Ocean City Sentinel, 7 June 1917 IIIF issue link — Page 1

OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXXVII. OCEAN CITY, N. J.. THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1917. ^ NO. 11 ' -■ — - - * r-rr — — ; — — •

' V 7 • 4 A BAY BUNGALOW New, nea{, four rooms and hath, on water front near yacht club. The view of ocean, inlet and bay from the piazzas is unsurpassed. Only #1,875 on Attractive Terms * _ . This figure is the actual, cost of improvements plus f j of the value of the ground. * MASSEY & EDWARDS

Ocean City Sentinel ocean cixv. n. j. — By— r. curtis robinson Editor and Proprietor $1.00 Per Year, StricUy in Advance. irroaKii »-»i -i» w. J^JORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and "" CCMJ NSELLOR-AT- LAW, l ire ■»» ivi KT auni, t. j. (Opposite fuMwUluUdlacPl. |^A W 7>FFICEs" Apgar & Boswell, AHUUKY IvENuSand MTKKE1 ! ^AW OFFICES Godfrey, Giddings & Read 1^1 WlS«uMdlng .d::1U:' ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. Eyes Examined Witboit Drops KuarautMd.' ^K^'aiwSaS?%)^^*wcv» sty Woea ol Kyr ^w-^and^ijor^lt^la •» A. W. EIA amiTie cm, a. a. ! Precise People ]

Will appreciate the punctual service which adds -to the delight of dining here. THE Harris Restaurant MARK LAKE = Undertaker and Embalmer ATLANTIC ICE CONPMI "li"" Pecoeo Mountain Ice .OCCAM CITY M J. laa. SsrktsrSI Warm W. Brsvs H. Bnrkkardt AO. PLUMBING AND HEATING tit Asartt 1 Vint ecu* rttT ^ ««» lltut • COAL . You need Coal. You need Service. You get both front C..H. SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. Twelfth and Went Avenue Watch and Jewelfy Repairing Mayer's Boardwalk, Ocean City 1307 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City tool Weri oa Organs Pianos Players Stanley Learning OitADUATK ItauuuarU llayo Action Mclinol Nrtr torll -JUT N. K Oofucrratory of Mu«tc Tunlnc i-Xo HUGHES' PHARMACY Oceaa CNy ' Hew Jersey COAL COAL TRY OURS FOR QUALITY C. H. SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. TmM and Waat A van a*

1 Good Tin Roofs \ Last 75 Years NO ROOF LIKE TIN. Absolutely -- — Fire-Proof. The Cheapest and beat ^ for Roofs. Try It. SMITH ROOFING COMPANY 735 Asbury Avenue Ocean City, New Jersey ! HARVEY Y. LAKE ) REAL ESTATE I 838 Asbury Avenue | Ocean City New Jersey Don't Value Yourself Too Low jj I" 1 buying ^I.ife Insurance many men make the mistake of insuring 1 I i premium on a large sum will embarrass them financially. I Your life has a definite value measured in dollars and cents, measured 1 1 ' by your income, your prospect*. the responsibilities of your family. Let the Life Insurance man help you determine your value. I i Don't be afraid to insure your life for what it is worth. By making 1 regular deposits of a small proportion of your income in a Savings 1 Account you will not only sOoti accumulate the first fall year's pre- t itiiutn. hut yon will be able to easily Meet subsequent premiums as Them V. Townsend ! 952 Asbury Avenue ance Company , ^ "" ~~ "™ "" — 1 AUTOMOBILE SUFFLIMS BELL PHOWA

LOUIS W. MILLER AOENT FOR OVERLAND AND WILLY3-KNIQHT AUTOMOBILES •cr~ ' AND TRUCKS ■ - e - DC BAN OITY. NEW JERAET Qaraoc amo Showroom. Ninth St. amo Oct ah Ave. FOR RENT A Few First-Class Apartments at Fourteenth Street and Wesley Avenue and Fourteenth Street and Ocean Avenue $300 to $5oo Three minutes' walk from Reading and Pennsylvania railroad stations. Near Fishing Pier. GEORGE F. BAUER 1509 North Twenty-Ninth Street Philadelphia

