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THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1942

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StiildiojuA (phDfwqandcL Cape May has NOT been bombed. Its citizens have NOT been evacuated. We are NOT living: in the eternal darkness of blackouts. Summer vacations have NOT been banned for the duration. Our houses have NOT all been painted black to obscure them from the eyes of enemy aviators. None of these things have happened to Cape May. They probably never will happen. But if the tide of the war should turn so that those things are ever officially considered. Cape May will not be alone. Every other resort, every other coastal community, probably even the large eastern metropolitan areas will have the same restrictions and regulations. Rumors, however, are rampant in Philadelphia and* its environs concerning the effect of the war on Cape May, summer home of a large number of Philadelphians. Almost daily, Cape May real estate agents, city officials and others are receiving frantic inquiries from long-time summer visitors who own property here concerning the effects of the war on Cape iSy. Somehow, for some reason, an insidious collection of war scare rumors has gone the rounds by way of the grapevine telegraph. With each telling, the seriousness of the utterly ridiculous situations is enlarged until some of the inquirers are astonished when they are told that we have not all be bombed into the sea long since. Why Cape May is bearing the brunt of this propaganda alone no one seems to know. Certainly it is not logical that any enemy action would be directed exclusively at Cape May when there are other larger, more important cities along the Atlantic coast within a short distance of Cape May. To counteract this insidious propaganda, the Cape May city commission this week launched a small advertising campaign in the Philadelphia news£p>ers, denying the rumors and urging visitors to plan normal, restful vacations in Cape May during the summer of 1942. Removal of this collection of tall talcs will be one of the principal Jobs of Cape May’s advertising and publicity campaigns this year, for unless these absurd rumors are counteracted by the truthful situation. Cape May’s resort business faces a grave problem. But the city's promotional bureau can do only so much. It needs the help of every Cape May resident who knows how foolish these wa rumors are. Many of you, particularly those who are in business, hav received or will receive inquiries concerning the effect of the war o Cape May. You can do yourself and community an invaluable service if you will take the trouble to counteract these viscious reports in your replies. It is ridiculous to think that any offensive would make Cape May its target Would any enemy militarist take the great risk involved in a trans-Atlantic flight or voyage and use the tremendously expensive munitions of modem war to attack any city the sire of Cape May when such undeniable prises as the vast industries of Philadelphia, New York, Washington or the tremendous defense industries which are scattered throughout the east could be attacked with just a trifle more trouble. Cape May has no vital defense industries. We have no multitude of residents who could be thrown into panic by a token air raid. It is not logical, either fronf> military or economic standpoint, to think that Cape May or any other city its sire would be made the object of any kind of an attack. God forbid that this nation will ever feel the sting of any kind of direct attack. But militarists agree that it is possible that there m at some time be enemy action in the form of token air raids in order break the morale of the American people and to disrupt, as much possible, our gU-out defense effort. These strategists, however, a firm in their convictions that if any such attack should come, it would be directed at the metropolises where hundreds of thousands of people could be frightened and where vital defense work could be disrupted. Those who really know the situation and the possibilities are t animous in expressing their preference to be in Cape May or other small communities rather than in the large cities if any such attack should ceme. Certainly we who live here, who know the situation first hand, feel much safer than we would were we living in the vast defense centers of our land. We hope that the many summer residents who come to Cape May each year will heed these facts and will disregard the taH talcs which are being circulated about Cape May. We know they will if they look at the situation logically. If it SHOULD happen here, well tell you. In the meantime, forget the rumors!

