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a a a BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, TONE 28, 1922 Flatbush News Page- Community Activities, Personal Items and Features Gravesend Rd. Work Is 0. K'd. By Local Board Grading, Curbing and Flagging to Cost 500-Other Projects Sounding the doom of hogbacked, narrow roadbed of Gravesend Neck Road, the Oceanfront Local Board yesterday approved petitions for grading, curbing and flagging of the old colonial thoroughfare between Avenue and Ocean Ave. The 10-block project, due to be shortly by permanent paving, according to indications, will cost about $13,500, according to estimates.

The section involved! is fic bound from East Flatbush used heavily as a shortcut torale waterfront. The paving of Avenue between Ocean Ave. and Mansfield Place, to cost about. $14,000, was another Flatbush project granted prelimInary authorization. Other projects in the Flatbush section receiving approval of the Oceanfront and Flatbush Boards were: Avenue between Gravesend Ave.

and Dahill Road. Sewer. Avenue from E. 12th St. to Sheepshead Bay Road.

Grade, curb, flag. Avenue from Ocean Ave. to Mansfeld Place, Pave. Avenue from Mansfeld Place to 1 E. 27th St.

Pave. Avenue Z. southeast corner Eimore Place. Sewer basins. Avenue from Shell Road to Ocean Parkway to the rights.

if any, of the South Brooklyn Railway Company. Acquire title. Brown St. from Avenue to T. Sewers.

Ditmas Ave. from E. 98th St. to Rockaway Ave. Pave.

Elmore Place, east side, at a point 567 feet. and west side. at a point 381 feet of Avente O. Sewer basins. Gravesend Neck Road from Ocean Ave.

to Avenue U. Grade, curb. fag. Haring St. from Avenue to U.

Grade, curb. flag where necessary. Hendrickson St. from Flatlands Ave. to Avenue P.

Pave. Jerome south side, opposite center line of Delamere Place. Sewer basin. Mansfield Place, each side, at point 220 feet, north of Avenue Z. Sewer basins.

Quentin Road from W. 5th to W. 6th St Sewer. Van Sicklen west side, about 44 feet north of the point where the northerly building line of Gravesend Neck Road. if extended.

would intersect the westerly curb line of Van Sicklen St. Sewer basin. Village Road, east from Gravesend Neck Road to Village Road South, and W. 1st St. from Village Road East to Avenue X.

Grade sidewalk spaces. curb and fag. West St. between Avenue and Gravesend Neck Road. Sewer.

E. 7th St. from Avenue to Gravesend Neck Road. Pave. E.

9th St. from Avenue to V. Pave. E. 26th St.

from Avenue to a point about 173 feet north of Avenue Z. Pave. 27th St. from Quentin Road to Avenue R. Pave.

E. 51st St. from Fillmore to Flatbush E. 52d St. from Fillmore Ave.

to Avenue Grade, curb. fag E. 53d St. from Avenue to L. Grade.

curb. Aa g. E. 53d each side, at points 283 feet south of Winthrop St. Sewer basins.

F. 63d St. from Avenue to 360 feet southerly. Grade. Amend resolution adopted April 6.

1927. Initiating proceedings to grade, curb, flag, F. 40th St. from Avenue to Foster to read: "Grade, curb. flag and pave E.

40th St. from Avenue to Foster Lenox Road from F. 35th St. to Brooklyn Ave. Grade, curb.

fag. E. 42d St. from Avenue to Foster Ave. Pave.

E. 45th St. from Foster Ave. to FarPagut Road. Grade.

curb. flag. Lincoln High Will Give 470 Diplomas Diplomas will be awarded to 470 graduates of the Abraham Lincoln High School by Dr. Gabriel R. Mason, principal, at exercises on Monday night in the Academy of Music.

The commencement address will be delivered by Supreme Court Justice Meier Steinbrink. Mrs. Sara Malkin, senior grade adviser, will present the graduating class. Student addresses will be given by Elizabeth Tierney, who will speak "Leisure," and George Heitler, who will speak on "Horizons." A musical program will be presented school orchestra and Ernest and George Margolis Bloche will give violin: solos. Flatbush C.ofC.