The Ladies' Shop LOCATED at the Park Theatre on the Boardwalk and Park Place, will open about the first of June with a full 0 line of strictly high grade wearing apparel for women. ATLANTICCITY STOBE 24 Sooth Pennsylvania Avenue Open All the Yeab

223 YOUNG MEN REGISTER HERE FOR WAR SERVICE 1

Patriotic Rally and Reception Held in Fogg's Pier Theater in Evening. There were 223 men between lite ages of 21 and 31 10 register here Tuesday for aervice for Uocle 8am In (be tight agalust German tyranny. A pa trottc rally and reception for these men wae held In Fogg's Pier Theater In the evening, and it was well attended. An orchestra played lneplrlug music and applauae was spontaneous on " every occasion, and there were numerous occasions during the evening— or, el leest, the crowd fell that there was. There were nine or ten Civil War R veterans on the siege, end when they r went up on the atage there was tu- . multuous applausj. In the background was a camp 1 scene. Over the stage was a large k American Dag Flags w:ere at dlller- 1 r eut points of the building. (everywhere patriotism was much In evlr deuce. I Sealed ou the platform were Mayor 1 Champion, chairman of ibe Ocean 1 Clly Public Safety Committee aufal- ^ so (lie Cape May County Public Safety 1 y Committee. Also there were City 1 . Commissioners Campbell and Adams, ■ ' Senator James Hammond, of Trenton. ' the principal speaker of the evening, the Revs. J. B. Kulp and C. H Boh- ■ uer, Prof J. M. Stevens, Claytou ' Haines Brick, Mrs. Orauvllle H. Sleel- ' man and others of the local Public s Safety Committee. ■ Mayor Champion opened lire exer- 1 cjses by staling the object of the mealing. The gathering was called by the ' committee for the purpose of honoring ' Ibe young men who that day had 1 given themselves to the service or their 1 country and to thank thaaa men for what they have done. «! The men were tbeu asked to step to * oue side of the building, where tliey 1 were presented with badgea by Mr. f Brick aud the Kev. M. M. Lewla. I . chairman of the home defeuae com- » Before this premutation, a strong « speech was made by Mr. Brick, In which be told I he men I hat Ocean ' City Is prcud of them When they <1 at the froul the nation as a whole will appreciate their valor. With mil- * lions of others these tuen, he said, are J occupying enviable positions, and they ' have tba love, respect and admiration t of this clly end the whole community. The iiev. Dr. Bohner, who followed, spoke of the tremendous res pause of men to this call of the government. ' He reviewed tbo Incldeuts of Ibe war ■ and the German atrocities, aud aald that this registration Is but one of the ' 1 steps of Ibe triumphal march of vie- " tory to tbe cause of democracy. It [' (UwUoned on Msrond I'axs.) 11

PLANNING-?OR SUMNER SCHOOL New Courses in Physical Training— Observation School a Feature. Plaua for the Ocean Cltv Slats Sum. - tbe City Sum-

mer School are belug perfected, end tbe eeealous this year give promise of belug even more Instructive, ir pusslble. tbeu lu other summer seasons. Prof. James M. Stevens, superintendent of tba local public schools, and who Is principal of tbe Stale Summer School, wea lu Trenton Saturday lu reference to new courses In physical training for tbe ecbool this year. A great feature of tbe Slate Summer School I* tbe Observation School, wherein Ibe children of cottagers end residents receive Instructions from several of tbe brightest teachers ob- - taluable In this line of work. Those desiring to euter their children In tbe Observation School should promptly communicate with Pro! Stevens. Child Baptised. Prlscllla Jane, tbe lufant daughter of Joseph Broad ley, of this city, was baptlxed lu Holy Trlulty P. E. Church Sunday afternoon by tbe Rev Joseph W. Watte, of Margate City, offlcletlog el tbe cburcb for tbe day. Tbe sponeora were \f alter C. Johnson and wife. Those present were Mrs. Holt, Mrs. John Detacbeg, Mrs. George Datacbeg, Irwin Holt, Arthur Holt, Catherine Smith, Earla Porch, Joseph broad ley, Jr., aud Mary Colltaaoo. Strawberry festival. The Ladles' Aid Society of tbe First Baptist Cburcb will bold a strawberry festival 00 tba cburcb lawn, Tenth street and Wealey avenue, Thursday evening, June 16. Tbe mite boxes' for Ibe cburcb building fund will be race bred aud opeued that evening, a (lay earlier than waa Drat act, due to tba high school commencement exercises ou June 16. 68tb and Central avenue. Corner lot 80x100 feet. Apply any agao U H. U. Klstofelder, Glenslde, Pa. 6, 10 tf. Hrflaed yoong ladles wanted at wallraaeee. splendid opportunities for inimat P. C. Simon, 836 Wealey avenoe. adv., 4-18, tf. Worn Saul— Cigar east to Brat -class ooadbton. mid twojitolHtohmsl esto BNMA *j3v., S-U.lt.

