'aunty’s Best Season fa Is Freely Forecast

ikot Through-

py Re*>on« for Note of Opthnin

out the Entire County—Building. Sek., Rentals and New Hridgee Among Them

'

20 3 S^tion*

Or*"*

,]! of Cape May

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Cape

Cape May (Jaunty‘s Home Newspaper

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SEA ISLE CITT. CAPE MAT OOOTmr H FRIDAY APRIL S, 19S8

Summer and FaB b Preshdad by Oid-Tm

VILI-IAM a. HAPTERT , MMon Cap* May . »,«. f»fr kaS!" I 1, tb. forecart frertr w iJl part* of Cap* May , .* you ir»rel aroup'l aaS

tbfli i

.!, it u a fact that CapCounty bimlnc» people arc -■ . pttmtaOe. the not* of )u«t aow hae a Atffer- : .in toy I ha** haaid -; i r.* oi IMS. Ana fOTir.s on top of What haj> (V mo-< tryla* period Cap* 1 County ha* ever paaaad nh mikra free a caliouard nut t«l Hat a UtUe better, u: b*' puaed i* history, noriitp dr»U-duat.” aa a . rM-rntl* called the Cape County real eatt'e bootn: tb« ra-TOOraWa alump In the «l JilS; the real ertate ataas o' 1*:S; ihc areat hope for Ibr neason of IM7. only J«r rain and chilly weather Ksnrr, and empty houtea r ninc' 1 comlnc due with ■onry to meet them! Thai‘a rad *iil probably ne*.

Bird But It

th.

_ (orecaal for ISIS all

ki(bt'i. for It la uttered by

o! th' people who have

tl* hardert htt by eoadl-

o' the part few year*

!U- le the forecast baaed on?

r. oifferent aa the

hi making them are dif•—hut all of them sound

i.r ' n hot Summer."

Mayor Maurice M. Sofronej.

lale City, "the people will loan, and If the people »>*n well have prosperity, l-li'v !)Urtn«* condltlMB

.boat the couniry. which admittedly poor, will bare !«: on the aaaaoa, pood or

li ai: depaad* on the

t tu»t Beutala as* atertnod and the outlook la •or rial .etate aetfrliy- ■ Major Solroney la rtpht. the ■ h bound to he good, bo- * aay, Richard B Stltea. *«f« of the Mint National

l ft-nn aty:

la>* never known It to Ml >t* -un croaaea the line OB .*«. If the prevailing winds “*i day are from the ureal ' lue a alullng hot Sum*M good tUhlng. The wind year wt* decidedly tram the - »od 1 am certain .hat the =‘- *Ui be )uat the kind take, the raah reglater In ^«y County atng Ita aweetjwd»iit stltea to borne out £**Mfnt Bdward B. Arnett. ,, 'll* 1 National Bank, of » l * Clip, who freely , dm | ln 'it'' immemorial, flab " and old noidenU of the ' mild that whenerer

■ 'a * fr,1 * u tn "' wrml on •' day „f Spring, the sum j*! 11 hot. 1 hare paid

"'iiiir.n to thi* for mrself. and tt la **r of formaatlng for the next six s'lnuH f>n g)

•"mat*

““"W Well Attended

i“'"""W-fh. .t,

,, ‘ " ,i ' ,1,n net of the Tape -^ WcLUon of Board, 'rtlon U*t m „ k Wln tbr

record. Kvery board

»u ^ Sen Isle .I, *' !I repreaeutod. AlWu.lt 6 *" 'uperrlaors and) . »lao present.;

Upper Twp. Will Repair Its Schools Voters, At Special Election, Favor Borrowing $I0 : 000 For That Purpose

Will Exhibit Indian Refics Co™** Tate a TnMt Co. Arranging Unique Show

'XHiHT HOL’SS—Wbat prom l»-» to be the moat unique eakl bit IOC MW gives le Cape May Couaty to the Indian Kelt' Show, no ' being prepared by Dr. Julius Way. preaidant of -be Capa May County TUI* and Trust Company, and to be staged at that InatituUon. The .bow will open about the middle of thin month, and will con tine for aevrral moat he In the early days of Cape May Coaaty*a population by th* rhltea. th* entire couaty waa the Playground and habitat of tb* Ls-nl-Lenape Indiana, and when they departed as their white brothers became more numeroua, they ief ? behind them counties. numbers of their domeatlc. agricultural and hunting Imptemenu The*# hare h-an found from Umr to time, and bnve been carefully collected, by Dr. Wny. who has SHjMMT' study of the Hfe

