89 YEAR, No. 30

CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1943

City Problems Are Discussed By Cottagers Police protection, clean beaches,

clean streets, city garbage collection and a new boardwalk pavilion were among the subjects discnssed by the members of the

Casino Sunday afternoon. Harold E. Godwin, the

times, a large number of the “ok faithful never-miss-a-summer-at-Cape May” members were present

can cooperate with the city administration. It was generally believed that many of the current problems and desirable improvements in city fairs must await the end of

war.

August 20 was chosen as the date for the annual dinner, a committee was appointed by President Godwin to carry through all details of the event. The committee consists of Mrs. A. Giraud Foote, Mrs. Charles F. Mitchell, Mrs. Godwin, Harold W. Watson, and George "C. Clarke, who has been elected to the office of treasurer of the association in the place of Mr. Watson, who resigned. Mr. Clarke reported the treasury in excellent coi dition. — Continued On Page Four

HONOR ROLL TO BE DEDICATED AT CEREMONIES ON AUGUST 22

taining names of all service men and women from Cape May, West Cape May, Cape May Point and Lower Township will be dedicated at impressive ceremonies here on Sunday, August 22, at 12:30 p. m., it was announced this week, after final plans for the ‘dedication were formulated by the com-

mittee.

With an estimated 600 name* on the list, the honor roll, in the form of a large, appropriately decorated sign, will be erected in the yard of the First Methodist Church on Washington street. The site was granted last week by the official board of the Donald W. Lear and Steven J. Steger head a committee to arrange the dedication ceremonies.

The service will include brief addresses by officials as well as brief patriotic services. Contributions to the honor roll fund have been made or pledged by governing bodies of the four communities whose service men will be included' on the roll. Donations from individuals who wish to help in financing the project are still needed, committee members said. Contributions may be made to Clarence D. Fisher, chairman, or to any mem-

ber of the committee.

A tentative list of names to be included on the board appears on page 7 of this issue. Persons knowing of omissions should contact Mr. Fisher or Mrs. I. Grant

Scott immediately.

Navy Agrees To Pay Water Service Fee Cape May Naval . authorities last week signed and returned a contract calling for the furnishing of 90 million gallons of water during the next year with a minimum charge of $1,000. -Reporting receipt of the signed contract at Friday’s meeting of the city commssion, Acting City Clerk Stanley Schellenger said that the contract was executed and returned without comment. Several weeks before, the city eommiasion moved to enter into the renewed contract only if a clause providing for a $1,000 minimum charge were included. City officials pointed out that the minimum was necessary to compensate the city for its investment in additional plant installed to provide service to the naval

.Or. Whitton First Guest

intendent of the Bridgeton trict, New Jersey Methodist Conference, will be guest preacher at the First Methodist Church on Sunday, August 1, at 10:30 a. m. He will be the first of five outstanding clergymen whom the church is bringing to its pulpit during the month of August in celebration of the centennial anniversary of the dedication of the church building. Dr. Whitton was appointed to his present administrative position by Bishop E. G. Richardson, of the Philadelphia area. He has held the office for the last six years. Some 85 churches of the district come under the superintendent's jurisdiction. The Rev. Samuel Blair, pastor > of the local church, said on Monday that during the week almost twice as many visitors made use of the church for private devotions as during any time in the three seasons that the church “open door” has made the sanctuary available to the public.

Plane Spotters To Get Wings PHILADELPHIA — Colonel . Hovey, commanding officer of . e Philadelphia Air Defense Wing, which includes this i has announced that the civilian volunteers of the Army Information and Filter Centers and the Ground Observer Corps will soon be rewarded for theis service by the issuance of wings to all qualified personnel. The basic award will be a gold wing with the Aircraft Warning Service insignia in the middle and the designation of the wearer enameled across the bottom. ings will be given to observupon completion of three months of duty and will be awarded to chief observers, area supervisors, district directors and state liasion officers on appointment to their respective offices. Special merit medals showing le air corps emblem will be granted to all observors and civilian officers who have performed a special act of service to the air corps. They will also be presented to those who have completed the aircraft recognition course and 250 hours of duty or who have completed 500 hour* of duty, in which case a service bar will be added.

