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According to word from Philadelphia Gus Goetx, a son of A. T. Qoeu. prominent Ocean City realtor, ha* secured a permanent position on the University of Pennsylvania eight-

oared crew.

Edward M. Sutton, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Is to take the oath of office as postmaster of this resort on May 1st. He succeeds B. Frank Smith, present incumbent, who has held the position for the

past nine years.

J. Howard Slocum, of this city, manager of the new 11.500.000 Flan-

The ••S" Girls’ Club, of this city, will hold another benefit dance In the Hann Building. Saturday night. Florida D. Jone*. who fractured his ankle more than six weeks ago. Is now able to hobble about on

crutches.

Major William A. Morgan and the members of the Snellenburg Cadets are making final plans for the annual encampment of that organita-

tion here in July.

Vivian B. Smith, an Atlantic City _

architect, and forme- resident ders"Hotel, which is now unde/ city, has taken title to the old Ocean gtnlctlon at Eleventh street and the City Association House at the corner , g repenting the Flanders Of Sixth street and Asbury avenue, j at the annua] Spring Hotel ExposlRalph L. Chester, resort realtor, tion now being held on the Gsrden

has sold the Ocean City House on j Pler - Atlantic City.

Asbury avenue, according to a recent j Miss Sarah Golf gave a card party announcement. It was formerly to a number of friends at her home, owned by J. P. Fox. The new owner | 411 Ninth street. Tuesday night. Is John M. Simon, of Philadelphia, j Games, punles and dancing featured

the evening. Refreshments were

Asbury avenue between Tenth and Uter >erv ed. Among those present Eleventh street. Ocean City. was |Were May Smlth Lucille Townsend, closed to traffic yesterday while s's^j, Smith. Thelma Mould and

three-story double frame building j Marlon steelman.

eras being moved from 1009-11 As , Dlrectf)r E _ UnKW , fcury to Balton Place by Elmer *•-1 of , he ^ pybUe Schools. B>er ’ | announced today that the annual Seven new members have been; Field Day Exercises of the Ocean

Freeholdos Award Contract Carl E. Camp, Btdlder of Grassy Sound Bridge, is Lowest Bidder Mill Tail Creek Bridge

Other Freeholder Business

admitted to the Ocean City Chamber oT Commerce according to an announcement made Wednesday by Secretary F. Leroy Howe, of the resort Commerce body. The new members Include: Raymond P. Young. Frank Grosier, Elmer Y. Robinson, C. B. McNatt, Henry Y. Clouting, James H. Simpson and A. L. Gilbert. The Blundin sltsera—Betty and Jean—former Rook wood basketball stars, and daughters of Mrs. Elisabeth Blundin. owner of the Biscayne

City Public Schools will t»e ne*u on May 12th this year. It Is expected that almost one thousand pupils of the elementary and high school grades will be seen In these mass drills, athletic exercises and events. Work Is piogreeaing on the new 1500.000 Ocean City High School which is now under construction on the oiu Camp Grounds, situated between Fifth and Sixth streets and Atlantic and Ocean avenues. J. S. Rodgers Company, general centrac-

Hciel here, drove s party of fnends ‘ ora - of PNl^phla. who are workto Philadelphia oz Tuesday and re- lD<? oc U * operation, expect to have

turned later in the day. party who made the trip were Mist Frances Lynch, Miss Gertruds Slemmer. Mias Alice Bright, Boyd Burnett. Walter E. French, former Army football star, and the Misses Jean and Betty Blundin. W. B. Monroe, president of the Bupplee Hardware Company, of Philadelphia, was the principal speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Ocean City Kiwanls Club held at the Biscayne Hotel Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Monroe spoke on "Courtesy in Business Life” which proved to be one of the features of "Courteny Week" now being observed by the KJwanlans throughout the country. More than fifty members of the resort Kiwanls Club were present st

the luncheon.

