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CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1943

2 More Dances To Raise Funds For Honor Roll Two more dances to raise funds to finance an Honor Roll Board for Cape May and its surrounding communities will be held at Convention Hall on June 19 and 36,' St was announced today by the Ciivic Honor Roll Committee and the Cape May Recreation Commission after permission to use Convention Hall had been granted by the city commission.

Music for the dances will

furnished by Jimmie Filer's chostra, a popular South Jersey dance band which has made numerous appearances in Cape May. The first dance for the benefit of the Honor Roll, held last Saturday night at Convention Halil, iwas attended by more than residents, visitors and sei men. The committee realised a net profit of $61.74 from, the event, and this, together with other funds, will be applied to the •purchase or erection of an Honor Roll, upon which will appear the names of all local men and wom-

en in the armed forces.

Admission to the Saturday evening dances is 40 cents plus amusement tax, and all proceeds will be applied to the Honor Roll

fund.

The dances are sponaore ly by the Cape May Recreation Commission and the Civic Honor RoD Committee, the latter a new organization composed of representatives of most civic and patriotic organizations in the community. At a meeting of the committee Wednesday night, plans for the fund raising activities in the form of Saturday night dances at the Convention Hall, until the start

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City Refuses Lease For C.G. Stables A Coast Guard request to lease a city-owned lot on the westerly •nd of the athletic field tract for establishment of a stable to hduse horses which will be used by a moonted beach patrol was denied by Cape May’s city commission on Friday. City officials said that the proposed location would be objectionable. Coast Guard officers late last week requested permission to lease a lot 100 by 200 feet upon which they proposed to erect a stable to house 22 horses. The horses are to be used for night patrols of beaches in this vicinity. Announcing their rejection of the proposal, city commissioners said they felt suitable locations could be found elsewhere.

Christens Tug

MISS LUCILLE SCOTT Daughter of Senator and Mrs. Grant Scott, of Cape May, christened the third of the ha tugs being constructed by Cape May Shipbuilders, Inc. Mias Scott is a sophomore at Wilson College, and just returned home for her summer vacation in time for the launching. Her father is secretary and treasurer of the shipbuilding firm which is constructing 1 harbor tugs for the Navy.

Seeks Better Train, But Service Tt Shore WASHINGTON—The possibility of better train and bus service to seashore resorts if equipment is available was indicated late last week by Congressmen Elmer H. Wene, of this district, after conferences with officals <4 the Office of Defense Transportation. “In response to numerous request* from resort areas in South Jersey for adu>tional train or bus service, 1 have urged assistance from the Director of the Office of Defense Transportation, who auggeaU‘municipal officials apply immediately to railroad or bus transportation systems and if equipment is available, such rail- . road or bos system is authorized to request special permits for additional service from the ODT"

Wene said.

“I have notified all municipal officials in my district to this effect. I am also working in close cooperation with member* of the Senate and ”

an effort

to modify gasoline restrictions, particularly in the northeast, and at the same time to have the reLocal Beard Action Net Needed Ou Books

CAMDEN-

, 1 by the n OP A district office today. 4-persons who have reeeivr books have/oeen going to »e*r local boards'' to have the fcmt cover'-'ef'^the book filled Thai portion of the' book, ft w^a explained, is entitled “LoBoard Action," and spaces set forth for the date of • of the book, in addition e for the local board num-

170 At County Bankers’ Meet Last Thursday OCEAN (RtY—One hundred and seventy members and guests of the Cape May County Bankers’ Association, at the organization’s annual dinner at the Flanders Hotel here last Thursday night, enjoyed a scintillating program. The program that followed election of officers included musical numbers, one part of which—piano solos by an Italian boy from the Philadelphia Navy Yard Band —almost stopped the show. This was followed by an address by James E. Gheen, of New York, who is a noted after-dinner speaker. For some 50 minutes Mr. Gheen said practically nothing of world-shaking moment, but he said it in a way that kept his audience rocking in glee. New officers elected are Charles S. Sanders, treasurer of the Wildwood Trust Co., president; Raymond Errickson, cashier of tin First National Bank of Cape May Court House, vice president; liam C. Koeneke, teller ii. Marine National Bank, Wildwood,

secretary-treasurer

The musician whose piano numbers almost brought the audience to its feet is Anthony De Simone, musician first class in the Philadelphia Navy Yard Band. He was pianist in the Stokowski Youth Orchestra that toured South America a few years ago. He also is the only accordion soloist who has ever played with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has played with many of the nation's top-flight bands. Phil Barrett, Somers Point baritone, sang two numbers, followContinued On Page Four —

