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PERSONAL NEWS ' OF ACTIVE PEOPLE ; n^s™ES™ssa™^i' GOING OF CAPE MAY VISITORS « AND RESIDENTS James Hand has returned to Cape May after a two weeks trip to Pittsburgh, Latrobe, Pa-, and Utica, N. Y. M. A. Lengert and family after spending a delightful season at their Columbia avenue cottage, returned this week to their home 4424 L^rchwood avenue, PhiladelphiaMr. and Mrs. Lafayette Miller, Jr., motored this week from Reading, Pa., and are spending some time in Cape and spending •- s.

May withrelatives. sj r *"*■ Dr Clarence S. Eldredge will close a his Broadway cottage for the season ^ on October 26th and return to Phila. p Alfred Putnam and family who have q spent the season at 1010 Kearney ave- g nue, left this week for their home in £ Philadelphia. . J Mrs. William Bristow of New York ^ is enjoying some time in Cape May . f with relatives. • , Mr. and Mrs. Alan Konowitch left ^ on Tuesday for an extended motor trip & to Canada and the New England ( States. 1 William J. McMullin has closed his summer cottage, 207 Congress Place, ] and returned to his Philadelphia Sme- 'Mr. McMullin has spent many . summers at this resort and is one of the first summer residents to open his ! cottage in the spring- , f ' Mrs. J- Woodruff Eldredge and

Mrs. William Porter spent a part of this week in Philadelphia with Mr. ( Porter who is a patient at the Osteo- { pathic Hospital- ] Mr- and Mrs. Jules Denizot enter- ( tained their daughter, Mrs. William ( H. Muncy of Haddon Heights, over i the week end- , > .. Mr. and Mrs. Louis, J. McGrath closed their Beach avenue cottage this ] week after spending a "pleasant sum- , mer here and returned to their home 2221 Locust street, Philadelphia. ' ... Mrs. C- M. Pease and Mrs. H- S. Lanning who have passed the summer at the home of. Dr. Clarence S. Eldredge on Broadway, will leave on ; October 25th when the doctor will close his cottage for the season. S\-» Mrs. Walter Phillips has returned L home after spending several weeks ^ with relatives at Scranton, PaRobert Hewitt spent the week end in Cape May with Mrs. Hewitt and daughter Doris Jeanne. Mrs- Ida Barton of Merchantville,

N. J , and Mrs. Emma Lawrence, of f Philadelphia, are visiting their sister, jr Mrs. Letitia B. Riley, of 505 Hughes | s street. ] 1 5 " Miss Edith See and Miss Ann Smith j have returned home after enjoying a , ( week in Philadelphia, h; Mrs. Helen N. Edmunds after . Hj spending two weeks at Warnersville, j •3/ returned home this week. F - _ Mr- and Mrs. Joseph Schellenger and daughter, Mrs. Louisa Bland, of hf. Royersford, are spending some time in [ Cape May. Mrs- Samuel M. Schellenger is enr;'.. joyng a visit of a few days in Bayt ,onne, N. J., as the guest of Dr. and f Mrs. J Stratton Ware. I Miss C. V. Gemrig closed her cot- | tage on Saturday last and returned to JP*.. her Philadelphia home after passing a delightful summer here- ; ... Mrs. A. B. little is enjoying a week Mrs. A. 1>- Utile is enjojuiB « " g

in Philadelphia as the guest of her ( neice, Mrs. Charles Nickson. 'g Miss Alice H. Rea is spending a s week with friends in Chester and . Philadelphia. |t Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Entriken of f Philadelphia are guests of Mrs- Mae | Smith at her Madison avenue home,1, for a few days. < Miss Agnes Neville of Philadelphia, was a visitor in Cape May over the week end. Mrs. Joseph Campbell returned this week to her home in Ambler, Pa., af- , \ ter enjoying several weeks at her Ik Hughes street cottage. » — I Mrs. George A. Dorner and sister, P Mrs. Ann L. E. Racine spent a fewj I days in Philadelphia this week. While L there were guests at the wedding of I their nephew W. Branson Corson to | M- Agnes Monahan on Wednesday,] [ October 18th at St. Francis Assissi Church, Germantown, followed by a r catered breakfast served at the home I » of the bride, 263 E. Berkley street, I Germantown after which the happy I couple left for a short honeymoon. I The groom is also a grandson of Mrs. Emma Ekstrom. Mfc*- It pays to advertise- Try It and be | convinced-

