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Qn lAniiif JhaJvi’A SiA&rufih.^ Faced with serious problems which threaten to disrupt the normal progress and success of their principal business, officials of most Cape May County resorts met recently at Cape May Court House to plan their campaigns of attracting visitors during the 1942 season. The conference, called by Freeholder Director Percy IL Jackson, director of public affairs in Cape May County, had several definite results, which, we believe, will be mutually beneficial not onljr in meeting present-day problems but as a basis for future years. Principal result of the parley was the decision to assign to the county advertising and publicity department the task of overcoming malicious rumors which have been spread about the effect of the war on the seashore. The individual resorts will continue as in the past with their own advertising and publicity campaigns, each doing its own selling job, each attempting to attract as many visitors as possible during the course of the vacation period. This year’s plan of dividing the general problem and as—signing specific tasks to certain agencies was done to eliminate duplication of effort and to center with one agency the job of combatting the Minors. That is the sensible way of attacking the rumor problem. With each resort carrying on its own anti-rumor advertising and publicity campgn, the general impression obtained from the resort pages of the metropolitan papers—where most of the campaigns are centered—would be that there must be foundation to the wild tales if they draw a dozen or so denials. But with the county handling the job, a definite, wellplanned anti-rumor campaign can be carried out. It will not bluntly deny the tall tales, but it will extol our virtues and tell of our activities in such a way that prospective visitors may read between the lines and know that there could be no truth to the scare stories. For this year, while we are faced with these special problems, it seems that our municipal and county officials have reached an agreement which should prove eminently satisfactory. Most important of all, this year’s plan might well be a basis for closer cooperation-between all Cape May County advertising and publicity campaigns in future years. Advertising is extremely important to Cape May County resorts, for they depend upon it to attract more and ever more new visitors- Because of its importance, it deserves to be accorded full and careful consideration with greater efficiency as its goal. We can all get farther if we work together than if we work individually without any real plan of action. & QjusnJtion 0$ Jinut To be or not to be; that is the question ... about Daylight Saving Time in addition to War Time. Will we have two extra hours of daylight this summer' Or will the majority decide-to have the one hour obtained through the adoption several months ago of War Time? New Jersey municipal officials who must authorize the time change, if they decide to adopt Daylight Saving on Sunday, are in a muddle over the problem. Seashore communities are the ones most perturbed by the question. Philadelphia, from where we draw our largest number of visitors, has turned thumbs down on the extra hour. Some other large cities have ddne likewise. Will it be wise for us to have Daylight Saving Time when they don’t? Would it result in too much confusion for visi-

tors?

Ocean City’s commission last week jumped the gun and adopted Daylight Saving Time without waiting to see what other communities were going'to do. Officials of most other resorts have taken an attitude of watchful Waiting. But the time is short. If we're to have Daylight Saving Time, we must have it authorized and adopted this week. Of course, for Cape May and the other resorts, it would be ideal to have another hour of daylight. The war-time dim-out along our coast would not be nearly noticeable during the evening promenade hours. Beach and boardwalk activities would have the added impetus of increased daylight. All in all, we imagine it would be rather nice to have daylight until 10 o'clock during midsummer. But if adoption of Daylight Saving Time will tend to cause confusion among visitors and residents of our resort, we should forsake the potential benefits in the interests of harmony.

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Cape May’s city commission recently submitted, through the local board, a request to Robert K. Bell, Cape May County : rationing coordinator, for larger ration quotas of tires and

Automobiles.

The request was made following disclosure of the fact that the quotas were insufficient to meet even the requests from officers and men stationed at the Cape May Naval base, and that, because defense workers and peronnel have priority, the quotas are depleted even before civilians have an opportunity to share in the limited supply. Apparently the additional population resulting directly from the presence of Units of the nation’s armed forces in this locality was overlooked when the ration quotas were assigned by state headquarters. The officers and men stationed here need tares and automobiles. In many cases they are necessary in order for them to play their parts in the war effort They have priority over civilians and that is as it should be. They are our

fighting men.

But civilians also need tires and automobiles. Civilians of Cape May should not be penalized merely because _ we happen to have a Naval base in our midst Our civilians should be entitled to as many rationed tires and as many rationed automobiles as the civilians of any other New Jer-

sey town of a similar population.

With that thought in mind, the city officials have urged revision of Cape May’s tire and automobile ration quotas and, it is expected, the quotas will be revised soon by state headquarters so that Cape May civilians will be on the same basis

as others ha New Jersey.

