ATLANTIC COAST NEWS

CIIY NEWS NOTES OF PAST WEEN Notes and Gleanings of Personal Character; Little Items About Folks You Know.

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plcane renew prompt!), or n publuhen of your intention t

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Ml** Emily Heart*, of Philadelphia, wa* the tnient of City Clerk and Mr*. Inin* Pitch orer th« week-end. Mr and Mra. •William Smith apent the week-end with Mr*. John Wolf, at her i-ummer home here. \V J. IJttletQD. of Philadelphia, wa* * \i*itor on Sunday, the meat of S.

J Healey.

Her. Dr. R. D. Daugherty, of Phlladrlphta. waa the cueat of Rev. and Mr* John T. Gitllaon. at the Lutheran ."arwmnee here on Sunday. Mr*. Della Dennett and non. of Philadelphia, are the miesta of Mra. II llrooka. at her bandnome Board»alk cotta*!-, for the balance of the

TIRE BLOW-OUT UPSETS DIAMOND'S AUTO. A tire blow-out caused the automobile of Herman Diamond, local atore keeper, to upset at Coraon'a Inlet laa' Saturday. The car was driven by Harry Goldb-r*. a brother of Mra.

Diamond.

Ooldber* waa aererely .baken up. and sustained several minor Injurle* He was fastened under the car. luckily was so placed that be could extricate himself with little effort The car was badly dama*ed. the and wind-shield bein* demolished, and the rear wheels and axles badly bent.

GREAT POPULARITY CONTEST IS NOW ON

CALL ISSUED FOR ARMY EXAMINATION.

The thirty-eight men of Cape May County who have been picked la the •elective draft to Oil out the County's

LOCAL

About fcSX) is still needed to complete the festive fund being raised by i.. Cini for the big cel-bration in Sea Is.r City on Angnst 17th and 18Ui To dale Mr. Cini baa collected NiV). The stork has been busy ...... Street tin* «eek, bringing Dan William*, lr.. to Hie houselioM of Mr. and .Mr*. William* on Toe*day,1md Nicholas IV*aalano to tin borne of Mr. and Mr*. Joseph Pesaalsnn, on Wcdnemlay. The Garden Theatre reopened last Ertday night under the management of Samuel Healey, a well known theatrical man. Stanley Bookii-K Com-

Nomination Blank in this Issue '.‘T”' ZtZZZZ ZZT

With Voting to Start on Monday August 13

appear at Cape May Court Hons- before the examination Board Friday nml Saturday of this week. The • ill be given a physical examination

, 'o d-iermlne their fitness Two young women of K*» isle >..i -.mi.

p«r. I, thla u,.*. I Eldon.

Tlte contest will open on Mondav. August IJtb, and continue uniil Tbmfday evening. September C7th. at 191 1 o'clock. The object of the rente*! I* 1 determine the moat popular youny ladle* in Sea lale City and the neighboring districts, and the contest k open to all ladle*, married or single, living within the ririnity of Sea Isle City, who can be properly vouched far.

will be taken care of

world-famous tourist agency. Thomas Cook and Son. and every ex for the entire eight days, from the leaving until the return to Sea

»», p^ucioi. „ b.,., .bo.,, . aw ;

Mi and Mrs. Rater and daughter, and Mrs Warner I^erevtrk. of Allanim- City, motored here on Sunday and -p*-»,t the day as guest* of Mr and Mr* Edward B. Arnett. James Corson and wife, of Stamford. ' -nn. are the guests o' Mr. and Mr* Thomas E l.udlam. Sr., for a week's Mr Corson is a brother of Mrs

l-udlam.

Mr and Mr* WUItam Robinson and •'» WlUlam. Jr of Harrisburg. I**.. -le the guest* of Mr. snd Mr*. George M !l«on. at their Mlnrna Street homi

l'« a weak's stay.

Mi-' C |; Auderaoe. and slater, are Manning a trip to the Great Lakes. -i"t will leave in the very near fuMrs Anderson 1* summering

hen- thi* year as usual.

The .ajd al 8l Joseph's Hall MoihU)- night netted ♦«. and ln ‘Miarge of Misses Mazii- De " and Marne Eustace. Next Mon•'••nlng Mra. Krai**. Mra Speer ‘•“I Mr* Roberta will entertain n " - Bert lager and Mias Voll- " f •‘biladelphla. motored to Sea ■ 1 tty over the weekend, after an ' 'Med tour of the Cataklll mounwere the guests of Mr. , ' 1 J’Tod C. Berlmger. at their'

n-nier •'ottage here.

