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Cape May county Times

CAPE MAY COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER

CLASSIFIED ADS Cost Little Bring Sure Results

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SLA ISLE CITY. CAPE MAT COUMTY. 5 J.. FRIDAY. MAT 13. 1W7.

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W.C.T.U Holds Spnng Institute jk Van Faulkcnburg. jfc, Frantz and Mia. Fdc kert Made ‘

Enthusiasm Marks Third Trip County Chamber of Commerce Party- Cordially Welcomed in Wilmington. Baltimore, Waahm^toi. and Hagerstown—Spreading Claims of Cape May County as Resort Section By Addre ses

Statons

Well Attended

laterwltu

the

se Cap*

wj * C T. L'. Sale Is is* cur Methodist Church Z rrtd>r *“ * tUB,5e<l ,uue*d by th. Whtt.

of the beat sdaca

iul f »thei.ns» tl^r W4.

program wa»

gmughout and tt Ml; »bl) *lth the W dir to «b>ch »>• orsanU* a,, p ttiaiir uiiiislai *1 noontime a prayer sad aoaa ic* >m held, after *hleh a w lunihron wae eaX>r*d nl union eerctiu tea IV morning aeaalon waa called oirder by Mrs EUrabeth Strata, an-) president, the d-rotlonal aurlxt bring led by Mra Laura Tbr declaration of prtn- . read by Mra Maud Bttdleton. after which Mra. Swala surd the purpose

Were Guests of Baltimore at Dinner and Theatre Party

■ly psrty.

Avalon Re-elected Her Commissioners well. Independent Canlate. Polled 109 Votes

Mayor OusUv Horgner and Coaiotlaaloaeri George H. Kotbacker and R Bruce Belth were re elected at Avalou. Tuesday, by the largest vote cart In the resort. A total of M7 rotes were c Mayor Bergner received 2J«, Belth. t«« aad Rothacker Ml. E. O. How«dl. who i

i her -iiropllon. oocUl and ami condltloan. In which nhe uci m optlmtotlc »l«w of con . i- citing personal esper to strengthen her optimism Mr ueeited that very much of about IKjuor conaumppropagaada for a purtm. and taking up the moral ud sac til attitude of the young puyie ot the it), she natd they m nut near as bad as painted. Hit. v. Falkeuburg. a field it of the on the uns of the union, proving vsa«* Ja th. Which nhe handled *rr ably, her ready wit adding PU to l,» r dlMumdos. Dour'recited Uion ciu-bLsn. Tbi ariernooa eeealon •yen*,! with a Ming arvlce led b) Auguitun Miller. Tbr addrean of the afternoon •** delivered by Mra. Lilllal rtifkm. shoae subject wai L»n Enforcement.’’ She review id the ftep. taken to enforce the tr) law., told the ' ver they poser need for good b»lng the lawa eaforced, and cleaner politics and urged •xerrlee that power, rlt- ’ »* an Illustration the defeat •Vnaior Wadsworth, in New -ck. by the dry women of that Suit. klr* Eranti conducted s uiuentny drill, after which the 1*^* L gave a playlet. before the meeting cloned. ^•"ubljmsB Charles Read rn'•trd the room aad asked the e^ 1 ’Urge of setUitg himself right dh ibe ladlts on the bill before Ugtstiturr providing for the •tiding of the Bible In the public tcbooD H, „| d u *,4 been rer"'" 1 ‘bit he opposed the meiswhich was not true. He ' • ! for the bill a* the record

I by D. A. ir Ninons!

The re-elected will meet on Tuesday neat City Hal! lor ’.lie pu; pon- of reorgan txsXlon Mayor Bergner will again be choeen ns chief executive. The only disorder that occurred took picae during a speech Mayor Bergner after the votes counted and be was acclaimed by friends. A cltlxen In lb* gathering nroee and openly re bukrd the Mayoc He was retd from th* nail by an offleer.

ibera of the aged since BBday. m the big

Annual School Contests Held Last Saturday Dennisviile Won Spelling Contest For Rural Schools; Cape May Led Larger

Four Pupils Scored 100

The annoal Cape May county spelling contest for rural schools, held at Cape May Court Hotter. Saturday, was won by Dextslsvllle South Seavill* was second and Belleplain. third. In the spelling conteet lor larger schools, rape May I Tty was ■rat. Tuckaboe second and .North Wild-

wood. third.