Moves Against Bankrupt Sales Urges Sponsors Be Required to Register With County Clerk An ordinance requiring operators of temporary stores specializing in "fire" and "bankrupt" sales to file names of individuals corporations sponsoring the establishments the county clerk and alse to post them on the exterior of the stores is being urged by the Flatbush Chamber of Commerce. Executive Secretary Benjamin J. King yesterday appealed to the King Highway Board of Trade, Midwood Merchants' Association and the Flatbush Dependable Merchants for support in the mevement which is aimed not only to drive out the irresponsible retailer but also to expose the manufacturers who are utilizing retail establishments as outlets. Charges Fakes "In the great majority of instances," King told the Flatbush businessmen's groups, "the so-called 'lost our etc. sales are either altogether faked or if legitimate, the original is merchandise heavily padded with acquired stock of inferior quality on which a good profit is realized.

"In other cases, manufacturers are using these stores for emergency sales to realize on surplus merchandise, demoralizing values to the great injury of the legitimate retail trade, on which, under normal conditions, they must depend for their maintenance "Rarely, if ever, do these traders, more properly described as raiders, operate under a bona fide name if a name is displayed at all. The practice has become so general and so barefaced in deceit that it has actually become another form of racketeering, with but few The public is entitled to know with whom it is doing business. King added, and any expedient which will circumvent these "trade buzzards" in a legal manner is "worthy fighting for." The Social Whirl News of Fivents and Personal Notes of Flatbush Communities The wedding of Miss Helen Mrs. William Ethridge Turner William Henry Ulrich, son of took place on Tuesday in terian Church, Glenwood and Argyle Roads. The ceremony was performed by the Rev.

Dr. D. Ernest McCurry, pastor' of the church, who was assisted by the Rev. Edward L. Tibbals, pastor of the Homecrest Presbyterian Church.

bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. C. A. Benort, and Mr. Benort served as best man for Mr.

Ulrich. The bride wore 8 frock of pale blue crepe with hat and shoes to match and carried roses and lillies of the valley. The matron of honor wore peach color and carried 8 bouquet of wild flowers. Entertained Mrs. E.

C. L. Goddard of 771 Westminster Road was among the who were entertained today guests, William P. Earle Jr. at her Summer home at Bellport, L.

I. The guests were leaders of the various Brooklyn units of the League of Women Voters. Mrs. Goddard heads the 2d A. D.

group. Mrs. Earle is Brooklyn chairman for the league. OnVacation Mr. and Mrs.

R. R. Dixon of 123 E. 5th St. are spending their vacation at the Hotel Niagara, Niagara Falls, N.

Y. Go te Cragmere Mr. and Mrs. A. B.

Coleman of Turner, daughter of Mr. and of 2639 Mansfield Place, to Mrs. Marie Ulrich of 462 14th the Wells Memorial Presby- 397 E. 3d St. will go to Cragmere, N.

this weekend to spend their vacation. Named Commander J. Stewart Diem of 738 Kenmore Place was made an honorary commander in the United States Junior Naval Guards on Sunday at the Flag Day service of the Chapin Home, Jamaica. The commission was conferred by the Rev. Clarence J.

Harris of the Washington Heights Universalist Church, Manhattan. Mr. Diem has been an active supporter of the Naval Guards for the past three and a half years. Visiting Mrs. May Mahon of Johnson, is visiting at the her aunt, Mrs.

Mary E. Hemma, of 44 E. 5th St. To Entertain Mr. and Mrs.

John P. Stone of Beacon Beach, N. will entertain members of the Alfred Wilson Post. American Legion, on Sunday at an outing at their home. Monthly Meeting The monthly meeting of the Marine Park Garden Club was held on Monday evening at 2016 E.

36th St. Mrs. C. B. James, president, presided and gave a talk on the flowers which she saw at the Hollis flower show last.

week. Other members gave brief talks on flowers. The Brooklyn Laity Eagle CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO SEND TO THE FLATBUSH PAGE ALL NOTICES OF YOUR SOCIAL ACTIVITY: PARTIES, WEDDINGS, FESTIVALS, BRIDGES, AND ALL MANNER OF SOCIAL DOINGS IN WHICH YOU ARE INTERESTED R. S. V.

