from those of us who have heard from the LEGO legal department in the past ;)
4 comments:
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Obviously a professional author with more than 70 books.
Yet, I've never heard anything about him in connection with the NXT so far.
- Feb 19, 2008, 2:16:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
There's also a description on Elsevier. The part that says "[...] to programs generating some degree of artificial intelligence" sounds rather ambitious (let's see, though, if this promise is really kept in the end - "some degree" leaves a lot of room...).
Apparently not a book for complete NXT beginners and the author seems to have some experience in robotics and writing about it - all things that makes this book project worthwhile for me to keep an eye on it.
- Feb 19, 2008, 2:24:00 AM
- BlueToothKiwi said...
Hopefully the author would see Jim's comment in time before the print run - so he can finalise the title (capitalisation). Or may be it is simply a data entry error on the part of amazon.com.
I think it gets harder and harder for authors to have a unique value proposition, once the conventional idea's for what you can do with NXT, how to program it, and how to hack it have been already covered. I take my hat off to any author without a NXT track record to take on the subject and come up with the book in a relatively crowded market (given the size of the audeince).
- Feb 19, 2008, 6:27:00 AM
Most of his books are electronics specialty books so I'm curious about his NXT background. Anyone know if he was on the MDP or if he participates in Lego discussion groups?
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Jun 19, 2006
Thoughts on Complex Programs...
Speed of the editor is a factor: as a program gets larger, the editor slows down, especially with deeply nested control structures like loops & switches. This has generally limited me to nesting only 4-5 levels deep, although I've gone as deep as 12. Note you can bypass the speed issue somewhat by using MyBlocks, so with proper structuring, this might not be the limiting factor.
Program size can be much larger than I'd like at times: the largest program I've written has 39 blocks, 6 loops, & 1 switch (named "Nesting7.rbt", this is the program that gives JennToo her territorial behavior): this is 2 Mb (!) on my hard drive, but compiles down to 23.5 kb in the NXT. Based on having about 106 kb free memory on the NXT, it would seem you could hold a program of about 200 blocks, loops, and switches. But, I'm sure some blocks are "bigger" than others, and probably getting that big a chunk of contiguous memory is tough, so... I suspect I practical upper limit is around 150 blocks, if there's little else on the NXT itself.
Procedural & representational complexity is pretty good: NXT-G allows three types of variables (integer, logical, and string), a file access system, and "advanced" (over RIS) blocks like compare a value to a range (does the value fall inside or outside a range), or switch on a string value. The lack of arrays is a real problem... but one that can be gotten around in a couple of ways. It lacks string operators (parsing of strings). I've not yet bumped into limits on the number of parallel sequences (tasks) or variables. The fact that you can define your own MyBlocks actually helps a lot here as well: for instance, NXT-G does not contain a Modulo block, so I wrote one, and it was easy and transparent to use (good for kids or adults, but perhaps especially for adults teaching kids). I've done this for negation, trig functions, arrays, etc.
Talking completely off-the-cuff here, I'd say NXT-G is comparable to Robolab, and I've seen some amazing things done in Robolab under what I'd say are tougher constraints. Personally, I suspect the program size may ultimately be the limiting factor: compiled NXT-G programs just seem really large given what I think might be possible at the firmware level. For FLL, I don't think this will be a problem at all (especially as downloading new programs can be done easily and wirelessly, without worrying about IR interferance).
For adults pushing the limits, size may be the factor. Taking a Tic-Tac-Toe playing RCX-based robot and duplicating it on the NXT-G system is going to be very difficult, I think (I've built RCX-based ones, but even there I used NQC; at least on the NXT, I don't have the variable limits thankfully).
Final footnote: this may not be the end state for NXT-G (LEGO released upgrades for the RIS firmware and software over time; hopefully they will do the same here), and there are already third-party offerings (NBC by John Hansen, ROBOT-C by Carnegie Mellon, a Java-based environment from others, etc.) that appear to unlock much more of the power in the platform. Already NBC has clearly shown that NBC NXT programs can be much smaller than their NXT-G counterparts, and John has already been developing for both the PC and Mac communities (thank you!). I've got no worries about having powerful options, only how long I will stay with the "official" NXT-G language. For the RCX, I used Robolab for about 2-3 months before I moved on to NQC... for the NXT, I've not yet begun to tap the potentials of NXT after at least that long. And that's good news.
Brian Davis
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- Jim Kelly said...
What I'm looking forward to is seeing how LEGO uses the "Web Downloads" category in the Custom Palette - what I think we'll start seeing is free downloads for functions that LEGO finds are useful - sine, cosine, modulo, etc... and the ability to share MyBlocks is going to be interesting, too - it may lead to some sort of voting or review for determining who has the best solution for a repeatable event that can be encapsulated inside a MyBlock.
So far, no word on how LEGO will use the "Web Downloads" category, but I keep hoping ...
- Jun 20, 2006, 3:24:00 AM
Speaking of sine, cosine, etc. How do you create NXT-G trig functions? Since trig functions produce decimal fractions, how do you express trig values as integers? (e.g. sine of pi over 4 equals 0.707106 to six decimal places. How is this expressed?) How are trig values calculated? By table lookup? power series? Can you post a picture of one of your trig programs in NXT-G?
- Jun 20, 2006, 4:25:00 AM
May 8th post by Brian "A MyBlock primer (with a side of math)" covered this in detail, sin() specifically.
Archive Link (about 55/60% o the way down)
or use this direct link to the comments part here. (but then you won't see the pictures)
WOW, I wish you could link to a specific post in the archives in this blog environment.
There were comments made a while ago about moving off of blogger -- are those sentiments still active?
- Jun 20, 2006, 5:05:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
As byronczimmer mentioned, I covered some of this in a previous post. Since the NXT doesn't have floating point math, I just use integer math with the result multiplied by 100, or 1000, etc, to signify two or three places to the right of the decimal. As to how to calculate, I've implemented it using both tables as well as power series (somewhat ugly ones, due to the limitations of integer math).
I agree with Jim on the "Web Downloads" stuff as well - this may add a lot of interesting options for the future.
Brian Davis
- Jun 20, 2006, 5:58:00 AM
Thanks byronczimmer and brian davis for pointing me to the examples for doing math. I once worked on a project with a mathematician who developed some numerical algrothims for calculating trig functions. The algorithms converged very rapidly (four or five iterations) and would probably work using integer arithmitic. A factorial MyBlock would probably be necessary. Since the algorithms are based on power series (rather than table lookup), the need to check angle signs would be eliminated if radian angle measure can be used.
An interesting project would be to use triangulation to create an x-y map of the location of several objects. For example the sonar sensor could be used to determine the distance to an object. The robot could be programmed to turn ninty degrees, move a specified distance, and take another distance measurement. The angle to the object, relative to the new location, and the two distances would be sufficient to determine an x-y coordinate location, relative to the robot. The only limit to these sorts of programs would appear to be the program memory size of the NXT.
Incidentally, if you are willing to do a little navigating, a demo verison of LabView is avialable on the National Instruments web site. The LabView IDE can be used to develop such algorithms without the need of a NXT brick.
