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FISHING CREEK Mr. and Kn. Atra Woolson have returned knt after ao extended visit , to their sob's in Camden. 11 Paul Dunham and family, of Bridgeton, spent the week -end with rela- - Mrs. Ella Hanson, son and daugb- 11 ter-in-law, ef Fox Chase, spent the Christmas holidays with Carl * Schwerdt and wife. Earl Woolson bad the misfortune to A cut his hand very badly while cutting E wood. Mrs. Leslie Bate entertained her L pareuH from Rio Grande on. Christ- P mas Day. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jackson had a P family reunion on Christmas Day as 8 has been a custom of the family for many years. s pSi,y>i Miller has moved back home after living in P en ns grove for a year, a Beulah I sard, of Millville, is visit- n Ring relatives. ■ Mrs. George Matthews entertained t f% large gathering of relatives on v Christmas Day. Frank Whitman who is working in V •"Atlantic City spent the week end with o i his daughter. ' Quite a lot of exatement was t caused last Sunday morning when <3 George Matthews house caught fire. But due to the arrival of help no serf- <3 ous damage was done. € Joseph Ford and family are spending the Christmas holidays with his c - parents in Philadelphia. <3 Mrs. F«""»h Yearick's is on the <3 *skk list at this writing. t ♦ John Bate and wife are visiting t their son Maurice in Philadelphia. Mrs. Frank Bate is home after 1 spending several days with her sister > in Camden. * _ Mrs. George Matthews entertained < tfplfamily gathering on Christmas Day. ' E. Bate and wife spent Tues- £ '.day evening with her sister at Del- 1 moot George Matthews entertained his £ sister, Mrs. Beulah Isard, from Mill- 1 ville, over Christmas. Harvey Yearick's and wife, of Cape I May visited his brother, Claude Year- £ icks, over Sunday. Mrs. Paul Dunham and daughter 3 Jane, of Bridgeton, is visiting her < parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fox. Mis. Freeman Yerrkks entertained i Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shaw, Willie Pierson, of Wildwood, and Mr. and 1 Mr*. Harry Fisher and daughter, of ' Cape May, on Saturday last lb. and Mrs. Alfred Jackson entertained on Christmas Day, 17 in ' family. ' Uany Stites and wife and brothel George, were calling on friddds the last of the week. Mrs. William Sheets entertained her parents, Arthur Sykes and family, ■ on Christmas Day. Mrs. Phillip Williams entertained her granddaughter from New York for a few days. * Lemuel Schellenger and family spent Saturday with Gus Yerricks and family. Earl Woolson and family spent over Sunday with relatives at Rio Grande Mrs. Claude Eldredge and son, of West* Cape May, spent over Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Ella Woolson. Frank Whitman, of 'Atlantic City, | spent the holidays with his daughter Mildred. Wan. Hinchcliffe and Jacob Barnett have returned to Philadelphia for the winter. Mrs. Alfred Jackson and Mrs. Arthur Fox are the proud owners of new Silvertones. Frank Matthews and family spent Chistmas Day at Seaville with his ; wife. Joe Ford and family are spending the holidays with the 1 alters parents in Philadelphia. On returning home from Cape May i Saturday night, Claude Yearicks found; an automobile crank for a large car. i Owner can have same by applying -at I his home. MRS. ELLA MORTON PASSES AWAY AFTER LONG ILLNESS Our village at Fishing Creek was aadrimrd to hear of the death of Mrs. I - BUa Morton at her home in Rio Grande. She was formally Miss Ella Shaw, daughter of Socrates and the late Harriet Shaw. Until her marriage to John Morton she always lived in Fishing Creek and was a great favorite among her friends and relatives. As a community we extend our heartfelt sympathy, to the bereaved husband, son and daughter, in this, their sad hour of trouble. We wonder why our hearts are torn, 'And why for loved ones- we must mourn; W*y dearest friends must say goodbye < We wonder why! We wonder why! O wander not, but trust it all To Him who notes the sparrows fall; • la ttajnirf* home beyond the sky -X aw ten us "why. Hell toll us why.

