CAR. HAY COBSTY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 14; 1926. *

Giant Map of Caj>e May County at Sesqui Exhibit County Publicity Director Hall, in Report to Freeholders. Outlines Plans of Exploiting County in Philadelphia's . ^ Big Anniversary Celebration

His Plans Meet With Approval of the County Board

Furman C. Reeve* . and T. C.

Wheat op..

Ocean County —Senator Thomae , A. Mathis and Aiwembtyman Ar-1

thur U. Smock.

A prize of five dollars has been

warded to the winner in each

Senior. Ethel Glbaon. Cape Mar. Aretmienlntion. "Should Examinn

-- jtlons lx- ConUnued?" County High School i junior. Georg* Clark Middle English Contest I4 “'

Tb. result ^ cousty M .b

school English contest .held Set- | \\oodblm. JVM-ripUve. “See New

urday. May 1. 1S26. in Middle | Jer * e 5 : *

Tov nrhir High School. In «* fob |

Iowa:

*"|'fl ie Origin of

>nie*tHnt from t 0 _ __

Memorial Day

Each of the four

represented by n contestant from four dlfferen* high schools of the

county.

The subjects were chosen by the Genf!ra i Logan Gave Order

.... „ -r > p or p jrst observance

Assistant Commlaaloner of Education. assigned to secondary schools, and these were opened in the | presence of the pupils at the be-j

ginning of the contest.

• One hour was allowed for the.

Kn -!-nau. Mlllan tiuare. (-ape 1 first wrlUng and thirty-five min-1

Memorial or Decoration Day Is n holiday observed In many Slates as an occasion for decorating the graves of soldier* klUr.t In the Civil War. wheth

..u.ied in national or private remet erien. The custopi orlglnated with the Southern State* and was copied scatterlhgty ati'l on dlRerent oays tn some Northern Stair*, all in the itpri-r- lor natural reanons. On May 5^ lh<8. General John A. Eogan^ then rommandcr-hi-chlef of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued an order appointing May 20 of that year for Grand Army service* for decorating irraiee—chooetBg Bible as being the

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have adopted K sinr. lag no national In* .. je«t. JtJa n|pcalh M State*, including p,...« Hawaii. Alaska and . with u- ..J Floridi ^1 MisaiaWppt. North Son tk CnroMna and Virginia It la tanUec .

of Art

May County, immediately on hi* return, work on the promotion of the Sesqirt-centennlal exhibit will be resumed with all speed.

‘.‘Respectfully submitted.

W. R. D. HALE."

The plan* met -villi approval of the board and Publicity Director Hall was authorized to

ith his plans.

The following r.

milted to the Ki—di.if.iei* last Wednesday by Goiintv Publicity

DlrecloB VH .K !• "all:

“In with the *uggestions mode at the last meeting of the Iloaid. .-.tiiuates have been reeeind tor the preparation of a map covering the rear wall

space at tin Se*<jtii-centennlal j proceed

Exhibit, set In a shadow box ——— frame and illnmlnatetl. The dl-'D_ J,. wensions oi this map win b- Name otate Dody

fifty feet by twelve anti cne-half It will be drawn to perfective

scale, view fiom the bead* front. the scale being 400 feet trf'Ihc . 1 a li

Inch, or approximately a mUelSen. Dngnt and Assembly-

lb lb, 1™ In, lb. fcsrournl man R^J 0 „ CommiU^

and diminishing in perspective

proportion to the top of the map. . , at which point the scale will be I Anapaoccment was —dc from

.ipproxlmately 1600 feet to the

To So. Jersey Show

inch. tkk S’ill peiaiit

tailed trsatzaent of the entire ocean front, with the Interior of the county cleat ly shown in proper perspective and with the

detail faithfully reproduced. Aland the creation of a comniltt■squeal has been sent to all of w‘ag. m ,fi e In a Joint resolution

; adopted at the recent session of

Trenton of the members of State Committsion named to supervine New Jersey’s participation In the South Jersey Exposition this

summer.

