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CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942

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Queen Maysea To Be Crowned Friday Evening With all the pomp and ceremony which, accompanies the crowning of a real monarch, Queen Maysea XV will receive her royal robes and sceptre of authority tomorrow evening at the annual coronation ceremonies at Cape May's Convention Hall. Nine-year-old Betty Carey Dunning, of Baltimore, will be crown-

as honorary queen of Cape May until next August She succeeds Patsy Ann Gaw, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Senator I. Grant Scott, of Cape May, president of the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature, will bestow the crown and royal robes upon the new queen, and will invest her with the authority of her royal office. CROWD EXPECTED The coronation which will be held in the ballroom of Convention Hall is scheduled to begin at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. Advance sale of tickets indicates that a capacity audience will witness the coronation, which is one of the highlights of Cape May’s summer entertainment program. Tickets and seat reservations may be obtained at the Solarium. Attendants of the new queen are Virginia and Mary Frances Gilligah, of Abington, Pa. Flower girls are Judy Ann Killeen, Mimi Endicott, both of Cape May, and Ann Wake, of Bridgeport, Conn. Irwin Renneisen, of North Philadelphia will be page boy. The large courts of both the new and retiring queens will be elaborately costumed, and the ceremony promises to be one of the most colorful and impressive ever witnessed here. HAVE NEW THEME An entirely new theme for the juvenile show which will high(Continued on Page Four)

Borough Men InArmed Forces Are Honored WEST CAPE MAY — A patriotic service' to honor men and boys of the Union Chapel who are now serving in the armed forces was held here Sunday afternoon. Chaplain Jesse Lyons, of the Cape May Naval Base, was the speaker. Others who participated in the service were Blanche Poulson, Janet Roseman, Billy Hawley and Mrs. Frank Hughes, who read a poem at the candle service. Men of the chapel who' acp in .service are Howard Blades, Norman J. Brown, Harvey Brown, Joseph Brewton. Samuel Bakley, Philip Chambers, Lester Coover, Henry Eldredge, Theodore Edmunds, John Entriken, Douglass Ginder, Norman Gardner, Clements Hand, Dr. Harold Hughes, John Huff, Dr. Samuel Hughes, Floyd Hughes, Clarence Ingersol, John Jackson, Boyd Lafferty, Belford Lemunyon, Julius Morton, Robrt Loyd, Ronald Philips, Theodore Rutherford, Walter Richardson, Edward Sandgran, Walter Savage, Leonard Sandgran, Richard Teitelman, Allen Wilson and Gordon Whitehead.

Her Majesty, The Queen! .

QUEEN MAYSEA XV Who in private life is Betty Carey Dunning, nine-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Fitzgerald Dunning, of Baltinior&p Md., will be crowned as Queen Maysea, juvenile ruler of Cape May, at the annual coronation ceremonies at Convention Hall tomorrow evening.

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Recommend More Funds For Airport WASHINGTON — Congressman Elmer H. Wene, of the Second New Jersey Congressional District, was advised today that the Civil Aeronautics Authority has recommended an additional allocation of $500,000 to complete- development of the Cape May County airport, near Cape May, which will provide accommodation for all modern military and civil aircraft. The recommendation was made at the request of the Navy to the Airport Approval Board, composed of the Secretaries of War, Navy and Commerce. Final action rests with th«f Airport Approval Board, but reasonably encouraging assurance was given that the board will probably approve the allocation within the next two or three weeks, Wene •aid.

School Deficiency Fund Distributed COURT HOUSE — A total of $6,278.48 representing the last quarter of the 1940-41 deficiency apportionment for county schools was distributed last week by County School Superintendent Daniel J. Ricker, of Cape May. Under the apportionment Cape May schools received $628.36; West Cape May $159.17; Lower Township, $285.94; Wildwood Crest, $96.61; Wildwood, $1,248.72; Middle Township, $285.94; North Wildwood, $315.18; Stone Harbor. $62,89; Avalon, $56.15; Sea Isle City, $139.74; Ocean City, $1,817.97; Upper Township, $308.11; Dennis Township, $844.81; and Woodbine, $331.80.

