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CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1943

DELIVERED BY MAIL IN THE U.SJL POSTAGE PREPAID—82-00 A YEAR

Poultrymen Ask Stabilization Of Feed Prices COURT HOUSE—A request that the government stabilize grain prices at such levels that under ceiling prices' for eggs an egg-feed ratio that will permit poultrymen to meet their costs and make a living without e to black market selling 1 by 50 Cape t Thursday. The poultrymen adopted a resolution urging establishment of grain price stabilization to permit profitable operation of poultry farms. The resolution follows iin part; “Whereas, ceiling prices to producers established by OPA Order 8S3 Amendment 10 effect a rollback on producers of not less than four cents a dozen, and “Whereas, there is now no effective control of feed, labor and other costs constituting cost of production of eggs, and “Whereas, this situation threatens to deprive egg producers of a fair margin over cost, discouraging future production of eggs and creating black market conditions in eggs which will nullify any benefit to consumers from this order, and _ "Whereas, all members of this organization are in agreement with the efforts of the administration to control inflation and effect stabilization of prices, "Now, therefore be it resolved, that we demand immediate stabilization of feed prices and the maintenance of an egg-feed ratio guaranteeing producers a fair margin over costs, sufficient to maintain a decent standard of living and encouraging maximum production of eggs and poultry.’’ Copies of the resolution are be- — Continued On Page Pour

Hospital Fund Gets Additional Grants COURT HOUSE—The Cape May County Hospital will be built as soon as ihaterials are available after the war’s end. This assurance was given at the monthly meeting of the Board of Governors of the Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital Foundation, held here Monday afternoon. It is believed that final settlement of the Tomlin estate, in which the foundation is residuary legatee, and an additional legacy contained in a will which was probated this week will raise the hospital fund to 5175,000. The hospital project was given impetus this week when the terms of the will of John H. Cobb, late of Grassy Sound, became known. Mr. Cobb, whose estate is said to be worth at least $50,000, directed that the principal thereof, except for two small bequests, be paid to a county hospital providing such a hospital is constructed within 21 years after his death.

Cold Spring Pastor To Speak At Service The Rev. William Bullock, pastor of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, will be guest speaker at the weekly boardwalk song service here Sunday afternoon. The .services are held on the beach immediately north of Convention Hall every Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the Cape May USO Club. Mr?. Florence Thompson and her daughter will play two duets on their accordions at Sunday’s

New Schedule Set For Cape Sewiog Rooms Until further notice the Red Croas workrooms at 323 Decatur Street will be open for the making of surgical dressings between the hours of SuSO a. m. and 2 p. m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, and more workers are needed to help with the work. The room will also be open for sewing on Wednesday* from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Garments for the emergency closet of the branch, including^ haby^dothes for laySummer visitors and wives of men stationed here in the armed forces will be especially welcome on any of these days.

New Postmaster RIO GRANDE—Mrs. Elizabeth Church waa sworn in as postmaster of Rio Grande by Inspector Anthony Vertilis on Saturday, relieving Kay E. Wolcott, who has been postmaster here for 12

gears-

Wolcott resigned four months •go- He was appointed following the death of his fataer-in-law, ;

Frank Downs, who held the po-

odtiee here'for XT years.

Reigns Over Wildwood Parade

Jane deHaven, who will be queen of the 33d annual baby paradi which will be held on the boardwalk at Wildwood tomorrow. The parade has continued without interruption since it was founded by John A. Ackley. More than 200 entries are expected, and eight bands ’ n the line-up.

More Gas Or Else, Edict Of Congressional Bloc Leader

KEARNY—“If the equalization of gasoline rationing does not take place within the coming week,’’ Representative Fred A. Hartley, Jr., New Jersey Republican, said Monday, “I propose to call together my 135 colleagues in fhe House and 24 Serifctors from the 12 eastern states, and believe me, all hell will be let loose." - "Petroleum Administrator Ickes’ trip to Chicago to confer with mid western Congressmen ought to be cancelled by the Office of Defense Transportation as unnecessary travel and a waste of time,” asserted the New Jersey Congressman. chairman of a committee of eastern Congressmen who have been investigating gasoline rationing. Ickes notified members of the unofficial midwestern group Saturday he would meet with them in Chicago Tuesday or Wednes-

day.