Cape Selectees Will Leave For Duty On June 26 group of southern Cape County men who passed their final physical examinations and were inducted into the nation’s armed forces at Camden on Saturday will leave to begin active duty on Saturday, June 26, ft was announced Monday by officers of Cape May County’s Selective Service Board No. 2. Eight of the men were inducted into the Navy, and the others were inducted into the Army. Those who will begin active duty this month are: CAPE MAY—Joseph R. Assan, Clarence Cpoper, Michael J. Dunne, Charles Johnson, Richard Branneau LeNoir, Leon Sayres, Samuel Reuben StilweU, and William H. Thaxton. WEST CAPE MAY—Oscar Richman Keeler. WILDWOOD — Peter Anthony Babore, Paul L. Colberg, Frederick P. Hug, Louis Joseph Morey. Paul Harris Nelson, Harold George Trout, Samuel Charles

Turner.

NORTH WIU) WOOD—J oseph J. Catanoeo, Franklin Ross Machen, Pasquali James Piro, Victor William Stella, and Samuel Philip Thomas. COURT HOUSE—Harvey R. Barton, Jr., Julius Way Fitzpatrick, Sol Edward Raff, George Thomas Swindell. BURLEIGH — Arthur Chaplin Marriner. WHITE9BORO—Andrew Houston Martin. Colberg, Cooper, Fitzpatrick, Hug, Keeler, Marriner, Nelson and Thaxton were inducted into the Navy. The others were assigned to Army duty.

Bathers Requested To Cooperate With BP Urging Cape May bathers to cooperate with the Beach Patrol in the interests of safety. Captain Sol Needles, head of the city's Beach Patrol, today issued the following safety rules: “Obey guards’ whistles at times ■fiF>thoy are blowing you out of danger. “Do not swim from beach

■aeh.

“Keep away from jetties. “Bathe on protected beaches and in front of the guards’ sta “Positively no changing from clothes to bathing suit on beach or in cars. “Deposit trash in cans. “Please bathe according to the beach rales. Remember our lives and yours depend upon your operation." Needles said.

Youth Killed In Air Accident Honored A citation of honor and a pair of silver wings were posthumously awarded to Private Joseph F. Hirl, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hirl, of Cape May, his parents were notified recently. Private Hirl was killed in an airplane crash January 9 at a Florida training base. The citation and the silver wings were forwarded to his parents by Army authorities. The citation reads in part: “He lived to bear his country’s arms. He died to save its honor. He was a solder . . . and he knew a solder's duty. His sacrifice will help to keep aglow the flaming torch that lights our lives . that millions yet unborn may know the priceless joy of liberty. And we who pay him homage, and revere his memory, in solemn pride rededicate ourselves to a complete fulfillment if the task for which he so gallantly ha* placed his life upon the altaY of

man's freedom.’’

The citation was signed by General H. HI Arnold, commanding general of the .Army

Forces.

Boundary Fight Flares Arow As Cafe is Closed WILDWOOD—The ing boundary line dis_ Lower Township and the City of Wildwood flared w * ternoon as police alcoholic beveragea from the taproom about which the boundary fight centered and arrested the proprietor and A woman em-

ployee.

Those held are Janies Mackell, operator of the “Ship Ahoy" bar on West Rio Grande avenue, near Wildwood, and Lillian laberg, a barmaid. They were held for further hearings after police descended upon the establishment with warrants. Bail was set at $250 each. Lower Township issued a liquor license to the taproom two years ago, after which the City of Wildwood instituted proceedings, claiming the place was within efty

limits.

lengthy court battle followwhich finally reached the Court of Errors and Appeals. The decision rendered, however, is regarded as controversial, officials say, with the result that Lower Township is said to have issued another license to Mackell. During the litigation, Mackell had obtained a restraining order and was doing business until last fall, when he closed the place for the winter. Learning he had reopened recently, Mayor George W. Krogman conferred with police and ordered the liquor confiscated and the proprietor arrested. He said, the court decision placed the building within the Wildwood ity limits. Prior to the arrest Patrolman Oran Henry purchased a pint of whiskey, and Mackell is charged with selling alcoholic beverages without a Wildwood license. The barmaid is charged with aiding ind abetting. ChiCfles Glenn ,of the State ABO, was called in and the liquor placed in his custody. Mackell said he would institute civil action against all those responsible for his arrest and closing, stating that his authority for reopening was Lower Township.

