Cape May County Times, 24 June 1927 IIIF issue link — Page 1

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Cape May County Times

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CAPE MAY aXJNTY-S HQMF. NEWSPAPER SEA ISLE CITY. CAPE KAY COCHn - N J . FRIDAY. JUKE 24 1927

Want a Boat? Several good one* for sale this week; see Classification No. I 3. on Classified Page.

lildreth IVing Of Republican Wildwood Scouts Party Sweeps County Clean a ‘ Camp Channon One Hundred and Ten En-

ad. McMurray. Fitch, Ogden. Chalmers and Hoi-M oy,n8 ^ Wi,low Grove

sead All Received Big Majorities—Will Control County Commit :ee—Democrats Had No Opposition

Sea Isle City Secretary of Commissioners Labor Davis Receive Bids May Speak

Dismember R'ng- I Testimonial Dinner To oays Vv oman s ill j t r » c •»!

Laptain Harry smith

dding Won North Wildwood Tussle For Mayo

r'ltlldrefh Wins of the Hi-1 con ormnlaatlon uui'lf a I -»<ip In the county at the! uy election on Tueaday. all ,dat«B for Stale and county I to wnnlai wWh a comfort I

margin.

ari-s C. Kood polled S.&SS; and Senator William M ; it 4.U1. XtvMK Read a ma- , of 2307. Read carried i) place In the county e*-j Wildwood, Sea lute City and ■ood Cr*»t. ■ins FWIch candidate for Bur- . succeed himmU. poll««l liirbiwl number at votes His opponent, Kloyd C. Clwe. Mtaerod 3.074. KilcaV! being 3.744. C Ogden and C. Lawr

a large

Ogden’a total wan C.&KI. Uuets 6.031, Jatnen W. Rob<93 and Otto

er 2.663.

’•■■len'e malority over Robbins

:t.es* while lie polled Stndberger. Cbaimere'i

:y over Bobbins won 2.638

over Sandberger 3.<

art I,. IIollingKead running Coroner wan unoppoaed. The ah ol rote wa* not tabulated

^nll. Ms poll being

j mark,

ily reports and tabulatton." wed Uiat the HU.lreth wing

carried a majority

i

9 »1>

»ere were no contewU on the ->*Me ticket except locally. I*-mocrntlc ticket nomlnnuvl 1 !‘illow-»: George Orels;, of •i OBj. for Benator: AmwW •bibent M. IMre. •rase. Samuel Na| ireebo’ r», Joseph Biwell, May CU,. and J. C. Scully,

Viidwood.

Wag Win* in Horth Wildwood •ne of the meal bluer poflKht. in yeara In the hl>North WMdtrood. Owvrge H- ldlng. the preoent Mayor. ibc nomination over Peter Peter*® for Mayor, by a "'T of 630. carrying Peler>ard by 297. •tan tirlee bark defeated E. I’rieraon for Oouncllman-at-reaulta were: Ward—Ptor Mayor. R R'dding, 441; Pi ter 1. “ n - 144. Oouncllmanatt-'•«-nnan Urinsback. 431: • ■ei.iion 11». Oouncil, C. • iihaw. 427. R. A. Rauch.

Mne. C folng

With chcem and fdiotite hundred and ten Scouts

Wildwood lant Saturday root In eight truck* for Camp C non. The truck- arrived eh beiore 10 o'clock and by early

afternoon ihe dneen tents

in place and the csiilre cat | readlneea for the seek o

Btructloo. teats and fon.

