CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES. FRIDAY OCTOBER 29. 1926

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New School Is Slow Place For Wildwood

Other

Merry Maidens' Lunch

An <-laborate luncheon wan xpreafl for the entertainment of the ••Merry Maldenx" of Wildwood. in Germantown. Pa . Tnexday of last week. Mrs. Walter

Hagcrman. boiteax.

, As always, the occasion wax ^|a.~i in , one of oierrlmt-nt. Kollowins n "Wine [National Bank Also, usual custom, these youns women Fme New Building Now i fl " d much pleasure In lingering p_- — over the teacupe. As the ®** n 8 OUlIt | rolls around. Interesting — c hat forms an Important part of'

'he menu. In late years most

Wildwood Events of ,he KlrlR h » l 'e married, their

homes being widely scattered. >.t they continue to hold these festive occasions, when a general get-together meeting is enjoyed to the fullest. The -Merry Maidens" had Its beginning In Wildwood several years ago. Those who attended the luncheon were: Mrs. Anna Toier. lladdoufleld, N. J.. who was the winner in a unigue prixt drawing. Mre. Harry Burkhart. Mrs. William (Centner. Mrs. Frederick »tcinback. Mrs. Wilbur Craig. Mrs. Edward Taylor. Miss Eleanor Blackwell, all from Wildwood. Mine Marion Eeibj. Mrs. Uobtrl Inman. Mrs. Clyde B. Klrlin and Mrs. Bonson. of Gersuanton. Pa.; ■Mrs. Conrad Englekraut. of California, wa* aim a delegate

By Helen 8.

St. Ann's parochial school is WM OX the show places of the «H>. The property occupies 180 **•* frontage on Padflc Avenue. Between Magnolia and Glenwood. •nd tehee In the Ooslin estate, wnlch recently wax conveyed to Bee. Father Maroney for church •nd school purposes. The Convent, the former home of Mr. Tom Ooelina family, makes an tepeelng addition to the group of ane" bulldlnga belonging to this FPrieh. The new school building 1* a gem In architecture, eon■tnicted of tapestry brick and Brown stone. It is an edifice of Mrs.

magnificent proportion

twenty.

Wildwood is growing <n point Bt better building construction.

_ The Witte Construction Com*eny is making big etrlde* tof ward completion of the new Marine Lank, corner Wildwood •nd Pacific Avenues, which U undergoing a complete architectural change. Of white stone, its mammoth arched windows, lend imposing dignity to the broad, handsome doorway which will l« *he main entrance to the AntBuilding. The city of Wildwood

now boasta four banking fnstltu-. H°r Erb. sprained his right (ions whose aggregate deposits,"r*" 1 while cranking an auto-

ehoutd spell prosperity

Land Swindle Charge Result of Personal Grudge

Dredge Working Every Day on Gardens Fill

Over 150.000 cubic yard* of fill has already been made In the Aret section of Sea tale City Gardens, and a larg* dredge is pumping sand every day to complete the fill, which is guaranteed, tinder bond b/ the dredging contractor*, by

the end of this year.

The Prudential Company, owners jf the Gardens, last w eek paid I he City of Sea Isle City 14000 toward a surface drain through the property, and late this summer cempleted a $10,000 office on Landl*

Awnut. near the tract.

The development locally is regarded as very substantial.

the American Legion, attend-J n,or, *MeT. bowt tng the eighth annual contention: a * r o* , ■ , • ^, •“ rr which look place in Philadelphia! to 1 * 1 •hen last week. 1 ' ‘

Tb- Wildwood High School annex. when completed, will *how several additional class rooms: an Indoor modemly-equlpped gymnasium Including also Interior alterations of the sndttorltim to double present seating capacity. A minrtw-r of houses were rased from the site to make room for the High .School build ingn. which now occupy most half the block, and .is proof sufficient tbs increased s(tendance 111 the schools is Increased allyear population Wildwood's High School auditorium is considered one of Ibe finest In the

State.

"That Wildwood will have tnualc next summer. 1* without a doubt.” said Secretary Bair,bridge of the Wildwood Board of Trade. In a brief address at the last regular bualneas meeting of the boar/ Quoting from facts gathered at the TUeeday afternoon's meeting of the City Comm last on t-nr he told his audience that the Holly Beach Realty Company had a propnetuon in hand to creel * convention hall on the beach front somewhere between Young ■nd Spencer Avenues, for which the city miy consider s long 1

Mr. and Mrs. C B. Kobari have closed their summer home at North Rio Gnu.de and now are residing at their winter rnldencr on Glenwood Avenue. Mr*. Isyl Clootlng. their daughter, now resides with them. She expects U> accompany them to Florldn for the winter months, leaving this

pity lit December.

