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88th YEAR, No. 33

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CAPE MAY. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1942

Complete Plans For Coronation Program Aug. 21 The coronation of Queen Maysea XV, one of the outstanding August events at this resort, wifl take place at Convention Hall Friday evening, August 21. Preparations for Idio event are nearing completion, and a capacity audience is expected to crowd Convention Hall to witness the crowning of the new juvenile ruler of Cape May. Nine-year-old Betty Carey Dunning, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Fitzgerald Dunning, of 107 Churchwarden’s Road, Baltimore, Md., will be crowned as Queen Maysea XV. She will' succeed Patsy Ann Gaw, of Pittsburgh, Pa., who has been honorary queen of Cape May since last August. SCOTT TO OFFICIATE New Jersey Senate President I. Grant Scott, of Cape May, will officiate at the coronation, ‘ stowing the crown upon the queen and presenting her with the sceptre and the royal robes of

office.

The large royal court will be elaborately costumed, and the coronation is expected to be one of the most colorful events of its kind along the Atlantic coast. The new queen’s attendants will include Mary Frances and Virginia Gilligan, of Abington, Pa.; Judy Ann Killeen, Mimi Endicott, Cape May; Ann Wake, of Connecticut; and Irwin Renneisen, ol

North Philadelphia. JUBILEE ARRANGED

Following the crowning of the queen, a star-studded juvenile jubilee entitled “School Days” will be presented under the direction of Madelyn Love England. The revue will have a cast of more than 50 young performers, all stars in various special

bers.

Specialty and group numbers will be presented by the large cast in the revue which will climax the coronation program. Tickets for the event are now on sale at the Solarium, adjoining Convention Hall, and the advance ticket sale indicates a large audience will attend the event.

Church Speaker

20 Extra Bicycles To Be Rationed Five bicycles. Cape May’s August ration quota, were allotted to defense workers by the local ration board at a meeting Monday night, Dr. L. C. Ashbum, board chairman, disclosed this week. An additional allotment of 20 bicycles for residents of this area during August has been obtained from state OPA headquarters following a request for a larger number, made recently by Dr. Ashburn to James Kemey, Jr., state director. The local board Is considering applications for bicycles which have been accumulating since bicycle rationing became effective several months ago. With the first rush for supplemental allotments of gasoline past, board members and the clerical staff are now working on normal rationing board routine. Five bicycles were released Tuesday to Ernest Parker, William D. Clement, Laura Allers, Edgar M. Norris and William D. Ross, all defense workers.

Urge Early Return 6f Questionnaires With occupational questionnaires now in the hands of the 2,392 men between 45 and 65 who registered under the Selective Service law in April, officials of Local Board No. 2, in charge of administering the Selective Service law in this area, today urged registrants to reply to the questions and return the query sheets promptly. NjLast of the questionnaires were mailed from draft board headquarters at Cape May High School yesterday, Miss Margaret McCullough, clerk of the board, announced, Registrants have 10 days in which to reply to the questions and return the questionnaires to board headquarters where the replies are placed on file and turned over to the U. S. employment service officers. A large number of the early questionnaires, have been overdue when they were returned by registrants, and the delay has resulted in disruption of office routine both'locally and at state Selective Service headquarters. Board officials cautioned all men receiving questionnaires to reply to them and return them as promptly as possible to avoid unnecessary delays. *

DR. T. C. PEARS, JR. Manager of the Presbyterian Department of History who will deliver the annual Rally Day sermon at the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church Sunday morning.

Br. Stine Asked To Address Cottagers Invitations have been issued this week for the third annual dinner-meeting of the Cape May Summer Cottagers’ Association which wiy be held at Congress Hall on Friday evening, August

21.

Dr. Charles M. A.. Stine, of Wilmington, Del. and Cape May, vice president of the duPont industries and a director of the association, has been invited to address the meeting ns principal speaker. Brief addresses will be made by association officers and guests of honor. A musical program will presented by Miss Hene Damur, of New York, who will sing number of selections. Miss Dam appeared early this season at i Cape Theatre, where she played two seasons ago as a member of the summer stock company. Subscriptions are being taken and reservations may be made with Mrs. Thomas Hart, who is charge of ticket sales, or Mrs. Giraud Foote, dinner committee chairman. Other committee members are George C. Clarke, vice chairman of the dinner committee; Mrs. Charles F. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Godwin and Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Watson. Proceeds from the association’s dinner will go to the Cape May USO Club to help finance the work of the club among service men stationed in this area. A large attendance of association members and friends is expected. Cape May Art Show Bpens Bn Saturday The fourth annual Cape May summer exhibition of paintings will be held at the Casino, Boardwalk and Madison avenue, from August 15 to August 31, it was announced this week by the Cape May County Art League. The exhibition is being sponsored by the City of Cape May, under the auspices of the Art League, and will be composed entirely of water-colors by many of the leading artists of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This year’s show will be larger and more comprehensive than heretofore, and is expected to be tnb equal of any show held in metropolitan centers. The opening reception and preew will be held on Saturday, August 15, from four until seven o’clock, at which time the award of the picture purchase prize will be announced. The prize picture will hang permanently in one of the public buildings of Cape May. The exhibition will be open daily from 11 a.m. until nineji.m.

