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L1'- r^PF, MAY CITY. NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1922 "iSjcwmoN.^?Io PEK YEAK^ | kvOL. 67; No. 41 / ' ' ' w ■vuju. w; KO. «1 /

Personal news 1 ofactivepeop.it INTERESTING PERSONAL "A R A- I i^BbAPHS of the cominu and g^fc of cape may visitors K ~'Awn BBSIMNTS Attorney George M- Stevens has left Cape May for Camden where he will practice law. Mr *• E. J. Jerrell has as her guest L this week, her mother, Mrs. Stevens ' of Philadelphia. * Mrs. Priseilla Blake of Cape May [court House was a visitor here on RSniaxsday. 1 ^ Mrs. Andrew Rott and son Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Rott and Mr- ' and Mrs. George Rott returned home on Wednesday after enjoying a motor " trip to Delaware Water Gap. Mr. and Mr* J- L- Kebr have re- ^ turned home after a pleasant trip to Philadelphia and Harrisburg. T7 _ . t»:_i IPUnra. nuawipuw - ,

Mrs. Sylvester of ai was visiting friends here this week, is Earl Miller of Philadelphia, was a a Sunday guest of his mother, Mm- tl Helen Miller. u ! . Mr. and Mrs- S. M. Shivers and g 1 family who have made their home in » Cape May for the past few years, jl , have moved to Pleasantville, N- vl-.-c where they will locate temporarily. |c Mr- and Mrs. S. Y. Warner have c closed their cottage on New York t avenue and returned to their home wj i Philadelphia. '"X .[ t Mrs. Joseph Brooks and son L Clayton, N J., are spending some l~time with Mr- and Mrs. J. B. Mc ■ Pherson. f Miss Martha Schellenger is enjoying the week end with friends in New , York- , 1 Mr. and Mrs. George Batten and ■ . their two children of Franklinville, i I jj j have returned home after en- j ! joVins »«» » °y M,T J*! Mrs. Batten's parents, Mr. and_Mrs- 1 -John W. Mecray. I I -Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morgan have returned to Wyncote after passing the; summer at their cottage here. ^ ^jlr^and Mrs. A- B. Little of Decatk ur street, entertained over the week » end, their son Richard Little of Philadelphia. Mr. and M>s. David Konowitch entertained friends from out of town ' * over Sunday. - over aunuaj.

William Nicholson and family, after I ijendtag • MigMf"! "" ''*■ \ closed their cottage at 10b Bcacn are- J 1 nue this week and returned to Mill- | ^Mrs. J. P- Henry of Philadelphia, C was -visiting friends in Cape May this r k week. W, Mr and Mrs. W- P. Kent and son, \ apent" the week end with friends in i .. Philadelphia. : ' Miss Ann Richardson and Mrs- Helena Garry left on Monday for Philadel phi a where they will remain -for B the winter. G. 'W. Cook and family who have • passed the Summer at their cottage K here, returned this week to their home • 1716 Locust street, Philadelphia. »' XV lO UKUOV BWTOV, St

t*" Mr. and Mrs- James Nicoll accom- j % panied by the letter's father, Fred E. ^ * Harris, motored to Ocean City on Sun- ^ , day last p Miss Irma Gosling spent sever, days last week in Philadelphia. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. McGlinn left e their cottage on Guerney street where they have passed the summer and reI -a turned this week to Philadelphia. « C Potter Lucas left.Cape May this s week for Puirta Gorda, Fla., where he 1 will remain for the winter. Mrs Laura Ware is enjoying a , visit of a few days in Philadelphia as , the guest of Mm. Lottie 0*Damel. i Ida Edmunds returned to her , borne thia week after spending the , M"- summer in Royersfora with ner aunt, rt Mrs- Meredith Schellenger. John H- Mecray motored to New i York this week where he joined Mrs. '. Mecray who is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick He vi land. Mr and Mrs. Mek cray sterted on Thursday for an exa tended motor trip through the New England states. I Lester Tenenbaum spent the week end sfith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ITenenbaum at their Jackson street I I cottage. T. Millet Hand of Camden, accomL- panied by Lieutenant Stapleton of It- Potts ville, spent the week end in Cape " :•[* . May. ~ lift; Mrs. Allan T Sayre entertained her parents, Mr'.-and Mrs! Holland FU . Rhoads of Chester, Pa., over the week

