Cape May County Times

BA BU GOT, GAPI HAT OOCTTT, M. J, 7KISAT. AUGUST 1?, IMS

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Two Men Drown At Townsend’s W« Out for Cram ia Boat aad Decmon to Svia Proved Fatal to Camdea TUton

Bodies Recovered Sunday Two Camden men were drowned in le water* of Townaond'a Inlet lest Friday. The rtettas are W|lUam

ace thirty-five, of tfP7

Urty. SI Sooth 21th

Ocean City e Mid-Sommer Eerue «ae to a moat aur^-=rul termination Wednesday ereninc In the densely pocked municipal music parlllan of

and JohnJ Oeean city, when Mias Marion Steal-

Mortey, with to the Inlet that the day with Harry Todd, of Camden, who la sommerlas at the "Botnar" oottSce, and In the afternoon concluded to take a boat trip. With them In the boat was Sinclair's eUM-year-old son. Norman. After landing on a sand bar in Middle Thoroughfare, the two oded to take a plunge at a point tar the bar where there la very deep star. The accounts of little Norman Indicate that the two man did not to ths surface again after atriklag the water, from which It appears that a strong undercurrent must hare carried tne unfortunate Tietime down. Neither were expert Attention was to the beat with 1U small t pht off to his aid. of the drowning be-

lli Sunday, when they were brought In by a See We City Inlet Const Guards. After an examination by ths County pbyMclan, the bodies were ken to Camden for lat Sinclair and Morley had planned the day as an outlag for their sad the famlltee of both

trip

three children,

Mary, age six; sad Margaret, age Morley had two children. John. age Ito, and Francos, age

|Uee Helen Breekley. of (h City, annexed the highest honor In £e bathing parade, which wes held dn Tuesday and Wednesday afterShoyer, IS-year-old member of the Ocean City Beach Guard*, was crowned by the newspaper girls as of the Sea,” and Mias Gladys t Stoudte. social editor of the Atlantic City Oasette-Berlew. honored with the crown as "Queen

of the Beach.”

_ a boat on^fuly at 1.10 efOack by a fisherman

• who le e Syrian, was tried Judge El dredge, on the liquor day and plead

eight quart*

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UVLUCn nonzun Ifty. August Itth. woe the dey examination of applicants for ‘ firemen'* license*, at louse, and thirteen men took 'nation, which was coo ductW. Price, of the J*ate Doit of Bnglneers i

: be effoetlTe in tbe new > opens on September llth. t Maurice M. Sofrouey. T1 I DeBow and M. A Luongo are a . ml use of tbe Directors to make the dries, and an aeUre eanraas of the resort and the outlying district* w!D

i undertaken.

Tha Sea Isle City Building and ran is one of the oldeet in tier _juuty. and Ur recent yean ha* con eteftl—T paid better then eight per cs*>t. on the money invested. All of it* funds are placed In first mortgagee the gnat bulk of which are on Sea late CUy real estate. FAMILY DSSEKTEBf H JAIL Two family deserters wars lodged In the County Jail last weak. One was Charles S. Bsed. apprehended le Cape May and wanted In Washington

Lafayette .unch Room b »! sU Heart OOtSED 10 0I9ES suam a oasraonoxs Avft. near Depot Sea Ue City

family. The

of Philadelphia, also arrested In Cape May on a charge of deserting hi* family of three minor children. Arftue Mendelstone, of Woodbine, .as directed by the Court to per •?.!• tor the maintenance of hi* wire child, after being arrested for

SHOT rUTBBWm XXV .•"TiE Kathleen Lambert. 14 years old. of hi tea boro shot herself through the right bfeast while playing with an revolver Saturday morni was brought to Mace'* Wildwood, by one of latiare InveetlgaUng tbe nffalr. Tr« child'* condition U critical.

