SOUTHSIDE OBSERVER FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 1905
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THE MARRIAGE OF MISS GEORGETTA COMBES, DAU. OF MR. & MRS. JOSEPH COMBES OF ISLIP TO MR. JOHN A. WRIGHT TOOK PLACE ON THURS. EVE OF LAST WEEK. THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY REV. H.B. ROBERTS.
MRS. FRANK BROWER WAS MATRON OF HONOR.
MR. BREWER WAS BESTMAN
WEDDING TOOK PLACE AT BROTHER IN LAW & SISTERS OF BRIDE, MR. & MRS. JEREMIAH BROWER.
RELATIVES MAY EMAIL ME FOR "WEDDING" DETAILS.

SEAFORD:
MISS MAY CONDIT IS VISITING MISS PEARL WALDEN IN BROOKLYN.

RAYMOND VAN NOSTRAND WHO HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL FROM THROAT TROUBLE IS NOW IMPROVING NICELY AND WILL BE AROUND AGAIN SOON.

STEPHEN HAFF'S HORSE ATTACHED TO HIS FISH WAGON, RAN AWAY ON TUES. AM. SERIOUSLY INJURING MR. HAFF, WHO WAS IN THE WAGON AT THE TIME. THE HORSE ESCAPED INJURY, BUT THE WAGON WAS DEMOLISHED.

A PRETTY HOME WEDDING TOOK PLACE ON WED. EVENING LAST AT THE HOME OF MR. AND MR.S FREDERICK E. SEEBER, ON THE NORMAL SCHOOL CAMPUS, CORTLAND NY. WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER MISS NINA DELEVAN SEEBER AND CURTIS MEAD SMITH, OF THIS VILLAGE, WERE MARRIED BY REV.H.E. GURNEY PASTOR OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF THAT PLACE.
FLOWER GIRLS: BESSIE BOWDISH OF CORTLAND BRIDE'S COUSIN AND RUTH MEAGER OF SYRACUSE BRIDE'S NEICE. NO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS MENTIONED BY NAME. SAYS 4 GENERATIONS WERE ON HAND TO WITNESS WEDDING. RELATIVES MAY EMAIL ME FOR WEDDING DETAILS.
NOTE: BRIDE GAVE UP JOB AS NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER TO TAKE ON " THE CARES & RESPONSIBLITIES OF MARRIED LIFE".


INWOOD:

MISS BERTHA BEDELL HAS GONE TO THE CATSKILLS FOR A FEW WEEKS.

ROCKVILLE CENTRE:
MISS MARIE E. WRIGHT IS PREPARED TO RECEIVE HER MUSIC PUPILS AT HER STUDIO CORNER RANDALL AND VILLAGE AVENUES... MR. GEORGE B. ARNOT HAS BEEN ELECTED STATE WARDEN OF THE GRAND COUNCIL JR. O.U.A.M. OF NY STATE. MR. EDWARD LOOMIS AND DAUGHTER OF SAUGERTIES HAVE BEEN VISITING MR. LOOMIS MOTHER HERE. MR. LOOMIS IS EMPLOYED IN A LARGE PAPER MILL AT SAUGERTIES.


BALDWIN:
AUBREY PETTIT HAS SOLD HIS PROPERTY ON CENTRAL AVENUE TO MR. BAVE, OF BROOKLYN, WHO IS NOW OCCUPYING THE PREMISES.

WOODMERE:
MR. O.W. BRIGHT HAS GONE TO NORTH DAKOTA ON A MONTH'S HUNTING TRIP.

MR. S.T. HALSEY REPRESENTED WOODMERE COUNCIL, JR. O.U.A.M. AT THE GRAND COUCINL CONVENTION AT PORT JERVIS THS WEEK.

THE MARRIAGE OF MISS MILDRED MOORE BARCLAY, OF NY, TO MR. S. OAKLEY VANDERPOOL, A LEADING YOUNG BACHELOR OF THE SUMMER COLONY OF THIS VICINITY, WILL TAKE PLAC EON SATUDAY OF NEXT WEEK IN ST. ANDREW'S DUNE CHURCH AT SOUTHAMPTON.

THE BODY OF A DROWNED MAN THAT HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN IN THE WATER ABOUT TEN DAYS, WAS FOUND ON TEH BEACH ADJOINING TH EINLET, LAST SUNDAY BY WILLIAM WANSER, THE LAWERNEC E BEACH BATHING HOUSE KEEPER. JUSTICE DEMOTT AS CORONER, TOOK CHARGE OF THE REMIANS AND ORDERED THE BODY TAKEN TO COMBS MORGUE AT INWOOD FOR EXAMINATION. THE DEAD MAN WAS ABOUT 45 YRS OLD. 5 FT 4 INCHES IN HEIGHT , SMOOTH SHAVEN , BLACK TROUSERS, WHITE SHIRT AND VEST AND SOFT KID SHOES. AND HAD J.C.B. TATTOOED ON HIS ARM. HE WILL BE INTERRED IN ROCKVILLE CEMETERY ON TUESDAY WITH OUT ID.

