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SEA ISLE CITY. CAPE MAY COTOTY. N J.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1927.

Run When t Closes l On Convenii During Re- [ Boulevard I With Supt

•Mayor Sofrooey Jill eoaftrrwl arjih >. ferd Informed him I *oo’d do ertry -

r UMU Uw railroad

Mrs. W. H. Bright In Auto Accident Wife of Senator Badly Injured When Car Overturns

Mra. PrlndlU. F. Bright, wife of Senator William H. Brtsht. of Wildwood, suffered a possible fracture of her collarbone and other Injurte* Monday, when the ear which dbe was driving overturned the Avalon Boulevard due to the steerlns apparatus breaking. Mrs. Bright wss on her way to Avalon with her 9-year-old granddaughter. Anna M. Allen. The audden break caused the car to overturn, pinning the occupant* btaeath It. They were taken to the office of Dr. M. CTydar at Cape May Court House. Mrs. Bright was taken to the Jefferson Hospital Tuesday to have an X-ray taken of the Injured shoulder Her condition Is reported as favorable. The UUH granddaughter escaped serious Injury. being shaken up and sustaining several alight cuts

Popular Contests Continue

*1125 Award Will Be Anpraised Mr nounced Next Week—Will r’eSrS. Be Pmnl Cash Award u resident! 10 Sets Tickets Each Page

Approve Plans Juries For December For Dredging Term of Court Dm wn

Ottens Canal

Are Okayed By Wildwood Solon* After Being Recommended By the State Will Deep To Twelve Feet

i In Will

I. ftteaymie. form- » VVrat Methodic g'Me ancon* I ng

Mary A

e Ctty. Tb» < «tc probate ai

Tuturday estate ap-

. Wklln the I went to relaremenitovn >:

Court Will Convene on Tuesday. December 13— Wildwood* Have Twelve Grand Jurors—

Four Women On Each Jury

Ocean City Leads With Fourteen Petit Jurors

Cop Bags Possum In City Street

Can't Explain Presence of

Live Animal in the

Resort

Wins Nomination For West Point Edward Backman, Sea Isle, 2nd Alternate Candidate

Sen

Friday Is Rotary Night On The Air

Ocean City and Sea Isle

Clubs Will Present

Program

Plana for the dredging of Dina Canal, prepared by the Wildwood city engineer, recommended by the State, wax approved by the Wildwood Commlaslonrns at their meeting on Tuenday and emergency bonds totaling $600 to be used for halt the coat of deepening the canal will be floated at once to enable the city to co-operate with the State Board ot Commerce and Navigation in improving the inland waterway* near the city The canal i* now dig feet In depth and the necessary depth should be twelve feet. Thr Commissioners in recommending the dredging, mentioned that the work would be done chiefly for the benefit of fishermen, whe of the most thriving Industries of the resort. The clerk was authorised to advertise fot

bids.

The pipes which will have :r i lowered were laid Severn! years ago. when the boats that passed through the waterway

drew six feel of water.

The State has a dredge a' present at work deepening th. channel of the Inland waterway from Cold Spring Inlet to Ottens Harbor. The State Board has!

finance deepening of;

The Grand and Petit jurle* for ie December term of court, which will convene December IS.: was drawn Wednesday by Sheriff James Hoffman in the presence of Jury Commissioner Alfred R Smith, ot Ocean City! Judge H. H. Eldredge and Deputy Sheriff Forrest Rich and Deputy County Clirk Moffatt Robrbach. Th. Wildwoods led the list oi Grand Jurors drawn, with Wildwood *. North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest two each. Ocean City 5. Cape May City 4. Cold Spring 4. and West Cape May Four women were drawn for he Grand Jury. Mrs. Mary Ogden. Cape May City; Mias Sallle Lake. Ocean City: Mrs. Jennie Kirby, of West Cape May. and Mrs. E. Viola Joslin. of North

Wildwood.

Two brothers were selected: Joseph and Warren Halbruner. of

Cold Spring.

Among prominent Cape May Countians selected an : W. R. D. Hall, county publicity director: John H- Beecher, of Wildwood:

banning Myers, of Wildwood: , , D „ Ralph Buvinger. of Ocean city. Being Revealed By County

“Water’* Fine” *'Br-r. it's cold" was not the expre- ion of Miss Roxana Gandy, county helping teacher, on Wednesday when she broke the local iccord In Sea Isle City for late bathing In 'he

ocean

Mins Gandy declared that the water wa. tine and really no dolrier than It Is In July. The popular county helping teacher is an ardent bather and plans to continue her wintci dips.

