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VOL 65 — NO. .2 CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1920 tm. '? 1 A. LEON EWING, MAN A ' . f. I M EWING, MAN A

PERSONAL - MENTION INTERESTING PERSONAL PARA- [v GRAPHS OF THE COMING AND % GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. h — : ti Pilot and Mrs. H. B. Hand have just returned from a visit to Mr. Hands » •on andfwife, Mr. and Mrs. John Hand, b at Davenport, Iowa, and have enjoyed a most interesting trip. John Hand t is in the a to rage battery business and a is prospering very satisfactorily. He has organized a corporation known as * the John P. Hand Company, which has v establishments in Get.eseo, Molina and « Rock Island, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Hand also visited the National Encampment 1 of the G. A. R-, at Indianapolis, and * greeted a number of the veterans of our great civil war. The encamp- < nvent included a contingent numbering < 600 of the Daughters of Civil War < Veterans of which organization Mrs. Hand is a nwrober. There were 1 16,000 of the Vettrans in line in the great parade given. John Hand ■ married some years ago, Miss Frances Diane. formerly a teacher in our ' schools. Frank Shields is enjoying a vacation in Philadelphia for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith and fam- • ily, have returned to their home in 1 Philadelphia after spending the season in Cape May. Mrs. Beattie, -who is a regular summer visitor, has closed her Beach avenue cottage and gone to Asbury Park, where she will spend a month before returning to her winter home in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. McCabe and their daughter, Miss Mary E. McCabe, have closed their cottage, "The Bandbox", at 703 Columbia i avenue, and opened their town house, 2217 St. James Place, Philadelphia. Captain and Mrs. Henry D. Beylard are spending a fortnight with them before going to Fort Riley, Kansas. Mrs. Beylard was Miss Margaret H. McCabe. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Miller have closed their Stockton avenue cottage and returned to their winter home. Warden Robert McKenty and Mrs. McKenty, of the Eastern Penintentary, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Cohen at their Ocean street cottage. They are very fond of Cape May, and usually spend part of their vacations at the shore. "Rube" McKenty, the famous base ball pitcher, is the son of famous base oau pucner, is «ie sui. vx p£

Mr. and Mrs. McKenty. "Rube" was m a member of the famous Cape May jn Collegians during the management of Jo Roy Thomas, the ex-big league star, ar and former coach of the University j.V of Pennsylvania. la '' Mr. and Mrs. Sherman S. Sharp, of n| Washington street, returned on Tues- w day from a delightful automobile tour ;n of the Pennsylvania mountains, also the Delaware valley, as far as Dela- )a ware Water Gap. These popular ^ Gape Mayans report that they had a delightful trip. ct Dr. and Mrs. J. Stratton Ware, f js Bayonne, N. J., are visiting Dr. jr Ware's sister, Mrs. Mary Miller for a o; few days. t< Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, of West p Philadelphia, are at home again after Ci spending six weeks at Cape May. g Miss Cetherine Needles, who is ,at- u tending Pierce's Business College was in Cape May o»er the week-end. w Miss Jeanne Hand spent a few days this week with her parents, Mr. and * Mrs. A. W. Hand. Dr. and Mrs. Frank . Hancock and J their daughters, Miss Florence Hancock and Miss Kathryn Hancock, have " returned to their home at 2065 North ^ Sixty-third street, after closing their ^ cottage at Ope May. Lewis Knerr spent Hie week-end with his mother. Mrs. Mary- A. Knerr. Mis. Stephen Doharty and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan T. Folwell and daughter Natalie, of New York, were visitors here this week, k . ' Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Bounds and 1 I family are occupying their home in Philadelphia, after spending a fenweeks in Cape May. Arthur Jordan was a wtik id |u Edward Stewart, who has been a 1 I ■ regular suauner visitor for a aumber i

William Porter, city clerk, has been enjoying a well earned vacation. ( Mrs. James B. Rock, of Washington. D. C., is spending a few days with relatives here. Miss Helen Smith has just returned from Brooklyn where she attended the . wedding of Miss Pauline Haviland to Mr. John H. Mecray. T. Woodward Trainer and family returned to their Broadway cot- / Mrs. Frances J. Benezet is stopping at the Wfindsor for the month of Octo- . ber. Mr. Florence R. P. Vile arid daughare still occupying thCir Beaafi avenue cottage. Mrs. A bee Pierce Lynn, -of Pittsburgh, motored to Cape May this week where she will spend 6ome time at her Second avenue cottage. Mrs. M. A. Brown expects to remain in her Kearney avenue cottage for the month of October. Mrs. Mellie Williams who has been coming to Cape May for a number of years, is now occupying her coton Columbia avenue. Joseph Schellenger was a visitor this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hamilton, after spending the summer at Carrol Villa, have taken a cottage on Perry street for the winter. William Mason, of Philadelphia, is still at 222 North street. A vote of thanks has been extended Miss A. C. Knight from the Republican Colored Women's Association for the financial aid, solicited by Robert H. Keith, in procuring the mecessarv . literature to promulgate the organi , ration. r Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Santamaria, of , the Santa Maria Apartments of At- , lantic City, were here on Thursdayvisiting Edgar P. Stites, Jr . The , Santamarias are very much impressed with Cape May, and they said it had Atlantic City beaten to a frazzle as i a real ;ea side resort. ' Will the Commissioners arrange to j make November 11th a great Rally i Day' BE PREPARED e Cape May has been following the e regular routine of working in summer for about four months and retiring in- *• to dormancy for eight months from the days of its inception into a sumn mer resort to the present. -- it has been so accustomed to comd ing out of the shell about five mins utes before the game, that the mere e broaching of the idea that to be pre,f pared for the next summer seasor parea tor me «cai suhuuci n