Dr. Marshall Succumbs To Pneumonia Prominent Phyncotn Wag in 74th Y«r—{Moved By AU Who Knew Him Lived • Life of Service

Question Defected Before t** 01 ,k * ot Cap* ^ owore NjlJ , county and will have their

here Tueaday afternoon, it was c«. B , , h , |h “ ^

TITKAKOE—The sudden d*aU of Dr Randolph Marahall Banda; e venlng In Beoteh 'tail. Oceaj City, was * severe abort to the enure county He had been in fall teg health for some time, but hi< ■enae of duty *!«t rc ioooslbllttv ai a physician. *

rrtday morning be meeting of the DirecUira of the Ocean Chy National Bank and upon returning to Turk*hoe. went to bed thinking bat a Util* rest would relieve him.

been th* baato (or oonaiderable dlaruMkm and agitation among resident* and Uurpnyera of Upper

Th* election of Tueaday afternoon Indicate* that a majority of the people nave come to agree with Couaty Superintendent Durrell. v ho nays that 11 t* imperi tire that aome money be spent tor making repair and replacement* to the acbooit of Upper Town shlpTbe f.ocUo effects school* located at P> ’.er.barg. Tuckehoe. Palermo, Be sleya Wlnt and Beavilln.

Boardwalk Auto Show Starts Sat. Many Exhibitor*. Elaborate Decorations and Musk to Feature Wildwood Event Pierpont Head* Committee

l "«*l Ford w«k April 22 to 2a ^ r,ir «t w«ek. a-'ill - a* decreed by tha the Voiled KlaU . .■ '"/“W » Place, of im- * , B Hfc of everyone. w T of a large .. , ‘‘ r " 1 r.r , town tot. *aek was act aatd* *hich cveryon* would ‘“ "unity to become . ’ “ r "Uh the ImpoiTi,.. *' tnr pleasure and “•I! a* for profit vr- 1 our Phrta. hlgh■8! r., ^ 1 * •'"‘M be like *L i V farmer, are , rcallg* th*, tb, « valuable side •—'inlug bualneae. I : *.' nl, ‘ r aupply of , bl **vr tree* fur.mount of rough i-.lway* g||i *„ • on every farm *'e«k everyone ' n opportunity to

WILDWOOD —With aa extensive list of exhibitors, an elaborate ay*lcm of decoration* and murtr. at! plan* have been perfected by the committee In charge for tb* second annual Kaatrr Open Air Automobile Show on the boardwalk. show will open at ten o'clock on Saturday morning and remain open until eleven o'clock at night. On Sunday the show will be open from ten In th* morning until six at night. If It rain* on Saturday the show will b« held on Sunday. Rain on Sunday will postpone the exhibit one week. Mayor Robert C Pierpont heads th* Chamber of Commerce committer In charge of the event. bi» aaaUtant* being Jack Konowltch and Bdward Monaghan. The automotive dealers vlr tually are unanimous tn hacking the event to make It even a greater Miecwas than that of last

year.

I The Qly Band will play concerts both day* In the Douglas* pavilion, at Wildwood Avenu*

fContinued on page five)

Batordaya.

•I I be ael arid- for them There day* will be known by the name of the town for which they have been set aside. "Sea Isle Cli Day*' to already assured by t) acceptance of the Sea tale City

City Like A Field Says Paul Volker

TeUs RctariAiu H Becomes

Barren W-ate If We Put Nothing In

Can’t Merely Taka From It

SEA ISLE—"I am a citigcn W i mean city." tha word-i of Paul vs applied to the modern dty and the modern rsalaem thereof, by City Manager Pan! A. Volckcr of Cape May. at the meeting of the Sea laic City Rotary Club on Monday night Mi Volckcr. who la a city engineer by profeaaion. and for several -cars waa city engineer and latei Chamber of Commerce actretary of Lebanon. Pa., before going to Cape May to take the position of the Aral city maua ger In this county, told of the duty of a person to th- city h* Uvea In. He likened Imv city to a held, and tha rcaident to a farmer. If a farmer keep* taking from the ground and putting nothing t*ck. the ground loses lla fertility and bream** bat - ren waste. So with the person (f'outtaued On Pag* *J