Church Marks Anniversary Next Sunday The Rev. Dr. Thomas Clinton Pears, Jr., of Philadelphia, man-, ager of the Presbyterian Department of History, will deliver the annual Rally Day sermon in the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning at 10.30

o’clock.

As manager of the Department of History Dr. Pears is in charge of the library and museum of the Presbyterian Church in the United State, which is located in the Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia. The library is said to be the largest and most valuable collection of church memorabilia in the world relating to a single

Communion.

Dr. Pears is also secretary of the Presbyterian Historical Society and of the American So-

ciety of Church History.

The Cold Spring Presbyterian Rally Day will mark the 228th anniversary of the founding of

Hospital Board Announces Date Of Annual Meet COURT HOUSE — Plans for the first annual meeting of the Cape May County Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital Foundation were made at a meeting of the Board of Governors here Monday afternoon. The session will be held Tuesday evening, September 1, at 8 o'clock in the old court

building.

Members of the Board of Governors will be elected and the board will then _ name officers for the ensuing year. All persons who contributed five dollars or more in the county hospital drive last year are invited to attend. The’ by-laws provide that for 12 months after their gifts contributors of $100 or more shall be sustaining members; $25 or more contributing members; and five dollars more, annual members. LIFE MEMBERS NAMED

Honored Guest

,, . . i -.. i Under the terms of the by-laws, Ihe chmh A Iwre ranpegjtion L, the ori ea & Ila , u : » expected to attend the My „f jaco^onHon a „ Iife nanbers

Dap-annixereary .ervice, the Rev. thc William Bullock, pastor of the ,,

, Thev are Mr«. •

dhurch, said this week.

Vocalists at the anniversary service will be Mrs. Harry H. Needles and Mrs. Madelyn Love

England, both of Cape May.

Lewis T. Stevens, of Cape May, will give the response to the address of welcome at the Rally Day service Sunday morning. Howard G. Reeves, organist of Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, will assist at the organ both morning and evening.

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Men Examined For Army Buty Weds. A large group of Selective Service registrants left Cape May yesterday morning for the Camden examination center where they were given final physical aminations by Army physicians upon which their acceptance or rejection for- Army service will

be based.

Until press time last night, no report of the Army doctors’ decisions was obtainable. A number of men named last week as possible selectees have enlisted in various branches of the service, and several have been reclassified by _ the local board during the last week. Those who have enlisted are George Allen Chancey, Wildwood, Navy; George Hawthorn Coombs, North Wildwood, Coast Guard; Robert John Jordon, North Wildwood, Coast Guard; William Joseph Nolle, North Wildwood, Navy; Benjamin Pritchard. Erma, Navy; Elvin Turpen, Wildwood, Navy. John Sterner Feldt, Wildwood, was transferred to a local board -in Massachusetts; Edgar Ryder, Mayville, was reclassified to 3-A; Jerome Thomas Wallace, Cape May, was reclassified to 3-A; and John Bose, Cape May, was reclassified to 1-B. Leaving with the other group yesterday were Charles V. Tozour and Charles Herbert Moore.

159 Placed In Jobs Through Co. Bffice WILDWOOD — One hundred and'fifty-four men and five women secured employment during July through the local office of the U. S. Employment Service, located at 3313 New Jersey avenue,

was announced today.

Local farmers were assisted in havesting crops through help furnished by the employment service. Twenty-two such placements were made, relieving a situation which

ould have been critical.

Other types of positions filled included " construction workers, clerical help, sendee help and

recreational attendants.

PLAN GREENBACK DAY The annual Greenback or Ap-

preciation Day of the First Methodist Church will be held Sunday, August 28, at 10:30 a-m. and 7:80 P-ra. There will be special mes- diers •ages and a guest vocal ensemble

wnl render several selections.

