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Commencement Exercise Set For Tonight Forty-three members of Cmpe Mat High School’s senior class will be awarded diplomas tonight in the 49th annual commencement exercises of the local school, which will be held at Convention Hall at 8:80 o’clock. Based on the theme “The American Way”, the graduation program will consist of an overture and processional by the High School Band, invocation by the Rev. Samuel Blair, pledge of allegiance and the singing of "God Buss America” by the senior class; address of welcome by Morton Lyle, class president; violin solos by Rudolph Antonio, and trombone solo by Kennard Brown, both members of the class of

1944.

Student speakers at the commencement exercises will be Marlyn Kaskey, who will take for her subject, “Education for a Strong America": James Corson, whose subject will be “Improving Economic Well Being”; Willmira Crease, "Strengthening National Morale”; and Charles Goodacre, “Seeking World Order”. Awards will be presented by Paul S. Ensminger, high school principal, and the class will be presented by Dr. Edward E. Pickard, city school superintendent. Diplomas will be awarded by Mrs. Charlotte K. Stevens, president of (he Board of Education. Members of the graduating class are Doris Mae Beaman, Raymond Joseph Beck, Pauline Adele Bennett, Jack Channing Blume, Daniel Webster Bythewood, Mary Regina Campbell, Arthur Lewis Weil Cohen, Jr., James William Corson, Willmira Hoffman Cresse, Nancy Jayne Curtis, Dorothy Anne Doran, Edith Vernice Edmonds, Peter Anthony Francesconi, Charles Frederic Goodacre, Paul David Greenland, Mildred Marjorie Hand, Elizabeth Marie Harris, Mary Marcella Harris, Nancy Mabel Hickman, Marlyn Kaskey, Aileen Virginia Kerchner. Gloria Ann Konowitch, Edna Rachel Learning, Elizabeth Ann Lepor, Morton Clinton Lyle, Cecilia Frances McNeill, William H. Munson, Mary Emma Pavonarius, Helen Gloria Pearce, Frank Randolph, Jr., Clement B. Reeves, Bessie Mildred Riley, Dorothy May Sandgran, Barbara Valeria Smith, Frank Keeler Smith, Kathryn Eldredge Smith, Mary Jane Ware Smith, Thomas Schellenger Stevens, 2d, Walter Stevens Trout, Frances Margaret Turnier, Raymond Townson Vanaman, Jr., Dorothy Evelyn Williams, and Estella Frances Yonker.

Mayor Asks Correction Of “Time” Slap At Seashore Incensed by publication of false rumors concerning the war’s effect on the seashore in general, Mayor T. Millet Hand on Friday telegraphed “Time” magazine asking a correction in a forthcoming issue. “I call your attention to your article issued June 8, page 17, entitled ‘War Time Living’. Transportation systems are stillbringing crowds to the seashore resorts as evidenced

here on Memoial Day week-

Strict Control Of Licensees Demanded Strict compliance with the state law prohibiting sale of liquor to minors or intoxicated persons ’ was demanded on Friday by Commissioner George P. Wentzell, Cape May's director of public works, in a statement at a meeting of the commission. “I object to the young eleiftent •f the community being allowed to drink and being on the streets in an intoxicated condition," Wentzell declared. "I do not propose to vote for the renewal of any liquor license if it is necessary to have police surveillance at each licensed place In order to maintain decent conduct,” he continued. “I also feel that the license fees we charge are ina'dequate.” The commission renewed liquor license of the Tarpon Bar by a two-to-one vote, with Commissioner Wentzell voting in the negative, and adjourned until next Friday at 1:30 a hearing cn thr contested application for renew al of the license for Charlie's Bar. Jesse M-. Brown, a merchant and resident of the neighborhood in which “the place is located, appeai«r before the commission tq 'Tifotest issuance of the license for another year on the grounds that ■Rfflfrni-T noise and Igfge numbers ol loiterers milling about the sidewalk outside the bar made the place objectionable.