The only local real estate transfer of record last week waa the sale by the Sheriff of lot 9. at Intersection of S W. aide of Prospect Street with the N W. line of Pleasure railroad. The property wan owned by Caroline

Engstrom.

It was staled by official* of the local traction company that cars would be operating either today or tomorrow, the delay being occasioned by neces*ary cnanges In the cars to adopt u-m to the local system. Clip the nomination blank appearA in this issue, and send It In for your favorite The mo**, popular young lady will win out. in thla great contest, detail* ol which are annuunr-

1 d today.

The TIMES received picture post cards from Mia* Virginia Ambers from different point* of ber tour, which was to Niagara Fall*. Thousand D'mda and Montreal, returning by way of l.ak* George. Lake Champlain and Albany Miss Ambery returned Sea Die City on Wednesday, companiid by Mis* Herrlman. who made the trip with her Dr. It. C. Scott wa* a visitor a few day* last week, after spending sever al week* In a san'torlum at Brown'* M ll!*-in-ihe-Pine*. Doctor is greatly

The trip will be pleasant and safe, the troubled war conditions not affecting travel to the famous Florida

district.

All ladles, married or single, who •re of good character and who artover sixteen years of age. are eligible for these tout*, and an invited to clip the nomination blank, to fill In with Jheir names and addresses and mall bring to the TIMES office. Sen lale 1 City, latdies may nominate tbemaelves or friends may do it for them Promptly upon receipt of the nomination blank, full Information will be aeni concerning the rules ani regula-

tions. the tours, etc.

In placing these grand vacation tours within the reach of any young lady In this section, the Cape May County Times feels assured that thone who possess and exert fhr energy win them will return to their friends belter women mentaUr and physically, lavish in their praise of the • hemselves and the wannest rommen dut ion for the newspaper whose enterprise made them possible. A routKin will be printed In each Issue of the TIMES, which when cut out. and neatly trimmed on the border lines, filled In with the name and add rraa of the one to be voted for will be good for tbe number of vote* print-

Its face.

Payment of cash subscription!

Hyman liuetin. Woodbine.

Perry L. Douglas*. Dias Creek. Alexander Mooney. Cape May City George W. Marsh. Wfldsood. John L abiding. Ocean City.

Joseph Paldo. Ocean City.

William E. Camp. Cape May City. Nathan Creensteln. Woodbine. Jacob Lindebourn. Woodbine.

John Bloom. Anglesea.

James M. McHugh. Cape May C. H. l-ara Olsen. North Wildwood Michael Taranto. Stone Harbor. Albert R. Smith. West Cape May. Harry Sawyer. North Wildwood. Minot S. Stannard. Ocean City. Charles N. Dowltr. Wildwood. Jo* K tawensteln. Bradley Beach

Paul A. Neumann, Trenton.

Ira 11. MrPhr.-aon. Fishing Creek. William E. Cook. Ocean City . lo-*lle Foster. South Seavllle.

Joshua Harris. Rio Grande. Janie* r. Todd. Wildwood. Henry E.'Spence. Goshen.

Ymenxo Dagoshlno. Tuckahoe. iVrdlnando Gaffiri. Ocean City.

Frank Barker. Wildwood. W aller Trout. Green Creek.

Preston E. Lomax. Ocean City. Harvey Yearirka. Fishing Creek. Jr me* W. Brannan. Wildwood

Elmer Cox. Jr. Ocean Oily.

Theodore W. Toxer. Cape May C. H. Fiatik E*po*itome. Ocean City. Je*ae T. Hughes. Ocean City. Veto Capparhlone. Stone Harbor.

ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

MUST JIT LAG

County Man Sees Danger in Threatened Hold-up of

State Road Work

By REESE P. RiSLEY.

What la being done towaro prosecuting the work of reconstructing New

Jersey’* Road System?

U authoritatively stated that in ember* of the County Board of Cbos Freeholders, who visited Trenton recently to ascertain the status of road matters, were Informed that thing could be done about letting contracts until an accurate estimate had been prepared of the cos' of the entire system. THIS IT WAS STATED WOULD REQUIRE TWO YEARS.

Tliis won t do at all.

