Ocean City Sentinel

VOL. XLI.

OCEAN CITY SENTINEL, OCEAN CITY, N. «L, THURSDAY. AUGUST 18, 1921

No. 21

Milton K. Harr Property On Fifth Street Sold Recently Many Other Individual Sales^r Lots Made Through the Agency of H. PT&lantdn

The handsome -home, <>f MUteli K. V l j:, it. oiiQyM the in "ft beautiful pro- <■ ia<rtle>. in Ocean Cjiy, hup just lieen f ,|il by llarry I". Stanton, ' Realtor. This property is located on Fifth v Ipct lietween Atlantic avenue ami 1. i,.- Boardwalk. Is was built n few j ago I#' Mr. Harr ami has sinro L ncrupidd by him ami his family, t ii lia ■ a frontage »f !-'i feet on Fifth I tus-t. overlooking the City 1'ark with f a womlcrfut view of ll|^' ocean -und I .Beach front from the spacious porch* ••j that extend around the front ami h two sides of the house. t The price paid for the property is s rep.*i tod to lw between 120.000 anil h $25,00, the highest figure ever commanded for the sale of a dwelling in o Ocean City. * C Mr. Stanton also' has sold for Geo. 1 Mr. siumon niso nas soin lor ueo.

Prcssell 100 feet of ground on the ocean side of Wesley avenue, fifty Northeast of Fifteenth street. < He has sold to John S. Dun more, who owns a very attractive bungalow on Sunset place, two lots adthis property. Two lots on the Bay Front lieNorth street ami llattersea road have lieen sold by Mr. Stanton Itobcrt W. Scot; to ji. Tener Longstrelh. ' . i Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank VanLeer have bought through the same agency lots on I.aurel Road on each side of their very attractive cottage Another sale by him is the lot owned by Thomas F. Armstrong, on itvenue, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. i nineenin streets.

wli.L GIVE PI.AV I. it lie Red Riding Hood to Ik- Seeh ; at Casino Club The juvenile fairy play, "Utile Bed I ■tiding Hood," will lie given at the" Casino Cluli on Wednesday, August IT, at 8.30 o'clock. Special scenery, inspiring music, ami novel songs and dances will ' I make ^1 a rich treat for both old Vol Don't mi- ... these novel entertain- | meats at the ever popular Casino ■ i, ENJOY MOONLIGHT SAIL i The lochf chapter, Oriler of the j j Eastern Star. -enjoyed a moonlighc , ail Monday night on the yacht, V Peerless", t'apt. Herb. Smith. The ^ ailing was unusual from the fact ^ that many of those on board did not -ealize they were outside until they aw the lights^.f the boardwalk and 1 . the Hippodrome. The sea was per- 0 I'cctly smooth and when . the yacht ° was olf Tenth street it was surround- i e<l by a number of Canoe* that had j 1 • put out from shore. a MISS SCULL ENTERTAINS ' Mrs. Adolph Plumber ami daugh- . ter, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, have lieen i ' visiting Miss Scull for a number of 11 days. Mr. Plumber who was the former superintendent of the Ocean City Electric Service here. I*- expected to arrive around the end of the. S week? "Dolph." as he is known to a » joist of friends and members of the c Progressive league, will receive a k hearty welcome from the league boys v.hen lie gets in town. s< o tl BUILDING FINE HOUSE * Tlic Colonial house now being ^ erected by the L. I<oslie Headley Company, for C. H. Shoemaker, of <1 tiio Shoemaker 1 .umber Company, at I Tenth street anil Central avenue will tl le. in the opinion of Mr. Headley, P the most lieautiful home ever built liere. The house will be a true Col- P i .iial type in every iletail ami it will g take five months to complete it. It u i : lieing built as a residence for Mr. \ Shoemaker. I. t CANDIES GO TO ENGLAND I.. N. Mintzrr recently made a ship- ^ ment of his Palm Beach Roll to England. Speaking of business along n the Boardwalk this season, Mr. Mint- A zer said that for a time he was sen- a ously considering closing^ the store >' for a short time in order to make 0 stock. He couldn't make candy fast v enough .to meet the demands. 1 '' Advertise in the SENTINEK - „ . \ ..