Directory Will Be Issued Shortly Sch^ule for the Cape May County directory of the Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Company which will be issued soon was announced today by J. H. Derrickson, commercial manager of the company. The directory closed to the general public on Friday, June 6, and will go to the printer on Friday, June 12. Directories will be shipped from the printer on June 26, and subscribers will be billed for advertising on August!. FALL FATAL TO BOY SWAINTON— Arnold Gandy, 14, of this place, died Monday in Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, of injuries sustained May 28 when he feU fra

end,” the Mayor wired. ‘The famous Cape May beach not covered with oil, bodies, barbed wire or the slightest evidence of war. The thoroughfares are adequately lighted and the coastal dim-out is taken in the usual sportsmanlike manner of Americans. We are using blue non-glare lights successfully with results that are effective and beautiful. Lights are certainly lighted both in houses and on cars under reasonable regulations. MAY DAMAGE SHORE “Your article creates false impressions which may do great damage to the tremendous seashore resort industry of New Jersey. We are patiently bearing all that is necessary to help win the war and can do without the publication of false rumors by your excellent and responsible magazine. “As Mayor o£ Cape May and a subscriber of many years’ standing, I beg you to at least to partially undo the harm which your story may cause. If you doubt my facts, I invite you here at my personal expense to enjoy the peace and quiet we offer you,” the Mayor concluded. Cape May’s efforts to combat false rumors were outlined Friday by the Mayor in a report to the city commission, following discusdon .of an article published in ’Time” concerning the war’s effect on the seashore in general. CITES EDITORIAL The Mayor cited the publication an editorial entitled “Insidious Propaganda” which.> appeared in The Star and Wave on March 5, denying many of the false rumors circulation and branding them . _ part of the Sixth Column of propaganda. Following its publication, the editorial has been widely reprinted at the request of the city commission for distribution to all local residents and business people, and is being widely circulated along with literature of local establishments. The Mayor also reported that all city literature had been reviscombat the false war ru- . and that the city publicity department’s press releases all attempted to dispel the erroneous reports. He lauded the efforts of the New Jersey Council in advertising and publicizing the safety of New Jersey’s resorts and in counterpeting the war rumors that have touched all resorts along the

coast.

Henderson Freezes Rents In Cnunty WASHINGTON—Price Administrator Leon Henderson on Thursday ordered rents frozen at March 1 levels in 24 additional areas, one of them embracing

Cape May County.

He extended the government’s rent-control campaign into every state except North Dakota. Creation of the 24 new defense rental areas brought to 366 the total of communities thus far affected by OPA rent-freezing orders. Within 60 days the new areas must bring rents into line with Henderson’s recommendations or OPA will set up a federal administrator to enforce them.

Authorize Review Of Gas Ration Cards TRENTON—Amendment No. 3 the Gasoline Rationing Regulations, copies of which have been sent to rationing offices ughout the state, gives local rationing boards full legal authority to review applications for gasoline ration cards of all

types.

The amendment also authorizes local boards to require holders of ration cards to appear before the board for examination “in order tc determine whether such holder as entitled to receive such card." In the case of a holder of an C” card the board can check on the purposes for which any such individual is using his car “in order to determine whether such card is being used for the purpose for which it was issued.” The board is required to give written notice to the card holder of the time and place fixed for his appearance at least five days advance.

Preseot Service Flag To Church IMA—A patriotic service honor men and boys of the Tabernacle Church who are now serving in the nation’s armed forces was held here Sunday evening. Dr. John Brick, of Capo Mi. Court House, .was. the speaker of the evening. Others who participated in service were Jack Elliott, Anna Ruth Fox, Freda Yearfcks and Larry Jackson. Lewis Dickinson, president of the Epworth League, presented a service flag to the church, with ar representing each of the now in service. Bertram Snypresident of the board of trustees, accepted the flag on half of the church. Men of the church now in vice are George Mason, Senser Taylor, John Borroughs McPherson, Howard Matthews, Thomas Rice, Irwin Swain, Horace Jackson, Randall Elliott, Walter McNeil, Everett Jackson, Harry Reeves, Raymond Hickman Henry Calyerly.

Brother Of Local Woman On Cythera Chief Boatswain’s Mate Edwin Post Clark, a brother of Mrs. Elmont Freas. of Cape May, was aboard the Navy patrol boat Cythera which has been reported missing and long overdue, according to a' communique received from the Navy Department this week. rk was 1 r. and Clark, 2d, of Cdtfcjfoy and Jersey City. At an early afee he enlisted in the Navy. He was a veteran of the Nicaragua campaign, and in 1981 he was awarded the Navy’s gold life saving medal for hi* heroic rescue of s shipmate in heavy seas off Panama. He joined the Fleet Reserves in 1987 and was recalled to active duty in 1939.