Taken from files of The Star and Wave for the years 1937, and 1922. Five Years Ago A relic of the days when Town Bank and Cape May were whaling centers was discoverd Friday when part of a whale skull was caught in the dragnet of the fishing trawler Hustler while it was fishing off Five Fathom Lightship. Eighty Coast Guards and the first detachment of marines arrived in Cape May early this week for small arms target practice at the Coast Guard air station. Opening Monday, the small - arms ranges will remain open until the latter part of the sum-

mer.

Urging the board of freeholders to request the New Jersey assembly investigating committee to consider the situation in Cape May County caused by small municipalities, Freeholder Ralph T. Stevens yesterday explained that small communities such as North Cape May, South Cape May and West Wildwood wire a burden to the taxpayers of the county by virtue of their inability to meet payments of state and county

Despite a northeast wind which kept the mackerel trawlers in Cape May Harbor for four day« this week, nearly 12,000 barrels of mackerel were shipped from

the Schellenger Fish Company wharves before last night. Ten Years Ago The question of whether or not > lease the ball room of the 'Municipal pier this summer was definitely settled Tuesday by Mayor and Council by the awarding of the music contract for the season to Clarence Fuhrman, of

Camden.

Effective April 20 to .September the railroads are redicing their excursion rates 46 pen cent for * ds from Fridavs until _ jr. Under this ndw ruling tickets'*dll be sold between stations in ttds area at reduced cost, and to pointajij_tli£-Mi(ldle West, Canada and the Eastern states

generally.

Twenty Years Ago The Progressive League, the live-wire business men’s organisation of this city, although not quite a year old, has upward of 300 members and was actively instrumental in securing favorable legislative action on the New Jer-sey-Delaware ferry, which will form a new interstate link.

The Wilson tract over the land-

Lower Town-

ship is being developed.

Progress is the word at Schellenger’s Lan^g.^.-—^

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Sfre QTARBOARD O WATCH By C. WorthyDISHONORABLE MISTAKE Now that American flyers have started bombing large Jap cities, we wonder if those cockeyed orientals have started to think maybe Pearl Harbor wasn’t such a smart move after all . . . We’re all for our boys blasting the stuffing out of the whole Japanese country, but we do wish American newspapers would get together on the spelling of the names of some of those towns . . . Some say Tokyo was hit; others say it was Tokio . . . The longer the name of the town, the more numerous are the ways it is spelled . . . TIME GROWS SHORT, Last weekend, in spite of the fact that it wasn’t exactly balmy, brought a large number of visitors to Cape May, and the old town began to take on the appearance of a vacation city. Just in case you’re interested, there are only nineteen and one-half weeks until Labor Day, and it looks like those weeks will be filled with th? usual scramble to get ready, t<J do business and tojtart relaxing all over again. IT’S THE MACKEREL ) That nice weather we_ started have a couple of weeks ago seems to have gotten all messed up'wuh the normal mackerel season weather. Soon as the boats arrive— regardless of whether they come early or late—the weather man does a sharp about face and really dishes out the dirty

ther.

ORCHIDS, KIDS

Orchids to Jerry Love and the other members of the cast of the high school show which was presented last week. They did a swellegant job and made “June Mad’’ the talk of not only the town but the whole county. They tell us the kids of Wildwood Higl were really envious after seeing the Cape May show. Their annual production, 'twas said, lacked plot, slory and some of the excellent acting which made ours

outstanding. % % *

MUCH ADO ABOUT ... , You’d think after all the discussion that has taken place about the barge which is sunken in Sunset Lake, Wildwood Greet, someone would enlist the aid of the Navy and ask ’em to bomb the damed thing. Another couple

last Wednesday were

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would be success _

, successful soul winners, we i . somehow, somewhere, same

, get in touch with 7

, charged, recharged P charged with His Spirit

. We must get a vision of lost | souls, all about us and a burn-

The took of them as they followed: Jesus turned and said unto them: What seek ye ? They said unto Him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master) where dwellest Thou? He saith unto them, in the language of the text: Come and see. Oh what a wonderful invitation, coming from Jesus. Come

and see.

ing passion for winning them. Why all this preparation? Because we cannot give “

ty all this

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which we have not taken on; we cannot give out that which we have not taken in; and we cannpt lead where we are not going.

Come and see.

