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CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1942

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aptain Spang Killed; Was Star Athlete Captain William Frank Spang, at the U. S. Marine Corps, a former resident of Cape May and Wildwood, was killed in a recent airplane accident, the Marine Corps announced Saturday night in a telegram to his wife here. No details of the accident were disclosed because of the wartime necessity for military secrecy, but it is believed that Captain Spang was serving with Marine units in the Pacific war theatre at the time of the accident. His wife, who recently returned from the west coast, has been making her home in Cape May. She is the former Miss Bette Frost, daughter of Mrs. Gys

Rief.

Captain Spang, who was 26, had held the rank of captain in the Marine Corps since last May, when he received a promotion from the rank of first lieutenant. He IjAd successfully completed an aviation course at -Pensacola, Fla. some time ago and had been assigned to a Marine Corps aviation unit A graduate of Wildwood High School, Spang was widely known in this area and in the world of sport, where he was a star athlete during his high school and college days. Upon graduating from high school, he attended Pennsylvania Military College at Chester, Pa., graduating from there in 1939. After graduation, he was commis■ioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, and received training at the Marine Basic School at the Philadelphia Navy

Yard.

During his military career he served at San Diego, Cal., Iceland, Pensacola, Miami, Fla. and in the Pacific war zone. He left this country last September from the west coast, and his wife returned to Cape May to make her

home.

Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rita Spang, and a brother, Joseph, of Wild-

wood.

Start New Terms On Saturday

PERCY H. JACKSON

RALPH T. STEVENS

Re-elected to the Board of Freeholders in the November general election. Freeholders Percy H. Jackson, of Wildwood, and Ralph T. Stevens, of Cape May, will be inducted into office at the annual reorganization meeting of the board at noon Saturday. Both veteran members of the board, Jackson and Stevens have held important positions in county government for many years. Jackson is director of the board; Stevens director of revenue and finance.

Plan Union Services For Week Of Prayer The Universal Week of Praye will be observed in Cape May with union worship services in the First Methodist Church Chapel on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, January 6, 7 and 8, at 7:45 o'clock, with the Cape Island Baptist, Cold Spring Presbyterian, First Presbyterian and First Methodist Cliyrche.' uniting. Arrangements for the service!are being made by the Rev. Samuel, Blair, pastor of the host church. The messages at the services will be brought by the various ministers as follows: Wednesday, .the Rev. F. Paul Langhome, pastor of the Cape Island Baptist Church; Thursday, the Rev. William Bullock, pastor of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church; and on Friday, the Rev. Albert W. Lens, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. ■ * An invitation is extended to members and friends of rhurrhes, to service men and their families and others in the community to attend the special services.

Warn Householders

On Violations

Cape May householders whose lighted Christmas decorations are visible from outside their home* are violating Army dim-out regulations, Police Chief John J. Spencer, Jr., chairman of the local defense council, declared today. “While we have contacted somi of the most flagrant violators of the dim-out regulations, there are still some residents of Cape May whose lighted Christmas decorations are visible from the out-

side,’" Spencer said.

He urged all householders to comply with the dim-out rules by lowering window shades to prevent direct rays of light from being visible after dark. Windows visible from the ocean must be blacked out by blackout shades or other similar material which prevents light from being In homes not visible from :ean, the mere lowering of regular window shades will be sufficient to comply with the reg-

ulations, he explained.

Warn Public To Get Ration Book One NEWARK State rationing officials this week announced that the final date for persons who have not yet. received War Ration Book One, the sugar and coffee ration book now- in use, to apply for one at rationing boards has been extended from December 16 to January 15. It was emphasized that possession of this book is necessary in order to receive a copy of War Ration Book Two which will be distributed some time soon after January 15. Institutional and industrial ers of sugar were advised that they may apply to rationing boards until January 5 for Janu-ary-February allotments of sugar. Institutional users will receive 60 per cent of the normal allotment, while,industrial users will

Man Fined Following Crash Wednesday Stanley L. Larsen, of the Naval Air Station. Cape May. was arrested by Officer Bowen last Wednesday night following an accident in front of city hall. Larsen's car struck the automobile of Gilbert C. Hughes, city treasurer, which was parked in front of city hall. Two fenders of Hughes' car were damaged. In police court Larseffwas mo by Polke^'Sfagistr ate ward P.