I'm really looking forward to seeing the software people develop with the NXT-G IDE. It should be pretty interesting!
- Jun 20, 2006, 10:52:00 AM
- Satish said...
I neverwor ked or atleast saw a Lego Mindstorm. But i believe, with the bluetooth feature in NXT, we can integrate a PDA with NXT and override whatever limits are present in NXT-G.
- Jun 20, 2006, 4:19:00 PM
- Brian Davis said...
Bluetooth will allow a lot of interesting solutions - like moving all the "intelligence" of a program off the NXT and into a desktop or laptop computer, using BT to drive the NXT to run motors, read sensors, etc. *BUT*, how does BT control the NXT? It's either got to be via direct commands (this is an availible option - it's how you use things like mobile phone to communicate with teh NXT), or from within NXT-G (at least until other environments come along).
The problem is there are some big drawbacks to this. First is not everybody has that option (a BT equiped PDA and the know-how to hack it), so solutions withing NXT-G are still really good to look for. Second, there's some real time issues with using BT this way. Queing up and sending a BT message, waiting while it's received, interepreted, and then waiting while a return message is qued up, send, and recieved, and then finally acted upon, takes *time*... and for a lot of tasks (line following being a cannonical example), you just don't have the time. By the time the PDA's response comes back, the robot has completely lost the line (I've seen RCX-based line-followers that run more than 1 m/s along a 3/4" black line (they could cross the line completely in about 20 ms). Third, you are still limited by the Bluetooth stack that is built into the NXT... and I'm not sure what limitations that presents as yet.
Brian Davis
- Jun 20, 2006, 10:46:00 PM
Question: Are recursive functions posible in NXT-G? In other words, can a MyBlock be self-referential? That is, can a MyBlock contain itself?
- Jun 23, 2006, 6:17:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
No, it does not seem possible to make recursive MyBlocks. I'm not sure at this point if MyBlocks are the equivilent of in-line functions (duplicating code for eaqch use), limited subroutines (all calls share the same varaibles), or closer to "true" subroutines (each call generates its own varaible stack). I suspect they function as limited subroutines, but I've not tested it yet.
Brian Davis
- Jun 23, 2006, 10:49:00 AM
Computation of Trig Functions
If a high degree of accuracy is not required, and memory space is
limited, then computation provides an alternative to table look up
methods. The following example illustrates this approach for the cosine function.
Given a processor allowing only 16 bit signed integer arithmetic, a fair approximation for os(x), scaled by a multiplier of 1000 is
cos(x) = 1000-(x^2)/7+(x/23)^4
where x is angle in degrees and "^" means exponentiation. For example,
a^4 = aaaa. (This formula is derived from the Taylor series for the cosine function.)
The above formula may be implemented by standard NXT arithmetic blocks
using something like the following algorithm
1. xsqr = x * x
2. xsqr = xsqr / 7
3. x_23 = x / 23
4. result = x_23
5. result = result * x_23
6. repeat step 5 twice (hint: loop twice)
7. result = result - xsqr
8. result = result + 1000
where "*" is multiplication,
"/" division
"-" subtraction
"+" addition
The table below shows the values calculated by the above formula versus the more accurate intrinsic software function.
angle formula software
percent error
0 1000 1000 0
5 997 996 0
10 986 985 0
15 968 966 0
20 943 940 0
25 912 906 1
30 873 866 1
35 826 819 1
40 773 766 1
45 712 707 0
50 659 643 2
55 584 574 1
60 502 500 0
65 413 423 1
70 381 342 4
75 278 259 2
80 167 174 1
85 49 87 4
90 -76 0 8
As you can see, the error tends to increase as we approach 90 degrees.
However if our application involves only mid-range angles, then the
above algorithm provides accuracy to about plus or minus 5%. Perhaps a
person with more mathematical background than I can find further
improvements of trig function computation?
- Jun 25, 2006, 4:00:00 AM
- jeff said...
You can see a block diagram of the cosine algorithm at
The block diagram was done in LabView but should easily implemented in NXT-G.
- Jun 25, 2006, 9:47:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
Good solution! Indeed, this is just the type of solution I tried to implement for things like cos(). But there are a few problems...
Since NXT-G deals with only integers, all the intermediate calculation values are also truncated. To minimize the problem with this, it helps to keep the intermediate results as large as possible without overflowing. So for instance, instead of (x/23)^4, it works better to calculate x^4/279841. For the same reason it's nice to scale the result by the biggest number reasonable.
Another thing that came up when I was doing this was what "best" means. Minimizing the maximum error? Minimizing the sum of the square of the errors at all angles (a least squares fit)? Making sure that the function is continuous over the range of interest? The "right" answer depends critically on what you need the function to do. For my purposes, I used a 4th order polynomial fit that was continuous throughout the range as well at the endpoints, and scaled up by 100,000:
100,000 * cos() =
100,000 - 13 x^2 + x^4 / 12379
Don't think it's the "best"... it's not. But there's a complex tradeoff between what you need it to do, and how you go about doing it, as well as the limits of the language (integer), processor (bits of precision before overflow), and how much accuracy you want and how long you want to take (use a 6th order polynomial if you like, but it'll take more time).
That was a really good analysis, by the way!
