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™V«n INTERESTING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS OF THE COMING AND GOING OF CAPE MAY YISITOBS AND RESIDENTS. Mr- and Mrs- Raymond Foster of Philadelphia, accompanied by their , son, were visitors here on SatardayMr. aad Mrs- J. C little have as . their guest over the week end, Miss ! Grace Duncan of Philadelphia. Miss Duncan's engagement to William CMecrny of this city was recently announced. Mrs- J. Leroy Wilson was host- , eat at a card party at her home, 9 Perry street on Tuesday evening. Mis- Randolph Justice of 1718 . Walnut street, Philadelphia, was the guest of her mother, Mrs- William K— wpfcr.n over the week endAlbeit Reynolds recently enjoyed ' several days visit with his father at Lake Sarenac, N- Y. Mr- and Mre. Allyn T, Sayre have returned to their home 1016 Michigan avenue after spending several months with the letters parents, Mr- and Mrs. Holland F. Rhosute of Chester, PaMrs. Florence Woodland, with her two children have gone to Chicago where they will remain indefinatelyMiss Amelia ScheUenger is enjoying sometime in Philadelphia J. V. Scott of Philadelphia, Lessee __ of Congress Hall made a business trip here on MondayMiss Ann Smith entertained the 1 members of her club on Tuesday evening at her Washington street apartment Daniel J. Bishop of Philadelphia, representative for the D- L. Ward Paper Co., was a visitor in Cape May on Monday Mrs. John H Mecray left Cape May on Sunday to spend sometime with her parents, Mr- and Mrs- Frederick Ha v} land of New York. William Watson and Mr- and Mrs : * William Watson, Jr., of Philadel- ; phla, were visitors here over the 1 week end. Mrs. Hobart Stevens and daughter . of Philadelphia, are guests of Ex- : Senator and Mrs. Lewis T. Stevens for a few daysCharles Swain, Jr., son of Mr. and s • Mrs- Charles A. Swain of this city, left- Cape May this week for Pittsburg where he \\ill enter Carnegie ; Tech. c Mrs- Harrj- Needels entertained a numbe • of friends at cards on Tues- 1 1 afternoon. ■Das Elirabeth Stevens spent the . | ■Mk. end with friends in Ocean CSty. v . H. Yoxall Smith spent the week ^ md in Cape May with his family at j j 708 Corgie street Lester TeriCnbaum spent several ( days in Philadelphia this week. Miss Rae Curtis is the guest of ,Dr- and Mrs- Marshall Lummis of ' Pitman, 1L-J. over the week end. C- Earl Miller of Phitedel]vhia, c spent . sometime in Cape May this week. 1 IN MEMORIAM c In loving memory of mother, Em- c ma Murphy (nee Dallas!, who left us , thirteen years ago today, February 9, f /"■ ! Time may heal an aching heart, 1 Time may make the wo rid less sore Bat time trill never stop the longing For the loved one gone before- • 1 Badly missed by her daughters. j CIRCLE CLASS ELECTS The Circle Bible Class of the West ' Cape May Sunday School, in order to "w — ' —

obtain a good start for the ensuing t year, elected the following competent mm. to office at their regular meeting, Sunday, February 5th Itaaadent, J. W. Meyers; vice president, Elmer Reeves; secretary, Wal- ' ter Savage; treasurer, Garner T. Bishop; teacher, Dr. F. R. Hughes; ] assistant teacher, George O. Cum- 1 aaugs; press agent, R. W. Dawson; s chairman of the devotional committee, Charles Willis; chairman of the 1 membership committee, Harry Settle; 1 chairman of the social committee, C- - W. Newlriifc : v T5»e class in planning various ways 5 -for increasing the attendance and use 1 of the chapel The devotional com- c mittee under the able leadership of < Charles Willis already has plans for s reviving the. Thursday evening prayer meetings which have been discon- \ tinned for some time. The first of t these meetings wRl be -held in the r , chapel, Thursday, February 16th. 1 r everyone who possibly can be at 1 r this meeting and give the Circle s t tfaatr support in the good work t fcwfitak fcavs taken op. I

