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CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1942

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Fifth Column Subject Of League Meet

Munieip*! offici»U, member* of local defeoM councils and police chiefs from all sections of the county are expected to gather at Cape May Court House tomorrow evening for the monthly meeting of the Cape May County League

of Municipalities.

Prosecutor French B. Loveland and an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will address the meeting on the work of the Fifth Column in this country and the obligations of local officials in counteracting and halting sub-

versive activities. i Defense Meeting Theme contestants m the county This month’s league meeting I competition wiU each receive medwill be devoted to the theme ofi* 1 * from .the American Legion national defense. Councilman John IR?* 1 ' n their home community. 0. .Bucher, of Stone Harbor, sec- Winners of the state contest will

Oratorical Contest Here Next Tuesday

The first annual Cape May County oratorical contest,

under the sponsorship Of the American Legion, will be held in the auditorium of Cape May High School Tuesday evening, March 3, at 8 o'clock, Paul S. Ensminger, county and district

chairman of the contest, announced this week. Representatives of all Cape May County High Schools

will compete for county honors in the contest here, and the county winner will compete for South Jersey district honors at Atlantic City on March 13. The district winner will match oratorical skill with other district, wipnars in Trenton on March 26 for the state championship, and the state winner will then compete in the national American Legion oratorical

contest

Mtary of the league, said today. “Far more seriou* than possible air raids in Cape May County are the probable activities of Fifth Columnists,” Bucher said. "The air raider must somehow get across the Atlantic - others are here right nowl “What can civilian defense

councils do about itT

"We have invited County Prosecutor French B. Loveland to sup-

.. — --A Freeholders Room, Cape May Court House, on Friday, February 27th, at 7:30 u.m. To Show Films “He will have with him a representative of the FBI. who will explain some things Unde Sam wants us to do. "Also through the courtesy of the State Defense Council and the cooperation of the Cape May High School we will show two sound motion pictures. ‘Fighting the Fire Bomb’, and 'The Warniitf. We urge every Mayor, Township Committee Chairman, Civilian Defense Council member and every Chief of Police in the coun. ty to attend," Bucher said.

Observers To

Have

Rally

A rally for all members of the Lower Township observation poet will be held in the -Consolidsted School. Cold Spring, on Thursday, March 6, at 8:30 p.m. All members of the observation post not on duty at the time of the rally are requested to be present or to be represented by some member of their families. All chief observers and observers of all other posts in the county have been invited to attend, and all civilians interested in the work or other branches of civilian defense have been urged to

present.

Alex Barkalow, commander of the Byron Pennington Croker Post. American Legion, of Wildwood, will be the speaker of the evening. Edward Nestor, past commander of the Wildwood post, under whose sponsorship the Lower Township observation post operates. will also speak. A representative from the Cape May Naval base will give a brief address on the identification of planes, according to plans outlined by those in charge of the ob-

be presented with a gold medal and $200; second prize winner will receive a silver medal and $50; third prize will be a bronze medal and $25 and fourth and fifth prises will be bronze medals,

. _ ligh school winning the competition will also be awarded custody of the Harold Hoffman

trophy.

Contestants Named Contestants in the Cape May County competition will be Miss Norma Taylor, of Cape May High School; Robert Gee, of Middle Towrnship High School; Miss Isle Soliwab, of Woodbine High School; and representatives of Ocean City and Wildwood High Schools who have not yet been

named.

The contest will be judges on two sections, a 10-12 minute prepared oration on any patriotic subject and an extemporaneous four, to six minute address on some clause of the Bill of Rights. Officials Chosen Judges of the county contest, first ever held in this county, will be Henry H. White, county agricultural agent, Lee V. Courier, county agricultural teacher, and E. L. Johnstone, superintendent of the Woodbine Colony. Paul Snyder, of Cape May. will be timekeeper, and Percy d'Romtra, of West Cape May, county Legion commander, will be contest chairman. Music will be furnished by the West Cape May string band, Mr. Ensminger said.