PERSONALS Judson B. Corson, of Palermo, is ( a cnmlidate for the Assembly. Mrs. S. M. Folwciler, of Harrisis at 408 Asbury avenue. Mrs. E. Findlcy. of Philadelphia. U": at her cottage, 317 Central avenue. Mrs. W. H. Brill and Miss Jeanne ! of Philadelphia, are visitors. William T. Dorsey has sold his 721 j ! Asbury avenue store to Joseph i Mrs Charles Shelmire, of the Willows, Fairmnunt Park, Philadelphia,! i.- among the visitors to this city. ; Mr. George 1. Friend and wife, of have returned home af4 s|iemling a few days in this city. : Miss Louise P. Stephenson, of Greensburg, Pa., is visiting Mrs. W. Zercher, 412 Corinthitn avenue. The Women's Republican Club wH! | take a moonlight sail on the bay this evening with Capt. IJerbert Smith, his yacht "Peerless." After the business session tonight j the Daughters of America will lakh: trolley tjile W> Fifty-ninth street.] A Dutch treat will lie enjoyed atj Hancock's. Francis E. Kelly, of West Phila]'ilclphin, was a i-ecent guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Horn at their' cottage, at Fourteenth street and Wesley avenue, this city. * Among the guests of Mrs. B. F. Smith and Miss M. M. Zook were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. H. Livingston and Mr. A. J. of Reading, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob F. Kress and Charles, of Johnstown, Pa., motored to Ocean City to spend a week] with the C. F, 'Kress at their cot-; on Itelancy place. Mr. H. H. Garrigues, superinten- i of the Pennsylvania Rail mail j Company, Wilmington, Del., spent I week-end with. Mr. and Mrs. W. Zcrcher, 412 Corinthian avenue. John Loiter, wife and son, of Philadelphia, are guests of Mrs. Maggie R. Boird, of 1 14 West avenue,' where they will remain a few weeks. | hotter is a brother of George | of Philadelphia, a well known ! summer resident here. Wm. H. All right, secretary of the Jersey Senate und family, are occupying upartments at Fourteenth anil Asbury, for the season. /Mr. Allright has lieen a- summer visitor at Ocean City for the past fifteen years and tells -the Sentinel that City is as cool, comfortable, Inviting and satisfying as any resort on i Atlantic coiuL SENTINEL ads bring results.

- Ufrmtpr's . I_ L - ^ n n CeMmlly Loeawd in Awia'i Giretol F.mJ, Rnort " - Announce a 20 Per Cent. Reduction in All Boys' Suits and Girls' Dresses READ THE PRICETAG AND DEDUCT ONE-FIFTH BUY NOW FOR SCHOOL 82.7 ASBURY AVENUE —BOTH STORES— 821 BOARDWALK OF FILLING EVERY NEED The Fieisher Yarns Offer a wide range of hrather and Scotch mixtures in both Knitting Worsted and Siikanwool. The Twist is very popular just now. 823 ASBURY AVE. 82« BOARDWALK