Red Cross Finishing Big Sewing Project Questions about the nationwide halt in the Red Cross sewing program were answered this week in statement released by Smith H. Endicott, of Cape May Court House, chairman of production for the Cape May County Chapter. “Devoted Red Cross workers have made 22 million garments c the outbreak of the war in 1. They are now finishing up, chapters, about two million v. which will complete the program. “Large shipments have been made to 20 different countries, but even so there are still large stocks on hand in warehouses in this country owing largely to lack of shipping space. “In view of the above facts, it felt that the Red Cross would it be justified at the present Continued On Page Five —

Many Attend Beach Service On Sunday Despite the strong wind and threatening rain, the USO-spon-sored boardwalk song service on Sunday afternoon was well attended by service men and residents and visitors of Cape May. The Rev. Albert Layton, of Cape May Court House, was the afternoon's speaker. Mrs. Blatt* Her and Mr*. William Whitehead sang two duets as part of the service The Rev. Samuel Blair, pastor of the First Methodist 'Church. Cape May. will he the speaker next Sunday at 5:30 p m.

Cape Coast Guard Enters Academy James Austin Garrison, of the . G. Repair Base, Cape May, been appointed a cadet in the U. S. Coast Guard and has just entered the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., for ,a three-year officer training course. His class at the academy contains 150 young men selected from 1,200 who took a national competitive examination on May 12. Selections for appointments as cadets are based on results of this Examination, which includes mathematics and English, and a mark in adaptability, assigned by a board of Coast Guard officers.

City Opens Drive For Cleaner Sidewalks Acting on complaints that CapeMay sidewalks are littered with debris swept from stores in the business districts, the city commission oh Friday ordered a general clean-up drive. Police Chief John J. Spencer was notified to enforce the city's ordinance prohibiting the cluttering of sidewalks and streets with trash and debris. * Several years ago, city officials waged an intensive campaign against the practice- of placing store sweepings on the sidewalks, and the condition improved greatly. In recent months, howe there has been a trend tow the former conditions.

Kiwanis Moves To Own Building Shifting its meeting place for e second time within two j months. Cape May's Kiwanis Club) met last night at its own club house on Beach Drive, where subsequent meetings of the organization will be held. After last night’s dinner and business session, most of the club members joined in helping to get the club house in condition for use as a permanent home for the club. Until the preparatory wdrk has been completed, the club's bill of fare will include cold dinners and platters.

Life Saving Courses Being Given Here Fred Piacentine, who recently completed a Red Cross instructor's course in life saving and water safety, will hold freecourses of instruction in life saving for adults and juniors. The course consists of 17 hours of instruction, and Red Cross certificates will be awarded to those who complete the course successfully. Adult classes are held for persons 17 years of age and over, and the junior course is given to boys and girls 12 to 16 years of age. Those wishing to enroll for the classes may leave their names frt either the lifeguard or Red Cross tents or contact Piacentine or Steven J. Steger, brtnch chairman of life saving and water

City Pays County Tax And Local School Fund Cape May's third quarter county taxes, totaling $13,622.25, were paid on Monday, nearly a week before the third installment of urrent county taxes became due. Payment was authorized by the city commission on Friday. At the same time, the commisjn moved to pay $5,000 to the Cape May Board of Education

Big Contingent Of Selectees Leaves Monday One of the largest contingents of southern Cape May County men yet called in the draft will leave to begin active duty at Fort Dix on Monday, August 2, officials of Selective Service Board No. 2, with headquarters in Cape May, announced this week. The men will leave on the 6:89 a. m. train Monday. Arriving at Fort Dix, they will be processed, given temporary assignments and their indoctrination will be started before they are transferred to other camps for their basic train-

ing.

The group leaving Cape May will be given a send-off in the customary manner. A committee headed by Allan R. Robson will distribute small gifts to the men, and a large group of relatives and friends is expected to be present for the community’s farewell. . Most of the men leaving Monday are married. Selective Ser•ice officials here estimated that ipproximately two-thirds of the group arc married men without children or with chUdren born nee December 16, 1942. Scraping bottom in the reserve of single registrants who might be immediately inducted, local board officials indicated that subsequent calls will take even more married men. Those of the group who were accepted for Navy service began active duty two weeks ago. Men inducted into the Army following final examinations were given three weeks’ furloughs in order to arrange their personal affairs before beginning active duty.

County Cleans Drive; Freeholder Lauded

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Acceding to a request from city officials, Freeholder Osman M. Corson, director of county highways and bridges, last week

ordered daily cleaning of May's Beach Drive, part of county highway system.

City officials several weeks ago discussed at length the unkempt appearance of Beach Drive, and announced that they would ask the county highway department

to clean the street daily.

At Friday’s commission meet.g. Commissioner George P. Wentzell, director of public works, said he had discussed the condition with F'reehol^er Corson on Thursday and that the cleaning program was instituted Friday

morning.

