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Caps May Wave, Established 1894 • Stab or the Cape. Established 1868 Cape May Stab 8 Wave, Consolidated 1907

CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1943

Class Of 50 To Be Graduated This Evening Fifty Cape May High School Seniors will receive their diplomas at the annual commencement exercises at Convention Hall this evening. The program will begin at 8:30 o'clock. Dr. •Francis Harvey Green, headmaster of the Pennington School for Boys, will deliver the address to the graduates. He will he introduced by Willard B. Matappointed city

' nt.

will be Bar-

, Norma Taylor, Mitchell Brooks and Charles Hoffman. Hoffman and Miss Taylor are the class honor students. "Education for a Strong Democracy” will be the graduation theme. Miss Norfleet’s address will be "The Code of American Youth;” "Education and the Morale of a Free People” will be the theme of Miss Taylor’s address;

peak on “The Purration in American and Hoffman will

i theme, “A War Policy for American Schools.”

Mr. Matthews will present the

as part of the commence-

es. Paul S. Ensmingof the high school, awards to the grad-

ana Mrs. Charlotte K. president of the Board oi education, will award the diThe program will open with "American Patrol” and the processional “Pomp and C stance” by the High School The Rev. Albert Lens will give the invocation, and the class and audience will join in the pledge of allegiance and the sin

the national anthem.

Miss Marie Engman, secretary of the graduating class, will give the address of welcome. The girls' glee club will sing two selections prior to the addresses of Following the presentation of diplomas, the class and alumni will sing the school song, and Mr. L*ns will pronounce the benedicThe band will play "Hulgr’s March” as the rec csss the graduates file from

the "auditorium.

Ten of the 22 boys in the class are already in the armed forces. Those unable to be present for the commencement exercises will receive diplomas in absntia.

pose of Edi Democracy,” take as his t

Blackout Test On Tuesday Success Tuesday night's blackout test was one of the most successful as well as the longest test of its kind since the organization of civilian defense forces, Police Chief John J. Spencer, Jr., chairman of the local defense council, declared yesterday. ^ Greatest difficulty encountered by defense council volunteers was experienced after the second blue signal had been sounded. Many householders mistook the signal for the all-clear and turned on their lights. The yellow signal was received here at 8:45 p. m., the blue at 9:01, the red at 9:28, the second blue at 10:06 and the white at

10:45.

Throughout the county and state, civilian defense officials reported that the test was one ol the most successful yet held.

Sailors Nabbed In Larceny Attenpt i*ss than three weeks after he had been arrested for stealing an automobile, Francis Spilier, 18, of the U. S. Navy Section Base here, was taken into custody Sunday night on a charge of attempted larceny of a truck. Nabbed with him was SUnley S. Mead. 22, a seaman, 2c, attached to a Navy boat sUtioned here. The two were arrested by Officers Cunningham and Hand after Cunningham had approached them after they were allegedly attempting to steal a truck owned by James H. Green, which wai parked on Jefferson street. Hearing for the two men was continued until later this week. In the meantime, they were turned over to naval authorities. Spilier, according to police, AWOL, having violated restrictions imposed by the Navy after he had been arrested three weeks ago by Sheriff F. Mulford Stevens on a charge of stealing an automobile belonging to Thomas Keenan, of Cape May. The arrest was made after the car over-

turned at Erma.

Public Asked To Report On All Suspicious Acts ATLANTIC CTTY—The public

should not relent in its duty of

reporting all suspicious circum-

stances to the FBI, S. F. Mc-

Kee, New Jersey FBI chief, told law enforcement officials of Cape May, _ Atlantic and Cumberland

Counties at the quarterly police conference held in the All-Wars

Memorial Building here Monday

afternoon.

The meeting was the first of a series of nine June conferences to be. held in various parts of the state and part of a nationwide movement to mobilize all local' law enforcement agencies to assist tb» FBI in internal security

investigations.

"All reports are being thoroughly investigated,” McKee declared. "We should not be lulled into a false sense of security at home when the lives of our boys across the seas hang in the bal-

ance.”

Other FBI agents discussed the responsibility for the security of war information. They said individuals should never discuss war information unless it has been made the subject of a newspaper publicity release and even while discussing printed news they should be careful not to color it with facts peculiar to their own knowledge. Common Pleas Judge French B. Loveland, of Ocean. City, addressed the group on the subject of "Jurisdictions of Military and Civilian Police.” A film, “Next of Kin,” a British security picture, was shown prior to the speeches and discussions.

