THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1942

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Jhe Jjujion fisupinii Cape May’s 1942 summer season received its first warborn blow last week when the New Jersey Department of the American Legion decided that due to its members’ parts in the state defense program and the uncertainty of developtaents between now apd September, it would not hold its normal three-day convention this year. Thus, it declined Cape May’s official invitation to hold the convention in this resort. In place of a normal convention, the New Jersey Legionnaires will convene for brief business sessions at Trenton on August 29 and 30. The glitter of hands and brightly uniformed marching outfits will be gone this year. The general hilarious by-play of conventron delegates will also bd gone. Instead, the convention, according to present plans, will be a business session attended by executives of the organization. This year’s convention will be held cm a Saturday and Sunday so that it will conflict as little as possible with the schedules of New Jersey’s defense industries, in which many Efegionnaires are employed. The old program of a four-day convention, starting in mid-week, has been cancelled for the duration. The old gayety which has made Legion conventions famous in the past has now been replaced by a determined grimness of veterans who know what all-out warfare

means.

The change in plans for the Legion convention is a definite loss to Cape May. Such conventions have in the past proved their value as a revenue producer for this resort But the executive committee which made the final decision emphasized that Cape May would readily have been selected if a normal convention in normal times were to have been held. Cape May’s hospitality and attractiveness as a convention city is still remembered by the Legionnaires. The war will have its effects on Cape May and all other resorts in 1942. Just what those effects will be, no one can foretell, but it is likely that business will not be as usual. In recent weeks, the Wildwood Chamber of Commerce, the Cape May Court House Chamber of Commerce and several other business men’s organizations have expressed optimism concerning the coming vacation season in all Cape May County

resorts. Let us hope they are right

So far as we are concerned, next summer is a • guess.

Tours is as good as ours—we don’t know.

In planning city business, and our private business, we have the obligation to work harder, and plan more carefully

than ever before.

dhlp Jhs ftahahjAiA (Daws Committees in virtually all Cape May County communities are now actively engaged in the annual campaign to raise funds with which to fight the dread disease of infantile par-

alysis.

Spurred by increases in the rate of incidence of the disease in New Jersey and other surrounding states, the committees this year are hoping that the campaign will be as successful as that of last year, although, because of present conditions, the general pattern of the 1942 campaign has been

somewhat altered.

Bulk of the activity will be canned on by individual local committees a result of the discontinuance of the annual President’s Birthday Ball formerly held each year at the Ocean City Country Club. Because of the gravity of the times, the committee felt that it would be better to eliminate that climaxing phase of the drive and to divert the money normally spent inr the h»il to actual cnsh contributions to the local and

national infantile paralysis funds.

The Cape May Countv chapter of the National Foundation has been doing excellent work in the battle against the disease. For several years it has been financing the care of several victims of the disease, buving braces and other costly

equipment for the treatment of their deformities.

Half of the money raised in Cape May County will be retained by the local chapter to carry on this important work. The other half is sent to the National Foundation to be used in carrying on preventive and educational work and to finance

resen»rh with which to combat the disease.

The need for money this year is greater than it has ever been. Increases in the number of poliomyelitis cases last year in spite of the constant campaign against it demands a redoubling of efforts to overcome the diseases. With the world at war, the danger of continued spread of the disease

is even more acute.

There are many ways in which you can help with this worthwhile work. You can contribute directly to your local chairman. You can fill and return the Mile of Dimes cards which have been distributed. You can support the card parties and the athletic events which are being held to raise funds for the campaign. Whatever you can give will be greatly appreciated bv those who are conducting the drive. Your contributions will be appreciated even more bv the unfortunate victims of the disease which maims and kills.

Jowahd (jAsaisA 'Unify Municipal officials of Cape May County will meet' tomorrow evening at Cape May Court House to disuss local defense problems and to coordinate the defense efforts which are being completed in individual communities. The conference will be the January meeting of the Cape May County League of Municipalities. Local defense council heads and members, mayors of all municipalities and chairmen of township committees have been invited to the meeting, which will be in the form of a round-table discussion. Purpose of the meeting is to give those charged with preparing communities for any emergency an opportunity to discuss common problems, remedies for various difficulties which have cropped up in the administration of their duties, methodsof improving organizations and wavs to prevent conflict between various neighboring communities. _ Tomorrow's meeting will be an informal gathering of officials where they can compare notes and experiences and attack ti»e general problem in a collective manner. In this, the county league excercises its basic function— “ *. c l e f ring house for ideas and solutions to various problems which are common to aD or nearly all communities in this county. TTie meeting should result in a more closely-knit countywide defense program, free of conflicting local regulations and to •win* into action immediately in the event of an