Provision for an approprialion

Ihe resorts for such photographic material a* they may have to assist the map-make in carefully building each Individual place. ‘The cost of this map. which will be one of the largest of its kind ever prepared, will b<slightly in excess oi the original estimate for the base relief map. but not so much as to bring tb* ■mount expended over the budget estimate of (S.OUO.OO for the exhibit. Sketch** ate In course of preparation for this map. but It will be necessary to adverjise for competitive bids for it. and 1 would request that the Clerk he authorised to prepare the necessary adiertiseroetil. Spec I■catton* for this may hate been prepared and copies left with

the Clerk

the Legislature.

Assemblyman William B. Knight. Camden County, sponsored toe bill which provides for the Stale having exhibits showing the work of eleven departments of the Commonwealth’s government. Thirteen of the committeemen are members of the Senate and House, the others being cilizena of South Jersey counties. Those Cape May County Senator William H. Bright and Assemolyman Charles C. Read. Camden County —Assemblyman Knight. Charles F. Wise. County Clerk: J. David Stern, publisher: Harry Stevenson. Public Service Corpora 1 ion: Melbourne F. Mid'ity Commissioner of

The fifty leer of spare utilized Finance an.! Revenue: William D.

Sayr*. internal revenue depaititient: Volney Bennett, president, and A. E. McKinnon, director of

the exposition.

Gloucester County Senator Francis B. Davis and Edward L. Slurgess. Internal Revenue Collec-

■uap w US be

front with a beach effect leading up 10 II with a boardwalk pioperly railed extending across tbi entile iiont. to afford visitors ample oppoiuiniiy to study £«p There will be exits at end of the boardwalk and at Ihe soul hern end of the booth, leading to the rest paiilion proitded with seat* whirh will occupy a.Spar, of J« feel in width l.y la feet in depth toward ihe bark of the booth The next SO feet will be glien Oler to the agrlrultnrat. climate and health features of the exhibit, reserving 5 leet of length lor distribution of literature and information. I find that the rules of the Serujuicentennlal association have been changed so that advertising is not barred from literature given out directly from the exhibitor*

booth. Therefr

should be enrouraged to furnish whatever advertising Ilcity data they ma; dispose „f in proper >iuantltiesj for distribution at the ftesqui ] This will likewise hold true a< the Koulh Jersey. Inc., exhibit. “Approval of the entire form of the exhibition is requested herewith, in order that estimate* j for the necessary carpentry and electrical installation i.vay b-

procured

Th - director of publicity i- , absent this week, accompanying ( the county booster tour of Cape 1

tor.

Atlantic County-Senator Emrson L. Richards and Aseeniblynatt Anthony Siracusa. Burlington County - Senator Etnmor Roberts and Assemblyman

Clifford Powell.

in.t.ciiand County Senator,

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1 Business '< Insurance is a form of insurance »_ that protects your business H-viociates. and your inteicst m your

business

Many Cape May County firms use it. including the publishc--. c of the cape may COUNIT TIMES Let me explain it To

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not. the this car’s

Perhaps fault of driver. No matter—it's a mess and a loss. If you do not have insurance— Better have it. See us.

E. 0. HOWELL, JR.

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All That Glitters Is Gold

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Ocean City and Cape May County * ' ■ * • . • rv . The glittering sands of Cape May County is gold. Gold for the Home Seeker, gold for the investor and gold for the speculator. , vt > .■ The Most Valuable Land in America V -, r *'*v % is in Ocean City and Cape May County. This strip of land, bounded on one side by the Atlantic Ocean and on the other side by the Delaware Bay and Egg Harbor Bay, is endowed by nature with opportunities galore, ... .. 10 Rapidly Growing Resorts in Cape May County is the assurance of the great opportunities afforded every one in this county overflowing with prospenty. ; P ; ■ ... As an illustration of the opportunities, we offer:

In Ocean City 21 Water Front Lois along the Great Egg Harbor Bay. Financed 75 per cent. This select and restricted location would warrant an unexpected resale at twice the present sale price. $65,000

In Cape May County 260 Acres, Truck and Dairy Farm,' including Colonial Homestead and tenant houses, with a fronUge on the concrete Shore Boulevard; within 1,000 feet of railroad staiiin and an average distance of 5 miles to six Seashore Resorts. I | — $100 Per Acre

J. R. Tucker Shore Co.

Ocean City, N. J.