monster parade ]l armistice dat] I PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE BEHIND \ MOVEMENT— ALL CIVIC OR- j GANIZATIONS TO TAKE PART -JOHN J. SPENCER, CHAIR- , MAN OF COMMITTEE. | This city is to have a monster armt istice day parade At the regular 5 weekly meeting of the Progressive League on Monday night the Armi- j f stice Day parade committee was ap- , a pointed. Chairman John J- Spencer, jr^the well known naval her'o of the i I world war, other members of the comrimittee are Lewis Hawleyi William, e Picsser and David Tietleman. . ] ,r All of the civic organixations in the city are requested to meet at the club >- house of the Prdfcressive >League on :o next Monday flight to formulate plans for the panade. It is understood that lor ure *— ------- j

an effort will be made to make Arm- , istice Day celebration the greatest in j j the history of the city, but -to make • possible the committee will have , hav£ the support of all of the or- j ganizations in the city, West Cape j May, Cape May Point and Lower, , Township! Now men, don't forget to j . come out and support the committee, j land lets show the other resorts in the ; S county, as well as the outside world c that Cap. May is still on the map, al- ; ijways grateful to our heroes of the, | world war ^ ^ I CAPE MAY POINT FIREMEN ATTEND CHURCH IN A BODY

The Volunteer Fire Company of 1 Cape May Point, attended the even- < jing service last Sunday. The church i I was beautifully decorated with potted i , I flowers. Mr. Sheppard gave a special ' ■ sermon on the subject, 'The Fire that i j No Man Can Quelch." The evening . I service has become very popular as there is present at each service a very e' large attendance- The people of the . I community are in accord with Mr. IfiTjeppard and are cooperating^ with ■him- in this Work. k. ! Mice and men both have schemes J around the corn crib- Why spend time, energy and money to raisp- ^ | grain for a rat cafeteria 1

1 Porter Cope and family have re- J turned to Philadelphia from Cape j May where they have spent the summer at 83« Kearney avenue. A Walter Roseman has returned to May after enjoying an extender! , motor trip through the New England i statesMr and Mrs. James Leighton of Palmyra, will spend the week end ] with Mrs. Electa B. Curtis athtr Franklin street home. Mrs. Elizabeth Strawbridge of Den- ' nisville is enjoying some time in Cape May as the guest of Mrs- Mary A. : ' Knerr. : i Miss Helen Smith motored to Philadelphia this week where she spent ! several dayssever*, u a;#*

Mrs- Joseph Kelly who is still "becupying her summer cottage on South ^ street, spent several days in ^ Philadelphia this week. f A. C. Gile has returned home after q enjoying several weeks at Des Moln- , j es, Iowa. s Mrs. George Knieriman has return- t ed to her home in Philadelphia after . v spending a aveek in Cape May with K her mother, Mrs. K. Hiidreth- ! c Rev. James Burns, former pastor of U the Methodist Church of this dty.j] greeting friends in Caipe May i< this week. | 1 Dr. and* Mrs- Frank R. Hughes, ac- j : companied by their two sons are en- , joying a two weeks motor trip thru the New England states. , Mrs. E. J- Hoy after spending the past three years at Cape May, is e leaving this week. . Mrs. Laura A. McKaig of South . Dennis, spent some time this week in . Cape May with friends- „ Mr. and Mrs. John C Little were visitors in Philadelphia on Columbus It Day- - , i. , Miss Adelade Sutvan and Miss '' Laura Sutvan are guests at the Hotel Devon for a fortnight Mrs. Ray Bishop spent Sunday last in Eldora as the guest of her sister. ,£ Mrs- Harry Brown will entertain at * cards Tuesday evening at her Corgie street homeid Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Mecray left this week for an extended motor trip ik to" Kentucky and other parts of interest-