means also the planning and arrang- - "during the winter is perhaps looked upon as just simple foolishness and entirely unnecessary. Possibly the average workingman, laborer, or small business man may not be aroused to move toward better and improved business methods in beready for the summer season, but it certainly ought to appeal to the large store keepers and hotels and boarding houses. The organizations necessary to accomplish the work axe already in exThe city Commission is willAll that is needed for the Board of Trade and all public institutions get down to the real making of plans, determining the cost and proceed to place the demands before the governing body previous to making appropriations for the year 1921. Of a certainty the propositions would involve expense. Nothing can be done in private or public business without expense. Investments must be made in public business as well a private-business^ with the hope that the results will materialize to the benefit of the investor. We might well follow where others have led. Now is the time! Board of Trade, start something! ! See Frymire's adv. on Page Eight. CHURCH OF THE ADVENT I Paul Starter ant Howe Ph. D. Rector SUNDAY SERVICES I 8:00 A. M. Holy Cenwnuiuaa 10:80 A. M. Second onrricao and aorr 8:15 P. M. Sunday School 4.-00 P. M. Ewi — ■ »

JOHN MECRAY 1 NOW BENEDICT — c AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH IN BROOKLYN— MANY CAPE MAY FOLK ATTEND WEDDING. John High Mecray, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mecray, of this city, was married in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the n church of St Bartholomew at four © o'clock, in the afternoon of Columbus T Day, to Miss Pauline Haviland, daugh- e 1 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Havi- h land. Many of the relatives of the E ' groojn attended the wedding. The ]■ ' marriage is the culmination of a war n ! time romance. Mr. Mecray enlisted t in the NaVal Reserves at the breaking n ' out of t)ie World War, and after hav- ; ing several months' training at d Sewell's Point Barracks, this city, was 1 1 sent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for p r duty as a gunner on board one of the l ' transports, then made several trips f across the seas and became an expert s r gunner, and while on shore leave in j New York City he met Miss Haviland. f r The happy couple will spend their l • honeymoon in the Eastern states, tak- } 4 ing in Boston, Portland, Montreal, and t other points of interest. Mr. Mecray i 5 is a member of the firm of Mecray i Bros. 1 d — ~ SHEETS— SNYDER * A very pretty and quiet wedding ( '• was solemnized at the home of Mr. f and Mrs. William G. EigeV 26 ! !. Ocean street, when theit neioa, Miss ; Mary A. Snyder, daughter of Mr. and "e Mrs. John W. Snyder, aqti Mr. Alfred j T. Sheets were bound >ri Holy matrij mony, on Sunday, October 10th, 1920. , The ceremony was performed oy Rev. G. Keller, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Erma. M The bride wore a gown of white v georgette and was attended by her cousin. Miss Emma Barnett, in pink georgette, as bridesmaid, and Mr. Frank Schellenger as best man. ^ Following the ceremony a wedding er breakfast was given in honor of the n- bridal pair, those being present were m Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Sheets, Mr. n" and Mrs, William G. Essen, Rev. and Mrs. G. Keller, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Snyder, Miss Emma Barnett, and Mr. re Frank Schellenger. ■e- We wish the newlyweds all happion ness and prosperity.

TEACHERS HOLD CONVENTION ■ _____ e COUNTY TEACHERS REPRESENTED AT ANNUAL CON- c VENTION OF TEACHERS' PEN- b SION AND RETIREMENT FUND h GATHERING r County Superintendent A. W. Hand represented the teachers of the j. county at the annual convention at c of the members of the Teachers' Retirement and Pension Fund, j on Saturday last. Charles P. , city superintendent of At- t lantic City schools, w«»- re-elected a member of the State Board of Tnis- s tees in which is vested the manage- ( ment of the iund. j Eleven tetohers have been retired £ during the Year just passed. The , law requires all teachers newly employed to become members of the ( Fund and those who leave the pro- , fession or obtain employment in other , states" have the privilege of withdraw- , all of the money paid into the fund and 3% per cent, interest is al- , lowed them. The Board of Trustees has extended the time during which , teachers who were in the service previous to the enactment of the law and still continues from September 1st, 1920, to the' close of the present school year, requiring that membership shall begin September 1st, 1920, and that the dues shall be paid from this date. The Old Retirement Fund organization has been merged by law passed last winter with the new and j its liabilities to those who were re- = I ======================

THE STATE NURSE "We understand, upon good authorthat unless sufficient work is found for the State Nurse we shall experience the loss of her removal. In the immediate confines of our city it would seem to be impossible meet the demand of supplying two hundred infants per year, set as the required number necessary for the employment of a nurse. Clearly it can only be done by enthe territory for the nurse to " For the lady to be able to accomplish the task of attending to so large area, necessitates some means of transportation. iranajwriauiiu.