The fourth annual summer exhibition of paintings opened in the Casino, Beach and Madison •enucs, with a reception and preview .Saturday, and is drawing large numbers of Cape May visitors and residents this week. It is the largest and most comprehensive display of paintings the City of Cape May has held, and first exhibit of water colors, hree prizes were awarded by the jury- First prize went to Thornton Oakley, president of the Philadelphia Water Color Club, for his tropical landscape “Tobago". This picture will become the property of the city and will hang permanently in one of the public buildings. First honorable mention went to Charles Taylor, of Wildwood and Philadelphia, for his "Paddock Rose Tree”, and second honorable mention went to Ruth Robinson for "The Little Cove”. The jury consisted of Gregory Ogden, of Cape May, Frederic Nunn, of Cape May Court House, and Helena Way Fitzpatrick, of Court House. Leading artists of New Jersey and Pennsylvania are represented in the exhibit.

Among them are Violet Oakley, whose murals decoAte the walls of the State Capitol in Harrisburg; Francis Speight, winner of a number of Academy medals; Andrew Wyeth; Edith Emerson, who has just completed a mural for the Navy; Antonio and Giovanni Martino, Gene Klebe, the Copelands and Edward and Ethel Warwick, Vera White, William Richter. Mr. Nunn, Eleanor Arnett, Cyril Gardener, William and Mary Hofstetter and Elizabeth Coyne; and among the local painters, such artists as Helena Way Fitzpatrick, Minnie Dell Steele, Dr. Robert Ridpath,. Hedwigne Gross, Joseph Rittenhouse, Joseph Mnzzotta. Hannah Groves, Ann Hall, Alfred Bitterling, Jack Sykes and Ralph Boate. The exhibition will be open daily, including Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. until August 31. There are 140 water colors and pastels by 4T artists in the exhibit. The show, directed . by Mr. Nunn, is under the joint sponsorship of the City of Cape May ana the Cape May County Art

Aged Woman Injured During Blackout Cape May's only casualty during Tuesday night’s test blackout was Mrs. Amelia Croft, - 80, of 342 Kings Highway, West Haddonficld, a summer resident occupying the Boyd Cottage on Bench avenue, who fell on the stairs in her home. Mrs. Croft sustained a severe cut in the back of her h*ad and suflered severe shock. The accident occurred shortly after -the blackout started. The lights in the house were extinguished, and Mrs. Croft fell down the stairs while moving about in the darkness. She was treated by Dr. Warren D. Robbins, a local physician.

Leaders Pleased With Conference With increasingly large attendances at all sessions, the Cape May Bible and Missionary Conference, now in its third week at the Cape Island Baptist Church, is highly successful, the Rev. Robert D. Garrin. pastor of the host church, said this week. Principal speakers of. the final week of session's are Dr. S. M. Lindsay, pastor of the Brookline Baptist Church, Brookline, Mass., and Dr. H. E. Dana, president of the. Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Mo. Two of tne most outstanding churchmen' in America, the speak- - arc delivering interesting messages at the daily sessions of the conference.

EXPLAIN METHODS OF BUYING CANAL LANDS COLD SPRING—Procedure of appraising and paying for properties located in the cross-county canal right-of-way was explained in detail here last night by officials of the Army Engineers real estate division. More than 75 property owners attended a meeting at the Consolidated School to hear the speakers.

Contributions Being Made For Ambulance Annual contributions to the American Legion ambulance fund began he?v. iaJ6 last week following an appeal made by the ambulance committee of the Harry Snyder Post, 193, Amlrican Legion. Funds obtained in the annual drive are used to finance the operation of the ambulance, the only connecting link between Ciyie May and a major hospital. Donations to the ambulance* fund offset to a large degree, the number of cases which are classed as charity ambulance cases, officers of the committee explain-

ed.

A list of contributions to date

follows:

Mr. and Mrs.

. Leigh.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Smith Harry F. Redding Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson H. C. Weckerly Robert Wetherill Mr. and Mrs. J. Clancy .. Walter G. Redden D. C. Appelgate Mrs. G. M. Stull Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. M< Annie W. McGriffiths .. Rose M. Spaeth J. Clifton Buck Mrs. Margaret C. Kean Mrs. John G. Pew The Hamilton

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Salvage Drive Support Urged By Cape Mayor Urging every man, woman and child in Cape May to hasten the day of victory by salvaging needed scrap materials, Mayor T. Millet Hand today pledged full support to the local salvage cam-

paign.