Pleasure Driving Hearings Friday

County Makes Record In Polio Fund Drive OCEAN CITY—The Cape May County Chapter for Infantile Paralysis has received its contributions from the March of Dimes sent to Washington, and from funds collected by the motion picture theatres of the county, which bring the total collected this year to J2.340.90. Judge French B. Loveland, chairman of the annual fund-raising campaign, reported

this week.

“This is the largest amount ’er collected for* the cause in Cape May County," Judge Loveland declared as he expressed his appreciation to all volunteers and contributors who aided in

1943 drive.

44 Adnitted To Citizenship In County Monday COURT HOUSE—Forty-four Cape May County residents were admitted to citizenship Monday at a special session of naturalization court here. William Gilders the United States Naturalization Examiner, and Judge French B. Loveland presided. The new citizens included Elizabeth Petrella, Belleplain, Rose Chiappini, Woodbine, Frances Julian, Wildwood, Ross DeCinque, Woodbine, Sperandia Germanio. Belleplain, Candita Allegretto, Ocean City, Anna Maria Foglio, Ocean City, Vincenza Foglio, Ocean £an City, Vincenza Foglio, Ocean City, Thomas D’Intino, Sea Isle City, Frank Vuoso, Wildwood, Vito Buccinno, Wildwood, all Italians; Herman Wendt, South Seaville, Germany; Genoveffa Monaco, Wildwood, Italy; Rasmus Malven Hansen, Wildwood, Norway; Emma Prior, Petersburg, Germany; Margaret Gavin, Cape May, Ireland. Virginia Polise, Belleplain, Michele Antonio Mattera, Rio Grande, Joseph Yacono, North Wildwood, Angeline Bottiglieri, Wildwood, Antonio Donato, Ocean City, all Italians; Hilma Elisabeth Sedin. Wildwood, Sweden; Annadomenica Cifoni, Belleplain. Italy; Katherine Pileggi, Ocean City, Italy; Torsten Henrikson, Wildwood. Sweden; Margaret Russo, Wildwood, Vittpria Vistenzo. Court House, Maria Versaggi. North Wildwood, Carmela Delcorio, Wildwood, all Italians. Sarah Greenberg. Woodbine. Russia; John Bortney, Cape May, Norway; Ragna Sofie Kristine Bortne. Cape May. Andrew Wisting, Wildwood. Norway; Dora Krupnic, Wildwood. Russia; John Liljebjorn, Court House. Anna Walborg Liljebjorn, Court House, Sweden; Dora Rubinstein, Wildwood, Russia; Andrew Olsen, Wildwood, Norway; Fannie rossman, Woodbine, Russia; Francesco DiSilvestro, Stone Harbor, Carmela Falcone, Sea Isle City, Maria Christina Rosica. Ocean City, Italy; Magdalena Mieszczak, Wildwood, Poland; Olga Margretha Dahl, Wild’

Norway.

DELIVERED BY MAIL IN THE U.SJL POSTAGE PREPAI0-92.00 A YEAR

Steamer Route To Cape Seen As Remedy To Transport Problems To Provide transportation between Cape May and the Philadelphia metropolitan area, officials of this resort this week began negotiations with officers of the Wilson Steamship Line to inaugurate steamboat service to and from Cape May from Philadelpphia during the summer vacation season. Cape May’s city commissioners, at a meeting Friday, moved to contact offiicials of the steamship Company with a request that trips to Cape May

be scheduled during the ap-

Honor Roll Unit Formed Here; Benefit Dance Saturday Will Open Fund Raising Campaign PJans for the establishment of an Honor Roll board as a tribute to local men and women now serving in the armed forces of the nation were advanced Friday evening with the formation of the Civic Honor'Roll Committee, composed of

representatives of most of the'

\ Th* seven were reported last fkend daring the OPA's ii ' i the Cape May Others reported isure driving were refer(their local ration boanls are scheduled for 8:80 at the board head and Frank-

Snow, district ration ntatiive. and one or more * of the local board will ondact the-hearings. »W MADE LIEUTENANT Second Lieutenant Lee Gew, ol he U. .S Army Signal Corps, stabMd at Fort Monmouth, visited HibIii in Cape May and Wert bte May from Friday until Mon- “ ; Ttanant Go* a course at _ School and was

I by the Atlantic C :y Eiecl - H Cap. May.