Wentzell and his colleagues expressed their appreciation for the prompt response from the county

official.

Jwo Houma Gm Haj&d Hi} J'iM RIO GRANDE—Fire of undetermined origin destroyed two houses on the Manor Tract here st Friday night. The shed of one of them was i fire in the afternoon, and the Rio Grande Fire Company extinguished the blaze. Firemen were called again shortly before midnight, but the fire had such a start that it was ipossible to save the buildings. The houses were owned by Charles and Isaac Hewitt, who iw live at Wildwood. Both places were unoccupied. WAC Post Closes

BRIDGETON—The sub-station for WAC recruiting, which has been in operation in the Cumberland Hotel here for several months, will be closed July 31.

. All work pertaining to this of-

complete payment of the 1942-431 fice will be handled through the

school appropriation. Atlantic City office

War Fund Campaign

Be Launched August 12 COURT KOUSB—A county-wide mMtini! of the Cape May County War Fund conimttee will be held at the court room here on Thursday evening:, August 12, Judge French B. Loveland, of Ocean City, announced today. Judge Loveland, who will head the county drive, is well known for his work as chairman of the Infantile Paralysis drive in Cape May ~~ ~ 1 ~ County and his leadership of

Coast Guard Mounties Coming

, i', ke t?*® ® ne al>ove ’riH soon be common on the beaches of the Fourth Naval District from Cape May to Mapasquan where Coast Guard horse patrols will be inaugurated. Expected to begin the latter part ol August in this area, mounted Coast Guard patrols are already protecting northern New Jersey beaches. " 3.

PLEASURE DRIVING BAN TO BE LIFTED IN NEXT TWO WEEKS WASHINGTON—Hope for almost immediate relief for Ajcard motorists in the eastern state was expressed Tuesday by authoritative sources, who said that the ban on pleasure

driving in the east would be lifted within the next two

reeks.

It was indicated, although no official announcement was forthcoming from the Office of Price Administration, that the equalisation plan which Secretary of the Interior Ickes said would be instituted somewhat later will rein slight weekly allotment increases in the eastern area. Prentiss Brown's long-held opposition tj> the pleasure driving prohibition has won backers among higher authorities, informed sources said. The OPA director and like thinkers successfully argued that the A-card holders should be permitted to use their rations any way they see fit. Ickes. who also serves as Petroleum Administrator for War, fought against relaxing the pleasure driving ban, it was said, and only announced his plan to equalize rationing of gasoline in the eastern seaboard area and the states east of the Rockies after criticizing OPA administration of gasoline rationing. The proposed equalization of gasoline usage between the eastseaboard states, the 15 mid- ; states and the six southwestern states would necessarily result in some reduction of the A-card value in the west and south. The present value of Acards is one and one-half gallons week in the east, four gallons the other two districts.

Tees’ Regiment Drills For King

Warn Of Delay On Oil Applications Urging fuel oil consumers to apply for their 1943-1944 rations immediately, members of the local War Price and Rationing Board fuel oil panel this week warned that delay would result in confusion at the beginning of the betting season. Applications for 1948-44 fuel oil allotments were mailed some

time ago.

“Please fill out and return your application promptly to the War Price and Rationing Board No. 2, 671 Washington street, Cape May, in order to avoid delay and confusion,” board members said.

Rural Fatalities Decrease 50%

Reporting a 60 per cent decrease in the automobile death rate in rural areas of New Jersey, Lieutenant A. M. Sperling, supervisor of the New JerseyState Police traffic and safety division, disclosed today that there were two fatal accidents in rural Cape May County during the first six months of the current year of a total of 40 acciLieutenant Sperling said wartime restrictions on speed and travel are contributing factors in cutting down rural highway

deaths.

The report lists 56 persons killed from January through June in

Sergeant Richard E. Tees, of j traffic accidents, while 106 were Cape May, who went through the j killed in the same period last African campaign with the Sec- i year. Traffic accidents also ond Army, is a member of a reg- showed a substantial decrease as

iment recently chosen to drill before King George VI, of England, when he visited the African the-

re. »

Sergeant Tees, one of the first selectees to be called from Cape May, has been in North Africa

Better Roads For Jersey Recreational Areas Planned For Post-War Construction Program

the past. f or gvera j months.