RIO GRANDE Write it 1921 now! Don't forget those newgsfito -tags— U 1921.' - H Harris's new Ford truck is a beauty b look out! The heart of the small boy is de- ^ lighted — skating. We wish all the readers of the Star p and Wave a Happy New Year. i« The Rio Grande Gunning Club held shooting match here on Christmas „ Day. a Robert M.f Neal, a student of the p U. of P., spent the holidays with bis" j, parents here. a Several of our young men find employment at the hangars at Cape May, g going to and from work in a truck. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cor- T son, on Monday afternoon, a son. v The Misses Leah and Olive Harris ^ spending the holidays with their mother. f Mr. and Mrs. Smith Endicott and ], their two children, are spending three i weeks in Florida. ■ a Edward Steer and twfi. sons of AtCity, visited their brother Harry t Sunday. n Mr. and Mrs. John S. Brum enter- \ tained their daughter over the holi- p j Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cornell and spent Sunday with his par- v ents here. s If the great tide of Christmas spirit could -be stored in a reservoir to be s drawn upon when, dull and gloomy c days follow upon the. merry season, there would be enough to make sure the wish for a Happy New Year. fc Mrs. Ella Morton died at her home j on Wednesday morning after be- s ing confined to the house for about months. She leaves a husband, c one son and a daughter to mourn her j loss. She was a devout Christian t and a member of the Methodist church Funeral services were held j from her late residence on Sunday j afternoon. Interment was made at , the Taberacle cemetery. j Mr. and Mrs. Hickey, of Philadel- , phia, spent Sunday with Mrs. Hick- f ey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Corson. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Neal, Fred , Neal, and Mrs. Jones B. Hand, mot- , ored to Philadelphia on Thursday. Mts. Charles Cresse and daughter spent Monday shopping in Cape May. , Miss Eliza Reeves, of Cape May , I City, spent a few days with her sister ' enroute to Connecticut, where she ^ will spend thq winter. Robert Kennedy and family motored i i to Philadelphia on Friday, returning Saturday. Mrs. Mary Hoffman has been spend- - . ing a short time with friends in Philadelphia. I Mrs. Oliver McDonald spent Sun- . , day with her daughter Olive; at Gape May City. I Mf. ad Mrs. Fred Neal entertained j ; for Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Jones B. I Hand, of Burleigh. Mr. and Mrs. r Warren C. Neal. of Cape May City, s Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Neal, of-'-ltio | Grande, Mrs. May Riley, of Connect i- j r cut, and Robert Neal from the University of Pennsylvania. I ®alph Denn, who is employed at; r Washington, is spending the holidays! . here with his parents. , I tyrs. Dennis Fisher spent Christmas ' r with her niece, Mrs. John "Kiibv. ('OLD SPRING , | The Misses Kathcgine and Margaret , v ' Dyke are spending the Christmas ; : holidays at their respective parental i I I homes. sl Mr. and Mrs. James Groetzinger. ! Mr. and Mrs. Spicer Harris, and Mr.: g and Mrs. Herbert Pettiti^virtook of i s | Christmas dinner at the home of Mr. j and Mrs. S. B. Taylor." Mrs. D. C. Eldredge is spending the j ^ ' winter at Norfolk,* V a. •j learning Hand is recovering from! r' ! a severe burn about the hands, from | i which he has suffered intensely. The Christmas Cantata at the Chapel Sunday School was well rendered. New members on the cradle roll at Chapel Sabbath School are Paul Munday, Anne Hughesi Morrison and 15 Thomas D. Taylor. B-J Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shaw, of Nar0 berth, Pa., spent Christinas at their * old home. ie Charles McNeil enjoyed the holir" day season with his son Frank, at "s West CapTMay. Hiss Lillian Eldredge, daughter of' *3 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Eldredge, was united in marriage to Mr. Clarence >e Smith, son of Merchant and Mrs. ri William Smith, of West Cape May, December 21, 1920. We wish them all happiness in their matrimonial * venture. st Mrs. Rhoda Chambers took Christmas dinner with her son, Jere, at 3* Cape May. Lewis Cresse who is attending ' school at Boston, enjoyed the Christmas holidays wkh home folks. Mr. and Mrs. J. R- Carroll, of Dea11 : nisville, spent Tuesday afternoao at the home of their , aunts, the Misses Y- Phebe and Mary Miller.

