Cam; May County Times

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CAPE MAY COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER tti ISLE COT, CAPS KAY COUHTY, j j„ FBIDAY. JULY SO, 1986.

Avalon Sells $25,000 Tax Title Bonds R. M. Grant Co., New York, Were Hi*H Bidders For the Issue

Just One More Chance To Win a Slogan Prize Most Popular of TIMES Contests Ends Tuesday of Next Week

Fire Apparatus Bond Issue Bids for ISt.SSS tax UU* lien oda ware orned at the Tu«dar eveatac ew.eien of Avalon

Don't Forget $25 Award

y-a, uoauaianoaen. xnere were n t amn <*• tor i LJVj V-<UIip Jtertse National Bask. <* Wll

Boroush Bnslaoer Ooillcoon reported tret there la sot eat ' (rcrel in depth, acsordlag ■pedfleaUpaa. on Araloo Aren or

Charlaa R. Hall, founder* ^ Avail land whan called 'Mid that he recretled he ooul cot star la Avalon all the time to ea>ojr tUe praeperltr of cmderful borou*h. Director Kothaeker flle<* a eup-

emeatarr debt

tbr purpoee of latrodsela* bond* to the amouw of *«.•*• to provide for the purchase of a new

hre apparatus.

The hot debt of the boroush

Is Ml.Mt.U.

An ordinance, providing the Iseuanc* of S1K.PS0 of b the purchase of flit spparstaa

final psasase at the Asiost IS

meeting.

Mayor Bergner riperted that

win start right after Labor Day. duration of one hundred dollar* was < made towards Avalon

Dfiy and the usual bah/

sponsored by the Avaloe Oestno

Club. : -

Fvemen's Carnival at Stone Harbor Win Bt Held Two Week

Ends in August

Cape May County Pomona Grange Hold Annual Picnic Sports Featured the Morning—Reese P. Risley, Original Developer of Stone Harbor, Was Speaker of the Day—Reviewed Growth of County

Urged Hearers To Build in Harmony With Jehovah

The end of the most popular of the series of Classified Contest* conducted by 'he TIMES 1* drawing near. The Slogan Contest closes Tuesday evening next, at 7 That means the laet chance fot you to win a weekly prise Ind become eligible for the special $16.00 award to be made the writer of-the beet of the prise winning slogans. Mrs. Effie Bulmer. of 306 East Nineteenth Street. Wildwood, gem the check for five dollars for the best of the big batch of slogans that were submitted this week. B. E. Carter, of 33 Franklin Street. Bridgeton, receives $1.60 for the second beat slogan. Mrs. Buhner's advice In her prise winning slogan Is worth follow! ikg: The Sogan That Won « jkVOp through TDCXS Classified Ads at sight; yooll save time making purchases the next day. Mr. Carter's slogan states, in rhyme, a fact well known to hosts of TIMES reader*: 8 Clasatfirt AA week help people tmi just what ^J?mon?" the other slogans deserving special mention are: Pave your road to iuc< with TIMES CUmified Ada.' Mrs. H. T. Smith. Tackaboe. ''Broadcast your needs through e TIMES Classified Department; an Interested throng Is Uttering In.”—Mr*. F. V. Gandy Petersburg. ''Classified Ads seen In tha TIMES are the buying stUebea which will en*e your pane." Jack Cohan. Ben Isle City. “No trip nfi ternary—Tlh Classified Bspfirissent brings tho Csnaty* Uw-to^fil* shops to your AoOr.**—Robert Sullivan. Sea Me

City.

“The TOI! net strangers In the community to do their shopping Intelligently. '—E. E Hell. Wildwood. “Brevity Is the keyne'e to vjceasa in the TIMES ClaMlfied Dr pnrtment.“—Joseph F. Lynch. Ml Holly.