Caveat Filed Against Probate Of Will ■COURT HOUSE — A caveat against the probate of the will of Mrs. Anna Schensley, who died at-West Cape May several weeks ago. was filed last week by Harry Tenenbaum, attorney for Mrs. Mary C. Griscom, sister of the deceased. The will designated the Girard Trust Company, of Philadelphia, as executor of the estate and made beouests to three humane societies. Mrs. Schensley formerly lived in Philadelphia and was' a member of the Anti-Vivisection Society there.

Civil Trial Dates Set For January 5 and 6 COURT HOUSE—Circuit Court Judge Albert F. Burling, .of Cam; den, assigned recently by Chief Justice Brogan to preside jn Cape May and Atlantic Counties, called the list of causes in court here Wednesday morning and announced that jury trials of civil cases will be held January 5 and 6. A large number of cases on the calendar were reported as having been settled. If cases scheduled for January 5 and 6 go to trial, it will be the first time petit jurors have functioned in this county in nearly. a year. There has been no Circuit Court judge in Cape May County since Wilfred H. Jayne was made vice chancellor. Judge Burling announced that he will sit in Atlantic City every Friday morning at 10:30 and will hear motions in Camden at designated times.

Acting Prosecutor Named By Wilentz TRENTON — Attorney General David T. Wilentz last Thursday designated one of his assistants, Harry A. Walsh, of Trenton, to serve as special prosecutor of Cape May County pending appointment by Governor Charles Edison of a regular prosecutor and his confirmation by the State Senate. The county position became vamt last week when Prosecutor French B. Loveland resigned to accept appointment as the coun's Common Pleas Judge. Three other New Jersey counties at present have acting prosecutors assigned by Wilentz. All have vatancies in the office of prosecutor and appointment or corfirmation is pending in each instance.

Red Cross Unit Needs Workers; Gets Big Quota Red Cross workers are urgently needed to'make Surgical Di ings in the local Red Cross H quarters, 323 Decatur street. The new* quota f£r January just received by the branch, is 17,000 dressings. To date the largest number of dressings made in any one month is 3,092, so five times as many workers will be needed to complete the new quota by the end of January. Each month the quotas larger han those of previous months in order to meet the larger demands of the govern-

ment.

Surgical dressings made by volunteers in American Red Cross workrooms are supplying the needs of the Allies on Die battle fronts of the world. In November ten million gical dressings were sent to Russia alone. “We on the home front, have a gigantic task ahead of us to do our share in caring for the needs of our soldiers on the battle fronta, by supplying all the surgical dressings for the government,” branch officers explained. “Commercial firms have neither the facilities nor the manpower to make these dressings, and the women of America must fill that want” Regular hours for the making of surgical dressings are Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from " urn. to 4 p.m. Evening clas held on Mondays from 8 XI and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 to 10:30. Due to the New Years holiday this week, the rooms will be closed on Thursday and Friday but will be open on Tuesday from 10 to 4 for any who would otherwise miss their hours. The January quota for the tire county is 85,000.

Joseph Tenenbaum Navy Lieutenant Joseph Tenenbaum. youngest >n of Mrs. Bertha Tenenbaum, of Cape May, left Monday morning to report for officers' training at a Naval training school, shortly after he had been commissio-.-cd as a lieutenant, (jg) in the U. S. Naval Reserve. Upon completion of his training course. Lieutenant Tenenbaum ill be assigned to active duty. A graduate of Cape May High School, the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law School, Lieutenant Tenenbaum has lived in New York City for several years where he practiced law before receiving his commisLieutenant Tenenbaum ha brother, Oscar Tenenbaum, a former Wildwood realtor, who is now in the Army, stationed at Camp Claiborne, La. Of seven brothers, four served the armed forces of the tion during -World War I. They are Samuel, Jacob, Harry and Howard. native of Cape May. where his family has operated one of community’s leading businessfor many years. Lieutenant Tenenbaum is • well known here, having spent iiis boyhood in this resort and having been a frequent visitor to Capo May since establishing his home in New York.