Individual priie winners among the rural school, were; Adelaide Martin. Stone Harbor. Brat; Mary Past re. Goshen, second; Clara KM ler, Dennknrlllf. third. These students were awarded prlxas of »6.

S3 and 11 respectively

Sea Isle City Will Oppose Isolation Citizens Strongly Resent Closing of Boulevard During Reconrtruction Period

Will Meet Freeholdem

Bea Isle City resident*, at a cttlen« meeting in the city Hall lands) evening, under the uu-

mercr. ripresard themselves us opposed to the closing of the Sea Isle City Boulevard from four to alx mouths while the road Is under

on* of the

Inga ever held In Sea isle City, •very seat In the auditorium being Ailed. While others stood. H K. F Hankins. In ths absence Of President Hoti.ershoe. was chair-

man of the meeting

__ _ Tbe chamber told the asacm^f |1 prizes were Dominie Polls*, blagr that no malic* should )m Belleplain Pearl Ftt. Cold Spring * shown townrd the Freeholders, but academy: Anns Cl.lapptaL Bell-;that a spirit of .o-operatlon should

plain; Mabel Has*:. Goshen |prevail

In the class for larger schools 1 The first speaker of the evetbere were four who scored 100 nlng was Surogale Irving Fitch, per cent Tbtm* were Nonh Gould, who gave an account

Dinner Meeting of Wildwood Community Merchants Association Hall Wanted

In Swamton

Value of Co-operative Work in Building Up Cotnmunitie* Through Such A*»ociationn Wa* Keynote of Drive Now On For Fund*.

$ I 500 Having Been Sub-

scribed—$3000 Goal

Building To Start in Fad

Addresses By Prominent Citizen* of County

Growth of Wildwood and County Emphasized in Speech

Fire Apparatus Bids Received

By Sea Isle

Referred For Tabulation to Commissioner*, To Be Reported Next Th—day

North Wildwood: Kvelyn Bsrgh. Tuck shoe Vincent I-manna. 8m isle City and Esther Aitkin. North Wildwood. To decide the winner, four were required to use 10 i In a. traces An a result of the marking they finished In the named. Other winners Frances Kavnnaugh. Cape May City: Myrtle Moultrie. Wlldirginla Iverson. Cape May Court House. The annual musk memory tats were tteld Friday eve Lower Cold Spring school won the former contest and Clermont, the

latter.

The winners In Anna Petrella. Belleplain;

Contract* Awarded

he tourists on. arriving M. At the ras met by

_ _ m Chamber * ,rce. who escorted them _ DuPont-BUtmoic Hotel. where the party stopped for th*

night

The hot*! msosgement had pro.ided a private dining room for the Cape May County delegation and after dinner a meeting was held at which Bill Hall, count) publicity director, who D in charge of th* arrangements for the ,r “’ r outlined the work to be done.

As on former tours, a rule

adopted that any member of the party caught railing any other member ’•Ulster" ehould tx nnw one dollar. “Marsh" Balnbrldge. lb* able secretary of the Wildwood chamber of Commerce, was appointed collector of this fund and Jerre Chambers, of Cape May City, was th# first member caught. Marsh reports that tbe fund Is running ahead of last ytors. probably doe to tbe fact that then-

are several new fee** tourist*. Incidentally.

Virginia Iverson. Court ro-opened.

view he had had with Stole Highray engineer Williams He said Mr. Williams saM that the road

while being

constructed, but would mull an

additional rout

Mayor Maurice Sofroney. tbe -cond speaker of the evening, declared that be lelt that as Individual*. tbe people of See 1*1# City r mid not stand the loaa that would be suffered by tbe closing of th* road Kvery man. woman and child will be effected by the closing and It will be a loss the business of tbe city." asset Mayer Sofroney. “People would go away to shop and forget all abc it isle City when the road Is

Woodbine Observed

Mother s Day

Service* Were Held in

Community Center

Mother's D*y was splendidly observed In Woodbine on Sunday gathered In th* Community Cen tr* to bear their children tak< part In tbe celebration.. Studentof tbe various scbcid grades d.