Stubborn Chimney Fire Extinguished OCEAN VIEW- A bad chlmaey are in William Deraul'a boo** on Saturday threatened aertou* consequences due to a high wind and adjacent residence*. I'hlef Canuso. with bt* band of "amok* owl*™ - ' were "Johnnie* on the ► pot" within a few minute* after the alarm waa turned la. and had the HltuaUon well in hand before kcrioua damage waa done. ( '•minx ntlng on the Are a realdent of thi* community raya: -Ocean View la JutUy proud of the apparatua. and atlll morn so of tb* well drilled, disciplined and i "•'rlent personnel of the Oman View Volunteer PI re Company. Inr."

Pettit, of Ocean City, waa cal ted Saturday and pronounced it pneu1 moo la, ordering Wm *eat to Scotch Hall at Ocean City, where every eBori waa made- to Careful vigilance and uatlrtng effort* were • uercisad by those tn charge, yet bit rendition became mor* aertous aa be felt Into a coma and passed away at 8 P. M.

Sunday

The esteem In which he was h*ld wa* evidenced by the reaction at the Turk shoe M E. Church, of which he waa a life long member. When It war announced from the

pulpit

In his 74th

Contest Goes

Into Quiet Retirement

Ever Popular Mining Letter Contest Will Wait to

Be Called Back

Winner* of Last Week

untyTime

After providing alx weeks of fun for a ho*t of readers of UUa paper the Mining Letter t'onte*t ha* slipped away to a quiet rep!re meat, where the ever popular fellow will remain until we call him

hack again

Last week’s mn teat was

final la this senes end gave the Coolest Editor a busy time of It, for the replies here increased each

desk looked aa he peranswrrs. to And the wie-

ner* » Incidentally before we tell who on the final contest we want to cation that in giving the anlu>n to the previous week In last week * article aa error slipped tn

Instead of - - -

Rapid Strides | Fire LOSS IH By Tuckahoe Ocean City Yesterday

Eight Store* and Fifteen Apartment* Destroyed—Known As Doughty and Johnson's Properties—Sea ftdb Company Among Those Responding to Alarm Started 3 A. M.; Origin Unknown, Two Separate Firm

Mary Improvement* Made

* Now Under Way

TUCKAHOE—Rapid stride* to tb* fore are being made af Tuckaho*. "Oateway to Cape May County." Through th* Activities of the Tucke-hoe Chamber of Commerce, street light* are now on throughout the town, and a “oat active fire company, with wonderful new apparatua. is boused in an ample building. A new Masonic Hall, being built by Mayor Joseph C Champion, of Ocean aty. to rapidly nearing rompietion. and ground hat- been brok.-n and work started on foui

aew substantial borne*

' Arid we'v* only started." said R-berl C. Smith, cashier of ike Turks hoe NaUnal Bank, and are retary of the Chamber of Cora mere*. "Th* Chamber to ready and willing to finance tb» lr« -'ovetneni to and equipping of lertory. which w* ha*e * pro* pect of getting, and there u a man her* who la able and willing and ready to build ten r house* to house factory work*! Tuckahoe wae 'tolled J*«t week by Senev Bin*, indust Cal

in arror mppaa m , rn 'necr o' he Atlantic city “S" being mtoslnx Electric Company; Thomas Akar-

Political Battle In

on the

Street early

Wildwood IHHS 1 xrzJL . ! local Sre department in sul

Troen and Scully b ’*“

Dr. Marshall

year. He wa* born and reared at Tuckahoe and wa* a graduate of JeBersoc Hospital Philadelphia, j practicing medicine for Si years, following hi* father, the tote Dr Randolph Marahall. 8r in those early days. He bad h-an a member of the Mad lea' Society and

about a year ago wa by the society with a

Sf> Amt man Beauty Rosea aa a token of esteem for having sen In the profession for 60 years.

