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VOL. xLl.— No. 42

OCEAN ;ClTY SENTINELT"OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, >922

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Kiwanis Club to Support Chamber of Commerce Two New Members — Attendance Trophy is Won byHans Burkhardt

Unstinted support of the Chamber! of Commerce was advocated by Rus-, I! H. Nulty and William Duffy at' the Ocean City Kiwanis Club luncheon yesterday.. "Miy-Nulty called attention to the aunual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, which wHI take place in . the form of a dinner on next Tuesday night. Mr. Duffy, of the Kiwjini.- Interna-1 iioiial, and organizer of the Kiwanis Club of Ocean City, stated that one of the big job/ for Kiwanians was the active support, of the Chamber ot Commerce of their oily; thjit there . .-is no other "o limitation that could , •lo the work peculiar to the Chamber ' Chairman Wm. H. d&llisson, asked ' all members who would attend the <iinner to stand. The response to this ' invitation was unanimous as far as it i v as possible. Some of the members 1 1 hail previous engagements for 'the eve- < , ning. j The luncheon, held as usual at the Totel laiMonte, in spite of the weather, | was fully attended. Guests were: E. ; Riley Mixncr, of Goschen; James Oakley, 0. M. Brunei-, Wm. G. Moore and | Henry D. Moore, of Philadelphia; . John E. Trout, N. S. Golf, Elmer S. Sc Hants and James E. Lake, of Ocean City; and the Rev. Hinson V. How-j lett, of Atlantic City, who was the 1 1 > peakcir of the luncheon. Herbert J. Brownlee and Hairy; Adams were introduced as new mem- j ' hers. 1 1 The attendance prize, donated by j Randolph Fogg, went to Hans Burk- t lardt. j'f « Allen Corson, chairman of the ; J AuU-rtiaing Committee for the boost-;! *er banquet to he held in Philadelphia,; made his report in two minutes. 1 Briefly, the committor has asked for ,| fioiiy page stories in the Philadelphia papers. The Booster banquet is for the bena^ of Ocean City and every •one in ^cun City is urged lo co- . operate le-w-ako it a success. The spe-' rial train that will lie cKartepM will: take everyone who wishes to go. This is not a Kiwanis benefit but is only ' .•ponsored by the Kiwanis Huh. R. S. Vorhees spoke of the Near ■ East Relief movement. Y The Kiwanians we* ably entertained by the singing nfjOcean City's new £ quartet:' Harry S. lieadley, Dr. Allen ' a CoVsqij, Edvyanl M. Sutton and E. Riley Mixner. - They came in late. f ELECT OFFICERS & The Christian Endeavor Society, of ' tlie First Presbyterian Church electeil officers Tuesday night as follows: president, Mrs. A. J. Smith; vice pres- '' Merit, Miss Catherine Gordon; secretary, Miss Margaret Price; treasurer, a Maud Foulds, and assistant treasurer, h Illnnche Collins. Announcement is made that the o Penny social will be held in March, this year. ELECTED DOtECTOBS Edw. B. Amett. of Sea Isle City, d was elected to Ule Hoard of Directors n of the First National Bank at their election on Tuesday. January 10th. a BOY WANTED a Opportunity to learn good trade u Apply Sentinel Office ^ Facial Mauser Shampoo! ne Scalp lluae Manlcnrine <■ Mrss MAE E. BENNETT (it ABBLRV AVENt.'E 1 Ocean rus. N. J. S Marcel Wavioc Telephone