RALLY DAX HELD AT BAPTIST] ■ CHURCH J Last Sunday was observed at Rally Day at the Baptist Church. Regardless of the inclemency of the weather a large company of the members of p | the schoorgathered in sess.on at three | o'clock for an observance of tne day. The church was beautifully decorated with dahlias presented by Mrs-Frank ! Rutherford and made a most pleasing " appearance. The school opened with • the usual opening exercises conducted r by Superintendent Everett Jerrell, r after which classes retired to make up 1 the records of the d.y. This M- ' ' lowed by the specM jjH, ™m under - trie direction of Mrs., ' Charles s.tterfleld, Superintendent of [ | " the Primary Department and her as- j « sistanu. A part of the prosntm »o- 1 Sjsmuw « j _ - a

sisted of graduating exercises. After) public oral examination, the folio*graduated from the Primary Department into the Junior Department of the School: Spicer Learning. Flor- jence Ginder, Walter Souder, Edgar - Elizabeth Church, Bennett Racine and Elizabeth Satterfield- I ' wro graduated irom the begin ' ners department into the Primary were as follows: Dorothy Hand, Mer- ; rit Edmunds, Robert Fenderson, Rich- ! ard Stevens, Margaret Prillwitz. All of the above graduates'received beautiful colored diplomas of promotion. 5 After the graduating exercises the '• members of the Primary Department 1 spoke appropriate Rally Day pieces y. and sang two special Rally Day songs, which were a speical feature and caus8 ed much comment- The songs were printed in leaflet form and were a prinieu ■■■ . . 2

Rally Day message to the tunes 01 "America" and "Marching Through j Georgia." The Special Rally Day address was made by Mr. Theodore ^ an active worker in the West Cape May Chapel and was a most -fitting and helpful message- His topid , was "Snakes" and the speaker called attention to the various snakes that were seen in Cape May ana were a menace to the community. Rally Day was' also observed at 60th morning 1 and evening preaching Services with appropriate sermons. RESOLUTION 1 At a meeting of the Board of 1 Directors of the Merchants National Bunk held on Friday, October 3 20th, the following resolution was 8 ndopted: WHEREAS the hand of death 3 has for the second time been laid d upon the membership of the Board of Directors of "this ha:i : and removed therefrom "William L. if . ... 1 nonnrred Oil' whose death on (

Tuesday, October 10th, 1922. J Be it therefore resolved that this,® j board make record of the esteem j' 1 in which Mr. Stevens was held and |r iof the service which he rendered • this hank. In the organization of j " this institution in the summer of, •| 1908 he was most active and ener j, Igetic. Seeing the heed of a second -, r hank in Cape May lie did all in his , f power to aeoemplish that object. 1 When the organization was completed his ability and his fitness " naturally made him the choice of ' board for its first president and he 3 was elected to. that office on September 4th, 1908. That his service was efficient is best proven by 0 the success which the institution * attained under his leadership and direction. He served until Januk 16th, 1920, when at his owp reary iuui, «v ...« — T - n(

quest on account of ill health his ^ 'successor was chosen. Personal w sacrifices on his part for the good a ■of the institution were freely made it-s success was a matter of personal pride to him. This board has a personal-friend and the Merchants National-. Bank an able T counsellor. d Be it further resolved that the c Secretary be instructed to spread g this resolution upon the minutes. 2 Dated October 19th, 1922. b NEW REAL ESTATE OFFICE J It has been announced that Howard ^ Tand Jacob Teqenbaum will Open a £ ' (thoroughly- modern and equipped of- ( i fice for the transaction of real estate ^ '(and insurance at 418 Washington St- > on Nov. 1st. The office will be under . the personal management of Howard i Teneirbaum. s FOB TEA (ROOM PEOPLE ' A monthly magazine for tea room y people and those interested in tea 1 rooms is published in New York. '• Subscription 2.00 a year; single copies 20 cents. Send orders to € Tea -Room Management, 1400 Broadway, New York City. {