Cards Not Needed For Inshore Boat Operation, C. G. Rules

Restrictions governing the operation of excursion, sailing and party speed boats have been eased and those ruling operation of party fishing boats may' also be amended in the near future, it was announced in Atlantic City this week by Captain Clarence

Siam.

The announcement came after a conference with Admiral Robert Waesche, commanding the U. S. Coast Guard, in Washington last

Friday.

At a result of the conference Coast Guard identification cards are no longer required on excursion boats in inshore waters. Fishermen may operate within one mile of the shore, but are still required to carry Coast Guard identification cards. However, Captain Starn quoted Admiral Waesche as being in agreement at the conference that soldiers in uniform and defense workers carrying their respective identification cards and all work-

ing in behalf of the war effort should have their respective identification cards recognized, thus eliminating the extra trouble of obtaining a special card for fishing trips-at the shore. Admiral Waesche said, according to Starn, that the Coast Guard did not wish to work any hardship on persons earning their livelihood with their boats. Governah Charles Edison last week announced following a conference with Fish and Game Commission officials that commercial fishermen, heretofore barred from fishing close inshore, may in the future fish as close as one mile from the shore limits. This applies in particular tc fishing boats trawling from the bottom : and which in the past have Had. to keep at least two miles from shore. The change in regulations is effective until December 31 of this year unless altered by the war emergency.

They are Mrs. Burdette Tomlin, .Joseph Kennard Skilling, Sheriff F. Mulford Stevens, Prosecutor French B. Loveland, Raymond Errickson, Burton J. Smith, Joseph Millman and Walter S.

Griffith.

Mrs. Skilling, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Loveland, Mrs. Errickson, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Griffith were also named life members. The following, as contributors to last summer’s campaign expenses in addition to giving to the hospital fund, also were designated on Monday as life mem-

bers:

Dr. and Mrs. Warren D. Robbins, Mrs. Walter Phillips, Dr. and Mrs. Frank R. Hughes, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Hughes, Dr. Millard Cryder, Dr. and Mrs. G. M. Brooks, Benjamin M. Cohen and Jesse D. Ludlam. Additional life members will be named at the annual meeting.

JUSTICE COLIE New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Frederic R. Colie will be the guest of honor at the'annual summer meeting of the Cape May County Bar Association which will be held at Congress Hall Monday evening.

Trottmann Given Army Commission Edgewood Arsenal. Md.—Cadet R. Trottmann, whose home is Cape May, was commissioned i a second lieutenant, U. S. Army, at graduation ceremonies for the Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School here Saturday. Advertising copywriter for the Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania in civilian life, he is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of Phi Betta Kappa, national honorary society. He lettered in tennis competition during his undergraduate days. Cadet Trottman was chosen from the ranks for officer’s training.

Announce Bonus For

Big Sugar Users NEWARK — Industrial and in-

stitutional users of sugar who apply To War Price and Rationing Boards for their September and October allotments of sugar between now and September 5 will receive a "bonus” covering the

four-month July-October period. Notice of this has been sent

by state OPA headquarters to all

rationing boards.

Institutional users, including restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, drug stores, soda fountains, etc., will receive a 25 per cent bonus. Industrial users will get an extra allotment of 10 per cent of their,

July, August. September and Oc- lie Haym

tober sugar base. ” The sugar base, it was explain1, is the amount of sugar used by the applicant during the same

four months of 1941.

In terms of poundage this means that a restaurant, for example, tfhich used 500 pounds of sugar during each of the four months last year will receive a bonus of 125 pounds (25%) for each of the four months, or a

total bonus of 500 pounds.

Navy To Commission Seasoned Boatmen PHILADELPHIA —the Navy today waived its college education requirement to offer commissions to seasoned operators of small power boats. It is sought to sign up fisheren, cargo boatmen and yachtsmen as officers of its new “twocoast” Navy of small craft. Instructions received by the Office of 'Naval Officer Procurement for the Fourth Naval District, covering South Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, were to find such officer material “regardless of formal educational qualifications’’. Heretofore, a college degree has been required. The instructions also raised the previous upper age limit from 35 to 45 years. The minimum age for a commission in the smallcraft fleet is 22.

Defense Doard Prepares For Diackout Test ITeparing for a test blackout to be held sometime before September 1, Cape May’s Defense Council volunteers are standing by nightly for the alarm signal. The test blackout will cover all of New Jersey and Pennsylvania and will be one of the largest areas ever included in a single

blackout.