New Ford Car Is On Display In Big Cities

and Councilman J. J. Helnle. of! Slone Harbor. The Grand Jury]

list follows: Grud Jurv

he widow of ■ frost whom she

r wealth

t was Interested ir

Contest fans will welcome this surprise, too. for it gtvea them a double chance for the next weeks to solve the bidden word poxxlee. and get theatre tickets for their fun. So pppular Is the Missing Letter Contest that we have concluded to run both pages tot another two weeks, instead ot dferonUeatag the tme. a* »*» »»- nouneed ’ at wee*. The *2* award. how*v . was to have be'ii made after the sixth week and this ajrth creek ended ou Wednesday. So this award will bo made and announced next week. Juarw* not having had time between Wednesday and press time to pick the winners of the cash awards. On the Bridgeton Pag* ten sets of ticket* will be given esch week, and on the Missing Letter Page ten sets will be given also in the future, but no further cash awards will be made. The winner* of the Miming Letter page last week were: Haxei Chynoweth, Vineland: Mrs. Morris Stephenson. Mar-

mora;

Miss Jennie E. Fraser, MaurI cotown; ,

Henry B. Furrer. Wildwood. L. R. Smith. Cedarvlllr: Horace Bacon. Port Norris (Continued on Pa«» Seven)

Dealers By Photographs

and Charts

agreed to finance deepening ofj ’ I

the harbor channel for 600 feet i Paul Empol. merchant. Wild-

City Treasuerr Robert J. Kay wood. Has Kept Nation Guessing

announced at the meeting that | Mary Ogden, housewife. Cap- r

the SitUdr-c Fund Commission j May Ctty

had available $78,000 for the John W. Thompson, manager. .. . m . hlch payment of bonds of the old E.r-jcape May City. After months ofMcrecyWhlch ough of Wildwood, which were a l_ Gelseuhoner. retired. I has bc:u strictly maintained —— - - rW»l. Icroms Ih. ,“ r ' ,

J. J Helnle. merchant. Ston-: after the dealers from all orer the Harbor country Mew th« W last Friday. Edwin B. Fagan, realtor. Wild- the’‘mystery var is finally to be wood Crest. plated on display In the larger Washington Hilton, contractor.* citlas throughout the country to-

Wildwood. day. The ■*» Ford will be revealed by county dealers today by meal.; ~ photographs and deacrlptiv*

___ ’hich

issued In 1911. which were pay able Thursday. December 1. The bonds were Incurred for the first street improvements in the city and other municipal work Mr Kay turned over to the city the check for $78.0W Mmert br C

Norton, president. Mayor Robert | Tracy Grant, mechanic. South

Pierpont. and himself. Dennis.

Bids were opened for 2860 ft.l Albert Bennett, pilot. Cape

of cast iron P»P* fbr'tte water May City

works end wa* awarded "

Cast Iron and Foundry

Company for the sum of $1400.

Charged With Assault and Battery Charles Anaon. of Wildwood, is in the county Jail charged with assault and battery. Anson was committed to the Jail by Justice of the Peace Steelman, ol Wildwood Crest, on Friday, pending action by the Grand Jury

sabers or the

^ Fined $5

Early Mailing of Christmas Gifts Urged

By County Postmaster*—

Care Should Be Taken in ! Wrapping and Posting

. Heavy Twine and Paper eariv* la’Se advice of posUnksters

Car Skids

A car driven by William Stout, of Townsend’s Inlet Ocean View, skidded on the Trenton Road Sunday night, crashing into a pole, practically demolishing* the machine. The slippery road caused by the drlaallng rain caused the machine to >kld. Stout wa* accompanied by his wife, both sustaining cuts r~ A bruises ai d badljr shaken up

realtor.

Wildwood.

Thomas Loper. farmer. Green Sally Lake, clerk. Ocean City. Harold Hand, clerk. Cape May

City.

Joseph Halbruner. farmer. Cold Spring. Charles Hollingsead. merchant. Green Creek. W. B. D. Hall, publicity agent.

Avalon.

Henry J. Fleiachhauer. merchant. Gold Spring Clement H. Newkirk, agent. W**t Cape May. Jennie Kirby, housewife. West

Cape May.