KNOW NEW JERSEY By G. A. Bradshaw a

Moorestown Meeting House, Burlington County

This old Meeting House, undoubtedly the oldest place of public worship in Moorestown, was built in J802. The first Meeting House was a small log affair built before 1700 and burned in 1720. It was replaced by a target stone building which accommodated the Quaker families of the neighborhood until the closing

years of the century when it became evident that a still larger budding was needed. A separation of the Society occurred in 1827 and the Orthodex Branch erected anothei building on the western end of the lot, the old Meeting House becoming the property of the Hicksite Branch. Nete Jersey Council. Nlatt Routt. Trtntou

(pWvnqJiapkA. ^ Out Of The Past ILJ

. The appointment of Benjamin A. Tomes, Democrat, of Wildwood, as a member of the Cape May County Board of Taxation, was sent to the Senate late last week. Tomes will succeed James M. Chester, Republican, of Ocean City. The' salary of the members

$1,200 a year.

Twenty Years Ago. On Monday evening last,

special meeting was held in interest of the Jewish Relief Drive which is to be held in this city, to relieve the suffering of the unfortunate people in the Near East. The following officers were elected to act during the drive: David Konowitch, chairman; Julius Schwartz, secretary; and Albert Konowitch, treasurer. Over three hundred dollars was

raised at the meeting.

Jims Joh fijispaJiaiiori. State Treasurer William H. Albright last Friday suggested the establishment of a fund to meet future post-war emergencies by taking $6,000,000 annually from motor fuel and liquor tax revenues accruing to the state and keeping it as a reserve for future use. A keen student of economics, Mr. Albright knows that the high wages being earned by defense workers in New Jersey will not last forever. Some day the defense effort will end, and when it does, these highly lucrative jobs will end. Certainly the readjustments to get industry functioning normally again will require workers, but sooner or later America will again taste the rigors of depression. Barely finished with the struggle against the economic depression which held this nation in its grip frjm 1929 until defense work became a factor in American business, our officials now have a great deal of experience in handling depressions. We have had our work projects, our relief, our many depression born programs to alleviate suffering and want We have made our mistakes and paid dearly for them. But they have taught valuable lessons. Already our local governing bodies are studying worthwhile work programs to be pot into effect whenever they become necessary to take ap the slack in post-war employment Tills emergency reserve fund suggested by Mr. Albright should be able to accumulate a large amount of money during the next few years when income is Ugh in New Jersey. It will undoubtedly be a very welcome coerce of funds which can be need to sponsor worthwhile work relief projects when the need for them arises. Mr. Albright's suggestion is s farsighted proprosal which should h* M8««s4 kg the state government and studied by k

Taken from files of The Star ind Wave for the years 1937,

1932 and 1922.

Five Years Ago Rumors that work on Cape May’s new $100,000 poetoffice building will start soon were spiked by. officials this week when it was revealed that final settlement for the land has not been made. Although preliminary negotiations have been completed, .he final title to the land has not been delivered to the Treasury

Department.

Whether or not party boat captains belonging to the Cape MayWildwood Party Boat Association should be allowed representation PhilaAiphia to attract busis to their boats was the principal question which confronted members last Thursday night. Following much discussion, it was decided to allow representatives to advertise the individual boats along streets and in parking places near the railroad terminal for the fishermen's excursion, but prohibiting ticket selling or advertising on railroad property. Plans for three marinas proposed for Cape May County have been submitted to the New Jersey Board of Commerce and Navigation and have received official approval of the board, it was revealed yesterday by Morgan Hand, 2d, of Ocean City, engineer of West Cape May, Lower Township and South Cape May. Hand has drawn plans for a fouracre marina, or harbor, at Miami Beach, just above Fishing Creek on the Delaware Bay. The basin would have a 30-foot channel 110 feet wide, leading in from

the bay, he said.

To fill a vacancy in West Cape May's borough council, caused by

the resignation of R. A. Swain, <>n juesoay oy uikkiiik up an hiL William Tobin was appointed the old wood saws and striking j Base councilman for the balance of the them mysteriously, it’s all the; ,5,ue r ' >es - , , ,

year Tuesday night by Mayor, fault of Joseph Quidort with the

Clarence Lemunyon. The no bor-! aid of hjs two brothers, one on IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING ough official took his oath of , the piano and one on the vio-, Now that the world has plenty office before Borough Clerk Theo-, lin. Joseph took an old familiar 1 of other things to worry about, dore W. Reeves. ! carpenter saw striking it with those dopes who cluttered up the

a mallet thereby extracting amaz- i late depression with chain letters ing harmony playing the popular and other kinds of foolishness songs of the day at a meeting have jstarUd again. Uncle Sam'i

The Weekly Sermon Comer: Spiritual Beauty By fhe Rev. John R North, pastor, Church of die Nazarene, Rio Grande. beasty of the Lord."