Emergency Stations Ready In Township COLD SPRING—Preparation o

three emergency first aid room in Lower Township has been com pleted under the direction of the Lower Township Defense Coun-

cil, - .

til, and equipment for the emergency stations has been ordered, it was reported at a meeting of

10 Will Graduate In West Cape May WEST CAPE MAY—Ten eighth grade students will receive their diplomas tomorrow morning at the closing exercises of West Cape May s grammar schools. -Beiuse of transportation restricons, the formal commencement exercises have been discarded this year. Brief programs and the presentation of diplomas will take place at the regular morning assembly at 9 a. m. Each of the graduates will give brief essay, and school songs will be sung by students of the

schools.

Graduates in School No. 1 will, be Stella Carpenter, William Everett, Albert Ewing. Frances Gallaher and Agnes Woodruff. Graduates in the Annex School will be Victor Edmonds, Nelson Harris. Jean Howard. George Robinson and Victor Smith. A picnic will be held at the | school grounds Friday, featuring

community’s organizations. Plans for the establishment of i Honor Roll board as a tribute to local men and women now serving in the armed forces of the nation were advanced Friday evening with the formation of the Civic Honor Roll Committee, composed of representatives of most of the community’s organizations. Members of the committee are Steven J. Steger and Clarence ©. Fisher, representing the Cape May Kiwanis Club; Percy G. Fox, representing the American Legion; Mrs. Mae Smith and Mrs. Charles R. Hoffman, of the Legion Auxiliary; William E. Camp-anal Guy E. Riley, of the Veterans of For-, eign Wars; Mrs. Cbcil McCullough, of the V. F. W. Auxiliary; I Mrs. 1. Grant Scott, of the>C4»mmunity Club; Donald W. Lear, of the Cape May Recreation Commission, and F. Mervyn Kent. The committee was organized at a meeting at the office of the Atlantic City Electric Company. Fisher was named committee chairman, and plans for fund raising activities were begun to defray expenses of establishing

the Honor Roll.

A subscription dance at Convention Hall Saturday evening, June 12, will be the opening gun in the. fund raising campaign. Music will be furnished by Jimmie Filer’s orchestra, which played at

Honor Roll Head

Continued On Pace Five —

No Relief Costs In City During May For the first time since the beginning of the depression. Cape May had no municipal relief expenditures during the month of May, Senator I. Grant Scott, commissioner of public affairs, who heads the city’s welfare department, reported Friday. In recent months, relief costs have shown a constant decline, according' to the monthly reports submitted to the commission *by Lewis S. Bennett, overseer of the

poor.

Larger Shore Patrol Answers City Plea Enlargement of the Navy’s Cape May shore patrol and elimination of a substantial amount of boisterous activity on the part of service men on liberty during the early hours of morning have resulted from efforts of the city commission to curb disturbances the business district after the a. m. closing of bars. Acting after numerous complaints had been received, Senator I. Grant Scott, director of public safety, conferred with city police and representatives of, the Navy last week, in an attempt to have a larger shore patrol assigned to Cape May during the hours of early morning when most of the confusion is said to have occurred. In a report to the city commison on Friday, Scott said he had toured the business district shortly after 1 a. m. Friday and had observed a marked improvement

in conditions.

“Cape May police are unable to cope with the situation,” the commissioners pointed out. “While our force is adequate for the community in normal times, it is too small to handle the present conditions without the cooperation of sizeable shore patrol which

CLARENCE D. FISHER

Local manager of the Atlantic City Electric Co. and past president of the Cape May Kiwanis Club, who was named chairman of the Civic Honor Roll Board Committee at the "group’s organization

meeting Friday night

Officials To Study Liquor Ordinance An ordinance barring minors

from liquor-selling establishments

J providing penalties for min, found guilty of drinking in-

toxicating beverages will be con-

sidered by Cape May’s city c mission at its weekly meeting

City Solicitor Samuel F. Eldredge was instructed last Friday to prepare in ordinance for the commissioners' consideration that would specifically prohibit minors from entering liquor-selling establishments, and would impose penalties upon those convicted of violating existing state laws which prohibit minors from drinking intoxicants. Discussing the juvenile problem, the commissioners moved to institute such a regulation to aid stamping out drinking among

minors.

Present state laws, the commissioners pointed out, provide no penalty for minors who drink intoxicants, although severe penalties are provided for liquor licensees who sell drinks to minors.

pro&ching- season.