The Board of Education has given a room in the Lafayette strete school v ever since the state nurse has been t and met the demands of placing r such furnishings in the room which r the conduct of the clinics require. t This is about as far as the Board go. Perhaps some kind philan- 1 thropist would place an auto at the i sen-ice of the Nurse and save the day 1 for us. 1 It would be a very serious loss to t the community to be without the State ( 1 Nurse. A decision must be made by ' the end of the present week. ] See Frymire's adv. on Page Eight. tired under its provisions have been ' assumed by the new organization. 1 The assets of the old fund will be ' sufficient to meet the payments of its r pensioners until January 1st, 1921, j i after which date they will come from _ ' the new organization.

MEN'S NEW FALL SUITS $30 to $50 A great eo'lection of the moit impressive suits to be • seen. Suits that are exclusive in their modeling, but whose styles wiU be most appealing to the conservative - and smart young men. There is a complete range of all c fabrics and colorings, and every suit meets the Tenen- ' baum standard of quality and value, d TENENBAUM'S Cape May and Wildwood

Save Your i Farm Machinery The depreciation on $1000 worth of farm machinery amounts to approximately $200 annually if left in the open. Mr. Farmer, there is no use in your losing $200 annually on each $1000 worth of your machinery-but you WILL lose that much if you leave your implements out in the weather during the winter. A good implement shed is the BEST INVESTMENT you can make. Come in and : let us show you some implement shed designs and tell you | ' what a good building will cost you. J. H. Coombs Lumber Co., Inc. Building Materials Wildwood, N. J.

THE PUBLIC I LIBRARY 1 r ATTENDANT SECURED FOR TWO 1 e AFTERNOONS A WEEK— BET- . « a TER SERVICE PROMISED IF. 9 e INTEREST IS SHOWN. 1 At the regular meeting of the i - Board of Education held the 11th hist 1 o a motion was passed "That the lib- 1 rary be opened on two days of each 1 week from 3 p. m. to 4:80 p. m., and | 1 e be in charge of a teacher assigned 1 •f by the superintendent" 1 Mondavn and Fridays it. now ut 1 set j

the days and Mks Edith Edmunds I will be in charge. It is understood 1 that if the citizens show by their pat- I ronage that the situation deserves , j attention, efforts will be made extend the time. A good, though small beginning, is 9 than none and we now hope to receive those additional five or six hundred volvpnes that are now being back by the state on account of 19 the inadequate service provided'by the authorities. The Security Trust Co. will pay you 8 per cent on your money. A Strong Institution. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES At the last meeting of the Senior class it was decided to retain the class colors, maroon and gray. Leah Ewing was elected class Historian and Helen Gibson class poet. The class | motto selected was "C reseat Scientia." 1 Columbus Day was celebrated with appropriate speeches followed by an Indian Pageant by the Freshman class under direction of the English teacher, Miss Wagoner, and given in first-class | style. The Girls' Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Goodell, instructor of music, rendered a pleasing selection. Many friends and patrons of the school attended the entertainment and expressed themselves as highly pleased. ^ *4 5 A prize of five dollars has been t "fffTered to the pupil who writes the best school song. As there is con- ' " siderable talent in the high school, I we expect to have afh exciting com- . petition. A spelling contest will be held in x — 4 June. Rrst prize, $5.00; second, prize, $2.50. Efforts are being made to establish a High School Orchestra. This a feature every high school ought to possess, together with a High School Band. The difficulty of establishing the study of "Problems in American Dem-

ocracy" will be apparent upon careful consideration. To have the matter handled to cover all the items named by the State, in an unbiased manner, is quite a problem. RECORD BREAKING SHIPMENT OF WHITE POTATOES Six car loads of Early Rose potatoes were dripped from the Reading station in this city one day this week, whiCh is a record-breaker for one shipment of potatoes from this city. The spuds were shipped to I. Isbell, of Camden. The farmers who shipped the potatoes should be congratulated in getting one dollar per bushel for them, as it is understood that the entire State of New Jersey has raised a bumper crop this year. MECRAY BUYS KNICKERBOCKER Jay E. Mecray, our wide-awake hustler has purchased the Knickerbocker 'building and will in the near ] future tear it down and have built a large steel and brick building, and apartment house. The ground floor will be occupied by Focer & Mecray, with a mammoth Ford Service Station. Mr. Mecray is one of Cape May's most ambitious merchants. | FOR RENT 1 apartments 2 Broadway and York Ave. ! X West Cape May. N. J. | five rooms t Apply to 12 A. R. HAND, Star sad Wave