cira jut counTT tots. pid4y. jicocbu *4. 1»*

~School Pupils

Pay Visit To Santa Claus

Ocean City Kotary Club Visit* Sea Isle

(ContinwM Irvm P«0« O**)

emit Irttns ntcti Otpn *»k buaninic wltti ut. .^etfin over tbr prufirM- b»in»: in««ti by hi*

Se*. I*lf Chy off‘prlnu. sod prt-

d‘rt«J equally as Food ph>*;:e-*

Xmas Ravlet Elxcellently be blx Ocean City tmby. H* Rcndord By Se. I.k ^ b ” u ‘

City Boys and Girls

I the bid of c:.t» a the only offer rec*ie»d for the work. The num Of f4S,SM had been appropriated

far the work.

Ordinance T». aethotirnik the •bore work an<l approprianiiF the

r *ur i

Anal reodtna Jurt before the bid era* opened. Sew bide will be

aaked'later on.

■ Ftntr bid* were reeel ved fr.r tearlRff down l be old frame tiulldlfiF attacbed to the old electric itkb tplant and demotirhlnk the Mack at the -pUii!. Herman xtiaatond wae awarded the tract at hu bid of ti?5. The other • i»ldd«r* were: Kehner McOnrk Company. f23l: Jow Ptmolano. 1226. One bid t irrefftiiar and wa* rejeeied

EeU Adjourned Meeting An adjourned mnetlnc of the

evening at

i held Tueeday

which an ordinance

fires reading,

granting to the Jemay Central L.tght and Power Company, purchaaera of the olty gas plant.

tight City.

Ask For Street lighting Bids City Clerk McBride way all

thortsed to ndrertiM for bid* lor lightihc the *1 recta ol the city for five year* from January 1827. ‘ That > the .late when the city eloctric ayeiem will into the hand* of the Atlantic Electric Company. Bid* will be opened <at "January 11. 1827. at

S o’clock.

2 Killed When P. & R Runs Into Open Switch

(C r ntiftiied from P*pa One) tlor and turned .bvor on the aide on which Blake and Baumwoi* were aUtioy. "1 tried to warn them when I maw.ye were goiAn.Jbt..t«k8, >h« aldla# *< thM tOei d They hare kept on talking until the rnglne turned on ita Hide."

Railroad Officials Refuse to Talk Railroad off trial* were reluctant to talk In reference tc how the * witch had been led! open.' Ur. jullu* Way. county phy»lrlan naid that State trooper* were aeeklng Auguat Bannak Cape May City, tbi timckwalker who was rwrrnlly mnployed. who will be oueatlMied nboui open »wlirh. Ur. Way aaid that one of Banaaki's dutte* wa* to oil the switch-* on hi* route. The sw'lioh wa* oiled and Bana»kl wa» tkc laat peraon coin nea

Conductor Talks

The paaeetigriv were In last oat. William Cartwright, of Oaklyn. the conductor, waa ting in the flrat car. He *aid his attention wm* attracted first to th- prolonged .blowing of thy whiatie. He said the hipken went on suddenly and there wa* a Midden Jar. the whldlJC* ahrlrk ended and the train popped. He went lo the real cpfich to calm the paaaengei*. hut they wergetting out a> be reached the car. Cartwrighi stated that thr train mu»i t*»c gone 200 feet between the tiro- he heard th.whi*U« and the time the train

A. S. Walk

i fwat from ornneef ^atwa. wi

his front yard wh.-n ire left the trwck. He jump and thr othc.

renUy

d-ath. He sold he wa* watch-, t th* trvln approach when h, naw the train lewre the track* plonglns Into the station. lie staled that he ran acme the road. He roaldn't we the men at first for *te«m. then he saw Smith crawling from the ovvr-

tdrncd cab

r«jme good Rotary art rice Rev. Mi. Sh-Hey. pastor of the

Ocean City Baptist Church, convulsed the diner* with hi* wit

ho 1-ve. abtsut D’TCC**** ^ Teachers and E- Miner Kenton, of the _ ” I’hlladHpbla Chib, a* 1a hto

* wont, bad *oroe good Jffotaty Santa Claus bringing the Joy* doctrine ready to glee tor ihe|

The

he B*».

mker of the evening

II.

