)emocratic Factions Split Further Apart

Refused To Call ieeting and His Faction Kept Away

5po» -nU Were in Saddle

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First m News Ta# C»p« May C»—ty TIBS* S* n , ,,,6.,, mm NEWS »*<• m mn4 rSATUBBS

SEA ISLE CITY, CAPE MAY COUMTY. H. J., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1987.

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Captain Warren V. Grace Lost Off Brigantine Beach His Vessel, the Camilla May Page, Caught in Saturday's Storm on Brigantine Shoals—Whether Crew of Seven Washed Overhoard or Lost in Lifeboat Mystery of Sea

Body Removed To His Dennisvilie Home on Tuesday

me*U8» but c tbst :b* -ndonw tk* tenner Jua** Mtaarl A. Xasklss. of Wild . whidrtw s> s c»ndM»l* wurtwrrtip ob th« County Ik»rd LaB ye»r be »»' mod br tb» comosUU* but «t to be •afotnud by OuterMoore. It eras *»td tt*» ninj withdrew beeaum hit bad been oat of the wn* for the split in the party

year-

:r Chambers, of Cbpe May. ;rman of the commitUw. re •*. to cat! the BMwIin*. deIns that Oorernor Moore aald .,mld br wrtraa. a* br would •end any appointment* to tbr ate br tbit county durln* the t arariM of tbr lirsMatur*. ould any appointment* br dr for Cape Mai: County unafter tbc Vh*» Mr. rail a merUas William B upbrll. Of Ocean Cl'y. father lor Campbell, decided mrrtlns anyhow and •era for the

The findlns - f the body of Captain Warren V. Grace, of Desnlirtlir. oa Monday revealed a tracedy of the aea. Au unumal drama unfolded when Chief Petty Officer Sdwln Kobart In charge erf the Rhode I aland Avenue Station. Atlantic City, waa informed of the ending of the body. Chief Hobart aakrd the ueual guaatiOBa In the caar. He aaked: "U there any tdontl-

ScaUtmr*

"Ye*, be baa a martner’a card wblch aaya •Warren Grace, of the achooner Camilla—' ' "My God!" esclalmrd Robert, not /railing to hear the guardamaa report further. “He'

nephew."

The body had been temwied to an undertaking eatabllehment in Atlantic City and Hobart went there and identified tbr body. Captain Grace wa* «* year* old and wa* a firrt-daaa mariner, employed by the Putnam Lumbe Company, of Jaekaonvllle. Fla. Seven: week* ago be re IlBgulahad command of tb. achooner "Nancy" when b learned that that craft would be Idle. He took charge May P*ge." which February 6 from Jack-

George Rothacker Good Marksman

Was High Man For Day in

Pleasantville Shoot

George Rothacker. Avalon Commiaeioner and Wildwood bualnoaa man. won the third event In the Waablagtoaa Birthday afcoot held by the AtlanUe City Gun Club Tueaday at the We«y Hogan ground* on the Abaecon Boulevard Rothacker. shoot in* from the 58 yard line, broke 4C out of SO target*. He finlahed fourth In the firat event and wn* high man for the day. with ISO sosaahea out of ISO targets. Other Cape May County men who participated were George

Upper Township Committee

Cape May County Resorts Contracts Little Damaged By Storm Awarded By S. H. Council j Beyond the Smashing of a Few Bulkheads and Washing '

Out of Some Street End., Lon Wn Very Borough'. Sene, of Breed-

Small end Emdy Repeited "Ming Pregreme. Are

Favorably Received

Bayberries Cause Trouble

Cape May Well i Wildwood Provided For In | Consolidation Road Program Bill in Senate Route 1 5 Will Have Lot of: Provides For a Referendum

Work Done On It

This Year

Stakes Being Set For Work

If tbe aU-year road program

Vote—Public Hearing Will

Be Held March 2

Proponents Plan Big Crowd

Coast Guard Captain

Dislocates Hip

Captain Norman Sutton

Meeta With Accident

CnpUla Norman Button. o( ihr Townsaud'a lnl*t Coaat Guaid Button, auffered a eomplric rfi* location of tbc blp during tbc •torm Saturday morning The arcldcat occurred a^hen Capi