P. FLATBUSH SOCIAL EDITOR Garden of a Patriot shown in her garden at 1417 Elmore Place. She is a member soil of the 13 original States. Mrs. Layng Is Proud Of 'Backyard' Park Rocks From 13 Original States of Union and Flowers and Plants of Varied Hue Give Character to Garden of Flatbush Woman Time and thought and den of Mrs.

Charles H. Layng of two years of careful tending its as one that is unusual for a city Mrs. Layng is more than proud of the garden as a whole, but she is especially proud of a few of its outstanding features, the lily pool and the rocks in the rock garden which she assembled from the 13 original States. A member of Daughters of the American Revolution, it was Mrs. Layng's patriotism which prompted her to collect the rocks from the various States.

She secured most of the rocks herself on various motor tours with her husand called upon friends in the States which she had not visited to send her samples of the native rocks. 'Backyard' Park It was Mrs. Layng's ambition to make of this suburban "backyard" something in the nature of the private park and after two years of painstaking application she has finally realized that ambition. of The garden really starts from the street, for a trellis has been built along the garage driveway, which is entirely covered with honey- "I suckle. This leads to the gate of the garden, which is also surrounded with honeysuckle vines.

A large lawn space has been reserved in center of the garden and at the far end is the lily pool and rock garden. The pool is three feet in depth, nine in length and four and onehalf in width. In it are hardy water lilies which bloom in the daytime. A rare tropical water lily with a pink flower blooms at night. Giant goldfish, calico fish and Japanese fantails swim among on the sweet flag, water iris and other water grasses.

The pool is surrounded on three sides by the rock garden. The pool is flanked on either side by two huge lilac bushes and in the back is a tall privet hedge. Roses of Sharon Two Rose of Sharon bushes shtand on either side of the pool and planted along its edge are purple, yellow and white and lavender irises. Another feature of which Mrs. Layng is especially proud is the silver birch, which has been trans- Where Titles patience have gone into the gar1417 Elmore Place, and after owner points to it with pride suburb.

planted from Shelter Island and bends gracefully over the pool. This transplanting, according to Mrs. Layng, is a feat of gardening, for silver birches do not adapt themselves easily to new surroundings. Along the two honeysuckle-covered fences and against the house, Mrs. Layng has planted a variety of flowers which furnish blooms from May to October.

Rambler roses climb trellises against the house. A purple and pink hydrangea flaunts its gay blossoms and under the bush nestle the tiny Sweet Williams. Hollyhocks, pussywillows, chrysanthemums and asters all are to be seen. Her Own Gardener Mrs. Layng cultivates her garden herself except for occasional visits by an expert gardener.

In this way, she says, it gives her greater delight, for she feels that this thing of beauty is of her own making. "I can think of no other hobby which would be more interesting or would give me more joy," she said. "I am an ardent contract bridge fan but I'd much rather spend my time in my garden." Flatbush Group Holds Shore Party A party of about 100 central Flatbush residents officially marked the advent of Summer last night at the annual shore party of the East Midwood Association in the Beau Rivage Hotel, 3154 Emmons on the Sheepshead Bay waterfront. President Solomon S. Leff of the East Midwood group headed the delegation.

A group of Flatbushites sojourning for the Summer at ManHattan Beach joined the party, which ended the association's activities until Fall. Entertainment and dancing followed the shore dinner. Among the club leaders present were: Mr. and Mrs. George Hackenberger.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bard, Mr. and Mrs. Morton Coan, Mr.

and Mrs. J. Weinstein. Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Kuarash, Mr. and Mrs. Moe Goldberg. Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Eckstein. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Price, Mr. and Mrs.

Morris Leff. Are Clouded EPS SHEAD 5 of D. A. R. and the rocks in F.

J. Morton Seeks Vice Commander Post County Legion Frederick J. Morton, commander of the first district of the American Legion in Flatbush, has entered the ring as a candidate for the office of county vice commander of the legion. His name will be presented by delegates from the first district at the 14th annual Kings County American Legion convention, which will be held in the Columbus Club, 1 Prospect Park West, on July 14, 15 and 16. The first district, which comprises the Alfred Wilson, Sergeant Joyce Kilmer, Bill Brown, Floyd Bennett, Canarsie, and in favor First of Cavalry Mr.