Write To Service Men, Unit Urges Show the boys in the service that the folks “back home” are with . them 100 per cent. Help maintain the morale of service men. WRITE TO THEM! That ia the appeal of the Young People’s Council of the Capep May County Council of Religious Education. Through the churches and through the newspapers of the county’, the Council aaks that families which do not have boys of their own in service write letters to some oOier youth from this county who is in the armed forces. Men and women, young old, who are willing to “do their bit" in this small way are asked to communicate with Miss Dorothy Brown, Hand avenue, Cape May Court House. Miss Brown will furnish names and addresses of those in the service who will be pleased to receive letters from home.

Bennett Named To Head College Club

Lewis Bennett, Jr., of the Teacher Training Department, Rider College, Trenton, was elected president of the Teacher Training Club for the year 1942 and 1948 at a meeting of the club held recently, according to an arti-le aopearing in the Rider

News, school periodical

Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Lewis S. Bennett, of Oneen street, „„„ Cane Mav. will preside at the; sung by the Glee Club,

flrst anneal convention of the' The Rev. Samuel Blair, pastor ijnb which will be held at Palti- of the First Methodist Church, tnora during the Easter holidays, was the principal speaker.

Mrs. Long To Be Honored Mrs. Howard T. Long. vi -hairman of the Cape May Coun'y Red Cross volunteer services, rill leave Cape May shortly to 'oin Lieutenant Long who has been transferred from the Cape May Naval base to Philadelphia. Following a Red Cross meeting it the Episcopal parish house Monday afternoon, Mrs. H. B. Mecleary, county volunteer service •hairman. will give a tea in Mrs. Long’s honor. The tea will be riven under the supervision of the canteen group of the Red Cross which has recently completed its course of training. Mrs. Mecleary today issued a statement in which she emphatically denied rumors that she or any members of the volunteer service staff of the American Red Cross in Cape May County are receiving compensation for their “Every member of the volunteer special service group in Cape May County is a true volunteer, giving his or her services without compensation of any kind,”

Mrs. Mecleary said.

“Rumors have come to me that 1 am receiring a weekly wage for my Red Cross work, and 1 desire to state publicly that the Red Cross is not paying anybody

in Cape May County.

“The Red Cross headquarters office on Decatur street has been given by Mr. Kennard Skilling and its operation is supported by the volunteer workers themselves. I personally provided the furnishings for the headquarters building," Mrs. Mecleary said.

Flag Presented To Chapel On Sunday Special exercises at the West Cape May Chape] Sunday afternoon took the form of flag presentation Ceremonies with Walter Daebler presiding. The Junior Circle Class having secured the necessary funds to purchase an attractive silk Christian flag complete with staff, base and all accessories presented it in honor

of Walter B. Savage.

The program was as follows: solo by Ralph Bakley, with the Glee Club joining in the chorus; 1 reading of the lessor led by Clif-, ton Reeves, acting superintendent; violin and trumpet duct by Bobby Swain and Charles Swain, 3d.; dedication of flag by Bobby Lemunyon: prayer, Charles Weeks: “Tile Old Rugged Cross"

Flames Sweep Meadow Land Fanned by a strong and biting northwest wind, flames raged over a large expanse of meadowland and thick brush between Cape May Point and South Cape Cape May Saturday evening, imperilling an Army unit, a Naval radio station, the Cape May Point Coast Guard station, all in the vicinity of historic Cape May Point lighthouse. Firemen from all surrounding communities, aided by soldiers, sailors and Coast Guards battled the blaze for three hours before it was halted by a backfire. Sweeping rapidly across meadow, the flames jumped Mt. Vernon avenue in several places, ind the strong wind pushed them in both sides of the Toad toward South Cape Mav Itsetfires in the vicinity of the Spanish houses along Mt. Vernon .’i fin'-Mv. checked the conflagration after'it had swept area a mile wide and a mile uid a half long. Care May’s fire company h- first to arrive at the scene. It was followed shortly by fire •omraaies from Cape May Point, West Cape May, the Naval air nation. Villas, .Wildwood and five engines were sent here from At-

lantic City.