AUTO ACCIDENT AT MARMORA Car Badly Damaged, but Driver Was J Fred Frankriifield, off for a joyride Sunday night, evidently "forgot that the Ocean City turnpike ends at ' Marmora and to keep going one mustturn to the right or the left. Frank / enfield is said to have been Intoxicated and was driving a big Marmon he 'car lielonging to W. 0. Schawner, of ■>' Pittsburgh. On the way out from Ocean City he hit the car of Ed. Ben- *• nett, from Avalon that was going in "- the same direction and forced it off d- the road into the meadow. Bennett, getting his ear back on the road, e- drove after. Frnnkenfieid whose idea fa evidently was to get away. Instead >n of making the turn us he should at " Marmora, he kept straight on and landed Jn the middle of the cemetary " where Bennett found him talking t > ey the toombstones. Bennett, after hs rii hail surveyed the mess, called Conire stable John Dennis, who went out in a taxicali and brought Frankenficld "t lu^ck go Oceun City. The car wps »" hrmnrm in the following. day to the id Central garage where it was an ob^ f-ject of curiosity . \ GRAND RECITAL BY LUIGI BUGCILL! is"; To be Held on August 23 at 1F One of Ocean City's •i Popular Hotels ''' , l.uigi Bocccllf, the well known Philo Baritone, will give a recital at 1- ! the Hotel Norniamlie on August 23. a, j at !) o'clock. He will be assisted by Mary Merklcc, soprano; Mary Milleo ,f j Mount, accompanied. Mr. Boccclli (. has given many recitals In Phfladely. phiu and throughout the State. He j has a voice of unusual merit and con- (- sideml by the musical criUcs to lie one of the leading baritones of the i country- He will be presented by David Bispham in Elijah this winter ; 's in New York. Mary Merklee, soprano soloist, of j the First Baptist Church, Philadeli' | phia, is one of Philadelphia's best ^ I known young singers und her many '• i friends will lie delighted to have this »t | opportunity to bear her in Ooean , at,. i- Mary Millio Mount was heanl in , r. I this city last summer when she so | |r I ably assisted at the recital of the ,1 noted baritones David Bispham anil : Henri Scott. - This recital which was first an- i r" nouneeil to be held in the Presbyterian j ^ Church. August 25, affords an opporj tunity to hear three of Philudel- ( phia's finest artists and also to sup- | port the Hostess House work, of | ' which the recital is under the auspitr — — i PLATING GOOD BALL The Kalmia Roseliall Team, re- 1 ' •' | rruited from the local tribe of ' d Men. are elated over having defeated ' '■ the Ocean City Collegians in a fust game Friday by a score of G-4, anil if then journeying to Avalon Saturday ' ;- j and winning! their game there by a . t, 1 score of 5-2. They are looking fori. ward to a big game that will be piaye I ed at Egg Harbor, on September 17, f n w hen they compete for n cup donut- 1 eil by the Allied Tribes of Red Men. ' e The cup, has to lie won three times 0 P in succession to become the perma- " h nent property of the team. Egg " r_ Harbor has won it the last two years. 1 r The Kalmia Team, expect to bring it ' n to Ocean City. ^ i : ^ NEW BALL TEAM HERE Peeved by a report coming from Somers Point that Ocean City eoald not get together a baseball team ea- f _ | palile of beating them, "Jack" Good- 1 win of this city has formed a team t recruiting his men from the rante of e collegians that are now spending t their vacations here. He says that t his team will be able to take some I. of the conceit out of the Somers Point bunrh and he would like to hear from them fight away. He would also like to hear from any tean playing Sunday baseball that will offer a " fair guarantee. o ( SENATOR BRIGHT HEI^E „ State .Senator William H Bright, tl of Wildwood, was in this oty greet- s ing friends on Monday. Announce- b ment of Senator Bright's candidacy apjlrai.- elsewhere in li& issue of the Sentinel. o E RECITAL AT NORMANDIE o The recital first annomeed to 'be K given by Mr. Borcelli Ii the Presbyterian Chureh, August 25, has lieen v arranged for the Hotil Normandie, 1 on August 23, at 9 o'eock. * TO OUR READERS Send those little ptrsona! items of B your friends or haifenings of your ai family, to tha SentinJ Office by Tues- ti day of each week aid tney will ap- H pear in the next issie on Thursday, B