All local defense volunteers Trill be required to report to their assigned posts immediately after the sounding of the air raid test

signal.

Instructions from state headquarters were received today by the load Defense Council, calling attention of defense officials to some of the more important aspects of the test With the sounding of the air raid alarm signal, till lights must be extinguished, all traffic must halt with the exception of emergency vehicles, and pedestrians must senJF'shelter, according to the instructions issued by N. Mitchell Bannerman, acting chief of Civil Protection. The blackout will remain in effect until the "all-clear” has sounded. Specific instructions foi blackout follow: Cars must be parked off the main portion of highways-and ignition switch and car doors left (Continued on Page Four)

Many Expected At

Red Cross Ball

A large crowd of Cape May residents and visitors and many from surrounding areas are expected to fill the new dance floor at Congress Hall for the Red Cross ball which will be held there Friday evening, August 14. Proceeds from the ball will go to the Red- Cross branch's treasury to finance work of the local Red Cross units during the coming year. With no annual membership roll call this year, Red Cross units are obliged to turn to other sources of revenue in order to

carry on thejr work.

Member's of the committees in

charge of the ball are:

General committee, Dr. Edward . Pickard, chairman, Mrs. W. C. Mecray and Mrs. Samuel M. Schellenger; dance committee, Mrs. Stephen Doherty, chairman, Mrs. Hilda Lex and Mrs. W. C. Mecray; public relations committee, Mrs. Kenneth Miller, chairman, Mrs. Robert Hand, Mrs. Samuel Schellenger, Mrs. Stanley Schellenger, Mrs. Ralph T. Stevens and Miss Jane Smith; tickets, Mrs. Stephen Callaway, chairman, Mrs. I. Grant Scott, treasurer, Mrs. Horace Church, Mrs. Earl Hollingsead, Mrs. Harry Hughes, Mrs. H. B. Mecleary, Mrs. Rutfi Moon, Mrs. Walter Phillips, and Mrs. Steven Steger; decorations, Mrs. Mulford Stevens, Miss Rosa-

Mrs. A. Giraud Foote,

Urges Conversion To Coal Heaters WASHINGTON — Home own■s who desire to convert from oil to coal heat may finance such operations under the FHA plan. Congressman Elmer H. Wene, of the Second New Jersey district, has been informed by State FHA Director Warren J. Lockwood. Three-year loans for this purpose free of Federal Reserve Regulation W may be placed with any approved lending institution, it was explained. Wene, who is a member of the special House Committee, which is investigating gasoline, fuel oil and rubber shortages, today urged the conversion of oil heating units into those which may be coal-fired in view of the probable fuel oil shortage in the east during the coming winter.

County Nurse Will Study*Rural Needs

TRENTON — Miss Olive H. Eachus, Cape May County nurse, has been requested to serve on the Rural *>tatal Health Committee which >■'•111 study the problem of providing adequate facilities for the care of children’s ’ teeth in

rural areas of the state.

Appointment of the committee was announced today by Dr. J. Lynn Mahaffey, state health director, who said his department and the committee will study the advisability of extending the rural dental program to include all

rural areas of the state.

Recent surveys have shown that in counties not obtaining the advantage of the demonstration programs of the State Health Department only 11 per cent of communities with less than 2,000 population have dental facilities for

treating indigent children.

»In contrast to this, the survey found that where the Department had instituted demonsration programs communities of less than 2,000 population showed a much higher percentage than those hav-

ing such facilities.

Presbyterian Church Plans Observance Sunday, August 23, will be observed as “Recognition Sunday" in the First Presbyterian Church, an observance '“ which has been held annually under various names such as “Donation Day’ or “Greenback Day”. The Rev. Albert W. Lonz, pastor, has suggested that this year’s observance stress the ideas ol church loyalty and unselfish service. Since 1851 the church has been ministering to the people of Cape May and vicinity and to countless summer vistiors. “The 91 years have been glorious," said Mr. Lenz. “The past, however, should inspire all to redeem the present and guarantee a more glorious future. This requires a ■strong Christian fellowship with its program in such t time of present tragedy and opportunity firmly underwritten by the free-will gifts of its friends. “ ‘Recognition Sunday’ affords the opportunity to gather in larger numbers in formal worship and to make an unusual contribution to the work of the church, both by regular members and friends who sustain its ministry throughout the year and by visitors and guests who have the privilege, of worshiping in our church as a summer church home,” he concluded.

