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SEA ISLE CITY Leon Creamer motored to Wildwood on Wednesday evening. Betty Reed is spending her vacation with her mother. Mrs. H. Jacobi. Edward Eichman, of Philadelphia. was a week-end visitor In this city. Mr. and Mrs. John Moyer, of Cramer Hill, were recent visitors In Sea Isle City. Miss Helen Earnest, of Philadelphia. spent the week end with friends In Sea Isle City. Misses Edith and Jeseir P. Harrlman. of Wood cliff, N. J.. are spending two weeks with Mrs. Albert Am berg Miss Virginia Snow, of Philadelphia. arrived at Sea Isle City on Tuesday and will remain the rest of the season. George Stevens and Charles Barth were among the Sea Isle City folks that attended the dance at Avalon Saturday evening. Ted Neagle and Ralph Kendlg are spending this week with their friend. Jack Dennett, at his summer home on Landis Avenue. Mrs. Walter Rlef and Edward Meher. of Laurel Springs, were the guest s of Mr. and Mrs. Wllburt Edwards over the week end. Mrs. Morrell and family have returned to their Minerva Street cottage after a delightful tour through New England States. Virginia M. Amberg. who holds a government position at Washington. D. C.. is visiting her parents for two weeks. Mrs. Sydney Ruwell. who is a summer resident of Sea Isle City, entertained a few of her friends on Monday In honor of her blrth-

day.

Prank Seeley, manager of ths Cedarbrook Golf Club, at Mt. Airy, Pa., spent several days with his brother. William Seeley, week. Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards and Lester Dickenc. of Laurel Springs, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W11 burl Edwards at their home on Landis Avenue. Mrs. H. L. Picard will be hostess at the card party to be given this afternoon (Friday' at * P. M. for the benefit of St. Joseph's Church. Mtm Gladys Hess, of BeUeplaln. returned to her home after a month's vacation with her ancle and •unt, Mr. and Mrs. Ira P.

Paulsboro one day last week, on account of the death of GUI Thompeon. their nephew. I^on Reardon, Leon Creamer. Lewis Peterson. George Stevens and Charles Barth motored fo Millville on Tuesday night and enjoyed the amusement* at Luna Park. The Wide-Awake T. M. C. A. Group wUl go on a treasure bunt Monday evening. This Is one of the group s summer events. The regular weekly meetings will be week after sc'

Mrs. John Vanaman and daughter. Frances, of Paulsboro, have returned to their home after spending a pleasant month's vacation at the Ocean View Hotel. Mr. Vanaman. who spent the week ends here with his famUy. Is Mayor of Paulsboro. In a return game with Woodbine last Saturday. Sea Isle City basketball team again emerged the victor by a score of 28-17. The playing of Oakes, White and Curry featured the game. Sea Isle City team has a game In the making with Ocean City, which promises to be a "humdinger.'' Francis Seeley has sold hit property at Bridgeton, and Is now making his home with his son. Wpiam Seeley, at the Ocean View Hotel. Mr. Seeley Is 88 years old and has made his home in Bridgeton all his life. For forty years he condi'cted a carpet business In

that city.

Mrs. Anna William*. Herbert Williams. Mr. and Mrs Howard Mailer and daughter. Sarah, of Woodbury: Miss Gladys Burnsides, of Philadelphia. Allen DU1. of Camden; Mr. and Mrs Charles Clowd. of Brlcksboro, were entertained over the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. WUburt Ed-

wards.

Professor and Mrs. E. J. Tomlinson and daughter. Elizabeth, of Wee haw ken. N. J., have returned home after spending a delightful five weeks with Mrs. Tomlln-

Prosecutor Asks Storage Room For Liquor Whiskies, white mule and kindred liquors taken in raids by the Prosecutor’s detectives clutter up Prosecutor Campbell's office to such an extent that he has asked the Board of Chosen Freeholders, through Director Champion, for S special closet to oouse lbe contraband in. The request was presented at the meeting of the Freeholders Wednesday afternoon. No one applied for the Job of taking care of the proposed storehouse

thus far.

and devotional place in which to worship. The public la most cordially Invited to this service. Freeholders Ask For Toll Free Bridge (Continued from Page One) bridge over Leonard's Thoroughfare was in unsatisfactory condition and he presented a resolution that It be Improved. The resoluUon was voted on favorably. It was reported by Director Champion that the coast guard wanted to lay a telephone cable on the county highway at Strt thmere and that the War Department of the United States had written. In reply to their application, that It would have to obtain permission from the owners of the riparian grant there before proceeding. The board gave :ts approval to the undertaking insofar as H was

concerned.

T. Millet Hand. Clerk of the Board, reported th»t 4S0 inqulriee had been received In response to advertising for ISIS. Replies are still coming In. his letter said. The sum of 810.000 had been set aside for advertising in 1826 and 86.000 In 1914. In 1824 211 inquiries had been received. The year 1926 shows over 100 per cent, increase In Inquiries over 1924. ‘7t is safe to conclude that an advertising campaign," says

his report, "of such magnitude has I _ materially contributed to the ex- 1 reports the sale of the Eustace

ceptlonally prosperous

Dredge Moves Bridge

The Stone Harbor bridge was moved several Inches Tuesday evening about 7 o'clock, when the tide caught a Bader Construction Company dredge and swinging it around, threw it Into the west end of the draw. No one was injured In the aeddent. but traffic was

delayed for over an hour.