The next meeting of the Women's Auxiliary jf the Byron Pennington Pom. American Legion. will be held al the home of Mrs. Jack Grunlnger. West Poplar Avenue. Wednesday. No-

vember 3.

Mrs. E. L. Code, will spend the winter months with friends in Vineland.

mobile this week.

(Continued from Page 1) the alleged "liquid lot land ! swindle" has done irreparable l damage, nol only to Sea Isle City hut io all similar developments! along the Jersey coast. At the meeting of the Cltyi Commlsjdoneis on Tuesday. Mayor; Maurice M. Sofronay slat—d that Uonch's action wax clearly a casej of "sour grapes." and that he' was, undoubtedly trying to get ! back at the Prudential Company I for dismissing him from their) employ. This wa/ also unques-. tionnhly true of Brown. h<- stated and they were using Philadelphia , poller department to satisfy a

personal grudg<-.

"I have no reason to defend; I hi- Prudential Company." sated! Mayor Sofroney. "but I know I I hat the company has bri-n fair in everything inat the city :

ask .-d for. and only last * . k clearing up of the chafgea will paid $4000 toward the rest of a* never get the same publicity in surface drain, which will onlyl||, r eltr ti.'wspapers that was r"’ ""l wwnr. •Ml,,... „ MtMt.—

paid It weeks before it was due.",

Ml Sofroney stated that It wa- Company Had Bad Breaks

Inn that only $40,000 had b<s < ,

ls.!d for the property, and that | T*"' »*™riuentiaJ Devrtopmwt $5000 cash had been paid, with' (kunpany had a series of bad mortgage for the balam The I breag* the coarse of Its work

j of putting Sea lsl < City Gardens j on the market and developing U. At the time the fill wa* to be i done, the co.npany purchased a

know,, he Mated, that Mr Clnl I Ur *‘ ’■•d “ «*"- hMl mortgaged to a bonding «v,n,-! "•"•'t.uled at a rost scid pany $300.00u worth of Philadei- ; <0 h *‘ f bw ‘" w ’' 11 OTer pblti real estate to ba k up a ^ brl,l «‘ n ' : ,,M - '’redge up fidelity bond In the Globe | n _| ,bro u* l, ** Inland W

secured from me stat, moved from Park Boulfvard. il of Cnmtnerre and Naviga-! Wildwood Crest in their i for the use of the Inland j home,

operation

f damage U done, and the re- . lease at Cinl and La Gross and

4he dnilge. and when the United! Btat-, War Department hi-atd o! it. work wa* ordered stopped, a pet mi: being required from this department. At a hearing In Sea Isle Ci'y manor* were -jtralghi-en-d out. and permission soon followed from the War Department to go ahead with the work. Work was started again at one-. and the dredge ha* been pumping 34 hours every

' j Wildwood; Transport at Ion. Luther j Smith. Ocean C|

C Ogden. Cape May. publicity,] Samuel Eldredy. W. A. Half err. Sea Die City:| The speaker ' highways. John Berber, Wild- j wa* D.

Sesqui In Philadelphia t

large crowd attended thcj wood - pub | lc improvements. E ot the First Edt In Phllartelnhla on Su n-, >|| Bor K ntcsi Ocean View; mos- j Trenton. The N . ’

qufto. Charles A Norlon. Wild-j rill b«- held In n,,' : wood. membership. John C. I Hall at Digs Or ■ t \

Jlr. and Mre. Thoms* Flocca hare moved from Wildwood Crest to Magnolia Avenu-. for the wln-

We Deliver Cod Anywhere in the United Sltte,

Wildwood Flashes

Suggests Great National

Park For County

(Continued from Page 1) d of a central location for

A Imby girl, which ha* been j an annual county fair, and ad-aami-d Adelle. waa born to Dr I' orated the taking over Jn some and Mi*. H. C. Mangino. Satur-1 mnnner of the old fair gi.unds day evening. October IT. at th-J fallen to dcca; from lack ot use Di Mace Hospital. Both mother |foi s-veral yean. He advanced and child are doing nicely. the !4ct that the park could be

- used for the athletic events and

Loins Richer has received a flrig mMlg tbr iuu „, y pub i, c bmniilful gold watch fob. with a I arbools. which was done some

twenty year* service | y^ary ago and then, discontinued

Prudential Insurance

got stuck In the drawbridge of the Reading Railroad, going Into, j Wildwood. It wa* found that

