Cape May County Times, 24 February 1928 IIIF issue link — Page 5

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Wildwood Personals

ao* Mr*. William Robart.

lor Wildwood Croat. »p*nt PrWaT j at Pctiasitrow. N. J.. with rela-

| Mrr-.

Mr. Jamoa J. Curran. 8r.. a

Tburaday lo Philadelphia

i_ , M-. Corardale bar been III with Connect Wootfem: ll.e rrippe lor « week and now

Mm. < overdale U III at her home

i Weal Pine Arenur.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vort attended the funeral of the latter'* aunt. Mra Oacar Huebner on SunInterment st COert House

pea We Junct.— 1 Plan. Banquet

went meetWoodbine Borough Nincilman Jacob U I Jacob 8- Levin of Intioc regard Ins Iho WoodWn.-Sea fair very much rnvel between a num t pointa. Woodbine late pointa. la the

i In being planned by I Council, and auch jator Charles C- „ nan' McMurray r County Board o! aid the Dennl* mHtre have been No de&nlic but It win ear future,j Peace Jacob 8 a letter lo the olution of com- : to the PennCompany rering In Wood r been many comto a number ol * which have oc

( [her eeiloualy Intent oeeured when victim ran Into a l train. Had the properly aafewould not have linker light would

unanimously Council and aem SMtor Bonnell and the railroad

Mr. and Mra. B. L Paul. Jr. gave their eon Baby Merlyu. hit •rat. birthday party on February 1J. 1#» Tboee who attended were Baby Harry Allan. Mr and Mr* Harry Allen. Mra. Dorothy Tal-l-ocher and Baby WeUnL Mr and Mra. A. Abott. Btlly Fagan. Harold Hamilton, uncle and Mr. and Mrs James Hamilton grandpar•wite of Baby Merlyn. Refmahoenta were served at a Ute hour and Baby Merlyn stayed awake bid them all good night. Paul Hilton. Frank Abbott and Mr* Roar Hilton, of South Seavllle. spent Tuesday with friends on Glen wood Am Mr*. CHBord. i Avenue, I* *011 111.

A ■yatery

eopoda were midnight Thursday of hurt week, on Glanwood Avenue On Friday •ere called to inventl-

went locate It l sovered. and Sunday and Monday

Mrs. layl Robart Clo&Ung and friend* imeot Sunday at Millville. Mm annetta Robart apeol Mon-

day at Court House.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Reed entertained twenty-one friends at their

A Baby Bsy

Mr.

and Mr*. Roy Langford receiving coagratutallon*

upon the birth of a boy. Sunday. February U. at their home. US EaM Baker Avenue. The mother, who will be remembered as Mlae Baaale Colberg. la reported aa do-

ing nicely. iBftortta

Among those sojourning In Florida through the tourist eea*on are Mr. and Mra. George N. Smith and eon. Montgomery, they leaving thl* week. O. I. Blackwell who took the trip vta boal upon Instruction* of hi* physician. following a tedious rick spell, reports In a telegram received by the Blackwell family: "Safe and well after the ahakeup at Hatter**." Mr. Smith I* prawldent of the Wildwood TUI*- * Truat Company of Wildwood Mr. and Mra. Charles Douglas*, motoring aouth. will stop at too*! of the resort cities in Florida during the trip. They left the Douglass Sunday morning.

Girl* Surprise Boy* WILDWOOD—Thn Boys' Club of Wildwood were tendered a wirprlae nlgbi by their girls, immedlalrly following the regular order of busintws at their February meeting Thursday, the Utb. In Oak Hull. Drenned an ttitle girl*, some of the make-ups of the ladies were exceedingly ei*ver. Among them were: Mrs. Harry Sheldon, who carried a doll; Mrs. Cowan, of the Chelten: <11*. A. Blckle. whoec beautiful cbeartnut curls were the attraction: Mi** Florence Funk. In Jumpers with her long hair tied with a broad pink ribbon, looked Mk# a girl of twelve. The evening waa apent tn dancing, singing and game* A buffet luncheon was served.

Span Builder* See Future For Resort

New Bridge Mean*

New Prosperity

(Continued From Page 1J unrivaled hotel accommodation*, but that the proving need now :* better transportation accessibility—more road* and bridges. ThD la a bold enterprise." he itinued. "The men behind It

■ :nen of vtaton.”

A booster dinner wa* rarved In the Fenwick Inn Sunday neon, by member* of the staff of the Wildwood Cables Booster Aaecci* t’on. It being one Of a eerie* ol such events. Covers were laic

for sixty gusala There * 3 * | Dr Coreon Introduced Isaac excellent speech making and the. Ba/ . [ . llrilc j 1 u -n,* only man who

interesting program * *i heartily |n CocgrM* who didn" enjoyed by all present h( , ilnt waau , B .-

Wins in a Walk

».• Ruth RUtenhouae. of thM resort, wa* recently elected captain of the varsity tmake'ball team of the State Normal School,

Glas*boro.

day.