FV»ur o'clock in the afternoon water during the swimming hour,

which perio.I t» undi

recllon of Lifeguards McVicker and Mrgullleo. of the Wildwood Ream Patrol. The fresh w.ter

in IWrvin’e Mill Poo.

swimming quite a dilfen nee from what the boys have been used to. .Sb-wtly adder 7 o'clock a hike of about two miles was taken the CoMroUw road, after wl the boys were playing baseball, plum lag ouolts. ate. me first night in comp for the boys | uneventful. They were up bright and iwtrly Stimlay rooming and j more than half of them were In j for a swim. Church servic.*! were held fn the me* hall in the.ajj ternce.il and in the evening The

•ted upon an evening of

""" , '“ UJ wt, ° ‘'loll property

“"e Will Award Contract For

Comfort Station and

Music Next Week

Curb Assessments Ready

Bids for the const ruction of n

Each Niece M ill Be Given

a Diamond

Ice Truck Skidded; Driver Escaped Injury

William Spruill. colored, of Cape May Court House, .scaped serious injury on Wednesday afternoon. shen the truck he was driving skidded on the Shore • Bond near the County Farm.

evMvxlve 'crai-hlng into a telegraph pole, ©out committee j d aran! | n(C ,i le front p,,., of

the truck.

■k. owned by C. U HudCourt House ice dealer, was

ilng toward Court House. In

manner the machine skidd-

ed. causing the body of the truck, which was loaded with ice. to topple ovrr on the side of the road. 8pnic|]. the driver, miraculously escaped Injury. Tbs Ice. which strewed the aide of the ood. was transferred to another nick and taken to Court House.

Invited To Attend Dedication Ceremonies of New Court House Building

Three wUir v probate at the during the wi-I In She will .

Sea Isle Gty Rotary Club Pays Tribute To Its Sponsor. In M^hich It Is Joined By Prominent Citizens and Rotarians—"Cappy” Makes Keeling Response

Thursday. June 30, is Day i , and her bn

I». lies a mur

Hon. Janie-, J. Davis. Secretary re.adue. per* ol Labor th. United mate., direetod to 6 ha.- I". . rotted to speak at the hand. Isaac dadkaliiui of t ape May Oattaly’s named e>.-i u

handt—n:, new Court House'

Bnlidi

-.I.., U- Tin,,*.,.

walk on Fony-ftj»( tkrev< were I received at ih~ meeting. The low] bidder was Leroy Muller. W

bid was 4670 Other bidders “ ‘ were Hawkins Conmruction Com-j ..

pany. $796. Clarence Onukle-! berger. 4641.60; and Wintamj

Stevens. 4*75 The contract. U>£

la expected will be awarded next

week.

The report id fh<- Commiaaicmwaa received at

will 1

filed under

The

cart 518. being the curbs and,

gutters in the rBy. CMy Clerk Prank M McBride was l:> .Hunted

port pu

In* Yuunc. «.f i*h:!»-

dctpMa and Wlid« « i

leaker Will b* Judge rowirt Mav

Hour) ll Kldredg-. Ceremonies hllUlMd Koier, j ' y.. ■“ - -*>•« —»; Trie

M will mark,

Bequests at five stone. : . ,

kanwind ring were nu'l--tanna H. K-lmuri'V- to . .

Mr*. A T. Smith. Mr* Wait.. I.

hrmteUVitug suoh , mem.,r- , • h " l 'P , Miss Lillian C Mill. r.

Mi-- Florence H. Crrtnmi:.. at,.i Mlse Bdtth M Bdmunde The ■■ eae-d directed dut 4100 be riven

_ __|j __ to bar mere*. Maw U11 fen t; the Wtl.lBiKid «^Jf\-l*ub"m'nooT M- ' <J"»rjri*nna n three band- will entertain the ••»- 1 X* 4 BdHh M »: throng, a ho gather at ih* Court mun4U A *4lt»re diamond rtn.Hou*e. Traffic Bill be datoured “ n,, * * 0 * d given

Mr*. Georglanna Boardman. A

j Monday evening marked an epoch la the ht-lory of the Bra tele City Rotary Club Th* occasion was a tretimouial dinner at the U. llevue Cafe to ( sp!sin Harry Smith, of Atlantic City,

huh of the

ly ' ounsy'ii hanc Il-uee Hull ling •d on Thursday. • remonWe and a IVfitig nutCi a in-

X

the for

In charge ol the Boy

had a supply of song sheets and the e\wjmg was spent this way while nawfid around the ''

fireplace.

to a hundred perwons,

parents and friends of the boy,. vsOted lb* camp an Sunday af temoon and evening and were very much pleased with the layout. The different troops are endeavoring to win the Palmer M. Way cup and no second r.-quetd 4s made by a Scoutmaater to one of «ic boys u> do any work. Every boy Is only too anxious to help his troop win this prlxe Troop No. 1 and No. 2 have each twenty-nine -routs In camp with Troop No. 5 „* xt wJsh tWM ,, y . 'wo. Troup No. 4 fats sixteen.