TRANSPORT IS I s LOST BY FIRE ; NORTHERN PACIFIC DESTROY- , ; ED IN GALE; CHESTER MEN UNACCOUNTED FOR The steamship Northern Pacific, re- ' cently a transport, was destroyed on , ' Wednesday by fire and sank in a gale I ' forty miles off Gape Stay, N. J-, with , ' four aboard unaccounted for after . ' rescues by other vessels. < A crackle of the radio early Wed- , nesday morning brought word that ] fire had broken out aboard the ves- i sel and that it was a mass of flames- | One of them, the steamship Lake ■ Fabian, is. taking some survivors to > Chester, but probably will lay over- ] 5 night at Lewes, Del- The Herbert G. j: 1 Wjdie is taking ite survivors to Nor- . fork and the Transportation, with , those it rescued, proceeded on its , way to Boston- , Fire broke out at 1 o'clock in the J morning, swept through the ship and . at dawn was raging uncontrolled- < From early morning the staccato notes of the radio told the. swift r story of a gallant craft meeting its } fate in flames and leaping seas. Tied up in Hoboken several months, . then purchased from the government by the Admiral Line for service on • % the Pacific, the Northern Pacific left , 5 Tuesday night for Chester, under command of the man who had tramp - , ed its bridge during the stirring days | , of the war. t The tanker Herbert G. WyJie, | bound from Tampico to Portland, j , Me-, and the steamship Transports- j 1 tion were the first vessels to reach i s the doomed craft- They reported I rescue of members of the crew, who : had taken to small boar-. : The tanker Hataey, bound south for j ; ' Mexico, also reported for assistance, i but proceeded on its way when it • • found there was nothing it cjuIci do- ■ ■ Cape May the coast guard cut | '■ ter, Kickapoo, put out to the aid of , the Northern Pacific, and the coast guard cutter G re sham ru-'-al to the ; ' from Stat'n Island- , ' Officials of the Admiral Line were i unable to sta'.e how many persons ; were on board the Northern Pacific, i • Radio message^ from the Transpoi-li Cation and the tanker Herbert Wylieji : indicated, however, that there were 1 twenty-seven members of the crew 1 1 ' and four employees of the Sun Ship-! 'building Corporation in Chester !i "Twenty two members of the ship's j < T crew now on board," said the Trans- 1 j no nation's radio- "Five on tanker j . I Herbert G. WyHe- That accounts for ' '| all hands, >0 crew. Ship now burn- j ng throughout length. Impossible to | at this time." ; The Wyiie radioed it had stood by 1 1 the burning vessel until daylight, j f seeking the four missing employees |t of the Chester shipyard, but had not > found them. ( The Admiral Line which recently 1 bought the vessel, this afternoon re- 1 cedved, a telegram from the presa- c dent of the Sun Shipbuilding Corpor- * ation stating that the four employees 1 reported are Frank Hall and H. f Kruger, engineers, ami C- T. Beck- ' 1 and W. J. Malette, draughtsmen- j r The Herbert G- Wylie and the * Transportation, with survivors, later , c the scene of the disaster for ! * Philadelphia. The Northern Pacific was a triple- ! *" sci-ew steel steamship, 500 feet long, . 63 feet beam, 21 feet depth, of 8255 D1YKC innc Knatr In lOIX k.. *4%. HHI.

? tons, ^ liam E. Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding . Company, of Philadelphia, for the Great Northern Steamship Company ' . When the United States entered the . world war, the vessel was taken over by the American government as a . transport, and was in operation dur- ! ing virtually the entire period of the . subsequent struggle. January 1, 1919fk went ashore off! , Fire Island, when a mistake in the j ; shown along the Southern I . shore of Long Island confused the ! -pilot. At that tarhe it had aboard i American soldiers being brought ! . to America from the battlefields ; of France- The soldiers were taken i ■ off and the vessel was floated Janu18. A year later, January 20, 1920, the j vessel played a heroic role in rushing' the aid of the steamship Powhatan • the Hudson, which was drifting ■ off the Nova Scotia coast ■ Northern Pacific took off the pas- j 1 of the Powhatan and landed, them in New York- The Northern; had the distinction that trip,