Sutton

A bill providing for a rvfcren-

> outlined out before tbc L^gU-'dum vote for tbc conaolldatlon of

latnrc goes through Cape May County will be well taken care of. Mr. Wise, of Paarnlc. baa

Via I»le City with Introduced a bill. prraumaWy a

•core, of *». SS and 3« for tbeiP«rty mcnaure. which conutna tb. three event*: Howard Brice, j foltewlng roada. evciTr .»e -»

Ocean City, "cored SS and 31 for

noartlle. ffia.. bound

Hoy ghlelda. Wild-

w.tod. acored 41. 3S and 34: Jatnee Sullivan, of Wildwood,

ecoev-d 34 !» and 3*.

Or. Cbarlce Conover, of Plcmaaattille. »bot the highest acore

ent. capturing the anc-

Ncwloud with 4? breaks.

Saturday caat!

!y-ose member* of timaUty aeventy attended, the rs faction

a m rea.ilt tbe two facU Campbell and the Chamt now farther a pari than «

turn and secretary. g an done merit waa give* Dr. art! Taylor, of Oceaa City, the threa-year term on tbe sty Ta* Board: a one-year i for Min Clan McCann, of idwood. and Mr*. MIBIrent all. of Dima Creek, wa* •lied for a one-year term on Ctmaly Board of Election*.

ta Isle City Will

(epair Storm’s Work

For Bitla For Bulkbend* At Street Ends

Friday. Sea U> City doom did little eMe than; a. It wa* tbe ft nr day new budget waa legally and there were a good at 1 on of blU* te be

irtlle.

York with a The atorm

tbe achooner on the ah« mile* off Brigantine. The

wa* freed Mond»- night and ;

towed to New York. Tbe crew of the achoon. r

•tited of eight men. but the aeven Suspiciously Towarc

remaining tnemben have n< been found. It i* believed that they. In attempting to reach the ehora. loti their Hvoa In tbe high aea*. When roaat guard* from the S each Haven Button boarded the Mated achooner. they found that the lifeboat* were mlnalng. arUTthat'* part of the deck iron*-

had been carried away.

That the eight member* of tbe crow Uattleo with the heavy during an 84 mile gale that aaopt the New Jerary coast Ute Saturday night and Sunday within 16 mile* of a lifesaving nation. wa* Indicated by the fact that the achooner had been choted and bad weathered the

Ji Youths Must Report To Probation Officer

Motorut Near Marmora

Five youth* accused

rnspung to hold up an autolst n the road near Marmora, last

Whether tbc crew became franUc when the mounlalaou* wave* plied over the achooner* gunneb and put off in lifeboat*, or were swept overboard, may never be known. The finding of the •hip master’* body, boa ever, leads coast guard* to believe that ail of tbe crow were lost. A physician who examined Grace'* bw y Mated that it had been in th* water but a short

j time, leading coast guard* to be-

lle** that the crow had aba toned the leaking schooner in Ifeboat shortly before noon Monlay. Had they romaln-d with h< *bip two honi* longer. coa*t tuard* predicted that all would

lure been saved. Captain Grace • >

raised In Gwhen. but for the laat (lx years made hi* home In Den nlavllle. He wa* well known Ihroughout tbe county being member of a prominent family.

He had followed (be «ea* l° r . the greater part of hi. life Pur-j ” c * ln f. .

tag the war. he captained freight plying between New Yi

Thursday v

? ordered to report]

to Probation Officer Luther

William

Wednesday as

result of *lr Pranks. Ipat Thursday, aa auiobt was driving along the road near Mirmora when he saw figure* tbe road thrusting flashlight* at Instead of stopping he stepped on the accelerator and to Beealey’a Point. There he told Henry T. Clouting. Mr. Clouting didn’t beileve the man. but offered to follow him with

hi* car.