The sacrament of baptism was administered upon Lorraine am! Bophla Banks, children of Mr and Mrs. Howard Banks. Mondny afternoon. In their home West Pine Avenue. Rev. Cobb, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiated. Lorraine Estelle, is lust turning three months, and Bophla Evelyn is six years of age. There was added Joy within the. home because of the recovery! of Mrs. Banka, who has long beet ill. Guests attending the cere mony wore: Mr. and Mrs. (ieorgt W. Banks, grandparent* of the tots: Mra. Rufus Collins, whe had been moth-ring baby Lorraine during he: mother's Illness. Mrs* C. A. Hell. Mr». James Taylor. of Wildwood, and Mis J Shropshire, of Trenton. N. J. Schumann Club Meeting The Schumann Club met Monday evening last week, at the home of Edith Childs, with Vice President Myer* In the chair The minutes were read by Miss Hoffman. The following program was carried out: Plant- > »lo. CroFantastique. Paderewski Sparks by Moskowskl. Betty Rir. Vocal aolo. The Barefoot Trail. Wiggera by Helen Weaver. Violin solo. LtebfMrauin. Lisit. Polish. Mendelsoh-i. Margaret

Hcffman

Piano aoh'. At the Spinning Wheel, by G dard. Edi" Childs. The next - teetlng Will be held al Hi* horn of Mrs. Rose Hum. on Friday. Govern her 1.

detnnlty Company, to guaran the completion of the All of

tlon A. where the lot* were aold.. , . . ... , and that the All. under this bond ’ ,b ' dr ** ,r * t "c«e* less In abaobitely bad to be roroplrtr,l, *''‘ rtlh ,h * r ‘ ,b '' r**" 11 "' 1 openlne to save forfeiture. i for n * vl « i >llon. fifty feel., and

i some piling were taken out to

Land Axtcsscd at $90,000 al, ®» die-dge to pass through. . It again become stuck, whn it Hiram C. Love. Director of Ft- u, cn discovered that the nance, staled ehat the city had. d^d,,. aPout alx inchee the first aection. romprising about | wider than the fifty feet allowed one-aiarh of the total devel 0 p-| for , nUnrt w a ,er.ay navigation

m<*nt. assessed last year for $90.-! Th , raRroi

000. proving -• - - '

far greater. «

Do»— cl.to. hi, ch.r,-L old „ P h.| d . , h . dr , d , 1 — •toltol riW ,n.l toCcu „ (.,l d Sprlw b.".

diamend. with the Company.

Washburn Will els D at his apartment. Cedtr and Holly Beach Avenuew. recovering from operation hr und-rwent al the American Stomach Hospital. Philadelphia. several weeks ago. A Hallowe'en frolic and barn dance was given at JIT West Glenwood Avenue, the home of Mrs Carl Clouting, on Monday. October 26. The proc-eds will go toward the new tialL-^'hlrb* Ibe Daughters of Union Veterans contemplate building.

when the grounds ceased

available.

Presiflent Fitch announced the ! appointment of new committr.-s.! with the following chairmen, j Executive. H. Foster Goslln.

; The railroad refused to widen Its

Mayor and Mra. O T King, of Wildwood Croat, are bark from an automobile tour through the South. Making the trip with «bem were Mr. and Mr* Charles

Albtg.

Miss Hazel E. Best, secretary to Marshall Bainbrldg--. Jr.. Secretary of the Wildwood Board of Trade, and John D. Buchan, of

united in

Mon-

the value waa | bridge fiwher.'and'aHerVbittic m * rrl, * , ‘ 11 !*»>ll»delpbl: In the unfinlsb-j snlth lhf . Slule B(uirt , Com j day. October 1?

« and Alfred Steel,-. IK Florida, where -hey ex

>-.r. i, i.ih . ... I*"" *v remain for the winter.

Colliiun Uhd. |“i «, ,n„ v« h...

City Engineer. William H. Col-1 undone. Bids were obtain-

lisson. Jr. of Ocean City, saldjfafit a* possible, and the contract Tuesday that he had mapped out * wa-' awarded to Gibb A Stevenson

tbe ground, and had be-n In! of Ocean CHy. for the filling close touch with the company j of the land This fill w ••ver si .ce id start He had never! have been started January dealt with a cleaner lot of pro- 'bin year, and completed Jupi

pie. he stared, and ’ever found[ Gibb A Stevenson were hit with an organisation more williqg io! the Prudential hoodoo, and ha I, meet every legal requirement.| the dredge held at Y-ntnor Gar-'

ery suggestion, made lens that was supposed to be

r Tniwsi xnnirc

by him a. City Engineci

Prtju.-nUal land was not under water, never bad been under watei. and over 150.000 cubic yards of fill had b.-en made up to this time, he declared. The bottom of the land Is solid, he said, and equal to any of the larg, developmenu in Ocean City. Wildwood. Atlantic City, or any

shore resort.