ID- red recitations and there was I, dinner meeting of the Wild rythmic dancing by a number w<MMl Merchants- Association, held boys and girls who are pupil- , t ,j,e Searrt-ei Hotel Wednesday

under the leadership ot Esther ,,ighi.

M. Harrow. Mayor Richard Culver told of At th# close of th# program (he material striving for the new the mother* were each preaentei street lighting system, which will with pansies. ’.ansform Pacific Avenue, the Three poems entitled -’Mother - -tiopplng center, into s real Day." composed by a number of i "White Way. and said that the local women, were read to the; work would be finished by Meaudienci. and aa they stepped mortal Day. He also told of the rom the stage they were given tact over on# and three-quarter

millions of dollars had been spent In the past three yean for public Impruirments ot the reeort. and

“I recall reading an article by

John Wai.ame: relative t aanoclations. In which b

‘It’s a fine thing for men of like

businees to get (ogrtbrt.

with each other, .become better i acquainted amt discuss problems , which are of like nature.* And

w. thU dinner tonight is to bring ,

together the merchants of wild I mat section. Th# neareal camwood that they may fo:m a better | ha j| t m rag* May friendship with each other and | Court HouM ^nd Seavtlle. together work for a betier and „„ „f the proposed ball bigger Wildwood." were «he )ha , not been selected, bat It Is opening remarks of Perry J»tk-, rx|w< , lw j u wll | located . who acted as toastmaster at j Dear A . bury M K. Church. No

>unit) along tbe "Kour Highway** making a drive lor subecrtpUow* -ward tbe building ot a aomruunlt) hall to tbe vicinity. Tbe hall, when built, will fill a

plans have been made

building (

the type of strurtara.

a hearty applausn.

Esther M. Harrow sang a vocal selection. “What a Mother la." aad Edith Rothman delivered an Interesting recitation entitled.

"Mother Dear."

Sea Isle City Commtmlonera. at their meetlag Tuesday afternoon, paased two resoiuttont awarding contra t> The contract for tearing dosn the old electric plant was awardod to F. E. Endleot of Burleigh, whose bid was IfiTS. The contract for Improving Cedar Street. Townsend* Inlet, was awarded to Richard Hlles. who will do tt - work for »1460. The motion was passed by the solo ns that all concrete work being done by the city must have close Inspection. City Superlndrnt DeBow wa* authorized _ collect a sample of concrete work being done by Muller A Diamond and by Richard Hlle*. to be forwarded to Conwell Company. of Philadelphia, for analy-

The Mayor compered the buildin* of the Ocean City and Wl’.d*ro*d Boulevards stating that they were not dosed, though he understood It was an addition*: cost to keep them open In concjusloo. -- F felt Hag

County Field

Meet Will Be Revived

County AtUeijc Afia'it Fostering Contest* For High and Grammar Schools

that a mean* of radio broadcasting through n remote control In ■w convention hall wa* In

1st** prospect,

dinner meet, which was attended by about seventy Wlld-

wa* presided

over by Perry Jackson, vice president of th# association- He first Introduced Joseph Job

president, w!

: Albert* Wilson and Julia Wilson (sisters). OoM Spring

tied for third.

Winner* In nature study w< Albert Bor-atfh. Clermont, first;: Natalie Hand. Lower Fold Spring, second; Edna Hess. Tuckaboe. third. _____

Card Party Netted Ktr^#r7T s.#v*n* an., *r« j

$145 Fot Victims^

Over 200 People C.A«d “-“v ‘*>

little

>ent to keep the road open George Boeder. Edward B. Arn

ett. Robert T Steven* and Mr*.

abouid b# Will Be Held at Wildwood

Ordinance *3. grantln* H*' Jersey Central Powar and Light Company the power to lay and maintain gas ma'n*. pipe*, etc.. In the city wa* paised on first reading and will be token up for second and third reading* at ■ meeting of the hoard on May SI The C-.mmiealonera approprlat ed 1300 to the Parent-Teachera’ Association toward their H,U j mortal Day expenses.