He waa a faithful member of D Round

tb* Tuckahoe M E. chureh. ai-

waya ready to support by actual' s guln*

attends!, r at the aerrteps and by contribute e largely for the work of the church. H« waa Interested tn the matter* of progress for the town, lending a willing band wherever aad when.-rer he could. Hr wa* an enthusiastic member of Star Lodge No. 86. F. and A. M.

of Tuckaho*.

iContinued On Page 6)

» Harry SbePer'a ad as we I manager „ f tb . company, stated. It had bren omitted from) -"'f BA Hatton, president word “Grown-ups" In J. J. i^f’* May County ChamBrasaer.il* Compnnys ad. This in;*"* “ f Commerce, with a view of do way effected the wirier* ; m,lkln * » pre.lmlnary industrial Now that we have that off our! ^ ,B mind: well t*|| you who won tb*| TheMvr hoauaatoSw brtn* hum ctoaing contort The missing let-1 a| . r realdenren for Cbrt* Hand, ter* were Fleetwood and Sbef'-r ]g rnoJd *hiw David Ward and MUi Mary Gibson. Port Norn*. Holland Mharp

Mr* Evan* C. Robinson. Sea Isle.

Mr* Frank Dean. Court H«fke

Mr* P. Rainabaw. Cape May. Mr*. Edward Letts. Baa lale.

Trout, Green Crock

Row - Jenkins, Divli.ing ('reek. Erma M. Nickerson. Goshen Ruth H Sharpe. Leesburg.

Sea Isle Boulevard May Be

Opened Ahead of Schedule

County Engineer Anbcipatei Rogd Will Be Ready For Traffic by April 20th—Fitting Celebration Planned COURT HOUSE -The recon-j on this road during the part struct loll of the Sea tole-Orean month to th. largest amount of View boulevard by the Hill [work which has cvei be.i. don-

Dredging Company wil, piobsbly In the

be cunjpieted nt least ten day*‘length of time. Ha **<■• that ' • • he scheduled tlm* It **“ ‘‘ nf mnn *’

Tuckahoe C. Of C. Favors New Highways Diacuu County Need* at Special Session—Expect to Secure Needle Plant Industrial Committee Active

TUCKAHOE- A special meeting of the Tuckahoe Chambei of Commerce wa.. held on Thuntday evrnlng of last week, at »b»rfc time severe! matter* of Importance vrcie dlscuwed The Chatuber had received a comaunica tlon from the Camden Chamber of Commerce aakiug that the body designate iu a letter ita vl*wa as lo wbat wa* the greatest need for th* development of

The solution is i

Letter Wort

L Pisa E Bee

B Flora

E Bracelet* T Mattress** to Upward O Shoulders O Nowhere

follow*.

Mrs. R. H. Berk*" J. R. Prichard I

Freeholders Oppose Road Plan Change

, K B E*3mZZ ,ntere ^» Trying to

Have Courw MillvilleTuckahoe Road A hewed

Pi»n

M. Ware! I. Morvaj i

Harry Sheffyr:

Kotok Bros . Market I Baker's Art Store |

J. R. Prichard

U Chrysler Ferguson A Nlckelson E One Criterion Beauty Parlor F Godfrey ZlmmcrmiBM Bakery S Reflect E. C Morrison E Therefore Fagan and Fleetwood R Chevrolet Port Norris Garagv E cb winner has been mailed two free theatre tickets for the

theatre of their choice.

’"Soloni Send Resolution

Gappy Scull Honored By

Bright

Oppoae Comnuwionect Pierpont, Taylor, Carl!

WILDWOOD — The lln** of political battle have been .trvwn In this reoorl The preaeat Cowvirar ! uu'iDioner of Finance Ralph Carll. and Commts•icner of Streets Alfred Taylor ar- -irking for i'-election. They haw flung their banner to the brecti- aad up-tn It L* olai ncH "Lower taxes, with >ni ■Orel good govwrnme-vt " wh.,h tbc» expect will carry them to victory In tha decUou on May *. Opposing Hit oa * ha Is known as tb* CltUeus' aUB Tax p_/ir»‘ Ticket are formei Benatc> William H I-right. Waiter H. Trecu and Jowepb C Scully thre« prt.mluent citlt-ti- of the resort. Thrlr banner beat- the alogme. "Eei-nomy. Ta* Heduc. ..n snd Employment " Kuwln M. Job-ires, an old resident and bualni-f * man. I* ao in-('.-pvneeat candidate for vfflew. Coi.imlaatoner Carll. who waa fl’ charged two weelta ago frenn the Mt Sinai Huapltel. PUltodelpbta. where he was aeii'rttoly ill for many week*, is get'ini U<k In atiwpe and exporla .hare tn th<

Free Rental

MSAOO.