1 GUESS WHO IS S1UI0UETTE IS ;t And Win the Trophy of / *JL(iiven Each Week by 'n the Sentinel Beginning with this week and continuing for several consecutive weeks, there will lie published *" in this column, of the Sentinel ia silhouette of one of the promnent men of Ocean City. To the person giving the correct name of Hhe person thus, . represented, the Sentinel will give Jl.-- In case of more than ope correct answer "the winner will be drawn, y Get ready now and be prepared to claim that dollar each week. t Try it, someone is sure to get the dollar. Why not you. All answers must be sent by i mail to the Sentinel office not j later than Monday noon of each week. 0 ANNOUNCEMENT ' The Sentinel announces that it is ■ now represented by M r. Leroy F. ' Howe, successor to Mr. J. F. Macr Namee. The Sentinel takes this op- , portunity of thanking the public for f ; its support and any courtesies that - may be exteiide<l Mr. Howe. > tl 0 ^ AN ECHO OF ROTARY OUTING One of the numeauus stories writ- j 1 ten about the Eotory Doling held in ( ! this city, August 9th," ended with j , "Somewhere in the Rotarians' Mah- > | ual there must be a clause which jl reads 'It is more blesse<l to give than : ! to receive'." G. S. Reinoehl, Division Manager ; of the Bell Telephone Company of , _ | a Rotarian, and one of j ' the party that was here, commenting on the article, said that the writer , made a very good guess. The Rotary ! motto' pr, slogan is: "He profits most j who serves best." "There is a strong similiarity lietween the two." Mr. Reinhoehl, commenting further, said: "it is hard to say whether the young boys or the older , boys enjoyed the »j outing the most, as some of the . writeip-would say, "A pleasant time was had by all." Ocean City helped j very much to make the outing a BY GLARE OF LIGHTS The driver of an unidentified car going south on tin- shore road Saturday night, was blinded by the glare of lights from a large car going north, and landed in the middle of a field opposite Pete French's farm at Marfn the excitement of getting the ear bock on the road spectators failed to inquire the name of the' j driver. The car was not badly damagojJ and continued on down the I road presumably for Wildwood. FORMER RESIDENT HERE Clinton D. Lowden, a former em- 1 ployee of the Ocean City Title and; Co., and now with the HeideD Press, a music publishing con is back at the Trust Company temporarily, during the absence of the treasurer, Russell H. Nulty, who on the sick list. ANNUAL /ARD PARTY The annual card party under thei auspices of the women members of St. Augustine's Church will be herd at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Club- rooms, on the ' Board- ' walk. The committees in charge of ! affair are working hard for the of the affair. Trophie# w ill • lie awarded the best players. BAPTISMS IN CHURCH Saturday. August (13, at 2 p. m., Bartlett MucKay, daughter of William J. anil Helen Irene Mac The parents and Mrs. Frederick whose summer residence is Ocean avenue, .Ocean City, and who is the mother of Mrs. MacKay, were the sponsors. Sunday, August 14, at 3 p. m, Edna Perdval, Stella May Brusstar, and Leslie Jacob Brusstar were bapThe Sponsors were, the Rev. I Horace E. Clute, and Mrs. Mary M. j

FINE MUSIC Double Mixed Quartet at First M. K. ST*hurch Much favorable comment is heard iof the double mixed quartet in the e First M. E. Church, under direction' " of Frank M. Cohl.v. It is composed . of the following artists; Sopranos, Blanche Kluth ami Ruth, G. Gibb; contraltos. Malielle Addison amliLelia M. Steele, tenors. Royal P. MacUtlan and C. W. Grahm; basses." Wm. O. Miller and Frank M. ConTy. The musical numbers last Sunday MORNING rtiorus. "High in the Heavens." Wag- 1 Contralto Solo," "Prayer." Handat. I. Mrs. Addison) Quartet, "Jesus, lover of My Soul." j Williams. EVK!#NG Chorus, "flu -Htpm* are Telling." . Haydn. X Chorus, "Hear My Prayer," Men- , (Solos by Mrs. Kluth and Mrs. Gihh). [ Quartet, "Crossing the Bar." Hou*-<( Chorus, "Hallclujiah," (Messiah) Handel. FERNLEY AND FITE I GIVEN RENDMINATION Contest On at Yacht Clufc for the Office of RealCommodore The Ocean City Yacht Club mem- I hers, at a meeting Saturday night, re- « nominated Commodore James W. f Feraley, Vice Commodore Jctin E. t Fite, Treasurer William H. Beaver ami Secretary H. F. Stanton. t The other nominations were : « Rear Commodore, Henry Bassett, I s ; Jr., and Frank I). Newberry. The latter is chairman of the house comJ i f-ittcc. X Board of Governors (two to he elected) Wm. H. Weimer, Jr., and ' [x Charles F. Wall. BcgatUi committee (7 to lie elect- ! ed) Howard H. Denn, J. F. Aurer, John E. Fite, Jr., Dr.- Frederick ; Slack, Dr. Wayne T. Killian, Dr. Her- . " I bert J. Baldwin and Harrison N. " ' Diesel. h 0 ; t DR. BOWMAN HERE f n | The Rev. Linn Bowman, Chaplain j I I of the Eastern Penitentiary, is at his | v r' cottage in this city. Mr. Bowman's a f duties have kept -him away from;, f Ocean City more than in former, « e I years but his host of friends are 0 r ; glad to see him here again. « T — — — — O J t TO HAVE SAIL j t ? The Woman's Kepublican Club will i '. give a moonlight sail on the yacht |p : "Peerless" from Sixth street and j * ? Pleasure avenue, Thursday evening, | ^ c August 18, at 8 o'clock, e Secure your tickets in advance as 1 e they are limited to the seating tapa- 1 1 1 city of the boat. Tickets 50 cents. ' 8 » • g ' ' ! 1 DOTS > Mneh building activity here.' j * r Growing cooler in the evenings, j { Tlie Civic Association will hold ; 0 their Annual Bazaar in the Chapel at c ' Thirty-second street nnil Central : t j avenue! on Thursday and Friday, t "i August 18 and 19. Supper will be i c J i served Friday evening. " 1 t