To Help Flood Sufferer* One of th* moat successful benefit card parties stored In Sea Isle Hly wa* that which was held tt Butch's Hotel by Mrs. Jame* •ourtney and daughter, Mra. B. Alexenberg. for the benefit of tb« American Red Croat Wednesday Over 300 people were In atten-d-.nce. Ocean City and nearby communities were represented, over forty people coating from Ocean

City to help swell the fund

Much praise Is being extended Mra. Courtney and Mrs. ADxenberg who were assisted by th# Misses Busch, for tbe excellent mannei which the affair wax conduct#-

Pinochle, bridge and “500" »

played and th# high acorer* wer# recipients of beautiful prixex A handsome floor lamp, donated by “beodor# Hildreth, and a beautiful M#- j Wilton rug. don-ted by Mrs.

loutlnc. together with

The call for funds Is i

with enthusiastic response. Tin

i. 11.500 has been raised. 12.000

being tbe goal. It l» expected that I2.0W will have bean subscribed before the end of the week Th- drive will eonUnu* until A*guat. at which time It 1* proposed to have the building erected. Th* dUtrlct which will benefit by the

community hall will tas* ,u I

Howard

to WUll

farm. William C. Thomas is the prim# mover for ttu- hall, having sufpna ted tbe Idea. When tbe Bret !«#*»- log of the proponents of a «* «*- munity hall waa held. Mr. Thawr started the foundation for n e*^-

the drive by Reeves I sard, a wellknown “Ross Highway resides*. Th# proposed new hall, whil* tor the boaafit ot th* community in

Grent Incrcaxe in County Valnre i general, wilt be connected with

.. I As bur) M. E Church and wiU b*

State Senator William ** !, ^ (0 , M Aid of Bri,., .u,Hi IUI IH- a. i< » man generally •"■re awl ■**®’** - 1 believed that aa orgsnlsatloB like with conditions, but In locking th# AJd t.fc, fe.

about at the great disaster* u*

disturbances In every part of tiffs . _ commanlty ball wiU sml olbar countries, they should - .SSI,fc tWs

. - •he county will partlclpat

A committee wa* appointed to i |be ra ^ whlch hM t^n revived wait on th* Preeboldets at «belr | {or lhe , |me , hr „ ),- ar , next meeting. They will tell the. Thpre ^ lnek Freeholder* that all Interested In I , nn B „ d lllc | U rt| I1K th# road want It kept open Mayor nc ^ for gchool l*y» and Sofroney ts chairman of tbe com-' j^nmar school boys. mlttee. which Includes Surrogate , ljth broad jump (or H i fh Irving Fitch. Edward B ArnetL lK , y , all( , poi,. v , U i, Earl M. Waddlngton. Theodor# De- llic ^,0, . ul- dlKU * , n d javelin

Bow. Wniiani A. Haffert and City | , hrow|Bir

Enginwr William ColUssonJr. I The „»#«* will be run off In

Jthl* order: 100-yard daeh. shot I put: 60-yard dash fo’ girls. 440-

Contributions For [yard dash, high jump ''toy*). Rrlirf of Flood Sufferer* i hl * h lu,n,, <£irto> - m ‘ ,e I\eliel OI 1 lOOQ ounerern . n _ lay (gr , d# ^h^.i boyn under

90 pounds). MO-yard dash.

snd otbsr countries, they

thank God t-at they are In this

1 favored of all spots on tha terse. He said that he can** 'ape May County forty years

ago. and that th# assessed valuation of the entire county then was 62.fififi.0un. Today It U over |»2.00fi,fi00. h# stated, an Increaae of 2.266 p er cent. In forty year*, and th. county, although the smallest in ths State geographically. wa* exceeded by only one In percentage of growth. H# concluded by saying that "we who had tied our future to this splendid county should congratulate ourselves every day of our

Uvea.”