LYNBROOK:

ABRAMS-SCHIFFMACHER: MISS EDITH MAY ABRAMS, DAUGHTER OF MR. & MRS. RILEY ABRAMS WAS MARRIED TO MR. JOSEPH L. SCHIFFMACHER OF WOODMERE AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRIDES PARENTS, HEMPSTEAD AVENUE  AND WALNUT STREET, LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON, REV. F. W. VARNEY, PASTOR OF THE FIRST M.P. CHURCH OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, OFFICIATING. MISS DAISY SCHIFFMACHER, A SISTER OF THE GROOM , WAS THE BRIDESMAID & MR. CHARLES SCHIFFMACHER JR. WAS THE BEST MAN. ONLY THE IMMEDIATE RELATIVES OF THE HAPPY YOUNG COUPLE WERE PRESENT.FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY A WEDDING BREAKFAST WAS SERVED AFTER WHICH MR. & MRS. SCHIFFMACHER LEFT FOR NIAGARA FALLS, WHERE THEY WILL SPEND A WEEK. UPON THEIR RETURN THEY WILL MAKE THEIR HOME IN BROOKLYN.

ABRAMS-VARNEY- A VERY PRETTY HOME WEDDING WAS THAT OF LAST THURSDAY EVENING AT THE RESIDENCE OF MR. & MRS. SANFORD L. ABRAMS, WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER LEONIA BEATRICE, WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MR. WILLIAM F. VARNEY, ELDEST SON OF REV. F. W. VARNEY PATOR OF THE FIRST M.P. CHURCH OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE. THE BRIDE WAS ATTIRED IN AN ELABORATE COSTUME OF WHITE NET, TRIMMED WITH LIBERTY SATIN RIBBON WAS ATTENDED BY MISS FLORENCE PRESCOTT, OF WOODHAVEN. MR. CHARLES O. VARNEY ACTED AS BEST MAN. THE HOME WAS TASTEFULLY DECORATED WITH PALMS, FERNS, SILAX & FLORAL BALL & ARCH. THE WEDDING MARCH WAS PLAYED BY MISS EDITH VARNEY, SISTER OF THE GROOM. THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY THE GROOMS'S FATHER. A LARGE NUMBER OF USEFULL & VALUABLE PRESENTS WERE RECEIVED BY THE BRIDE. THE HAPPY COUPLE LEFT FRIDAY MORNING FOR A SHORT WEDDING TRIP TO CONN AND WILL MAKE THEIR HOME AT GLEN COVE.

WANTAGH:
MR. & MRS. THOMAS B. SEAMAN ARE SPENDING TWO WEEKS IN MASSACHUSETTS, VISITING FRIENDS.

MISS DELIA FUSSELL & MRS. HELEN ALLEN AND DAUGHTER, MISS RHODA JACKSON, HAVE RETURNED FROM A SOJOURN AT HIGH HILL BEACH.

WILLIAM DONCASTER WHO HAS BEEN ILL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IS GAIN AROUND AND HIS MANY FRIENDS HOPE HE WILL SOON BE COMPLETELY RESTORED TO HEALTH.
RESIDENTS ARE SORRY TO HEAR THAT FRANK SEAMAN, THE OBLIGING HACKMAN, HAS LOST HIS FATHER, WILLIAM R. SEAMAN, WHO EXPIRED IN BROOKLYN ON LABOR DAY.

FREEPORT:

FRANK SEAMAN OF BELLMORE HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION IN JOHN ANDERSON AND SON'S MEAT MARKET.
A YOUNG DAUGHTER ARRIVED AT THE HOME OF MR. & MRS. GEORGE T. VAN RIPER ON SATURDAY EVENING.

HELEN DOROTHEA REUBERT, DAUGHTER OF HENRY REUBERT OF NY DIED LAST FRIDAY AT DUHME'S HOTEL, POINT LOOKOUT OF NEPHRITIS. DECEASED HAD BEEN TAKEN TO POINT LOOKOUT IN HOPES TAHT IT WOULD IMPROVE HER HEALTH, BUT WITHOUT AVAIL. DECEASED WAS IN HER 19TH YR. THE REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO NY ON SATURDAY.  (NOTE: LONG ISLANDERS "REFER" TO MANHATTAN AS NY)

ADAM SCHNEIDER, JR. HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO SHOOT HIMSELF IN THE ARM OF SUNDAY WHILE TAKING HIS GUN, MUZZLE FORWARD FROM A BOAT. THE GUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED, CAUSING AN UGLY WOUND. DR. FLETCHER WAS SUMMONED AND ATTENED TO THE SUFFERE.

