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Loveland Given

Confirmation For Judgeship

TRENTON — The State Senate on Monday confirmed the appointment of French B. Loveland, Ocean City Democrat, as Comrron Pleas jodge of Cape May County. Confirmation came several months after the nomination was made by Governor Charles Edison. The new jurist, who succeeds Judge Palmer M. Way, of Wildwood, on the county bench, will be sworn in on Tuesday at Cape May Court House. He plans to resign his

present post on Monday.

Elevation of Lpveland to the new post leaves a vacancy in the office of Prosecutor of the Pleas

In Cape May County. Hii

firmation as judge raised to four the number of counties which must depend on the State Attorney General’s office for their prosecuting officials. The office of C secutor also is vacant in Cam-

, Union and Salem Counties.

Judge Loveland, who is 41, was born at New Gretna, Burlington County; was graduated from

Tuckerton High School and

ceived his bachelor of laws der e from Dickinson Law School

1928. . ,

He served his law clerkship with former Judge William C. French, of Camden, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1924. He began practicing law in Ocean City in 1926 and for several years was associated with George D. Richards, now mayor of file city, in the firm of Rich-

ards and Loveland.

His first appointment as prosecutor was in J934, and he was

re-appointed in 1989.

Loveland’s new appointment ts for a fire-year term and carries

a salary of $4,700.

The new judge married Miss Zelma Allen, of Tuckerton, in 1928. They have one daughter, Marjorie. Their home is at 20 Wesley avenue, Ocean City. Loveland has been active in many welfare and civic organizations. He is a member of the board of governors of the Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital Foundation, and has served as chairman of the county's Fight Infantile Paralysis campaign

since its inception.

He served as president of the Ocean City RoUry Club in 1932, chairman of the Democratic Coun- „ ty Executive Committee in 1933, and president of the Cape May County Bar Association in 193436. He is assistant title offiter and a director of fthe Cape May County Title and Trust Co. and a director of the County Building and Loan Association. Other .affiliations are Ocean City Lodge F. and A.M., Tall Cedars, Improved Order of Red Men, Delta Chi Fraternity. State Bar Association and American Bar Asso-

ciation.

New County Judge

CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY,'DECEMBER 17, 1942

New Group Of Selectees Off For Army Duty

Second Scrap Collection Set For Saturday; Club Sponsor

A second city-wide scrap collection drive to provide additional supplies of essential metals for war-production industries will be held in Cape May on Saturday, December 19, under the sponsorship of the Cape May Kiwanis Club, Charles A. Swain, local salvage committee chairman,

announced this week.

place

FRENCH B. LOVELAND

Ocean City attorney and Cape May County prosecutor for the last eight years, who was confirmed by the State Senate on Monday as Common Pleas judge

of Cape May County.

Seal Sale Campaign Hits SI ,250 Mark COURT HOUSE — Pushed by an early start and this year’s trend toward early Christinas shopping, the 1942 sale of Christmas seals is being rushed to a conclusion, Mrs. Belle Miller, seal sale chairman, reported today, she outlined the drive's progress since it opened on Thanksgiving

Day.

More than 1,000 residents of Cape May County have purchased seals and are using them on their

Christmas mail.

“These early purchasers make the greatest contribution,'' Mrs. Miller said. “Early shoppers really use the seals and don’t leave them in desk drawer behind the clock until houseclean-

ing time.’’

While payments for seals

be deferred until checks are mail-

ed for monthly bills in Jam

Mrs. Miller said, the

should begin promptly when ceived anoNmd with the acknowledgment olfeifts and New Year greetings. She suggested that seals be placed in a convenient receptacle on desk or table in the family living- room and that a routine be established of placing one or more on each piece of mail leaving the house until the •nd of file holiday season. This year’s seal with its characteristic American farm scene is

January,

The drive will take the form of a one-day scrap round-up, in which Cape May residents are urged to contribute any discarded and unusable metal or rubber

articles.