CAPE MAY POINT Mark Crammer and family motored Tuckertoa, N. Jn taking Flank W. a Marie and frank expect to home not less than four doers. a H. T. Hargis and family spent Sun- sl at their cottage. J. H. Corson is having his house q painted. Mr. Ormerod, of Cape May, is doing the work. v It Cape May Point has a postoffice which the Government should adopt w a model for small towns. The patrons are proud of it If you ever a to be in Cape May Point stop w and look it over. a Captain Albert Church of the Coast Station spent Wednesday home, h Jerry Geren is taking a five day N vacation to join his family who are li visiting in New Gretna, Jerry's home C Thomas S. Chester, the inspector the borough on the Hook Jetty, is s to the borough's interest. it to "Chester" and it will be F all right. Mdlton H. Baer and wife will spend b the holidays in Littlest-own and Ger- b town, Pa. V P. M. Braun, of Germarrtown, purchased the Lake last week. No t doubt he will beautify it. E Mrs. John T. Huff has been laid up v> with a severe cold. At this writing she is much improved. \ Dr. John T. Huff is making exten- E sive repairs to his bungalow. E. W. t is doing the work. s Mrs. William P. M. Braun remem- v bered her«Point friends with a very t pretty Christmas tokens, which were appreciated by them. f Mrs. Nathen L. Jones sent the Point I children down a box of Christmas t presents which were appreciated by them. t Mark Cranmer and Frank Hughes s returned from their deer hunttrip. Mark had nine shots at one <j deer only twenty feet off. Wonder ( Mark had the Buck Fever? How- ( they brought home some deer and distributed to their friends. 1 Frank W. Hughes has completed a new bath room in his apartments. 1 Charles Markley installed the fix- t tures. James E. Selvey has been on the f sick list for the past week. At this ; writing he is improving. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Busse enter- \ tained their children over Christmas. ; Mrs. Busse received some very hand- ] some presents. . r Copper Evans, of the Coast Guard, , rides around in a Ford Sedan. Ask , Copper about it. . , Keeler & Cox are progressing with their contract. They have had good weather. As most of the work is > below low water, itj looks as though I they would finish in the sixty days. 1 1 — a — WILDWOOD , This city will hold its initial Mum- . ' mers Parade on the afternoon of New . j Year's Day. Wapella tribe, Red Men ! is sponsoring the project. Peter t ! Viola, of that organization, is Grand < J Marshal, three members of Byron j Pennington Crocker Post, A. L.. this s j this city, will assist him. The honorary ] committee consists of Commissioners ' 0. Bright and F. E. Smith, Charles j Albig. .Senator W. H. Bright and Mayor McLinden, North Wildwood. Three women are to be the judges. Mrs. t j George N. Smith. Mrs. Peter t. Pets j erson and Mrs. Roland Corson.1-'' f] Already 2000 entries have been re- | gistered, the entries comprising clubs, \ I lodges, organizations, societies, in- ". j dividuals and floats. $500 in cash f merchandise prizes are being offered ■- j by the Board of Trade and merchants. i The Wildwood City and Sea Isle City e ! Bands will furnish the music. The I parade will form at Rio Grande Ave. n j this city, and disband at Anglesea. n - traversing titte entire length of both municipalities. Jj According to Evans G. Slaughter, vice-president and general manager of the Delaware Bay Short Line Rail (Road, the Reading connection to this city, full settlement in the cash shortage of the 'American Railway Express ir Company funds as revealed in a special audit completed Saturday, December 18th, has been made to the express company. The amount short was previously reported as being - Ground $12,000, but from confidential 18 sources it is learned that the amount * is less than half of these figures, al8' though the exact amount is not availy' able- The American Railway Ex- ™ press Company has no connection with the Reading railroad, it is a separate corporation, using both the Reading " and Pennsylvania systems to make 1 deliveries to this city. ig " ' " t_ MOVED FROM SOUTH CAPE MAY B. The cottage removed from South it Cape May is now located at Beach es avenue and Broadway. The property is owned by Iillie G. Elder.