Seen In the Boardwalk Shops I Patience in other words is the aK of perseverance and it plays a wonJ derfully large part in the success of anything you undertake. I found it was one, of the big reasons why the Kiddies Studio, 808 Boardwalk has met with such a marked success in children's photography.. Take l' - your kiddies there for a sitting and watch Mr. Small at work. You f will be convinced that what I have told you is true. j — — mmmmm — — —— — — — j— — — — — — —— jmm — Breakfast on the Boardwalk is a A migthy big business in a very novelty and a pleasure if you KITiaU] space is the best way I dine at the "Jo-Mar" Pure Food , -l„ o,i,..ij«pi v.m Shop, 942 Boardwalk. From f" de*c"b! , your table you can look out on Shop, 934 Boardwalk. Brushed (' " old ocean and watch the sunlight Wool hate that are so popular at / , glisten on a field of blue. The present can be seen here in the / ' dle'eakes' wlth'alf theteritePyou ^7^ TZ ^ want is a most popular order. Brand Wool ia used, white and f i This was my second visit to this tan being the favorite colors. If ■ different kind of a shop and ths you don't know how to crochet I i thing that appealed to me most one of these hats a demonstrawas the accommodating spirit of tor will instruct you. A com pie tthe proprietor!. They take a ed hat will cost . you just $1.75 personal Interest in seeing that including the needles necessaryeach customer Is well served. My for the work. Attractive Japconclusion is that their success anese grass sewing baskets In is due to the peart interest that different sizes are on display at is so manifest. ' reasonable prices. Just at the upper end of the boardwalk, at Park Place, you will find i the Park Theatre nestled in tl*6 center of an ideal residence community. Here I found the same comfortable seats and elegant^nusic that 1 had enjoyed on my visit to the Strand Theatre two weeks ago. The management extended every courtesy to theirypatrons and the pictures arc the latest. For instance, Friday and Saturday this •theatre features Marguerite Clarke in "Scrambled Wives." This is j i Miss Clarke's first picture since her return to the screen, having been released in the east about a monty ago. It's a pleasant stroll along the boardwalk to this ideal v moving picture house. I A , -4 A. ; .in (jnraaJUe s&trur&r

Commissioners Held Interesting Session Here Last Monday i Much Ilusiness Transacted at Meeting— Petition Presented tO'Have Boardwalk Moved

Tho City Commissioners, at their s weekly meeting, rcrekttl a petition : •'from H. F. Goctz. a loeah realtor and t ' property owner in the north section i ''of this resort, for the moving of the c Boardwalk oceunward from Peniilyn I place to Sixth street. With the petition wore letters form | Mrs. Clara M. Smith and Mr. and I Mrs. Goetz. owning land on the ocean I , front in the north end, expressing { themselves as favorable to the re- I location of the Boardwalk, the claim ; lieing made that the land is needed % Mr. Goetz. in his letter, said that a < iiundiei' of Philadelphia people plan > some big improvements in that sec- ; I '• tiini of the city as soon as the cspl- t The petition was held over for fu- » turc action. Director Corson, made a motion, . t which was carried, that the engineer : I* instructed to prepare preliminary : r plans for the relocation of the Board- ' t walk between Pennly-n place and Sixth j I

street, on -the ocean front, these to^-— *«, show the present walk and its retaf ) live position to the high-water mark. These plans are to be present- - ed at the.' next weekly meeting of the The engineer was also instructed to plans foi the relocation ' of the bulkhead from 130 feet nortfi of street to the Bayous, near : Seventeenth street,' on the bay front, the plans to show the location of the i present bulkheads ahd their relntionI ship to the street in the rear. The engineer was further instructi , ed l«i prepare standard plans and i specifications for the construction of bulkheads along the bay front, these bo^ubmittcd to the City Commis- ■ sinners at their next meeting for their / approval. City Chsrk Morris was instructed ' , to give notice to property owners of' public hearing next Monday at the ■ commissioners* meeting in reference to the proposed removal of the j