Morton, posts, according to an announcement by Embre C. Rogers, past commander of the Sergeant Joyce Kilmer Post. One of Organizers Mr. Morton was one of the organizers of the American Legion in Kings County in 1919 and has been an active worker in legion circles ever since. For the past two years he has been commander-in-chief of the first district in Flatbush, and during that time, according to Mr.

Rogers, the membership of the various posts in the district has increased more than 100 percent. The district has also indorsed the candidacy of Frank J. Irving for county commander and William J. Halloran of the First Cavalry Post as a member of the county executive committee. Embre C.

Rogers was made chairman of the first district convention committee. PLAN BUNCO PARTY The Ladies Auxiliary of the Floyd Bennett Post, American Legion, will hold a bunco party tomorrow night at Memorial Hall, 5102 Avenue N. Mrs. Floyd Bennett was guest of honor on Saturday night when the auxiliary gave a dinner at the Shantung Inn, Kings Highway and E. 14th St.

Arrangements for the affair in charge of M. Baroff, were, G. Moldow, Mrs. L. Jorgenson and Mrs.

Irence Naylor, president, of the auxiliary. COHEN TO SPEAK Assemblyman Albert M. Cohen of the 23d A. D. will address the Young League of Kings County tonight at the Democratic, Flatbush Club, 1576 Ocean Ave.

His subject will be "The Powers of the Assembly." SUFFERS HEART ATTACK Thomas Lockard, 50, of 1422 Avenue was brought to Kings County Hospital shortly before noon yesterday when be was suddenly taken ill with a heart attack at Avenue and Nostrand Ave. He was attended by Dr. Kogan of Coney Island Hospital. EMMONS- Ly A in 1889, followed the route west of its terminus at Hog present boundary of street, margin of 120-foot boulevard, Emmons Ave. Survey Of 1889 Clouds Titles Of Condemned Land Legal Battle Looms Over Frontage Acquired by City for Widening as Present Building Lines Are Shown to Encroach on Original Road By MURRAY Discrepancies of from 5 to lines on Emmons Ave, as laid out when the street was an ominous cloud over titles to city last July for widening purposes, The Eagle learned yesterday.

Borough. President Hesterberg's plans call for widening the bay front thoroughfare from 80 to 120 feet. The improvement, together with a dock construction project, has been held up by a shortage of funds. If the city establishes its claim to portions of the old roadbed now encumbered with fences, porches and in some cases eneire bungalows, the calculations of home owners awaiting awards for loss of property and damages to structures in the new street's path are due for a drastic upset. Property Unmarketable And while the three-score or more a affected property owners are kept, in suspense aas to whether or not the city's law department will fight to sustain its claim to the disputed area, the properties involved in the condemnation proceeding are unmarketable.

It has been estimated that claims will be filed for about $2,000,000. Major Charles W. S. Rague, who handles condemnation cases for the Corporation Counsel's office in Brooklyn, stated yesterday that there is small possibility of the court hearings on the damage claims getting under way before late Fall. Possibly, he said, the law department's impending battle over the Smith-Jay Sts.

widening condemnation, may compel the postponement of the Emmons Ave. case until Spring of 1933. When questioned with regard to his contention on the status of the old road Major Rague said he had not decided the theory under which he would try the claims. Members of the staff were collecting data, taking, photographs until the final claim is filed, he stated, no decision would be announced as to whether the city treat the old avenue as an abandoned road or attempt to establish proof of title to disputed frontage. June 30 Deadline The deadline for claims has been set for June 30, next Thursday, Major Rague said.

The 40-foot widening affects all property on the southside of Emmons between E. 14th St. and Hog Point Creek. From E. 14th eastward the current building line for the south side of the avenue is six feet or more north of the building line as laid out in 1889.

Likewise line on north side is out of the way to the same degree. Porches, fences and small outbuildings encroach on the original street margin on the south side, while the structures on the north are set back on a building line which has been standard for more than 40 years, according to reliable information. Double Dispute Besides the dispute over title to the strip on the south side, which has probably been conveyed and reconveyed, there presents itself the north side a question of title to property although really part of the privately owned abutting lots, has been in constant use as a highway for over 40 years. From Huisman St. to E.