Brian Davis
- Jun 25, 2006, 12:04:00 PM


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NEWS OF FREEPORT —and— SURROUNDING TOWNS Nassau County Review FIVE CENTS A COPY YOUR NEWS STANDS Official Paper, Village of Freeport FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1920 VoL XXm, No. 20 ^FREEPORT RICH IN FRATERNAL SPIRIT AJbin N. Jc^uuon Relates the Benefits of Organizations In Freeport Village The following article of the "Boost llhreeport" series comes from the pen Jof Albin N. Johnson, and to a resident fai the village, that has a world of meaning. Probably nobody is more fitted than he to talk on the subject L of "Fraternities" and the article fairly [babbles with the personality of the tan who has won himself the name of -...eing hale and . well met, keen and ^fair, and alwttyn ready to lend a hand 'to those le.ss fortunate than he is. Mr. Johnson has been in the village lai Freeport for over twenty years. At one time he was in the offlce of the South Side Observer and later studied the intricacies of the law with George Wallace. After being admitted to the bar, he was with the Title Guarantee and Tru.'<t Co. As a club member the name of A. N. Johnson appears on the rolls of al¬ most every organization in Freeport. At the present time he is Exalted Rul¬ er of the Elks and much of the social activity i nthe village is due to that j lively lodge. He is active in the Com-1 mercial Travelers Association and thr- i moving apirit of other activities. As Judge John.-ion the police court cap-; tivi's aj-e inatlc receivers of his iustce ' and mercy, or well warranted anger, as the case muy bu. All thng.s in con- | sideration The Review is fortunate in; securing those articles from the men who have written so fra,and the ap- jireciation of itoi readers has already l;;^ manifesU'd itself. OUK FRATERNITIES WINS THREE PRIZES Zella Holoday Brings Honor To Free- port in Eaaay Conteat The 23rd Regiment Armory of Brooklyn was the scene Saturdny p'- ening of the awarding of die prizes for the recent essay contest given un- dtr the direction of the United States Army. Zella Holoday of Public School No. 9 well repre.sentcd Frepport among the prize winners as she won a bronze medal from the Brooklyn Eagle ,a gold inedal from the American Le^fion and J5 in merchandise from Lord .V Tay¬ lor's store. New York. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S, 0. Holo¬ day of 155 Wallace street and will en¬ ter the Freeport High School next year. The progra.ii was in charge of Maj¬ or (rf neral .Samuel f, Stewart and con¬ sisted of selections by the Fort Ham¬ ilton band as well as S'jnjrs and m'.- dresses. . There waa a large attendance of pa¬ rents and school officials anJ over a hundred prizes wP>e distributed. "POLLFGiVENBY H. S. SENIOR CLASS AMERICAN LEGION TO SEEK NEW MEMBEKS Vigorous Nation Wide Drive WiU Start In AU Cities and Towns May 17th The local Post of the Ameriean Le¬ gion is making a strenuous effort to gather into its fold every ex-service man available, who is uot a member of some other post. It had planned a drive some time ago, since which the National Headquarters ordered a spring drive, to begin May 17 and end May 22. This week has been desig¬ nated as . membership week. The whistle will blow on May 17. On that day 9,000 batteries will open simul¬ taneously on the extended front be¬ tween the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. As 9,000 posts of the American Leg¬ ion will go into action on a common ze¬ ro hour. The following is a copy of a letter sent out this week to every man in | Fishel. Freeport and vicinity, not a member of the local Post: AIDS IN DRIVE Elko To Help Salvation Army in Rais¬ ins: Funda for the Work At the last regular meeting of the Elks held Thursday evening, it was voted by the members present to give $500 to the Salvation Army drive that is now in progress and S27.i mere was personally ,sub!cribed at the meeting. The entertainment committee was voted $350 and the much heralded Mystic Order of the B. B. B. B. re¬ ceived the sum of $600 for parapher¬ nalia. It is expected that the Four Bees' fgj, Freeport will blossom forth in regalia that wiil make Joi^eph's coat as inconspicuous COMMnTEi; NAMED VISITS ELLIS ISLAND ON PUBLIC LIBRAR¥i-er.5.VsaT,J;!r»SM.r^!X' Village President Appoints Twenty-four Citizens to Perfect Plans The meeting of the Village Board of Trustees held Wednesday after¬ noon disposed of its routine business the most important of which was the appointment of a committee to act in the matter of a memorial library The following men were appoirited by President Clarence 'DAINTY EXHIBITION AT FREEPORT CLUB Presents Triumph of Grace, Beauty and Color as a gold bar during the late war. | A. Edwards: Samuel R. Smith, chair- A commklee was also formed to (man; Phoebe A. Scholey, Edward S. aid the Salvation Army in Freepjrt and vicinity in ita drive. E. B. Cloud is chiiirman ,a?.sistcd by George Hoff¬ man, G. E. Wheeler, P. S, Beck, E. A Rice, G. A. Zimmerman, G. B Leo Schloss, A. B. Wallace and Keogh, Alfred T. Davison, Hiram Ii. Smith, Elvin N. Edwards, Richard Sixty-two members of the Civics iQ^^^ ^f jjji^ Doerflinger Class of the Freeport High School | were taken to Ellis Island Wednes- ' day for an instructional outing by i Archer B. Wallace t-f Freeport. ! " The party left town early in the , '^" exhibition of dancing was given morning and were first taken to the • by the pupils of Miss Lilian Doerfling- Aquarium at Battery Park, New er at the Freeport Club Monday ev- ^,",'¦''•1 f^T V^*""*-" '^^^' P™'^'^''e<\, t° ening. The hall was well, filled vnih Ellis Island where arrangenients had , ,,. , * . j u . been made with the Commissioner to "''atives and friends who were enter- have them see the inner workings of tamed with a dainty program that was the first steps thut are necessary to ' fa.scinating from start to finish. The niakc an American out of the product j exhibition embodied the work of Miss ff another land. 'i-. a- , • .1. . . Mr. Wallace is thoroughly familiar , ^°*"'"'">'''^'-'l"""*^ the past season and with the methods of the Immigration | was a triumph for her. She was as- Departineiit and talkeil to the High sisted by Ruth Mack at the piano, who L^^'Mla.".^'^T"L^'^^'' "«^'i": °°"-! a "'¦«¦ ">eaning of the much flaunted It was chi OUR CIRCULATION RAPIDLY INCREASING At the meeting of April 28 it was voted that the committee should be Play With a Meaning Well Staged and Acted By Com¬ petent Student Cast Tile spring drive thruoghout the na¬ tion begins May 17. This Post had planned its drive sooner, and hence f« iSa^f^i''Sey1i,X'£t|'I^ree County Papers Giving-ompo^rV^ren^^r^but'l^it'^wa: tee, arier a careiui burvey, nnns inai 11 j »i e • T 'amended to read, "that the president your name is missing ironi our ros-, Uflexcelied INews berviCe lo "is hereby empowered to appoint a com- ''^'¦- I the People of Nassau mittee of any number of citizens of the We have at present over SOO paid up j . .Village of Freeport as in his judg- members, which makes us the larg- in,p,,rtant changes in the'newspa-1 "'^"^ seems proper." est post in Nassau County. At pres-. ' p"""." ...^ f^iu.v I ^^^ <^'-'<^ f'"" lai-mg sidewalks was ent we meet in humble quarters of the , Per held in Nassau County are follow-j ,^^^.^^.