Kiwanis Club Teams Named r Kiwanis Club attendance contest got under way this week at the regular meeting of the local organization last night. Chairmen of various club committees made reports at last might’s' meeting, and plans were announced for an inter-club meetly on March 8. Members of the various attendance teams are as follows: Floyd C. Hughes, Albert B. Little, Edward E. Pickard, Earl Hollingsead, Allan R. Robson, Edward P. Griffin. Steven J. Steger and T. Millet Hand. W. Harry Reeves, John J. Spencer, Jr., Lewis T. Stevens, Mary C. Frymire, Clifton Ware, F. Mulford Stevens, Frank W. Hughes and Herbert C. Harris. Charles A. Swain. L. Wallace Douglass, Clarence D. Fisher, Harry Kunz, Gerald M. Griffin, Daniel J. Ricker, I. Grant Scott, Kenneth L. Miller and George C.

Clarice.

E. R. Crease, Guy E. Riley, Stewart R. Trottman, Frank Rutherford, Harry Lehman, Charles B. Shields, Clifford A. Sharp and William C. Schellengcr. County Teachers To Aid Discussions Seventeen Cape May County •school teachers have been asked to serve as associates in Democratic Discussions, a series of forums being sponsored the New Jersey Education Association as part of its long-time program for the improvement of education. | County teachers who have been i asked to serve arc Mrs. Dorothy Reeves, Cape May; Miss Dorothea Wein, countv helning teacher, Mrs. Caroline Underkofler, Cape May; Mrs. Grace L. Stevens, county helping teacher; Elizabeth M.- Pell, Middle Township; Mrs. Emily Claypool, Dr. John P. Lozo and John W. Brown, all of Wildwood: Milton T. Bingham, Sea Isle City; George E. Brown, Helen M. Derrick. Martha H Forbes, William Halloran, Carlyle Kilby, Mrs. Kathryn H. Wilks and Anna F. Wilson, all of Ocean City. i

New Group From County To Take Army Test Fri. Fourty-four men from the southern section of Cape May County will Wate for pre-induc-tion examination at Camden under the Selective Service law Friday, officials of Local Board No. 2, in charge of conscription in this area, announced today. A number of other local men who were examined several weeks ago will go to Fort Dix on Friday for induction into the Army. Those from Cape May, West Cape May and Lower Township, who will be sent for induction tomorrow are William Cox, Walter Richardson, Norman Dellas, Arthur Wing, Edgar Garretaon, Jr., George Mason, John Price, Jesse Johnson, Jr., Raymond Rollins, Woodrow Smith, Arthur Sheets, Emlen Fisher, Albert Naramore, Edward Locke, and Leonard Sand-

gran. Jr.

Those scheduled to go to Camden for pre-induction examination on Friday are Marshall E. Behr, Edward S. Dunlap, Richard B. Fitzpatrick, Mark R. Sooy, and Walter F. Isberg, all of Wildwood; Thomas H. Lavcry, Cape May; Herbert L. McPherson, Cape May Court House; Carl W. Walter, Wildwood Crest; Eddie J. Cochrane, Wildwood; Mahion T. Moon. Cape May; Guy B. Hunt,, Wildwood; Willard C. Hand, Court House; Lott Cornwell, Cape May; Elvin Mitchell and Raymond Ward, Wildwood; Elton T. Crandal, Goshen; William Harry Reeves, Cape May; Harry Keating, Jr., Wildwood; Omar E. Axelson, North Wildwood; James J. Burns, Cape May; Gustav P. Bowman, William L Griffin and Rubin Wolfson, Wildwood; Edmund S. Learning, Cape May; Anthony Fulginiti, Jr., Harry C. Fisher and Nicholas J. Riceo, Wildwood; James F. Dennison, Wildwood Crest; Nicholas Nelson, Cape May; Louis J. Matters, Wildwood; William E. Maxwell, North Wildwood; Howard Matthews, Robert E. Smith, both of Cape May; Aaron D. Gidding, Sylvester A. Grande, both of Wildwood; William G. Bright, North Wildwood; John E. Taylor, Frank Franca and Frederick W. Cole, Jr., all of Wildwood; Virgil Snyder and Francis L. Stout, both of Cape May; Joseph A. Jordan, North Wildwood. Earl Fox, Wildwood, and Edmund Stanton,