City Commissioner Alfred Taylor. of Wildwood, wa* Introduced by xMagtmaster Jackson, as waa laadore Warshuar. a vice president of lh> association, and Ed-

Mra. Theodore IVIkiw . chairman, of the Bea Isle City Branch of the Hed tU-rosa. announces the followRed Cross, announces the follow-

pl flood fund.

Sea Isle City branch Red Pros* 640 00 Methodirt Church

-Ing broad jump, mile relay tor

freshmen. Javelin throw,

broad Jump (girls), two fifth mil.- relay (grad# school boy* over fiO pounds), discus throw. 220-ysrd flash, pole vault, onefifth mile relay (girls), mile re-

ward Cooper, the

Delation's

wonderful addition to the

rork of th# Aabury M. E ''hurch: which Is one of tbe oid*st In Capa May County. It is believed that few people are aware that th# church Is rich In historic lore. When on* considers that tha church waa organised la 1612. R HI give an Idea of history attached to tbs Mothodlst Church In 8 wain ton. Ths first church waa built In 1632. In 1252 tbe present church waa built and stand* aa a neat to tbe early piantctfi who came by foot and team to bear the word -vf God. In com par Don With the present day mod*

’ travel and convenience.

Subscription* to the fund will h- received from others than those of Swainton and onyone wishing to subscribe may do ao by getting

touch with either Mr.

Mr laard.

Benefit at Braca Theatre For Flood Sufferers

I tourist*. mcioentoii). mortal . -1 - Mr# i w- ur ha* contributed two buck, to date Sofroney reported that qulalte linen art £ * and hs. .«IH ravin, .btmjlt. U. fir. men will be covered , Harry Krai«were chanc-d off Mom, (Csotmuea «« p *»* d'#*” 1 h . ststr workmen's com- during tbe evening. > 1*

L<-*l restdenla on next Tues- 'Champion Re-elected ' 1; ‘' ““1 Wednesday evenings, j r . .

Ocean City Mayqr

xesday

and 16. will have

PkttuoUy p, help swell th#|

gathered for the re-

tire State workmen'- 1 —_ w - . , . ...

iii? H EiiS

for the riljr to carry | provided

sary '

ng gatnereu tor me r« - .

! '!■# ticxKi sufferers and at Carrie* Hu Running Mate*

*»»■ time enjoy * moving; j Victory ' show, which will be given * u

’ Bt.c. Theatre. The entire

-ds of the show will be I Mayor Jt «*ph O Cbampton and tor the fund being raised two new Fon.mtaataoer* * Isle City, The management | elected on Tuesday In Ocean DXy ••ranged a special feature ; In one of the blturest electtoo*

‘enlngs, -'Every body's

•K." wnile one of Ford Ster- 1

hllatiouk comcdte* will be

4d#d attraction. There will ’ D:create In prices for these ’tx-ctal featutns. Aa the pro-

’•lll be given entirely loth# fund snd an opportun-

‘III be given for local folks j Trout, ■’■tribute by their presencenext 1 - theatre, it Is expected that! “Ota will respond 100 per'

to help alleviate the auf- citie# al * of their unfortunate fellow year* !

n the resort.

w xi-iij nil that could be di

n.bimr «* •» •r"“ nr,l,..r. Th... »-' ihlrlT-1«voi—oi tbt H-.,- 11 - a., nt.m.n. .ao ».,a •■■ rt. .rw, • 1 “ "* ’

I be turned over to the tout .) ‘ mtasloner*. The bids wet# referred to tbe CommlaaloncrH for tabulation, to be reported ,*tk at the meeting next Tuesday The compan! « submitting bids

~ Ptrech Company.

... make the party tbe success • as and who desire to thank who donated prise# and helped way to make the affair t

success It was.

.-.doper 1 France Company. Mack Company.