iw. l. stevens |l i called to rest, WAS FIRST MAYOR OF CAPE 1 MAY — FIRST PRESIDENT OF MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK ! —SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN | —HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM. The community was shocked and " deeply grieved when on Tuesday even- ! ing last .won! was passed that former ' j Mayor "William L. Stevens /had died ! 1 suddenly at his North Street home in ' this City. But few persons were cog- . inizant of the fact that the former n , Mayor was ill and those who did know jthat he was indisposed little thought g j that his conditiqp was critical or . j alarming. Taken suddenly ill on Sun- | day evening last while in converaaLS | tion with a friend, he was able to be . | about the house on Monday but on the I following day was confined to his bed i j until the end came unexpectedly at 5

; p. m: . \ Mayor Stevens was born in Bridge- ^ ! i ton, New Jersey, August 25th, 1863- . | At » sixteen years of age, dependent r upon his own resources, he lef* his > home to go out in the world and make , a living for himself. Shortly aftere ! ward his business career>egan and ;1 iftom that time until his death he was - i a successful business man engaging e not only in his private enterprises but taking an active part in public affairs as well. His first business venture, occurred when he was twenty years of . — ,:«a V,a pnTprpJ the age at which- time (

hardware and tin rdofing business. In ( this he continued until the year 1888 ( when he left the hardware business in order to place upon the market a to- ( mato can filUng machine which he and father had invented and patented. As a result of his effort in this line he accumulated sufficient capital with which to engage in the canning business and from that time until within , a few weeks of his death he was one , of South Jersey's most successful cani ners. iW, 1894 until 1908 he operJfrtneriihip with his brother, Charters. Stevdps, of Cedarville, N. , J., under the firm- name of W- L1 Stevens and BnAher. In 1908 Stev- » ens Brothers lite, was organized and the company operated factories in Cedarville, Eldora, Goshen and Cape

, May. In ttie year 1915 the assets of j the company were divided and Mayor(Stevens and his son F. M. Stevens orUnited 'W. L. Stevens Inc. taking,; ' I over J*he Goshen and the_ Cape May . ' factories. This company continued | I I until a few months ago when it was | f [dissolved, Mr. Stevens retiring and his t son, F. M. Stevens, taking over the f entire business. i j It was in the year 1901 that Mr. ; r j Stevens first came to Cape May and, from then until his death he was one , - of this city's most active, useful and, e .progressive citizens- His greatest | l. [public seiYice was rendered the city as j vits first Mayor under the Commission . 1. 1 f^fm of government. In the fall of lt 1915 at a special election held for the j purpose the new form of municipal flUipRAC "IB --- . ,

government was adopted and on Oc-k tober 19th, 1915, William L. Stevens,], Joseph H. Hanes and William S. Shaw elected commissioners. On the , following Tuesday, October 26th, Mr.,] Stevens was sworn in as the first), under the new 'system. He , served faithfully and efficiently in j that capacity until January 7th, 1919, when he was forced to resign on ac- j [count of ill health necessitating his 'continued absence in the South. His I jterm as Mayor covered the larger |

| portion of the war activities in this ^ .community "and both in his official U I as well as in a private capacity he , [rendered his country splendid service- ] It was during his administration that , the City's Convention Hall was erect- , ed and his term as Mayor will proba- , bly be best remembered for that fact- , ; In politics he was a Democrat and on , more than one occasion his party , <„ught to make him their candidate . , for higher political honors- HI health, . however, prevented his acceptance of j • such ^ffers. i Probably no better evidence of the [ esteem with which he was held by his 5 fellow citizens could be found than his 1 selection as the first president of the Merchants "National Bank. In the t summer of 1908 when the organization of the bank was effected, Mayor t gtqvens was one of the activt organe izers. At a meeting of the newly chosen board of directors held on Sep- , t tember 4th, 1908, he was selected p President and served the bank until •- the annual meeting in January 1920 when at his own request, because of \