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NEW JERSEY - R* G. A. Bradshw

Marlpit Hall, Middletown

This long, wide-shingled Dutch type structure of one and one-half stories, was probably built about 1710 by an unknown Dutch man who had settled in the English village of Middletown. Its windows, including thretiny dormers, have heavy, paneled shutters. It is furnished as a home of the Colonial period. Of particular interest in the drawing

room are the pilastered fireplace and the carvfd. shell-top corner cupboard. Bull's-eye glass ovals are used in the top panels of the wide Dutch door. The kitchen fireplace is large enough to roast an ox. It is maintained as a museum by the Monmouth County Historical Society atid open to the public. Kite Jersey Council. Stole Bouse. Trenton

The Weekly Sermon Corner: The Virtue of Humility. By the Rev. Paul N. Fairbrother, Restor, Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea.

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Pride is of all rices that which is at the root of all sin; humility, of all virtues, is the seed-virtue of all soul-progress. Pride is at the bottom of all rebellion, hunulitj^is the source of all sub'Tmission. Pride was the crime which caused the fall of Lucifer; humility, the crowning disposition which saved Michael and his followers and has produced - ever since all those whose lives have

been worthy of imitation.

Yet, when we call upon a man to be humble, we are not asking an unreasonable sacrifice, we are only appealing to man’s common sense and begging him to be, in his own sight, just what he is. There is nothing more in accordance with reason than humility. There is nothing more antagonistic to the proper view of things

logic of facts when he fights down pride, and is preparing for himself a crown which the richest that can be placed upon a human brow. It will not be difficult to see the reasonableness of huumility. We have only to look at things as they are. St Paul says, “If everything thou hast, has been given to thee, why doest thou boast as if everything were not recejyed by thee?" What is there that we can really call our own? The highest possession we have our free will. Yet in the most meritorious exercise, we are aidall our efforts by the grace of the Lord. The mere physical use of our will is entirely from God. When we direct its operations towards what is right, the strength to steer that course comes from the Creator. When misuse our free will, then our action is independent of the Makthat duly considered, the only thing which is our own is our sin. Consider our being. Whence comes it? Did we give ourselves own existence? How helpless all of us are! From the very beginning, how much we depend on others! Can a man add anything to his stature, to his strength, to his health, to his mental vigor? Can we stay the invasion of disease, mental or otherwise? Can we arrest the progress of Death? To these questions there is but one answer, we cannot. This is true of the individual. It is likewise true of that collection of individuals we call the human race. Individuals propose, but God disposes. The same is true of peoples. What is a large city with all the resources at its command in the presence of a tidal wave, a volcanic eruption, an earthquake, any of the wild disturbances of physical forces? Men and cities are paralyzed in the presence of storms and pes-

thing to be loved but rather thing to be rudely coerced and brought back to the natural limits of his being. Humility does not inculcate anything like inactivity, cringing, fawning or unmanliness. Such characteristics are rather attributable to the proud man. The humble man will understand that it is part of his duty to develop in the right direction, all his energies, his faculties, his ability, for himself and his fellowman. No man is more progres- . than the humble man, no man is more really a man than the man of humiUty. And the humble man can glory <kin his achievements because such a man relies on God while using all his energies and realizes that everything he has comes from God. St. Paul said, “I glory in my infirmities,” because be understood that when he presented himself in the proper concept of himself to his Maker, his Maker would lift him up beyond the third Heaven of triumph and glory. Scripture is full of the contempt which God holds for the proud man and that same Scripture teems with instances of the lifting up and of the crowning of the humble man. It cannot be otherwise. When the Lord beholds the jwoud man, He beholds one who is not acting in accordance with the principals of sanity, He beholds a being disordered, a being in conflict with all His plans, a being whom He never intended should be, and so naturally, what other attitude m He take than the attitude of version and anger? When tie iooks down upon the humble man, He looks down upon who is where he belongs, who ot an usurper, who is ready for any commission He charge him with, and thus, toards him His attitude is one of ive everlasting. There is One, who left with us the greatest example of humility—Jesus Christ, who came a God to become a Man. His life, built on the foundations of humility, growing more humble as His career advanced and that career brought to a dose by a sublime Sacrifice, extended to all this invitation: “Learn of Me, because I am meek and humble of heart, and you shall find rest for your souls." The one who accepts that invitation and profits by that teaching is wise

The humble man is the , who, remembering his origin will never quarrel with the laws of God who owns him. His attitude will be that of the servant, on his knees waiting for the Master to speak, his thoughts of himself will not be high or conceited or grasping, his thoughts of others will be thoughts of brotherhood, charity, kindliness, helpfulness, pity and mercy. As soon as he

rises above that level, he be^mes , ._, y

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Probation Officer

Makes Annual Report

The Cape May County proba-

tion office handled 160 cases during 1941, according to a report issued this week by Luther T.