Senator I. Grant Scott, commissioner of public affairs, will contact officials of the company in an effort to work out plans

for the boat route.

The commissioners pointed out that the steamship route would follow the Delaware River to ita mouth in Delaware Bay and from there through the recently completed Cape May Canal to Cape

May Harbor.

“We hope that our attempt will materialize in time for the bulk of the vacation season, for It would be the answer to the transportation problem of thousands of vacation-minded city residents who now are faced with drastic curbs on pleasure driving and slight reductions in bus and train service,” said the commissioners. Elaborating on the possibilities of the plan, city officials said that a regular schedule of steamer trips between the Philadelphia area and Cape May would undoubtedly be a successful venture

sands of city hresidents are anxious to come to the seashore for vacations this year, but are hampered by war-time curbs on normal transportatioin facilities. — Continued On Page Foun —

To conserve and maintain _ utilization of available and cars to meet inheavy demands for unents and essential e travel, train service bePhiladelphia and South Jersey seashore points via the Delaware River bridge route will ted on Saturdays, holidays beginning (20. untO after th. sbor Day weekend, -the Pennrlvania - Reading Seashore Lines . inounced Friday. . The railroad will contiinne to ,>erate trains over the bridge route Mondays -through Fridays as usual during the summer

Sundays and

Wildwood Honor Roll Dedication Sunday

WILDWOOD—Under the direction of the Americanism com- _ mittee of the Byron Pennington

maintains order among naval per- Croker Post No. 184, American sonnel on shore liberty. Legion, the Five Mile Beach Hon“We believe that the coopera- or Roll, which has been erected cion of naval authorities in pro- on Pacific avenue between Cedar riding a larger shore patrol, par- and Schellenger avenues, will be ticularly during the period imme- [ dedicated with appropriate^cerediately after bars close, will go j monies Sunday afternoon^/ far toward solving the problem Lieutenant Syver 0. Sorlien, of unnecessary noise and disturb-, chaplain of the Cape May Naval ances in the central sections of 1 Base, will deliver the address of

the city,” the officials continued, the day.

at the township house, and third at. the Villas fire house. At Monday’s meeting, the defense unit discussed the problem

of enforcing dimout Recently revised d

were discussed, and tion of the public was asked by council members in observing the

new regulations.

With the installation of a new fire siren at the Villas fire house, the defense council has purchased the old one from the Villas Fire Company and. will install it atop the school as soon as pairs have been made. Baseball teams will be formed soon by the various units of fire reserves to stimulate interest in

the organisation.

LIST DEMONSTRATION A canning demonstrate be he ld in Cap* May <m Ji under the sponsorship of t cal civilian defense council,

Scouting Program To Be Organized On County Basis; Plans Adopted At Meeting Thursday

COURT. HOUSE—After many months of discussions and meetings in an effort to create a scouting program in Cape May County, a plan was decided upon and committees were appointed meeting here last Thursday, se D. Ludlam was elected chairman of the committee with Charles A. Swain, of Cape May, and John J. Kay, of Wildwood, as vice chairmen. •.Other members are J. B. Hayes Bougher and Harry Kunz, of • Cape May; C. T. Wood, of Woodbine, Kay and Edward Kreuger, Wildwood; W. J Maglaok representing Sea Isle City; and Mr. Lodlam represent-

ing-Court "

Attending the kul Handle, sc ww York City, i

Cumberland County Council, who

outlined the values of scouting, particularly during war-time. Mr. Handle said that Cape May County is the only county in the state which is not under the Scouting Council and cited the many advantages and values of council supervision in scout work. It was unanimously decided by those present that scouting should be organized throughout county. In order to make it a permanent actigfry, it is necessary that county supervision be secured with at least a part-time office and

The estimated annual cost for scout operations in Cape May County is approximately J3.500, and the committee will make plans for a countywide drive to secure the amount for a 12-month operation period. Cumberland County, through Mr. Lauver, offered the use of its camping facilities during the summer. Lauver said they were cooperating with the government in their camping plans, which were to permit any scout to enjoy the camp from "one to seven * where the boys will be an opportunity by day on nearby they will be paid a ount to defray the