GREEN CREEK Hv>T Conover has given bis house • fine coat of paint j, Freelsnd Weaver who has been oa a sea barge is at borne for a short stay. p Mrs. Marion Cresse, of Rio Grande, q spent Thursday with her parents here. r Mrs. Harry Fbster spent part oi j week with her sister at Eldora. j Eli Johnson, of Millville, spent the week with his brother, George. ( Truman Hickman, wife and sister, t ate their Christinas Turkey dinner j with Mr. apd Mrs. Charles Learning, f at Cold Spring. i Capt. WilHam Wdlkie and family , last week to spend a month with s Mrs. Wilkae's mother in North Garo- ( ^ t -Miss Gert.ude Norbury of Atlantic , spent the week with her mother. Earl Hollingshead of Egg Harbor < spent the holidays at home. t Roy Murphy left for his home in ] to spend the week. , A gang of men are cutting and j bunching cedar and oak brush for , break-water purposes for a party at j • i The Methodist Sunday School held ; their service and treat on Christmas £ A tree bearing many presents ( the most attractive feature. . Kent Redgraves, wife and son of Wildwood spent Sunday with Heath ( and wife. Kent is cme of ' , the Life Guards at two mile beach , Capt. M. M. Norbury is on this < week's sick list. Dr. Lake is in at- c tendance. | Some of our people attended the , funerals of Mrs. John B. Morton at , Grande Sunday, and that pf Wil- i liam Beath at Goshen Monday. Oscar Bate man, who is employed in , the Victor Talking Machine factory, ( spent the holidays at home. Arthur Hollingshead, wife and ■ daughter Helen, spent Christinas with Clarence Howell and wife at Dias Creek. Freeling Weaver and William Smith , found employment at Cape May. William Wheeler and Francis are building a sales stable and will engage in the horse business. The building is 20x40 and their first shipment will arrive some tijdS in Some of our people attended the funeral of William Beath at Goshen They closed their bungahere and went to Philadeipbia for the winter. Two weeks ago he was stricken with heart trouble and died quite suddenly. Mrs. Beath was formerly Miss Clara Grace of Goshen. Mr. Beath was 73 years old. He was ' a good accommodating neighbor, a : loving husband and a man that will 1 be missed by the whole community. BATTERY SERVICE STATION Wc are in first-class condition to take care of your* Battery and igni- ( tion work. "Don't neglect it.'' Ford j Service Station. I FOCF.R & MECRAY. ! ' ASSESSOR'S NOTICE s City of Cape May To the end that any errors may be E I corrected before the filing of the duplicate, notice is hereby given the taxpayers of "the City of Cape May that, for the purpose of enabling the . taxpayers to ascertain what assessments have been made against them . and to confer informally with the asI, sessor as to the correctness of the [j assessment, the assessment list, for ; the year 1921 will be open for inspecy tion at my office, 516 Washington e street, Cape May, N. J., between 10:00 , A. M. and 3:00 P. M., January 8th, I 1921. h J. ALLEN WALES, l-l-21-2t-l Assessor.

WEAK, WEARY, WOMEN r Laarn the Cause of Daily Wocf and il End Them. ^ s . When the hack aches and throb#, ;. When housework Is torture, s When night brings no rest nor sleep. When urinary disorders eet In, Women's lot is a weary one. Doan's Kidney Pnia are for weak 1 kidneys. g Have proved their worth in Cape j May. Aak your neighbor! . This is one Cape May woman's ' testimony. - I" Mrs. J. P. Lemmon, 611 Elmira St. I- says: "Doan's Kidney Pills are an •- old remedy with me and I am glad v to say a good word for them. I have used Doan's when my kidneys were * disordered and I felt dull and run g run down. My back was weak and :e lame and my kidneys acted irregularly. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me by strengthening my back and kidneys. I know Doan's are worthy y of i' trial by anyone in need of a kidney remedy. , Price 60c. at all dealer*. Don't •h simply ask for a kidney remedy— get & Doan's Kidney Pills — the same that r- Mrs. Lemmor had. Poster-Mil bam Ota, Mir*., Buffalo, N. Y.