Du re II. of Atlantic CMy, factor of the Church of the AUc-nalon.

who** topic wa* "Thu* 8*1-h Profit " "any It With rtg In a moat delightful and fresfaltg way lUlrtde the beatm path*. Mr. Dnr-U brourhi

out the Ideals ot Rotary and showed bow the llvlnjp up to theeu by gitdng the ixot *.*rvicr

tV wl ich U»y individual *a* capable brought monetary returns,

but Smprw«rd upon hi* h'arer.

tha’' the Iden. and not the re-

turns. sbou.d be ever kept in

the for-fr^nt. rtupliaafsing hto point by living Illustration*. While h would not place Ro

Bell Company jP 1 ^ F “ CMn <*S^

Completes New Liuesj

of Rom.

[CaatiaUM mat P*9« tom) "Hot only will the hard i

Coast Guard Schooner E,

iM^Nete^Myt^Crow* TW of C re „ o 01 ^ ^ R “ or “ r S’s,. tuTZU of oi.,.

ware and Atlantic Telephone and and other roads leading Into At-jCoast Onarrt Telegraph Company, ronnectitig lantlc City " I »aa dantroy,.- . '4 Wildwood with the Cape May- Mayor Markland. speaking ofl^ar morning ^ Ocean City doll line* at Rio the route from the angle of aK>-;i«okMrt light.. h, P ,1 '* Grande at « cost of about SfSr tortot* visiting Cap- May County, North Cam: r *• 008. marks the final work in the told of its appeal because of be-| Gordon J. completion of a rail program of mg a glrert connection to Pblla- »»< Howarn

tsltna* to children who edification ot those younger in > OB s par wtth the church, brought Joy to otner children, the cause. ! )(ke rleaniicM* It waa n«t to w»* the theme bark of the James BerUI. secretary ot 'h-j OoAUnrs*. He said he could unChrlstma* entertainment given Ooeen City Chamber of Com- derwtarwi why a church member b> the children of the -Sea Isle told how much nxrrejmigkt not be a good Rotarinn. City school, in the whool ball. u i,. a sant it wa* to be a MMarlaalput he could not understand why os Wednesday evening. ,j,, n to "rend the rolnme* c.; th*|* lnl e RotarUn could b- other "A Visit to Santa Claun." a* last meeting." and Dr. Hughe*. > than a Christian gentleman, th. playlrt »a* oOled. *»► ei- ,h, Oe*nn CIU Club.! In .^nlng hi. addtsn* Mr. cellently rendered by ail who ^ ll1bBU ,be wbict. of Dur,,!] darted took par-- from the iota of the as he had »earti?d them] jfjven money

BU». W< = r X..ta0ta ettar.ta.. w.U. b. »« ■an.ln.cum 11„« b«—

Th* new telephone toll Hue further nor.h.

on at rwetiofi n»> k— kwe* —- egfect It MU hare in relieving j

Uia.

* Onardi a

Pennagrore ferries and beenuae of t ,k * °*ly sort thr traffic Jam* evaded by using having been pirk^ h

t British —

itral New Jersey.

This new work, which was recently com pie.ed. I» a eomblna-

flon «j| wires on pole* and a sub- Mr. Tfaen eloquently told of, which report-. ... marine cable and to the final llnk'tb* close connection b-twee» the 1 0»»T«ton. Tr, e ;. fpr supplying additional circuital prosperity at Cape May County On Mond*, i. connecting Wildwood with toll and adequate bard ear- "Seminole, bo. Unea to other Booth Jersey point* faced roads, and quoted figures i *Ule to Ne* V--i and to circuit* that are Joined showing the nupber of tourlgu i »*'- lo Philadelphia sw.tchboards. who would be benefitud by the Waahlagtot.. t- i,.-,

and a nln--moath*-old Infant.