^^^^^,1 fr^,,, jr, j^ jjq ^^^ p^j.,,^. aid Mackay, Arthur Frank, John M. "Mt-itin Harrington, Sidney H. Swezey, Henry tliey v^re one hundred per cent An Barasch, Fred S. Howell, Harold B, i^ans and had never been material for Smith, James K. Sutphin, Smith F.; th Pearsall, I ^ By Albin N. Johnson Speaking generally, there ure some j unique spirits, who, serenely compla- ; cent in their own unconscious conceit,: aimitH^he importanc^i and uplifting in- ¦ fluence of present day fraternities and yet ask: "Why should I join?" Usu¬ ally such persons are recognized at their true value, which ia considera¬ bly less than the estimate they place upon themselves, and there is no real incentive to waste any effort in secur¬ ing their membership. Others, with greater wisdom, less ingrained selfi.shness, and a stronger desire to be of some use to their day and gcnerntion, appreciate that in joining a modern fraternity a mem Ver receives, as it were, the chisel abil¬ ity and the mallet opportunity with which to carve out of the marble time an enduring monument in the hearts ot men, such a member brings forth. Wow by blow, a thought, a deed, a! habit, a character, a destiny, until at i laat all the world beholds: I Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co., on ; ing quiekly on the heels of the con- I Church street, just north of Merrick | solidation of the three principal pa- ,ioad, Freeport, but we are pl^wit.inn | ^j. ^^^¦ ¦ "e",pstead In-;«' to have our own club house and every I ' . ., ^ " . ¦ irranted ! ex-service man must co-operate with , nu.rer. Nassau County Review and ^ Permission for the block party I us, in order to insure the realization 1 South Side Observer, which are being j ^,\^y 22 was also graiitfd. 'nii'ltint;-" process TO BE WEDDED THE LAST OF MAY come Bride of New Jersey Man At Her Home Mrs. Charles Reitmeyer asked per¬ mission to hold a tag day for the ben¬ efit of the Salvation Army, which was of our ambitions. The County Execu¬ tive Committee has slojiped issuing eliiirters, as it favors strong, central- 'y located posts, insteiul of weak, scat¬ tered ones. Therefore, it y.iu are not' new owner took over the Inquirer and a Freeporter, and our post is readily ; Review their circulation started to accessible, come and join us. published under the ownership and direction of James E. Stiles. The very first week in which the Until we get our own club house^ "^.j, to show a substantial increase in we plan to use the Elks Club at Free- . , ,. , , , , , port for at least one meeting every 1 ^•"¦<="'.'''t"?" .e-""!^ week. Last w.-ek the I month, when we will have speakers of I combined increase shown hy the The contract for police unil'ori - was awarded to a local dealer, Isaac Miller, for $42.50 per uniform. Two hundred dollars was voted the fire de¬ partment for Lard iind Chief \V'iIli:iPis presented bids fur a chief's automo- increa.se. and each paper has contin-1 bile which were referred to the Fire repute address us. Col. Theodore Roosevelt has promis(# to visit us and will be invit"d to do so shortly after the completion of the present mem¬ bership drive. • Council with power to act. The police were instructed to en¬ force the ordinance about disphiyinjc merchandise on the street. The tnxi companies are to be instructed to (iie a list of their charges within ten days as complaints have been made about their prices to strangers in town. Hempstead Inquirer and the Nassau County Review in Freeport, was 500 cojiie?. The South Side Obsrever has maintained 'its total circuilation in spite of the fact that it has curtailed ", , ^ its territory in the interest of the Be tair with us. We want to know | ^ther two papers. In the territory of which the Observer is now confining '*' !°'':l."*:3L.'i?5.!'^'!rf?lP'^!!!i Hatfield car Is On Exhibit where you stand. If you are a mem ber of some other post, please write on the enclosed card the name and ad¬ dress of same, and whether you will I beconie an associate member of our I post. If you do not belong to any ! post, and will join us, send in the en- I closed application card, and the treas- ' urer will bill you for the dues. If you ' do not want to join any post of the I Legion, please so state, giving your j reasons concisely, if you wish, We have made the dues as low as NEW AUTO IN TOWN ^: DOROTHY GOULD Who Played "Polly" The Senior play, "Polly," given by , . . . , ¦ Ithe 1920 class of the Freeport High. A mau, with upright spirit, cultured | School Friday afternoon, evening, and; is permitted, namely $3.50 per year mind, j Saturday evening, was one of the best j which includes your subscription to A soul In love with all mankind, ' that has ever been staged in the vil- the American Legion Weekly. Who never stoops to gain his end j lage, and it packed the assembly room ' We ha<l the best bowling team in And blesses both his foe and friend." 1 of the school building with appreci-i the county and having taken over the t^'^^r^e a^trtorfrrif M-.^act?s'l^d acS^l::! "^ ''' ^^"- Sl'-itTs ITt pl^edi^t t^^SIl t^n^a^'S^Si^t^JulZilr^^-^'^'^^^^nt.y;^^ responsible for lead in the great national game this Xr brothers of distant place, be-l'he "l'^"!",*^ ^"^°"t^' '"'""'"s; action otj summer Centre and immediate vicinity, its circulation has increased materially. Its Rockville Centre circulation has Local Garage shown a particularly healthy incre.se ! p^lSnt ^Ito^^biircirS'S ThKs increase in circulation is due | h^g recently taken over and'openeu directly to the improved news facih-1 the New Palace Garage on Merr ck ties which 1^3 being provuied for the ^oad, has fitted out a beautiful show ianist of New York, who the intermissions. Idren's night! It was Pot" and a glad feeling that fairyland, for never have such exqui-^- ite little creatures of grace been seen aniong mortals! It was a nitrht of beauty and color, that left or..' witn the sense of having peeketl inio the land that lies over where the Sand -Mall lives, where tiny tots go to romp and play during the long hours ol' the night. 1 The exhibition opened with a series Harriet R. Rosenstein Will Be-' °J,|;S;;X^,^^pi"\^-,"^."°J ^^ a wreath vt green around her fore¬ head. It was merely a forerunner of the grace that was to come, for the second nuinber was ap ensemble of a whole class in "Technique," a rythmic poem of grace. ".Seaslu.'lls" followed, by Sadie Mei- ser and .Margaret We.itcott, Dressed in ilowerd little frocks and hidden un¬ der hotincts they cavorted on a sup¬ posed boach and frolicked with thi? wave:-. Rosali" Simon was next with a Ru ¦- sian folk dance and was dignity and charm personified. A group of eleven ! danced "La Petite Couquette," which Was a Iiicture of white frills and spark¬ ling eye-;. "SwaiH'c River," by Althea Voung, beggars <lescription. A most beauti¬ ful picture of crinoline and pantalettes floated before u» in stately grace, to the measures of he old Souhern melo¬ dy. By this time the audience had be- ^ruti t') reiilir'.e that a master hc.nd was behind the blending of colors, the ar- rHnt.'ing of the dances and the exquis¬ ite charm of the whole program. It had reached a point where adjectives failed to express your reul feelings and "oils" and "ahs" were all that could be heard. "The Spring Dance," by Frances Doerflinger and Mildred Noble was in people of this section. \-,The Observ er. Inquirer and Review are furnish¬ ing a county and town news service which has never been excelled nor equalled, by any newspaper, either weekly or daily. People in thia section are learning from experience that they cannot de¬ pend on any Brooklyn or other city newspapers to furnish them with the news of Nassau County, and they ar> buying in rapidly increasing num room in which he will present to the ; public the Hatfield car. HARRIET R. RO.SEN.STEIN (I'hoto by Glickmanl One of the lust weddings of the | keeping with what had gone before, mouth will take place on North Wai-1 namely, a wonderful exhibition. Lt- lace streei, M«y 30, when Miss Har-, *'« •'^J«f, Doerflinger shared top hon- ,, " , . ¦ , " , T. 1-1 1. .lors of the evening and was truly the Mr. Yengle has considered for .some riel Raylee Rosenstein,' daughter of personification of charm, time the right car to handle and to Mr. and .Mrs. .Abraham Rosenstein of! Ruth Lindsay was a minature ex- recommend to his friends. After a preeport, to Samuel Simon of Clinton-,'.'ifitily |.ainted. A little maid of the careful survey he has selected the ,.. , , bullet in billowy waves of white, who Hatfield as he believes this car will '^¦•'' . , , , ,| danced on her toes and made them appeal to the people of Freeport, who Mi^« Rosenstein is the daughter of_ t^in^i,. "",) ^^o never seemed to will appreciate that it embodies ex- Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Rosenstein of .