In a letter to friends here this

week, he told of the King's visit ] to the area where he is now on • with American troops rest-

., after the African battles. Tees praised the work of the 0 f the committee

ell

the

Advance Plans For Preaching Mission

Plans for the second annual preaching mission at the Cape Island Baptist Church were ad-.-anred last night at a meeting

charge of ar-

Cape Men Seabe I CAMP PEAKY. VA.— : Cap- May- men. WV r.-.-entlv Rjbtad in the \av>% ,Se«bc«s,

TRENTON — Adequate roads making all of New Jersey’s recreational areas more/easily accessible to all^ofvKe people were rec«mim-nde3~—Saturday by Sigvald Johannesaon, planning bureau head, to State Highway- Commissioner Spencer Miller. Jr. The preliminary report, part

is a favorite playground and resting place, not only with the people of New Jersey, but also with those of many other state*. "The mountain and lake country in the northwesterly part of the stale is another popular place

American Red Cross and told of ; rangements for the event, the entertainment and recreation- Dr. Harold R. Husted, pastor of

enjoy tht adnnten. ot ttmlj *•■**■■ **" !«?>*“«, {f «« Bapti.t Church ot E»„t

- bountifully dlcrs 8tatloned in North Africa. OranJfe. will be the Bible ex- • • * a ■ positor at the daily sessions from

August 15. to August 22.

other similar activities. Favorable response to the War

Fund has come from every hamlet and town of Cape May Comity. Representatives of communities and all types of organizatiope have indicated wholehearted support of a united drive on three fronts—the home, military, tad

United Nations.

Judge Loveland, in his call for the meeting, said: "More than half of the $5,000,000 to be collected for the War Fund in New Jersey will be used for our armed forces. And pert of the remainder of these funds goes for United Seamen's Service and War Prisoner’ Aid." More than 18,000,0 will receive personal i the military front from such ftraa member agencies as the USO, United Seamen's Service and other similar organizations. Forty-two million will be served on the United Nations’ front through such member agencies as the British War Relief Society; United China Relief; Queen Wuhelraina Fund; Greek War Relief Association; Polish War Relief; United Yugoslav Relief Fund; D. “ Committee for Care of Euroin Children; French Relief nd; Norwegian Relief; United Czechoslovak Fund; Belgian War Relief Society, and Refugee Be-

lief Trustees.

Preliminary plans for the launching of the drive in Cape May County have been started with leaders in virtually all communities haring been contacted by representatives of the state or-

ganization.

An intensive drive for funds will be conducted in this area as part of the nationwide campaiga for funds with which to support the work of the various war or-

ganizations.

City Plans Service Charge For Water An amendment to Cape May’s water ordinance to provide a fivedollar "ready-to-serve” charge for all water accounts where no water had been used during the year will be introduced by Cape May’s city commission at its weekly meeting tomorrow. Discussed at Friday’s session, the amendment would not be an additional charge, city officials emphasized. It would, however, partially reimburse the city for the clerical work involved in cancelling water rents on properties that have not been occupied during the year. At present, property owners whose places have been vacant and who have used no water during the year may have their bills cancelled by taking an affidavit certifying that no water has been With an increasing number of cancellations during recent years, city officials for some time have been considering the necessity of ‘ready-to-serve” charge. f water has been used during the year, the five-dollar charge 'ould be applied to the actual ill, causing no increase.

Cold Spring Soldier Drowned In West COLD SPRING—Private Maurice & Halbruner, Jr., who has b^eiv^stationed at Go wen Field, Boise, Idaho, with an Army aviation unit for some time, was drowned this week, Army authorities notified his parents on TueaNo details of the drowning were contained in the Army's telegram. The Army officer who notified Private Halbruner's parents of his death wired that details would follow shortly.

acation places.

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construction Gets Promotion

A missionary will also speak • t one of the morning sessions. Miss Elizabeth Lament, of Mt. *irv. a rismg soloist and a pupil | V •' M rv 14 ill A .liar ™-;il o, I*'*

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normal highway work and the only difference should be that worke* four, ffve or more times as much , Mu/-

such a i work should be planned and ex- basic

— year as is ordin- base.

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a carp. liter in Cape l'

aiding at the Idaho air] be.., j., UM; raung oaie.a of the aviation en- j staff sergeant, relatives here were by

gir.evr battalions.

YORK—Chief Water Valter L. Legates, of 'reek, was one of four ard chief petty officer* ved silver star medal* action when tho Coast tier Campbell sink an bmarine in the Atlantic

IIS I'RUMOTKD I -if : has been in the Coast Guard

■* • service for several years.

M C,. of West CapeMay.j Announcement of the citation* - on foreign cuXy, has t-j the cr.w members of the promoted to the rating of j Campbell was made on TTiuradw J

the Coast Guard office i*

'informed this week.

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