Mrs. William Bailey Ill

New York, 1895

News of Hollis.

Mrs. William Bailey is quite ill.

A. Mason has been in Boston this week.

Miss Nelie DeBevoise is on the sick list.

Several cottages are soon to be built at Hollis Heights.

Ground has been broken for a signal tower at Hollis avenue crossing.

D. Wheeler is again among us. He will occupy "Nestle Down" for the summer.

J. W. Wagenar has returned home from a Western trip after an absence of fourteen weeks.

W. R. Fish, of Brooklyn, who is building near Goetz's hotel had the misfortune to be burned out.

R. C. Livingston is having the interior of his house decorated and intends giving his friends a reception in the near future.

Wednesday ground was broken for the new school house and it is expected that the cornerstone will be laid Decoration Day.

The two fire companies are to parade Decoration Day, and the school children will celebrate the day in an appropriate manner.

On account of the rain last Saturday the May party to be given by St. Mary's guild of St. Gabriel's church was postponed till next Saturday, from 3 to 6 P. M.

E. J. Johnson has started a Sunday School normal class, which meets in the Methodist church Thursday evening, immediately after the close of the prayer meeting.

Miss Bertha R. Terry who has been enjoying a two weeks' vacation with her parents in Terryville, has resumed duty at the station. Miss M. H. O'Loughlan of Valley Stream relieved her.

The King's daughters of the Methodist church held a sociable Friday evening at the residence of Mrs. D. H. Carpenter. Music, games and recitations were the amusements, and the evening was very pleasantly spent. Refreshments were served.

An election of officers was held in the Reformed Sunday school last Sunday with the following results: A. Mason, superintendent; John Hendrickson, assistant superintendent; Miss Bessie DeBevoise, pianist; Miss Lillie Durland, assistant; Charles DeBevoise, secretary; Allen Hendrickson, assistant; Charles Vanderveer, treasurer; Charles Stockholm, librarian, and Hendrick Hendrickson, assistant.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.