I ~ RECTOR ASKED TO : RESIGN CHARGE r Also Reported to Have Been r Relieved of Clerical Duties for a Year. As was recently published In the , SttNTINKI.. there has heeu fur a long . wlule considerable dissatisfaction III , Holy Trinity P. E. ''Iiurcb over tbe , administration of affairs by tbe Kev. r Francis Bernard Camion, who was Bishop Matthews was requested to , live to look lift/ church matters here . from Trenton a short time since ami , presided el a meeting of the veylry, at A representative of tbe Senti.vki. . to pass the church on tlie evening of this gathering, before meeting was called, aud saw sev. the building. One or two of them, lu drawer to a question, aald II was Just meeting of tbe vestry. A day or two later It was admitted . that Arctideacou Sheppard was at the meeting, but lied charged the vestry- , , It waa learned, a few daya since, that Mr. Caiiuon, shortly after this meeting, was requested by Blsliop Matthews to resign tire rectorship or Ibe cbnrclt. It Is also reported, aud not contradicted, that Mr. Cannon been auspeuded from church duties for a year. Where Mr. Cannon Is now located does not appear to be kuowti to Ocean people. He hee oot been at tbe cburcb for three Sunday*. Tlie Drat Suuday tbe cburcb wea cloaed, one of the members aald that Mr. Cannon reported to be suffering from nervous prostration aud would not be able to be at lire church. the Kev. Titos: W. Watta, of M argate 1 City, oDIclated at the cbuicb last SuuMr. Cannon waa married to a young womau.uf Cambridge. Md.. about two ago, and tbey have one child. Mrs. Cannon Is said to be III at ber lu Cambridge. . Miss Mary Horn, sister of Wll- ] Bern H. Horn, of Philadelphia, e sum- , titer resident oflbla city, died sudden- ( ly at ber borne In Mt. Airy Friday. Heart disease was probably tbe cause | of death. She had not been In strong , health for some time. A meld found Iter deed lu tbe batb room. I

"INSPIRING TALK : BY DR. KULP ~ Pastor of First M. E. Church Shows Nation is Worth | Every Sacrifice. The theme of the evening sermon by Dr. Kulp lu tlie First M. K. Church was "The Greet Enrollment," sugge-t-tug a patriotic service, aud litis It was In a very high aud umpiring oeu-e. ' The lext was Luke 2; 1. "Aud II came to pes., lu those days, thai titers went * that all Hie world should be taxed, or ( " After referring with some detail lo ' * Hie taxlug or enrolling mentioned lu " of 11, as practiced11 lu'the ltomau Km- 1 plre. Hie speaker described the enroll- ' " uieul that took place lu the uatlou lest 1 ^ Tuesday as l li e beginning of our . Dr. Kulp's words rang with patriot- ^ ami privileges of American liberty and ' Ilia honor, aa well as llie\duty, of defending tlieiu to the deaRf and with them Hie freedom of ell |>eoples. , He showed that this uatlou Is worth \ fighting for end dying for If need be. I The cell Is to tbe country's young men p to jolu their brothers of . Uie Entente j . nations who are laying down their lives in order that "government of the c people, by the people aDd for the peo- 3 t pie 'shall not perish from tbe earth." ^ He made one of the best points of Ills ^ I discourse wheu, lu connection with y I this appeal, he declared that all who , registered with hearty good will aud ( . intention lo serve wherever required ere lu no sense drifted or conscripted I men, but ere virtually voluuteers. , , Tbey must be aud are honored as such, E for they willingly lake their lives In ( their bauds at the uallou's call. c r In closing, tbe speaker called etten- 1 1 Hon lo tbe thought that, lu tbe euroll- . meut of lest Tuesday, men have put > themselves at tbe disposal of the uatlou to carry lis will, making II* will ( ■ their own. Kveu so must men enroll - In tbe great army of the Church militant, of which Jesus Christ Is tbe great , [ Head and Leader. ( Hereleria- aeassn. t ' Select Councilman and Mrs. William E llexamer, of Philadelphia. « have arrived lu their cottage, at Ply. ' mouth place and AtlaDtlc avenue, for , Ibe season. Their house Is open all the year, Samuel Cerbart and wife residing tberelu during the winter ' months. Mr. aud Mr*. Hexamer fre- b j queutly come down for a quiet rest. Tbey beve for yeare entertained their ° Saturday Nlgbt Club here over Easter, p