Families Of Service Men Are Asked To Report Names For Community Honor Roll Here Families of men and women from Cape May and vicinity who are now m the nation’s armed services this week were urged to report the full names, branches of service and other r'™ ™^ >nni| 9on about their tehtere to the Civic Honor Boil Committee so that their names may be placed on the eommumty Honor Roll which

will soon be erected.

Making the appeal, Clarence D. Fisher, chairman of the commit-’

tee, this week urged immediate action on the part of service men’s families so that the complete list can be ready by the time the Honor Roll board is

erected.

studying various types of boards, their costs and various central locations as possible sites for the Honor RolL Funds are being raised to finance the movement through a series of Saturday night dances at Con-

“We plan to use lists obtained from the - local Selective Service Board and from other sources,” Fisher said, “but to eliminate the possibility of error and omission, we would like the families of local servee men and women to give us the information at first-hand. This will be used as a doublecheck to assure the accuracy of

the Honor Roll.

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Peterson Completes First Flight Study ORANGEBURG. S. C—Aviation Cadet Lynwood S. Peterson, aon of Mrs. Lonnie O. Bridges, rf 1*71 Fifteenth avenna, St Petersburg, Fla^ a former reaident of Cape May. this week completed the first stage <rf U. S. Army Air Forces pilot training bar* at the Hawthorne School of Aeronautics, under the supervision of the 58th Flying Training Detachment, AAF Contract Fty- — School, Army Air Fe

Lyle Begins Navy Aviation Course Morton C. Lyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lyle, of 1105 Washington street, has begun a course of intensive training as a Naval aviation cadet at the University of Pennsylvania under the Navy’s pre-flight training pro-

gram.

Lyle, a graduate of Cape May High School, class of 1942, began his Navy training last Thursday. Ha had just completed a semester of study at Brown Prep School, Philadelphia, and a semester of study at Duke University, Durham, N. C. Lyle enlisted in the Navy last November 28 and was selected for the air corps on February 22.

Sailors Fined For Auto Tampering Francis Spiller, 18, and Stanley Mead, 22, both attached Naval units in Cape May, v fined ten dollars each Monday night at a hearing in police court when they were arraigned before Police Justice Edward P. Nittinger on charges of tampering with an automobile without permission of the owner. The two sailors were apprehended on June 7 by Officer John Cunningham .after they allegedly had been found tampering with, a truck owned by James H. Green, which was parked on Jefferson street. Spiller, police said, less than three weeks before had been arrested on a charge of larceny of an automobile after he had taken a oar belonging to Thomas Keenan, of Cape May, and had.wrecked the-machine near the observation post at Erma. Lifeguard Tests To Be Held On Monday Lifeguard tests for applicants seeking positions on Cape May’s Beach Patrol will be held on Monday, June 21, at 1 p. m. on Stockton Beach, Captain Sol Needles announced on Monday. Applicants are to report at the Beach Patrol headquarters on Stockton Beach. Tests will include swimming, boat work, can and buoy rescues and artificial respiration. Needles

said.

KiwanisWeekTo De Marked Here All-Kiwanis Week will be observed by the Cape May Kiwanis Club with a special program on June 23. During the week of June 20-26, 2,200 Kiwanis Clubs in the United States and Canada will hold special meetings stressing Kiwanis objectives and

achievements.

^AH^Kiwanis Week is triply /Significant this year," said John 1 1. Spacer, Jr., club president. 'Our Kiwanis International convention .with its indicated attendance of 5,000, always held during this week, has been cancelled to give transportation of troops and war equipment the right of way. Of the 115,000 members of Kiwanis International, 10,000 are in

military service.

“Kiwanians have accepted wartime responsibilities and have given unsparingly of their energy and time to all phases of war work in addition to their community service programs. This year our unalterable pledge will be to intensify our efforts in the pros-

ecution of this war.”

Fred G. McAlister, of London, Ont., president of Kiwanis International, in a special All-Kiwanis

Week message, said:

“The fate of a country is in its government but the fate of a democracy is in the hands of the local community. Today the intangible qualities of faith and determination with which Kiwanians renew their pledge are powerful factors in gaining for our countries a far-reaching vic-

tory.”

Miss Spare Cited For Acadenic Honors OHAMBERSBURG, PA.—Miss Geraldine Spare, of 1045 New York avenue, Cape May, today was cited for academic achievement at Wilson College during the second semester of the year that closed May 81 with com-

mencement.