the building ready In time to lay the cornerstone In September. Many guests were registered at the Strand Hotel here during the past

opened for the placing of the C Minty advertising la the newspaper mad farm Journale, and the bids were referred to the Director ot Fiuwsce and the Clerk to tabulate and report to n Joint ■Bering of the Freeholders and *ha Advertising Committee of the Gape May County Chamber of Commerce at Court House next Wednesday, when the matter will be disposed of. The only bidden were the Doriaad Advertising Agency and the Oonaley-Smlth-Pfelffer Advertising Agency, both of Atlantic City. The question of tbs delay la the

it of

a A. Fry. of West Colling*wood: Mr. and Mrs. Wylie, of Philadelphia; Mn. W. C. Otter and Mr. and Mrs D. C. Bridaell. of Germantotni. Pa.; Mr. and Mis. H. W. Schodfleld. of Yonken. N. Y.. Mr. and Mrs William Conner, and Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Ney. of Ovcrbrook. Pa.: J. Buckley and Mias A. M. Haines, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Kock. of r.xlladelphla; Mr. and Mrs. A. 8 Sarin. Mn. Roy 1. Thomas and Rev. Dr. W. E. Coalmen and wife, of Phlladel-

The City Commissioners will receive sealed bids next Monday afternoon In the City Chamber, for the

Mias Olive Coil I ns entertained the/ swarding of contracts on the new member* of her Sunday School clans, 1 tennis dub-hocse which will be eonof the Pint Baptist church, at her 1 acructed on the old old Camp home. 34S Ocean avenue. Monday j Grounds, situated between Fifth and Bight. The member* presents. ’ Sixth street* and Atlantic and Ocean apod an enjoyable evening, plans be-1 avenues Bids for the building of log made for a supper to be held In the Club house were received several the church In the near future. Re-' weeks ago. but were, rejected by the freahmenu were later served. City Commissioners because of the Among tboec present sere Ruth fact that they were one thousand dolNiekeraon. Elisabeth Kolk. Dora' lara In excess of what the City Scions Sharp. Rebu Collins. Dorothy Hun- Intended to appropriate for the hulldgerbuehler. Marion Steelman, for- ing this year. With six tennis merly "Mia* Ocean City.” and Olive courts now under construction to be Collins. added to the other eight courts, this

the Shore Road, by the Atlantic City Electric Company, which waa referred to the Solicitor at the last meeting, resulted In an explanation from the Company both by letter and :n the person of Judge Tfcompnttoraey for the Company, that the delay waa due to now qmelal type transformers which had to be dally manufactured to reduce the 22.0PO volts In the high tension linen to the voltage used la house lighting. The board granted an extension of time, provided the Company’s bond with the County In a^o

Rev. Dr. Milton G. Buck, pastor of the First BapUrt Church of this city, after conferring with Dr. George W. Chalmers, of Philadelphia, has announced that arrangements have been completed for holding the convention of educational dlrcrmrs of the United Sutea of the National Baptist Convention at the St-and Hotel here It wiU last a week, be ginning May 16th. According to advance figures almost a thousand member* of the various Baptist Churcbee throughout the country are expected to attend the convention.

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City will have one of the playgrounds in South Jersey. Harvey Y. Lake, foixner South Jersey tennis champion, la chairman of the City Tennis Commission, appointed by Mayo: Joseph G. Champion, and which will exercise dk (story powers Tver the outdoor sport this summer Several prominent resort hotel owners are atteedlag the aeeoad annual paring hotel expositive which la now In aesaioa at At Untie City. They Include Mrs. Elizabeth Blundin. icr of the Biscam* Hotel; George Mann, of the OeaevUv* Hotel, and Mias 8. E. Mayberry, of :h* Mayberry Hotel. According to an an-