{(.^cli the floor at all ceptional value and more for the mon-^^"^orth Wallace slreet and belong ey than any car manufactured today, the yovnger set of the villag' The Hatfield carries standard UTOom to b" is the son of Mr " to Th. id Mr: eause it is ktfown that such sojourner kas had to pass the strict scrutiny of: ^"''^^ present. the men in his own locality before he! """"" ¦was admitted within the portals of the fraternity, I By precept and example there is un- | foldej and tniphasizeil by the fratern- i ities to its members sterling princi- j pies and noble conduct and discord and ¦ Tiolence, failure to respect virtues of womavhood and cor^cmpt for the lawj, constitution and flag of country are not countenanced, \ Each member is the piece and his individual touch was | esent. (Continued on Page 2) Now if you don't know what the th bers the local papers which are frivin;; , g^uipi^g^t throughout and has estab- .^"rk Simon of Clinton. N. J. It will .American Legion stands for, come in and find out. Don't be beguiled by idle propaganda. Continue to be 100 per cent. American. I The undersigned committe has Three Sunrtfty Cases of Fast Driving | worked conscientiously. Please co- " I operate with it. I Yours very sincerely, PETER STEPHEN BECK, Chairman. FINED FOR SPEEDING Mdiate Village Court Three cases of speeding came up before Judge Johnson in the Court on Tuesday morning as a result cf nr-1 »v rests made by Officer John Hahn in the This letter will be followed up by encouraged to remain steadfast in the ^ village of Freeport on Sunday, |a vigorous campaign of personal soli- faith of his acceptance. Regard is: Charles Stevens of Putnam avenue, i citation to those who fail to respond kad to the intrinsic rather than extern- Brooklyn, was fined $15, whi •h he i promptly to the letter. «I qualifications of a member. The, p.'.id and was released j ^.^^ j^^^j^^ ^1, j,,;^ ^ ^^^^ sponded to the call, and have not been ly anxious for the betterment of this wonderful country of ours. Freeport has been particularly fort¬ unate as to its fraternities, not only <»¦ to the members belonging thereto 1 but also as to the conspicuous part ivhich they have taken in the village and in the various orders to which they belong. A large part of the re¬ markable growth of this village may really be attributed to this source. Adults are but children of a larger jprowth. They have their serious prob- Tants and cares, ahd tH^ genial sun¬ shine and warmth which they find in j their moments of relaxation amidst the fraternities help greatly to make them contented and happy here in this beautiful village. Spartan Lodge No. 956, of Free and Accepted Masons, started most ausp^ eiously on November 8. 1918, with 86 • charter members, and^now has 178 West Merrick Road and is advancing members. It owns a valuable plot on rapidly in financial resources and in reputation for true Masonic work. To Smith F. Pearsall, its first Master, is due large credit. A brief reference to its officiary will disclose an eVen brighter future. George Wood, of Merrick, a brother of solid qualities and large heart, is Master; John L. (^ Raynor, a ritualist of note, is flanior Wurden; David A, Kennedy, a^^tle- man par exceljlence, ia Junior Wartlen; Ernest W, Ault, of genial qualities and able pen, is Secretary: and John H, Mahnken, prominent in business and civic circles, is Treasurer, and the «Bt of the officers are of equally high grade. Freeport Chapter No. 302 of Royal Arch Masons embraces Freeport and many adjoining villages and in its membership are contained the Mason¬ ic bon ton of such jurisdictions. It was instituted February 18, 1908, and mow has almost thn^o hundred mem* bers, and its work is favorably known tliroughout Long Island and in the city. Its High Priest David A. Ken¬ nedy and Scribe Eme¥t W. Aultf have already b*en mentioned. The Council k complemented and complimented with the addition td Theodore H, i Vooght. who is an able architect prac- t tically as well as specula^vely. Blen- \ < Continued on Pafe 6) released. Gustav( let off with a suspended ser.tence. COMMUNITY CENTRE The Colored Community Centre at ] Henry street and Olive boulevard has been very active in its work of late. Every evening there is something for the betterment of the colored people j in the vicinity, inc'lmUng nursing, | taught by Mrs. St^hl of the Red Cross, sewing and soeijfl pastimes. Services are held every Sunday and! interesting speakers who have a mea¬ sage, are obtained. Furniture of all kinds is needed by the Community Centre and a wagon will call for same A phone call to 343-W is ull that is necessary. LUTHmTtADM INMINSTRELS Performance At Freeport FuU Of Bright Sifyings, Qever Songs and Good Fun The Ladies' Aid Society of the Lutheran Church gave a minstrel show a the Freeport Club Wednesday even- iniC for t_he benefit of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty. The cast was composed entirely of ladies and the exhibition was a splen¬ did success in every way. A liarge audience atended the performance and were generous with well merited ap¬ plause. The decorations of thi° hall were red and whit* and the scheme was carried to the dress of the per¬ formers, who were in white sailor suits and-fid hats with red ties. The end men, pardon, we mean end lad¬ ies, wore distinguishing red coats and the .whole wat a very pretty effect. Everyone did splendidly and the act that composed the second part of the show was most amusing. Perhap:: the best sorgs of the evening were Mrs, Ohrl Miller's clever ''Sipping Cider*Through a Straw;" Misa Marie Kranv's "Fifteen Cents" and Mrs. Al¬ exander Forbes' "Mandy." Lack of space will not permit saying the nice thinga that are deserved by all, but the perfimnance wu a drer, bright, snappy sycces^. em an extensive news service o the highest class. That the consolidation of the thre- local papers should have come at th ¦ psychlogical moment when two Brook lyn newspapers which have made ef forts in the past to cover at least im portant local events ceased to mak ¦ anything more than the most meagr efforts to continue such service is pai ticularly. fortunate for the people o" these sections of Nassau County. The trend of these developments i; the paving of a firm foundation for the coming of a local daily newspaper which will be published for the bene flt of the villages in this section, ani! in, due time the daily will be issuei lished an enviable record for high tire mileage and low gasoline con¬ sumption. It boasts of a Herschell- be a home wedding and the ceiiinony will be perfonved at 5::!0 in the after¬ noon. Following the ceremony, a re Spillman niotor, Borg & Back clutch, i'^'eption will be held at the hous Columbia axles, Sheldon springs. Wil¬ lard battery. Zenith carburetor, Stew¬ art vacuum feed and a host- of other standard equipment. The Cortland Cart & Carriage Co.,. which manufactures the custom huilt bodie.;, has won a reputation for its exceptianti coach work, which is re¬ flected in the body,of the Hattield. The car carries ful lequipment, motor- driven signal, eight-day clock, Stew¬ art-Warner speedometer, front bump-1 er, Boyce motometer anil extra F'ire- j stone 32x4 shoe, tube and rim in roer.; GAS COMPANY CASE ADJOURNED TO MAY 26 HaU of Records in N. Y. City Will Be Scene Of Final Decision On the Rates "iii.frodil Ludy" was a grouji of flvo yellow sprites who logked as though lhcy had pojip^'d out of a woedlanii dell, lo uance amiig the moonbeams on lhe broad floor of a mushroom. The re¬ frain was sung by the other children and it v.as a very pretty number, Rosalie Simon agan won her audi¬ ence in the famous "Scarf Dance" an<l this was followed by one of the pret¬ tiest numbers on the program, the •¦ButtiTJy Dance," In ull colors of the rainbow fourteen butterflies flut¬ tered in the room and aruund the stage, giving every moment the im¬ pression of quivering life that one sees in these tiny morsels. The cos¬ tumes wer- beautiful and the dance as dainty as could be. A "Ballroom Pantomime" took us out of fairyland for a moment an<l and will give the daily news service I ^''^''''u"^^'*,',""''',''""iT "i'" "^V.'