;] HEARD ALONG f THESHORE i i BEESLEYS POINT f Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kohn, of Buf- , falo, N. Y., are with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Young. ' Mr. and Mrs. Elton Corson, and son j Edward, spent Sunday with E. L. Cor- i son and family. . Mr. E. V. Corson of St. Petersburg, j Fla., has purchased the pure) breed r lieffer calf from Amos Corson. She : was formerly owned by Dr. Folds, of j Ocean City. , Mr. Bert Adams spent the week-end s with his fatjflly. [ Miss Ethel Wynochcr of Egg Hari]bor, an<l Artliur Leeds, from Atlantic ■ City, were week-end visitors at Mrs. Lizzie Young's. Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence, of Tucka- ; . visited Mr. and Mrs. Harris Cor- j Mrs. Peter French and Mr. Thomas are visiting relatives in Penn- | Mrs. T. L. Lewis and daughter, Mrs. Felman, of #Harrisburgh, spent Friday | afternoon with Mrs. Learning F. CorMrs. Harry Young and Miss Maryspent Saturday with Mrs. Hope , Madden, at Tuckahoe. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Young ente.- i tained Mr. and Mrs. George Dare and ] family from Bridgeton, and Mr. and . - Walter Champion, from Mulliea Hill, last Sunday. Miss Sarah Smith and Lucille of Ocean City, spent Mon- 1 with Mrs. Howard SUtes. 1 Mrs. A. B. Clark spent Sunday with relatives at Atlantic City, Miss Helen Stephenson, of Tuckahoe, spent Friday with Miss Dorothy Madara. Mrs. Clara Sapp made a business : trip to Ocean City Friday. Mrs. Sarah Smallwood is spending ; few days with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Smith spent with Milton Godfrey, of Tuck- 1 ahoe. Miss Carrie Sapp, of Ocean City, ! spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Clara Sapp. Mr. William Brown'made a business trip to Pleasantville Saturday. Mr. Thomas Ballinger is entertain- , ing Franklin villc friends. Mrs. learning F. Corson spent the ; afternoon with Mrs. Walter Clouting week. Mr. ami Mrs. A. B. Smith are now the sick list. x . l' PETERSBURG Mrs. Elizabeth Stebbins" visited her daughter, Mrs. Isaac Butler on Wednesday. William Eldridfee was in Tuckahoe business Friday. Mrs. Frank Gandy and daughter, attended the Lippincott sale on SatMrs. Hannah Sharp is keeping house 1 eGorge Hoff for a time. Miss Anna Rogers, of Risley, returned to her home after a week here. Mrs. Almeda .Chattin and daughter uaura, of Philadelphia, visited R. C. Smith and family, on Sunday. Edwin Munyon, of Camden, spent ;

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SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT | DT. F. W. Marion* Addresses taps- : _ ' Way Count) Chamber of Commerce t C The December-January meeting ofj : the Cape May County Chamber of I Commerce will be held in the Commis- 1 y I sioners' room. City Hall, at 8 P. M. ' this evening. The speaker will be Dr.' F. W. Mariony, of the Health Depart- j • "lent of Atlantic City High Schools, I whose- topic will touch on the health ; T of the business man — how to conserve i i | and develop it. j Dr. Mariony addressed the assemblyj | at the Father and Sons' Night, held j j,! recently at the First Methodist Church. . His address at thftt time was very 1 ! favorably received. •- ; BIG SUCCESS The Versatile Four drew a large 1 n j audience at the Presbyterian Church j ._ | Monday night The entertainment was under the auspices of Morgan- > r !£a»«'k Post, American Legion. There •j should l>e a better name than "Versatile" to describe these four men. ® The entertainment opened with- an ! overtruc;- -violin,' cello, clarinet andl piano. For an encore they changed it| '' to banjo, *cllo, saxaphone anil piano. > A novelty was the one-hand playing - by Mr. Brown who, while overseas, c wondered what he would do if he :. should lose an arm, and perfected the 1 playing of the piano with one hand. , j As a quartet, the four sang the "Rc- . - cessions!" by Kipling and a number. of j old lime songs. 8 1 During a trio by the mandolin, j ukclcle and guitar, Mr. Brown drew: a rag picture of a Dutch Colonial | scene. The Impersonation of Shylock in the "Merchant of Venice," was a bit of added entertainment offered byone of the members of the Four. A demonstration of the popular jazz ' music as played today was given1. • In closing? their entertainment Mr. Brown, speaking for the company, said - they had enjoyed their stay here and 1 would like to return at some future I ! date. i o * BANK ELECTS OFFICERS 5 Election of officers and directors for ' . the year took place at the First National Bank on Tuesday, January 10. 1 j The Bank has just! closed a most successful year. 1 Officers: R. B. Stites, president; 1 Howard S. Stainton, vice president; * H. S. Mowrer, cashier: B. C. Marshall, assistant cashier; William Elmer- ' solicitor. - • _ Directors: R. B. Stites, Howard S. , f Stainton, R. Howard Thorn, Herschcl I Pettit, Randolph Marshall, R. W, Edwards. Ralph L. Goff, K. V. Corson, t Edw. B. Arne, Wm. G. Moore, Cole- - F. 1-ean^pg, Jr., Wm. G. Abbott. Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Clarence Winner. ' C. McCoach and wife, visited their daughter in Philadelphia one day last ' week. A number of relatives from here gave Mrs. Mary Van Gilder a birthdayparty at her home in Ocean View, on ' Saturday. r Mrs. Ethel Schaffer, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. ■ Robert Smith. Dr. Fairchild Starr, wife and children, of Pleasantville, visited her sister, Mrs. F. S. Carter on Sunday. Mrs. Elmer Stoelman entertained - the sewing circle and their husbands . on Friday eve. Mrs. Anna Creamer and daughter . Mary, have gone to Tuckahoe for the winter months. , Mrs. James Ingersoll was in Tucka- . hoe on Friday. Mrs. Isaac Butler spent Friday in , Ocean Cityv •j. 1 i.