at which the accident occurred, lug rise to the belief that ths unfortunate victim had become emerged In e sand as soon an his body sunk. Tha body wes taken to Court House for the Corouer'e review, and then tafcen to Prankford for Interment. Neville was the brother of Mr*. A. L. Gaaklll. a cottager at Townaeud’e Inlet. QUEEM OF BABY {ABABE CB0W1ED AT WILDWOOD WILDWOOD—Mia* Eleanor Audi* was crowned queen o' the fifteenth annual baby parade Wednesday night thousands of people. She re70,205 votea Her lady-ln-walLng waa Mlse Wad el e Diamond. She received 46,136 votea. Her two attendants were Hlldur Colberg and Mary Nlghtlinger, who received, respectively. 44,111 and 16.714 votes. The total number of votqs was 124,-

III.

The queen was presented with s beautiful diamond ring, and her lady In waiting received a diamond ring The two attendants were also gifts of intrinsic value, preby John J. Kay, Jr., chairman of the entertainment committee of tbe boayd of trade. Tbe ceremony was bald on the beach-front at the too.'of Maple Avenue and was under the direction of Mrs. Boland Corson, directress of the baby parade. The program was as follows: Dance of the Seasons, Ir terpretod by 100 children: Seaao Mareeline Trueax; Brannat Winter,

TO HAVE EVBBTTHINO TO anything. Attractive prioas- „ gaiiyary. Champion's Lum-

^SJ^Sti^J The advertisement

; Winter, Bulk i of the queen and her attendee urt dances, featuring Baby , world's unsllest premier

STOP MY aDVEETISEMEHT This was the order of Kiss Loyd. _ -eesmaker. who Inserted a small classified advertisement in the TIMES

for two weeks.

'What's the Double?" she was asked "you ordered the advertisement for foui issue*." The answer wa* "I am getting so much business I can't handle ft all. and don't want to disappoint any of my customers." ' " —‘ "Ins L. yd

Grace Taylor Is Miss Ocean City fbit Mid-Summer Eerue Ends on Wednesday With Selection of Been ties in Coo test

Newspaper Gills Entertained

Man. Ocean City's representative la the Atlantic City fall pageant of V*. Pinned the "Mtae Oeean City fif IfiSI ribbon eerom the fair figure of Mlse Grace Taylor, of Philadelphia. Mtae Grace Taylor Is a summer rOM*«.t hare. Her Philadelphia address Is Mil N. Percy Street. Tall. Befol, with a char*.:-' psesonal- _ thie fair maiden will be u. sister resort entrant la ths contest ot Attefttlc City, where beauty rates supdeme at that graat event known as

Atlantic City Pageant.

'The announcement of tbe winner from tbe Ups of W. Ward Beam, il announcer. Gaily droaaed * and male counterpart Jamtned available Inch ot the municipal

TALL CEDARS HERE MEET THURSDAY Will Parade, Dance and Ceremonial Bridgeton Band to Be in line County Codon Expected The annual Sea tele City Tall Cedar Day this year will be on

Mrd. when

Tall Cedar Band and the T Jounty Foreet Band will e o. tbe Boardwalk parade. Tall Cedars from all sec of Jhe County will take part. Tam of tbe day Includes game between a struck Sea tele City team and a struck Tall Cedar team. This will take Place in the afternoon on the ball

As second oeauty of Ocean City, mm Mildred Davis, of Philadelphia, potlte brown-haired maiden ot this As third the Mary Mprphy. of Klchmond. Virginia, waa

FoBowteg the a

chaige ssssmblsd at the Arcadia Cafe,

wBere a midnight c JJmmi«£waak and ley. of Ocean City,

, were awarded i the best dan can

day of Oeean City Bevne was really for tbe entertalffmeat of

r of the Klwanla Club to luncheon at tbe Normandie Hotel. Tbe speaker of the occasion was Rev. Tommie Butler, official Chaplain of the Utica Klwanla Club of New York, j

His subject was In the main and bury

extoUatlon ot the merits of the

For tbe public a baud concert will be given early In the evening for one hour with the combined Bridgeton and Cape MayOounty bands This will be followed by tbe neual annual corwmonial. and a dance, the Utter being for Tall Cedar* and their lady-folk

tclorively.