.rl- "^"^ to which the territory is entitled |The Hatheld car sells for $lb9o. f RADIO LEAGUE checked off the list. The list is pub-, r:,, . ^^ j r.- lished merely to enable the workers j t>perators Elect Officers and Discuss to approach men not members of the , Their Plans local Post, who failed to respond to " ,. ^ 7"" ^ , . the membersWp committee's letter . Rf ^lo operators of Freeport and Vi¬ and sound them out. ! "i'^'t^ "Tft in the /arage of James , , , .- L 1 L I Asche, Merriek road and Long Beach A special meeting has also been | ^^^^ue, Freeport, on Tuesday, ralledfor Monday, Mayl7, at8;30p.| ^ constitution was then adopted, m., to push the membership campaign. Thomas P. O'Brien, organizer, was Every member of the Post will be urg- temporary chairman, and conducted ed to constitute himself a committee 1 ^he meeting. The following were el- of onetogetanewmembeB. Theslo-lected for six months: Preaident, ^^^fJ u' *«t^°^*«' *u^''^"l'"*^.lJ'^''|Thomas F. O'Brien; vice president Wlllbe: Every Member C^t a Mem-1 Lester Hardy; secretary-treasurer. "*'"• _ Edward O'Brien; chief operators, Rob- The corn'mittee is leaving no stone j ert Johnston unturned to accomplish its purpose and new ideas will also be brought forward as the campaign progresses. SALVATION ARMY WEEK Program Of Events for Drive of May 13th to May 25th The Salvation Army Home Service Appeal will start in Freeport on. May 15 and end May 25th. The drive is the effort of a worthy organization, and who has as its slogan "A Man Is Never Down" and there will be an op¬ portunity for all to help. The fol¬ lowing program will be carried out so far as possible: Mrs. C, A. Reitmeyer is chairman of the movement; Smith F. Peai^all, |b)reasurer, and Leonard Mabee, secre¬ tary. May 14 there will be a call sale ^t the entrance of the Plaza Theatre, Mrs. Charles Raynor, chairman. , Saturday, May IB, Mrs. Jamea Sut¬ phin will have charge of tag day and j May 20-21 and 22 will be the days of { a rummage sale, under the manage-1 ment of Mrs. A. P, Davisson. Satur-1 day; May 22, a block party will bej held on Railroad avenue, Clarence Wil¬ liams, ohairmap. The various organisations will be| represested fcy the following persons: American liegion, Leslie M. RandsH;! Boy Scouts, Cari Hetap; Y. W. CA.. Mrs. J. A. Sutphin and Miss Hanna; • Elka Club. Elden Clood aud George rWhe*T*r; Merriek, Christoffel. .\ board of directors was formed to handle affairs of the club. This board consists of officers and three mem¬ bers: Sinclair Raynor, Donald Wal¬ lace and Sealy Southard. A set was erected in the club room and the Western electric wireless phone at Deal Beach, and a number of commercial and amateur stations listened to. The club meets every Tuesday nigh'. A NOTICEABLE IM¬ PROVEMENT A Review reader who has very kindly noticed a change for the better in the paper, has voiced his appreciation in the following letter. It is the wish ofthe Re¬ view to improve steadily and to give Freeport it's Kome News in a Trufhful and Attractive man¬ ner: "I enclose check for a year's subscription to the Review. Allow me to take this oppor¬ tunity and congratulate yon on the improvement of your paper under the present management. Yours, L. W, NAUGHTON, 178 Whaley St., , Freeport, L. I." Nassaa County Review. May 8th. 1920. b. Sidney, and the plant being located <;o near New York makes possible im mediate deliveries.—Adv. The hearing held before the Publi Service Commission of the fight Freepart and vicinity are, ,. , . ,. ¦ , - -- — making against ifm rate charged by | .^"Jl^;,, f^,''^,f/.°^ and_ one step. Four the question i '*''"^;^''' ^^">t ^hese little wood nymphs ' -ould come among mortals and do the LATE INDICTMENT LeRoy .Matthews Is Arraigned In the Gambling Cases A "late arrival" among those dieted by the Grand Jury as a result!';?n'P8">',.. """ of the raids on alleged gambling hous- ¦ _J^,f ""i™i es in Locust Va'ley last month was LeRoy Matthews, who was arraigned before Vounty Judge Lewis J. Smitii on Monday. Matthews, who was in¬ dicted as "George" Matthews, i-; charged with being a common gam¬ bler. He entered the usual plea o* not guilty and furnished bail in th" amount of $1,000 for his appearanc ¦ for trial in June. the Nassau & Suffoil* County Gas Co was held in Albany Wednesday morn¬ ing. An adjournment was made until .May 2t; at 10:0() a. m., and it will be held in Room 403, Hall uf Records, New York Citv. A. W. Bradley and T. B. Klapper appraised the land hehl b> the gas Hempstead a:id Garden W. K. .Ansell, an boys" in black satin dress suits with top huts, pair(?d with four girls in the modern dances of the ballroom. Francis Doerflinger again charmed in a "French Baby" dance. She was a dainty confection in lavendar and concluded her offering by disappear- i.ng in a hat box. The "Norweginn Mt. March" was an ensemble number in groups of three. Althea Young^was again dazzling company, before Commission. the Piiblii Service VAUDEVILLE AND DANCE AT ELKS WED IN HARTFORD Frederick L. Clark of Fref-port Take Connecticut Bride A wedding of interest to Freeport er.i took place on May 8 when Nancv Mather of Hartford, Conn., and Fred erick Langley Clark of Freeport wen married at the home of the bride. Mrs. Clark is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Arthur Mather of 958 Wind I Entertainment Saturday Open To the Public—Series of Such Evenings Planned 1 The Elks Club will feaure n vaude- j ville and d.iiice at their club hf''se on I Saturday evening to which the public I are invited. Sonne spiendi.l acts have '.been engaged by Archer B. Wal'acc. [the efflcient chairman of the enter¬ tainment committer and the result sor avenue, Hartford, aorf^^Mr. ^Gl^rk j will be as good as it i< po; sible to see is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph >R. j in the city. The following acts have Clark of 164 Pine street, Freeport.' been booked for the occasion: The bride was attended by Miss Lyd-1 Tfie McKinnon Twin Sisters, a fast ia Mather, her sister, and the groom | and snappy singing and dancing tct» by Charles E. Coles. Rev. Mr. Ellis i A. O. Duncan, premier ventriloquist, officiated at the ceremony. 1 who has always been on tiie big time. Miss Lydia Lang, a cotuin of th-' j Fonti and Bonti, a novel insrumental groom, played Men4v'»»ohn'H March act. Elizabeth Mayiie ,original songs, as the music for the wedding. The 1 Al Tyler, a well known comedian, Hor- bride wore white satin in contrast to' ton and La Trisca, the c!ov, n and the expert, appraised the buildings owned ° "^'^''j" ^''kI**?™'," '^J'.^f^^ '" >"'" by the company and foun.l them to be , '^^ .^;'^^ '^ "tu^ *^\*a^''VZ^ *?*^"'" aider the amount testified to by the, ^P-^rifa ^Kn'^^nfKn!