Gas Franchise Ordinances On First Reading

Sea Isle Commissioners

Will Take Them Up For Final Action August 17

Citizens Are Not Interested

Five three-round boxing Uoas by PennnyltnnU aamteum wUl be one of the features of the Stons Harbor firemens carnival.

and Friday. August 13 and 14, and Thursday, Friday and Saturday. August It. tfi and tL The boxing bouta will be held Saturday erterenoa, August 1«. and will be under the supervMon of Herman Meyer, of Philadelphia.

Athletic Club, of Philadelphia, and alao Instructor of the Btooe Harbor physical eulOe the opening night. Pridny. the 13. n concert will be given by the Cape May Court House Dead, under the direction of Frof.

will enliven the five nights ot the carnival sol an effort will hr mode to have musical aUroc-

and verood ta first aid (ton. including orcheotnm col number*, each night. _____ The carnival la given tor the —i ^ r-- . ■efit of Store Harbor Fire Co. Flivver Laugh. Tire,

Ordinance No. #fi. granting the Jersey Central Power and Light Company permission .o lay mains in the -streets of the city and sell was passed on fust reading as was ordinance No. 70. grantthe same company the right to lay pipes through the city to reach Avalon and Stone Harbor at the meeting of Sea Isle City

Commissioners on Tttesf It wr* thought that

ntattve body of U Use ns would be prurnnl at the meeting but only one person was In attendance. who stayed for a abort time.

Much time was spent

teehnlcalttlee of the ordli William Campbell. Jr., rep Ing (he company made it

Sports, a Vocational School exhibit. good music and splendid addressee marked ths annual picnic and summer mee\ng of the Cape May County Pomona Grange, held In the South Seavtlle Camp Meeting Grounds on Wednesday, which was attended by Grangers from all parts of the county. The morning was given over to pitching Quolta. a tug-of-war and other sports, and Dias Creek Grange carried away the honors in several events. Lunch was

served at the Grove House.

Edward Burleigh, of the Tuckahoe Grange and Master ot Pomonr., acted as chairman of the afternoon session, and Introduced the speakers. A. T. ». Howell, of the Dias Creek Grange and lecturer of Pomona, acted as

master of ceremonies.

Music ty the Din* Creek Orange orchestra, a taler ted organisation of young folk of Dias Creek, opened the afternoon's program, and freouent encores testified to the enjoyment of the music by the Granger* present. Invocation was made by Rev. Walter Yerkes, of Tuck* hoc. chaplain of the Pomona Orange, which was followed hy an able recitation by Mr*. Eaton, of South Seavlllc. on “Our Flag.'' The speaker of the day was Reroe P. Risley, one of the ortgl-

tbat the • nal derelopers of Stone Harbor, only going to sup-1 now head of the firm of Brlganply districts which ths city is not | tine Brokers, of AtlanUe City, a now supplying, and would not be I highly successful real estate orccmpetltora, os Sea Isle City - *| gxnlxalion. Mr. Risley surprised rights are guaranteed and at any: hM cudlenec by giving as his time the city may command them subject a blbleal quotation.

The ordinances will be

taken up (or second and final

reading* on August 17.

No bids were received for work on the storm drains, or a tract No. 632. sad notices were ordered ■

leas Jenovah bulldelb the city, he that bulids It labors W ' vain: unless Jehovah keepeth city, the watchmen calicth bu

vain."

Mr. Risley said that nothing

Camp Card Doughte Full:

Municipal Form of i ment Instituted For < trol of <

Sixty Boys

Camp Cardinal, cated near the risie ciyr, is no*

Oval slrty boyi

camp and It la fit number will be 1m a hundred with ; boys from 8L Brid,

Philadelphia.