Miss Spare is among the 81 members of the incoming senior class who have been named to the honor list by Dean Mary B. McElwain. At Wilson, such citation is not only a recognition of notable work; it also entitles a student to the privilege of assuming responsibility for her own class attendance. Miss Spare is making history her field of concentration with English as an allied subject. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs..

J. K. Spare.

Lenz Elected Dy Ministers The Rev. Albert W. Lenz, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was elected president of the Cape May Ministers’ Association at its annual meeting Monday morning at the Baptist parsonage. He succeeds the Rev. Wilbur E. Hogg, Jr., former rector of the Church of the Advent. Other officers elected are the Rev. F. Paul Langhpme, pastor of the Cape Island Baptist Church, vice president; the Kev. Augustus Chancy, pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church, sec-

retary.

Devotions were led by Mr. Chancy, and a challenging message on “China” was given by Miss Gertrude Selzer, of the staff of the Cape May USO Club, a

missionary on furlough from the ... — — ——» Protestant Episcopal Church. ““*• U P°" licensees and Luncheon guenu wc„ the Rev. <■>'■ ■"!»»»•

and Mrs. William Bullock, the Rev. Samuel Blair, the Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Peace, Adjutant and Mrs. Theodore F. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Chancy, Mr. and Mrs. Lenz, Miss Selzer, Mr. and Mrs. Langhome, and Mrs. Grace C.

Bailey, of Mansfield, Pa.

The association will hold its September meeting in the Presbyterian manse as guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Lenz.

An ordinance

from liquor-selling and providing penalties for ors convicted of drinking or representing their ages to o' aleoholiic beverages waa introduced by Cape May’s city com-

mission on Friday.

Penalties provided by the ordinance include fines up to $200 and imprisonment up to 90 days

in the county jail or both.

TJe measure specifies that it shall be unlawful for a minor to enter any premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beveragea within the City of Cape May. Tha ordinance further provides that it shall be unlawful for a minor to purchase, attempt to purehaaa or have another purchase for him or her within the City of Cop# May any alcoholic beverage on any premises licensed for tha sale

of alcoholic beverages.

Persons under the age of 21 are prohibited from entering any li-quor-selling establishment unless they are accompanied by a parent

or guardian.

The ordinance provides that it shall be unlawful for any minor to misrepresent his or her age for the purpose of inducing any retail licensee to sell, serve or deliver any alcoholic beverage ta him or her within the Ciity of

Cape May.

A-public heanng on the ordinance will be held at 11:80 a. m. on Friday, June 25, at City Hall The city commission introduced le measure to penalize minors convicted of drinking or purchasing alcoholic beverages. Existing state laws provide no penal ties for the minors themselves, although they impose severe pen-

their

Local Motorists Lauded For Driving Cut By Board Chief

the bine and yelining ship in the .. now be tia—fEmid U Greenville, Mira, for farther - Basic Flying

Most local motorists are cooperating in the movement eliminate pleasure driving, the saving in gasoline is notice; able. Dr. L. C. Asbbum, chairman of Cape May’s War Price and Rationing Board, declared today. “There is still room for improvement, and many more of our citisens could help by not driving except when it is absolutely nec-

■sary," be added.

t Commenting on the reasons for the recent drastic curbs on motoring, Dr. Ash burn cited the following figures to show why gas--'ine b so urgently needed by * nation's armed forces. “It- takes 214,009 gallons — fuel oil to run a supply ship on s round trip to Africa. Large Army transports bun 33.000 'gallons of fuel oil every 24 hours.

more than 3,000 gallons of fuel oil an hour at high speed. “Aircraft carriers burn more Lhan^OOO gallons of fuel ofi “It takas 400 gallons of 100 ectane gasoline to keep a four-

motored flying fortress in the for one, hour. “The motors of s combat plane burn 100 gallons each per hour. “These ships and planes must be kept going. Let every citizen make a solemn promise to himself that no more gasoline will be used than is really required. We at home will do our part,” the board chairman declared. r. Ash burn cited an article which recently appeared in a weekly newspaper: ‘Our forefathers did without jar until the 18th century; without coal fires until the 14th

Special Services At AdventChurch Sunday At the Church of the Advent next Sunday—Trinity Sunday the church yeah—there will services at eight o’clock, holy eucharist; and at 10:30 morning prayer, sermon and holy euchar-

ist.