^^^^ ship were paired in a "Dutch Dance" and had adorable little blue and white Dutch kiddie costumes. "In the Park " was a group of eight in sailor suits who brought the spirit of the play- ^^rounds to us. Francis Doerflinger in "Dixie" con¬ cluded this wonderful'evening and the entire class, representing a blend of color that was exquisite assetnbled on the stage for the "Star Spangled Ban¬ ner" salute to the flag. It was a triumph for Miss Doer¬ flinger, and on behalf of the mothera present, she was presented with a huge basket of flowers. Flovfers were in evidence all of the evening, as most of th«' dainty dancers were pre¬ sented with bouquets. The complet© cla.-!s of little fairies was as follows: Altbea Young, Ruth Lindsay, Frances Doerflinger, Rosalie Simon, Sadie Mei- ser, Margaret Westcott, Matilda Min¬ ton, Eleanor Winship, N. Rutick. B. Barasch, H. Bartholomew, G. Collins H. De U Fuente, D. Potter, A. M her maid of honor, who wan gowne<l in lavendar georlrette crepe over satin. A reception was held at the home fol¬ lowing the ceremony where a yellow and pink color scheme had been car¬ ried out. Mrs. Clark is well known in Hart¬ ford and i.^ a member of the Sigma Sigma Sorority. Mr. Clark is a Beta Theta Pi of Wesleyan and is connect¬ ed in the production department of the Colt's Firefjins Co. They will make their home at 100 Cleveland ave. nue, Hartford. dull Thii is the fourth of a serieo of high class entertainments that will be staged at the Elks. Supper will be served a la cart« during the evening. FIREMEN'S DINNER The annual dinner of thti Freeport Fire Department, to be held on Sator¬ day, June 6, at the Crystal Lake Hot ise. Freeport Fire Department, with* a bawl, will atend the firemen's tourn- ammti at Greenport on Jane 10. Talley, M. Schaad, D.Smith, I. v'p".' T'T^t:rlT'r''iP %*>»«•. L. Noble, HRST BAP^^CHURCH Dr. Erwiii Dennett Will Fill the Free- o _ port. Pulpit Baotr.VlCIl" ^.nn*". Pa»tor of the i!..*iiU f J*'*^?7^<='«' Brooklyn, has ac¬ cepted the call extended to him by the L^ «n'?**"* 9^?'*^'' "t Freeport and .^^•.^*J?*r J f • "y"-". *ho i., nhL!i *»» Bofhwitk Avenue Baptist «^ r....^ ^^ Dennett bs* bMn connected with the Tabernacle for 27 I years.
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Nassau County Review
Official Paper, Village of Freeport
VoL XXm, No. 20
AJbin N. Jc^uuon Relates the
Benefits of Organizations
In Freeport Village
The following article of the "Boost llhreeport" series comes from the pen Jof Albin N. Johnson, and to a resident fai the village, that has a world of meaning. Probably nobody is more fitted than he to talk on the subject L of "Fraternities" and the article fairly [babbles with the personality of the
tan who has won himself the name of -...eing hale and . well met, keen and ^fair, and alwttyn ready to lend a hand 'to those le.ss fortunate than he is.
Mr. Johnson has been in the village lai Freeport for over twenty years. At one time he was in the offlce of the South Side Observer and later studied the intricacies of the law with George Wallace. After being admitted to the bar, he was with the Title Guarantee and Tru.'
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Sheer lace deep-V neckline dress stretchy smocking at back of waist. Hem is shorter on the sides. Comes with slip dress to wear underneath. Ruffle lace trimming around neckline and sleeve hems.
*100% Viscose
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Measurements:Length in Front: 45"
Length on Sides: 24 3/4"
Bust (all around): 33 1/2"
Waist (all around - relaxed): 24"
Armhole Drop: 8 1/8"
Rated 4.2 out of 5Â by 20 reviewers.
Rated 4 out of 5Â by qu_cumber Spring ready This is a lovely dress! I do agree with other reviewers that it fits better if you have a bigger chest (which I do not) but it still looks lovely. The lace is excellent quality and the built in slip is great. Got a million compliments when a wore it. Definitely a keeper! 3.25.2013
Rated 2 out of 5Â by ChrisMarie Returned. The concept of this dress is amazing. I love the design, the bodice and lace. BUT this dress runs large. I ordered an XS and I've had this problem before with FP where some XS dresses fit perfectly and show off my curves but then there are others where I seem to be swimming in fabric! Unfortunately, I experienced the latter with this dress. I am 5''2 (115lb & 32DD) Since the dress was large, it exposed a lot of cleavage up top and covered down to my ankles down below (definitely not at my knees like on the model). I really wish FP would start sizing all of their dresses by numbers though because it's really a 50/50 whether a dress fits me with an XS and I usually have to buy online since there isn't a store nearby :( 3.21.2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by carole I agree with most of the reviewers Most people have suggested going down a size and I definitely agree. I ordered my usual small and you can't really tell that its too big but it's definitely not as form fitting as it is in the pictures, or as much as I would like it to be in the waist. Also, one reviewer mentioned it was difficult to get on because of the slip being attached to the dress. They must have fixed this issue because mine is attached with snaps so it can be removed and reattached easily. AND the dress is gorgeous. GET IT. 3.14.2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by catv Gorgeous Dress This is my wedding dress for August, 2013 in Montana!! I ordered it right after I saw it, and it was nothing less than perfect. Fits great .. comfortable, yet flattering. The fabric is heavy with quality and the details are perfectly placed. I CAN NOT WAIT to wear this down the isle this summer :)! 3.12.2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by al812 great dress Dress fit great. I am 5'7 130 34DD. I usually wear a size 0 and I wore the XS. I am wearing it for a beach wedding. The lace is stunning and wears well. I am much shorted than the model in the picture so it hits me mid calf. It is stunning and a great price. 3.11.2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by SeeShellGo Love it! This dress is perfect! I'm 5'9" 120 lbs and unlike with other FP dresses, the XS is actually long enough to cover my behind. Wore the ivory with some ankle boots and a cargo jacket and got compliments all day and night on it :) 3.11.2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by vintagecameo1980 Fit is normal Based on other reviews I sized down when ordering this, and I wish I hadn't. It's really tight. My normal size would have fit just fine, so I'm not sure what other reviewers were talking about. So my feedback is to order your normal size. Other than that, I love the dress. You can't tell it's too tight, so I'm going to keep it. I'll just be a tad uncomfortable when wearing it. I'm five foot ten and the length works for me about like it does on the model. It's really pretty and overall I love it. One tips I'd offer is to pull the slip loose at the top where it's attached inside the shoulders. Otherwise it's a pain to get into. The dress is beautiful... I got the pink and I'm planning to wear it with a cropped moto jacket and boots. Otherwise the pink is a little too precious, I think. 3.11.2013
Rated 2 out of 5Â by lautie83 difficult to slip on I must admit, I have trouble with dresses with slips sewn in, I much prefer to get a shear dress, then find my own slip; I had to try it on with the exsisting slip so as not to ruin the dress. Once I finally got it on, I wasn't impressed, it made me look frumpy, partly because it runs large, but also I don't have a bust to fill it out. I think the dress would look great on a curvy woman, like the Marilyn Monroe body type. Not for me. 3.8.2013
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THOUSANDS of punters flocked to Cartmel Races for the course's biggest meeting of the year, spread over three days.