I Th* Or* broke out under S. I Naiaxafcr* .'apaaea* Store ou tb* boardwalk oa the south aide of Eighth Street, at 4;W A M Ap pa really flamec started from beneath the store Narasakl was aroused as were Mr aad Mrs Jaaa Cod*, who operate a news and cigar store adjotetog Ta# Bremen extinguished the blare under tb* Naraaakl store before it broke through the Boor A **coid blase brofc out under th' Johnson bulldkag mere than 186 yards distant which quickly spread through th* flimsy structure* None of tha shops or apartments were eocni.eo excepting the Doughty spat unaat Mia* Phoebe Doughty was aroaaad by the notor. and escaped tn safety Amour the shops destroyed were tboa* occupied last summer as Holbrook's Drug Btore. Douglas* "andy Shop. Mayor's Jewel ry Btore. Ben Young's Light Lunch. Ed ' ornman's Fishing-tackle Shop. Toy Shop. Japanese Polo Strap ard a restaurant lu the Johnson

Bulhgog

The intense heat caused by the flames cracked the windows of the

Doughty's He*

*n the ocean t" ‘ "

walk.

wa sld* of the boardfront of the pier was Th* equipment. kflehM

COURT HOUBR- At lira Wed- __ ... Kft'-'sss :Of New House|

•a. indicated that an effort to wttled on Ita I

being made by Interests outald* “ “ — *

of Cap* May County, to have the State Highway Commission change the course of the pro-

ptonn^t*i^ingYrom^uiiHeto Will Be AwarDcd Winner Lower Township PuptU

Golf Prize j buildlng^re a total

Tuckahoe. Accordlnglr .. lowing reaolutlous were adopted by the Board of Freeholder*, and a copy ordered sent to the State

Highway Commission:

•Wherens. tb* Slat* Highway

Associates

"Whereas. It wa* uodernt'jod by this Board that this road waa ! to come via Cumberland road to Head of th* River, tbeure to | Weatherby Road, thence to Tuckah»*. there Joining present routs j 14. known at new rout* 4. and

U ontlBued ou Page :)

Former Police Chief u Presented Whh Mnaomc

Ring By Police

Served 31 Ye«r» on Force

ocean cirr -E H -cwr Appointed lo Sinking

ScuU waa honoi-.l by bit a-recl-; Fund CommiMion

a tea at midnight Friday evening, j —-—

which marked the conclusion ot ' NORTH WILDWOOD—The ap31 years of service at * member , pointment of John J Kay, Jr., as of the Ocean City police depart ,. member of the Sinking thud rneut. The latenoas of th* hour <ommtaaion of Uii* dty waa ar (allad so dim me honor. • hlch j ^mnixid Thursday Mr Kay wUI

bad been arranged by 1 “»»««> | begin bis dutlre at once

Deni of the fore., t appy **• The appointee to a member of presented with - M;u«mic '■‘‘f ,h.- firm of Beecher Kay (ompany. -s a lasting token of the friend- j trM?ur#r ^ tbf Wildwood Uhsm-

Cbambrr to suppor: their petition j mcoibera h*ld

■ venerable!

I for i

of Eagter Touman.-nl at M«ke High School Record Wildwood Course I rOl'RT H .>USE- R*rortto of the progress ol pupils entering Utgb

this year from runs!

Announced *t C. of C.

WILDWOOD—The Eaater automobile show and g»lf tournament, summer outings, train aervle*. advertising, brant location of the resort* and man^ other topic* of general Interest were taken up at tb* April meeting ol the Wildwood Chamber of rompterce on Monday night In the Wildwood High School Th* meeting wa* rt-tclly a bnstnrwa session, there being no outalde speaker but tb* program waa particularly pleartng to the mote than fifty persona who participated. Frank D uollltu pre-

sided.