Miller Accepts Appointment To City Board Of Education

Postmaster Lemuel E. Miller, Jr., of Cape May, this week ac-

cepted an appointment

Mr. Miller is a native of Cape May and attended Cape May

Bennett Named To Dean’s List TRENTON — . Lewis Bennett was recently named to the Dean's List at Rider College 'where he is a senior in the Teacher Training Department. To attain a Dean's List rating, students must maintain a superuverage in all subjects while carrying a full program.

NOTICE Effective February J, the yearly subscription price of The Cape May Star and Wave and all other Cape May County newspapers will be increased to $2.00 from the present price of $1.50. The increase has been made necessary by constantly rising production costs. All subscriptions paid prior to February 1 will be paid at the present rate of $1.50 per year. Subscriptions paid after February 1, 1943, regardless of the date of billing, will be at the rate of $2.00 per year. The regular price of five cents per eopy ; if bought without a subscription, will eontinue.

Pastor Accepts Call For War’s Duration The Rev. F. Paul Langhome, acting pastor of the Cape Island Baptist Church during the month of December, this week accepted a call to serve as pastor of the church for the duration in the absence of the Rev. Robert D. Carrin, who is serving in Chaplain Corps of the U. Army. Mr. Langhome was ^pastor of the First Baptist Church at Berwyn. 111. for 19 years and was pastor of the Petworth Baptist Church. Washington, D. C., for eight years. He is a graduate of Crozier Theological Seminar}’, Chester, Pa., Temple University and Bucknell University. He has a wife and daughter, Lois. The Langhomes are making their home at 32 Jackson street temporarily, but expect to move into the Baptist parsonage at 737 Washington street shortly. After several w-eeks as temporary pastor of the church, Mr. Langhome was invited to remain in that capacity for the duration by church officials.

Cape May Gets Plug In Feature Story Cape May came in for a full measure of publicity on Sunday when it was one of the focal points of a half-page feature article by Margaret Linton in “Everybody's Weekly"', a magazine supplement of the Philadelphia

Sunday Inquirer.

The article described winter life in Cape May and other resorts where large numbers of

afro stationed, com-

paring it with a normal peacetime winter season, and discussing the facilities that have been made available to service men. Centered in the half page article was a large picture of Faulkner's h & 10 Cent Store window which' contained a large number of photographs of local men now serving in the various branches of the armed forces. The window

Cape May Board of Education to High School for two years, going Dr. R. Walter Starr, Jr., from here to Mercers burg Aca-

demy, Mercersburg, Pa., where he was graduated in 1908. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he took a four year course, graduating as a civil engineer in 1918. Upon graduation he worked for the Penn-

sylvania Railroad.

Prior to his appointment as postmaster, Mr. Miller was a Democratic leader of Cape May, and with his brother, the late Edward M. Miller, was considered the Democratic leader of Cape May County for many years. Commenting on Mr. Miller’s appointment, Mayor Hand said: “Mr. Miller has been a : stantial citizen of Cape Maymany yeai-s, and I believe that the Board of Education will be largely benefited by his membership. His long experience as

succeed , , who recently tendered his resignation, effective at the end of his term on February 1. The appointment was made by Mayor T. Mil-

let Hand.

Miller’s five-year term win begi* February 1 when the school board reorganizes for the ensuing

year.

Long one of Cape May’s most prominent citizens, the new board member has served as postmaster since 1936, having been re-ap-pointed in 1940. Prior to his appointment as postmaster, Mr. Miller served as qty engineer for 16 years, resigning to accept his present position. During his term as city engineer, some of the most important municipal improvements were made, including the new water works and sewerage disposal plaiks, street paving and beach protection works.

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Kiwanis Officers To Be Installed Police Chief John J. Spencer, Jr. will be installed as president of Cape May’s Kiwanis Club tonight (Wednesday) at the weekly meeting of the local organization at the Batten Cottage. Other officers to be installed for the coming year are Herbert C. Harris, vice president; Guy E. Riley, treasurer; and Dr. Edward

Pickard, secreUry.

Albert B. Little and Charles B. Shields will begin their terms as members of the Board of Direc-

tors of the club.

Cape May Kiwanians are preparing to take an active part in the installation of district Ki-i wanis officers at Trenton on Wednesday evening, January 13, at which time Charles A. Swain, a past president of the local club, will be sworn in as the Delsea Division Lieutenant Governor.