CONCERT AT HIGHMOL OPERETTA TO BE GIVEN BY , GRAMMAR SCHOOL CONCERT \ BY HIGH SCHOOL' i On Friday evening, February 17, at c eight o'clock a concert will be given j i the High School students and the children of the fifth, sixth, seventh j " and eighth grades. The object of the , concert is to demonstrate the work j done in music in the schools, the | • grammar school having four lessons j ■ week and the High School one. The < program consists of selections from j ' popular operas and by famous com- ( ' posers, together with familiar songs - ■ known to nearly everyone- The ( • , Freshmen will sing from songs, each ■ of which has a very attractive melo- ] i dy. A group of songs in the bass , > clef will be sung by the boys alone ] and another group given by the girls i ! suitable for their voices. The Sopho- [ more. Junior and Senior classes com- ] bdned will sang some selections- There i i will be a solo offered by a High , t School girl well knswn to the Cape ( i May public, and a number on the l program showing the work done in ] music appreciation- At this time we t will have on display the new viotrola , , purchased by the Dramatic Club with ] i the proceeds of their recent plays- j . High School Orchestra will play i several selections. , (i The Grammar School will present t 1 an operetta entitled "JJKe Isle of i Jewels," the musicTWwfdch is very j ' attractive, the principal characters i 'j being in costume. The story of the | J operetta is centered about the birth - J J day party of a princess and includes < j speaking -parts and dancing which < add humor and action. The charac- I iters are King am] Queen Daimond, ' 'Princess Sapphire, Prince Emerald, ] • Lady Garnet, Lady Pearl. Willie • ■ Wise, Lady Turquoise, Lady Onyx, ; Lord Topaz, Lord Agate and two of- ; ficers of the Red Hussars. The ac- ] tion covers two scenes- - \ ^11 departments of the Public- j Schools are working to make the concert a success and are extending an j ' to Che public to be present, i ; admission will be charged. The i | conceit as a forerunner of the Nation- ] at Week cf Song which begins Sun- j 'I day, February 19. "Song has power 'to unite, inspire and comfort." — 'P. P- t ' I Claxton- i Mass J. Louise Ball, supervisor of ( .music in Cape May, is .directing the < j concert. ( ™ 1 • j MONUMENT COMMITTEE WORKING t 1 j Diy-ing the world war you were c asked to invest your surplus, cash in f Bond:. It was not only a i j good investment but it was good patriotism. You all know it was to pro- f vide the sinews of war, which meant ( everything to help 'our soldier boys g go "over there" and help clean up that country. They did it in short t order. Many of them did not return " to us and now let us aH show them r that we are not unmindful of all they I did for our country in its time of \> | need by erecting a heroic soldiers' ( j monument in commemoration of i their valor and upholding the Ameri- j ideals that was left to us as a n by our fathers that was per b , petuatcd and fought in the Civil War, a j Spanish- American and ^orld WarsThe committee is composed of the ; following members: A- C. Gile, chairman; William G- r a.- v.. vxue, onainnan; wunam u-

Essen, John Sickles, William Presser, Charles DeTurk. of carrying the last regular contingent of returning soldiers. In the early summer of 1920, the Northern Pacific carried General John J. Pership on his trip through the Antilles and the Carribean, but came to grief at San Juan, Porto jRico, where it went ashore at the j harbor entrance, closing the port for j some time. On its release it returned 1 I to the United Statesj The contract for reconditioning the ' i Northern Pacific had been awarded to : the Sun Shipbuilding Corporation. H- 1 F. Alexander, president of the navi- 1 gation company, said the vessel was J j to have been outfitted completely in ! I ninety days at an approximate cost ' !of $500,000. It then was to have been renamed i the H- F. Alexander and placed in 1 ! service by the Admiral Line between 1 Seattle, San Francisco and points on ithe southern California coast- It was i intended the ship would leave for the 1 Pacific coast May 27-

THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY CLUB A regular business meeting of the Women's Community Club was held in the Auditorium of the High School on Thursday, February 2nd, at 3.80 o'clock. Ninety-two members were present. Miss Maginms, teacher of English the High School, gave a short talk on Parlimentary Law, after which the preside* called for the reading of the minutes of the preceding meetof the Club by the Recording Secretary- This was followed by reports from the Corresponding Sec re ' and the Treasurer- Five new applicants were admitted to membership. A report was heard from Miss LilMiller, chairman of a committee : resolutions on the death of Miss 1 Emma Stitee, a charter member of 1 the Club. In thp absence of Mrs- Albert Philchairman of the Hospital Com1 mittee, Miss Hannah Smith made a 1 report on the "joint meetings of this committee and the committee formed 1 the Progressive League for the i of establishing a hospital. 1 As this is a large undertaking and i ways and means of raising money i' must be found, it was recommended in the report that a permanent committee be formed to work jointly with the Progressive League Committee toward the end of raising the : necessary funds for the founding of hospital at some future time The : matter was left in the hands of the ! president. The Hospitality Committee reported arrangements completed for a ' Colonial Dance to be given at the Convention Hall on the evening of . 21st A reception will be ! from 8-30 to 9 o'clock. Sharply 1 at 9 o'clock there will be a Grand - in which it is hoped that as ' far as possible the participants will 1 ii: Colonial costumes. Prizes will 1 awarded for the best costume, and ' i- also for the best dancer. The Program Committee has ar- ; ranged for some solo dancing and a 1 minuet- The invitation to this dance ' is general, except to children. It is each member of the club will I her friends. The Publicity Committee reports 1 the purchasing of club stationery and ■ the printing in small book form of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Club- These books were ready for distribution at the close of the meetThe Program Committee reported \ that at the next meeting, February ' 16th, Mr. J. Otto Thilow would address the club on "The City Beauti- ' and in addition Mrs- John Hewwould render a solo. Mrs. Howard W- Mitchell, vice ' president of the district to which this \ club belongs, will be the 1 guest of the club at this meeting. ' At the March program meeting ' the subject to be considered will be "Education," and at the regular business meeting in March, Mr. E- Rsuperintendent of schools, will talk on "Educational Needs in 1 May. Following these reports the Club { proceeded to the order of new business. The resignations of six mem- c of the club were presented ami accepted. ' The president appointed the follow-- ^ chairmen of various committees: Mrs. Charleis Quidort, civics; Mre. a