A feature of the U the form of go is in the handa operated In the

municipalities. elected weekly,

this week 1* Joseph

Hart Is the Judga, i McCabe Is chief of ‘

Sheridan is Chief John Riggins, C Del mar Bennett, and Sanitation, Chief of Supy

Cantwell Is tie

The t

. Chief 4

Supplies, ,

1 guilty ■

verttsed again for bids to be re-1 can be built successfully unh

Boys found l

of comp rules ore f by jury and If |' which are generally * of some sort, they s charge of the v chiefs to see q

carried OUL

The training I this respect Is very h the manret In i and the other c of ‘.heir dnliee Is e^l fine order, cleonllnefi ness prevailing. The boys ate k 6:30 A. M. until which time Ups a The days ta qpl

in 'he o

ley ball, fishing, I sailing la the hop la the event** ti

I serobled In the (

that' S Classified reorge W. Caldwell. . F. D. No. 3.

Annual Meeting of Women'* Civic Club The annual meet ing of the Sea Isle City Women's Civic Club was held In the club house on the Boardwalk on Wednesday of last week, with s Urge attendaaee. The minutes of last year's ■e lead and plasa tor

These officers and trustee* were elected to serve for the year: Mrs. J. J. Hagan, preslv*sat: MTS L. J. Downey, vice president: Mrs. J. C. Gellen. secretary and Mrs Thomas Nock, treasure'. The trustees are: Mtm Catherine Quinn. Mrs Turner Pope « y. Mrs. Oeorgf Boeder. Mrs. GwTc /' •erson and Mr*.

Theodore DeBow.

Rev. fi

as.*

City.

Among the activities of

Isto City is to be a aeries of leeterm at fit. Joseph's Chnrch boll

by the Rev Hugh ■ Gallagher The first of these. “The *

IS pertelsiog to w He hss ludlss la the language Maury and arte of Iroland at f Cotbelle t'alvonlty. Washlngt. d. e

ttiiamml" form a vary letereottag. be I Nature of the tret lecture. I Father OaElghv bee bad big ta Ctdfiogn aid ether

No 1 and the CbUdrea'e ]

wand.

L R. Lewis tc chairman nf the ■nernl committee In charge of the event. Harold ’. Taylor bos been appointed treasurer of the

iralval.

The Stone Haibor Fire Company cleared over H.fiCO on their carnival lest year and expect int this year

Sea Cfit tttt Weeds

Many owners of Sea

ive cut the weeds and grass 1 i them The sppearrnce of the ts Uvs been Improved noticeably sUoe this has been done. It is the eptelOB of many realdeals 'hot If all lots were cat

. Owner* Were in Church „ Sunday a Ford sedan caught fire In front of 8t. Joseph's Church. The owners of the r were In the church. Officer Francis Seely discovered the fire and stopped a Shore ServBus.' procuring s fire extinguisher to put out tbe blase. Seely suatsl*ed painful burna. The car was net damaged to any

great extent.

Erma Youth Charged With Forging Check Jay Scbelllnger. of Erma, la lodged In the county jail charged with forging check-. Young Scbellc.-igr' come* of a nice fam-

ily. hut Is sold

Tuesday. August 17.

Two bids were received for Contreel No. f*1. for remodeling and repoirint the old volunteer fire house. /- U Mueller, See Me City, with a bid of S9.600 was awarded the contract. The Hawkins Construction Company,

this city, bid 91fi.T34.83.

A communication was received from a resident of Garrison Street, complaining of water lying In the vicinity of her property. The matter was ordered given attention. Commissioner

Maher said tbe trouble

tc the Isck of proper drainage under (he railroad. In that

lion.

A report from the New Jersey Utility Commission giving city power to moke nece crossings over the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks was received. This matter will be token up with the railroad company. City Engineer CeUlsson report ed that the new street signs would be on hand la a few days. Mayor Sofroney stated that many of the side streets a a terrible condition and that they should be scraped with tbe new scraper, filled and levelled with gravel. Ke also brought up the matu-r of the unclean condition of Landis Avenue, stating that It woe the coanty*a duty to dean U. but due to negligence on the county's part, he thought the best present was for the city ■ It. Gram growing on the streets wee Mao refe.red to the Department oT FuLilc Work* and uignw^ja Director Maher said that a guide sign directing motorists to county points would be placed on Landis Avenue. He reported that many Inquiries are received dally from motorists and the sign will

added

Mtber further stated that tbe old boiler house at the electric plant would be torn down and tin

brick and debria salvaged. City Eaglneer Colllseon report ed that the pavilions »< i pined and were up to the pla:

and specification!