Community Club To Meet On Thursday

The monthly meeting of the Cape May Woman’s Community Club will be held on Thursday, January 7, at the Batten Cottage, at which time there will be a club luncheon followed by an interesting program and a business session. — Miss Sara A. Thomas, county librarian, will give a series of book reviews following the lun-

cheon.

The luncheon is scheduled to start at 1 p.m., the program at o’clock, and the business mcetig at 3 o'clock. Reservations should be made with Mrs. William Stevens, club officers announced.

Freeholders To Meet To End ’42 Business COURT HOUSE — Cape May County's Board of Freeholders will meet at two o’clock this afternoon for a final year-end session to act on all pending matters before the reorganization meeting of the board on Saturday, January 2. The board is expected to receive reports on pending matters, pay bills and transact routine business at this afternoon's clean-

up session.

At the reorganization meetinig at noon Saturday, Freeholders Ralph T. Stevens, of Cape May, n Und Percy -H. Jackson, of Wildw wood, will be inducted for new terms of office. They were reelected in the general election last

November.

A large group of friends, fellow officials and well wishers is expected to attend the organization meeting, at which time the board will assign various departments to its members, make beginning-of - the - year appointments and introduce a temporary county budget to provide funds for operation of all departments until the permanent budget can

be enacted.

Flag Raising At West Cape May Chapel Fri. WEST CAPE MAY — A flag raising ceremony will be held at the West Cape May Union Chapon Friday afternoon, January at three o’clock, it was an-

nounced this week.

^An American flag and a service flag, bearing a star for every member and former member of the Chapel now serving in the nation’s armed forces, will be dedicated at the special service. The Rev. Samuel Harker, of West Cape May, will be the principal speaker at the service. An ihvitation for the general public to attend the service was

issued this week.

Explain Regulations For Store Dim-Outs Notices graphically explaining the most recent dim-out regulations applicable to commercial' premises were distributed to all Cape May business houses early this week by the local defense

council.

The mimeographed sheet of explanations carried two drawings ilustrating prescribed methods of masking the upper portions of display windows to conform with t,he new rules. According to the latest dimout regulations issued by the Second Corps Area headquarters of the Army, all display window and transom space above a level six feet from the ground must masked by canvas or other opaque material to prevent rays of light from escaping. The local council suggested cloth drape materials of any dark color, wallboard, cardboard, plywood, masonite, window shades, Venetian blinds, oilcloth or any dark color, blackout paper or other opaque materials as the most satisfactory method of pre■enting glare. “Semi-transparent paper or materials such as cellophane gelatin paper may not be used,” the council warned.

Funds Re To Co. Sc After Payment COURT HOUSE — L_ , a week after Cape May County had paid $148,974 as full payment of the 1942 Cape May County state school tax levy, 90 per cent of the amount was returned fo* distribution to local school districta, Daniel J. Ricker, county school superintendent, announced last Tuesday. A total of $134,077.17 was returned to the county for distribution to 16 school districta and the county helping teacher fund. Checks for the amounts allotted to individual districts were mailed last week by Ricker’s office. The apportionment table follows: ■ ' . Avalon $2,625.06 Cape May 9,289.64 Cape May Point 1.212L87 Dennis Township 12,483.29 Lower Township 9,461.60 Middle Township 19,468.08 North Wildwood 6,823.92 Ocean City 17,844.91 Sea Isle City 6,476.28 Stone Harbor 2,708.09 Upper Township 12^19.14 West Cape May 4,293.88 West Wildwood 1,444.06 Wildwood 17,167.11 Wildwood Crest 3,424.36 Woodbine 4,967.99 Helping Teachers 2,144.06 TOTAL $134J)77.17 la a letter to Freeholder Ralph Stevens, of Cape May, director of county revenue and finance, Mr. Ricker said: “I wish to thank you personally and through you the Board of Freeholders for your splendid cooperation and accomplishment which made it possible for us to release to the various school districts their share of the State School Tax. It comes at a time when it is especially helpful to several districts whose funds are at a very low ebb."