Troop Nq. 3 has the newly-organ ixed troop. No.

6. has eight.

The vommaster* in charge of »he camp -are 4^,., j Wi „,

^ J. Kay. WIlford McAndrewh O'Brien, and Walter t loon. Scour master John U. of Bridgeton, la in Rbcirg.

Judge □dredge M'ill I ^ u ' , ■ kitohen and the bqy* have ' Speak at Tuckahoe T t '’ pp '' nu “ u >' * ramputm A*- * ZZ Ktatam Scout master Paul Oeb. Judge Henry H. Kid red ge will 1 1 ®» charge of the musicians,

speak at the IWurth of July ex-, ercisea in Tuckahoe in the after-1

parade is planned to take

place at 8 A. M. standard time.

2 P. M. a sports prograi will start, and. in Ihe e

9 o'clock a display of fire-works will be riven. will be offered for the costume and best I 1 In the parade, iu which • of county firemen

participate.

Freeholders July 6 he next meeting ol the lie

ill be held

j'n.i Ward—Mayor, George “•'Ming. 637. Peter L. Peter-'-t>4. Councilman-at-large. ‘ n y Oriewbaeh. 606. E. J. - B - 219. Council, J. H.

,: T »nd WllUam H.j of Freehold.

Wednesday. July 6.

'llWreth faction f»n.lldo*es |muc h Importance is . "^publican Ucket for Lake place.

•'enator. Aiwrmbly. Burroini FriebolderS carried the! The total number of vote,

^ 1.343.

•lebratlon 4s aohadiiled for •7 hy th, Bodding clan. ' l *t kM to Read by 26;

Woodbine

fight in Woodhice was j ' ** on the county cxecu-1 ’'•mRtee. Samuel Basen |

William Green-j

The

120.

•male tuemberahlp on the! • Wa Roaonfeld pulled i t Sarah FWdm 122. "■“a given . majority' 'er Bright, while the HU-: lor Surrogate :

Sea Iiie City ,r Bright tarried Sea t t»e^ vote being Bright ' 11 C. Pun Uerc, for Ar-

j Inspecting Woodbine's

Supply of Milk

The Board of Health of Woodbine is making a thorough Inspection ol milk which Is being •UotrlbutMl lo famllU* in the ciiy in order to safeguard the ihealiii of the reeldenta.

The Inapection* g

in year*, but due to the Increase In population and Che necessity of havdiig strict law* the io*p..ctluti* will be held frequently. Owners of cows will be compelled to keep the catUe In ©atiltary

condition.

Isaac Kaw heads the Board of Health in Ihe borough Salt Water Fishermen M ill Meet in Conference Sportsmen from many sections at the Stale are expet led at Atlantic City. Saturday, June 26. for the Salt Water Conference to be held under the auopices of the w Jersey Fish and Game Oonvatton League to consider the problem* confronting hose who

angling In

e place

The

salt water angling and <

Ben Cresse Given Letters

notifi-d by mail.

TCic Commissioner* that th- summer lights be 4n service on Fortieth. Fortyfink. Fomy-vrcuod and Fortythird SMetks b-lween Landis Avenue and the B ordwalk. Bid* for furtindiitig music at the Municipal Band Pavilion during the season were also received at the meeting. Bid* were submitted as follows: William J. Jooher. 16 men. 640 a concert; ! Sea Me CMy Bond. 16 men. 4100 a Concert. The bfda were referred to Mayor Sofron.y. It te likely! W»a« the contract wHI be award '

ed i*gt week.