, Glen

it Houae

Fire in the coal line Apartment*.

_JC Avenue*. Satur-

11.45. eau.-ed a i for half an

, »r confined lo » and alight dam-

are *

r dla-

Anotber bualneae location wa* Changed thl* week when Hamilton left the Rudolph Block for v more modern store tn the new Pine Annex, scrota the street.

Sew Stare*

«ew store* and more of them ... springing up in Wildwood The carpenter'* hammer call* attention these day* to additional iprorement* along bualneae line* the Pine* building. PacHlc Avenue at Fine, which waa eold

lately.

The minstrel »ho»- under the auspices of the Byroi Pennington Croker Poet. American legion, will be preeenled at Hunt's Casino on Tuesday evening. Ftbruary tt.

Colonial Tea

i Saturday ■

by private •nlerprlee. In vania c»mp« New England. Pennsylvania. New February 1*.

Jersey and Southern ■'•**'*»*' More than *50 aludent*. Inclmtof th— old atrurturea rtl'l.stand. ^p^nt.uvr- of *lx forelg* but as they were usually mnaii nalt< , R . mrrr . ,*-, rd ed degrtes and not designed for moflrtn ^ „ , hl , , llm . Prk>r travel, they are rapidly Klv1"« [ to , h , conferring of degree*. Dr

: I/vkImK H Pennitt

Penntman. Provoel of

of the ever In-

creasing trafSc of today. | (be ('Diversity, delivered the ad^reed "Before the science of bridge , dres* to the graduating clas* “ To lot building had reached the preaeet , willan la the aon of Mr and i

WILDWOOD—A colon U. I lea will be sponsored by member* of the Schumann Club Saturday afternoon. February 26. featuring Ludwig Plelaer. a celebrated eelThe afternoon bid* fair to ne of the musical high light* _ .be season here. A limited number of ticket* were Imued. The purpose of the affair l* to stimulate Interest amuug the music loving patrons of the Schumann Club, who are purchasing a cello for a young girl who la the protegee of the club. The Schumann Club belong* to the New Jersey State Federation of Muide

Clubs.

Mr*. Charles Knoll will be the hostess upon this occasion, the affair to take place In her home North Wildwood.

Barharach reviewed George Waah Ington'a historic eroaring of the Delaware and Interpreted the significance of the pageant which the crowd had Juet witnessed. He paid tribute to Ralph Burli»»er'»

enterprise.

Major Marrleon Cook of the ~«t. Board of Commerce and Navigation, said that such con noctlng link* a* thl* bridg; would, among other advantages, raise riparian value* and help the

school funds.

"I have no doubt." he added, ■that both reeorta will gain a treat deal from this bridge." Buvlnger wa* heartily applauded as he arose. Like all Impossible thing*. It

(Continued From Page 1) day evening. He expressed confidence the toll bridge Unking Long port and Ocean City would be a fine success and pointed out that bridge* create tiaffle and frequently exceed or double the estimates of the engineer*. In Interesting fashion he Iraced the building of bridge* through the age* and their result* The need of bridges of various kind* wa* one of the sari*—'

rirtlltatton and

date* back to the day* of primitive man. when a tree was laid is* a stream or crevtee. or. tropical dime*, the use of strong vine* attached to trees on the bank* cn the opposite sides of the stream afforded a erode can* of crossing.” he declared. "The Chinese were the fir.I people to build permanent types of bridges and they had built stone arch bridge* long before the Western people*, and In later year, the Romans and Spaniard* developed the arch type of bridge and there are many fine exampleof the** old bridges still In ex Islenre in Italy. Spain and Chin* ■The idea of loll bridge* I* I a new one. In feudal time* iny such bridge* were built by ! various lo. of the domain or by the government, but even In the old days the privilege of erecting toll bridge* ws* granted lo private Individuals who took

loll from the traffic It J*. I Country We roirider the Ocean Interesting to k«OW aiy-Longport Bridge • long step France In the Twelfth Ce" , "£' providing a highway for th* there wsr. ** travel along the Jersey cosst and speelallasd In bridge buUdlng |ook fcrw , rrt to , u eompktlon

reiau. and la a c

* the mean, of transportation | the wider river*, but In r*years, with the coming of the automobile. Ihla method has found too slow and Inade-

quate and we now see such slrur- j lure* a* the long span, aero**! the Hudson and East li ver* In ;

New York, the two span* con-

necting Staten Island with New j Jersey and the magnificent Cara- 1

den-Philadelphia bridge. Many other notable structurs* have already been built or are now under construction In various part* of the country It has been found, upon the completion of the great majority of these new bridges, that traffic ha* exceeded the expectation* of the promoter, and the Increase In value of the property and the largely Increased development of the adjoining tsrrito-y has shown thslr

great value.

