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PERSONAL Nt ' OF ACTIVE PEA. . c interesting PERSONAL PARAgraphs OF THE COMING AND going OF CAPE MAY VISITORS and RESIDENTS Mias Betty Kaskey, Miss Thelma Silver and Sidney Kaskey, all of Philadelptua, are spending the Easter holiday* with Mr- and Mrs- Allen Konowitch, on Hughes streetMisa Rebecca Reeves, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Reeves, of this city, had as her guest over the week end, Miss Emily Hewitt, of Mt- AiryDr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Hearer, who are guests at the Bellevue-Strat-fbni, Philadelphia, will open their Washington street cottage in a few days- ,m Mrs- J. Levick, of Philadelphia, is enjoying a few weeks stay at the Windsor HotelLawrence B riant, of Easton, Pa., spent several d^ys-this week with his parents here. Mrs. Holland F. Rhoads has returned to her home in Chester, Pa-, after a few days visit with her daughter, Mrs. Allyn T. Say re, at her home on Michigan avenue. ^ Ralph Stevens made a business trip to Philadelphia on Tuesday. Mr- and Mrs- I. J. Poacher, of New York, are entertaining a house party over the Easter holidays at their beautiful summer cottage on South Lafayette street. The guests include Miss Bessie Haddow, of Newark, N. J.; Commander and Mrs. Stephen Doharty, of Chaileston, S -C; Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Folwell and daughter, Mias Natalie, and Mrs. M. Rogers and Daughter, Miss Ethel, of New YorkHoward Richardson, of Easton, Pa-, .is spending a few days here with his parentsMrs. Percy Halderman and daughter, Newport News, have arrived in Cape May on Thursday to attend the funeral of the former's mother, Mrs. Mary E. Springer, who died on April 11th. Mrs. Ludlam Hand, of Cape May Court House, and Mrs. Sylvester ' Bisfiop, of Eldora, recently spent a few days with Mrs- Rae E: Bishop, : who is slowly recovering after being ; • seriously ill with pneumoniaMrs. John Kenneman, of Angora, visited Mrs. Ada Hand, of 912 Corgie street, this weekMr- and Mrs. Robert Grier, of 1514 East Burke street, Philadelphia, are • «. spending some tame at their Washington street cottage. Mrs. Grier's sister, Mrs- Sanaorn, is also spending 1 some time here. • Miss Mary P- Hughes is enjoying some time there with her sister, Mrs. ' Lewis Bennett- i Miss Marian S tetter, of St- Davids, 1 , . spent the week end in Cape May as ' the guest of Mr. and Mis. Charles Shields, at 912 Queen street- 1 Mr. and Mrs. Bert Scherer, of Phil- * addphia, were guests at the Windsor < Hotel over the week end. 1 Commissioner and Mrs. George P. 1 Wentzell entertained friends from Philadelphia over Sunday. « Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stevens were c viators in Philadelphia one day this week f . Mr- and Mrs. E. P. B. Warne have returned to Cape May after spending ? the winter in Philadelphia. Rutherford Baker, of Trenton, N. s J., is enjoying a visit of a few days t in Cape May with hie parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker. ^ Mrs- Harry BorzeU, of Philadelphia, has opened her cottage here for ■ the Easter season Mrs- John J. Spencer, Jr., and son, J Jack, left Cape May on Tuesday last - for Saginaw, Mich-, for a visit of six 1 weeks, with relatives. o Mr. and Mrs. Allan Konowitch are entertaining Miss Selma S. Silver and h their brother, Sydney S. Kaskey, of i Philadelphia, over the Easter holidays. ^ E. S- Howell, of Cape May Court 5 House was a visitor here last week- E Mrs. John H. Mecray entertained ' «t« luncheon and bridge, Thursday o April 13th, at her home, 926 Corgie s street- o Mrs. ' W- A. Summers is spending e some time in Philadelphia. > Mrs. F J). Stovell, of Philadelphia, Y Is entertaining a week end house par- p j» ty at her place on Washington street * Mr. and Mrs- William King, of p Philadelphia, were recent visitors jh here- i Dr. and Mrs. G H. Cross, of Ches ,*«r, Pa., have rented a cottage on Is ^ aeatur street where they will spend c