The occasion Is the third to be held » City, and le kn Day,” the local Tall Cedhosts to the Bridgeton with the member* of the rty Forest as visitor*, le Commit tee In charge Mayor Irving Pitch, C. E. Ludlam, Jr.. Claude Rice. George Carmel and Wayne M.

SEEETESS SPOIL PASTY FOE COUNTY SPORTSMEN Weat for Outiag is Captain Meer-

De la ware Bay last and Wednesday, drove borne a party of about tv friends who had started out early Tuesday morning for a trip up the Delaware Bar In the boat of Captain

. and life for *«c

Ip which prevailed ■ of the peat* who peesengert oa

permit a leading In the party were included: George A. Bedding, Prosecutor Un-

Luther of the

Robert Warwick, mt; Paul E. Carroll, county sealer of weights end Attorney George R. Orels. Mayor Warren D. Hahn, of West Wildwood: and Jeaee D. Ludlam. of Court House.

Reminiscence of Old County Fair Many of the Worker* Who Made the Pint Fair in 1882 Poesible Have Since Passed On

Foster Has the Pint Booklet

of j.

By Zip

One of the prised poa. C. Foster of Court House, is a

of tbe first Fair booklet. It la entitled "The Premlun. List of tbe First Annual Fair of Cape May County" and is dated 1M2. Tbe booklet contains s wealth of material to cause reminiscences of the "good old days" by the older Inhabitants of tbs

County.

The Fair was then conducted on the old Munsey Farm at Court Hoims. After five or aU years the patmuage dropped off and Woodbine, which was in s boom at that time, offered to _ > of the Fair and bold It at that town. It paid the outstanding notes of a few hundred dollarp and received the remnants of the buildings that were oa tbe grounds. The buildings were removed to Woodbine but for some reason no Fair waa r er held there. After a lapse of several yean the Trotters' and Breeden' AaroeUtlon and purchased the present Fair Grounds As the name Implies. this association catered chiefly racing. Due to a large extent to the efforts of the late Dr. John of Court House, this met e success until the killed It themselves by delarger purses than could be t at tbe gate. After the Trotters' and Breeden' Association e races the County Board of Agriculture, believing that an agricultural fair would be a benefit and an aaeet to the County, assumed charge. The Fair Association, composed of Habers of the Board of Agriculture, was then formed and Incorporated. Fair Is s non-profit earning project. According to its charter all proceeds above expenses must be need the following year for more liberal premiums, wider publicity and better

RAW PAST SIGH, FIRED

Tbe remainder of the afternoon s* spent at tbe girls' own inclinations. Several of them were In the finals of the bathing parade that was held on the Boardwalk ou Wednesday

The majority of them,

however, took dips la the surf.

Artists AmoBg Judge*

In the evening the entire ae-

of girl contestants. Judge*. girls. commltteHnen and I escort* assembled at ths given In the ball-room of Flanders Hotel After this

event, which terminated around nine o'clock, tbs line of march from the Flanders Hotel to the Music Pavilion

ough a roped off section

betwi

trl-

. 4tL

eighty c

umphant march was ted by Mayor Joseph O. Champion together with tbe Judges which included. Mlse Marguerite Walx, official censor of the municipal dances of the Quaksi City; Grant T. Mitchell, prominent Philadelphia artist; Ralph Patton Colemen, Philadelphia Illustrator; and Donald Humphries, another artist of

Philadelphia.

Closely following these came the newspaper girls, then the fair eonitanta, each clad In a stunning evening gown, at the end of which the general public followed into the

Music Pavilion.