by President

Howard Hullck. of the New Jersey State Hotehnen'e Association, twenty owners of hotels In this dty members of tbe association. They are as follows: Mrs A. E. Baker Oceanic Hotel; Mrs. Elizabeth Blundin. Biscayne Hotel; Mrs. Samnel Darlington. Darlington Hotal; Mrs. W. B Lynch. Berkeley Hole). D. P. Fry. Tray more Hotel; Mrs. Sarah E Henry. Atglea Hotel; D. B. McAllister. Scarborough Hotel; Mrs. Jest Macklln. Chsndler White Hall George T. Mann. Genevieve Hotel Mias S. E Mayberry. Mayberry Hotel; Mrs. Annie J. Michener. Illinois on the Strand; Mary A. Milner. Wyoming Hotel; E. Henrietta Pursed. Atglen Hotel: Mary J. Rooney. Strand Hotel; FJmer 8. Scbantx. Bellevue Hotel; Morris Sellars. Berkeley Hotel; J Howard Slocum. FUnden; Hotel. Martha Stewart. Raleigh Hotel; James C. WaUh. Arcadia Restaurant; Mrs. Alice Yarger, The Alvyn: John D Young and Mra. Kate A. Young, of Break*;s Hotel; | and Ziegler and Van Horn. Luray Hotel. Only two Oce^n City hot*: owners have been a--me,] on any of j the committees of t.le New Jersey I State Hoteimen s Association Georg* Mann, oi the Genevieve Hotel, la

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The business of the Board of Freeholders. at the regular meeting in Cape May Court House on Wednesday. was largely routine except for the awarding of the contract to build Mill Tall Creek Bridge, on the line of the new Grassy Sound Road (from Burleigh to North W'ldwood). Carl R. Camp, of Philadelphia, was the lowest bidder on this work, his bid being *11.600. H4 is also the btdlder of the main span acroan Grassy Sound, on a contract awarded some time ago. sad approved last week by the State Highway Commission. Other bidders on the Mill Tall Creek bridge were: Francis Garrison $12,224.75 R. J. -Mansfield. N. Y 13.43S.00 Craythora Nickerson Co. _ 13,300.00 County See’er of Weights and ensures. Paul E. Carroll, waa empowered to attend the annual conference of the national ansoctatlon. o be held In W'abington May Slat

to 24th.

The Clerk rend a report from the

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VOCAL COHCEBTS P0B SEA TST.F. THIS SUXXEB

Plan* Outlined at Meeting of City Commixcoaen for Sommer Mu At the meeting of the Sea Isle City Commissioner*, held In the City Hall on Tuesday, plana were outlined for the season's free public concerts, which are to Include vocal selections each Sunday evening during July and August. George Seeder. Business Manager of tbe Sea Isle City Band, went Into the schedule of music with the Commissioners, and It was tentatively agreed that the free concerts would commence Saturday. June 30th, and continue on every Wednesday. Saturday and Sunday evenings throughout the scale addition to the Instrumenmuslc on Sunday evenings, vocal concerts by well known artists were

agreed upon.

The splendid resulu of the ocean front protective Jetties weie pointed out by Director Sofroney. who stated that while as much as seven feet of bench had been washed away or north end of the Island during last

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Jet-

ty this year, to be placed at a point to be agreed upon by the City Engineer and the Oonawinrinweri. who will meet together between now at the next Commlaelooen' meeting. Director Sofroney

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showing 6 patients from Cepe May | of boardwalk at Townsend's inlet. County. mad had substituted therefore a grn-

FIBE COMPAMY B1JT8 EQUmnar The Volunteer Fire Company, ol Coart House.' purchased several nun dred feet ot hoee. The firemen an endeavoring to raiee funds to provide additional equipment. Saturday they will have a pie and cake sale In Court House. Chief Nickerson, of the Wildwood Fire Department, spoke

The Director of Public Buildings is «n towered to purchase some addition i. transcribing machinery for the county Clerk's office.

A fire la the garage of Leaader Coroot, builder, 1016 Wealey avenue. Ocean City. Inst Sunday destroyed a* Ford and partially destroyed a Buick eedan. Tbe loes including the damage dom to the garage amounts to about $2000. Coraan dlacoveied smoke issuing >m the garage which la la the rear of his home. He Immediately notified E. P. McConnell and wife *who occupy the aeeoad floor o.' the b(Hiding. The Are was extinguished before it could destroy Ike contents cf McConnell's apartment but only after It had considerably damaged the

garage.