Men were pot to work on the bridge and It was ready for use

shout 7.10 o'clock.

Sea Isle City Beach Front Values Jump (Continued from Page One)

The office of Irving Fitch also

Physician in Collision

Mr. and Mrs I«wls Munyoa and son. Paul, of Camden, are spending ten days with friends In this rssort. Mr. Munyon is connected with the Board cf Health In that city. Mrs Ruth Lemeu and two sons. Joseph and Daniel, of Williamsport. Md.. are visiting their parent* and grandparents. Dr. and Mrs D. Upton Bair, at the Luth-

Whlie proceeding to his home Monday .night, at Cape May Court House, after attending to his patients. Dr. Alexander C. Moon, a well-known physician of this

r-omiln- oount ^- struck the automobile

i’s sister. Mrs. William Seeley dr,TW1 by Herbert Uhle, of PhilaMr. Tomlinson has been superin-1 d# ^ ,hu -_ The caused Uhle's.

ten dent of the public whools at Weehawken for the past thirty

six years

The Misses Delaney and Schmidt win entertain the children at the Lafayetu Lunch Room Monday evening, August 24. This Is an annual affair, which the children look forward to with a great deal of pleasure. They are planning to have a fish pond, which will prove to be quite

a novelty.

On Sunday. August 80. at 8 P. .. the Messiah Lutheran congregation win have a ground breaking service at the comer of Landis Avenue and Italia Street. As a result of the sale of the old chapel and a vacant lot. ths way has opened for the erection of s new anil mart churcbly building.

State Utility Board Dismisses Complaint (Continued from Page One) necessary that an auxiliary plant be maintained In the city for emergency purposes." • "Direct Act of God’ The Atlantic City Electric Company admitted there had been interruptions but denied that they had been occasioned by any inadequacy of facilities or failure on the part of the operating organisation to properly maintain and operate said facilities. The company further admitted that on the evening in question service had beea Interrupted, but contended that "such outage was a direct act of God In that direct strokes of lightning struck and severed one of the sources o' supply of electric energy, and at the same time completely disabled the second source of electric enas to make it totally In-

operative.”

The company further claimed that the matter was immediately taken care of by the service crews then on duty and repairs made as quickly as it was possible for such repairs to be made. The company further claimed that Us electric

date, of the most modern type,, properly Installed and subject to as few interferences as is possible within the limits of human ability, to maintain service.

ments and betterments, a large proportion of which is for purpose of assuring con Unt and adequate ssrvtoe to ths towns supplied rrtxn the Atlantic City Electric Company's plant, and after full consideration of all ths testimony the board Is of the opinion that the company Is doing everything that can be reasonably expected, both la the matter of constrncUon and operation ti rsn-

plaint

"Do TO tor „

Mr. and Mrs. Simeon DeVsult. who ai« summering In Sea Isle City, were called to their home In

py to have arrived at thle poijt. sine* they have keealy felt the Try great need of a more modem

TransacUons con-

summated by this office dur. ng the past week Include the sale of the Loughry cottage, on Landis Avenue. below Coral Street; the six lots owned by C. H. Shuman, on Vineland and ii&nicor ton Sts.; four lets In Venedan Park, on I Minerva Street, and two lots at Townsend's Inlet, on Storm St Earl M. Waddlugton head of the Davls-Waddlngton Lumber Company, on Tuesday stated that the outlook for building in the fall is unusually bright. "We are figuring.” said Mr. Waddlngton. "on a grist number of projects, and whUe thtre is a temporary lull In the bt tiding trade right now. the prospect Is that we will have a very busy fall and winter." Anticipating the fall rush this company has cut two feet from Its mill to place a new railroad siding for quicker handling of ma-. tertal. and la erecting a large new '

Mrs. & T. Gardiner. Atlanta, I lumber she' All the mill work- ' Ga.; Mias Mary Walsh. Williams- Ing machinery —as moved and re-' port. Pa.: W. A. Spencer. East arranged during the past few Orange. N. J.; W. Struble, Ocean weeks, and without the loss of any City; Fred G. Kretlzer, Jr.. Phila- Ume from production, delphla. and the Jefferson trio, of The ecmniny Is furnishing the South Dennis, have been spending mater ml for the new large apartquit* a bit of time at the Wild- I swot house.: and garage ood Golf Course recently. | Frank Burr, st Btrathmere.

The City’s Complaint

The office of L?wl* s. Chester I The matter was duly heard by reports a number of deal*. Involv-jthe board at which time both the log considerable land, which, I city and the company were reprewhile not closed^ up as yet. are In sen ted. Testimony was submitted

by the city regarding the Interruptions and the serious effect to the city and its inhabitants. Testimony was also submitted by the company explaining the re for such interruptions and steps taken by them not only to establish the service, but further steps had been taken Involving very large expenditures of money to prevent re-occurrence of such

Interruptions.

It was shown that ths whole of

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southern New Jersey, south of Atlantic City, is supplied through twu transmission lines both of hich. however, originate at the power station la Atlantic City. A high tension transmission line operating at 68.000 volts connect* the Atlantic City plant with the Du Pont plant near Pennagrove and with the Wilmington plant In Wilmington. Del. This line, howiver, had not been completed at the ttee of the earlier interrup-

•'oos.

The transmission line In question. however, was completed some months ego. The switching arrangements at the Atlantic City plant have been completely rearranged. Approximately 8176.000

has been expended ‘

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