Volunteers from the Kiwanis

membership, along with members of Cape May’s salvage committee, will make a canvass of the city

Saturday to collect scrap don-

ations. , ■ ,

Chairman Swain urged local householders to gather their dividual scrap piles and them in front of their ho

time for the collection Saturday.

The local salvage committee

has received a promise from Herman Snyder, junk dealer who has been removing the scrap collected in the first major scrap drive here, that the balance of the collected material will be removed from the lot opposite

city ball this week.

He attributed delays in moving the scrap to difficulty in obtaining equipment and workers to cut the large pieces of junk into sizes which may be hauled easily. Appealing for support of the second local scrap drive, Chairman Swain today urged all citizens of Cape May to contribute as much scrap as they could collect in their homes, yards, base-

ments and garages.

While final figures for the ordinal collection have not yet been determined, members of the salvage committee this week esimated that Cape May citizens •ontributed more than 65 tons of .arious kinds of scrap metals, ubber and other items needed by the nation's industries for lamation and re-manufacture. Here's how you can Salvage for Victory. Make a careful inspection of the house looking in ev;ry closet and comer for the items listed below. When you are lone, you will have done something for America's war effort, as well as cut down the fire

hazards.

Scott Commended By New Jersey Senate TRENTON — The State Senate on Monday turned aside from its routine end-of-session business to commend Senator 1. Grant Scott, of Cape May, retiring president of the upper house of the Legislature, for his work as presiding officer during the last two

yean.

Senator Scott will be succeeded by Majority Leader George H. Stangcr. of Cumberland County,

' next year.

After members of the Senate had lauded Senator Scott for his work, he was presented with

gavel.

Monday's session of the Legii lature marked the unofficial clos of the 1942 legislative year. The next session will be January 12, when the present Legislature will convene for a brief meeting before turning over the reins of state government to the '1943 lawmakers. Both Senate President Scott and Speaker of the House John E. Boswell, of Ocean City, vfill be members of’ the new legislature, having been re-elected the November general election.

forces, she pointed out. The sum received to date •1,250, which still lacks $750 of the amount needed to finance the league's program for fife coming

year. .

High School To Open War Bond Campaign

of

student in the high school at least

20 cents worth of stamps each

week. The campaign will start at

an assembly program tomorrow. The program will include a selection by the high school band;

Jack Roseman will start the campaign with an invitation to

buy bonds by singing "Any Bonds Today?'', and a representative of the armed forces will

address the students. The law

class, will present a short

showing why, when and where

bonds should be purchased.

— Continued On Pace Pour - Proposes Bus Route To Cape May County ATLANTIC CITY — Prospects for all-year bus service to the Cape May County area grew brighter this week when Earl A. Johnson, president of the Brigantine Coach Co., offered to install such a line. The offer was madtin a letter to M. E. Blatt, re-

sort merchant.

Johnson, who also operates bus service to New York, wrote Blatt lhat he was sure the proposed bus schedule, if properly publicized, would at least break even in the winter months and would be profitable during the summer. “In addition to passengers, the buses could carry newspapers, packages and mail,’’ the letter said. "I know from experience that it takes nearly three days for mail to reach Cape May from

Atlantic City.’’

Johnson wrote that his proposed service would provide for a route from Atlantic City down the Ocean Drive to Stone Harbor, Rio Grande, Cape May Court House, Wildwood and Cape May. I The lAis, he said. would start

C—l"*o n

Fairbanks Head Of Rent Registration William D. Fairbanks, of Cape May, was placed in charge of the Cape May County OPA rent ceiling office here this week as registration of county landlords

continued.

Until press time yesterday, approximately 160 landlords had registered their rent charges at the local office, which is located in the game room of the Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea. Warning that January 9 is the deadline for registering rents, Fairbanks urged landlords to register as quickly as possible to avoid last-minute confusion. A heavy penalty is provided for

failure to register.