1 : 1 CRIPPLE CARRIED INTO CHURCH , r .. t Vineland Woman, Here for f the Stimmer, Wanted to t Hear Dr. Knlp Preach. , Mies Carrie Moots, of Vloelaod. who J I la apeudlng tbe eummer bere, waa given a treat Suuday. Sbe baa been e c helpless cripple for 17 years and bas . been blind for a long lime. " I The Rev. Dr. Kulp. pastor of tbe I 1 First M. K, Church, bearing of her, r - through N. 8 Uoff and wife, paid ber t a visit the latter part of last week, a Before be left, abe expressed a dealre f 1 to baar htm preach. • Accordingly, on last Sunday, Mlaa Moot* waa taken to tba church lu her c roll-chair bed aDd carried Into tbe e building before tbe beginning of tbe l> ' services. Afterward, ebe expressed T 1 gratlDcation at being able to be there. ' It was tbe first lime she had been In c 1 church In fifteen years. t E Mis* Moots was attacked by ber ' eDIirtlou lu ber early womauboud. c Baccstaereare aerasoa. I Next Sunday evading the members 1 ' of tbe graduating class of lbs Ocean • Clly Hlgb School, with their teachers, c will attend tbe First Methodist Epls- r copal Church, and the pastor, tbe Rev. t Dr. J.B. Kolp, will preach Ibe bac- ( calaureale sermon. — : , Ms Nasi ml Hah. , Mis* Louisa T. Coraon. Ewlug Cor-. ' sou and George No room bed s suc- . ceasfol fiablog trip' 10 tbe bay Tuesday. Tbey oaugbt SO klngfisb aud < croakers In two hours. [ A - , ■ m 1 Offloe equipment consisting of desks, ' swivel cbelre, atralgbl beck chairs, dllug cabinet! safe, typewriter, sectional I , bookcases, tables, etc. H N. Heullogs, , ' adv., 8-28 tf. Oeaan City, N. J. ( Fob Sack ob Kbkt — First-class Ice 1 ' cream parlor and candy store. 842 f Boardwalk. Ocaao City, K.J. Address . r W. Sharer Smith. I. Heyday Apt* . Atlaatie City, N. J. Adv., *-22, tf. j • Wabtbd— Yoang lady over 16 < ' yaare. lag Boardwalk stare. Apply, r Blet eg ax pari earn, ape. aiga xrnelil. F. Saatlaal oBtoa. adv.. Ml, if.