the season- Dr. Cross, durir^j the war was stationed at the army hoe--y pita! in Gape May. ~ Mr. and Mns. WiHiam Casselman, L of Oamden, N. J-. were visitors here this week. 1- Mrs. J. P. Henry, of 1820 N. Broad D street, Philadelphia, is spending some tS time in Cape May with Mrs- John Sickles. Lewis Butler spent the week end ■a with friends at Chestnut Hill1- -Mrs. William Edsal, of Haverford, sr who arrived in Cape May this week, in has opened her cottage, -No- 1015 New Jersey avenue, for the summer seayf son. is Sherman Sharp made a business •k trip to Philadelphia on Tuesday. y. Mrs. Charles Cook and daughter, r Miss Marion, of Philadelphia, are t_ guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Qui[r dort, over the Easter holidays, iv | Thomas a Cuais, of Philadelphia, has rented 657 Hughes street, where Ig he will spend the summer, e Mrs- John Dilks spent a few days in Philadelphia this weekT. Baxter Milne, of Washington, D. s C-, will occupy one of the Parker apartments on Beach avenue for the season. r 'Mr. and Mrs- John McCann enterr, tained over Sunday, Vincent -Mahoney, n Mr- and Mrs. J. Broomfield, Miss Alice Clark, James Rawe and J. J. s GlawsonMr- and Mrs. William Shryock and jf two daughters have leased Mis- Rowy land's cottage on Washington street I r where they will spend the summer- I: h Miss Anna Hebenthal is spending 1 e some time with friends in Philadel- 1 . Phia. Mr- and Mrs. Joseph Moorehead, iuiu -ii rs. josepn aiooreneaa,

i Jr., are enjoying a fortnight with rel■t atives in Cape May. i Smith Hughes, accompanied by his . mother, motored to Philadelphia on , Sunday, where Mrs- Hughes will 5 spend several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Luther C. Ogden are . entertaining the latter's sister, Miss , Edith Gregory, of New York, for a > few daysR. B- Milton, of Ea-st Pittsburgh, I has leased the Boyd cottage on NewJersey avenue for the summer. Charles Swain, Jr., wljo is a stu- - dent of Carnegie Tech, will enjoy thfcl _ Easter holidays in Cape May with his , parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. . Swain. J. V. Scott, of Philadelphia, spent , the week in Gape May. , Miss Mabel Lafore, of Philadelphia, is spending some time here. I Mrs Adam Suelke, accompanied by , her two sisters, of Philadelphia, were . visitors here this weeki Mns- Gene Stetzer and Mrs. Ber- . tha Mulhern, of Philadelphia, .spent Sunday in Cape May. Miss Kathryn McCann, Miss Mildred McCann, Miss Ann Richardson and Miss Frances Brown spent the , week end in Philadelphia with Mis. J. J- McCann, Sr. Guests at the Devon Hotel this week end are Mr. and Mrs. Stewart and son, Samuel Perry; Mrand Mrs. John Gusner, Thomas L. Pack and Thomas Cameron, all of Mrs. Ray Dolby, of Philadelphia, is enjoying the Blaster season at her cottage, 1020 Stockton avenueMrs- John M. Rogers, of Philadelphia, is spending a few days here. Mrs- Leonard Davis is spending a days out of town- Jar Dr. Landis, of Philadelphia, will . spend the Easter holidays at his cot- : here. Harry Mecray is the guest of Frank ' of Atlantic City, over Sunday. i Miss A. B. Van Devoort is spending a fortnight in New YorkMr. and Mrs- William A. Baldwin, 1 entertained the former's mother, ' Mrs. W. A- Baldwin and sister, Mrs. Tender, of Havre de Grace, : the week end. Mrs- Harry. Hughes has returned to home after spending a few days , Philadelphia. ( Mrs. Frederick Haviland, of New is enjoying some time in Cape with her daughter, Mrs. John Mecray. James Riley and Thomas Keenan, , of Germantown, Miss Florence John- ' of Logan, and Miss Isabel Steer, , of Altoona, are spending the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs- Sol Miss Dorothy Rogers, of Philadel- ' phia, is a visitor here for a few daysMiss Ruth Connely, of Philadel- < phia, is spending the holidays with > her two cousins, Misses Dorothy and 1 Bellangy. i I Raymond Briant, of Easton, Pa., is spending a few days with his mother, t North street- (