“By turning over to the Salvage Committee cf Cape May every available pound of old materials, we all can make a direct and helpful contribution to our national victory effort. “Every 50 pounds of steel means another 105 mm. shell; a discarded doorknob will help make dozens of cartridge cases; 25 tons of steel-will make another

tank.

ASKS PUBLIC AID “I call upon every resident to search his home carefully from cellar to attic, looking for scrap iron and steel, copper, brass, zinc, aluminum, rubber, rope, burlap. Every. one of these materials is needed today by American industry for manufacture into weapons and equipment for our armed forces. “There are many tons of valuable scrap in Cape May. We must collect every pound of it and see that it gets into America's war plants. Our steel mills, tank factories, shipyards, airplane plants and other war industries are already exceeding their former production records. We can help them attain even higher production by sending them all the scrap materials we can find. “WILL HASTEN VICTORY” “As you search for scrap in your own home, remember that the scrap you are looking for will give our armed forces more weapons to win a quicker victory,” the Mayor declared. Cape May’s salvage drive junk rally will be held from September 19 to 26. Junk will be collected at various conveniently located col- j lection centers in the city, and local organizations will be asked to give their assistance in the

136 Tax Appeals Filed In County COURT HOUSE — One hundred and thirty-six tax appeals have been filed by property owners of 13 Cape May County municipalities, it was disclosed today by Edward L. Rice, secretary of the County Board of Taxation. The appellants, whose properties are currently assessed at $377,293, ask reductions of assessments amounting to $124,608. In Cape May, where 16 appeals were filed, the total reduction sought amounts to $61,600. Avalon had 38 appeals;" Ocean City 39; Wildwood 11; Middle Township, five; Wildwood Crest, six; North Cape May, 3; Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor, Upper Township and West Wildwood, each two; and Cape May Point,

3-A Men Will Be Re-classified With the local Selective Service board now in process of reopening and reconsidering all 3-A files, and grouping 3-A registrants into six categories recently established, men in that class were urged this week to report immediately any change in personal status. Under recent revisions of the Selective Service Act men in the 3-A classification are to be divided into six categories for varying degrees of dependency. It is imperative, board officials stressed today, that all 3-A men report any change in. personal status, dependency, physical condition, address or any other important change since the time they filed _ their Selective Service questionnaires. Unless current information is supplied, the board will base its re-classification on information submitted in the original questionnaires.

Bar Association In Session Here Monday The annual mid-summer meeting. of the Cape May County Bar Association was held at Congress Hall Monday evening with New Jersey Supreme Court Justice -Frederic R. Colic as guest of

honor.

large representation of the Cape May County bar attended the meeting, over which Lewis T. Stevens, of Cane May, president of the association, presided. Informal, the dinner meeting as addressed briefly by Justice Colic, former Common Pleas Judge Palmer M. Way, and other members of the legal fraternity of the eouqty. Among the topics discussed at' Monday evening’s meeting was a proposal to obtain a service flag with a star representing each member of the Cape May County

City Schools Open On September 9 Cape May public schools will open Wednesday, September 9, Dr. Edward E. Pickard, city school superintendent, announced this week. High school pupils will report to their respective grades and home-rooms at 8:45 a.m. Elementary school pupils will report to their assigned grades at 9 a.m. Pupils who are in doubt as to the proper rooms or grades may secure this information from the building principals on Thursday, September 3, and Friday, September 4, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. New pupils are asked to report to the proper building on the days mentioned with their fathers or mothers to facilitate registration and to make it possible for the children to begin the regular class work with the rest of the

group.

Kindergarten registration will be held the same days. According to a ruling of the County Superintendent of Schools, children must reach their fifth birthday not later than 10 days after the opening of school to be eligible for entrance. For registration in the first grade a child must reach his sixth birthday within the same 10-day period. Dr. Pickard explained.