H. S. NOTES C OFJTEREST FOOTBALL SCHEDULE IS AR- M RANGED AND THE LOCAL H. SWILL CLASH WITH WILDWOOD, | OCEAN CITY AND C. M- COURT | HOUSE. The Freshman English Class took ^ part in the demonstration lesson given |d by Miss Maginnis at Teachers Ixisti- j ^ tute. They answered all questions , very creditably and deserve praise for « I their excellent work- j | After corresponding with the foot- ^ !ball coaches of Wildwood, Cape May c | Court House and Ocean City, we were " I - LI. . - n.n1ra mil a Qi-llMlulfl COnSlStillg able out a schedule consisting

of six games. The schedule is a very i heavy one for a green team and it will require the maximum of ability and ' spirit to go through. We consider our ! selves very fortunate to be able to get our home games on Saturday. With games coming only three days apart on several occasions .the fellows are , not given much time for recovering . from results of hard playing but ex- . perience will be gotten this way and I a creditable showing for the coming year is aM that we can askThe schedule for the games are as J follows: Wednesday, Nov. 4, Ocean t City at that place; Saturday, Nov. 4, Court House at Cape May; Saturday, . Nov- Uth, Wildwood at Cape May; " Wednesday, Nov. 15, Court House at ' Court House; Tuesday, Nov. 21, Wild- . wood at Wildwood; Saturday, Nov. nr.,. A at /"* 1 TLA MflV. The

City Cape May. ^ gridiron is on the corner of Madison ^ and Columbia avenue. i' The budget submitted by the Athletic Council to the School Board was « approved of by the board and the football and hockey supplies included it were purchased in Phila last Saturday by Mr. Fite. They have arriv- 1« ed and have been distributed to the - members of the teams. The hockey supplies hhve also ar, ; rived and the class teams ahi being]' organized- Practice will soon starlTj on the field under the coaching of f ] Miss Gait and Miss Maginnis. Cape! ' May High is the first school in the i : ■ county to organize a hockey team. j' By order of the Board of Education j . a ^chool census is being taken in Cape i 3 May. The enumerator is Mr- L. A. Williams. The census is to provide j the Board of Education with the | name, address, parents name, age and p educational standing of all children in j ■- 1 the town between the age of 5 and 18 , , j years. These come within the regula- ! tions of the compulsory school law and ;e

j the state authoroties urge a census 1 ] every five years. It has been more c ; than that many years since Cape May c ihad a school census. - — |l PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION i i The- regular fall meeting of the ( j County Council of Parent Teacher As- ,] jsociations will be helii on Thursday, g Oct. 26 at 2 P. M. in the High School . ] Building at the Court House. After , q discussion of a program to be car- ] ried out in each local organization! month by month throughout the year, Dr- Florence Powdermaker, Nutrition , Specialist and Extension Worker of Rutgers University will address the audience which will be composed not 1 only of representatives of Parent I Teacher Associations but also of the " High School girls. The invitation to " hear Dr. Powdermaker is extended to

public, regardless of affiliation g< with any Parent Teachers or Home g< and School Association. T' pi "BOUGHT1 AND PAID FOR" ce — — w The management of the Liberty j is has secured the four-act : hi drama, "Bought and Paid F or," by f( Charles Broadhust, as a special en- j ri gagement for Thursday evening, Oct- jb 24th. This is not a moving picture,! a play that has had long runs in | the big cities. It is one that will J please all. Next Friday and Satur- ^ the Liberty will present "Burning Sands." A desert romance produced ^ on a magnificent scale by the man ] ^ who made "The Sheik." 39TH ANNUAL MEETING ® The thirty-ninth annual meeting of r the Cape May County Medical Society I will be held at the Woodbine Colony ! for Feeble-Minded Males, Woodbine, J i N. J-, Wednesday, Nov. 1, commencing at 11 o'clock A. M. j Never praise a man to his wife, for ^ ) she knows .him and will think you a ] ' fool. • N