YOUNG HENRY GUHL WAS SEVERELY INJURED ON FRIDAY BY RUNNING THE SHARP NOZZLE OF AN OIL CAN THRU HIS FOOT JUST BACK OF HIS TOES. HE STEPPED ON THE CAN WHITE IN A BOAT.

S. R. SMITH AND FAMILY HAVE RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO LEWES BEACH, DELAWARE, IN HIS YACHT NEPONSIT.

MR. AND MRS. J.W. FITZIMMONS HAVE RETURNED FROM THEIR ANNUAL TRIP TO THE WHITE MOUNTAINS

CLYDE C. WALLACE & CLARK SUMNER STARTED ON WEDNESDAY FOR DRAYTON NORTH DAKOTA.

COUNTY DETECTIVE GEORGE D. SMITH & FAMILY ARE SPENDING VACATION THIS WEEK WITH FRIENDS AT SOUTH  NORWALK CONNN.

MR. AND MRS. ERNEST S. RANDALL AND FAMILY MISS ESTELL B. VAN RIPER  AND MISS LENA AND JOHN J. RANDAL JR. STARTED THURSDAY MORNING FOR LEDGEWOOD FARM CAIRO NY.

FRANK WEYANT WITH THE FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF WALL STREET NY WAS IN TOWN THIS WEEK.
MR. WEYANT IS A GRADUATE OF FARMINGTON NORMAL SCHOOL OF MAIN. HE IS NOW TAKING A COURSE IOF LAW IN NY LAW SCHOOL.

CEDARHURST:
MR. EDWARD T. CRAFT IS CONFINED TO HIS HOME BY SEVERE ILLNESS.

MRS. W.S. VANDEWATER HAS GONE TO LAKE MAHOPAC TO SPEND A PART OF SEPTEMEBER.

SARAH A. WIFE OF WILLIAM MOTT DIED AT HER HOME HERE LAST WED. AFTER A PROTRACTED ILLNESS. SHE WAS 64 YEARS OF AGE & HAD LIVED HERE & AT FAR ROCKAWAY ALL HER LIFE. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD ON FRIDAY EVENING AT DECEASED LATE HOME. REV. HENRY MESIER, RECTOR OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, FAR ROCKAWAY OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS ON SATURDAY AT HEWLETTS. DECEASED WAS THE MOTHER OF WILLIAM MOTT & MISS IDA MAY MOTT OF THIS VILLAGE & CHAS. MOTT OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE.

JOHN SIEGEL, OF FRANKLIN SQUARE, WAS DROWNED IN EAST ROCKAWAY CREEK ON SAT. PM. THE BODY WAS FOUND ON SUN. AM. BY PAUL RIKMAR, UPON THE MEADOWS NEAR COMBS COAL DOCK ABOUT A 1/2 MILE FROM WHERE HE WAS DROWNED. ACTING CORONER A.B. WALLACE WAS NOTIFIED & AFTER VIEWING THE BODY ISSUED A BURIAL PERMIT. WHEN THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO FORBELL'S MORGUE AT ROCKVILLE CENTRE. WHERE IT WAS LATER CLAIMED BY HIS FAMILY.  DR. R. CRAIN UPON EXAMINING THE BODY STATED THAT THE DECEASED HAD COME TO HIS DEATH BY DROWNING. THE DECEASED IN COMPANY WITH HIS 10 YR OLD SON & FRANK BALDWIN., OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE HAD STARED LATE ON SAT. TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE BAY LEAVING EAST ROCKAWAY DOCK IN A SMALL ROW BOAT. WHILE ALMOST OPPOSITE ARCHER'S CREEK ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE AWAY SIEGEL LEANED OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT FOR SOME PURPOSE & BEING A HEAVY MAN, THE SMALL BOAT CAPSIZED & ALL 3 OF IT'S OCCUPANTS WHERE THROWN INTO THE WATER. BALDWIN, WHO CAN SWIM BUT A VERY LITTLE, GRABBED THE BOY & AFTER QUITE A STRUGGLE WAS ENABLED TO REACH THE SHORE IN AN EXHAUSTION CONDITION,  NOT WITHSTANDING WHICH HE SWAM BACK AGAIN, LOOKING FOR SIEGEL, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY TRACE OF HIM WHERE UPON HE RETURNED TO SHORE, & WALKING TO THIS VILLAGE GAVE AN ALARM. HE WAS ABT 52 YRS OF AGE, & LEAVES A WIDOW & 11 KIDS. AN INQUEST WILL BE HELD BY ACTING CORONER WALLACE, AT LYNBROOK, ON FRI PM. THE FUNERAL SVC WERE HELD ON WED. PM AT HIS LATE RESIDENCE & INTERMENT WAS MADE IN GREENFIELD. MR. SIEGEL WAS A MEMBER OF ROCKVILLE CENTER LODGE I.O.O F WHICH CONDUCTED A RITUALISTIC SERVICE.
SOUTHSIDE OBSERVER OCT 6, 1905