During the coming week, the Rev. W. Norman Pittenger, who is in charge of the Episcopal parish this summer, will be out of town part of the time. He will be giving a series of lectures at the an dual Diocesan Conference in Burlington, Vt, of whose faculty he has been a member for several summers. Because"-of Father Pittenger’s absence, the week-day services of the Church of the Advent will not be held this week, but the regular program will be resumed next week.

until the 15th, without the 16th, without coffee, tea and soap until the 17th; without pudding until the 18th; *ithout gas, matches and electreiity until tha 19th; -without canned goods until the 20th century and we oWles for only a

STUDENTS COMPLETE EIGHTH GRADE STUDY Eight pupils of the eighth grade of the parochial school received diplomas last week after they had completed the prescrib-

Potato Ceilings Set For District Ceiling prices for potatoes in the Atlantic City and Camden areas were announced on Thursday. The prices include the delivery price from the place of shipment to the place of deliv-

ery.

The Atlantic City area includes Cape May and Atlantic Counties. Prices for this area follow: California to Atlantic City, five pounds, class one store, 29 cents; class 2 store, 28 cents; class three store, 28 cents; class

four store, 28 cents.

Texas to Atlantic City, five pounds, class one store, 30 cents; class two, 29 cents; class three, cents, class four, 29 cents. Sooth Carolina to Atlantic City, five pounds, class one, 27 cents, - ass two, 26 cents, class three, ■ cents, clas four, 26 cents. Florida to Atlantic City, five pounds, class one, 28 cents, two, 27 cents, class three, 27 cents, class four, 27 cents. Restrictions On Surf

Fishing Relaxed

Effective June 1, restrictions on surf fishing along the South Jersey - Delaware coast were partially relaxed, Captain E. A. Coffin, district Coast Guard officer of the Fourth Naval District, an-

noua^ed late last week.

^Persons will be permitted to surf fish along the beaches of the Fourth Nsval District during daylight hours except at such places where ‘no loitering’ or ‘no parking’ notices have been posted,’

Captain Coffin said.

“Where such notices have been posted, consideration may be given to permit surf fishing under special circumstances by addressing requests to the Commanding Officer, District No. 5, Second Service Command, U. S. Army, Chestnut and Hamilton avenues,

Trenton.

“In certain sections of the beach, parallelled by boardwalks, surf fishing may be restricted by local ordinances.” The notice modified instructions given bv Captain Coffin on April 15 in which he warned that “surf fishing is prohibited by Army beach regulations except on beaches parallelled by boardwalks, and there during daylight only."

$84,000 Allotted To Cape Havel Units WASHINGTON—Construction of additional facilities at the Cape May Naval Base and the Rio Grande Naval Air Station has been approved by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, it was disclosed late last week by Con-

gressman Elmer H. Wene, of this'

district.

Wene said he was advised that Secretary Knox had just approved projects for the Cape May Naval Base in the amount of $30,000, and construction of additional facilities at the Rio Grande Air Station in the amount of

$54,800.

Because of war-time secrecy, Wene’s announcement gave” do details of the type of construction contemplated, although he said part of the funds allotted to tha Cape May base will be used for the construction of an

road.

FIRE DAMAGES CAR An autemoblie owned by Otto Samuelson, of Cape May, waa slightly damaged by fire late Sunday night near Buck’s Landing. Cape May s fir* company respond•d to the alarm and quickly extingaished the blase.

Protests Filed At

Rail Hearing

COURT HOUSE — ProteaU against proposed discontinuance of railroad service to Stone Harbor were filed with the State Board of Public Utility Commissioners at a hearing here yes-

terday.

Protests were filed by representatives of Stone Harbor, Avalon, Cape May County, the Stone Harbor and Cape May Court House Chambers of Commerce. The -hearing was held by Public Utility Commissioner John E. Boswell, of Ocean City, former Cape May County assemblyman, and Examiner Prichard, of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The session opened at 10:80 yesterday morning, and the day was devoted to taking of testimony from various witnesses. A decision is expected to be announced by , the Public Utility Commission in several weeks. At present, the only rail aerv»ce to Stone Harbor is a freight spur. For years, the railroad has operated no passenger service to that resort, providing bus transportation for its passengers in-

stead.

Appeal Rejected By

District Beard

of Romolo William Rossi, of 814 West Schellenger avenue, Wildwood, was rejected by the South Jersey Appeal Board last week, it waa disclosed Monday by offlrors of Cape May Cotfnty^ Selective Service Board No. 2. The Rossi appeal was filed on

The

wl&

board ruled that

irtrant by the local board. The • paal board’s j*-* ’ *