Coraoa had placed the Ford la the garage a few minutes before he dleer ad the fire. It is believed the i was caused by the motor backfir lag or an overheated exhaust pipe.

MUSICAL FOX GAPS MAY CEUBCH Keen interest is being taken in the Musical to occur on April 36. for the benefit of the Star of the Ben Church at Cape May. Not only those m ben of society whe spend their a mere at that resort are working to e the occasion a successful i all music lovers as well T! who have offered their eervtcas are well-known local musicians. On the program will be Mtm nixabeth Hood Letts. Mias Helen "MlcheU. Mrs. John Joyce. Jr., Miss Margaret Joyce and ame . Myra Heed Sklblnaky. Among the patron rones are Mra. Samuel Cnstasr. Mra. James L. Pequinot, Mrs. Elmer Rein hard. Mra. Thoms* & Wolcott, Mrs. Daniel C. Donohue. Mra. Philip Cantaar. the Mlaaea DUaoad and Mra. John Lalgo.

•TATE HIGHWAY COMMISSLOI WAFTS BETTEK PB0TECTI0H Under the auspices of the public utility eommisuion. representatives of railroad* operating la New Jersey. Walter Kidd*, of the slate highway commission, and spokesman tor the board of freeholder*. Tuesday dlncuaaed the advisability of adopting •tandxidlxed grade croaalnga protection. signals and devices. Co-operation of the county freeholder* and thj municipal authorities and state agencies la sought by

tbe commission

Highway Commlauoner Kldde said of tha 32.600 mtlM of highways la New Jersey only 760 miles are under

state Jui lad let ion.

The highway department la willing to extend e'ery assistance better protection at toe grade croas-

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rel driveway.

At the present time they membership of thirty-five, am is the president of tLc

ILL Alfred Cooper, veteran pub] of the Cape May Cauaty Ornette, of Cape May Court House, this week went to the Polyclinic Hospital, Philadelphia, for observation prior to an operation. Mr. Cooper has hosts of friends throughout the County with wl

A Washington man has paid $600 for 20 eggs that have not yet been .Wonder If thin Is likely tc

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SWADITOK Harry Kates la on tbe sick list. • Aunt Lydia" Hildreth la recovering from her recent serious iilneen. ceres Uard. of Atlantic City, was s caller here Friday. Miaa Carrie Dayton attended the funeral of her father at New Gretna it week. Mrs. E. a Howell has returned home after spending several days with Philadelphia relatives. Major E. O. Howell made a business trip to Cape May City Sat- rday. The Reliance busses have started to run through here from Cape May and WUdwe^i to Ocean City. The congregation of Asbury and| South SeavlUe churches tendered their new pastor. Rev. William H. Andrews and family, a reception and donation in Asbury Church Thursday evening, the 12th. The larce audience was splendidly entertained by Mr. Sears and two sons, with selections on the violin, cornet and organ. Messrs. Sears and Sande also rendered fine solos, then, also being re<W nations and readings by others. The pastor was presented with a goodly donation of groceries, vegetables and

money.

Mrs. Wrama Rice has returned to Atlantic City after spending a few days here with her brother, T. B.

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Charles Rice is improving his rase with/a coat of paint. Charles Garrison is doing the work. Mrs. Amos Brower has recovered om her recent lllneas. The April meeting of the Lad lea' Aid was held st the home of Mrs. ■nes Getty Thursday of last week. Mrs. Sarah Richardson has reraad home after spending aoica time at Court House. Archie Richardson ic opening s store In the Van Thyne building st

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Mrs. B. T. Godfrey and Mias Carrie Dayton spent several days with Tomt River. and Mrs. B. F. Ingeraoll. Jr., and children and Mr. and Mrs. Webster Bright and son. of Wildwood, called on Mrs. Bright's father here. LI D. Ludlam's children are on the sick list.

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