For the convenience of landlords unable to visit the local office between 2 and 5 p. m., the time the office is open daily, appointments may bo made for registration at Mr. Fairbanks' home between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Persons desiring to make appointments shoula call Bell phone 472

between 2“ and 5 p.m.

Mr. Fairbanks took over the duties of rent control registrar

on Monday.

Man Injured In Crash Of Stolen Auto A Cape May Coast Guard was seriously injured and a local man's automobile, alleged to have been stolen from in front of his home Monday night, was badly damaged when the car crashed into a road scraper near the southern approach to the canal drawbridge early Tuesday mornhig- , , Injured and facing charges oi larceny of an automobile, careless driving and speeding is Francis Edward Callahan, a coxswain stationed at Cape May. State Police who investigated the accident said Callahan driving the car at the til the crash. The vehicle is owned by William C. Rreas, 801 vjueen street. Cape May. Police said the car had been stolen from in front of Freas' home sometime before

the accident.

Callahan snstained a fractured left hip, possible internal injuries anu suneced from shock, lie was given emergqncy treatment at the base dispensary here and was removed to the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia.

A large group of southern Cape May County men, accepted for Army service after final physical examinations at Camden last Thursday, left this morning to begin active duty Fort Dix. Eight men from Cape May and surrounding communities were given a send-off at the PRSL sUtion with the usual distribution of gifts, musical selections by the high school band and farewells from friends and relatives. Those departing this morning

are:

CAPE MAY: Robert George Williams, John Ferguson Hunt, Jr., James Russell Lewis, Robert Muse, William Alfred Payne. WEST CAPE MAY: Ernest Capewell Watson. COLD SPRING: Maurice Stanley Halbruner, Calvin Smith Tay-

lor.

WILDWOOD: Aleasio John Accardi, Jr., Harry Breslen, Harry C. Fischer, Noman Handley, Earle Hedgman, William Anthony Hoy, Edwin Paul Johnson, Stoney Jackson Kersey, Walter Scott Koons, Jr., Max Charles Mayer, Armand Russo, Jesse Brannen Steele, Charles Edward Wilson. NORTH WILDWOOD: Kenneth Nurge Bradshaw, Joseph S. Clinton, Jr., Louis Eari Gerner, William Charles Houseman, Joseph Arthur Jordan. COURT HOUSE: Harold Frans Foster, James Emlen Godfrey, Howard Snear Jackson. MAYVILLE: Kenneth Monroe

Tozour.

SWAINTON: Arthur Norman

Addison.

PETERSBURG: William Morris Cassedy. GOSHEN: Daniel Stqwart Four of the group which went for final examinations last Thursday were rejected.

Cape Canal Dredge Reaches Harbor On Friday; Speed Work Reaching Cape May Harbor after four^ and one-half months of gnawing through marshes and highlands on its trek from Delaware Bay, the huge pipeline dredge “Baltimore” on Friday completed the original phase of construction the Cape May County Canal. Dredging operations were started in Delaware Bay, a short distance from Town Bank, on July 29. Since that time, the dredge has dug the canal to a width of 190 feet and a depth of 12 feet across the three and one-half mile

Two Meo Fioed After Truck-Auto Crash

Co. Seeks $543,000 For War Road Work NEW YORK—Applications for grants in Lanham Act funds aggregating $548,000 have been received by Regional Director John M. Gallagher, of the Federal Works Agency, from Cape MayCounty for road improvements and construction of a drainage

ditch.

County Engineer Holland Sharp described the contemplated improvements as war public works projects made necessary by military and industrial activity essential to the war effort in the Cape May County area. The applications carry the aproval of the New Jersey State Highway Department. West Cape May Mao Gets Prisoo Term COURT HOUSE — A West Cape May Negro was sentenced to 18 months in state prison yesterday after he had plead guilty to charges of fighting and assault and battery. Judge Robert A. Warke imposed sentenpe. The defendant is Harry Hicks, of West Cape May, who with Mrs. Cynthia Robinson, also colored, of West Cape May, -was indicted last week on the charges, following an altercation several

weeks ago.