When a short distance fr> m the scene, brick* were thn at the first .-ar. striking Mr. Clouting* car. Mr. Clouting obtained a policeman from Ocean City and five youth were rounded up. They denied they intended to hold op the car. declaring that they were going to serenade a newly married couple. They later said that th y trying to scare Raymond Adam* who lives in the vicinity. The youth* whose **«■ ranged from IS to S3 year*, are Charles Brown. John Watcbho. Ray Gannon. Howard Gannon and Howard

Sneed.

which will be of advantage to

this county:

Route No. 4—Hudson River bridge plaxa to Perth Amboy and Cape May. Beginning nt tbe proposed Hudson River bridge plaxa and extending the Staten Island bridge plain at Perth Amboy and Cape May City, by way of Riverside. Falrlawn. Paterson. Clifton, via Route No. 3 to Randolph Avenue, thence vU Lexington Avenue. Piaget Avenue. Bloomfield Road and Broad Street, via Bloomfield. East Orange. Irvington. Roselle. Rahway. Freneau, freehold. Lakewood. Tom* River, Ocean ville, Srevtlle to Cape May City. Route I»—Bordentown to Ocean City By way of Columbus. Vlncentown. Red Lion. Indian Mill*. Alston. Da CoU. Weymouth. May* Landing. Soman Point and Ocean CityRoute No. 47—Brook lawn to Marmora, by way of Glamboro. Malaga vTnriand. Millville. Peters bur;- to MarThls la the Weal her by

road route.

Route No. 48 and 8-49—Salem to Rio Grande by way of Bridgeton Millville. Port Elisabeth. DennlsvUle. South Dennisvilie. Goshen, to Rio Grande, with .i spur from South Denntevllle t > Ocean VMw. connecting Route No. 49 with Route No. 4 This take* the place of Route No. 16 Route . >. 60—Bgg Harbor 'My to Seavtlle by way of Mays lan-'itig. Oakville. Tuckahoe to

Seavllic.

Route No. 41—Pen ns* rov> tc Atlantic City, ty way of Wood*town. Elmer. Malaga. Maya Landing. Pleasantville and Atlantic

City.

Route No. 43—Camden to Mi. Ephealm. to Chews, to Bln-k

North Wildwood. Wildwood and Wildwood Croat, became Senate Bill No. 333. Tuesday night when wa* introduced by Senator William H. Bright, of Cape May

Countly.

Immediately after itn Introduction by Senator Bright, the bill was referred to tbe Senate committee. Senator* Case. Wober. and Carhart. composing the Senate committee, declared that they would hold a public hearing on the bill at the State House, in Trenton, on March 3. at 11 A M. 1’pon receiving notice of the public bearing. *upporters of the bill In Wildwood began plan* * ereby 3508 staunch petitioner* WiH attend ibe public hearing to their view* in favor of

Of the

the merg-

The proposed merger

three elliaa on Five Mile Beach Is the reeult of a drive recently Inaugurated by 580 buslnraa men. who organised tbe Qreatr- WildWood Consolidation organisation. . Member* of the organisation deel .red that In the support * tbc merger Ih.y believed they were working for the betterment of Fiva Mllf Bevch and gor the three cities affected by tbe

aoltdatlon.

Storm Vi a* One of Worst in Year* on So. Jersey Coast

Sen Isiv City, contrary tc report* in Philadelphia newspapers, was more fortunaie than any othsr reeort as the result of th* terrific gaU and high *ea* which swept the Jersey coast Saturday night. Ths major daniage done waa to th* bulkhead.-, along the Boardwalk aad water flooded lots and

Railroad service from Sea Isle City to Ocean City was tied up !u» to washout* on the road. Due to washout* on the Sea Isle City Boulevard and the

climbing the narr..» j Landia Avenue Boulevard, buses o the look-out tower Ju,! unable to reach Sea Die . . tity. Tbr Shore Road route waa reached tbe top of th. . . for Bea 1*D City the neavy wind shook ih- . Ocean View. On trap door and It felL striking hi* j y|., n <iay holes caused by the tide* In retaining hit grasp otjm the Boulevard were filled In the ladder for a moment, hr wnajj^, t rom ^ force of the county sad

Then he dropped to the Boot below. partially unconscious Dr CUrenee Way was -urnmonel and snapped the hip hack Into place. Captain Button, suffering terrible pain, did not take ether during the replacement of the hip. He will be In bed for about three week*.