Canal Project Dredge Pushing Through Marsh Under way for slightly more than three weeks, th« Cape May County canal project. Is rapidly taking shape 6.: various parts of the construction, work progress. Crews of workmen are now busily engaged in various preliminary phases of the work at points along the entire canal route from Delaware Bay to Cape May Harbor. The large dredge "Baltimore”, which is digging the canal, is continuing its trip across the tip of the county, operating 24 hours a day. At press time yesterday, the dredge had reached a point deep in the bayshore meadows in the New England Creek area, and was nearing the heavy timberland which separates the meadow from the Old Shore Road. ERECTING LEVEES Large crews of workmen for a number of days have been digging ditches and making sand banks along the canal route to act as levees to hold the material dredged from the waterway. The pond and expanse of marshland adjoining the canal at its western extremity have been filled with mud, silt and sand taken from the canal, and large areas on both sides of the new waterway have been filled in since the dredging operations began. CLEARING TIMBER The task of clearing timber from the canal route has been started to prepare the way for the dredge after it cuts through the meadowland where it is now operating, and construction of small tool sheds and office buildings for engineers in charge of various parts of the project have been erected at several locations. On the eastern extremity, workmen have been engaged for morp than a week in excavating along the canal route.

Zoning Ordinance To Be Enforced Strictly Ways to enforce strictly. Cape May’s zoning ordinance which was adopted last summer were discussed Friday by the city commission after municipal officials had received reports of various infractions of the measure. Most common violations reported to date have included failure to apply for permits for new construction, alterations and other building within the city limits, and failure of contractors, carpenters, plumbers, electricians and other craftsmen to submi* detailed plans for all work contemplated to the commission for approval. Declaring that the ordinance is useless unless it is enforced, the commissioners took under consideration ways and means of enforcing the ordinance. Pointing out that all types of construction are at an ebb because of war-time restrictions, the commissioners said that the present would be an opportune time to begin strict enforcement of the ordinance so that by the time normal building is resumed the public will be accustomed to the requirements.

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Soprano Will Sing At Sunday Concert Catherine McGarrigan, well known Philadelphia soprano, will be featured as guest artist at the Sunday evening concert at Convention Hall this week, it was

announced Tuesday.

Miss McGarrigan will sing several selections as her part of

the concert program.

Ermete Tiberini will play as cello solos “Elegie” by Massanet, and “Moment Musical” by Schu-

bert

Selectees Leave By Train Wednesday The large group of selectees in the southern section of Cape May County accepted for Army service last Wednesday will report at the Fort Dix reception center on August 26, local board officials

said today.

The men will leave Cape May by train at 6:52 a.m. on Wednesday, August 26, and will go to Camden, where they will transfer to a bus and proceed to Fort Dix. They are scheduled to arrive ■at the Fort at 10 o’clock, at which time they will begin their Army

life.

Plans are under way for a send-off for the selectees to be held at the railroad station here.

Club Head Resigns Stuart R. Trottman. president of Cape May Golf Club for several years, resigned from the position this week. Mr. Trottman said his resignation was effective immediately and attributed it to a general lark of interest in golfing in Cape May in recent years.

Tabernacle To Mark 134th Anniversary ERMA—The Tabernacle Methodist Church will observe its 134th anniversary at a special service SuTlday, August 23, the Rev. S. F. Sliker, pastor, announced this week. Dr. Charles D. Whitton. superintendent of the Bridgeton District. will be the principal speaker at the morning service. The Rev. Harry E. Garrison, a former pastor of the Tabernacle Church, will speak at the evening service. A special musical service has been arranged for, both morning and evening services. The congregation of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church will join the Taliernacle congregation for the morning service. The morning worship service will start at 10:30 o’clock; Sunday School will start at 3 p.m.: Epworth League at 7 p.m. and the evening service,at 7:45.

Hemnrrhage Fatal To Navy Lieutenant Lieutenant Richard Reynolds, formerly of Chester, Pa., an officer at the Cape May Naval base, died at the base hospital Saturday afternoon, three weeks after his marriage to Virginia Hasson, of Philadelphia. He was 35. Lieutenant Reynolds died of a cerebral hemorrhage after he had been stricken at his home in North Wildwood. He was removed to the base hospital, where he was treated by Navy physicians. Born in South Africa, Lieutenant Reynolds at one time bed been in the merchant marine service. Before being assigned to the Cape May base as a diesel engine instructor, he had been at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. His l>ody was transferred to the Navy Hospital in Philadelphia. pending funeral arrangements.