“Mr. Ickes has all the facts,” Hartley said in a statement, "and there is no need for any further conference. “The problem is now strictly one of supply,” he said, “it tragic and shameful that barges and tankers on the Great Lakes lying idle because sufficient ks have not been built up in the midwest. Fhe barge canal system which has a capacity to deliver over 100,000 barrels per day, delivered only 14,952 barrels a day during the*week ending July 24. Every day’s delay brings us nearer winter when the Great Lakes and the barge -canals will be frozen. "The east demands action and fair play and as chairman of the Eastern Congresional Conference I propose to see that we get a fair deal,” Hartley said.

Construction Of Honor Roll Begun Construction of the Community Honor Roll, which will be a tribute to all local men and women in the nation's armed forces during the present conflict, was started this week. The contractor, who will construct and paint the honor roll board, on Tuesday began erection of the board next to the First Methodist Church, a site granted by the Official Board of the Church two weeks ago. Present tentative plans are that the honor roll will be dedd on Sunday, August 22, if the board can be completed by that time. An impressive dedication program is being arranged by a subcommittee headed by Donald W. Lear and Steven J. s '3£ than 500 names are expected to appear on the honor —" The list will include i women from Cape May, West Cape May. Lower Township and Cape May Point who are in any branch of the armed services the present war.

L 0 Couple Jailed On Disorderly Charge WEST CAPE MAY—Cynthia Robinson, colored, or\ this place, was sentenced to 90 d*ys in the county jail Monday njght after she had been convicted on a disorderly conduct charge before Police 'Recorder C. C. Sayre] Charges v against the i woman ere the outgrowth of / similar charges which she had preferred against Fred S. ^ebb^-^oiored, of Whites boro. ArraigftM before Reorder Sayre, Webb was sentenced to 90 days in the county jafl.' Webb was arraigned Saturday ening before Recorder Sayre, is testimony and that of other itnesaes, as well as a statement by Mrs.' Robinson, were used in

LEAVES FOR TRAINING

“ Race. Jr., son of LieuMrs. Fred Wallace, left on Wednesday After star the U. S. Naval

Flight Pre University

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Draft Board Upheld In New Appeal Southern Cape May Countjr’s local Selective Service Board was sustained in its classification of a Cape May registrant when the South Jersey Appeal Board, with headquarters in Camden, ruled that the man had been properly clasifled as 1-A. Robert Allen Mitchell, of Cape May. was the appellant. He sought reclassification on the grounds that his mother was a dependent. The Appeal Board, in a ruling received this week by the local board, upheld the board's classification and ordered Mitchell placed in Class 1-A subject to immediate call.

Democrats. Endorse Scull And Smith COURT HOUSE—Former Sheriff Paul M. -Scull, of Court House, and Samuel L. Smith, of Ocean City, this week were endorsed by the Democratic County Committee as candidates for the positions of sheriff and freeholder respectively in the approaching primary election. The ci !y ' endorsed Benjamin and Patience Ludlam a ates for state committee posts. Candidates for other positions, to be voted on this “year have not yet been selected by the Democratic party.

Calloway Promoted To Rank Of Captain Commander Steven W. Calloway, former commander of the Cape May Naval Air Station, now at Tacoma, Wash., has been promoted to the rank of captain in the U. S. Navy, it Was learned

here this week.

Captain Calloway, t pioneer in naval aviation, was the first commanding officer of the Cape May Naval Air Station when it was recommissioned by the Navy sev-

eral years ago.

Under his command, the local base wss expanded from its former inactive status to one of the

on the Atlantic Coast.