Seal Sale Passes SI ,500 Mark Conclusion of the 36th annual Christmas Seal sale this week leaves 900 letters in the county still unanswered. This was reported today by Mrs. Belle L. Miller, seal sale chairman for Cape May County. Mrs. Miller said ttiat J 1,500 had already been received, leaving $500 of the $2,000 quota to be raised. The amount received to date is 10 per cent above that received on the same date last year, although results are not strictly comparable owing to the early opening of this year’s sale. Mrs. Miller said she considers this year’s response has been exceptionally prompt and generous view of war-time demands. “The fact that informed dtins have indicated their will- f ingness to support our year-' around ijfrogram through their Christmas seal purchases is excellent evidence of good morale on the home front and gives encouragement to face the difficult days ahead," she said. Mrs. Miller added that a slackening of returns is usually coincident with the Christmas holidays, but urged that remaining seals be used on New Year’s greetings and thank-you notes.

QhoJiA J’isM (DiMtirt Jo, Oid $si)wk& Wsn 9n ^aurdtif.

.Spanning the gap between Service men stationed in Cape May County and their relatives friends in their home commun-

, , , ities, the American Red Cross last display which elicited so much fa- week assigned a field director to vorable comment from local rcsi-'^ jjay Naval Base to dents and visitors, drew- commen- handle all personal problems of * ■ • " service men stationed in this

dation from the author and a suggestion that other communi-

ties might follow suit:

The writer gave examples of incidents brought about by the resort*' winter housing situation and painted a word picture of “Life in Coast Resorts where Lights are Low”, the title of the

article.

SAYRE NOW CORPORAL KEY FIELD, MISS. — Norman Sayre, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sayre, of 916 Queen street. Cape May, has been promoted to the rank of corporal, it was disclosed by Army authorities here today. Corporal Sayre, an automotive mechanic who entered the service on May 5, has been stationed at Key Field for several months.

county. Chester L. Larkins, former assistant field director at the Replacement Training Center, Atlantic City, has been assigned to Cape May and has established an office at the $aval Base. Mrs. F. Mulford Stevens, of Cape May, last week was nained to act as sfecretary to the _Me\d director. Explaining the purpose and duties of the latest Red Cross addition in Cape May County, Mr.

Larkins this week said:

“With our multitude of men in the various centers of military and naval training and on combat duty, it is inevitable that serious problems arise. No only does the serviceman often bring his home problems to camp with him, but there is the additional problem of adjusting to a new kind of group life and to the problem of war. “Today's great expansion has

called upon the American Red Cross to expand its resources to meet the home needs of servicemen and their families. “It is a common saying that s soldier weighted with worry is a poor soldier, and to quote Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey, ‘nothing disrupts an anny so quickly as no news, bad news or worry.’ To keep the collective mind and spirit of the armed forces as free from care as possible throughout the period of training and combat duty, the Red Cross field director and assistants cover all military and naval stations and hospitals. With the help of the Red Cross chapter at the service man’s home, the field director 'is equipped to assist in solving any ond~of a great variety of problems that

may arise.

“Through the close set-up with the Red Cross chapters throughout the country and especially in Cape May County, it is hoped that the Red Cross service will give benefit to numerous service Mr. Larkins said. — Continued On Pace Fou* —

Committee Assists Farmers On Gas COURT HOUSE — The Cape May County Farm Truck Transportation Committee has met twice in the County Agent's office and has acted on 27 appeals for more gasoline for farm

trucks.

The committee is endeavoring to secure gas for essential farm truck use because allotments made were frequently too small. The outstanding example was that of a sweet potato grower was allotted one gallon of gasoline for January, February and March and 25 gallons for the whole year on his Certificate of War Necessity. The committee found that the farmer needed 200 gallons for his year’s operations. Farmers whose certificates grant less gasoline than will allow full crop production are urged to visit the County Agent's office during January to prepare appeals. They are required to take with them a record of four weeks’ driving, a day-by-day record for seven consecutive days, their Certificates and their estimates of how many miles and gallons they must have each quarter in 1948.

WATCH-NIGHT SERVICE SET FOR THURSDAY In place of the regular Wednesday service at the First Methodist Church, a Watch-Night Service will be held on New Year's Eve, Thursday evening, at 11 o'clock in the chapel. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Samuel Blair, pastor of the