HIPPODROME PIER . Attractive Shows Are Drawing Delighted Crowds The vauiWville shows, as well as the splendid pictures, are drawiife delighted crowds tf the Hippodrome1 Theatre every evening, and man- > Frank Piatt is receiving con- i grntulations on the success of the entertainments. a I Tho "Wroes Buds" will be among the attractions the remainder of this, week. The picture will be "The , Romance." THE GOLDEN MERMAID ^ The Golden MermoiiKwill go to the lady who is adjudged "Amerien's most beautiful bathing girl" in : ll.s Baihtr* Rerun on September 8, for one year. The Bathers' Review is only one »fl the features of the AtlanUc City Pageant to be held September 7 and ' - 8 in that most wonderful of all cities that has become famous as the playground 'oflHe-world. The Golden Mermaid is from the ! of a famou* sculptor and is so , ! valuable that the Pageant Committee j of which Thomas P. Endicott is grand ! | director, has taken out a $5,000 in'j policy dn it to protect it against damage, loss or theft The winner will - be required to post n i $5,000 bond to i if sure its returq to , ; the committee at the end of the year. | ! The winner's name will be inscrib-i ; ed on the figure and if the same girl ; wins it three successive times it is I .for Ific. In any event, she will i have it for a year and with it the title, and her picture will lie used on ; posters sent all over the nation in the summer and fall of 1922 to advertise ' the Pageant of that year. i. The Mermaid has been exhibited in I York City, Washington, Phlladelphia and other cities of the east and ' is now In Atlantic City daily. It is . reasonable to suppose that the winner j of the trophySvill be deluged with offers to adorn the stage or enter the moving pictures. The capture of . this prize will bring such fame to its ' that she may easily launch on career if she chooses to do so.

PROMINENT GUEST AT LAMONT Joseph I~ Peacock, of the Lamont, - is the authority for the statement that his house is full to capacity. A s prominent guest registered there is ^ Clinton N. Howard, the moral crusap der, from Rochester, New York. Mr. Howard made this hotel * his headquarters during his stay here last e year. Other guests of prominence are I.. Mclmntte and wife, ofChicago, A. H. Smith, of New York; Miss s Helen Graville, of Wynnewood, Pa.; e Miss Mary A. Cooper, of Bryn Mawr. Pa.: and Misses Mary Ailel Jones and Mildred B. Rogers, of Palmyra, N. J. p immense throngs here Saturdey and Sunday. ^ 8olpS.su. Manlrorins y UUC MAR K BENNETT ,| Ml ASS CRT AltHL't I OCBAN OTT. N. 1. - Marcvt-Wavln* Titutiai ^ NOTICE e All kloda ofUatd t'urnltur* nought sad Sold ,1 ; stove, and Kaoev. bought Baby Couh« boagbt, sou aod rrnWd t J. P. VENABLE 9 e 65 3 Aamunr AvcNur BULLETIN OF EVENTS i The. ' Casino ; Club DANCING EVERY NIGHT - ,j 9.00 to HAS . | MATINEE DANSANT I I Saturday 3 JO p. m. LADIES' CARD PARTY r Thursday at 3.00 p. m. 4 CLUB CARD PARTY r Thursday Eve. at 8J0 f CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL t Wednesday Eve. at 8J0 „ CHILDREN'S DANaNG ! CLASS, Tues. and Fri. at 10JO a. m. CLASSIC AND INTERPRETIVE CLASS IN DANONG, Tars, and Fri. at 3J0 p. m. ^^^^Dwood Carpenter t . ^The OCEAN CITV. N.J. FALL RESERVATIONS are now being entered for September and October. Special rates from September 10th. Particular attention and service will be given to fishing and gaming parties.