: the t

Apen*fd happlnes*

fitfntight Simla and hi* fairies, efa* Imp-rsonated by Dorothy Tnm, anrt ig* "children" were

Isle City Clot being made

Edward

wa* being prartlenily nppli-d by

Arnett told theldolto" and cent*, and two oftan - epirlt of Rotary) ■- ■tollani instead of with sense

Tc- address was a most sz-

CUy f c»ttoPt one throughout the

Parrot-Teachers’ AeeartaMon in”-haft* of wit and bits of humoi using th- money reeriyed foe j with which It was punctuatefii th- dino-re tor the beaefi-. of ? won Mr. DareU'* lirtener* ooaUlm the inra! -bo..] and patrio-.w| pletcly. wfca gare him aa oralfcm brought ruch applauw P»ri*«r.. snr Surrogatp If^ngj® 1 «»• thr crowd tnat filled the ruth told U the wo»* whkh

The program for extending the completion of Route 15. the CTnlUl j toll line faculties mroi**,) the. Bainbridge quoted figure* ehowwould not construction of lluee betwe- j .h. m- that a censu* taken over a

the tot eg “ _ the progr«-*r! p]arc. it dWl occupy a very la

Money talk*, he said.

the wreck 8wcu:

da* and Sunday and aim.*

every m-tropulltan newapaper Ir. W .- Mr ,l Pfeiffer, France* Proeo-

this section b.-d report-r* and jjA,,, Wood Margatet 1 * w ‘ ‘• 4 ‘-w — ^ cameram-i; present. Wrtgbi and Ifenriclta Bre a • T -e»-

Cerener. lee. Verdict 'Emily GlUon. a* tb. "Dream Coroner i Jury Verdict •guy. ' snag a *olo. ,nd a duct The Coroner's Jury of Tuee- Dtwothy Ifevd anil Alberts

day. la the Inqt

wreck heM thr Reading Railroad

.ta—W., ta lo dlfl.r.111 .1, —ta ta) U, Aa “'.V.-" “• ta« Uta. on 3.,.u ,[....1. ... luiri •"»« '• -J;.™ --.tart" Tl.,', Th- Inquest which lasted two En-Ucotl and Mr-. Santa, hto adopted. the way It Marled.

Cap* talihful helper, wi

irvlror.

The findlcj;

hopa that thr wt,-, ‘

following citica: Aval© .-Btoae Mxty-fiv* hoar streteli on the kaee loot their ... itj

Harbor Atlantic City-J.llhllle. rowd showed that 7800 automo^, have boro mav-r i

Atlantic Cll)-Vineland & erly- Mia* had pamed - given point' dieon. of th* !,*» rjjl Camden. Bridget n-Glassboro. d- iag that ttm*. an ateraga of “'d he would diet . at

Monrrwtown-Philadelphia. Moore*- 1 21-38 per mlnme | for thirty day*

town-RIvendde. Mt. Holly-New' The hearing waa granted all TEo “lAnr it r_

Egypt. Paulqboro-Phlladelphi*. the request of th- finidwoort Derombcr 12. Trenton-Waahlngtoo. N. J.. Wild- Board of Trad*, the organUatloa ] «nrgo of aerap

wood - Philadelph! x. spoasoring the move to have i tanre- and wa, x, j The growth of the popular r »P* May County cflle* and or : Mootwhewo CV; \ c watering place* in Southern New Mntomtonr peami.t a anlfad farfio *« met.l g Jcraej and the Increased volume, front to the Commlwdoa ta r* . IU ‘ H 1

of telephone traffic which follow* | idrs’lng that the county be gl* \?**er w rj ,ht. .h. road reoognltion The Fre, romtoauder