Howard Topham told of the artivttire of the goH committer, rtretwlng the Importance of the ta-!,.. tournament and glao tell In,; of a new tournament planned

June, the chief

ipcrtutaadent . Cape May. Middle Township and Ocean City High Schools as sen bled, and reported bank to Ibu boards of education of the district* sending the puplla. The best record wa* made by pupils from Irtwsr Township. Only two puplii from this district are reported as la danger of telling, our from Academy aad otto from Lower CoM Spring

Ten Dollan end Com

TUCKAHOE —Reginald Dk rwt'k. of Veqtnor. was arrested n the Shore Road Sunday, aiareh '•5. for the use of improper regtotrstion plates on hto autmoUle. The .inert wa* made by Trooper Joseph Rettly of lb* Stst. Police station at Turkahue.

mBM Darwlrk appeared for trial bepriir tor fore Justice of the Fear* Wll-

offleer. Police Chief Howard T.| Mn rlrtr wnrk Johnson made to j N , n ..,e..nlh Street

( appy «*- al»o the recipleut | A , fnor

Courses Will Be Offered By Rutgers Summer School

»en l*et,

amount of money paid

thto work during the past month, appro*! niatrly 880.006. la the larv-.t sum of money ever paid by the county on a single cunireci dur.ng a period of one

month.

Th. S'a Die City Chamber of Commerce to planning a fitting ertebratlon whan the road Is le-

w's* announced *1 the to’ednctday afternoon newton of tne Boatd of Fr< hold*re. by County Engineer Smith, It thin ao happem. It wan said at the meeting, It will be the firs! time in the history at Cape May County bat such a cont act has ever been finished ahead of the time Halt. .crarao.

According to the County iteglJoP*"^ n.'-r. approximated otto-tmg or D f A Celebrate! the gravelling or reaurtscing

the road has been completed, and, 1 barring mishaps of any desertp-

' on. the road will no doubt beJAm---^ - _ ^ BHf . pen. d to : raffle on or *‘ wu ‘| ^ pp , r b . ld , B rv.un'T Knxlnre-r Smith fur- ebanit Hall On* bun , tbvrmore nato that the work don. ; fifty person* wvre prta

the Slat* Highway Depm

ment for opening an Improved highway from Medford direr! to the 'here. The local Chamber Is In full sympathy with the pro ML but it I* their l*llef dial the greatest benefit for Cape May

County would accrue to it by the __ Highway. CommlMtlnn opening 11 P j Fund."which wan orga a paved highway via the Wrath i , ra | nvontlre ago. He v v-hy Road iroru Port WUat.'th j OB halI direct to Ocean City, staring That; .nn,,.,, over thin route, coming into Can* j A^_, rt _..... PP H.. Coum, <.» tl,, IaI*. ep"""-’

(Continued on Page 2!

in i to capacity

i of polhe from 1887 until 1*20.;

Award* Contract *« which tim< *t hi* ..w-n ..uu. •

For Four Houw. | JJ," aparlty of house captain lie-

ceded by Howard T

hlcb will be rental free In on* ' Items. «’f Tuckahoe. on Wedne*-houi-r. >. W'lldw-rM-Kl - day of lanl week, and waa fined

dollars and carta.

very active, I

He I (van »t | <Iahl«a. Thin prl*. will be and Ontrtljflte 4 hy John J. McD* Continued on Pa*«

D * T j 1887. and nerved without I

i ruptlon since that

Summer Se**ion Designed for School icachcrs Seeking Certificate* or for College Students or Candidate*

STONE HAHHOk A re for the erection of four tw. lire.! awarded )>j Don E N lor:il reel estate broket, tn < B Potter The amount of Ih

«ory

, T“ ; Ml

Johnson.

NEW BRUNSWICK - Tea

>> rented tn tlic ,. i- 16th annual Rutgers I'nivci held ffl New

Will Plant Tree* Free

! Railroad to Run Evening Excursions to Wildwood WlI.DW OOD -The request af (he local ' hamber of < omaierce that the Prunsylvauia Railroad operate nightly exruralorta to Wildwood during Um coming sunfmer has been approved by the official* of 'hat road, it wan announced at the meeting of 'hf disinter in the High bool Monday evening. Mflj-or Pierpont- Chalnnaa afl ihc Raliioad Conimiitee. told ot ll"- '-(inference he, Mayor Reddice. «'l North Wildwood, Mavor Kin .. oi Wildwood Crest; Frank ■ oli nn. President of the ('ham-