The traditional Bank Holiday Monday event attracted a crowd of 16,000 to watch the seven races.
Jonathan Garratt, Cartmel Racecourse managing director, said the bookies did not fare too badly.
"I think it has been mixed; they have had some favourites going in but I'm sure they have had ups and downs."
Punters successfully backed legendary racer Tony McCoy, who appeared on Monday.
Yesterday, too, proved a rare highlight for racegoers as three Cheltenham Festival horses went on parade for Veterans Day.
Chief Dan George, who is trained just a mile from Cartmel by Jimmy Moffatt, was joined by Mister McGoldrick and Hussard Collonges.
"We have had a lot of people who are on half-term holiday but it's also the day when racing enthusiasts from all over the country come and have their day at Cartmel because the course is slightly less overcrowded," said Mr Garratt.
Meanwhile, a racing steward became the first person to join an exclusive Cartmel 'club'.
Officiating at Saturday's races signalled a landmark for Colin Vickers — it meant he had visited every racecourse in Britain.
Cartmel Racecourse chairman Lord Cavendish presented Mr Vickers with a souvenir badge, which coincided with the launch of an I've Saved The Best Until Last club.
Anyone completing a visit to all Britain's racecourses with a trip to Cartmel will now receive one of the specially-commissioned badges.
Mr Garratt said: "When I came here I was amazed how many people said they had been to every other racecourse before they tasted the unique delights of Cartmel.
"I realised that they were saving the best until last."
ZANY Steven Hall is urging people to vote for him after he performs in front of millions of TV viewers on Britain's Got Talent tonight.
The 53-year-old telecommunications engineer will represent Cumbria when he takes to the stage for the live semi-final with a new dance routine.
Having taken the nation by storm with his eclectic two-minute act, which saw him perform a dance to The Birdy Song, The Macarena and The Twist, he has become an overnight success.
He has gained more than 1.5 million views on YouTube and more than a thousand fans on his official Facebook site.
So, what has he got lined up for the biggest performances of his life tonight?
"It was said: 'How am I going to follow that?' Because the element of surprise has gone," he said.
"So I have taken what everybody said they would expect me to do next and not done it."
Life has changed for the Burneside Amateur Theatrical Society member since he gained three 'yes' votes from Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff, and a standing ovation from the Liverpool crowd.
"It was the second best experience of my life, but I can't tell you the first one," he jokes.
"Since then, it has been so busy I haven't had time to think about it.
"I have been to London several times for interviews and rehearsals."
Having performed in theatres across the Lake District, Steven set up Comedy Showtime two years ago, a five-person act that puts on performances across the region.
From this, a 10-minute dance evolved which came to form the basis of his BGT audition.
If Steven is successful tonight, he will make it through to Saturday's live final.
If victorious in the final, he will perform in front of The Queen at The Royal Variety Performance and win £100,000.
"I am nervous and confident about tonight," he said.
"Nervous because Simon Cowell is back on the show and he is held in such anticipation about what he has thought of the acts that have gone through while he's been away.
"But I am confident of my routine. I'm looking forward to it."


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What is it?
The Exige V6 Cup is Lotus's riposte to the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, an even more stripped-out and razor-edged version of the already extreme Exige. Basically, it's a car that's as happy on the track as it is on the road.
What is it?
The Exige V6 Cup is Lotus's riposte to the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, an even more stripped-out and razor-edged version of the already extreme Exige. Basically, it's a car that's as happy on the track as it is on the road.
Even more hardcore than an Exige?
Yup. This is as extreme as Lotus road cars - and so, by extension, any road cars - get.
So what have they altered?
There's a full roll cage (usefully, and easily, removable), a plumbed-in fire extinguisher, an electrical cut-out switch and four-point harness, plus other weight-saving tweaks. The radio and speakers have been removed, along with all the sound deadening and airbags. And then Lotus adds in a lightweight seat.
Net result? The Cup is a massive 60kg lighter than the standard Exige - which was hardly the John Candy of the car world.
And does it look very different?
A bit. There are a couple of Union Jack flags on the rear wing, plus a few splashes of matt black paint and a V6 Cup sticker on the side sills. Inside, you get 'V6 Cup' embroidered on the dash.
So can I actually go racing in it?
Yes. Although the Cup is road legal, it's also eligible for loads of motor racing all over the world, from the UK to China. Basically, all an owner needs to do is pitch up at a circuit, stick a couple of race numbers on the door panels, and then hit the track.
Is it good on the track?
Just a bit. The whole thing is so communicative and responsive that it almost gives you a headache because it's sending so much information back to you.
And the supercharged V6 is brilliant. Although it has the same power and torque as the Exige S road car (345bhp and 295lb ft), the weight loss and lack of sound deadening makes the engine feel and sound much more urgent.
The Cup also has four-stage traction control (tour, sport, race and off), and the car actively learns grip levels. This means that the first damp corner might be a little wayward while the car figures out how much torque you need, but the next one is as smooth as treacle. It's all about assistance, not hindrance.
And on-road?
All the excellence gets a bit tiring. The steering spends so much time chattering to you that, when you're pottering on the motorway, you'd like it to hush up for a while, making this is very much a second car. It's not relaxing to drive because the Cup dives and follows the camber a lot, while the road noise is also all-consuming - far more so than on the standard Exige.
That said, it rides very similarly to the standard Exige. Sharp bumps are a bit stiffer, but the way the Cup flows over longer undulations is impressively comfortable.
So should I bother?
Let's face it, you don't buy the standard Exige for its massage seats and soothing nature. In which case, you might as well go the whole hog, splash out the roughly £10k extra, and get the Cup. It's compromised, but when did you last drive a Lotus that wasn't?


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The Bachelorette
Holly Durst Cuddles Up to Husband Blake Julian at Her 30th Birthday Party
We have a serious case of Night Fever, and the only prescription is more dancing! And more polyester onesies, but let's not get over zealous.
Bachelor Pad 2 winner Holly (Durst) Julian just celebrated her 30th birthday, and she got the surprise of her life when her hubby, Blake Julian, threw her a '70s-themed roller skating party! Holly busted all kinds of moves (while wearing a hilarious outfit), and let's just say girl can dance.
Need proof? Just check out this video of Holly getting her groove on with Blake (who's wearing what appears to be a mysterious blonde wig), her best friends and a fleet of random children. OMG, did we just arrive in Funky Town?
And warning, this video features footage of men in pink belly shirts and cut-off denim shorts. Temporary blindness may occur.