Walter T. Harrison, salesman

Wildwood.

E. Viola Joslin. fcousrwile North W'ildwood Lannl-g Myera. publishei

Wildwood.

J. Edward Bachman.

Isle City, and a senior at Ocean City High School, was one of the three boys nominated for appointment to West Point by Con-

., ■ g.eaamai. Bacharach as a result

I of the preliminary examination I . , »« i „ •TT V __»__

It Made a Very Fine Meal I given thirteen candidates on Fri- At the Moonyn Theatre

i day of last week. The nomina-. " 1 ■ ' lions were made upon recom-

To Patrolman Matthew Pang- i mcndatlon of the Board of Ex- rape May County to on the b u . „ of Oc>an City goe.- the dls-‘ r miners, composed of the County ra( iio map. Through the efforta Unction of being the most unique! Superintendents of Schools. T]**' 0* tb* Oje MW hunter of these parts. He bagged I boys nom nated from poeM City News snd the Moora ■noarlltn with his night stick, .teen candidates were Principalhyn Theatre programs were brexd1" 4S A M Satuiit.i' Pa- candidate. Laurence G. Mocker. jiriul f ro m the stage of the Moortrolman" Pangbum was walking Landtoville: first alten.ate. Vll-fi,^ Tbewtro. Ocean City, every hi* beat when somethin;: ran {ton S. Glatterer. Atlantic (Tty. ,.», n ing this week through station from the Tot at the southel*. second alternate. J. Edward Back | wkBG. „ government licensed corner ol Second Street and r. n- man. Sea Isle City. , portable broadcasting aUtlon. tral Atenu striking again • his The Cape May County nominee. The broadcasting to done in full K-v-dleas to say he wa- was for two years president of view of the audience and in congreatlv mpriaed. Self preserva-1 the Junior V. M. C. A. Group, of junct in with the regular show

tlon is th- first law of nature Sea Isle City, and to a -

and Pa’irt'Urn gav-' the object a treasurer of that group. tgorou- kirk which lauded it in the ntlddl- of Central ' "

Pang'ju.n blinked possnin. Michael _

.|.l- < nearby, was attracted • seen-, by the commotion. Baring lis teeth, the anin

glsr- ' at tioth Pangburn a , Bllxzar-l t-s they apnroached Af-,

ianeuv< ring. Blizzard;

managed to attract its attention j while Pangburn deal: '• a sleep- j

ing potion in the fomt of a night Sp^j Linking Cape May

linked his eye* y-» .

."'■ss Gap Between

i','i B. P. and S. P.

Fast Closing

stick acme*

" t.'d t

Whe

held ; • the theatre,

nlng a ayor Champion made the official oenln* of the station with a tsu.' In addition talent from all secu. as of AUanUc and Cope May Counties made Us Initial

appearance on the ati.

This evening (Friday) will be Rotary Night on the air. The program will be presented by the Ocean Ctty and Sea Isle City Rotary Clubs and will Include many entertaining features. The Leuallen Band, of Cape May Court House, is also scheduled to make appearance over the air ou

Pangburn reported

of hi;

they

vih: Be Completed By June 1

the inc'.iiet QUalnUtlnci

live 'possum In Ocean

City!" wa* their thought. "How Work Steadily Progressing

could it get here? It certainly i would not cross all the bridge*

coirc from the mainland." While they did not use the

short and ugly word, they credited Pangburn with a wonderful Inia^Jnellon. until b*- took them to Bllzxard's, home, showed them a dead 'poseum without a mark on it except a lump on Us head.

That's not alj. "

qbart*. and the public will given a full description and c™. plcte story of the car that has kept the nation guessing for the

past »tx months.

So far the new cars have been examined only by those who wlfl have charge of the first showing* and demonstrations. Salesmen and demonstrators are studying Chins and diagrams w hich will be used in explaining the various details ol design, appearance and

IH.-rforiaance.

l our wheel brakes, standard selective gear transmission, extraordinary acceleration, a practically vlluatlonless engine, and unusual beauty in line and color are said to be among the outstanding feaI lures of the new Ford car* The 1 -inerator. oiling system, steering I scar and rear axle arc new Ford it- sign. It h; announced. The engine is forty horse-power, and it

Warren Halbruner. contractor, i* claimed will make ^0 to M Cold Spring 0,1 * «“ llon of Ptsoline. deFred Metz, plumber. Wildwood pettfitag on traffic conditions and

Charles Barron, realtor. Ocean *pced.

r . tr Frank G. Evans, of th (Continued on page six) I (Cootioired from Pag.