d. a. r. veterans i' hold convention THE 56TH ANNUAL NATIONAL . ENCAMPMENT DF THE GRAND ARMY O* THE REPUBLIC HELD . AT DES MOINES, IOWA. (.By A. C. GUe) With immeasurable pride and love she opens her arms- to the old boys in Blue like an army returning to their , r home, the Veterans swarmed into 1 Des Moines City, Iowa, on Sunday , , evening, Sept 24th. The churches . were filled at an early hour to hear ■ r addresses at welcome. The nation's v gratitude to its preservers, now t grown old ii) years and few in num,r bers, is well exemplified in the spirit ,. which fills tfcs air of Des Moine. =t t. this moment The records of tne forie mer National Encampment of the past 1€ are records of welcome, of lavish hos.d pitality, of Honors, praise and acre's ciation The great cities of the Northern States have vied with each oth-

er in the enthusiasm with which they have in turn received the Grand Army . until this year no city in the state of Iowa has entertained the Grand Army

3 of the Republic. 5 c Monday, September 25 i "" Hotels are filled and cots are in de- t mand, while Hundreds of "Vets" rev- i LS 'el led in the luxurious surroundings of j ^ Des Moines best homes. About fifty t 1 of them went into Bivouac at the Pol- 1 rs jce Stations Sunday night, but many : are missing since last year. The immense "number of people here is causA® _ .l1 I ,Ua Cans a tt,l ITanfflltprR flf V Ct" ed'by Sons and t

erans and allied -delegations from e every state. ^ Des Moines Boy Scouts under the I ' direction of Col. Olmstead were play \ Ing an important part in directing the < ' Veterans around the City. Four hun- I ! dred boy scouts were scattered every- < 1 where over the city Monday morning- i " Their services were proving invalua1 ble in assisting the Veterans- Des e — : (Continued on Page Four) f. Bt-ri'RN y^GAGEMENT Owing to the mspiy numerous re- * quests by patrons who failed to witness the production of "Nice People" ine pro<iuciion ui . —r.v

shewn at the Liberty some time atfb, e the management has decided to re- p peat this picture next Friday, Oct- 20. t Is everything nice that nice people i I do? See the picture and judge for yourself. On Saturday evening, Oct. < 1 21st, a farce cqmedy in 3 acts, "More ■ Wives," will be the attraction. One i I performance only starting at 8;U>. 1 VAUDEVILLE NEXT WEEK Next Thursday and Friday at the (Palace Theatre will be shown "School featuring Wesley Barry, the 'j freckle- faced boy. Matinee on Fri- . j day at 4 P M- for the children. On I I Saturday, October 21, five acts of big 1 time vaudeville will be on the pro5 j gram, also a feature picture. The ' vaudeville acts are all first class and £ come direct from New York. B j ■ I

his absence in the South, a successor, v was elected. The same business in- ;a I sight which had made him successful s in his own affairs was applied to the s new financial institution and under j 'his guidance the bank became one of 'I the strongest organizations of thej ' County. 1 j To engage in buiness with William ML. Stevens was a source of both pleas- 1. ' ure and profit as many persons in this < vicinity will testify. Farmers who';' 3 produce to his factories, public' f Lvfiror® wTyo worked with him and, [officers with , ^

(public employees who worked under i 'him, officers and directors of the bank j* which he helped organize and of which he wajMpresident today bear witness , of bif remarkable ability and his j sterling qualities as a business man- £ In public as well as in private matters advice was 'frequently sought and was generously given. His insight was clear and his judgment? were sound. In his death the City of Cape May loses one of her first citizens. ^ I Mayor Stevens is survived by his , widow, Mrs. Alwilda M. Stevens, his son and business associate, F. Mulford Stevens, and a brother, Charles S. i Steven^of Cedarville, New Jersey- | i Funeral services were conducted at i his late home on North street by Rev. • G. T. Hillman .on Friday afternoon at • 2 o'clock and on Saturday morning ■ the remains were conveyed to Cedarr ville and laid at rest in Cfie family - burial lot in the cemetery there. 1 John W.® Mecrajl, John T. Hewitt, 1 Charles A. Swain and Henry H- El- ) dredge, Directors of the Merchants f 'National Bank acted as pall oearers. ~7~