12 to 2 o'cl

diamond brooch.

.Hamond

section of the atreet " nn ' «" 1 ' 1 *>™celet was he

will be turned over to the hands ! <10, * rh "d to her niece. MUr | —

The

to the hands ■rgantxaliona

lust wall turnirdi the tuusic the Am. Mean LegUm Band. Ocean tity. tie Leuallen Ba

of Com

Turned Without Warning Attempting to make ■ lef* hand to n on the Shore Read, nsor MatrUie. without giving warning to an approaching driver In the rear, resulted in an acci-

dent Sunday.

George H. Lord, of Court Hoy attempted go make the t«e* while going south and us irtreck by a cor Bttven by Gerffge H. Batchelor, of Vineland. Both car* were damaged, the driver* making settlement. Corporal Smith aid Trooper Reilly of the State Police. |n- • estlgated the accident, no ar-

IsMitwa O. Miller.

sto ke, bond* and in In th.- Cap. May Sand and the Cape May It* Company sere given «i

S. Steven*, in tnisr for Mis*

Louisa O. Mill.

©case to be given to Lillian G. Miller and to grandniece Edith M. Edmund- or 4o survivor*, evetri of their death*, efie retted that the Children's Home!

Society, of Trenton. recMve the j deiplu

ben.dlt. The residu.- wa* direciiel

*«» Be given to her niece. Loutar i * O. Miller for partial rot urn f- j’*her loving service and dcvoU, '* for many yeara pasi t<i her and! Ml »‘ her hue husband by M. Isnima O. Miller was naci.-l' lt ‘-" executrlg and Thomas S. ^kev-[ !h, • la; ens. exTOUfr She died Jane 7. l» rM *

at^Capc Ma/

| club ar -I dli

! fancy in paying thi* tribute the . S*a l*le City Club wa* m•eluted by a laige number of Kotarlana. Kiwanian*. and prominent men fr.an ..tbet places. Atlantic City. Or.-a n City. Pennsgrove. Wildwood and Cap.- May sent many members of their *»rv|c* clubs to participate In the t.-etlm-nial. while from Philadelphia came that prince of Rotarians. Dr. Gilbert Pal.-n. who was the chief

speak, r of the evening.

Among the prominent men present were Judge clarence L. Cole and Samuel 1* l*ed*. of At-

Tewiimnnial lactic City, and latther C. Ogden. Harry Smith i "7 ‘ aP" May aty. Lettera and vening. j '.-legram* of regret and con-

gratulation were read from United I States Senator Waiter E Edge

/'■* I-' ■ land others, by Dr. Clarenee W.

tmentr V_ia\C Niuamans Way. president of the local club.

"»>Pa*y: , , »-» «- , who preaided.

Aft. r one of Mine Host Cronecker'* best dinner*, which wa* ad-

GILBERT PALEN

Humorous Readings:

Cl.ib Was Visitor

Compton, of L'*d

E. LAWRENCE CHALMERS Nominated for Board of Chosen Freeholder*

Children’s Day At

Heialerville Chuixh ^ . ,,L

(thildrun'a Day’wa* cl.brat.slj whlch *

in Heialerville Church last Bun- s! " !}

day. both murntng an 1 evening, j s ‘ ' , !l “ the lawer eeivlc.. b.-ing given, L | * un,i v over to the oiRldren. j "‘‘'I*'

There were aungs. recitarion*.j " <r “nd exerctsea making up a .-ty j in I creating program, and Rev. L ' “ B Sharp made an adiire». { , * 1

i enlivened by a number of song*, (led by Fred Packer, nong leader ! "d the AtlanUc City Rotary Chll). I and selection* by the famous i*hit : Oe--an City K.wanis Quartet,