. Mrs. Robinson, who sustained

Following an accident in which]knife wounds in the fray, plead a truck owned by a Cape May not guilty in court yesterday. No man struck a passenger car on date has been set for trial. Old Shore Road, Lower Township, 1 Frederick Lewis Vassar, colortwo men were fined, State Police | ed, of West Cape May, was held Court House disclosed yester-, under $4,000 bail on charges of day. I atrocious assault and battery;

The Commercial Law class Cape May High School is sponsoring a war stamp and bond drive in the high school. The class has set a goal of $1,000. The drive will start tomorrow

and will end June 1.

planned ^to sell every '(^^ May and would make

round trips daily during the

winter months.

Blatt said he was enlisting the aid qf Harry Bacharach, former president of the New Jersey Public Utility Commission, in efforts toward securing a franchise. It was Blatt who first suggested several weeks ago that such service should be created because Atlantic City .merchants were losing valuable trade in the South Jersey sections due to lack transportation facilities.

May Register Rents In City Areas Dwellings rented in Cape May and Cumberland Counties owned by persons living in or near Philadelphia now may be registered at the Area Rent Office, 1440 Widener Building, or at the rent office in Camden City Hall. Maximum rent regulations went into effect in the two counties December 1, and deadline for new registration is January 9. In this registration, houses and apartments are being registered at th« same time as hotels and rooming houses, although a different registration form is used. Frederick P. Greenberg, arei rent director, to wait

267 County Youths Active In 4-H Club Work During Year

COURT HOUSE — One hundred and eighteen Cape May County boys and one hundred and forty-nine girls in 4-H Clubs played a defiriite part in the war production effort during the past year by producing vegetables, poultry,*.-dairy and meat stock, canning, preparing nutritious meals, making garments and making or repairing wooden articles. . The young people carried on ir irganized clubs under the volunteer leadership of 39 men and women, and the county-wide superyision of the district flub agent, and Miss Lois G. Hamilton, county home demonstration

agent.

This was the first of countywide boys’ work in recent years. Spurgeon K. Benjamin was employed as district club agent under a cooperative arrangement between Cape May and Cumberland Counties and the New Jer-

Expect Requests For Higher Production COURT HOUSE—Requesta for\ expansion of production of poultry meat, eggs, pork, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, beets and carrots for drying, beans for freezing and tomatoes for carvning are expected by the County U. S. Department of Agriculture. War Board, following allotment of production quotas to the various state boards. National -'food coals have been announced, am’ state goals are expected shortly. One federal official has stated that farmers will be encouraged raise any kinds of fresh vegetables of high vitamin content which are for sale to markets within 500 mjes of the farm. “This would indicate encouragement of most of the vegetable crops normally grown in this county/ for local markets or for Philadelphia,” explained County Farm Agent Henry H. White. The Deerfield Packing Company of Bridgeton has been engaged for some weeks in drying beets. The company will dry turnips later in the winter, and will probably operate the drying plant all season in 1943. Lester Smalley, of the Deerfield company, recently stated that the company wished to contract for increased acreage ol

factory limas here.

Jesse Boatwright, colored, of 337 Fourth avenue, West Cape May, charged with driving the truck withouf a license, was fined $25 and costs and r.n additional $2.50 and costs for failure to

keep to the right of way.

Andrew Johnson, of Shunpike, Lower Township, who was keeping the truck for John E. Robin-, son, 1223 Washington street. Cape May, its owner, was fined $50 for permitting an unlicensed driver

to operate the vehicle.

The arrests were made by State Police after an accident in which Robinson’s truck, driven by Boatwright, collided with s car driven by Norman A. Addison,

colored, of Philadelphia.