The beauty here referred to is' not the beauty of God in himself, but the beauty of God in and upon His people. It resembles the beauty of the starry sky reflected in the placid lake, the beauty of the sun mirrored in the dewdrops of the morning, the beauty of the rainbow on the dark ground of the sky, the beauty of the moon clothed in the mild splendour of the sun. It is “the beauty of the Lord our God upon.us.” This beauty is varied. It is the beauty of. faith as seen in Abraham, the beauty of patience as seen in Job, the beauty of purity as seen in Joseph, the beauty of meekness as seen in Moses, the beauty of boldness as seen ir Elijah, - the beauty of thankfulness as seen in David, the beauty of earnestness as seen in Paul, the beauty of love as seen in John, the beauty of them all as seen in Jesus. TYiis beauty, therefore, is many tinted, richly varied. This beauty is growing. *" growth is like the growth corn: first the blade, -then .... ear, then the full corn in the ear; it is like the growth of trees, first the seedling, then the young tree fenced round, then the large tree fully developed, with Its jx-autiful arch reflecting perfectly the great arch of the majestic sky overhead. It resembles the progress of light; first the twilight, then the silver dawn gradt 'll ally growing into the goldep ( Spl— J w-Sil- -

S TARBOARD

WATCH By C. Worthy

JUST LIKE HORSE TIPS

One of the most amazing things about this war to date is the great number of people who always have a story “straight from the inside" or from an “official source” concerning the doings of our Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guards and how mnch difference there is between any given number of these "official" stories about the same thing. And the” most mysterious guys anywhere nowadays are the dopes that don’t know nuthin’ about nothin' and are frank to admit it. Everybody thinks they’re concealing vital military information!

A DILEMMA NO LESS

Time was when ye ed’s biggest problem was rounding up enough news to fill up the paper every week. Now, he sez, his biggest headache is rounding up enough stuff that can be printed without violating any confidences, revealing military secrets or playing into the hands of the enemy. No foolin’, Sherman WAS right

about war . . .

On Friday evening, March 17, the Women's Community Club will hold a St. Patrick's dance in Cox’s City Pier Theatre. The price \Of admission will be 36 cents and each person will be presented with a souvenir appropriate for St. Patrick’s day. The High School basket ball game to be held on the same evening is scheduled to begin promptly at 7:30 eo that any one wishing to attend both may easily do so as it is planned by the Ways and

Means Committee which has I Pm ^interested charge of the arrangements of Uon!”

the game. - - -

NO MILITARY SECRET

Debate—Resolved, When a wo- And here’s another Navy story man leaves her home to engage i that isn't a military secret: Postin the industrial world, she is j office workers hava their hands out of her proper sphere. Tt>' be full these days, and their diffiheld at the Odd Fellows’ Hall. I culties are increased by the many Franklin street, on Friday eve- letters coming in with incomplete ning, March 24, 1922. or incorrect addresses. One let-

____ j ter they did NOT attempt

H Cape Mav .oeiety (oik alart 't Tuesday , by digging -P toe'Vg!

MASS PRODUCTION7

Valentine's Day found one local gob sending out dozens of letters, asking the recipienta to be his valentine, all worded pretty much the same. Two of his lady 'friends lived in the same town and apparently compared notes. One dropped him a note in reply, stating: “I have received your I circular letter. And I don't think

your proposi-

TEN YEARS AGO

The C. G. Patrol 182, in command of Boatswain James Anderson, of Base Nine here, struck a hidden obstruction in Delaware Bay off Fortescue last Friday night while on Bay patrol, and tore the bottom, out. The little vessel sank in five minutes and the crew was only able to escape by quick action, losing their personal property on board and sav-

ing only some guns.