Why not start an Interest acooubi In Security Trust Company. Cope May CltyT It only takes 81 to begin Midi an account, and yoc can do It by mol! -edv. THE QUICKEST WAY to own n bom* of your owa-Uw Building •nd toon plan See Inin* Fitch. Secretary Tradesmen's Building and Loan. Sea sic UlJ

Is with God. and In complete harmony with the infinite. He referred to his pioneer days In Stone Harbor, when problems had o be met. and be would say. By the help of my good right ana. Til overcome this.” He said that he was not then attuned to the passage of scripture taken his subject, and that It was undoubtedly due to this that "Ms

good right arm” failed he needed It moot.

He said that the people Cape May County generally must building with Jehovah, cause In the twenty years since he first set foot In Capo May County, such wonderful had been mode. Twenty years ago. he sUtod, the only gravel roads In the county, built State specifications, were a atrip from Cape May to Erma, and a atrip from Court House to Den nisvllle. All the wot were dirt, sand end top-coated gravel, compared this with the roads of

today.

In education great progress has been made, and wisely, he said, because on education depends the future of this nation. He urged •be completion of tbe All-Rtoort Ocean Boulevard system, by the connection of Sea Me Cltj- with Avalon, and Slone Harbor vrtth (Continued on Faze Five) Entertained Shekinah Giee Club at Dinner

W C. T. U. Cottage at

Camp Grounds

Through the efforts of Mrs. Elltabe'h Swain, county president of the W. C. T. I', a cottage has been prepared at the South 8eavlllo ramp meeting grounds, fitted up as a rest room for Isdla*. and bearing tbe W. C. T. I’, emblem across Its newly-built and painted porch. The cottage was paid for by voluntary tiibuttons of friends of the

A» is his annual custom. Dr. Theodore C. Wheaton, of Millville and a Seal Me xummei resident. entertained the Shekinah Glee Club, of Millville, nt dinnet on Wednesday evening at the

Bellevue Hotel.

Tbe club came down with full

ranks, a* these annual dinners of the Doctor's are looked forward to as treats not to be missed. Wll and song made tbe occasion a moat delightful one a id every-

body bad a royal go-id time. After the dinner the club ac-

com- repted an Invitation of Mr. Harry Shcffer. also a MlllvtneSea Me resident, to spend part

the evening at his cot .age on

Forty-sixth Street, and here was rounded out a visit which the

club members will cot »

sing a song, recite, I

Tbe camp 4 valuable training I Tho boy* enjoy 1 stunts and ere proficient under t e staff. Boy* who cannot I do not know how ( are taught trained college men. swimming are und* vision of strict 1 and no boy is i or swim outside oC t

hours.

Tbe camp has a boathouse, which 1 launch, rowboats a Every camper I portunlty to earn Merits are gives! i system. In order 1 camp letter, a boy b tain number of f ferent t ~ _ J, participations, points rntiUoa camp letters. The camp la vision of the 1 diocese, from Philadelphia j No distinction

creed.

Rev. Daniel J. i spiritual direct* V. Steward ta c aisled by s troJ

New* Frc

gel The clnb gave a vocal coi at the hand pavilion, which was generously applauded. Harry Hampton, between Intermissions. told funny jokes and kepi the large crowd in laughter Ihrougbout. Mayor Maurice Sofromy la endeavoring to arrange more roarer is by toe club and in planning

*36. Complete rodto tubes, A and Gould Storage speaker. 925.00 i Electric almost new. Just a few i bargains to be I week's Ola Every wee In that F If you*vp a why not let * ^ »•"! Ad do 1 One coots nest .1 The i