r BEING PUSHED " FOR SUPERINTENDENT >fj — — Prof. O. W. Riechly Has All Qualifications for Important Office h ~ Prof. O. W. Reichly of this city, is : being pushed by his friends for the ' >' | position of County Superintendent of 1 dj Schools, of Cape May County, which j' i. will become vacant by the retirement ; 1 y of Supt. Hand. Mr. Reichly, bases his claim for the ' : position on- liis 'training, experience 1 and complete qualifications. He grad- : c uated at Bucknell University and stood ! ' 11 in the first honor iank of his class. 11 At frequent intervals. he has taken post graduate work in several uni- j ' * : versifies. He has had more than! twenty years' experience in school I - | work. He has taught both in ele-| 1 " mentary and in high schools. He was d I supervising principal of a school for ' ll| four years,, has filled several appoint- 1 1 '• , ments of high school work and during! K j the last ten years he has been Princi- '• pal of the Ocean City High School, e , * il £ "A PRINCE THERE. WAS" ^ Known in the world of amusements f as -one of the leading playwrights, ; actor-managers and composers in the t i country. George M. Cohen is author , Jlof "A Prince There Was," a* brilliant ; j stage success which has been pictur- ^ 15 ized by Paramount with Thomas . a Meighan as star and which will be ( .. featured at the Princess theatre . to-' j ^ morrow and Saturday. Mildred Har- , s ris, a charming actress who scored ^ in Cecil B. DeMille's great produc- , 'tion, "Fool's Paradise," is Mr. !|cig- . I ban's leading woman in this picture. I Miss Harris is seen in the role of a ( „ young girl, who after her father's ruin and>uicidc, seeks to make her way as fi i a short story writer, but with poor succeStu Her plight is discovered by r Charles Martin, played by Mr. Meig- . hane, a wealthy but discontented young "who falls in love with her and . then poses us an assistant magazine 1 eilitor in order that he may buy her 1 . stories. He buys a controlling interest " '. in a metropolitan magtyne so that he ' may publish the girls story which the ' r ; magazine had previously refused. His * broker, who is in love with the girl, . jealously denounces Martin as the man ' ) ! who caused her father's ruin. The en- ' . suing complications, however, arc all lt ; cleared up in a happy finish which r makes the picture most pleasing. Waldemar Yotmg adapted the pic- = ture which was directed by Tom For- 1 , man. Other players are Charlotte I Jackson, Nigel Barrie, Guy Oliver; i r j Sylvia Ashton, Fred Huntly and I tt* Arthur Hull. I 5 SURPRISE PARTY f On Friday evening about twenty • j friends of Harry V. Adams, Jr., ten- < ! dered him a surprise party in honor of I ,, his 15th birthday. i. After a few pleasant hours spent in games and dancing the young people - were invited to the dining room where i . a bontiful repast was awaiting them, i after which all left wishing Harry < d many more happy returns. ] s o I SLIGHT BLAZE i r About noon Sunday the Fire De- v e pnrtment was called out tg extinguish : a blaze in the home of Mrs. E. Mason, | i- 224 Central avenue. The chimney of the house caught fire, but the blaze . n was put out in a short time. The loss was triffling. ..Z c