Andrew first found his brother, he told him 'something that interested him, and he brought

him to Jesus.

Go thousand do likewise.

Hints For Homemakers

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HANDLE YOUR SPICES

GINGERLY

By Virginia Reynolds,

of Cape May

Flavors of cakes, cookies, etc., need not be changed because of any immediate 'shortage of spices, provided, of course, that these flavorings are used only as really needed. Nutmeg for your egg nogs and spice cake, cloves to dot your pork and to make your yearly supply of pickle, cinnamon for toast, vanilla to flavor your pie fillings and cakes—these and many others are still available. Do you remember that these spices come to you from Old Mexico, from the West Indies, from other corners of the world? They are brought to you in ships which must also carry vital war materials. So handle your family spice shelf with care. Measure that teaspoon for cinnamon right into the cookie dough, don’t waste any of it. Don’t use more mustard and chili sauce than you are really going to eat. Maybe a little less vanilla in the cake recipe would do for a While.

arket

of houip , spent .n the unending discusah

of who should pay for having the barge removed, how it could be accomplished legally, etc., etc. To date, counting only discussions at public meetings of the Board of Freeholders, enough energy has been wasted on words to have moved the barge compl«tely out

of the county.

■The task of the navies of the United States and Britain ia to have effective fighting strength in all the seas,”—Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. The Navy needs 6,000 men experienced in amateur cial radio, or with experience m • radio service men. i When a Naval officer passes a senior going in the same direction he aays, “By year leave, air.*’

You can probably think of other ways to "stretch” the spices you have. And the better the job you do, the longer you will be able to enjoy the flavors your family so much - enjoys — your salads and sauces, your meats and your pickles, your puddings

and pies.

And when you've emptied of those nice spice cans with sprinkler tops, a can that fits into your spice shelf, maybe you’d better save it. Next year’s supply may not come to you in such convenient form. MAKE PENNIES COUNT Use evaporated milk for at least part of your cooking. You get the same food value at quite a bit less cost. enriched margarine for at least part of your needs. It’s cheaper and can be used interchangeably with butter. The butcher usually charges for weight of meat before trimming. Have the trimmings sent with the meat. Simmer bones with soup greens for vegetable soup. Try out fat, - and use it for

sauteing.

Compare prices of canned,

quick-frozen, and marke

tables and fruits. The canaeo or S uick-frozen ones are often icaper than the fresh and require less fuel, time and effort to prepare. Also, their food value

is well conserved.

APPLE CRISP PUDDING Mrs. J. S. Laughlin, Sea Isle City, says, “this is one of my finest recipes ...” 1 quart sliced apples 1 teaspoon cinnamon

V6 cup butter Vi cup water

1 cup sugar

% cup pastry flour. Grease casserole, add apples and water. Mix sugar, cinnamon, flour and butter untfl crumbly. Spread over apple mixture. Bake uncovered. Serve warm with whipped cream. Serves six. - FUDGE CAKE % cup butter 1% cup si

2 oz. melti

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1 teaspoon vanilla Vt cup milk 2 cups pastry flour 1% teaspoon cream of tartar Vi teaspoon salt - 1 teaspoon soda % cup boiling water. Cream butter and sugar; add chocblate. Add well beaten eggs and vanilla. Sift floor, salt and cream of tartar four times. Add alternately to butter mixture with milk. Combine soda and boiling water. Add quickly to cake batter and stir lightly. Pour into two 8-inch cake pans. Bake in moderate oven 350F for 26 to 30 minutes. Cover with any desired frosting. . Mrs. John uunton, a young Cape May bride, tells me that this is one cake she can hake and it never fails.

ASSEMBLY TO HEAR TALK ON BOMBS Police Chief John J. i . Jr., chairman of Cape May’s civilian defense council, will speak before the student body of Cape May High School tomorrow afternoon, taking as his topic “Incendiary Bombs”. Spencer will speak at Hie weekly assemb’ In the high school which will begin at 2:46.

Cape Islanb JSaptist Cburcb Corner of Guerney Street and Colombia Avenue. REV. ROBERT D. CARBIN

Moraine Worship 10:80 A. M. Sermon: "THE MIXI8TERINO SERVANT" Bible School 11:41 A. M. Baptist Training Union. 8:30 P. M. Evening Worships 7:46 P. M. Special Service of Sacred Music. ALL SERVICE MEN ARB WELCOME TO OUR BXRVICTS.

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