Lieutenant Governor Henry Cressman, of Egg Harbor, and his guest, Willard Boxart, were welcomed at the regular Wednesday evening dinner by Kiwanis Club, the members of which enjoyed his talk on club work. The speaker stressed the importance this year of attendance, membership and Kiwanis training and was ’ enthusiastic over the local club's efforts in behalf of the

Peter Dellas, local director of the emergency relief, with other heads of the county welfare organizations, have been notified by

of the men of the Presbyterian Church one evening last week. Ronald Quidort, at the piano, drew applause by playing popuar music. Leon Quidort gave an exhibition of his ability on the violin which was well rendered.

Declares Dividend The Board of Directors of Jersey Central Power and Light Company has declared the regular quarterly dividends on its preferred stock payable April 1, 1942 to stockholders of record on March 10th. The dividends are $1.75 per share on the 7 per cent preferred stock; $1.50 s share on the 6 per cent, and $1,375 a share on the 6V4 per cent preferred

stocky

IN HOSPITAL

Mrs. John H. Sweeney, the former Miss Sally Drew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin H. Harris, was taken to Taylor Memorial

County Director Alfred Cooper Hospital, Chester, in serious conthat he is to call at an early ditioo recently. Mrs. Harris is date, a meeting at his office. AH remaining in Chester until Mrs. directors and chairmen are re-|Sweeaey is out of danger.

postoffice department recently issued a warning that chain letters

legal even if there

ANENT PINBALL BOARDS Pinball machines have now been indicted by the New Jersey Supreme Court as gambling derices, which, if the judge had asked any of the boys and gals around town who have been playin’ 'em for years, could have been decided years ago. 'Course when you come to think of it almost anything in the world can be used as a gambling device. A REAL SQUELCHER A contemporary sheet passes along this squelcher to end all squelchers: After the smart aleck salesman or other pest rambles along for a whfle, you ask: “Did anyone ever tell you how wonderful you are?” Aforesaid pest, of course, says coyly “No.” “Then Pd like to know how and when you got the idea” is the smart and accepted comeback.

Many games end in a tie but so far as we know marriage is f* only game that begins in a tie.

by day and fay night, till tile i has left her eye, and the P gone from her cheek. She i not take a throne, and leave sick mother. How beautiful is, but she does not know tt She is too absorbed, too beautiful, to be conscious either of its existence, or the admiration it excites in those who behold it So it is with spiritual beauty. It is said that Moses, when he ime. down from the mount of communion, “wist not that his

face shone.” And we have in Mat-

thew's description of the last judgment a revelation, on the one hand of unconscious spiritual deformity, and a manifestation, on the other, of unconscious spiritual beauty. “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: i for I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee! or thirsty, and gavs thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto

hn- them, Verily 1 say unto you. In-

asmuch as ye have done it unto

vme of the least of these my

brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Thus their lives were besutiful, their faces shining in the eyes of Christ, when they were all unconscious of it Thus, like the beauty of stars apd rainbows, and flowers, and birds, and children, the beauty of God jipon us, not in crescent fragments but in full^orbed splendour, is invariably unconscious, until revealed to us by those who gaze upon iL This beauty is rare. It is rare as a few flowers amid a garden

splendours of noon. Faith, mility, patience, gentleness, mpekrte^s/j/jve, are some of the' featuros of this beauty; and these, in the model Christian, shine like the sun “with growing bright-

ness."