19th fences and bulkheading are as much as 22 feet inside of the old street line, and from Dooley St. to Bedford Ave. as much as half of the 40- foot condemned strip is subject to contest by the city. Between E. 28th St.

and Nostrand in Sheepshead Bay's "millionaires' row," garages, porches and fences protrude beyond the 1889 margin, the difference in the conflicting building lines being about eight feet in this sector. A Real Disaster The real disaster, if the courts adjudge the old roadbed to belong to the city, will fall on the heads of owners on the south side between Coyle and Bragg Sts. Here the old road swerves sharply to the south at an angle of about 30 degrees. The entire 40-foot strip is swallowed up and the road gores bungalow colonies to a point more than 100 feet inside of the existing street line. Five bungalows, in one instance, les within its 80-foot breadth.

Local civic workers, who have been intensely interested in the Emmons Ave. improvement program since the plan's inception, expressed the opinion that they "have nothing to worry about. The title company guarantees our title." Vice President Howard Burdick of the Title Guaranty Trust Company replied as follows to a query As to what his company would do in the event that the city challenged titles guaranteed by them: "If It amounted to $2,000 we might trot out the old checkbook and let the people fight their own claims. If it amounted to 000 we'd probably fight. But if we've pulled a boner on easements we'll pay for it, that's all." Took Easement, The original Emmons Ave.

was legally acquired in 1889, prior to consolidation of the Town of Gravesend with Brooklyn and ultimately with the Greater City. In those days Gravesend acquired only an easement in opening a street. "An easement is tantamount to a fee." one expert advised on this issue. "But." he added "whether or not the courts will decide that abandonment of a part of the easement means the loss of that part, SNYDER 80 feet between the building recognized today and the margins legally opened in 1889 have cast properties condemned by the Merchants Ask Police to Limit Parking Time Urge 45 Minutes Be Made Maximum for Sheepshead Bay Road SO Mrs. Charles H.

Layng her garden she collected from Students Designate Class Celebrities Senior celebrities in the Abraham Lincoln High School have been selected by their clasmates as the most outstanding students in a variety of fields. The celebrities are: George Arezzo, most popular boy. Anits Chasan, most popular girl. George Arezzo, did most for school, Leo Levinthal, most genial. ajck Goidman, cleverest boy.

Edith Goldkind, cleverest girl. Lenny Leader, class pet. Sylvia Moskowitz, most literary girl. Ruth Miller, class poetess. Alex Hatoff, most likely to succeed.

Irving Kaplowitz, class orator. Charlie Hirsch, class politician. Dorothy McBride, girl athlete. Hi Rosen, handsomest boy. Hy Deitch, boy athlete.

Evelyn Gritzman, prettiest girl and class actress. Robert Schiller, class actor. Pearl Jolles, class nightingale. Charlie Pitegoff, class silent one, Girl Scout Troup Receives Awards Observer merit badges have been awarded to members of Girl Scout Troop 83 of St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church, according to an announcement made today.

The following girls received the badges for completing five subjects in nature: Emily Grant Marie Poppinear Doris Crane Elsie Potak Dorothy Dempsey Dorothy Ruck Jean Fain Betty Sergeant Florence Groh Jean Scanion Ruth Hass Carolyn Smith Anita Jaeger Kathleen Smith Betty Lasson Virginia Spellman Marjorie Lasson Lillian Stark Edith Leypoldt Lillian Stephenson Evelyn Mattson Anna Williams Fischner Fayette Faunce Ella Wivigg Mildred Beigh Dorothy Koster Dorothy Ogaard Grace Groh Elin Ogaard" Doris Meyer Unous A. C. Plans To Hold Party The Unous Athletic Club will hold a card party and dance tomorow night in the Mill Inn, Ralph Ave. and Avenue U. Ralph A.

Dowdell, chairman of the committee, will be assisted by Leonard J. Wunder, Frank Bradley, Thomas McColgan, Arthur Hansen, John Carr, Edwad Belford and William Freudig. Members of the Ladies Auxiliary who will assist the committee are Mrs. Anne Gallagher, Mrs. Violet.

Dowdell, Mrs. Frank' J. Bradley, Mrs. Leonard Wunder, Mrs. Tillie Blair and Mrs.