Senate Fight Only Contest For Primary

COURT HOUSE — With the exception of the contest for the Republican nomination for U. S. Senator, the primary election in Cape May County on September 15 is expected to be extremely quiet. There are no primary contests for other posts. Six aspirants are seeking the Republican nomination for U. S. Senator. They are Gill Robb WilAlbert W. Hawkes, Joseph Bower, George Biehl, George O. Pullen and Franklin W. Kielb. Major General Benjamin D. Foulois, of Ventnor, is unopposed for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Second Congressional District. NO FIGHTS IN COUNTY The Cape May County Republican tifcket, headed by Senate President I. Grant Scott and including Assembly Speaker John E. Boswell, Surrogate Irving Fitch, Freeholders Ralph T. Stevens and Percy H. Jackson, and Herbert R. Ha ns man, for coroner, is unopposed. There is no contest in the Democratic primary. U. S. Senator William H. Smathere aad Congressman Elmer H. Wene both have clear fields. The Cape May County Democratic ticket headed by Edmund B. Godfrey, of Ocean City, for state senator, and including Joseph F. Hughes, Wildwood, for Assembly, Edward P. Griffin, Cape May, for surrogate;'Benjamin D. Trout, of Dennis Township, for freeholder, and J. Oliver Elwell, Cape May, for coroner, no contest. LOCAL ELECTIONS QUIET There will be no municipal contests in the primary election, it was disclosed recently when the deadline for filing petitions of candidacy was passed. Lower Township, Frank Dickinson, Republican incumbent, is the only candidate for the Township Committee position to be filled. The Democrats have no candidate. FVancis Douglass, Republican chairman of the Middle Township Committee, is running for re“lection. Harry Lovett, of Court louse, is the Democratic choice. Luther T. Garretson is a candidate on the Democratic slate for lection as justice of the peace. No Republican petition was filed for the position.

Many Expected At Cottagers’ Dinnlr A large attendance is expected at the third annual dinner meeting of the Cape May Summer Cottagers’ Association which will be held at Congress Hall Friday evening. Reservations made during the last week by members and friends of the association indicate that this year’s dinner will be attended by a crowd equally as large as that of last year. Dr. Charles M. A. Stine, vice president of E. I. duPont de Nemours, Wilmington, who was invited to address the dinner meeting will be unable to attend due to illness in his family. Until press time last night the name of the principal speaker had not been announced.

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Cape May came through Tuesday night's surprise test blackout with a 98 per cent rating, according to Police Chief John J. Spencer. Jr., chairman of the local Civilian Defense Council. In an interview following the 45-minute test. Spencer said local defense authorities were well pleased with the results and effectiveness of the blackout test. The few violations reported to the defense council were caused principally by persons leaving lights burning in their homes while they were absent and inability of residents of some sections of the . city to hear the

alarm signal.

Virtually all of Cape May’s 250 civilian defense volunteers were on duty during the blackout test, and every section of the city was under surveillance from the beginning of the test until the allclear had sounded. Other Cape May County com-

munities reported similSr successes in the blackout test, although in several instances mix-ups in transmission of the various signals both before and after the test caused some confusion. Ocean City did not receive its all-clear for more than half an hour after the rest of South Jersey lights

were lit.

Tuesday night’s blackout was one of a series of surprise tests. It covered the entire states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is believed to have been one of the largest tests, from the standpoint of area covered, ever

attempted in the east.

Spencer said that the local test, for the most part, was carried out with little difficulty and con-

fusion.

In the southern section of the county, civilian defense council volunteers swung smoothly into action when the alert was sounded.

Recruiting Men For Coast Guard Reserve

the Coast Guard Reserve l. big conducted by Coast Guard officers who began their activities at Wildwood late last week. Centering their efforts at present at Stone Harbor, the recruiters with their mobile unit are gradually working their way north along the coast to Ocean City and Atlantic City. They will be in Cape May some time within the next few weeks although the definite date has not been decided. Recruiting of older men is being stressed in the drive, it was explained. There is no age limit for men desiring to enlist, and minor physical defects may bo waived in order to facilitate enlistment.

Dr. Pomfret, Point Visitor, Named WILLIAMSBURG, VA.' — Dr. John Edwin Pomfret, 43, dean of the Senior College of Arts and Sciences and of the Graduate School of Vanderbilt University, has been elected president of the College of William and Mary, second oldest college in the United States, by the William and Mary Board of Visitors. Dr. Pomfret is a. well known Cape May Point summer resident. At present he is writing a icries of Princeton, N. J. historiee and a history of the West Jersey Society.