Johnson was committed to the county jail in default of the fine.

threats to kill and carrying cealed weapons. Judge Warke -:reased his bail from $250 after Vassar had bijbn indicted by the

grand jury last week.

Court House Pastor Speaks To Kiwanis

sey College of Agriculture,

served until July 1 when he enlisted in the Navy. After a lapse

vo months, Willard G. Pat- . of Massachusetts, wa ployed on the same basis.

According to reports submitted by local leaders and club members. the young people worked 22 acres of land, raised 563 chickens, cared for 23 anima'is, made or repaired 124 articles for the farm or home, planned 445 meals, served 250 meals, canned 230 quarts of fruits and vegetables

and made 300 garments.

. Clubs suffered severely in many instances from loss of leaders through change of occupation, moving from the community, enlistment or draft into military service, the necessity of eliminating the use of cars for home tisits and special demonstrations

— continued On Pace Foub -‘ington and Ocean streets.

RED CROSS. ASSIGNS MAN TO CAPE MAY COUNTY Chester L. Larkins, field director of the American Red Cross, has been assigned to the Cape May Naval Base to work on the welfare problems of all service

men in Cape May County

Lai kins was formerly assistant field director at the Replacement Training Center, Atlantic City.

STILL A BARGAIN

Through -a typographical error, the price of Cape May’s new city hall was inadvertently reported as $1,500 in last week’s Star and Wave. The correct figure should have' been $7,500, the amount the City of Cape May has agreed to give the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for the building formerly occupied by the Camden

Rites Tomorrow For Micajah Smith Micajah S. Smith, a prominent Cape May citizen for many years, died Tuesday. December 15, at Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia. He was 83. Mr. Smith, who had made his home at 921 Washington street for many years, was born January 23, 1859 at Port Republic, N. J., the son of Lardner Smith and Mary Lear Smith. An active churchman, Smith had beer, a member of the First Methodist Church since 1886, where he served as a member of the Board of Trustees and of many other committees. His wife, Deborah Goff Smith, died several years ago. For many years and until his death, he had owned and operated a marine railway and boat supply business at Schellenger’

Landing.

Cape Island Lodge F. and A. M. will hold services at the HoL n lingsead Funeral Home tonight at -*3:30 o'clock. Funeral services will be held Friday afternooh at 1:30 with the Rev. Samuel Blair, pastor qf the Methodist Church, of-

Captain Fred Mollineaux, of '' the U. S. Army Engineers office in Atlantic City, who is directly in charge of the project, made formal announcement of the dredge reaching its goal on Friday night. The canal joins Cape May Harbor and Delaware Bay, providing an inland route to eliminate the often-hazardous passage through the Rips off Cape May Point. With the bulk of the dredging completed, the draw bridges over the canal on Route 4 and the railroad line finished and work progressing rapidly on the bridge on the Old Seashore Road, completion of the project is being

speeded.

Principal work remaining besides the Seashore Road bridge is the construction of jetties on the bay end of the new waterwiy. The jetties have now been built to a length of 700 feet. Captain Molincaux said, and will be 1,290 feet long when completed. Completion of dredging FYiti^y brought to an end a long per.od of controversy as turbulent as the waters of the Cape which it eliminates from coastal voy-

ages.

For more than 60 years the canal has popped intermittently into the limelight as proponents of the project attempted to obtain federal backing for the work. The subject of innumerable hearings and surveys conducted by Army engineers, the project was finally given their approval five years ago, and bills were pre- ' sented to Congress authorizing appropriation of funds, but because of inclusion in general waterway bills, no funds were appropriated until last summer when the Bureau of Budget approved an appropriation of $1,110,940 for the' work, with the State of New'Jersey contributing $100,000 for the purchase of the right of way. At that lime, the project had been actively, advocated by both Army and Navy authorities as a defense measure, and the mechanics of making the appropriation were taken out of regular chan- . nels and handled as an emergency measure. Long advanced by yachtsmen i a means of eliminating the rough outside passage ground Cape May for small craft, the Cape May canal project was included in the 1940 Rivers and Harbors bill, but was vetoed by President Roosevelt on the ground that only defense works should be undertaken at that time.