CoronatiM Of Baby Queen Set For August 20 One of the highlights of Cape May's entertainment program for vacationists will be the coronation of Queen Majraea XVI, juvenile ruler of Cane May, which will take place at Convention Hall on Friday, August 20. Plans for the coronation, an annual event for tho last 16 yi are rapidly taking form. Jerry Love, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Halsey Lovo, of Cape May, one of the youngest dancing teachers in America, is directing the program and arranging the -kiddies' revue wficW will follow the coronation. Mias Love is instructress of the children’s dancing classes held at Convention Hall every Wednesday. Virginia GilligaJL nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilligan, of Abington, Pa., will be Queen Maysea XVI. She will be crowned by Senator I. Grant Scott, Cape May's commissioner of public affairs, at £he ceremony. The new queen will succeed Betty Carey Dunning, of Baltimore, Md., who has held the honorary position since last sumThis year's coronation is expected to be one of the most elaborate spectacles of its kind Cape May visitors have ever witnesed. The coronation program and the all-star kiddies' revue will include juvenile performers, many of whom have appeared in weekly children’s shows at Convention Hall. Members of the new queen' court are Miss Betty Lou Hughes, hostess princess; Hetty Hawkins, Nancy Lee Miller, - Janis Edsall, Judy Ann Killeen, Alice Kadel, all of Cape May, and Gail Love Renneissen, of Philadelphia, flower girls; Kenneth W. Renneissen, of Philadelphia, page boy; Stephanie Steger, Cape May, princess; Charlotte Warner, Cape May, maid of honor; and Mary Frances Gilligan, Abington, and Nancy Taylor, Cape May, attendant*.

Corporal Halbruner Buried Yesterday Corporal Maurice Halbruner, Jr., 19-year-old-son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Halbruner, of Cold Spring, who was drowned recently at Boise, Idaho, where he was staUoned with an Army unit, was buried yesterday afternoon the Green Creek Cemetery. Military funeral sen-ices were held yesterday aftrnoon at the Hollingsead Funeral Home, with the Rev. Samuel Blair, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. The body was sent from Boise to Cape May, ariving on Monday. Soldiers stationed at Cape May Point took part in the

lilitary services.

Corporal Halbruner is survived

y his parents.

Wildwood WAVE Sets Navy Precedent

KEARNY—A launching ceremony unique in the annals of the Navy took place at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company here on Sunday when a WAVE officer, Lieutenant Joy Bright Hancock, USNR, sponsored a vessel named after her late Nava! officer husband. The destroyer was christened the USS Lewis Hancock, in honor of Lieutenant Commander Lewis Hancock, Jr., •distinguished submarine officer and later a pioneer lighter-than-air officer who was killed in the crash of the USS Shenandoah near Caldwell. Ohio,

1925.

In the days of the old Navy it as not nnusual for naval officers to christen warships, but this is the first time the old custom and the more recent, one of having 'omen sponsor vessels, have been ■erged into one ceremony. Liutenant Hancock is a native of Wildwood and is the first member of the Women's Reserve of the present war to wear the World War I Victory Medal. She wears it by reason of having served as yeoman in the Navy during that Prior to her commissioning in the WAVES, Lieutenant Hancock was special assistant to the Chief of the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics.

Boy Injured When .22 Shell Explodes idrew.Salvo, 11, who is vacationing in Cape May with his parents. who have a cottage at the comer of Corgie and Franklin streets, narrowly escaped serious ‘ ijury Wednesday afternoon when .22 caliber bullet which he had thrown into a fire exploded, strikhim on the forehad and leg. le boy was treated for bruises by Dr. F. R. Hughes, who ordered x-rays and' further examination at a Philadelphia hospital, where it was found hit injuries were

Church Speaker

Bible Conclave It Open Here On August 15

DR. HOWARD M. MORGAN

Prominent Philadelphia clergyman, who will be guest speaker at the First Methodist Church, Cape May, on Sunday, as part of the church’s centennial anniversary of its dedication.

Dr. Morgan To Speak At Methodist Church The Rev. Dr. Howard Moody Morgan, distinguished Presbyterian divine and son of.the noted clergyman and Bible expositor, Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, of England, will be the second of the group of guest preachers to occupy the pulpit of the First Methodist Church as part of the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the parish. Dr. Morgan is quite well known locally, having summered here for several seasons. He preached, the installation sermon on the occasion of Dr. Floris Ferwcrda’s assuming the pastorate of the local Presbyterian Church several years ago. The Rev. Dr. Morgan is minister of the Tabernade Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, having succeeded his father as pastor in 1933. Just recently he was elected moderator of the Metropolitan Presbytery, one of the largest organixations of its kind in the country, embodying 176 churches with a combined membership of 86,500. The guest speaker will be presented to the congregatiion by Dr. Samuel A. Harker, a well known local resident and a retired Presbyterian minister.