Board Splits Over Street Surfacing Cape May’s city comm had one of ite infrequent eplita Friday when it approved by a two-to-one vote plans and specification* for the surfacing of New Jersey avenue with FABC-1 bituminous concrete under the 1942 street improvement program. Plans approved by the commission and forwarded to the State Highway Department for approv- ■’ provide for a surface width 28 feet with 13-foot gravel shoulders. State aid funds

Draft Lottery On March 17 Selective Service officials Sunday set the new draft lottery for March 17—St Patrick's Day —and announced that the numbers determining the order of liability of service of some 9,000,000 men will be enclosed in green capsules. The lottery will follow In general the procedure of the two previous drawings under the selective service law. Capsules containing humbera will be mixed, then drawn by blind-folded government officials. The goldfish bowl first used in the 1917 World War drawing again will hold the numbers. The men whose numbers will be drawn are those who registeron February 16, when all aged to 44, inclusive, and not previously registered signed up with their local draft -boards. Between now and the lottefy, draft boards will shuffle the new registration cards and number them T-l, T-2, T-3, etc., the “T” standing for third registration. Similar sets of numbers will be the lottery capsules. 1 Those holding the first number drawn will be the first of the new group of registrants to be considered for military service. All the new registrants, how•er, will be placed behind those ready registered on draft

BRANCH BANK HERE TO CLOSE ON SATURDAY

The Camden Trust Company’s Cape May branch office will close on Saturday. February 28, bank officials announced recently in a

public statement.

The bank, a Cape May institution for many years, will be closed because of the increasing difficulty of operating a branch of the Camden institution.

INCOME TAX REPORTS PREPARED Have your Income- Tax prepared early, and avoid the last minute worry. Also Social Security Forms and Unemployment Forms prepared. PAUL SNYDER. 281 WINDSOR AVENUE Key. Phone 900 - Residence Phone 681 - Bell Phone 90

plans approved Friday, the dty commission will finance construction of the additional eight-foot

surface.

Hand Votes No

Mayor T. Millet Hand voted against approval of the plans, contending that the additional width would not be of sufficient value to justify the expense to

the dty.

The Mayor said that even with the 8-foot additional paving, the gravel shoulders would still be 13 feet in width, so that the City was really paying for a 4-foot reduction of shoulder*. The Mayor characterized this as “inconsequential”, and “not worth the money.” “For a 20-foot width, we get a (Continued on Page Four) Ex-Freeholder Buried Sunday Frederick P. Canfield, 82-year-old Avalon real estate man and former Cape May County freeholder, died Friday at his home in Avalon. He had been in poor health for several years. Born in Springfield, 111 Mr. Canfield moved to Ocean City in 1886, where he later was elected a member of city council. Moving to Avalon in 1904, he was elected borough assessor and later borough clerk. When the city commission form of government was adopted Avalon in 1919, he was electei member of the commission, was re-elected to that post 1922. After that, he was elected to the Board of Freeholders. While a resident of Ocean City, Mr. Canfield was active in the establishment of the First Presbyterian Church. He was also a charter member of the Methodist Church at Avalon. He leaves his widow, Rose, and

Meeting Here Friday To Discuss Canal; Engineers To Speak A meting of property owners whose holdings will bo affected by construction of the proposed Cape May County canal will b# held at Cape May city hall Friday evening, February 27, at 8 o’clock. Senator L Grant Scott announced

this week.