The people of New Jersey are in mood V to wait two years before 1 State Highway Commission starts the |>ennanent paving of the State's Road System. When the 1 mill lax matter

was agitated In the Legislature last ..

winter, action waa promised. Results | * ,y pro P‘' r, >' 10 ,l>e •re wanted and that In a reasonable i‘ an,p no " U ln,: l * W ' the •P ur 01 length of time. ,ll, ‘ n,,iro “ 1 ,!l »' ‘'•n»P baa been The |Kople of New Jeraey have been COmplHWj ' ,nd ,h '‘ b * rrack “ h * T ®

very Patient, whUe this difficult problem has been undt-i const derail

PLACE AVIATION BASE AT CAPE MAY CITY. The land on th.- south side of th* Cape May harbor at Cape May City, which the United Staten Senate h»« agreed to purchase for an aviation station and school, is composed of .'8 acres and lie* between Princeton. Kansas and Cape May avenue*, and takes In a most available site betwe«i i'old Spring Inlet and the bouse of the Corinthian Yacht Club. Just east of the site agreed to be purchased by the Senate is the barracks of the Nav-

al Reserve force.

The engineers’ oflue of the army

has been moved across to the north side of the harbor, where ramparts

be erected by tbe War DepartTbe Government is paying

$17l>.iitHi to a real estate company tor tbe plot of land agreed to be taken

Tbe plot takes in 10 blocks of

tbe resort, with Ivnnaylvania avenue,

loo feet wide, running acres* IL

This makes tbe second move of tba^'' Government In establishing war base* in this county, the training camp at Cape May now being placed in readiness to receive the three thousand odd men for training for the new army. The water mains from the

training

lini>rov.,l .0 BvUH. h.- th.. TIMES will cnttU* the i-rian pe-

» totuul. ,|»„ hi, >ulr , Threiloa. II, .ill no, i.mo ,0 pm,- | ^. lh „ f „„„ „ hMj

lie, h..m 00111 .10,Em Jn . , b . o™.! ,od lb, rhUdrrD or, „.oJloo .no.-om^.o, ,ho, II... holoo, , ol 10. .ooio,.r 00 . I>oo Addn .„ ^o^oolsiloo, ml.ll,.

Edward Fay. of Chicago. HL., *• , * rni to this contest to the Contert IViwrt

ment. Cape May County Time*.

They first voted la favor of the Egan BUI. with Ita big slate bond issue to be paid for out of tbe automobile li-

cense fund.

When tbe Egan Bill waa found unworkable and a change of plans wa* necessary, they acQUiesed and *uj>iKirted the administration in the 1 mill direct tax project, by which HS.OtHl.tHMi is to be raised in five years for the ■•ermanent paving of the States main

traveled roads.

The appointment of Major-General George W. Goelhal* as Chief of the Reorganized State Highway Com ml* •lot-_ and the assurances that were givcA that he would supervise the ex■•endliurr of the direct tax fund on » state highway improvements was everywhere acclaimed, as It should have

•_i -a .. _f«r no more capable executive .od rMDll,; oecoon „ ald p. rMlt J u alm:[ lhu lmwr

int work.

Now. that General Goethals has re-

signed as Manager of the Emergency . . _ ...

Heel Corporation, it Is to !h- hoped ‘ .. .. r P * rW,U hrr that It Will be iHMUilble for him to d.- Mr * F M H,tnw ,ooli

vote himself unreac-rvedly to the task of state highway building as head of

be New Jersey Commissi

OCEAN VIEW ITEMS.

built. In th- neighborhood of two hundred marines are now sta-

tioned there.

vuent for a few day* of Mr. •1 her Boardwalk summer Eay D an aerompliaLed

r\ imi nr..knit \RorsD towy

■ ... .he meeting of tbe Business

porh .u ,me.U, Eood.,. ,

the Itecitai to the school ,

Wednesday evening

Sterling

House, spent Sunday with hi* father. 1

Eugeni- C. Cole.

Miss Cornelia Ecki-raley was a visitor in Sea Isle Satunu$. Samuel Griffith, of Camden, spent part of the week here as the gv at of Austin IWaul and family. Mr*. Aaron IW-lancey spent the week • nd with her sister, who Is HI at Court

House.

Mr. Izxard and family, of Atlantic City, spenl Thursday evening with Somers Townsend and family. Harry Kauffman, of Atlantic City, visited his family here thla week. Raymond Sharp, with a lady friend from Ocean City, visited his mother. | Mr* Emm* Sharp, this week.