This beauty is unfading. Earthly beauty grows until it reaches full bloom, and then it begins to fade. But not so with the beauty of God. It grows brighter and brighter, for ever and ever. Just as the sun sets in hues more golden than those in which it rises, so the man who leaves'this world, with the beauty of God upon him. leaves it lovelier than when he first entered iL For that beauty is ever growing and never fading. It is a beauty that shall defy all the ravages of time, care, disease, and death. Time cannot write its wrinkles; care cannot plough its furrows; disease cannot impress its marks upon any of the features of this beauQi; death cannot breathe upon its

fadeless bloom.

This beauty is attractive. Josephus informs us that the babe, Moses, was so remarkable for beauty, that “it happened frequently that those that met him, as he was carried along the road, were obliged to turn again upon Being the child that they left ^>at they were about and stood still a great while to look on him." Thus the perfect beauty of childhood is-attractive, and in this it is a lovely symbol of spiritual beauty. The beauty of God upon the primitive Church drew the eyes* of the heathen toward her, and forced from them the exclamation, "Behold these Christians, how they love one another.” The beauty of God upon the disciples caused the people around to wonder, and take “knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus.” The beauty of God upon Peter and the resL attracted to

“the king of beauty,” three thous- u.'s. Treasury Department,

and souls on the day of PentecosL The beauty of God upon, the members of the Church has been drawing and assimilating men of all tribes and all ages. And in proportion as her members have this beauty upon them, are they successful in making others lovely. Our daily prayer therefore, should be. “God be merciful unto us and bless usand cause his face to shine upon us; that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. I.et the beauty of the Lord, our God, l>e upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our

hands establish thou iL'

This beauty

gleaming up out of an ocean of “ sand; rare as a few star clusters shinging on the dark breast of nighL It is rare and yet free, rare and yet attainable. Oh, it is tragic that this beauty should be so uncommon when it is so free! It is universally attainable, for “it is unto all and upon all them that believe." Friend, “only believe", and let God have His way in your heart and life in saving and sanctifying power, and you shall have a spirit, and a countenance beaming with purity, beaming with love, and beaming with joy. God's way is the best

way. Mind God!

JadtA about Qnsoms Jax

EDITOR'S NOTE: Thu is the ninth of a series of weekly articles about the new income tax law and its effect on those in the tax brackets. The Star and Wave has published a series of nine brief informative articles on the federal income Jax set-up as another service to its readers. The material contained in the series is authentic, having been compiled by the

sinner is generally a reality of consciousness, the beauty that results from salvation, when perfect, may be designated an unconscious beauty. The soul of man, invested with the beauty of God in perfection, is unconscious both of the existence of that beauty and the admiration it excites in the minds of those who gaze upon iL A dutiful daughter, let us suppose, watches by the bedside of her dying mother. She anticipates her every wish, meets her every want; she serves her

Have you filed your Federal income tax return? If you come within the group from whom returns arc required, you have only until midnight, March 16, in which to file a return. * Single persons who earned as much as $14.43 a week for the 52 weeks of 1941; or married persons living together who had aggregate earnings of as much as $28.85 a week for the year, are required to file returns. The instructions attached to the forms describe the method of preparing returns, but if further information is necessary it may be obtained at the offices of the collector of inter-

unconscious, nal revenue, deputy collector, or

Whilst salvation to the believing! %n internal revenue agent in

charge. They make no charge for

their services.

If income tax returns are placed in the mail, they should be posted in ample time to reach the collector's office on or before the due date—that is midnight on March 16 for calendar year returns. Taxpayers subject themselves to a penalty for failure to file returns on time.

Flag officers of the U. S. Navy have the rank of rear-admiral, vice-admiral and admiral.

Cape fslanb Baptist Cburcb Corner of Gaerney Street and Columbia A venae. REV. ROBERT D. CARRIN

Uornlnx Worship 10:SS A. 1C. Bible School 11:4E A. M. Bepflet Trelntrur Union. «:4I P. It

Renter meeting of the Ladles' Aid Tuesday. March IS, S P. H t the Parsonage. 7*7 Washington Street. ALL SERVICK MEW ARE WELCOME TO OUR SERVICTB.

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