Notices have been sent to those owning property in the vicinity of the proposed canal route, and Senator Scott issued a statement to the press in which he urged anyone who has any interest in the canal project to attend the meeting. ' Lieutenant Colonel H. B. Vug-

Services were conducted Sunday afternon at Cadman’s Funeral .Home, Ocean City. Burial was Zion Cemetery, Bargaintown.

Oppose Use Of Auto Tax Fees Proposals before the New Jersey Joint Appropriations Committee to divert $21,129,095 of automotive tax funds to non-highway purposes were vigorously condemned by the New Jersey Highway Users’ Conference at Its annual meeting in Trenton recently. Director P. H. Jackson, of the Cape May County Board of Freeholders, a member of the conference, reported this .week. “Those proposed diversions would be equivalent to approximately 60 per cent of the $36,553,693 of anticipated general revenues to accrue to the State General Fund in the coming fiscal year,” David H. Agans, master of the State Grange and Chairman of the Conference, as-

serted.

“Clearly the motor vehicle owners of the state are being made the tax goats of New Jersey. They pay millions of dollars to build our highways and in addition they are being called upon to assume an increasing part of the state's general tax burden. Can any reasonable citizen say that it is fair that our highway users should be called upon to pay for the roads, and then pay a surcharge equalling the combined total paid by the railroads and the imbibers of intoxicating beverages?” Agans demanded. Draft Registrant Loses Appeal

Sunday School Honors Ogden For Service

Sunday was observed in th. First Methodist Church as a day of recognition for Luther C. Ogden, who recently resigned after serving for 23 years as superintendent of the Sunday School. At a recent election of officers, the retiring head of the school was elected superintendent emeritus. Before a large assembly, Edwin . Brunyate, teacher of the Men's Bible Class, who was presented by Carl Landis, genera] superintendent, gave an appreciatory testimony to the high esteem in which Mr. Ogden is held in the

school and in the community.

“Mr. Ogden is loved and respected because he has insisted on giving the world more than it has given to him," Mr. Brunyate said. “The impact of his life is felt all over New Jersey. During the 23 years of his incumbency, he has averaged 60 attendances each year. Tnis means that in this school 15,000 young people have come under his influence on the 1,150 Sundays of his aggre-

gate attendance.”

At the conclusion of his address, Mr. Brunyate summoned Mr. Ogden to the platform and presented him with a token of esteem from the Sunday School in the form qf a purse. In response. Mr. Ogden said it had been “a pleasure to work in

the schqol.”

(Continued on Page Four) Discarded Tags Being Salvaged The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Department’s plea that motorists turn in discarded automobile " cense plates at inspection i tions throughout the state brought good results in Cape May County to date, Vernon T. Farrow, supervisor of the inspection center at Mayville, said

this week.

A large number of license plates have already been received at the Mayville station, Farrow

.id.

One of the tags turned in at the station was for the year 1908. That year the license plates were made of heavy black leather. The aluminum numbers were tacked on the leather background and the tags also had aluminum badges, certifying that the manufacturer was authorized by the motor vehicle commissioner make them. New Jersey license tags tinued to bear the aluminum certification for several years, bui the leather backgrounds were discarded and replaced by metal. Salvage committees throughout the county have urged motorirts to heed the plea of Motor Vehicle Commissioner Arthur W. Magee turn in discarded license plates that the metal can be reclaimed and put into defense produc-

han, Jr, U. S. Army district engineer, was invited to attend the

Lenten Mission To Be Held In County

New Jersey Methodism will launch a Conference-wide spiritual mission covering the period from March 2 to March 6, it was

announced this week.

Bishop E. G. Richardson, of the Philadelphia District, has arranged the mission, and Dr. Charles D. Whitton, of Millville, superintendent of the Bridgeton District, has announced the following schedule for this part of Cape

Mav County.