The second annual ' Bible and Missionary i

l ___. a&rSS will open in the Cape Island Bapr Church on Sunday, August and continue throughout the week, with daily sessions at which prominent churchmen will be the

speakers.

Dr. Harold R. Rusted, , the East Orange Baptist Church, will give Bible expositions daily at rooming and evening servi Morning sessions will begin 10 a. m. and evening services will start at 7:45. Mrs. M. R. Hoener, a staff member and prominent speaker of the Woman’s American Baptist Home Mission Society, New York, will apeak at the morning sessions on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Miss Alice Brhnson, executive secretary of the Woman’s American Baptist Home Mission Society, will speak on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Both mission society speakers will discuss in detail the work of Baptist home missions. The Rev. F. Paul Langhome, pastor of the church, will be director of the conference. — Continued On Page Five

Local Men To Take Draft Test Weds.

One of the largest group of southern Cape May County Selective Service registrants in many months wijl report to the Camden induction center on Wednesday, August 11, for final physical

examinations and induction.

The group, composed of men ho passed preliminary screening laminations at the Mace Hospital, North Wildwood, several weeks ago, will be given final examinations by induction officers of all branches of the nation's

armed forces. f

While no figures indicating the number of men who are to report Camden next week were divulg-

by the local draft board, it

is said that the August call is

larger than that of July.

Unless there is a marked decrease In the size of the September call, local board officials said it is inevitable that a large percentage of subsequent selectees will be fathers. The local reservoir of manpower is nearing the end of. the supply of single men and married men without

children, board clerks 'said.

The next local screening examination will be held in Wildwoo<t on Friday evening, August 13, at which time men who might be included in the September call

will be given preliminary tests.

County Legion Names Officers Thursday COURT HOUSE — Russell Weathcrby, of Cape May Court House, was elected county commander of the-American Legion Thursday night at ■the annual election meeting oi,-4he county committee^ Other officers^Darned for the ensuing year are Morgan Hand, Ocean City, senior vice commander; John Acton, Wildwood, junior 'ice commander; Preston Fisher, Court House, finance officer; Paul Snyder, Cape May, county executive committeeman for three years. The new officers will be installI on Thursday, August 16, al the annual dinner meeting here. With the Cape May delegation was Chief Warrant Electrician Charles Adams, U. S. N., who home on a brief leave. Gs from Atlantic County were Js McNamara, county executive < mitteeman, and Aaron Smith, department vice commander and a candidate for the post of state commander. Smith was unanimously endorsed for election as. commander "by the four posts of the county represented at ' meeting.

Service Men Urged To Register For Voting COURT HOUSE—Families of Cape May County service men home on leave were urged today to have the service men register permanently while on furlough to assure their right to vote in subsequent elections. County Clerk Stirling W. Cole, of Ocean City, said that service men home on leave or furlough should register permanently with their nearest municipal clerks at any time convenient to them. While there will be three more opportunities for residents of the county to register permanently this year, many service men who will be home on furlough before that time, will not be here the three days specified, Cole plained.

Scout Merger Passed Cape May County and Cumberland County are now joined together as one local council, promoting the Boy Scout program for the boys of both counties. The announcement was made vesterday by Harry C. Cox, pres•lent of the Cumberland County Council, Boy Scouts of America.

229th Anniversary Will Be Marked At Church Rally Day

COLD SPRING—The 229th anniversary of the founding of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church will be observed on Sunday, August 15, at the annual Rally Day and anniversary service, the Rev. William Bullock, pastor, announc-

ed this week.