J. McGrath. ATTEND LUNCHEON Members of the Flatbush Auxiliary of the Jewish Sanitarium for Incurables attended a luncheon yesterday at the home of Mrs. Yetta Wishnatski, 2507 Avenue J. Mrs.

Mary Yablonsky assisted Mrs. Wishnatski as hostess. Proceeds of the affair will go into the building fund which has been created toward the of a newly planned sixstory addition to the home at Rutland Road and E. 49th St. Mrs.

Minnie Tullipan is president of the auxiliary, Emmons as laid out of shaded area in section just Point Creek. Line A indicates which will also be northern The Sheepshead Bay Merchants Association, meeting with a committee from the local board of trade last night, voted to appeal to Deputy Police Commissioner Philip D. Hoyt for the establishment of a 45- minute parking limit on Sheepshead Bay Road between Emmons Ave, and E. 14th St. Restriction of parking, the businessmen agreed, will bring increased trade to the local shopping area by providing more opportunity for automobile shoppers to park.

Deputy Commissioner Hoyt will also be asked to order the establishment of bus stations at corners in the local business section. Private vehicles occupy all available space on Sheepshead Bay Road, they asserted, and compel buses to discharge and load passengers in the center of the roadway. This condition is especially inconvenient the station of the Brighton line at E. 15th St. Although the new traffic light at Voorhies Ave, and Sheepshead Bay Road has not been placed in operaI tion the merchants voted approval of its installation.

A request will be submitted for an additional beacon at Jerome Ave. and Sheepshead Bay Road. The merchants later pitched into a lengthy discussion of the home owner aid expected from the proposed bureau of the Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Predictions were pessimistic on the effectiveness of the relief the new home aid fund would provide under its regulation which limits loans to 40 percent of the value of the property involved. The group voted to back the State Mortgage Bank proposal of the Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay, maintaining that home owners seeking mortgage renewals require financing to the extent of at least 50 or 55 percent of value their holdings, inasmuch as that is the average size of first mortgages on homes of the district.

President William Greenwald presided. STRUCK BY AUTO Samuel Winston, 44, of 894 Eastern Parkway was treated for minor injuries yesterday morning by an ambulance surgeon when he was' struck by an automobile operated by Clifford Fountain. 1820 W. 9th at Eastern Parkway and Albany Ave. He suffered lacerations of the fingers and abrasions of the arm and scalp.

He went home after being attended. GARAGE BURNS Fire of unknown origin caused slight damage to a garage owned by Mary Weinstein 1830 Coney Island Ave. at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The blaze was put out in a short time by firemen. or use of a part sustains the claim on the whole, is a moot question." Until the Corporation Counsel issues a statement on his policy in the matter of the disputed roadway, the affected owners are placed in a difficult position.

They can't dispose of their holdings, for with the cloud on their titles, no guarantee is procurable. Mortgage holders will be reluctant to renew, for the line of tention, in some instances, cuts right through the middle of the properties. In these cases the mortgages may exceed the value of the land lying outside of the danger zone. Anticipates Award The owner of a plot with 100 feet of frontage at the foot of Ford St, has advertised his property for sale. He asks $100,000 for the plot, which has a depth of 275 feet, and anticipates an award of $40,000 for the 40 feet, the city has condemned in the widening program.

His mortgages are $30,000 and $24,000, Slightly more than eight feet of his property is in the disputed zone. Should the city establish its title to this feet, this owner will lose percent of the eight, expected award, or $8,000. He has 21 bungalows on his property and if it is shown that these structures encroach upon city land, any claim he may file for damage suffered by the buildings in the course of widening will be greatly reduced. Sufficient notice must be given the title companies that titles have been beclouded in order to enlist their aid in the defense of claims, Line is northern margin of old thoroughfare. indicates southern line of existing street and the place it should have been.

is proposed southern building line with 40 feet added to present thoroughfare. Title to all shaded land between and is in doubt, REDUCE 1 to 3 L.ha. Daily Electrically, Safely, Guaranteed, Any rad Special Summer Rates Ladies Health Institute 2170 Albemarle Road Phones: DEf. 3-1126; BUck. 4-9545.