Woodhaven and Ozone Park News

New York, 1895

John Croatman of Oakly avenue is confined to the house with a severe attack of pneumonia.

A very interesting entertainment was given by the pupils of school No. 1, Woodhaven, Saturday night, at Jenny's hall. The program was a long and attractive one, and was opened by the L'Esperance band which rendered patriotic airs. "What the Brownies Saw in Their Dream" was rendered by the children of the primary department with a chorus, "The Minuet." The lawn tennis drill by the girls was executed with precision. Then came a game of "living checkers" by the boys, half dressed in red and the other half in black. The performance was perfectly done and was a clever piece of drilling. Part two of the program included a series of tableaux entitled "Dream of Fair Women and Brave Men" the whole ending with "Auld Lang Syne" with a chorus, "Trip and Go."

The Rev. R. F. Norton, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Ozone Park, is being sued before Justice Lott by Isaac H. Hartt, a carpenter, for a bill which involves labor only, the defendant furnishing material. Hartt alleges that in the middle of January he made a contract with Parson Norton to build a barn on his property at Far Rockaway for $92.25; part of this amount is for damage done the plaintiff in placing an obstruction in the way of the completion of the work, lasting fifteen days, at $2.50 per day, and that he had received $30 from the defendant in advance of the completion of the work, leaving a balance of $62.25. Mr. Norton denies the complaint and says that the original contract was $45, that he paid $30 on account, and that he does not owe the plaintiff a cent, as he has never completed the work.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 15, 1895, p. 8.