MANY ( HANGES ..Trust Co. Making Improvements — New Director* The summer vacationist anil visitor will find many improvements in Ocean | City when they arrive next season. One very noticeable one will lie the improvements to the interior of the. Ocean City Title and Trust Company. In the banking department alone new! ; safety deposit bqxes and improved fil- j ; ing system and steel mesh cages have > , j been installed. A re-arrangement of ; f j the windows has been made so that i ! the. entire counter space is being otilOn Tuesday the annual meeting of ' , J the trust company was held, at which | ! time Clarence L. Cole, Floyd C. Simms . , and C. Homer Shoemaker, were elect- '■ ' | id lo the Board of Directors. i The officers of the institution are: ' , William E. Massey, president; Hen- ! , j ry D. Moore, vice president; Clayton j 1 ; Haines Brick, vice president; Russell 1 I j H. Nulty, secretary and treasurer; 1 j Clinton B.- Price, title officer; Stirling' J W. Cole, trust officer and assistant ■ title officer; Clarence L. Cole, so- - .1 "r. 0 I ORGANIZE BAND Cape May County Forest, No. 15. ' ; Tall Cedars of tabanon, a side degree . of the Blue Uilge Masonry, organized | ' a band. The first public appearance j ! of the organization will be at Wild- | j wood when the ceremonial is held here j • i the latter part of this month. Tw o ' ' i Cape May CoilDty Mayers play in the I ' : band. Gilbert? Smith, of Avalon, and W. Courtright Smith, Wildwood, who i is also director. Doth are cometists. 1 | Clem Foster, of Cape May Court ' is assistant director. Grand ' Cedar Robert C. Pierpont and ' William Austin are president and secj retary of the newly formed organiza- j ! tion. Twenty-five musicians are enrolled to date and a forty piece band! is nntiripated when all parts of the ! county are thoroughly canvassed for musicians belonging to the Cedars. ] 1 AGED RESIDENT DIES jMrs. Chance, mother of Mrs. Geo. j < i W. Harris and Coleman Chance, of i j this city, died at the home of her j , I daughter after an illness of two j i months, death being due to general ] senility. Until within a few months! | she had led an active life. Deceased! horn in Lecsburg, N. J., and will ' be buried at that place. Funeral serv- ] ices will be held Thursday, January; ; 12, at the home of her daughter, 13 j West Fourteenth street SOCIETY MEETS The Women's Home and Foreign ; . of the First Pres1 i byterian Church, will hold a Mission- j ,! ary tea, Saturday, January 21st, from! I three to five P. M., in the assembly i hall of the church. A cordial Invita- 1 - tion is extended to all ladies. On Thursday last Mrs. Harry V.j - Adams entertained Mrs. Earl Sanders, i of Pleasantville, also Mrs. Kathryn ' ; of Atlantic City) NOTICE The annual meeting of the Ocean] 1 City Building and Loan Association i will be held in the office of the Association, 408 Eighth street, Ocean City, Jersey, on Saturday evening, January 14th, 1922, at 7.30 P. M., when the election of officers and directors i will take yvlace; and a new series, the i 38th, will fcc issued and the annual re- , port for the year ending December, 1921, will be presented and "ready for : distribution. R. HOWARD THORN, Adv.— 12-29, 8f! Secretary.' I