for more telephone torillue*

Dorothy

hour* was held at

May CMy Hall with Coroner W. *r-d

H. Thompson In chat*- ‘ Harry MacAUtstcr. as thr The tertimony ot the Inquest itSan* Man." who pul* tbiidrti. rrfamed that the switch at the fa elsep. acted the part well and i -fate of the accident wae not de- Naomi Diamond, ft "Mothf r fecUtr. but had been oiled Ratui- u «bo*e,* with bet fairy tale ch.lday and then left open *.y some «ren. made a decided bit . one. ptesumshly by Aui.um Bur- Santa - * "doll* - were kindeiueaki. th- Uackmai’ David Karlen children; hto "Blue Birds" Smith, engineer, of West Cel-[£'« '• fourth grade girl*: bis Hngawood. Mated that h- wa* jlaHhful •.•Brownlei" were fifth running a: about SV miles per firadf hto - Moon Beam* -- hour when he saw the open »»re gtrl* of the aixth grade. I switch and applied the -mei Md l b * HttU "Bubble Falrim", gency brake* when six eat B*'* - g‘*to lengths from the crowning Tht The Season* of the Yaar" inmav-ntum -arrled the train tot{‘‘ r » ; Spring. K«»- MonUgna;' th* dead end of the riding, re- ^fainter Margaret Rcy Autumn., act'd the station to match wood IJfauelta Kaffa. sad Winter. Anna’ and I op pi<-d over. lljthn. Accompanying the ara- i' Smith Mated h, did not notice I** 1 ' w " fa* - ' Spirit ..f Chris!-: the signs I «et againri him. »»T H" 1 * Marian did *** the, open switch a* he tytddingtou. turned hto eye* from the alatloi. 'Th* entertainment wa* directplatform, where he had looked by Mtoa Gertrude Ktaher. a>to as* If the signal was set foi by Mto* Minnie Braes, lo j a atop lo take on paSM-nger*. 'twchtun. Tbc rosuimee wrr.

design*' and made by Mis* Ida

Says He Closed Switch dldih and mu* Mabel C*ldw-n. ,, oi thr local teaching -Waft, and I AUUt m. ,r..k ^ ta.r.,lo»

man. stuck to hto story that hi wj had-atled the -asrlt-h -that morn- • Ing and had moved It bark and

forth, a* wa* the ruMum two or ' ' — " throe time-, and then lockert i i t_ f'- r' t f shat, so that th. -Ignal boari *•»« '-«y y — °* showed a clear main track. I Wants Publicity Man

The rerdlet siten by lb- Joryj

expanskm of this nature are the i reoognltiwt . , chief factor* In back of th* need holder* haw endorsed the moxr^mo Mure of r». , „

; ment and made Route IS their | Tlie ahip unuallj tinec h

i principal objective in eocamuni-j totg o*l.” leafing with the Cotaralarioper*. The miaaici

crew are: Boai-**:e laaoa. Of Cap- Mscommand; Chi.f fii «

’ ’ “ C.

County Y. M. C A. iobto Activities Growing ehlntot * ata-

A Merry Christmas

Mary Godfrey, also

rapped the railroad for not hav 1 tCwuinnad town. «*•• On*) ing a distant signal of at leasi lb* report ot th. adverttoing 1508 feet, be inatalled north ol •irnmltlee. but du- to the abthe station, and that a man u:nrr •*>>< Of the chairman of thr *u1t*d fur th.- posiUon be selected «amiiilttri'. no rtport wa* made, as tracksalkrt. Smith, thr en ’lii Sonir>«hue aakrd that nteinglnaei. wa* exonetat-d by the £•;> make *ugg<-»!lon* ao that tbc jtiry, and Romeo Machio anil Mfismbcr of Covnmere- could Harry Holm**.. Cape May men gtok- recommendations to the were rrcoiiim-nd-d foi their C^) C-jinniLwloner- when that heroic effort* to recover thr Mdy mak» itp th-- advertising bodiee of the etc lima. bid*M for the year at th dr The body of William 8aum-i nw-1-n- on Decaihber 2k. was tak.-n to Camden on Kunda. -rjlayoi Bofroney aaid that laal by an undertaker frooi that city vgar *11.008 had been appro*.:: and lb* lardy of Jnl** Blake wae fiwd for adcertfalng riatlnt: that burled at Cap.- Mdy Court Houiu- fgSOO had been :>« lor adveton Wednceday. H*;„ s it th- I’bilart Ipbia newa-