Man, Wife And Son Killed In Auto Accident DENNISVTLLE—A man and wife and their 12-year-old son were killed in an automobile accident near Dennisville Sunday when they were struck by an automobile while walking along the Millville-Dennisville road. Ezekiel J. Camp, 38, of 1812 Mt. Vernon street, Philadelphia, formerly of DennisviUe; his wife, May, 48, and one of their six sons, James, 12, all of the same address, were 'fatally injured in the crash. Carlos Shaw, 32, of 229 W. 24th avenue, North WildwodS, charged by state police with having been the driver of the automobile involved, was arraigned before Justice of the Peace James Coapman at South Dennis and held for the grand jury in 86000 bail on charges of reckless killing. WERE ON VISIT The three members of the Camp family had come to New Jersey for a weekend visit with Mr. Camp's father, Benjamin Camp, caretaker at the State Game Preserve at Dennisville. All died en route to the Millville Hospital, after having been picked up by passing motorists. Shaw told state police, they reported, that he was returning from Millville when, near Dennisille, the driver of a car directly in front of him, going in the same direction, apparently signaled a turn, then stopped abruptly. Directly after passing the standing car, he explained, his car struck the Camps, who were walking with traffic on the right side of the road. Eight years ago, Camp's young•i brother, Randolph, then 12, .vas killed by an automobile at about the same spot on the road. He has another brother. Manning, serving with the U. S. Army in

Iceland.

The Camps leave five other ns and six daughters.

Back From Canal

Township Students Given Diplomas COLD SPRING—Twenty Lower Township eighth grade pupils received diplomas last night in the annual commencement exercises of Consolidated School. Harry G. Silcox, president of the Board of Education, presented the diplomas. Graduates are Anna Nichols, Anna Ruth Fox, Doris Taylor, Emily Sheppard, Enora Hamre, Freda *Yearicks, Helen Oliver, Helen Yonker, Lillian Wilson, e B e v i s , Marian GarretMargaret Calverly, Mary Jane Yearicks, Rietta Mathews, Ruth McPherson, James Dickinson, John Turnier, Jonathan Munson, Leroy Bailey and Thomas Childs. le pupils zuesented an in esting progrdff as part of commencement exercises, inc a number of musical selections and a short play, entitled, Our Five Sons”.

Map Plans For Cape May USD Campaign Plans for Cape May’s local USO fund campaign were formulated last night at a meetin) of the executive committee whicl is in charge of the local drive. With a total quota of 81,200 a its share of the nationwide cam paign, Cape May already ha nearly one-third of the amount a proceeds from the Army-Navy ball which was held Memorial Day. The additional funds will be raised by a canvass and by other activities, tentatively planned by the committee. The drive is sched-

uled to end July 4.

Members of the executive committee are Donald W. Lear, local chairman, Mrs. Steven W. “ '

laway, Ensign Morris R. Brown- w ju , non o ell; Jr., and Mrs. James C. Hand.-* ~ pcaK

More than 6,000 service men visit the local USO Club weekly, according to records of the club. The work of the USO has been endorsed by the American Legion following an investigation growing out of a post's charge that the USO was wasting money in the administration of its work. Members of the Cape May USO Council are Mrs. James C. Hand, chairman, Donald W. • Lear, Mrs. Leslie R. Cresse, Mrs. Frank R. Hughes, Mrs. Mark C. Frymire, Mrs. Ralph T. Stevens, Mrs. Lorihg Eldredge, Mrs. Allen Willson, Mrs. Percy G. Fox, Mrs. F. Mulford Stevens, William Whitehead, Kenneth Miller, Gerald Griffin, Walter Trout, William Camp, Dr. E. E. Pickard, Chap-

lain Cyril E. Bentley.

H. VIRDEN BACKMAN Well known Cape May resident who has returned from Cristobal, Canal Zone, to resume his duties as a Delaware Bay and River pilot Backman left for the Canal Zone last June 18 end was on duty as a lieutenant (junior grade) U. S. Naval Reserve. During his tour of duty there he served as senior boarding officer and performed various other duties. He is now on inactive duty, having been released by the Navy due to the increased demand for pilots.

Urges Cooperation Ir, War Bond Drive Surprised that a number Cape May merchants had refused tc boost the sale of U. S. war stamps and that a number of local residents had refused to purchase war bonds although financially able, the local committee in charge of the war bond drive here this week urged wholehearted cooperation of the community. a statement issued Tuesday at a meeting of the committee, Chairman Stuart R. Trottman said he was surprised and deeply concerned by reports of committee members and workers to the effect that several flat refusals had been received. “We hope that those who have refused will reconsider and that the entire community will cooperate in this campaign to the best of its ability. With the war effort progressing, your country needs every cent of the money it seeking to borrow from you through bonds to help defray the tremendous expense. You will do yourself and your country a favor by cooperating fully in the war bond and stamp campaign," he concluded.

Borough Students Graduate Tonight Nine eighth grade pupils West Cape May’s grammar school will receive diplomas this evening at the school’s annual eoiffmencement exercises at the West Cape May Chapel. The program will be-

gin at 7 o’clock.