TEACHERS HELDSESSION MORE TflXN 206 TEACHERS IN ATTENDANCE— THE PROGRAM WA8 A SPLENDID ONE-COM-MUfclTY SINGING A FEATURE.' The annual Teachers' Institute of May County was held in the j local High School Building on Monday, October 16. More than 200 j ' teachers were in attendance- The pro- 1 gram was a splendid one and had sufficient variety to interest all groupsIt opened with community singing led Mr. L. A. Rodes, Cape May City Superintendent. The teachers enter--.1 luctili. in 4liA Dincrinff which Was ed lustily in which

one of the novel features of institutes. Mr. Howard Gee of East Orange also sang several solos. He is a singer of . note as he sings regularly in Newark for a Radio Broadcasting Station. He ] pleased all- , The addresses of the morning were made by Dr. Charles J. Strahan, As- " sistant Commissioner of Education . and Dr. A. B. Bennett of New Paltz, New York. Their addresses were in- j T spirational and helpful. At eleven j j o'clock the assembly divided into j ! sections to hear and observe demonn I stration classes in various subjects- ( jThe demonstration classes were ' j taught. by Miss Irene Maginniss of 'OUr High School, Miss Helen Zerfoss, 1 Principal of the Grade School, Miss , Anna Meyer, Fifth Grade Teacher. " ! Miss Jennie Eldredge of Wildwood ' „..,i \r«> r. roco Rnir nf Cold Spring. land Grace Cold

I This was a new feature of County In- 1 w stitutes and was very well received by c. 'the teachers. All the demonstrations f were well presented by the various ^ teachers and called forth praise from U i the state heads who acted as criEcs. g I The criticisms and discussions of thelf '.classes were made in the afternoon r J sessions. i f At the afternoon session, Mr- Rodes t again conducted a period of CommunLity Singing and Mr. Gee sang. Fol- , flowing •«» Group Meeting, Mr- Roy , r Lshaffer of the State Department of , . Education met all the teachers who , ,i are going to give intelligence and). achievement tests and explained the , | mode and manner of giving them. e I These tests will be given throughout ■ the state and will be used to help rate a' our state in its educational standing e ; with the other states,j ' The state officials were loud in ni their praise of the local schools and g 'the preparation made to bring about such a pleasant and instructive gathsucn a pieuMiiiL «'»■ ( -

lering of teachers. Several points par-. . iticularly praised were the splendid : condition of our buildings, their I cleanliness and attractiveness, thejl zeal of the teachers, the spirit of the , j pupils, and the hospitality in provida noon luncheon for the teachers. I The latter was prepared by the senior j j class in Domestic Science under Miss | Henrietta Goff, teacher. It is a new | i ! thing for the local school to provide ^ I lunch for the teachers and it was cor- - dially received by all not only for its ; nourishing value but for the opportunity it afforded for sociability. A . | nominal sum was charged for the luni cheon and the profits went to the $enf ior Class Washington Fund, s Another item of interest was the t preparation by the pupils of the t grades of various forms of exhibitions, e Many displays were prepared under J the direction of the prinrf-wL Miss J Zerfoss, that set forth tne lessons of uno ss, uiai sev iviwi —

good health, sanitation, safety first, c« good food, proper exercise and play. S' posters were prepared by the pupils assisted by the teachers and received" highest commendation of all who saw them. All that is necessary lis a visit" to our grade schools to see d ! efficiently the work of Miss Zer- C foss and her corps of teachers i.-Ncar- n ' ried on- (Parents would profit greatly <- regular visits to the schools. i HALLOWE'EN MASQUE BALL I The Memorial Monument Committee f aje preparing to give a Mask Ball to ^ 'be held on Oct 31, Hallowe'en at the ( i Hall. Ronald Quidort will n I floor manager. There will be two ( j prizes given, one for the best dancers ] and one for the best masked costume. ; Refreshments will be served free. Ad- . p mission 50 cents. This should be well 'r patronized from the fact that the gen- , tlemen composing this laudable project have worked very hard to raise ' the necessary funds to erect a Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Monument which will be not only a tribute r of respect to the boys of their home a town but will help to enhance the beauty of this "Queen" seaside resort-