Fourth Annual Xmag

Tree Celebration

fCent.noa* from P*a« On.) A Santa Clgu* was th-r* .tribute etockinge ro the -

Stuirh. :be engineer. had 'HSaiw.l1 the sriBtkrw on hto aide « thc^rab and crwwlmi out when j (be pa**-ugetr got U. the front 1 of lb* train. H- tvld them h-j had seen the signal about JbO J yarito. away and- bad done bie beet to atop. CntH the enginr hit the. buatper at the end Of the "blind") aiding, it stuck to the rail*.' plunginx front ride to ride. H ripped, tb* bumper away and) ovivturnrd. on bins Inm the *!a i (Ion. which * as unorrupled.

Tin- Women’* Chic Club naiad sixty pound* of r: toys, th< I’arent-TswcherV .1 elation oonmbtHcd $18. and I; 1 , waa given by various meutbi: irt the Sea lato City Rotary Out. Thomas C. Fram--. of Pblla

Die City aun

•rid. r

box

. Fram- ha* donate

gnt-t* ' and that approximately ♦ »"»0 had been expended for 8e»fliU adtertirlitg. He wild that th* Co nub la* loner* had planned to rut the advertising figuie* for iKJT. bit', that if thr chamber cAld ' present good reason* ; Mplnri thy cutting, the Oonuntoaluuere would look Into thr ma'.-. t*» and arrange accordingly pavid Gi-U-i made a motion i that the chamber rocomnirnd to; the city that a publicity man b employed for three month*. , Mayor Sot run-y Mid that a fiefaon had been • inploye-l >«n.r to send new* to the Phtlallfijp'xa iiwepapere. but that It ^

only appea:

H-

tbojghi

The committee worked ’till late on Wednesday evening attanging tb* gWt* and the prugran. foi yesterday.

Engagement Announced

Another motion

To you all from all the force that gets out the

Cape May County Times and the Ocean Citv News

and associated newspapers, and does most of *he better grade nf Printing in Cape May County. We hope through our united effort and harmonious co-operation in the New Year to make our newspapers better and bigger than ever before, and wish for you that the New Year will be one of - - -

Health, Happiness and Unprecedented Prosperity

JOSEPH J. SNYDER Newspaper Foreman

ADOLPH C. W1LSEY Editor .Seven Mile Beach Repoit

C. W. GIBSON

Advertising Compositor

JOHN C. SMITH Editor Ocean City New*

OWEN M. JONES Adverttoing Compositor

LEON A. LEE Advertising Manager

JOHN J. McCALL Linotype-r

GEORGE M SUNG Unntypcr

JOHN J. CAVANAGH Reporter

MILTON C L0BF Advert tollg

L A. Mhi ALLISTER Comnurcial Frieiiug

EDWARD COMLEY

THOMAS F. McCALL

FRANK FERRARI Compositor

J. REGINALD LOWERY

JACK GIBSON Shop 'Devil"

One, and all, we wish you

A Merry Christmas

The Shawnee Tribe of Friendly : India a* st Cap- May Court j House held its regular weakly i meeting on Moadav evening with j thirteen present. Thfae new J member* were voted la at this |

meeting bringing the me* ' up to eighteen, which limit lor the group,

other Uenu of buaii diseosaMi the caae

County boy who i* in the dial. Home at Tran ton and who to not likely '.o be remembered by parent* or fries da at Christmas Urn*. group voted to see that this boy ■> -niembered on Christmas.