. . L. (which came d.wn to add lo the '''. v . ' , ’ n '; pleasure o' the evening, tb* ■ Wildwood chairman lniro.luced Mias Kdytke ■h t... ''dn-’rou* r.«dlnK*] Hn , hln , n Woodblllr ( weu-taowu u-kly Juuiiheon. Tuesday, I (r| or , Ior wko delivered a *" !, * rk ' splendid oration on '“rh* Conoti-

C-snpUin wtu* lnlro.luead , u , lol| _~

l. Walk.i. vie* preside in

tub. who ».*>k <barge I.f Otri Orator g Karvel

inhiain I

M(!1 ; Mi» Rotlitaan boa won txsau i*l l' ,in "' < * h rs ’' ,r honor* tor tMm ° ” orauon, out M* *-li. . y was a ,._. X V reveictJ.di lo the Urge gathering "'"" U • In -ul.Jisf matter.-gdUr . .. , ’ . * [ shallng of fans and their presM-^ 1 I. " “ilallaa With telling effuct and ora- " torica! power that held the clasest

I th.

. the ■

Austin. II. U. Tot

“n. ratuhitod Winger “ator William H. Bright

a heartfelt appre.iasplendid victory given day. and we sincerely

[ether for the good of all Cape Vfay County CHARLES C. READ FREDERICK W. McMl'HKAY IRVING FITCH K l-AWHENCE CHALMERS LUTHER i. OGDEN EARL L HOLUNGSEAD.

Unofficial Primary Election Returns Tuesday, June 21, 1927

£ 5

z a

I Dlst

Avalun Cap.- May. 1

Cape May. 2d Dirt Cape May. 3rd DUt Cape May. 4th Dirt ('ape May Point Dennla, 1st Dirt. Dennis. 2d Dirt

Middle.

ilddle. io. wa

1st Dirt 2d Dlst 3rd Dint 4th Dirt

: Wat

No. Wildwood. 2d Ward Oeean City. 1st Wd. 1st Dirt Ocean City. 1st Wd. 2d DL-t Ocean City. 2d «’d. let Dirt Ocean City. 2d Ward. 2d Diet South Cape May Sea Isle City. 1st Ward Sea Isle City. 2d Wat.I Stone Harbor

622 168 179 441

pprl

ood 1st Wd. 3d Diet

»nh Bower* by PraoMent EdIn G- Middleton, in honor of ■ ir birthday annivenmrlc*. Robert INeri*.nl weloomnd Ihe icrts and P.rey JaekM.ui wca

■ auomlaxn prise.

Preeidmn Middleton announced -it She no inter* of the rlub d their aiv* would be gueata He- Wildwood Boy Scout* • dnewoa> • '.■•-•ling M P.'u-ir camp

Contrai l Awarded For Curbing in Gardens

de city Gardens has ract lor rurblng on nue to Thirty-fifth ' uiity and on pore«« and weet. The expected will atari work is programing

j the gathering to it* feet in ae*

j knowledgmenl.

] Dr. J. Thornley Hughes, presii lent of the Ocean City R^iasy | Club, was the first speaker railed on and he paid tribute to ihe I guest of the evening in a little poem setting forth hi* good quail Frank Shaner. Jr., secretary of the Atlantic City Club, added a good word and greeting* were extended by the president* of the PeniTOgrove Rotary Club and Cape

May KlwanU Club.

Leeds Brings Good Message Samuel p. Leeds, the Atlantic City wheelhorae. not only bad a ihi-sNage of praise for Captain Smith a* an all around man who wa* always ready to do bis share and could be relied on. but he had a message of Inspiration for Cape May County. He aal.1 this county had one of the few real Chamber* of Commerce and praised the inception of the Ruse

. Highway, saying it wa* a wonderirk!n<|f U | thing to beautify the county land such move* a- this with othat

! imni

» day in ord.

t at an early j improvement* had

'jquoting statistic* to *1 i (Continued on page a

bined For Reckless Drivh

Wur On Drunken

Drivers

The State Trooper* stationed it Tuckahoe are making a drive P Th!> Trooper* during tie- last

I (in

i and

nee* revoked. State Police, it lared. “We