Baby Parade At Wildwood Friday WILDWOOD — Four hundred dollars,- in war bonds and stamps will be awarded as prizes to division winners in the 32d annual baby parade and carnival to be held in this resort tomorrow. Four prizes starting with a $25 defense bond will be awarded in each of the following divisions: babies in fancy decorated gocarts, strollers, coaches, kiddy cars, express wagons, etc.; babies in comic decorated go-carts; children walking in fancy dress; children walking in comic dress; impersonations; pet division. In the division for floats, first prize is a $50 bond. Dorothy Smith, three and • half-year-old Philadelphian, will be queen of this year’s festivities. The parade will form at Davis avenue shortly before 11 a.m. and will march north on the Boardwalk to 26th street.

Church Soloist Will

At Concert

Sing I

Louis DeLaurentis, of Millville, a well known South Jersey tenor, will be guest soloist Sunday evening at the weekly concert at Convention Hall. Mr. DeLaurentis is now appearg as special soloist at the First Methodist Church, Cape May. This is his second season at the local church. He is soloist during the rest of the year at the First Presbyterian Church, Millville. The concert program, under the direction of Anthony Candelori, will open with “Dance of the Hours” from “Gisconda”; waltz, “Vienna Life”, selections from “The Vagabond King”. Also included on the program will be “I Remember You”, “At the C^oss Roads”, "Claire de Lune”, “Tambourin”, "Song of the Bayou”, intermezzo from “Naila”, and the concert will close with community singing.

With- contracts awarded for two phases of the Cape May Cotraty canal project and with property condemnation started In the U. S. District Coifrt late last week, the million dollar project now in its third week of operation advanced another step this week. As the dredge "Baltimore-** swings through^'the meadowlabd in Lower Township, large crewa of workmen this week are clearing the canal right of way of timber and underbrush, preparing for the arrival of the dredge at the wooded section between the bayshore meadows and the Old Shore

Road.

Simultaneously, workmen started excavation on the Cape May Harbor extremity of the canal route late last week, removing large quantities of earth as a preliminary step in the project HOUSESjAQJJO SOON Removal of a number of houses in the canal right-of-way is expected to start shortly, according to present plans. Property owners whose houses are in a direct line with the canal ronte have been notified to vacate. . Meanwhile, the dredge is continuing its progress through the bayshore meadows and at press time last night it had reached a point approximately a quarter of a mile inside the shoreline bn its trip across country. Contracts for the construction of stone jetties at the Delaware Bay entrance to protect the canal from swift currents and for clearing, grubbing and excavation of the canal route have been awarded to the Eastern Engineering Company, of Atlantic City, it was revealed late last week. Vast quantities of sand and mud hate been drawn from the canal route and deposited in the spoil areas on either side of the canal. At present the material is being pumped to the lowlands on the north side of the route, where - huge marsh will be filled in.

Stevens Withdraws From Congress Race Former State Senator Lewis T. Stevens, of Cape May, this week withdrew his name as a candidate for the Republican primary nomination for Congressman from the Second Congressional District. Stevens announced that his withdrawal wfc made in the interests of Republican party harnfeny. Major General Benjamin D. Foulois, of Ventnor, last week was selected as the party choice for the' nomination. Harry M. Machette, of Belleville, who had filed as a “Clean Government Republican", also withdrew from candidacy. Withdrawal of the two announced candidates leaves the nominating field open for General Foulois. The Democratic candidate is Congressman Elmer H. Wene, of Vineland, who is without primary opposition.

Service Flag Will Be Bedicated Sunday WEST CAPE MAY — A service flag with a star for every man, boy and girl of this community now serving the nation’s war effort will be dedicated Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the West Cape May Union Chapel. The dedication service will be conducted by the Friendly Class of the Chapel. The service flag will include stars of everyone who at some time was a member of the chapel is now serving the country. The service flag will be a gift from the Friendly Class to the Chapel. ■ patriotic program has been arranged for the dedication service. Chaplain Jesse Lyons, of the U. S. Naval Base, will be the speak- — of the afternoon. All members and friends of the Chapel, and particularly friends and relatives of those to be honored at the service, are urged' to x. attend the service.

Make Last Appeal For Phonograph Records A last-minute appeal for discarded phonograph records was made today by members of the Harry Snyder Post, 193, American Legion, of Cape May, who are cooperating in a nationwide drive to collect old records. Anyone in Cape May or this vicinity having old, discarded phonograph records that he desires to contribute to the Legion campaign should send them or bring them to the office of The Star and Wave, collection headquarters, not later than Friday morning, August 14.