The beautiful representatives of e newspapers filed In tbe front xts, while tbe contestants took to e platform forming a half moon of auty. a eight that will never be forgotten by the thousands that The past few days are now history. The past few days are not history, but it will be remembered by the hundred odd contestant*, as one of the most stirring two days In their lives, and will go down In the hisfor; of this resort ut the greatest event ever staged by tbe aUied civic organisations ot this city. The girls representing the newspaper! were: Mias Emllle Dortseb. (Continued on Page IS)

ntls, of Woodbine, ran past at Plrbth Surest and Aenue. Ocean City, last Tues-

day morning, and despite repeated Mgnals by Traffic Officer A. L. Pfeifer, on duty there, be did not return. Policeman William Powell, who is stationed at tbe Ninth Street intersection of Asbury Avenue, heard tbe whistle and Immediately stopped Di aantte. who was driving s truck loadHe was taken to City Hal! where Police Justice Frank H. Ware was holding court, and fined two dollars

BOY TIMED TOR SPEEDING WOODBINE—John Fltxick, age 19. was fined 117.60 by tbe Justice of Peace Levin on Friday morning. This was Fltslck's second offense. He was warned the first Urn* by Constable Uebow to decrease his spaed, did not listen to tbe warning of the olltsr and his arrest followed. evening two council' 'hen they through th busy street of Adams Avenue. Councilman Mendelsohn ordered his arrest at once. Constable Uebow brought tbe prisoner before the Justice where the two coun ilmen testified that he wai breaking the law. He was given until one o’clock to pay up and appeared at the specified time. the appointment of the trafMorris Llchow, motorists are down within the borough

ESTABUSH A SAVING ACCOUNT with the Security Trust Company. Cape May City. They pay a 3 per cent. Interest and compound It every six months. They have assets of over 94,600.000. and car and will give you good service. Your money will begin to grow. You will soon have a fund to car* for you In case of sickness, and for your family in case of dasth. 40-lt

ORDER ADA SILICA BLOCK FOR your foundation and rest satisfied.— ad v. tf

•ntlally an Agricultural Fdlr, exhibits from all phases of Capa May County’s Industries are encour-

ted.

But to get back to tbs story of th* booklet, what attracted my attest Ion m of th* per was that made the first Fair poesible. Almost every one has been active in civic and County affairs. The ar* riaUon was presided over by »Hon. Stephen Bennett, of Court House, who was a lay Judge at that period. The position of lay Judge, who sat in Court with the presiding Judge, has since been abolished. In those day* this position was a nice political plum that was sought by y. Judge Bennett was not very « In the Fair, but held the poeiof President due to the fact he an Influential cltlxen and very thought of In the community, te executive commltee that really leaded by A. Carlton Hildreth, the present County Clerk. Hildreth took a very active pat t. He treasurer of the Trotters’ and Breeder^ Association. Ardrew J. Tomlin, of Goahem who was . herlff about that time, was one of the ricepresidents. Tomlin Is a distant relative of our last sherlfi. Mead Tomlin. Alfred Creese, of Green Creek, was another vice-president. Crease was chiefly Interested In the hone racing. He is still active, and drove bis favorite mare. Alma Chimes, home a winner In the races held on the Fair Grounds a few weeks ago. Winfield Scott Hand, who was buried last New Year’s Day at Court House, was the treasurer of the Association. At that time Hand was In the real estate and Insurance business st Court House. Later he was cashier at the Ocean City National Bank. During the war Hand held a position with the Emergency Fleet Corporation. He was very veil known In the County. The secretary. Dr. Julius Way, who Is now County physician, never lost Interest In the Fair and at the present time le one of the members of tbe executive committee of tbe present association. Cape May County benefited to a very large extent through Dr. Way’s untiring efforii to forestry and fruit growing during the past decade. The directors were headed by Jas. of Goshen, who has sluce ed on. His son, James Monroe iter, who was then lu the milk business at Sea Isle City, was also a (Continued on Page 12)

Harry Goldsmith Y0FE TAILOR How located at 15 Italia Street. Sea Ide City Cleaning Pressing Repairing Suits Made to Order