" PLENTY OF WORK OFFERED L ALL WOMEN VOLUNTEERS

is Asked to Do all | Possible to Assist Service Division. Plenty of work re In readiness for every volunteer at the headquarters of Hie Women's Service Division of Public Safety In the Hellsnce Fire Compeny'f, bouse, Asbury avenue, uear Sixth street. Monday Is devoted to the work of the eoldlers' aud sailors' committee, Mrs. C. H. Bohner, chairmen. Work la conducted ou Tuesday afterby Mrs. K. M. Clark. Wednesday's affairs are In charge of lbs supply committee, Mrs. Allen Corson, cbslrman. Coder this department will be made many comforts tbe boys of Company G, knitted articles for Ibe army end navy and all ueeds thai shall be reported after troops ere mobtllxed. Miss Keser and Mrs. M. IL Sailer conduct a clam for glrla ou Thursday evenings after 7.80 o'clock. Tbe close planning many Interesting Ihlugs tbe members to do. All day Thursday tbe room Is Id charge of Mrs. S. B. Swan, and Red work will occupy the day. Oue rooui Is fully equipped for classes In "first-aid." Any clem of twaoty five can have this room, choosan Instructor from any of tbe physicians. Classes In Ibe meklug of surgical dressings sod home care of the sick also be conducted here, those Interested choosing any registered Red nurse for Instruction. Application for membership In tbeee clssaea may be made lo Mrs. R. l. ooir. Nothing more le necessary for tba success of Ibis work than tbe hearty cooperation of every woman and girl In tbe city. ' Choose what you would prefer to do aod oiler yourself at the work rooms on any of these days from 8 to 12 e. m. and f rom 2.30 to 6 p. m. Give a benefit for tba Woman's SerDivision of the Public Safety Committee. Wear tba button, and en- , llat for service. ' During tut first two weeks to May, Friday. May 4th. tbe bowling ' alleys In tbe Bowling ^ Carino will be ' open Friday, Saturday and Monday 1 evenings. Heglonlog Toeadaj. May . 1Mb, alleys wMl be opao day aad ev»- . wtog during tbe season of MHT. Bdv.6,8, tf. 1

' CHILDREN IN DRILLS AND GAMES , Exhibition by Public School 1 Pupils Tomorrow Under Di- i rection of Miss Cramer. The petrous and friends ot tlie Ocean ' public schools ere cordially lu- ( vlted by Superintendent James M. Stevens lo attend Ihe second exhibition of pnysical drills and games lo [ be given by the pupils of the element- ^ schools of the clly In tlie baseball J park el 8 o'clock tomorrow anernoou. , Tbe exhibition will be lu charge of ! ' Miss Bessie E Cramer, the schools' ' | physical director. Fallowing la Ihe program: .1. Soug— "Star Spangled Banner" ' — 850 children, second to eighth school ( ! II. Mas* exercises— calisthenics— 360 children, second to eighth school . years. ' III. Game— "Beat Ibe Beetle"— ! .30 boys, seventh and eighth school 1 years. I Y- Song Games— 1 (s)'-Dld You Ever See a 1 (b) "Farmer In the Dell"— 80 children, secoud and third school , V. Game— "Squirrel In Trees"— 80 1 girls, fourth, fifth end sixth school 1 VI. DiDce— "Irish I.lli"— selected . girls, seventh aud elgtilli school yean. VII Game— "Straddle Bell Relay" —80 boys.fouith.nfth and alxtb school . years. v The exhibit will prove very cuter- , to parents eud friends of tbe children, aud doubtless <bere will be a ' large audience to witness tbe sports. LONG AUTO TRIP Klab and C. L. Hair wilt J Oa la Bales. Cept. end Mrs. George F. Fish, of Ibis city, end C. L. Hagy end wife, of former summer residents here, will start today on a long trip In their automobile*. Ttiqy will be away two or three . weeks. Tbey will visit lbs White J Mountains and go as far distant as ' Portland, Maine. They will return c through New York State. , Colored People Wed. 1 Peler Cox and Catherine Jackson, r of Ocean City, ware married In tbe Presbylerikn manse Monday eve- 0 nlng by tbe pastor of Ibe cburcb, tbe n Kev. Charles H. Bohner Tbe pair from uear Richmond, Va. j . . , -

HOCH ACTIYITY . AT CASINO CLUB: 1 C. Ell wood Carpenter Prepar- , ing for Busy Season at This Popular Place, r Preparation* and Improvements are r belug made at tbe Casino Club, which . will sooo be ready to entertain tba . visitor* and residents of Ocean CUy aa r In the past. Mr. Carpenter Is planning many f new entertainment* for this season , aid will exceed all of his former efforts. Many Inquiries are being received and applications for membership bo b log registered. He promisee for no I early Issue a list of the features of the ■■ season, wblcb seam so numerous aa to „ make one wonder where there will be . enough boon of the day and eoongb | day* of tba week to make them all fit. I Go to Gov's. Tenth end Bay, for strictly fresh eggs and poultry dressed r to order. adv. M, 8 mo*. I — ~ — —