Diplomas will be awarded by Frank L. Bennett, president of the Board of Education. Graduates are John Kauffman, James Rutherford, Edmund McCullough, Lena Loretta Lepor, Rosalie May Rae, Dorothy StewarC'Hai ~

City Having Trouble Finding Lifeguards Candidates for appointment to Cape May’s Beach Patrol will undergo tests on Friday, June 19, or: Stockton Beach, near the patrol headquarters. Senator 1. Grant Scott, Cape May’s commissioner of public safety, announced late last week. To date only nine applications for lifeguard jobs have been re- " 'ed. and officials arc faced h a shortage of eligible men due to the draft and to high rates of pay in defense jobs, hich have claimed many former lembers of the Beach Patrol. City officials are considering the possibility of “closing” two or three beaches which were formerly protected by lifeguards as a result of the shortage of eligible men for the force. Only three veterans • with previous Beach Patrol experience are presently available for duty this season, Senator Scott said, and he and his department are having difficulty in locating a field candidates from which to choose. Lifeguards last season were granted temporary deferments by the local Selective Service board, freeing them from possible in duction until the end of the sum er vacation season. This year, —•cause the nation is at war, such a procedure will be impossible, Mayor Hand, chairman of the-local draft board, reported.

Gunnery Ranges Established By Army Engineers

aware Bay and Jarvis Sound were established late last week fa an order issued by Colonel H. B. Vaughan, Jr., district Army engineer, who designated the areas i be used by the Navy fa this strict. Aerial Gunnery Range Atlantic Ocean S-2: An area five miles wide extending 16 miles in a south by east direction normal a line running 67 degrees from point 189 degrees, 2.86 miles from Cape May Point light. Aerial Gunnery Range Atlantic Ocean S-8: An area five miles wide adjacent to and on the easterly side of Aerial Gunnery Range S-2 extending 16 miles in south by east direction from line running 67 degrees from the northeasterly comer of Range S-2. Aerial Gunnery Range Atlantic Ocean S-4: An area two miles wide adjacent to and on the easterly side of Range S-3 extending 15 miles in a south by east direction from a line running 38 degrees from the northeasterly comer of Range S-3. Bombing Area Atlantic Ocean S-6: An area one-half mile square, the center of which 165 degrees, 1.20 miles from the water tank at Cape May Naval Air Station. Bombing Area Delaware Bay S-5: An area two miles wide extending six miles in a north northeasterly direction normal to a line running 281 degrees from a point 227 degrees, 1.87 miles from Cape May Point Light. Bombing Area Jarvis Sound S-l: An area one-half mile square the center of which is 33 degrees, 1.40 miles from the water tank at Cape May Naval Station. “Prior to the conducting each target practice the areas will be patrolled by Navy aircraft to insure that no watercraft are within the danger areas and any such watercraft seen in the vicinity will be warned by means of signals £hat target practice is to take place. The patrol aircraft will —employ method of warning known ‘buzzing’ which consists of lowflight by the airplane and repeated opening and closing of the throttle.

Student speakers will be Doro-

thy Stewart, who will take for her topic “Democracy Marches On”, John Kauffman, whose topic will be “What Is An American?’’, and Betty Ernestine Harmon, who

*" ‘ “Democracy”.

Sanitary Conditions Will Be Checked More rigid inspections to raise

standards of public eating and drinking establishments in Cape May were ordered Friday by the city commission as a protection

for public health.

The commission instructed Dr. Frank R. Hughes, city health officer, to make thorough inspections of all public eating drinking places in Cape May check on their cleanliness with particular attention to be given to employees of such establish-

Two Autos Stolen, Wrecked By Thieves lice are still searching for auto thieves who early Sunday morning stole two cars, wrecking them in two accidents which resulted in considerable damage to four machines. According to police, the trail of crime began shortly before 3 a. m. Sunday when the thieves stole the car of Stanley C. Schellenger, city assessor, from the side yard of his home on Columbia avenue. Taking the car to Wildwood, the thieves wrecked it completely when it crashed into the boardwalk. A short time after that crash, the car of John McGowan, of Wildwood, was reported stolen, was found in Cape May after had crashed into two cars parked in front of a Washington street residence. All three cars inolved in the second accident were badly damaged. The parked ears which were struck here belong to Lieutenant Snyder, of 1021 Washington street That accident occurred about 3:30 a.m. a identification of the thieves has Leaffi made, police said. Their only description of those involved came from witnesses who said they saw three men dressed as sailors leave the scene of both accidents.