Wildwood Shriners Elected Officers Delegation Attended Ceremonial Session in Trenton

. the Dai reguDr

meeting of tbe Wildwood Shrine dub. held in Sheer'* restaurant. AaghMW*. Kch. wry (oHowtbe ensuing yeor Preaid. nt Robert 0- Pierpont; Vice President. P. H Jackson: Sncreatry. George Sheer Tr> hasurer. Clayton 8 I-owe; Trustsaa, Messer* W t’ourtrUhl Smith, Gnorge A, Baddinc Robert , 1 jitln.er. Leslie fMidwell. Ged. M ; Rigor. Charles G. Glenn. George i Sheer waa boat of the evening, and true to tradition, entertained

Stone Harbor Wants 1000

_ . * jand true to irwoiiKra. emnnauMv Boost Voters [ n n ^“ , 1 ^; h ' oa " o0,y ' G, ' or *'‘

Elnthu stasis Think Such a Solid Phalanx Would Bring Resort Improvements AU-year Residents Wanted

William R. D. Hall. County Publicity Director, and Irvins

Turncrwllle. to Crow i Flteb. Burrogate and President Key*, to WUIlamstown. to Cecil, j of tbe County Cbambei of Om-

| merce. were tbe speakers at the | February meeting and dinner of the Stone Harbor Board of Trade.

» Vwe)

(Continued an Pi

Clark Murder Still Remains a Mystery

dDcuaeed. including plans tor sisting the Potentate In tbe enterit of the Imperial Council at the next convention In Atlantic City In June, mean* of entertain Inc Shriners for a one day outing In Wildwood, aad the furtherInc of their eo&atrurtive programof usefulnena to the rumxnunity. especially In the rare ol crippled children whose entrance Into the AtlMUC fit* Hospital could be accomplish'd through

effort* of th* club.

A hie delegation o' Shrtnere from Wildwood attended th# ceremonial sees Ion at tbe Moagu*.

jet tbe Hotel Vendlc. PhiUdel, TrMll oa. on Tuesday night ,lphla. Friday .vanlng 1 training on the “Shrine Special."

Ove Stone Harbor boortere at-

THE 8BCTR1TT Trust pacy. Cape May City. D a

desirable place for you to nave an account—a strong bank with

and financial ten. You can

tend your deposit* by mall.- Adv.

WHATS WHAT IAND WHERE IT IS

Middle Township F and Light Commit

j tended the meeting, the largest

Prosecutor Ho. No ! ^ ^ST* * To Make On Case nan* were discussed to cry* ! taltaa th# movement to secure No further riuro In th* my* !“*'«■ «koueand Stone Harbor voter.

who will rote as one body to secure from the Stale and county

murder of Mary 8. Clark.

Lnd'oftke be^clTat iU, | improvements needed for the d. ^ - months mo. have «- j, OB Wednesday ^ thualaatlcally on the movement

from Atlantic City.

Deeplte tbe reglng atorm Btoe* Harbor Hall was well filled end all of the Councilman except Mr. ■urn were preeenv at the •*- journed meeting Saturday n/tecMayor Geoigr L Markland opened the meeting, announcing that he had a telegram from Solicitor John Acton mating that to sickness be was unable to be there. ]r. Hetnle reported fe- the bulkhead committee that t‘.e Borough ha* Just completed two rt ends. George Selveneen being the contractor. Mr. Heiaio aDo stated that tbe traffic light had been removed, but wished Instructions In reference to th*

:rafftc over it resumed. More rrnMirnaome drivers used the mad. on Sunday and early MonRuaea used Landis Avenue on Tureday. Heal ErUte Office Moved Th- real estate office of the A. L. Williams Company on Landia Thlrty-flflh Street three blocks oret Imndis Avenue and deposited alongatdr of the PenntylvanD Railroad irae*;. The building ■aged to -oy great extent. Resleent* didn't know what it waa that they saw nailing 0 wn ■e street. Some thought It wai big truck, but on Sunday morning the office was foun.. missing and Dter discovered alongside of the railroad tracks. Water in that vicinity three or four feet deep. ThU wa* mad by the waah Itoad. the water ft Bing in. marooned in that section. On* motorist waded five blocks lo the 'tore of Mr* W. C. Edward*, on Landis Avenue, and fell eshaustH. had been ceiling for help but bis rrl.-s were unheard. kitchen in the rear of a building at Camp Cardinal ivoiigheray was blown down and the debris strewn along the t>earh. Bulkheads Damaged A survey of the damage done to the Boardwalk property from Thirty-eighth Street to Blxtynlnth Street showed tbe follow-

g:

No dam see of note waa suffered by property north of Fortyfourth Street. The bulkhr* itug, fscee and approach** of the William J. Sheehan property at Forty .ourth Street and the Boardwalk bady damaged and washed • The Straubmlller and Fiavanl properties suffered damMes bulkhead*, fences and approaches. The Fiavanl property damage is estimated to be about 91.000. Approach.- near the Reilly property at Korty-eixth Street.

Tbe Police Department r ed that the builder* should cieaa np promptly around new build-

ings.

Mr. Seng reported the sueceawful starting of tbe broadcasting over WCAl’ and that h* had arranged for newspaper rdverttala* In town* such a* Scranton, etc. The Mayor complimented Mr. Seng on the radio program of the

opening night.

Mr. fieng reported that William Reyn olds I* organising * Stone

Harbor hand.

At the request of Council th* Clerk road the ordinance for tb# purr.bane of certain fir* apparatus A motion wna pa*wed. later withdrawn. ' *. ■•ertls* for bids for tbe fit ypartiae. except the chemical nectlon. George 8*1** t »n. AaaDtant Chief of tbe fire company, aaked Council to consider th* need for th. chemical appliance A motion then peered that tbc Clerk notify all bidders that the bids will be considered aa avadv. at th#

March meeting.

staff

from Ike Van ,

Glider Water Meter Company for metalb at a unit prim of •14.94: Pittsburg Meter Company, meters. 911.41. and boxes, 14.88; Gamin Meter Company. (80 meters at 99.35 each and 99.2(: for 100 metera, 99.79 with a certain pipe fitting. Boxes from Clark Box Company. 92.08: 100 lots. 99-?(: Ford Box Company. 93 76 nnd 34.15; Seivenaen A Son. 198 lots at 13 00 and 600 lot*. 91.76. The Trlban Company at unit pile*, without box. of (11.41. The Borough Engineer ptated he would attend the meeting of the War Department at Trenton on March 31 and felt the plans for the fishing pier would go

through all right.

Bids for the fishing pier were opened as follows: Ingersoll contracting Company, the pier (Cent.iNterf e« Page Fauci

Hurt By Full at Junction

an View,, while making n Gsfrr from the excursion train Tuesday evening at Be* Isle Junction, tripped and fell o

Surrogate Fitch Will Be Candidate Again Will .Ask Voters For Second Term in County Office

and part of planking ad- object. Injuring her right limb Joining th- Boardwalk were and back,. 8he suffered from

badly damaged.

Th. Boardwalk from Fortyfourth Street to Forty-eighth was strewn *ifh a choice aasortmnit of N.» York garbage washed down coast, of wblch every (Continued on Pago Two)

.as been run down.

Pronrcutor William H. Cam

! I lirtpant* In | sign were t County Pu

> will make

rt«*r Hall ■vrn Mile ’ape May

Surrogate Irving Fitch an . . nounce* that h* win be a car Cjoshen Home and

One dldatr for reflection.

Leuallen Band Played at A. & P. Digtrict Meeting

The prtmariee v

To date, there ha* been other name mentioned for Surrogate post. Mr. Fitch I the last year of hi* firs’ <■ tbe duties df which he ha* formed In a manner eati*fa<to those who have had t-u»l

with the office.

.School” Entertained Local School Rendered Exi cellent Program To Crowd

Entertained Chamber of i f Commerce Secretaries | (

New* From Today's

Classified Aik

G*t the habit of reading the clarified ad* of this paper every week. There are bargain* gator* that are worthy of seeking. A few ads picket at random from today's clasai-

flert pages are:

1.1* tings solicited rale or

Jury Commissioner Named wh

Freeholders Next Week