Benstead, membership; Mrs Ernest Lloyd, ways and means; Mrs. Harry Lemmon, decorationsThe club unanimously voted to select for its colors pink • and blue, as the shades of the hydrangeas for which Cape May is noted. Following the order of business, Miss Helen Zerfoss gave a very interesting review of "Modern Civic Art," by Charles Mulford Robison. It emphasized that first impressions of a town should be one definite ideal, and that towns should make the most of their natural assetsWhat might be done by the citizens toward helping to improve the impressions visitors receive upon arrival at railroad stations was another suggestion- Many profitable ideas were gained from the review. Before adjourning the club joined • singing' a song directed by Miss i Ball, and accompanied on the piano Miss Katherine Ratty. The next meeting which is the : monthly program meeting, will be • on February 16th, at 3-30 o'clock. THE PUBLICITY COM.

HsciiiL WINS TWO GIRLS BEAT OCEAN CITY 81 TO 5; BOYS BEAT COURT HOUSE ! « TO 26 Hie Cape May High School Boys' Basket Ball machine pushed direct to victory and met with little resistance . from the Gape May Court House , High School quintette on Friday r night, February 8, on the local floor. Hie feature of the game was our , hoyis' pasting, which was both akill- ! ful and systematic and which rtotioe . ably baffled their opponents. It must , also be added that Court House . featured scone spectacular shots aad justly deserved the rounds of ap- . plause which accompanied them. . Our boys are rapidly gettir* in , shape and promise to exhibit very ' fast and deft basket hall games in the future, and solicit the patronage . of ail of our city's fans- When you see a High School game advertised j do not fail to see it, as you are al- , ways assured of a clean and fast ' I game. 1 . The line up: Cape May H. SI Lynne, f; Cherry, f; Ashburn, c; . Chambers, g; Tenenbaum, g. | Couyt House H. S. Cresse, f; Watson, f; Oomer, c; ! . Post, g; Chariesworth, g. Substitutions — Cape May, Church ; , for Lynne; Donley for Tenenbaum. j Field Goals — Lynne, 2; Church, 2; | . Cherry, 4; Ashburn, 3; Chambers, 5;1 . Tenenbaum, 4; Cresse, 2; Watson, ■ Comer, dharlesworth, 3. j Poid Goals— (Cresse, 12; Tenen- I ; baum, Church. Cape May, 2 out of ' , 7. Court House, 12 out pf 18. Referee — Little, Cape May. Timekeeper — Eldredge, Cape May. On the same night the Cape May 1 High School girls basket ball team j i went to Ocean (Sty where they play- j 1 ed the Ocean City High School girls ' I a fast game of basket ball, from 1 I which our girts emerged victorious, j This makes three victories for our j girls to one defeat, malting a per- i , centage of .750, which the girls 1 , earnestly intend to raiseThere will be two High School games Friday night, February 10. They are between our boys' and girls' ] : teams and those of Wildwood High I School. Be there! See them! j BOARD OF HEALTH The regular monthly meeting was held at the City Hall on Monday, 5th 1 inst. All members present, viz: Messrs. John T- Hewitt, Dr. V. M. D. ] Marcy, Dr. H. W. Lummis. William ( Irvin S. Stevens, A. GReeves. Plumbing inspector also present. The health officer reported the city free from contagious dieas- , and the schools and public buildings in good sanitary condition- The dump was presenting a better appear- 1 ance and being well cared for. ' CITY AFFAIRS The regular meeting, Tuesday, 7th J inst., found Messrs- Sheppard and Wemtzell present, the mayor being | confined to the house sick. j Notes ordered executed to the am- I ount of 810,000 on 1922 taxes. Resolution passed ordering esti- • mate prepared for storm damage. - i Bills ordered paid on accumulations for the month of January' insu | Now that the appropriation ordinis effective the usual spring ance is eneobive tne usual spring