The Rev. Dr. Samuel Harker, of West Cape May, for 24 years pastor of. the Presbyterian Church of Bloomsburg, Pa., will be the speaker at the Rally Day Stanley Williamson, of New York, will respond to the A large congre^libn composed members and friends of the ancient church is expected to attend the services on that date. * There will be special music as part of. the-Rally Day and anniversary program.' Cold Spring Church is one of the oldest Presbyterian Churchin the east, having been foundin 1714. During ita long per-

iod of comrh unity service, the church has been housed in three buildings, the last widely known as the “Old Brick Church.” A landmark in this vicinity for more than"' two centuries, the fchurch has been attended by descendants of the earliest settlers who migrated to Cape May County from New England. Present-day Church records carry family- names which may be traced directly to the early 17th century when the first colonists arrived in Cape May County to pursue the whaling industry, which at that time was the chief

activity of this area.

The church was founded by the Rev. John Bradner. Among its early ministers were the Rev, Samuel Finley, who later became president of Princeton College, the Rev. Daniel Lawrence and the

Rev. Me

Beards' Te Prepare To Draft Fathers Instructions to prepare for the drafting of fathers by October 1 were received by Selective Service Local Board No'. 2, which has headquarters in Cape May, on Tuesday, following issuance of aa order to that effect released Monday in Washington by War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. MoTransmitting the order to the ’ ’ board, General Lewis ~ Selective

be followed by all 1 most of which are : end of their available of single men an

without children.

“The continuing mands of the armed j manpower need of war production and the general deferment of registrants regularly engaged in agriculture, make it necessary that we prepare now to make available every man between the ages of 18 and 88 without reference

General Ben-

to family statu stay “&!»,»!.

“It is imperative that the manpower needs of the armed force* be met without impairing critical war production. “Commencing October 1, it will be necessary for local boards to be prepared to fill a portion of their calls from registrants now properly clasified in Class S-A. It is not desirable to reclassify such registrants out of Class 8-A any faster than they are needed, but in order to have the required number available for induction by October 1, local boards should start reclassifying immediately. "The Director of Selective Service, under the provisions of Section 622.31, Selective Service Regulations, directs local boards to reopen the dasification of registrants in Class 3-A in sequence of their order numbers, clasify them anew without reference to their eligibility for Class 8-A de- — Continued On Page Eight — w—?> Seeks Better Train _ Service For Future Reporting the findings of the city's survey to determine the public's preference of train schedules, Mayor T. Millet Hand on Friday wrote to J. W. Lawson, general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania - Reading Seashore Lines, urging more convenient summer schedules for nest year. “We have received a total of 326 ballots on the railroad schedule, which, as I analyze them, definitely confirm my statement to you concerning the 6 a. m. and the 6:39 a. m. trains,” the Mayor

wrote.

"It is obvious that you are not intending to revise the schedule during the present season, .but at least for your future consideration I again invite you to examine our records on this subject. “I sincerely hope that the inconveniences suffered this summer will not be repeated. Next year, if the interested parties can be consulted prior to the preparation of the schedule, it might be helpful,” Mayor Hand concluded.

Traffic Fatalities Show Sharp Drop TRENTON—Cape Mav County had only three automobile accident fatalities during the first half of the current year compared with eight for a similar period of 1942, Motor Vehicle Commissioner Arthur W. Magee reported today. The facility total was 99 less that in the corresponding months last year, a reduction of 25 per cent on £pt&tewide basis, Magee said. Ffffceh counties ended tho period with less deaths than last year. During the period there were 122 arrests for motor vehicle violations in Cape May County, with 22 for speeding. In the state as a whole there were 24,099 arrests with 9,138 for speeding.

Lieutenant Downer Listed As Missing Lieutenant D. B. Downer, Jr., of 908 Stockton avenue. Cape May, was reported missing in action by the Navy Department this week. His father. Captain D. B. Downer, 54, received the news. Lieutenant Downer was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and entered the Naval Reserve service in 1940. He was asigned to a destroyer in the South Pacific and was the first Nival Reserve officer to be named chief engineer of the craft. His father, a veteran of World War I, returned to service after Pearl Harbor, and is now stationed here. He was graduated frqm Annapolis in 1911, and was on a destroyer on Yonvoy duty in the first World War.