Willi*— H Campbell wa* not ex- Buffalo Company and Hale Com

The newly elected Commla*h)ner*. Mayor Joseph O Champion. Reuben W Edwards and John h

111 be sworn In"' o®c# ■•day at 1 P M Before they will fix Up a new ‘•slato'' Itv officials "> carry on tbe

The action of Commissioner Maher In having *n extension of the return bulkhead on the • ortb side of Forty-second Street, ad Joining the Boardwalk, built ~ ss to hook up properly, was ap* proved by the Commissioner-.

ected to City Hall

WiU Meet Tonight

’adding)on 2<><);James Hand, of MUlvIlle. an A.

lomi A. C. official. Music will be fur S ”<i i ntshed all the afternoon by the

ls-clon 10 00 Wildwood High School Band.

I Tw«> championships will be dej elded In this meet, the count) high school champion, and -nhlgh school championship f<>’

girls.

Silver medals will be offered for first place, and bronx# mt-DD for second place. Banner* -'ll be awarded th# two championships and for all relay r+ctr All five High School” In tire county have signified their Intention of entering team* for the contest.

Back From Florida Mr. aad Mrs. 8. C. d.

have returned to their home In j Stratbnrer*. after spending the, winter at their orange grove in Merritt. Florida, which Is located on the Indian river. Mr and Mra. d* Barela returned by motor, leaving Merritt Monday aan arriving home Friday' On their way horn# they motored tbrought the Shenandoah Valley. They report that they experienced line weather and travelled

andioate For Freeholder

[Freeholders WiU | Meet on Wednesday

Anorution's Early Straggle* E. Z Fox. the Brat president of the amorlatlon. and It* organlter. told of the early struggle* of the aasociafIon. In hi* own humorous style Mr Fox stated that In those -lay* competing merchrntg wen pen enemies and avoided rarh .-ther. There waa much Wt-f.-eling and dirty competition. I,. Hsld. which the forming of the ..-.riat ion and the close relai ticnsblp of the orerehants had ■ pletely wiped out. This has Pat* Twe)

Ocean View Firemen Will Play Ball

May Get Channel Conqueror* To Swim Bay Cape May Beach EaUtea la arranging a awim from l-ewe*. Del.. ape May aa a Fourth of July attraction, and will offer cash prizes of 61.750 for tbe event An effort will be made to secure Gertrude Ederle and Mrx Corson, tbe two women who twain tbe English Channel, a* extra attractions. but not participants In tba race itself.

Car Taken From Garage

Tony

Canuso Will Benedict*

Neuber Dlonlot

( made n trip to Pen nag rove an, Sslem lari Monday, return In about midnight, and locking th*i J car In Ihe sarag*. Early T«-” D morning Ihe car wa* f-uii-! It was upside down snd ret:

badly damaged. It Tabernacle Church,

the only clue found a* to whom! tbe thief wa*. Mr. Dlonlon said that the wheels were apt to lock I If anyone drove the tar who was not familiar with It, which . Is what Is supposet! to have hap- • petted. A State Trooper wa* call-

tae. No arrests have

A *. r!«< of five games will be

played by tbe married men and Hlngle men of the Ocean View Fir# IvpHttraent, Inc., beginning

ntxt Wednesday. May It. The gomes will be played ou

iCanuao Field, beginning at 6.45 i’ M . daylight saving time, every

b, ' u Wednesday.

j Tbe married men. managed by -Fire Chlel Tony Canuso. are o ot j fldent of vanquishing tbe pi Ipectlve bendicta. T.iy '-•> 1 and Paul Steven*, formerly t tery mates, will again be gether. Canuso twirling snd I

Ivlng.

Representing Sea Isle City on Booster Trip D. O. Oiler and H. M. Sands are representing Sea Isle City on tbe Booster Trip being taken by hr county. Messrs. Oaller and Bands Kilned ihe Boosters at Baltimore Monday. being In time for the dinner given by the Mayor of Baltland the Association of Chamber of Commerce Narrow Escape of Salesman A aateman of Konowllcb Brothers Company, of Wildwood, escaped serious Injury last Thu reds) evening, when the steering w heel of his car broke, t anting the car to tarn over on Ita side, on ’he Bea Isle City Turnpike. The car «a* slightly damages and was towed to Msrorta's garage. Sea la)# City.

Th#

Perry

o tar

hurting and j Republican W omen to Meet Ingle bliss predict that I A meeting of tbe Cape May recount aad It will not’County CouneV of Republican