March 2, First Methodist Church, Cape May. Rev. Edward

Local Board No. 2, in charge of

Selective Service in the southern ^ „ , vc „. c , UWOIU section of Cape May County, this Graham, speaker; March 3, Tabweek was upheld by the Stole e m a cle Church, Erma, Rev. SamAppeal Board following an appea „«.] p|„ ir> waiter; March 4. for a change in classification filed Methodist Church, Dias Creek recently by a Wildwood draft r* v Miller E. Gravenstine, speakreeistranL er . Marrh 6f Fi „ t Mcthrdi a, Kenneth Coombs, of Wildwood, Church. Wildwood. Rev. William appealed a 1-A classification, con- --ruti-nd, shaker- March 6. •ending that he should be placed c,pe May Court House Metho,n *r v e * erre ^ c ‘ ass - i. ^ ^ ''V'rcb, Rev. Stephen Sliker.

Taken under consideration by speaker

fhe Anpeal Poard. Coo-lw’ classi- Meetings will convene at 7:8C

icatnn. assign^ by the Locsl 0 . n, of K" Edward Graham i

: ■ -K-wI Worn- r-on leader in charge of the so iuesezy. • -riled mission.

owners the effort of te project on their respective holdings, but will be unable to be present. He has assigned L. D. Shuman, N. B. Scarborough and Engineer Mullineaux, representatives of his office, to attend. To Explain Canal Effect Senator Scott said the meeting will attempt to explain to the various property owners the manner in which the project will affect them, and to outline suggestions relative to the project More than 100 property owner* whose lands are located near the canal route have received notices of the meeting, urging them to attend and discuss details of the plans. Senator Scott said he hoped the meeting would allay some of the rumors that are being dfrculated about the proposed route. A great number of the property owner* affected have lands which will be used only as spoil disposal areas, the Senator pointed out. Route Being Marked Surveys for the canal have' been completed and the route from Cape May Harbor to Delaware Bay is being marked by a crew of workmen from the Army Engineer's office. Construction of the canal ia expected to start shortly after March 1, upon arrival of a huge government dredge, which ia now completing another project. It u estimated that the. construction work will require approximately three and one-half months, and that the canal will be completed before mid-summer. Will Complete Waterway According to plans 'disclosed recently by Senator Scott, chief proponent of the canal for several years, the waterway will have a width of 300 feet at the surface and will toper- down to a width of 100 feet at the bottom. Part of the disposal from the canal construction is expected to

Speed Work On Chemical Plant With preliminary work proceeding rapidly, actual building and tank construction is expected to start within the next three weeks at the site of the milliondollar chemical plant which will be constructed near Delaware Bay, along Sunset Boulevard, by the Northwest Magnesite Com-

pany.

Workmen for several weeks have been pouring concrete footings for > tanks and buildings

compose the large

which will , chemical extraction plant. Excavation work is progressing

rapidly, according to engineers in charge of the project, and it is expected that main building construction will be started in two or three weeks, depending upon weather conditions and the progress of the preliminary work

during that time.

The huge new plant, which will coryiisfc' of approximately 20 buildings, most of them large tanks to be used in the process of extracting sintered magnesite from the water of Delaware Bay, will be among the first of its kind. A comparatively new extraction process, developed and patented in Great Britain, will be used for the extraction of magnesite from sea water.

Red Cross Canteen Unit Organized A new Red Cross canteen unit will be organized in Lower Township on Tuesday, March 3, at 10 a.m., officers of the township branch of the organization announced this week. Mrs. Virginia Countryman, of Can- May, will be instructor. The canteen will be located in the kitchen of the Consolidated School at Cold Spring. Instructions covering a period of seven weeks will be offered to 12 persons every Tuesday. Those wishing to take the course are renueirted to enroll with Mrs. Catharine Matthews, chairman of tfc«. canteen division, or Mrs. Estelle Poulaon, chairman of the Lower Township Red Crocs.