HAS RADIO CONCERTS IN STORE I Charles R. Hoffman, ardent radio I .fan, has installed in the^rear of his store a complete radio receiving outrfit and entertained friends on last Tuesday night with a radio concert from jaxz music to grarfd opera. Ralph Stiles who is connected with ^|e ' ; Radio Corporation of America at their ' Cape May station, "assembled the outf'fit for Mr. Hoffman. ^The outfit can , pick up concerts from such broadacsting stations at Gimbels, Phila.; West- ^ ! inghouse, East Pittsburgh; General I Electric, Schenectady, N. Y.; Newark, N. J.; Atlanta, Ga., Chicago, 111. and Davenport, Iowa- . In the near future Mr. Hoffman stated that he will try and give con- _ certs to the public. d

NEW CUMMINGS PRODUCTION c CARRIES FINE CAST t When the cast of the new Irving \ Cummings production of Louis Dur- t ' yea's stqry of the underworld, "Flesh { and Blood," was assembled, a group f \ of leading men and women were given j the principal roles. All of them* will ( * be seen together in the photoplay com " !ing to the Palace Theatre, Wednesday , " 'and Thursday, October 25 and 26. Lon : a 'Chaney has been regarded as the most powerful character actor on the screen today; and In "Flesh and Blood" he impersonates an escaped convict lf whose fear of the law is so great that a he disguises himself and becomes a .j helpless cripple. r-,' GREAT FISHING id I

Numerous fishermen during the I week have had great sport and big j | catcher- of large weakfish, croakers, flounders, mackerel, to say nothing of m ;dog sharks, sea robins, skates, etc. r« I The fishing boats have not been idle | and have shipped large quantities of — ■'fish. The finny tribe are now begin- | ' ning to school up for their journey 1 these waters south for the winI terOne of the first duties of the repre- ' sentatives of tjiis county in the-legis- i » f should be tui secure legislation f hinder net fishing in the bay dur- ; _ 0 ,ing the spawning season in the spring £ 3 land to prohibit altogether net fishing , c in the harbor and adjacent channels J '• and thoroughfare. Atlantic City has ^ ^ t this latter protection and Cape May jj ® County resorts should have. The fish- i 8 ing privilege is very important to sea L share resorts and our representatives , , n should be insistent upon securing the j 3 small measure of protection for it j. II here suggested. i- — ■ 1

ARMISTICE DAY IN CAPE MAY i Don't < miss the annual Armistice j Day celebration at Cape May, Novemi jber 11th. Elaborate preparations are , 1 being made by the patriotic organiza- , • tions of the town and neighboring vil- 1 • I lages to make this one of the most r impressive of all celebrations- Prizes 1 1 will be offered for the different or- . ! jganizations and floats in line of par-] e ade and patriotic or memorial entries, - are requested from all over the couns ty. No commercial advertising enter- - ed. Any further information can be ^ obtained from the following: A. C. LYLE, LEWIS HAWLEY, Publicity Committeee | * e BIG DEMAND FOR FORD CARS •r Owing to the reduction on all Ford is cars, Focer & Mecray of "Cape May >f and Cape May Court House, have reanu ■vape -