I Mr. Trimble has returned home af

ter spending several weeks with hi* County Jail* and work-liout

j mother, who is ill in Wilmington. Del railed upon to supply prison labor un tbe hot wea'ber, a good I > j Arthur Eekrraley has returned homr|* ,, ' r military guard for stkfl- hlahwa:

RED CROSS MI'SICALE.

SOUTH SEAVILLE. Joseph Hilton, of Cutnberland, spent Sunday with bia unrle.Hannon Hilton. Ml** Florrnr • Corson la visiting ft lends at Ikirdentown for a abort

time.

Miaaea Edna and With Barnes, of MillvIUe. visited their grandparent*

ie w<<ek<-nd.

Itavmond Kami.- and wife are spending their vacation thru the East. Mr*. Sommer* Townsend, of Sealie. visited her son. Horace Town-

send. this week.

Miss Martha Godfrey, of Ocran b-s. spent Wednesday with her ala-

r. Mrs. Alice I’ayne.

Miss Ada Sinyard, of U-hlghton, Pa., j visited Mrs. Olive McAllister thla

week.

Miss Helen Fisher spent the week-

merry par-

ty to Avaion on Wedm-aday.

Miss Ruth Barnes is home again, afier spending several weeks with her

- ”' - ■« v-** ; j,, J,.| n C suggested that the two year*' d«- * n '

0,0, r.ei, h. o^loorf h, ”T°". "" a r ‘'~

1 Mav. Sunday afternoon with

Harty I'teraon and family.

Janie* Hanna, of South Vineland, “pent Sunday with H Hilton and fam-

htgh cost of labor anu materlala.wblrti might b- Influencing tbe Commission aga'nst telling contracts at the pres ent time. Certainly, however, sonn plan should he devised by which New

road work could lie proserui

ed economically and without uudm extravagance despite war time condi-

tions.

The Stale Penitentiary and out

•uld hi-

>• Rice and son. Dali, are vea at Fox Chase, be no services In the HaptiM Churches duretmg. which begins Aug-

Gulf of Mexico, after spend •'m* Material* could be purchased

1 lone member shewed up. And yet Deapiti

! p-oplr ask “Whafa tbe matter with number turned out at tbe song recital j from

ksal Keo Cron* are making an s,a Ettyr* i for <*<«• Iw-nefit of the American Red lnK several week* there teaching the! "‘rough the Federarf’urchaslug Board " •■ , i‘l«eel for the donation of the Haven't noticed any mosquitoes ao Cross on Wednesday evening. In the new form of signaling adopted since I 011 '*ie ground of nilllt-^y

• wing machine* for the *um-, fnr lhl * year. Have you? Due. no *rhool house. ! the war. l- used in making hospital doub '- lo l,,,; Hu" •'•» J»«-n Mis* Picard was the so’oiat. and I,, r j Mr and Mnt W illlam IvYaul at

• * More volunteers are needed.) *f ,rnl for mosyulto exierminatlon In, splendid singing waa greatly enjoyed | Mr a||(1 Mrs (;rl(tllh i:and> B|H .

do the work, meeting In the County in the part two years. Mrs. Bartlett at the piano, acrumpan Sund ,v evening at Octsui City

Un hat d llitnei . |M-nding hi* vacai lr* F M Hltner

of linladelphla. Is on with his mother.

Arrival and DepaMure of Mail* Mali, arrive and depart at the Sea -Ie cn> lust office as follows: DEPART 7 mud 9 «S a. m . 4 3u and

> Wednesday and Friday 'one of uu-n have been employ-*e«-k clearing out the surface •i the remrrr of tjkndi* "vean Avenue. Where W* 'UkhI and formed a miniature :, i’er rainfall*. U thi* con • Properly drained it wiU be

••1 improvement.

i"'*tal card from Profrosor C Mthouae. who la -ummering • Beach tbls year, reads: "I

x with Boston and

and

but when :

iv bathing beach. Revere -Vanturker p*ic into tnslg■eside grand old Sea Isle" Atlhouse and family are ->an here, having been ct • great number of yearn.

least four good ordln- led Mix# Picard, and rendered two p:

anee*: one requiring dogs lo be mux j*** selections- John Edward Eky. “f

sled or in leash during the hot weath-j Chicago, also apt*eared.

er; another compelling tmund net and Dancing followed the recital. Randother motor boats to use mufflers on' •"••'er Tones kindly donating tbe mu

their engines in the waters adjacent j •I''

to live City: still another requiring j The program In full was as folios* the houses lo be numbered for Ibr con- 1 1—Ja] Chauson de Klorian Godard

residents and visitors. 1 - Maa*enet

and again another limiting the ate-cd ■ Ibl Aria, from Samson rt IMila of automobiles lu the City limits Bui I Mou Cowr s ' oov " * l, > V‘

me of them are enforced! I XII as* P

And Rose aay* the new abbreviated

Udies' baiiiii^g suits are due to the *-An dan Freuling. high con of living. | Hks. Bvi

— AI Dawning

-baini Saen*

Carl Sharp, with Mr: fiancee, sir*. Grace Osborn, were out of town visit-

‘ ora this week.