Howard and Harry Tenenbaum are ^ , enjoying their Easter vacations with , their parents here. j George WentzeU, Jr., is spending a 5 , few days in Chester with Frank ; Wood. Lawrence Eldredge, of Lafiay^teJ i 1 College, is spending the Easter boli- \ days at his home in Cape May. I Mass Ruth Wicks is spending the week end in Philadelphia as the guest of Miss Elizabeth RichardsonGeorge Stevens, of Dickinson Law 4 School, is enjoying his last College v vacation here with his parents, Ex- J and Mrs. Lewis T- Stevens, s Miss Sara Marcy is the guest of c Mr. and Mrs. Warner Hamilton, of E Rosemont, over the week end. r Miss Helen Gibson, who is a stu- 0 dent of Newark State Normal School, is enjoying a few days vacation with parents, Mr- and Mrs. William "Gibson, at their home here- 0 Miss Jean Hand has as her guest ib over the week end, Miss Hinenman, of Ardmore. '

HOSPITAL BENEFIT : MONDAYEVENING j MOVEMENT THAT SHOULD GAIN s FAVOR WITH ALL PROGRESSIVE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY. Earnest, wide awake women belong to the Women's Community Club. f Earnest, wide awake men belong to r the Progressive League. These two organizations hold the expressed belief that Cape May needs ; a hospital- Everybody agrees to that- \ , But can we raise the money to es- - tablish a hospital ? And can we, down the years, maintain such an establishment? Constant, concerted effort can accomplish this. Obstacles are things to be overi come. Now just for a starter toward a Hospital Ftehd. The Blaster Dance — the Hospital Dance, at Convention Hall, Monday night, April 17, under the auspices- of the joint Committees of the Women's Community Club and the Men 's Progressive League Tickets 50 cents. Refreshments I served free. Let the wise and cautious ones -with j ears to the ground for indications ! j hear in the tripping of many, many I 1 feet that all Cape May is willing to j I start and willing to carry on in the organizing and maintaining of that blessed -to-all establishment — a local hospital

AROUND TOWN n The improved fence at the entrance II to the Golf Club is finished and lends a new charm to the premisese Street bridge gutters are fast disap- £ pearing under the tenets of the new ordinance The Gas Company is progressing i, with repairs and daily adding new *- property connectionsThe boardwalk and bulkhead dSh - aged by the recent storm is being reI paired. s The State Department of Education u has issued a questional re covering conditions of all schdot buildings in t the State Evidently inferring that it is the intention of the department l, to improve school building oonditionsG- A. R. Post No. 40 are making y arrangements for celebrating Mee mortal Day, May 30th. The debates now being held in the - High. School on "Rseolved, That t municipalities should own and operate its public utilities," are both in- - -te resting and instructive and of praci tical benefit to the students partici- » paring. The storage of the city at Madison avenue and Washington street is now ' 5 connected with the Eastern Telet phone and the street supervisor now , . feels like a public official of some . class. BOY SCOUTS - The spring is the time for rejuvenation- The Scout Council is a thing ' • of the post and the co-operative troop ( committee takes its place- New life i has been infused into the troop and from now on we are looking for pro- | gross unremitting. The element re- . maining in what appeared to he a dead organization is of the right ma- : terial and enthusiasm is the moving | f . spirit.

"COMMUNITY CLUB G HULDSMEETINC N REGULAR MEETING WAS HELD : 5- ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, ] 1- APRIL 6th. BUSINESS OF IM- , PORTANCE TRANSACTED ] ig The^pril business meeting of the 1 WlomebW Community Club was called i to to order . by the president, at 3.80 i o'clock ®n Thursday afternoon. t ie C*B*> co"ect w-as read in unison- i Is A^ter Jhe readiog of the minutes of i M the two March meetings by the re-'t cording secretory and the report of ! i the treasurer, the reports of the var- j j 5" ious committees were heard- c The civic committee reported the I c sending of a letter to an official of ; s the Atlantic City R. R. relative to i c s- the unkempt and unsanitary' oondi- ' p tion of the local railroad station, and j received a courteous reply thanking the chairman for bringing the matter - to his. attention, and promising to 1 better conditions, and a report was ' S il made that a beginning has been made j ® y along that lineif A copy of a letter sent to the city j >: 's commissioners in regard to various I p h unsightly sections and conditions tnjg jthe town, to bicycle riding on the I _ j lioardwalk and to the badly over- a I strewn beach was read. It asked that !a h j these matters be looked into. An of- 1 ^ 3 fer on the part of the club to assist n y | in Memorial Day exercises was made, j Jj j and a private donation is at hand to g e | help in obtaining a first class speakt er for the day. ^ j A courteous reply showing appreciation of the Community Club's interest in matters pertaining to the