55 County In Draft Call For June 27 Fifty-five men from the southern section of Ceue May Conn- - ty will leave Saturday, June 27, for Fort Dix, where they wiD receive a final examination by Army physicians and be inducted into the Army if they successfully, pass the test.’ The June draft call is the largest yet filled by Selective Service Local Board No. 2. Names of the men included fa the June call will not be released until next week, pending expiration of the appeal period, draft board officials said today. Another call for men from this area will be filled on July 18, board clerks said, but details concerning the number of men to be sent were not disclosed. TAKING OLDER MEN Of the 66 men to leave June 27, 33 will be taken from the third registration group, consisting of men 36 to' 46 years of age, while the remainder will be made up of men registered fa tile first and second registrations. This will be the first time that en above the age of 35 have been inducted from the local board. In the July draft call, 30 per cent of the men required will be taken from the third registration, with the remainder from the first and second registration groups. YOUTHS TO REGISTER Preparations are being completed for the registration of youths between the ages of 18 to 20 who will register on June 8C in the fifth national draft registration. Board clerks today said registration will be carried on at board headquarters in Cape May High School, in Wildwood High School and in the old court building, Cape May Court House, under the supervision of volunteer regis-

Fourth Of July Fete .Planned For Resort Plans for an elaborate Fourth of July celebration in Cape May are nearing completion this week as various committees in charge of events are making final rangements for the fete. Included in the activities of the holiday are a large parade, which is being arranged by Allan R. Robson, a member of the Cape May Recreation Commission, and a field day, which is being arranged by Donald W. Lear, another commission member. The parade is expected to have several hundred persons, representing numerous local organizations and units of armed forces stationed here, and several bands are expected to be in the line of march. It will be climaxed by a number of brief, patriotic addresses and an interesting holiday program, according to present tentative plans. The field day, which will be held at Seaview Park, will consist of a number of athletic competitions, in which service men stationed in this area will participate. Cajle May residents and visitors are also expected to take part in the contests.

600 Attend Annual School Exhibit A capacity audience witnessed the annual exhibit of work done in Cape May Public Schools Monday night as an estimated crowd of 600 persons filled the high school auditorium '‘'to view the various displays. Included in the exhibit were an art show, a display of airplane models built by students for use in Navy observation training, an exhibit by the physical education department, a fashion show presented by tiie home economics department and exhibits of grammar school work. Highlight of the exhibit was the presentation of three flags and five batons to the newly organized Cape May High School band. An American flag, a city flag and a school flag were presented at the ceremony. . _ Theme of the exhibit was Building Civilian Morale” and the display was centered about war-time activities of local school students.

Robert Starr Wins Scholarship Robert Starr, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. Walter Starr, Jr., of Cape May, was graduated from Haverford College on Saturday. He won a four-year scholarship and will epte*" Hahnemann Medical College- after July 27. Dr. and Mrs. Starr attended the graduation exercises at Haverford. Miss Elwes Sattler, of St. Louis, Mo., a student at Western University, Oxford, Ohio, is young Starr’s house guest at the home of his parents.

WAR DAMAGE INSURANCE Government War Damage Insurance to protect your property against loss from enemy attack or resistance to attack can be arranged through this office. Rates for Private Dwellings and contents, Churches, Hospitals, 10c per <100 per year. Rates for Apartments, Hotels, Manufacturing plants 15c to 30c. Information as to rates’ and coverage furnished on request. CHAS. T. CAMPBELL AGENCY

Bell Phone 22

Keystone Phone 441

Appoints Appraisers For Airport Land Three commissioners to fix prices and appraise the value of land to be condemned for the newfederal airport in Lower Township were appointed by Supreme Court Justice Frederic R. Colie this week. He signed a court order naming Harry Tenenbaum, Mauritt Williams and J. Walter Myers to make the appraisal of about 40 acres of property inivolved. in present condemnation proceedings by the county. The same three had previously been designated to appraise another tract needed for the airfield. Application for the order was made by County Solicitor Robert K. Bell.

Local Youth First Negro In Marines Warren B. Allison, a student at Shaw University, son of Mr. apd Mrs. James Allison, of Lafayette street, Cape May, is probably the first Negro to be accepted by the U. S. Marine Corps. This statement was made recently after Allison had passed the physical examination and was ready for formal induction which took place June 1. Allison was a member, of the Shaw University football team of the past season and will now be a member of the first battalion of Negroes, numbering 900, to be recruited throughout the United States. At present the recruits are placed on inactive status and will remain so until a training station is made ready. The station - will probably be in the vicinity of the New River' Marine base. ^_