Mrs Aliev I'avne, of South Seavllle.

s)H-nt several days with her mother. America la bearing Us share of tbe Mrs Emma Godfrey. : cost of the war - why should not Oer Mr«, Arthur Eckerslcy and three j man war prisoner* lie brougM ovei children Ftietit Sunday with her hus *"‘1 put at work, as they are abroad

band at the Townsend Inlet Coast

Guard S'atlon.

Mr and Mrs Thomas Sharp are visiting their *on Frank, and wife, at

eeaslfated by the requirements of | the stale highway system for military 1 purpose* In Franc, and England

work has not atopived on public roads ‘ I'- nl nor on other needed public Improve-. ARRIVE 7, 8.311, 10.30 and 11.30 ments France has Just conu-lcird ,. n .- “ w • 3 - 30 - * ■ ,,d * so P m. of her must important canal projects. open* a* 6 30 a. m , close* at work on which i* conducted uninter- * "•* P- hi.

ruptedly during tPe war

■THlfcGS YOU SHOULD REMEMBER

Association meets, ■ry First and Third

s “ea. vvlui was among the first ■••r* and is now a member of V Ftiwt Pennsylvania Cavalry. A. to«‘ A advantage of a skirt ■1 absence lo visit bis parent.li and Mr* Wm p. Shea, dur- Hall

week at tbelr Landts av civic Club card parti.-, e ‘"tamer huoir He w ill leave J day afternoon at J 3u. ror Camp Hancock. Augusta. Tbureday evening at X3t> d I rum there to "Souiew here tn| lAipular dances at the

llU»lne.» Met: the City Hall

City Commissioners meet ever Wednesday afternoon. In the Clt

Rail

The Board of Education meets i tbe School House on tbe last Tuei

day of every month.

‘aid party every Monday evemn ihroughoul the season al Si Joseph'

Mis* Pi. «

Cad in an

-Tbayloi

is Calling Tat.

— |s] Sootdi Pmoi MacDu tb] Polonaise ...MacDo

Mk*. HvKit.Krt

— la) Group ol Childrens' Cradle Boy. Two Mi Tlie lktg Lie* in Hii

Disposing of your property by Will is one thing; the selection of tie executor is quite anotbei

yet bol h berotne of Bridgeport.

Conn., spent tbe week with her father. I curlty Trust Company, of Cap.- May Eugene C. Cole jCitv. N. J, to admlnlMer your

Miss Irene Eckerdey celebrated her] ninth birthday Thursday, with the fol- i

NOMINATION BLANK

The Garden Theatre Kvciy uight wc show the lits! tit 11 vtl the best pictures ptocurevl by the Stanley Huoktiij' Co. Uictures .itc di.ui^evl daily, but tbe pticcs tie very- 5c ami 10c awbivs.

Caa/ anU ('om/.-t fahlf

"t**:

inDrtght. RIkmI.-i and Mary ivotttv •sirs Robert Cobb. Evrre't \ ■ighi. Harry Kauffman and Kaym,

CAP!: MAY COUNTY TIMUS* TOl W CONTEST

> I .cal

RAISE TRICE Or B002E

Valse

•ng. trot

Addless

r for the Cope May <

every Friday evwn'Lg during August. I TUue*. $1 iO par y war.

Th- iv.nsumplion of iHvote in s. a Isle City -hould b.- curtailed by th.-

action of local hotels in raising tin- Signed 1 Good for 10.000 VOTES been made In the price of beer, but in j /W.'A/, omJ *14:1 /«,- A* ikt J\ 1'1'QRTEfi . | some of the hotels amatler gohlrla are 4mJ Suhh ! /•//., OhJ> .’Ht .-.'jut un., hxmg act duL fierum. Not** 0/ tigmtr, wiU not bcfubtiJud.

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