The Rev. Arthur Layton, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Cape May Court House, was principal speaker at last night’s meeting of the Cape May Kiw“- : -

Club.

Representing the New Jersey Goodwill Commission, Mr. Layton Hook for his topic •'Rumor''. Next week’s club meeting, December 23, will be held in Methodist social hall in the form banquet at which dub mem-

bers will be guests of the Cape — _ — — - . <May High School football squad. I ficiating. Interment will be made ■^Ncw club officers will be in-1 in Cold Spring Cemetery. _ stalled for the coming year at the) Mr. Smith is survived by two weekly meeting to be held De- brothers, 'Walter and Fuhrrtian cember 30. ) 1 Smith, both of this city.

Proponents of the canal pointed out, however, that its excavation would place no demand on critical war material and that the project would have a definite bearing on the defense effort. Completion of the canal provides an unbroken string of protected waterways from Manasquan Inlet on the New Jersey coast to southern- Florida, a distance of more than 1,500 miles.

Red Cross Branch Receives Reports On Activities

The December meeting of the

Executive Committee of Ca;:e | 0 f th e armed forces. On May Branch, American Red Cross, | Wednesday and Saturday evening

held in file Merchants Bank Board room on Friday evening

ith 12 members present.

Mrs. William C. Mecray, chairlan of Volunteer Special Services, gave the following report of work/done by volunteers dur-

ing the month of November:

Administration: 5 workers, 97 hours. Staff AssisUnre: 24 workers, 313 hours. Production: 156 workers; 3166 hours. Garments made 42, srrgica! dressings 3536, knitted articles 65. Motor Corps: 11 workers, 16$ hours, 69 calls. Home Services: 4 workers, 109 hours. 24 visit*. Canteen: 6 work-

ers. 32 hours.

Members of the Staff Assistance Corps have been working in the office of the rationing board. The Motor Corps has met the

Treat Co. at the corner of Waah-! morning train and has furnished

transportation to their station* to

the Canteen Corps furnishes coffee and sandwiches to the members of the night patrol. Transportation is furnished by the

Motor Corps.

The Production Corps has made 190 blackout curtains for the barracks at Cape May Point and is now working on ditty bags which the National Red Cross will give to all men who go overseas. Anyone who would Inte to contribute to the filling of these hags should contact Mrs. Horace Church. , More workers are needed at the evening sessions when surgical dressings are made. The rooms at 323 Decatur street are open on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings for this pur- j pose. Daytime hours: 10 a.m. to | 4 p.m. Monday, Thursday and ‘ Friday for surgical dressings; Tuesday, Wednesday for sewing.

Red Cross Elects New Officers COURT HOUSE—Dr. John R. Townsend, of Ocean City, was elected chairman of disaster relief at a meeting of the Cape May County Red Cross Chapter here Monday night. Other officers elected are: Mrs. Clara B. Bohm, Cape May and Mrs. Clara Brown, Ocean City, chairman and vice chairman respectively of Junior Red Cross; Mrs. F. Mulford Stevens, Cape May, secretary to Chester L. Larkins, Red Cross field representative at the Cape May base; Mrs. William Mecray, Cape May, second vice chairman of volunteer special

services.

The chapter voted to join the South Jersey Camp CoundL It was announced that the chapter canteen and motor corps units would provide sandwiches and coffee for service men on night patrol in all county communities.

NOTICE In order to assure delivery to all Star and Wave readers before Christmas, The Star and Wave will be published on Wednesday, December 23, instead of Thursday next week. Deadline for news and advertising for next week's edition is noon of Tuesday. December 22.