Garretson, probation officer. According to Garretson’s re-

port, the total number on probation since 1927, when the office was organized, amounts to 831. Thirty-five new cases were added during 1941, and the office received a total of 1,392 weekly

and monthly probation reports. The office's total receipts dur-

ing the year amounted to $14,377.12 of which *13,252.91 was paid on support orders, the bal-

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thwarting uartment, County sad M it County Almshouse.

S/ye S TARBOARD WATCH By C. Worthy HUSBAND’S LAMENT—1942 She used to be indolent, pampered, well fed. Lolled on her lounge, ate chocolates in bed. Her day only dawned with lunch at the Palace; Now she’s walked through a mirror like Wonderland's Alice Cocktails and cigarettes with teas make her nervous, She’s pledged her young life to Volunteer Service. She knits and sews, she packs and rolls dressings— For the helpless abroad need America’s blessings. Slaves in the Canteen, teaches Braille to the blind And often, I fear, drops MY wants from her mind. Now the Motor Corp's got her, she’s serving probation, Requisitioned MY car — for the doggoned duration. I wake in the morning and what do I see? She's propped up in bed with First Aid ABC. Her head’s in a bandage, her leg's in a splint; I avoid her eye, with its “you’re _ next" glint The cook can't get breakfast, she's flat on the floor, She's supposed to be drowned or covered with gore. Oh, gone are the days of my once peaceful marriage— No time for .small fry in a cute baby carriage. And I wonder add ponder about a divorce— Or whether it's simpler to join the Red Cross! —From The Volunteer GETTING EVEN? And that according to some reports about town, is a pretty mild way of putting the case of some local men whose wives have gone all-out for war relief work. They tell us that some of the golf and pinochle widows are getting even with their hubbies by devoting practically all their waking hours to war work, and that tbv-poor guys can't raise a howl or go into a peeve because they do they'll be classed as ' patriotic. Oh well, war can't go KEEP IT DARK And while the Muse has got tbe best of us, we might as well pass on another poem taken from a British War poster. This one, suggests the local Defense Council, is a good one to remember and heed: “If you've news of our munitions, KEEP IT DARK! Ships or planes or troop positions, KEEP IT DARK! Lives are lost through conversation, Here's a tip for the duration. When 'ycra'va private information KEEP IT DARK?^ • *' GOOD LUCK, T. C. Seems almost like summer again with news of the Cape Theatre's activities trickling into the office. On the eve of Mr. Upham’s first winter-season theatre opening ia Cape May, this col-yum extends its best wishes for success. The additional activity will not only provide another outlet for the interests and energies of service men, but will give us local folks something else to do daring these dull days.

Taken from files of The Star and Wave- for the years 1987, 1932 and 1922. Five Years Ago It’s June in January in Cape May and its surrounding communities ... at least plants and flowers are beginning to bud as if it were June, while less than fifty miles away several severe snowstorms have, halted traffic end brought the usual winter hardships to thousands. In West Cape May several dandelions bloomed in the yard of Marcus A. Scull, Broadway and Emerald avenue, last week. Nearby, a jahash badded end bloomed, other nearby communities