, thirty fjve years ofservice . ALBERT STILLWELL, CHIEF ENl GINEER OF FIVE FATHOM I BANK LIGHTSHIP HAS HAD MANY THRILLING EXPERIENCES- J

j Albert Stillwell, chief engineer of i Five Fathom Bank Lightship, nmer teen miles northeast of tius city on c oi October 10th enteped on his - thirty- \ y ! first y^ar of service on Five Fathom r s Bank. Captain Stillwell as Cape May ^ r < folk love to call him entered the sers vice on October 10, 1892. On August 1 w 24th, 1893, in an awful gale of wind, 1 l- ' Five Fathom Bank Lightship turned it I turtle and sank with all hands on rt board, Captain Stillwell and one sailr- or were the only survivors of thb st shipI~y . C*!ll...n11 .nid nna llflV this Captain *

week that at sundown on the fateful ' night the wind was blowing great « guns frony northeast and during the ' night it increased to a hurricaneMate Sealover who, was in charge of j1 ' the ship saw that the vessel was ' ■ doomed, but in an effort to save her shortened the cable, this proved the undoing of the eraft as she turned j- - turtle and sank. Captain Stillwell | - said he went down with the ship, but i f some way managed to come to the y surface with the seas- running moun- - tains higfi. After swimming around y in the water for sometime he crawled i- up on a hatch that was floating in tha orator Anothpr sailor crawled up Another up £

'too, but during the storm was wash- r ed off and was never heard of. After r drifting about for over thirty six t with two man eating sharks 1 watching me all the ''time to get a 1 i chance at my body, he was sighted \ • the lookout of the Pilot Boat E. 1 C Knight, who was none other than I • Captain Albert C. Bennett, who is i ■ now president of the Pennsylvania 5 Pilots' Association- After a hard sail - into the teeth of the gale he was j picked up by the pilot ooat_more dead than alive- When he could talk Mr Stillwell told them what had happen- - ed. The course of the pilot boat was j changed and we cruised near the ^ " wreck, picking up Charles Olsen from

spar. Olson was sent to Philadel- 1 ^ phia, where he wen' raving crazy on U the street and was beaten to death by j a Philadelphia policeman. Relatives of Mr. Stillwell tried to J coax him to remain on shore after his Ciwful experience, but he said he was i not afraid and returned to duty on ■ . Five Fathom Bank Lightship, which was a new boat, taking the place of ■ the one lost in the gale. .Captain | ! Stillwell last February was an eye I witness to the burning of tl'e North- ? ern Pacific off Five Fathom Bank Stillwell comes of a seagoing fami ily. His father was for many years ; keeper of the lighthouse at Cape May - Point and it is understood that his e grandfather was a Delaware Bay and | d River Pilot- Before going on Five I Fathom Bank Captain Stillwell was _ifn. mnnv .marc pnffinppr nil the Dela* many years

iware Bay and Sewell's Point Railroad 'and hauled many thousands of excur- 4 sionists that came tb Cape May on the 1 ' steamer Republic. I A NEW DESCENDANT OF JOHN j ! HOWLAND THE PILGRIM