FIFTEEN YOUNG PEOPLE ' TO LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL - • ' ~T~ i

Commencement Exercises June 15- Dr. Munro to Make Address. | The commencement exercises or the Ocean Clly Hlgb School will be held In the First M. E Church FrkUy eve- . nlng of next week. There will be 15 members of the graduating class, as follows: Modern Classical Curriculum— Cecilia Crease Hand, Charles Ernest Kulp, Marguerite Elizabeth Meebsn, Ruth Davlee Scull and Varna May Wilson. Modern Language Curriculum— | Harvey Wlllatd Adams, Edgar BaroD, ' Arthur Andrew Blackmau, William Collum Cook, William Learning Glbb, , Mabel Annie Lake end Frank Waldo ; Zlegler. Commercial Curriculum — Hanry Axel Harre, El wood Johnson Kandla , and Lillian Kecver Turner (*). ■Stenography and typewriting not taken because of physical disability. Tbe class motto Is "Vluclt, qui s* ' viucll"— "He conquers w bo overcome* The class colors ere red end black, and Ibe class flower the ' Klllarney rose. Following la the program' of commencement night: Prelude- Mrs. Ralph ChaMcr. ' In vocation — Orchestra SelectionSalutatory Oration— "Patriotism," Wilson. Oration— "Practical Valoa or Latin Charles Kolp. Valedictory Oration— "Ona Condition of OdI venal Peace," Marguerite Meeban. Orchestra Selection— Address-" Making the World Safe Democracy," Dr. DanaC. Monro . Presenting of diplomas by John R. Groves, president of the Board of EdoAddrese— Supt. James M. Steven*. Orchestra Selection— Poetlud* — Dr. Munro to professor of history at Prtooeton and ha to 00a of the noted educators or this country. MISS CUREAN WEDS Charles r. Maker, Jr. Charles Pitman Baker, Jr., nod Mtoa Jans F. Careen, daughter of Past Commodore aod Mrs. Charles J. Curren, of Oak Lans, summer raetdeote ham, ware married in the Memorial Kptoeu pal Olmreh of tba Advocate, Philadelphia, Saturday. Mrs. Ralph P. Howies was mat ran or honor, and Mtoa Ethel P. Knesae, maid of honor. The bridesmaid* warn Mtoa Begins Lenta and Mtoa Paallna Bar*. H. Lentx and Mtoa realise tiers.

Mtoa Mary Elisabeth Bowie* was the flower girl. Mr. Baker waa altsodefl kg Dr. J. Wallace Hurff aa bast ass. The nshsts warn Charles J. Cartas, Jr., ' E Forrest Mag tU, Harold & Paris aod Ralph P. Row las. Tba marriage was followed by a re- ' caption at tba RlUaaboum. The bride and frrtdagtoom wtll heal borne, aflat Octobm 1, altha Cotonlal. Tabs W atlas. ' All mercantile I lean am am now das, ' Jans 1. Tbose requiring each mast ■ procure them at ones from tbe cMy ■ clerk. Thorn ooodoettng barineae without a mercantile llceom am liable to a fine of $200. A B. SCULL, ' adv. 8-7. 2t. j Chief af Poilee. O. H. Hanry Oo^ I no., haws JueA 1 completed extensive altemilons. Including enlargement of atom and In- " stalling new and larger toe box. Thank1 Ing our many patrons for past pstnm1 age. we are now equipped Is give ymx j better and prompter eerrloethea la lbs ' past adv, 4-6, tf 1 Wasted — Y'oung married women end board for tba suae met wKh a pri-— 7 r rata fomlly; state Unaa, looatkn. Ma. I Address, K. P. Dtomer, 8MS W. North avenue. Baltimore, Md. adv . 5M. 84.

Change of Addreaa SIMMS' ' Delicatessen and Restaurant '' . Now at 822 Boardwalk ' Orasr AtssHys Tenses ' WILL REOPEN SATURDAY, MAY 26

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