"The Xfacol- to' j|

IMM theToUP ^J' fr ” *

the tori a: to Ue

The Oe. G.'-ip of Ocean City also met on Monn.y evening with a good attendance. A basketball term has boon '.rganlaed and wilts ordered. Manager Curtis Powell to anxiou- to complete hto M-hedol- and would like to hear from teams ranging from fifteen to eighteen year* of age. The question of adopting a new name for the group wa* discuaed and felt emblem* will be made up for the member*. A committee wa* appointed to investigate the mat-

ter of bolding a movie benefit to > newly

j help defray the cost of suits and"* equipment. At he next meeting the committee on constitution j will report and the matter of 1 program will be discussed more

] fully.

"Until their tosvt ■

not nvppe*'

and

trot boat* a * *--rd:!« rialty at the wi-rt fw to

Tuckahoe Fire G Has Secured Bui

WU1 Make Nccowj terations For .Afffi

Th* board of director* h-ld a i dinner meeting at the Wildwood Golf Club Thursday ervnlng of

Wildwood oompl-t-n Its Una .- ! rial drive on Thursday evening and made a handsome showing.

City Engineer Outlines City Improvement*

(Cent.nurd from P.q* On*)

between Shell and Swain Street*. . _

Including resetting curt., naw; concrete gutter, drain* and cor-

r*e--nt D—i ti

.ganUf-: v

Company id Tockitn- i gan Hall. It wav »: w* the old ’Temp-ra:" H»S

•tory bnlldlt.fi kx^ by the aompai..'

U it pUnn-d i” ri building to a nr* J Daniel MeKMfi'i' « the build Ing hm offt-ti

the building for '' :l J '*‘ tKanlna] reaial. «' ■

I nil-rground cable and

cad lion llgh' Magdarda (( at e* h rorne: and 2 in block) In-

cluding concrete bases.

I me Highway Department ford

ilnal reaial

thorited the 8:make Ibr n - - to hotiae the ne* *" which will bt offer has b-en

company.

U is •aid tb»: '8e ^ at tb* “G*te» A '

County.” to heartUr 11 J

the project a-' :

there been *urh 8“' ^

pa: tl*

lion over. Hubctrijm-

•teadliy H" -' -

-* *H*ira whici: '*. "*« J^he V.,i<it of th- p

expected. It i' 1 committee iip to

their goal

The mrelmfi ■

j H.

Sirvet-ead sign* (limber) at d rod-end of street*. Fifty roti-

mated for 1827.

Painting sign at .-nd of Turn-

■ xoe Burn"- ^ changed to ThiK-to^ri

pike.

Landia and

jar* E. 8te*»

sign

Minerva 8tr*ct.

Two rigns far city lina. 15, Th.- «q»enlnfi .d Central Ave-U* 1 nue front Dolphin Strtwt *0

Knowles Avenu--

One hundred n<-w park Standard benches foi Boardwalk. Boardwalk pavilions Tbr

tioua Chrtoi

uocUl actlto’ ; '- '' munity eonS* to'--

night.

Ttte tn»t-» ! fL . . _ „»—1

Tuckahoe -

Community

complete

New decking between old pa-• j

vailion* and outside edge of on VMaevdst

^‘ut'hg adjustment 1 .station and '

of railing.

One new Jetty to be locaufi be-' rotolrati-t tw ren W rotphalia and Devon rh r toll*.a.

Stroet (or othiT location) Street aprinkl-r. with

Approprlmtl.m f or e rouery p.»rtlon Gandto gy, Appropriation for Civic ■1 name signs Th. i«-.ik opposite op«nit<

Chari- V Chitotma*

Wired It ar • n«c:rir Co:'

Band 1

1 lo Boa

Net

decking

Sea Ide Oitr Bt B. Arnrit. I'res- ^

Fafinsy Mi