| Standish Sturtevant Howe, son of 'Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Paul Sturtevant - ! Howe, was'born at Philadelphia, Octojber 7th. Like most of the old fami- ' lies of Cape May the new arrival is a 1 descendant of John Howland the Pilin two lines. Both Mrs- Howe land the infant are well and will be i in Cape May at an early date. The - (young man is named for another of, , His Pilgrim ancestors, Captain Myles Standish. • . , AMERICAN LEGIAN ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS I The Harry Snyder Post, No. 93 of L ! Cape May will have the annual elec- ' > tion of officers at their regular meet- 1' I ing Thursday evening, October 19. The ' ■ meeting will be held in the Legion j I rooms on the Convention Hall Pier at t 8 P M. Sharp. Commander Schellen- • ger has arranged for an elaborate t layout of "Eats" and hopes that all ? Legion members will keep this date - open and come out strong. "The last y meeting of the local post was not so - well attended and it is hoped that 1, more will be present on the 19th. a It pays to advertise. Try it and be 5- convinced- '

classifieds coming m " LITTLE WANT, FOR SALE AND 1 CATCH LINES TRAVEL FROM ' J 5 MANY STATES TO GET INTO THIS WEEK'S STAR & WAVEMORE FOR NEXT WEEK.

Folks seejn to like that idea of free classified advertisements in this and the next two issues of Star & Wave. are coming in by mail, special messenger, they are dropped into our IS . mail box, tljru our door and are hand- \ ] | ed to us on the street, we wouldn't be | surprised to receive some by parcel j post- The more the merrier. We went all that our friends, patrons, enemies, 6 well wishers and anyone else may wish to seitf in- They will do you good will produce results providing the att

is for something that could possibly be wanted at this time of the year by [ anyone, andthat is all we ask of those littft ads. They are small bat power- ! I ful and really good news as any adj I vertisement should be- - 1 Ail' ad of any character should tell ;|a -story of business or of interest to ] [the would be purchasers. Of course to 1 [really "pull" results a display advert Itisement must be written and "set ap" e I in an attractive manner. We know • that -advertising news must be first d of all attractive and that js why wo . d have two of the best advertising illus- Nnave w — — _

trated sen-ices produced in the United These services have up to tho minute illustrations for every business matter what it is- and we have , a trained copy writer whose services # like the illustrations are free to yon for hte asking. All you need do is call I up, tell us What you have to adver- . and we will lay before you adver- , tising that will increase your business i and put dollars in your cash registar. L CLASSIFIED ! ADVERTISING e ' — , k~~*> -.^mH

LOST [lost— From 915 Stockton Avenue, Pearl and Diamond Crescent PinLost on Boardwalk or Beach beI tween Jefferson street and Madison Avenue on Friday, Sept. 29th. Re-, ward if returned to above address. 10-7-1-264 LOST— Hound dog, color white and I tan, answers to name of Pam- Liberal reward if returned to Martin Bros., Cape May Point. FOR SALE

DESIRABLE HOME at 426 W. Perry street is for sale. All conveniens. Extra big lot. Apply to ownep on 1 premises. JUSINESS PROPERTY located at 412 Washington street- Suitable for most any kind of business. This property is a "real snap" for some livewire. This place will be $old soon. *•

FOR SALE— Six Bowling Alleys and equipment. Two pool tables and equipment to be removed by purpurchaser. Albert R. Hand, Cape Mav. 9-80-tf FOR SALE Remington No. 10, good. Oliver No. 9. new. Remington Portable, new. Underwood, good. ALBERT R. HAND, CAPE MAY FOR SALE— 1006 Washington street, I House and Lot 60x110 feet House newly painted inside and out, newly papered, all new plumbing and furnished. Electric lights and fixtures new. Garage. 3 bed rooms on 2nd floor, 2 on 3rd floor. JAY E- MEI CRAY. 12 ROOM HOUSE For Sale or Rent, [with Bath, Steam Heat. Leon V. [ iQuidort, 37 Jackson street. , t FOR SALE— My 1922 Ford Couplet including a new spare cord tire "and ; tube. Has been used very little for 1 about four months. Apply Dr. e Haerer. 1241 Washington street, t ,Cape May. » — — ,t TYPEWRITER FOR SALE— Oliver No. 9- Good as new, used two monehs will sacrifice at half priceStar and Wave Office, tf e — (Continued from Page 4)