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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Ocean ettr Chamber of Com I tMroe Is the ontxrowth of the Ocean I Board of Trade, which was recently i re-ercanlted on a broader plan, for the development of Ocean City. The new orulcatlon maintains headquarters In the Maasey and Ed wards Buildln*. rlirht in the heart of the business section of Ocean City, and •111 open a Bureau of Information in I April, to remain open for the accomI modation of riiKura, throughout the

EVERTON A. CORSON Ei • rttm A- Corson, prominent Ocean C ty OontraoUM, was formerly a mem ' jt ol the firm of Sutton ft Corson, for a period of about twelve years, luring which time the fins was parculsrly active In the roau and bridge | uilding bnaineea throughout this and rther counties andJtave to their credit msiy good roads and bridge*. Sir. A 'lnmn severed his connection with this firm in Slay, 1917, and ha* since been conducting the same line ut business nndet hU own name, and has completed some very satisfactory conuacta in this aa well as other ooun ties. The paving of the main Sea shore Hoad with hard aurlaced me ■ t rial Cor throe miles from Ocean City south, has lust been completed. When the Government was busy with its war actltUies at Cape May City, Mr. Corson compleusd severs. Urge contracts at the WhiMahichiH. Barracks, and last spring finished a paving contract tor Ashury Avenue. Ocean City, !n record time, inakln*the street today one of the finest pieces of hard road in the State Mr. Corson is now working on a street contract in Washington, D. C-. and has the contract tor the widening of the Corson's lulet Road from Sea isle City to Strathmere, a distance ot

three miles.

F. LEROY HOWE. Secretary •'? the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce, and local manager of the Bell Telephone Company.

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competent

summer teasou, clerk In charge.

The officers of tbv Chamber are: Harry F. Stanton, prominent real estate operator, president; Dr. Allen Corson, one of the resort's leading phyalcUna, vice-president; F Leroy Howe, local manager bi the Bell Telephone Company, secretsry, and Harry A. Morris, City Clerk of Ocean City,

treasurer.

Meetings are held saml-monthly on the first and third Tuesdays in the Chamber roonw.

EARL M. WADDINGTON. Termed recently by a well-known contractor as "The live* lumberman Cape May County. Earl M. Wad dlngton. for nine years general man ages- of the Ktrathmeie Lumber Company. has lived np to his reputation Nowadays k la not a question of creating a demand for lumber, but the per pleating problem Is to supply ihe demand. what wkb freight embargo*^ and shortage of labor at the mills. Mr Waddlngton has the habit of doing tin seemingly Impossible along this line. It was largely through his indefatigable efforts that Ihe Corson's in let bridge^ the lumber for which wa* fUrmabM by his firm, was completed as quickly as U war . Mr. Waddlngton is one of the young or contractors of the County, and now bat under wsy a contract tor rebuilding the Sea Isle City Boardwalk. He a active member of the Chambof of Commerce of Cape May County, and

STERLING RESTAURANT IN NEW HANDS. One of Ocean City's newest business men Is Melville V Smith, form er proprietor of the bellevne Hotel, at Cape May Court House, who now owns and operates the Sterling Restaurant, on Asbnry avenue. Mr Smith has won his way into the hearts ol Ocean City's residents, and, as a member of both the Chamber of Commerce and the Progress!' Leairue is proving an Active civic worker.

ELECTRIC SERVICE is Uncle Sam.’s greatest aid in his effo rt to bring the World up to the 1920 Goal! Not only Big Bu siness but Better Business Conditions —better Living Cof -ditions and Higher Civilization—are attained through fcT lectric Service. In this imp o’ .tant period of Reconstruction—getting the world on itf* f eet, bringing things back to normal--the nation must d’ /av / upon its most immediate, most efficient, source of sur^ply. J-Electricity. Mental effort and physical energy must P'/oduce :more— Ame involved must be lessened--Facilitie s for producing, transporting and placing < :«mmodities must be augmented— I }y the use of Electric Service! This conce rns practically everything in business and home life. For there is nothing that so universally and thoroughly com icr/es fuel, food, time and labor as Electric Service.

Ocean, City Electric Service of At T iantic City Oectric Co.

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OCEAN CITY, N. J. The Beauty Spot of the Atlantic Coast inri " £>r, , f fT!

JOSEPH PEACOCK 836 Asbury ave. REAL ESTATE Ocean City, Cottagn and Bangalou t for Sals and Rent Lots For Sale in all Sectioni

John Marts | Lumber Co.

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Lumber MillworK Builders’ Supplies

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Office and Yard

| Ninth SL. and Haven Ave.

Ocean City, N. J.

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To our numerous friends throughout Cape May Co. we extend Easter Greetings and shall always be pleased to have them call at our office when tn Ocean City.

Massey & Edwards Ocean City, N. J.

Funds Carefully Invested in First Mortgages

BUY A HOME IN THE MOST DESIRABLE SECTION OF OCEAN CITY The Ocean City Gardens Highest Point on the Island No Mosquitos A STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL SECTION 151 Lots Fully Improved Moderate Price Moderate Terms 90 Lots Partly Improved to be Sold as They Are

Title Insured by the Ocean City Title & Trust Co.

Bungalows With Garage Now Under Construction

OCEAN CITY GARDENS DEVELOPMENT CO.

OCEAN CITY OFFICE: Hamilton D. Turner 51b Eighth Street Bell Teleph one 1SS

Woodlynne, New Jersey

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