OoUissun was in telephone communication with the company ou

Tur-day, and offered his aid HiP^ny - needed. '~

Edwaid B. Arneu. President of! the F'rwt National Bank, of S« a | IMe City, said that he regrettr-d I the Whole thing. 'The company,] and It* offtcere. ho far a> 1 know.! are reliable, and will miry out

leased for Sea Isle City. The’ Prudential Company threatened suit under its bond with Glhb A Stevenson, and finally reached a] compromise unde: which ih-' dredging firm agre,-i .o g~i | dredge here at once. If the time! of the completion of tjie fill i would be extended to December 11*24. Thl* wa* agre-d to. ! and the fill wa* commenced a-

e slip of thi- com-)

H. RICKERS, SR.

ery 1

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Hair JgaUif&T Renewed

W -afril M. Sea Isle Uily

Estimates Furnished

Sea Isle City Hotel

; Company Organized

-and Mrs. Georg- T*yb

and won’ Spencer Ave. |ys hern on a fewmotor trip to rbilodelphla and othdf Point* enroute. making stopover Wt ,h and Mrs. Frederick Haas. Mr. Haas contemplates building a commodious bouse on Ocean Ave-

nue at Spfcer. within a tow j ,J] e |,i t , C. W. Tatlow is tbe con-j ^ of „i |>roject

(Continued from Mge IT"" ouid be rijysM Tn io the hotel

conij-iaV

A further meeting will be held l.AXt Monday, al right o'clock, in the City Hall. I! was made clear by Chairman Boeder that any and

nterest-

liberty to

attend all of the hotel uieeiings.

I and pvould be welcomed. The corporation will be known

as the Sea Die City Hotel Cor- ! notation By-laws will be adopted ; and office.* and dim-tors w ill be : chow-11 afi.-r the chari-r is se-

cured. at a public msetlng

tractor.

Mra. Oarrie Sertvant ha* returaed from attending .. conwenrton of the D of V Tent, *t DC* Moines, is . returning In her new Buick coach, which she pur-chasM-d at Flint. Mich 8hr went through aeveral different Btal—

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fioeca i 11 " l ' ■-* ! ‘niei sayone receiving rongraiulailoos on] tourist that kmiw- : birth of a baby daughtei, | Pom » holdup mwn. tGioria Jane, as they have named J r

(be newcomei

Civic Club Dinner Party A colorful dinner party, -on: uemorating the -.eason of H*i-jf Jowh’en. displaying the h»'V -el ' f fiowet and miniature dressy ^ • sin's appropriate upon thi- oc-| costea. wa* raUifc in evidence i wrhan the director of tbe Home fjoction. Wildwood Civic Club, a--eetnbi -d at table in the attractive •lining room of the Fenwick Inn. {Thursday evening. Oct. 14. Mrs. ! * Ifi- we* Gelsenhonei. hosts*- wa» , r sv.eisleu »a receiving by Me*datne« * Kvorefr Hand and Nat Johnson i A!iM Kelly Rice gave a piano u avlend liodxr. president of the 1

a* «los manager, he pe* lma| , ) . j

' Company had' night bhcJi - a || , hp | 0|a wb)ob

^ l '.' r : *»id un-ler the giNinuiice of •fill by last June, and had given lb- owners n protit Nothing was bring sold later. Donch said, exvpt to high claiw Invrotors an-l hom eseek ere. All tbe salr-?-men. who had sold to 'low class foreigners, and kicker..' had been ■twiiis.'-'l. and Donch was build-

ing a high Hass sales force." Irving Fitch County Surrogate

and Pi.sldent of the Chamber of 'ommerce << Cape May County, m tVeiln.wilay expreswe.l tndlgrm-

Ihe whole affair "Tbls

Dr. H. W.

Blaisddl

Eye Sight

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Don.htV Store. S

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VOU know a man who makes less money per year than you do. He started buying a home. He is jrettmp awa> .III ^ It makes vou thoughtlul. See us.

B PHONES JOHN L. MAKER

Apples Grimes Golden’ Rome Beauty Jonathan Banana Delicious Baldwin Stayman Winesap Now on sale at my farm at Swainton. on the Seashore Road, about one-half mile north of the Avalon Road. Apples are hand picked. large, free from blemishes and bruises. Just the kind of fruit to store for winter use.

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