welfare of the town was received from William Porter, city clerk, e The civic committee has eyes and s ears wide open for the betterment of local conditions and reported further . pertinent ideas to be followed up. r The membership committee had five new members to report. I The program committee announced ' tor the April program meeting on April twentieth, a lecture on "Food and Food Values," by Dr. Alice Powdennaker, nutrition specialist, from thj- State College at New Bruns1 wick- This will be a free lecture, I open to the townspeople and all who 5 can are invited and urged to comeOn the evening of April 21st this committee has planned a musicale to " be given in the High School auditor- ' ium. The acknission will be thirtyfive cents and local -talent will be heard in vocal and instrumental solos i ; and quartettes and several numbers of esthetic dancing will be introducedThe wave and means committee re- 1 ported receipts cleared from the St- 1 Ratrick'< dance to be nearly sixty- j three dollars. The secretary of legislation report- ' ed oonsiderible legislative matter re- 1 ceived from the State office. This j matter is given out to all Federated Clubs, merely as reports of bills past j or before the Legislature, without j discussion, opinion or action by the I The secretary of federation read let- ; ters received pertaining to federated i club business or interest. By way of the local club business, the change in section 1, article 1 of, (Continued on page 4) MOSQUITO EXTERMINATION , At the regular meeting of the commission held 6th inst-, members present were Messrs. Porter, Townsend j and Way, absentees being Sheppard, j Taylor and Latimer. The work re- i ported in progress was South Cape ■ May Sand holding piling line in con- i st ruction and general cleaning work 1 , in progress, and bids were ordered j advertised for 100,000 feet new ditch- j J ing. Work in all part* of the county l( which have been drained is in full j , A BEAUTIFUL YARD Much comment has been made upon j t the beautiful display of hyacinths of various colors, seen blooming in the | ; yard of Mr and Mrs- Micajah Smith, j at 921 Washington street- It is a credit to those who beautifuy their' properties in the spring, helping to make the city attractive to the eye of the early visitors. USUALLY "Buzz worked so hard in GOglug's office that he won the reputation of bein a — I "Hustler, eh?" 1 "No. FooL"

no benefits at convention hall during summer M a meeting of the GoimttfssionI ers on Tuesday It was unanimously passed that the Convention Hall • should not be let out for benefits . from June 16<h until Septeoriber 15th, except two nights which will be alto the boys scouts- This move was taken with the idea in mind that the taxpayers of Cape May were payfor the Convention Hall and it ' 1 was not right that they should be i taxed with benefits continuously dur- 1 the period that the summer music i here. The boy scouts are always '■ the first to be called on for help in < I public affairs and to meet the exof their annual outing which < 'occurs early in September it is re- 1 for them to give a benefit of ( j kind, and for this reason the t jcity officiate thought it only right to * I grant them the privilege. j vocational wins again \ m ' " c The Cape May County Vocational i team again defeated the Cape H. S. team, score 13 Co 2. * The High School manager was tryI i ng out some of his pitching staff t 1 preparatory to the county .High * I School league gamesThe Vocational team is composed of r | heavy hitting bunch of fellows, and s are -ready to meet county teams in near future. Communicate with Clarence Mclntire, Cape R. F. D-, No. 1, if you wish gamesThe features of the game were Mc- '' patching and the agriculture team's batting. The lineup: 1 IJIC IJIiOUJI .

Vocational Taylor, cf; Mclntire, p; Reeves, ss; H. Griffith, 2b; McPhenson, lb; Hess, 3b; Ashburn, c; E. Griffith, rf; Harris, * "■ Cape May H. S. e Williams, c — Marcy, lb; Springer, 2b; Tenenbaum, p; Miles, as; Gher- , ry, 3b; Donley, If; Moore, cf; Brown, n rf' _____ ^ SATURDAY EVENING DANCES ^ Beginning Saturday evening, April | 22nd, the Saturday • evening dances ^ will be resumed in Cox's City Pier Theatre. Lent being over and many not feeling they could conscientiously s participate in dancing, will now have 0 the opportunity to do so in the cozy dance hall that the City Pier Theatre has been converted into. e | It is the management's intention to s I arrange many novelties and contests s during the spring months and to- '• I gether with the good music the dance "I will be the main attraction in town. "* Dancing will start at 9 and continue until 12, with the admission set at 40 cents, war tax paid. -j — " BOARD OF HEALTH ' The regular meeting of April 1 found four members present, Messrs. 1 1 Hewitt, Marcyf Porter and Stevens, i j Dr. Lummis being absent. Routine ' i business was the- principal work ac- ' ' compl ished. Clean-up week was or- ; * dered at the discretion of the Health : (Officer. The plumbing inspector re- ■ ported some need repairs being made i F toward the abating of a nuisance on i Lafayette street- Dr- Marcy was i j elected to represent the Board at the I annual conference, April 10th to 15th. ( | The dump was reported in fine condi- , SCHOONER ABANDONED. WENT ' 1 AGROUND IN FOG * I ' The four-masted schooner Orlando , : i B. Wooten, from Jacksonville to New , ' York, which went ashore four miles , : ! off the Barnegat coast guard station ' | Friday nigiht in a heavy fog, will ( ' I prove a total loss. The coast guard ] j cutters Kickapoo and Gresham failed j ' to release her from the sand bed \ ■ The coast guard station reported j the crew were taken off. A tug and 1 lighter stood by the schooner to take ' 1 off lumber. — • - , : | RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS , i j Mr- and Mrs. William J. Kimsey , r ' are receiving congratulations upon , i the birth of a daughter, Ruth Mer- J i cedes, born April 9th, 1922. Mrs- , Kimsey, before her marriage, was Miss Mabel FleishhauerFALLING AWAY » : Stella: "Your husband ,fiirts with 1 the cook dreadfully." / , 1 Maude: "Does he really? He 1 used to be quite good at it."