car HAranKT house , Judge Douglass says Ms eyesight as good as ever it was, bat hi* arena getting shorter. The Arbutus boys faced nine 25 pound turkeys at the state line -banquet in Odd Fellows' Hall Wednesday night, and tbey need not be looked for the "bread line" for tte rest of the year. - Christmas brought the family to ley Corson's Great Channel Farm, the 24 guests including Mrs. Corson's father, her four sisters and their Mr. Corson's family mid Wright's friend, Edna O'Donnell. T^iere was the turkey dinner at midday, turkey sand witches, coffee, cake and ice cream in the evening and times, dancing,' singing, and a pleasant social time. New Year's Day will find us a village." Some of us will remain and more would like to, for Ida Garrison's wedding, but most of us will go to Wildwood to see Drum Luellen lead off in the Mummers Parade while the rest will diyide themselves between Camden and Philadelphia, in the vane hope of seeing something better. It is good management which sandwiches the day of Rest before the Good Resolutions are in force. . The Thursday afternoon meetings ' of the local League of Women Voters will be resumed with the New Year,

the first to be addressed by Dr. P. C. ^ Washburn, local representative of the Q State Board of Health, and upon the and the Law." Hie com- ^ mittee on education, it is said, will o claim one afternoon for the meeting of the local parent Teachers Association. The local cooking and sewing classes will resume work next week, the j one on Monday afternoon and evening, the other on Thursday evenings. is no charge for tuition. The local afternoon cooking class sent this tid-bit for Miss Kezar's 1 Christmas: Dear teacher we thank you For making us wise, ! In the making of Puddings '' And Cookies and Pies. F We wish you a (Jhristmas ' O'er flowing with cheer, With Puddings and Cookies 1 i For all the New Year. : 1 Sarah E. Mills, Elsie- D. Washburn, r Esther H. Miller, Mary Y. Calhoun, 3 Edith Elmer Wood, s Mabel A. Small wood. s TAGS MUST BE KEPT CLEAN ' The New Jersey State Motor Vehicle Department has sent notice to every police chief in the State setting forth the old tags can not be used on the first day of the new year. The notice says all tags must be 0 kept clean and not mutilated. There is so much automobile banditry the | police and the State Motor Departi ment will co-operate to keep the nu-n- ' bers clear so they can bo distin'Tiished easily.

GRAMGT NOTES | The whiter inillMg mt -Om Cape May Pomona or Coanty Grange wiS be wMfe .the South Seaville Gauge, January 22, aid with afternoon and * evoking atsaioiu. Truman Hickman i* master; A. D. T. HoweR, Lecturer; Mrs. S. E. Herbert, Secretary. The South Seville hae these officer* ^ for installation at a January meeting; Worthy Master; A. - W. Rosen bourn ; Overseer, Carlton Wertcott; Steward, Charles E. Foster, Jr.; Asst. Stewards, Albert Dean and Nannie Sutton; ' Chaplain, Mrs. Mary Heaton; Secre1 tary, -Mrs. Olive McAllister; TreasI urer, A. J. StadAouse; Lecturer Joseph dean; Pomona, Wilhelmina Powell; Flora, Mrs. Frank Swain; . Ceres, Ella Godfrey; Gate-keeper, 1 John Kates. ■ WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB 1 MEETING POSTPONED The meeting of the Women's Republican Club, scheduled for Monday ' evening, January 3rd, has been post- ' poned until a later date on account ' of the week of prayer beginning that ' evening. SHEDS LOOSING FAVOR

All of the new improvements on Washington street are ommitting the old sheds over the sidewalks. The cheapest improvement that can made would be the removal of all of these unsightly relics of a bygont period. IN MEMORIAM In sad and loving rembrance of Daniel Woolson, who departed this life December 30, 1910. V Sadly missed by Wife and Children. l-l-21-lt-5 IN MEMORIAM In memory of my dear son and onr brother, Ellis J. Hand, who departed this life December 29th, 1918. Sadly missed by Mother, Sisters apd 'Brother. 1-1-21-1V7 SLOW DEATH Aches, pains, nervousness, difficulty in urinating, often rr.ean serious disorders. The wcrld'o standard remedy for kidney, liver, » bladder and uric acid troubles — GOLD MEDAL i bring quick relief and often ward off deadly diseases. Known ua the national remedy of Holland for more than 200 veurs. All druggists, in three rises. Look (or the me- GoM Mr del on eeery -nfl v--l l.o unite tion

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