The News of Queens

New York, 1895

Mrs. Harry Miller, of the Hempstead road, presented her husband with a son on Friday.

E. V. Wills and Peter Spatz have been elected members of the council of the American legion of honor.

Miss Mary A. Purner, of the Hempstead road, and Joseph Roneckel, were married on Tuesday in the Catholic church at Elmont.

The new St. Joseph's church is nearing completion, and may be ready for occupancy about the middle of March. It will cost, with the furniture, $5,000.

The engagement is announced of Miss Jennie Griffin, principal of the Creedmoor school, and Mr. Mathew P. Connor, formerly principal of the Queens school.

C. W. Ward, florist, started for Boston on Wednesday to attend the flower show. He took with him 1,000 carnations in bloom for exhibition and competition.

The Pinochle club held their first annual ball at Krummenacker's Hall, Wednesday evening. There was a good attendance, and the affair passed off pleasantly.

Eugene Willis, for some time past agent and telegraph operator at the Roslyn station of the Long Island railroad, has been transfered to the Hempstead station as night agent and operator.

The Rev. Joseph H. Ivy, rector of St. Joseph's church, and Miss Enid Kenyon were married at the Garden City Cathedral Tuesday afternoon, Dean Cox performing the ceremony. Immediately after the Ceremony they started on their bridal tour, stopping first at the residence of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Dr. Miller, in New York, where a wedding dinner was served. They will reside at Queens.

The engagements are announced of Miss Gertrude Suffin, of New York, and Mr. Charles Husson; of Mr. Andrew Brant and Miss Elizabeth Rose, daughter of Charles Rose.

The rifle matches which have been in progress at the Athletic grounds during the past three weeks will be finished today, when there will be an all day shoot. During the shoot full scores have been made by Charles Vogel, J. Hamilton and H. Farrell.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 12.