ceived orders for six Ford Sedans and D Seven Touring cars. st E NOTIOEf TO GUNNERS p No trespassing allowed with gun or J on the land of the Cape May 4 Land Company Farms, for- m merly the Sugar Plantation, Rioe Grande, N. J- v Cape May County Land Co. Farms. - NOTICE TO GUNNERS All persons are forbidden to trespass with dog or gun on any of the ( ' property of the late Emlen Physic, . j either in Cape May City or Lower 1 Township. All trespassers will be ' dealt with according to the law. 5 SAMUEL F. ELDREDGE, Atty. for Emlen Physic Estate- ] * 10-7-8-269 1 1 — _ I DR. MACE IMPROVED Dr. Margaret Mace, of Wildwood, ] e has been forced to give up her pro- - fession for the past few weeks, is now " much improved and will no doubt be e able to administer to the ailments of e her patients again next week, e Her many friends in Cape May will t- be glad to hear of hei- recovery. ~ -1-

BOAT ATTRACTS 1 MUCH ATTENTION : SWEDISH FISHING SMACK AB1 RIVES FROM ARCOSS OCEAN ! IN 23 DAYS TO HALIFAX AND r REACHES WILDWOOD IN » " DAYS. Wildwood, N. J. ' The "Carnegie," a Swedish fishing: 3 smack, Captain Job an son, in dwrge, arrived at Otten's Harbor this week d Md has been the center of attraction. | for local fishermen and others ever ■ n since. The "Carnegie" left -Hone, 1 Sweden for Halifax where she arriv- - J ed bi 23 days and at WUdwood in 29 ed m 23 days ana at w uawoou ui ^

Mayor Smith paid an official call to the yawl and invited the Captain' and crew to visit him at City ^ Hall- ' The yawl is 60 feet overall and has a beam of 21 feet standing higb out 3Q of the water. She is equipped witls sails and a kerosine engine of one cyl- ( She draws seven feet of wat1 1 According to a notice from the Fed- ' eral authoroties given to Captain Jo1 while the craft wjp in New ■ York waters, the boat can fish in 1 American waters for four months 5 only. The trip of this visitor smacks t of the days of old when Leif and Eric 1 and his famous companions crossed a i the Atlantic in search of new fishing grounds, but 23 days is said to be the shortest time ever made for a fishing smack across the Atlantic.

CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank my friends for their many kindnesses during my recent be- J reavementMrs. W. L. Stevens. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING " LOST • : LOST— Between Cape May and Cape ■ May Point, small box containing three Union Suits for mall boy- Reward. Mrs. Orville Lentz, Cape May Point. j Phone 84R. j LOST — On Broadway, West Cape a black bag containing child's ' wearing, apparel. If found return to S. Hoffman, 626 Bioadwrfy, West* 'iCape May. Reward offered. , j FOR SALE ! TWO BUREAUS AND ONE CHIF- ■ j fonier must be sold by October 26 ' as property has been sold. ArrangeL ments can be made with P. Delias^ ; 104 Jackson street, Cape May- Phoq^ - Keystone 136-M. 5 TWO DOUBLE HEATER STOVES - for sale, one for $15 and another for - $10. Apply Geo. E. Walters, Cold e Spring. N. J. RADIO FOR SALE. Equipment new. 'Sold reasonable- Apply A. B. Little, :• Beach avenue, Cape May. ONE "HALF TON FORD CHASSIS AND BODY for sale, will sell for $75. d Reason for selling have ordered a y larger car- Harry Hebenthal. n. r, TIAlICi .. IO£ MI Porrt,

DESIRABLE HOME at 426 is for sale. All conveniences. big lot. Apply to owner on premises. lUSfNESS 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 sold s6on. ** FOR SALE— 1006 Washington street, House and Lot 60x110 fefr. House newly painted inside and out, newly papered, all new plumbing and furnished- Electric lights aivd fixtures • . , | new. Garage. 3 bed rooms on 2nd floor, 2 on 3rd floor. JAY E- MECRAY. 12 ROOM HOUSE For Sale or RentWith Bath, Steam Heat. Leon Y Quidort, 37 Jackson street. i FOR SALE— My 1922 Ford Couplet including a new spare oord tire and tube. Has been used very little for - about "four months. Apply Dr. f Haerer. 1241 Washington street, Cape May(Continued from Pa«o 4) «— j 4c-' '