'possum look the same voyage many gobblers look on Ttisrks giving, but the lyde remain-- as a ao-J'-nir of 41,1.-~occasion ,

Add Poomm Story

The mystery of how the possum got In Ocean City was solved when ronstant Ford, local plumbing contractor, of 222 Asbur> Avenue declared il was bto animal Ford discovered the animal on the mainland several weeks ago brought It to the resort. He built a small pen tn which to keep the animal until the close of gunning season at which jj |

planned to release escaped from the

e it. The animal

Grand Jury Convenes December 13 The Grand Jury which was drawn on Wednesday, will con- • on Tuesday. December 13.

Hon to Tone in

WKBG to on a 202 meter wave length. 100 watts. ’400 kilocycles. While the station reeved many calls from various sections .' r Cape May County, 'some of the local radio fans were unable to catch

the programs.

On the majority of radios WKBG 111 come In from zero to 6 points. This to particularly true ,if radios which pick up WPG be-

tween 15 and 25.

On set* which pick up WPG about 70. WKBG conies In from 10 to 15 points higher. In other words WKBG will come In very

low or very high.

’ alls lauded the programs 1 r.elved from < *pc May. “ vjod. Court House. Woo Tuckahoe. Sea Isle City

Strathraer* as well as Oce. n City,

((’onttnund on page six)

sjae Tty and

Point. In Cape May County, and Del Key. in Somers Point. At-

lantic County. Construction

now well under way. and. give fair weather, the contractors will have the span, that will link the \ two greatest seashore counties In the world, completed by June 1. For many years the bulldipg e' a bridge from So-uers -olnt ", Beesley’s Point 'iigtSaitn t iil.-led. ! Th. Ca£c May Cwiniy Kb* ..her ; of Commerce had a place tor tt on Its live-yea I prog, am of ac- : complishmcnt. and It whs a Cape

May County man. Majror G. Bergntr. of Avalon, who ganized the company that ts r constructing the bridge.

..^S'»Tu?.r?h?rn“Si Committee Formed due -to legal limitations, could nbt, do so. Finally a law wa* *e-

SioiiUr Local Bode

the necessary financing was not provided in the then existing State road bond Issue The roads on both sides of the bridge were included, and are now part of the highway system of the State, but the bridge could not be built for several years to come by the

State.

(Continued on Page Two)

Wildwood YMC A

Functioning in County

Routine Session

The Sea Isle City Commissioners met in routine session Tuesday afternoon, no matter* of tm-l portance melng before them at the j

New* Ffoni I Cisssificd 1

1 I Reorganize Strethmerc Bo*rd of Trade

Tie In Annual Thanksgiving

Tournament

Two Atlantic City Golfer#

Turn in Card# of 77 At Wildwood Club

.Tommy Loughran Qualifies

George BoyaJIan and Tom ton Ued for medal honor* i annual Thanksgiving Day ^ club Friday. November each turned in a card ot 7'

group of Wildwood business met Monday evening and organized a local Y. M. C. A. Committee with Nelson M. Hoffmai. of North Wildwood, a* president. Ijimond wn* elected vice president and E. L. Chambers,

secretary.

The committee has In mind a comprehensive plan of work for the boy* of Wildwood, but before carrying out these plans wishes to add to Its membership representaUves of the various organizations which are Interested tn the welfare of the community. The next meeting will be held Tuesday eve-

ning.

This to the fourth local committee to Ih? organized In the county ns Ocean City formed Its committee last July and Cape May and Sea Isle city have organized within the pas! two week* Uninjured When Car Roll# Over Twice Miss Catherine Adams, of Cap-' ! M.iy. had the misfortune to over- , |iu:n her car Thursday of last week, us she wa* driving nqrth lion the Main Bhore Road, which , was wet and slippery after the , rain. The car skidded through : a fence Into Lewi* Hoffman'* or-

by Tor

Ian

Th.

Do You Know-

lutomobile was not damxceptlng one mudguard. * Adams was uninjured, and pi trom the window of the

■aughlng.

the Is the daughter of Mr. and Haiyy Adam*, who conduct I oystci parlor and restaurant Washington Biroet. Cape May.

Will Celebrate 55th Wedding Anniversary I