to be growing and budding. Lieutenant Richard L. Burke left Cape May Tuesday afternoon take serum to the flooded as of Kentucky. From all parts of the country, doctors and hoetig serum to the area to combat disease which is following in the wake of the flood. Cape May County’s net taxable realty valuations are $587,807 less this year than in 1986, it was revealed last week by E. L. Rice, of the Cape May -'County Board of Taxation. The figures were adopted Monday by the board at a meeting in Court House. Tbe assessed value of real property in the county this year is listed in the table at $49,502,773, a decrease from last year's figure of $50,000,580. Ground .was broken last night for the new thirty-three thousand dollar Baptist Church which will be constructed at the corner of Columbia Avenue and Guerney Street within the next few months. Nearly fifty members of the church attended the special service last evening at which time Irvin Stevens, senior deacon of the church, lifted the first shovelful of earth from the she of the proposed new building. The annual meeting of the Association of Chosen Freeholders of New Jersey, which was held in Trenton on Monday, elected Percy H. Jackson, of Wildwood, director of the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders, as the second vice president. Director Jackson has been the Cape May County representative to the state association for the last three years. Ten Years Ago The George Washington BiCentennial celebration committee of Cape May County, numbering residents from every section of the county, will assemble at Cape May Court House next Thursday afternoon to receive reports of the executive committee appointed several weeks ago for the observance, which will be offered for the approval of the general committee. ‘The Telephone Man", a threeact play given by the Junior Community Club at the Cape May High School on Wednesday and Thursday, February 17 and 18, promises to be. “bigger and better than ever.” Members of the cast are John Cunningham, Sally Walton, Frances Germon, Albert Little, Hanna Krula, MaWoolson, Letitia McCann, Mrs. Hazel Hughes, Ann Roseman and Carl Krula. The county committee of the American Legion met at the post rooms of the Cape May Court House post on Thursday night and completed final arrangements for the winter rally and dance at the epunty scat- The affair this year 'will'be held in the high school of Middle township on Friday, January 29, at 8 p.m. Daily and almost hourly, new reports come in that spring is here- to all appearances of weather and growing and living things. Spring shrubbery abloom, spring bulbs are pushing plants above the surface of the ground, and garden owners are worried about what is going to happen if winter should decide to arrive about Easter time. A special Recognition Sunday Service in honor of those members who have been connected with the church for 50 years or more, will be held at tee First M. E. Church Sunday morning.

Twenty Yaxs Ago

a ferry for gars betweo vicinity and orixed in a bill day by Senator May. The men. by tiie Attorney ndment to tin year Which tablishment __ ed for in the _ Senator Bright would provide a i_ between the state ] tem of New Jersey at Cape May and the roads of Delaware. A large number of people gathered on tBe beach opposite the Stockton Baths on Sunday morning to watch Mr. Darke Mattie, a noted Brazilian swimmer, take a dip in the ocean. Mr. Msttis, who is a student at the University of Pennsylvania, returned to Philadelphia feeling much much refreshed by his mid-winter plunge.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is tha third of a series of weekly articles about the new income tax law and its effect on those in tbe tax brackets. The Star and Wave will publish a series of nine brief, informative articles on the federal income tax set-up as another service to its readers. The material contained in the series is authentic, having been compiled by the U. S. Treasury Departner! t. The Revenue Act of 1941 provides a simplified method of computing income tax in the case of individuals whose gross income is derived wholly from salary, wages or other compensation for personal services, dividends, interest, rent, annuities, or royalties, and does not exceed $3,000. A new Form 1040A has been provided for taxpayers who are entitled to and elect to.use such method. A table on the reverse side of this Form shows the amount of tax on increasing amounts of gross income after the proper allowance of $400 for each dependent, if any.

00 block of gross income and the taxpayer need only ascertain in which block his gross incoms (less allowance for dependents) falls to determine his tax. A fiat reduction of 10 per cent h«« been made in arriving at the amount of tax shown in the table for deductions such as charitable contributions and taxes paid, so that the taxpayer who uses this method does not list these but gets an automatic deduction of 10 per cent Under the' Simplified method the status of a person on the last day of the taxable year is the governing factor in determining the exemption level ($750 for single persons and married persons not living with husband or wife, and $1,500 for married persons living together) as well as the credit for dependents.

returns on Form 1040A gross income of each is from the prescribed sources and does not exceed $3,000, or they may file a single joint return on that Form if their combined income ia from the prescribed sources and does not exceed $3,000. The use of the simplified method is optional with the taxpayer but once an election has been made for any year, it is irrevocable for that year If a taxpayer files a return under the simplified method for the taxable year he may not thereafter file a return under the general provisions of the"1aw for that year. Conversely, if he files a return under the general provisions for any taxable year, he mav not thereafter file a return under the simplified method for that vear. However, a new election is allowed for each succeeding taxable year.

Cape fslanb Baptist Cbi;:) Corner of Guerney Street and Columbia Avenue. REV. ROBERT D. CARR1N 8UWDAT, JAJTUAXT 2S BtbU School ItrM A_ M. Moining Worship 11 :M AJL Baptist Training Union. «:« P. 11. Craning Worahlp. 1:4* P. M. ALL SKRYICB MSN ARB WBLCOMB TO OUR 8RRV1CRB.