Rector At Episcopal Church For Summer The Rev. W. Norman Pittenger, a member of the faculty of the General Theological Seminary in New York City, has arrived in Cape May to take charge of the Church of the Advent and St. John's Church during the summer months. rill remain here until the end of September, when he will return to his duties at the seminary in Nw York. While in Cape May, he will .. “ ‘ >n the rectory, 612 Franklin t. His family is spending the summer with ' him in Cape at the Church of the dvent on Sunday, June 13, will be at 8 o'clock, Holy Eucharist; and 10:30 Morning Prayer followed by sermon and Holy Eucharist with music. This Sunday is Whitsunday, one of the three major festivals in the church year. During the coming week, there will be celebrations of the Eucharist on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30; and on the three Ember Days, appointed by the church as days of prayer for the clergy of the church and those studying for the ministry, there will also be celebrations of the Eucharist at 7:30. Those days are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. 13 Get Diplomas In Township COLD SPRING — Thir eighth grade students of Lower Township's Consolidated School received their diplomas last night at the school's annual commence-

ment

The commencement program included the invocation by the Rev. S. F. Sliker, songs by the school' chorus, presentation of a gift by James Carroll, class vice president; a play, “Our Neighbor, Brazil,” presented by the graduates; buying of bonds and stamps, Peggy O'Neal, class president; presentation of class • pins by Mrs. James Matthews, president of the Parent-Teachers Association; presentation of diplomas by Wilfred Swain, vice president of the Board of Education, and class song by the graduates. Graduates are Eloise Cunningun, Isabel! Rosell, Jean Matthews, Marie DeRenzie, Peggy O’Neal, Ruth Roman, Vivian Schellenger, David McPherson, James Carroll, Leroy Reeves, Richard Ewing, .Richard Strecker and Wesley Ouram.

Saturdays, ' eginning June 20. - J operated from and Philadelphia’s Broad Street Pennsylvania StationJt, and North Philadel- - phia, will be generally represented in the regular summer schedule of seashore trains leaving and arriving at Federal Street Station, Camden, with ferry connections at Philadelphia’s Market

Street Wharf.

Railroad officials explained that the elimination of bridge trains over weekends and holidays not only will cut 20 miles off each round trip to shore points, but also will eliminate the additional time now consumed in bridge train operations and make possible quicker turn-arounds of the available equipment All this will enable the railroads to obtain, maximum utilization, over heavy traffic periods, of the limited, number of cars and locomotive* available for seashore service. In view of the increasingly — Continued on Page Foun —

Cape Bus Service Is Curtailed By DDT NEWARK—Putting into effect a 20 per cent reduction in mileaga ordered by the Office of Defense Transportation in the present gasoline emergency, Public Service

transportation companies late last'

week announced the following

service, effective im-

changes

mediately: Temporary suspension of service on 15 routes; sharp reduction in sen-ice on 23 other routes; temporary suspension of sen-ice on the Newark-Asbury Park, Greenwood Lake - New York bus lines and reduction in service on all other seashore lines. Among the changes in the southern division,, covering South Jersey, was suspension of the Atlantic City - Wildwood Route 102. The 5;20 a. m. trip from Atlantic City and the 4:41 trip from Cape May have been suspended.

Needles Renamed To Head Fire Company Sol Needles, foreman of Cape May’s paid fire department and captain of the city beach patrol, was re-elected chief of the Volunteer Fire Company at its annual meeting Monday night Needles was first elected to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of Chief William B. Gil-

bert

Others - elected at Monday’s meeting are Albert B. Little, assistant chief; Harry Lehman, foreman of Chemical Company No. 1; Joseph H. Settle, director of Chemical Company No. 1; and Leslie Hand, member of Engine Company No. 2. Willard, Markley was elected president of the volunteer company, and Charles B. Shields was elected secretary.

Congressman Asks Gas For Fishing WASHINGTON—The Office of Price Administration was urged late last week to allow gasoline rations to party fishing boats along the New\Jersey co— 1 *- overcome a fish shortage. Representative Auchinclosi Jersey Republican, told the it is estimated there will deficit of 3,500,000 pounds . this year, and declared tl j&fiysyrs ' ’ for the summer

New

Waitress Fined For

Serving Minors

• COURT HOUSE—Mrs. Helen Albers, a waitress employed at Kjjly’s Boat Bar, 107-09 Jackson street, was fined $200 on each of two counts in court yesterday, after she had plead guilty of charges to selling liquor to minMrs. Albers plead guilty to the charges, preferred by agent* of the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission, at a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace James Allison in Cape Msy, snd later when she was arraigned in i A hearing on charges ag_ the licensee is still pending.

CONTINUE RED CROSS WORK IN BOROUGH