The Ocean City Building and Loan Association Incorporated March 12. 1887 ' NOW, is the time to subscribe for shares in the 38th Series of the Ocean City Building and Loaij Association. The Association that is conservative an<L safe and that has accumulated resources I amounting to over half a million dollars; it issues two serie^eaeh year on the second Saturday of January and July; no fee is charged and very small premium is charged for borrowed money. When loans are granted the interest does not begin until the papers are completed; partial payments can be arranged with those building (during the course of construction) so that borrowers making payments to contractors do not pay interest only as the payments are made and not on the full amount until final settlement is ready. THE OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATION, 408 EIGHTH 8TREET, Ocean CiSy, N. J, is opefc . I every week day from 9 A. M.. to 5 P. M., and the secretary is there to issue shares and receive I j payments. Regular business meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month and the office is open | • until 9.30 P. M. No limit to the number of scares a person can subscribe for. m The property owners and investors, who are interested in making Ocean City, the greatest Tamil) resort on the Atlantic Coast, should subscribe for shares in this Aksociation and thereby furnish capital for investment in mortgages to finance the greatest huildftg boom ever experienced in this resort and at the same time have their investments return to them an interest nearly equal to nine (95f) per cent. ,By doing this you will be doing what many others have done. TEN DOLLARS invested monthly for 138 months will bring you a return of two thousand dollars or a profit of six hundred and twenty dollars. WHAT CAN Y OU DO TO Y'lELD A GREATER i RETURN ? SEND YOUR CHECK on or be [pre the "fourteenth day of JANUARY. 1922, to the SECRETARY', i who will issue a pass book and enroll ydu as a regular share holder. f R. HOWARD THORN, Secretary. j Watch This Space JULIUS ROTH j For Important News 917 asbur?" avenue

Real Estate Board Elects Officers for 1922 ? C S, Two Junior Members Elected — Interesting Address by President Brick

r; On Friday, the fith inst, at 7 P. M.. ' t; the annual meeting of the Ocean City . ; Real Estate Board, preceded by a dinner tendered the organization hy Pres- ' r ident Brick, was held at the home of , Mrs. Garwood, 811 Wesley avenue, i The meeting was opened by Presi- , .-■lent Brick, who gave a brief talk on , what the organization has accomplished and extended his thanks for the . cooperation of the members | , during the past year. The election of 1 1 officers for the year 1922 was as fol- ; Clayton Haines Brick, president; . , . 1 Harry F. Stanton, _ vice president; t Ralph L.-Chester, -treasurer, and John . J. Foster, secretary. Two new junior members were. admi tied: Harold Paris, of the office of: John J. Foster, and Carlton C. Brice'* t of the office of Harry F. Stanton. Among those present were: Clayton | 1 Brick, Harry F. Stanton, j . : Reuben Edwards, Frank E. Darby, ; Walter R. Chattin, R. Howard Thorn, . John J. Foster, J. William Morrison, , Clarence S. Scull, Alonzo Cotton. Mrs. ( . j C. L. I -ike, Ewing T. C^-.son, Ralph ( I l- Chester, Harry R. Hayes, Clinton ( , I.. Johnson, B. Frank Smith, Rolla i ( . Gorrettson, Elmer Jackson Pearl, | ■ I Haney Chattin, Roy Darby, Carlton C. j . I BriceBrice, Luther Wallace and Miss 1 I Lake. AMONG THE SICK 1 I ! Among those on the sick list at the , I present time are Mrs. J. Thornley] P| Hughes, Wm. h. Hughes, Mrs. Wm.i. i Gilbert and F. Leroy Howe.

COMING PICTUkE ( ompson in J. M. r.arrmT Play. •The Little Minister" The story of a town that was all ■ upset till a gypsy girl came and— up1 set it some more? Bedevilled the bigwigs. minister and all! . Then she showed them what a bit of can do and set .the whole thing right. Maude Adams' greatest stage suc- ! cess, made into a greater photoplay. With hundreds .in the cast and a star ' who was born for th.i role of gypsy Babbie. Mary Miles Mintjpr, in "Tillie." Bebc Daniels, "Nancy from No- ' where." Geo. Loane Tuckers, "Ladies Must | Wallace Reil, in "Rent Fire." ON THE WARPATH Wrndagas Tribe of Red mon at Petersburg, donned war paint and feath1 ers Inst Thursday and scouted the forC est of Petersburg, capturing three pale 1 faces found wandering in the forest. ' Wcndagas were about to scalp ■ j their victims when intercepted by 1 Kalmia, a friendly tribe. In the council that followed, the Wcndagas were compelled to adopt the pale faces into their tribe by the Kalmia .Degree teum. The Adoption was followed by plenty of corn and venison for thc Tiungry warriors of ' I Kalmia before they returned to their own hunting grounds.

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