NEW WHOLESALE GROCERY OPENS KONOWITCH BROTHERS UNDER WILD WOOD GROCERY COMPANY WILL SEPARATE RETAIL AND WHOLESALE BUSINESS Because of the rapidity of Wildwood's growth and the corresponding in business Konowitch Broe. announced that they will separate their retail business and wholesale trade and conduct the two »n«« distinct from each other. The wholesale business will be opened under the name of Wldwood Grocery Company, at 206-208 East Oak avenue, in the building owned by the firm. 'Kris will afford an opportunity to wholesale buyers such* as stores, hotels and restaurants to make their wholesale purchases at a wholesale market unhampered by the busy retail market activities at the Pacific avenue store, and will afford the retail buyers better serviceThe formal opening of the Wildwood Grocery Company will take place on Tuesday, April 18th. This is not only a step forward for the firm but it will also be an asset to the city as the increasing wholesale businesses make it possible for local business men to cater to the rapid yearly increase in demands for service. BOARD OF EDUCATION Regular meeting, Monday, 10th inst- ..Members present, Messrs- Hewitt, Jerrell, Porter, Stites; absent, Mr. Gassed y- Mr. E. R. Brunyate was re-elected superintendent for the Cape May city public schools.

Attendance, which during the winter had been low on account of bad • weather was reported as normal. The '■ financial statement of the secretary '■ and custodian which agreed in full, showed: Total receipts to date, $42,541.04; expended, $39A33-77. Bal- ■, a nee in hand, $3,407.27. Due from - State, $352-00, also tuition fee®. The , athletic fond reported: Receipts, $340.61; and expended, $47.35- Balance in hand, $293-26. Annual school exhibit was announced for Monday, June 5, 1922, and oqm1 mencement, June 8th. $50.00 was ors dered allowed from the athletic fond r for the Penn relays- The Seniors r cleared $120-00 from the last showf Dr. Maroney. of Atlantic City, an ens tertaining and delightful speaker, will r be the special sneaker for the com- ; mencement. , A PUBLIC INVITATION An invitation is extended to the , townspeople of Cape May by the Women's Community Club to attend . their next meeting on Thursday, April ^ 20th, in the auditorium of the High School. Dr- Alice Powdermaker, a State nutrition specialist from the Women's College at New Brunswick, will deI liver a lecture on that afternoon on "Food and Food Values," a subject which should vitally interest every , community. Dr. Powdermaker is sent by the State to spread information on a i subject which strikes, or should strike right into the core of every home, i and it is the request of the State . that this meeting should be thrown i open to the public. The Women's Community Club, therefore, extends this cordial welto all who can find it possible to attend and feels it can assure a profitable afternoon. Owing to the necessity of Dr. Powdermaker's leaving on the 4.08 train"' that same afternoon to fulfill ' another engagement, the meeting in the High School is called for 2 o'clock. Following the lecture the hospitality committee of the Women's Community Club will serve refreshments the basement and cordially inifites the audience to partake. I BUILD NEW BATH HOUSES Leonard H. Davis has the contract to build 200 bath houses on the site ' where the Maguire baths have formerly stood- The old bath houses which have been a landmark for years, are being rapidly torn down and work will begin on the new ones shortly. CEDARS IN WILDWOOD On May 5th, the Tall Cedars of Cape May county will enjoy a visit from the Bridgeton Forest who will an initiation for the benefit of i the ladies,' under the direction of R. Arthur Billing, of Philadelphia-