: work will be promptly undertaken- 1 — « ■» I WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB J The Women's Republican Club of e s this city wrill bold a meeting on Monr day, February- 13th, at 3 o'clock, in Rutherford Hall, to which the public • is invited. Owing to an accident to the film, <' - "The Port of New York,"' that was to 0 • have been shown under the auspices a 5 of the club, that phase of the pro- h J gram will be omitted until further ■' 5 notice- ^ Interesting subjects wall be intro- a » duced, in which all women should be ^ ' interested. — . — J, f For the benefit of its patrons and ® > friends the Merchants National Bank A wishes to announce that a deputy in- S 1 come tax collector will be at the <- -■ bank on February 15th and 16th, bei tween the hours of 9 A. M. and 3 P. M., for the purpose of advising and i assisting taxpayers in filing their in- Q . come tax returns- b E. J- JERRELL, ti Cashier- a

mWE* i Hie strong MillviUe fore lrfittil , the local boys to the tune of 47 to XI, - ' this being the second victory for lift MiHviHe team. Hie tine up: CAFE MAY A- A. FT* F» G'b G% . Filer, f I 8 f ; Gadding, f 1 0 Lemmon, c * 2 I Needles, g 2 1 • Little, g-f 1 S . Tayior, g — 0 • Total points, 22. MILLVILLE ■ Walker, f 8 t • Young, f 5 ■ | Archer, c 0 1 Franckle, g 2 1 Bingham, g 6 § Steele, g 1 0 > Total points, 47. t Referee, O'Shaughnessv. ! WILDWOOD CAPTURES FOURTH GAME OF SERIES 1 On Tuesday of this week Cape - Mav journeyed to Wildwood and woe : handed a defeat which resulted- in • tie for the series standing. Delaney of Wdldwood netting seven field goals. Score. 38 to 18. The line up: ; CAPE MAY A- A. FTd FT Kler, f : 2 4 , Gidding, f 1 1 ' Lemmon, c 1 1 Needles, g 0 1 i, g 0 8 Total points, 18. . | WILDWOOD A- C. / ! Delaney, f 7 2 Warrington, f 3 0 ' c 1 0 Coleberg, g 1 0 - Sheehan, g 2 0 - g 1 1 Total paints, 33. Referee, Topham. CAPES AGAIN TAKE LEAD Oape May regained first place again by defeating the Wildwood five here on Thursday nigbt in one of the most exciting games of the season. ; but two minutes and a few see- , onds to play Cape May netted four field goals. Little starting the rally and tieimr the score with a spectacustab at the basket which registered two points. Up until this time was ^leading by two points. Final score, 28 to 22The line up: CAPE MAY A. A. FTd PI Filer, f 4 5 i Gidding, f I 0 3 f 1 1 Lemmon, c 1 l Needles, g 0. 0 Little - 3 0 Total points, 28. WILDWOOD A. C. f 3 4 Warrington, f 0 0 Livezev, c 1 j Coleberg, g 3 1 Cinnamon, g 1 0 Referee. O'ShaughnessvSeries Standing W L PC Ca*>e May A. A J 3 2 .600 Wdldwood A. C. 2 3 -400 On Saturday night the strong A. A. team will again play This team has defeated the local boys by .two points two weeks ago- j On Thursday of next week Cape May wail open the series with tne City five- The first game to be niayed hereWhen the team goes away, what is lacking? Support! Support! So let's in our Fords and follow the around. It helps them winINCOME TAX An income tax deputy will sit at the office of Security Trust Company between 9 00 A. M. and 3 00 P. M-. on February 17th and 18th for the

of advising and assisting tax in filing their income tax re-2-ll-2t BIRTHDAY PARTY A delightful surprise party and dance was given for Warren Arnold Tuesday evening, February 2nd, at "Sunny Hall Oafe," to celebrate his twenty-first birthday- The guests included Mr- and Mrs. Walter Entri- . Mr- and Mrs- Charles Bohm, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Chambers, Mr. and John Meldrum, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arnold, Mass Tillie Hughes, Catherine McOaim, Miss Catherine Needles, Miss Mae ScheUenger, Smith, Logan Taylor, Stanley Alfred Stevens and Charles Arnold, Jr. NOTICE The songs sung by Mr. Ronald at the liberty this week can purchased in sheet music qt on record a at P. Deltas', 104 Jackstreet-