"We. aa engineer* and contractor*. are of course Interested In these project* and are glad to *>« that a* the reauK of the sue-

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bridge* that atructuree are being

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Oh, TlMt‘* Different Dad: “Why don't you dance with young Thompson?" Co-«d: “Why. I wouldn't dance with him If he were worth a mil-

Intreduce me.

“But

and one—called the Bridge Bu'ldIng Brotherhood—nourished, and built many bridge* and grew rich from the toll* collected over a period of over 2*6 year*. There I* no uoubt that the granting privilege* for constructin* ti bridge* ha* had a groat Influence In develop!ns., and improving section. of country where the need of highways and stream crossing, could be provided In no other

way.

“Our forefather* In this try were fully aware of thl* and for many years highway* and bridge* * rc built and main

with!

Receives Degree From University of Penna.

*f sfiv.w'rad thfaa wfcsa yvw HiVtLs koed sf the AILAascrvcsB St*. TW’« wky

. . . G-M-R cyllwfisr bawd . . . fowlpui* . . . full pessswra •lliag of tearing pawls . . . Small veonds* It’s towssme file rooqv«rtn* A—riro's stiffs.! msnsl.ln g^ss. ffma* wmfiro li h*e «wv«v fsw^ tbs road ms rough svtbw PM tnatrTisg - - Yet fsr sH its west lb €>i power, it. stlvwt “fi .

PORT NORRIS—Jj lan. of this town, wi students of the V

Pennsylvania to receive the groe of Bachelor of Art* at annual Mid-Year I'oo vocal Ion the Univeralty. whk-b wa* held it WdahUnan Hall on the Pennayl-

rag the

the

, tll4S, fatri.let. tflU, bloR

hero It is!** PhotoerophOT Steal Spotlight He reminded the crowd that Booth Jersey ts the home of the largest recreation and resort Industry tn the world. He a*Id ' that the new bridge it the firat link In a great road, extending' from Sandy Hook to Cape May. He Interrupled hlmeeir by directing the attention of the crowd to the spectacular stunt of metropolitan newspaper photographer* who at that moment had themselves hoisted high above the site of the bridge In a huge steel eat son. from which vantage point they snapped George Washington and his army landing. Firman B. Reeve*, st^r higb'w apofce.

Sprrial Spog Equipment ALFRED M. PETERSON Mechanic St. and Reading Rd. CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J.

Food Lectures

Rfilv saved the « of the occupants of SMI** of the great • that had begun ^ the crevice* | la of frame c _Ated throughout, .reside there thD ■ -ftmHlr» all vacated j ,'orfierlr There wa* i jja^ In leaf than a , blare w«» cxtlnp a barrel 1* *UF "trly

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Electric Cooking Demonstrations TO BE GIVEN BY Mrs. Mildred Rees Noted Home Economic of Chicago You Are Invited To Attend

Cape May Court House: MethodUt Social Hall, Tue»day evening, March 6th, at 8 o’clock. Wildwood: Hunt’* Casino Theatre, Wednesday afternoon, March 7th, p*. two-thirty o’clock Cape May: Electric Company office, Thursday afternoon, March 8th, at two-thirty o’clock. Stone Harbor: Fire Hou«e, Thursday evening, March 8th, at eight o’clock Dennisville: Carroll’* Hall, Friday evening, March 9th, at eighi o’clock. Atlantic City Electric Company

< JheMeH>Serier PONTIAC SIX is smoother, fastei and more beautiful than itsfamous predecessor Offering four-wheel brakes, new Fisher bodies, and great new features of design, the New Series Pontiac Six sell* for a price «o low that no one need forego the pleasure of owning a quality

C upe - - $745 Cabriolet - *795 Roadster - $745 4-Door Sedan $825 Sport l-andau Sedan $875

. SUMS to SlJf.s. ,

Alfred M. Peterson

Mechanic St. and Reading Rd.

Cape May Court House, N. J.

.... “Her husband’s been away three weeks but she’s as smiley as ever!!” M Ycs,and 1 know why.’* “Tell me — quickly!’’ “He calls her up every night as soon as th: evening reduced rates start and they have the nicest chats imaginable. She says that long before her husband calls, her children start clamoring, ‘How long before it’s Daddy’s talking time?”’ “No wonder she keeps smiley.”