Ocean City Sentinel

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OCEAN CITY. N. J.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2, h /

*\ Price Three Cents.

SEVERE STORM DID LITTLE 0AMAGE HERE" City Engineer Collis&on Made An Inspection' Tfip From " Great Egg Harbor to Corson's Inlet

City Engineer WHUnm H. Cellliwon.ji jr.. submitted the following detailed ji bench-front at Monday afternoon's i i.icctlng «f the City Commission: ■ I have just made an inspection trip i i roiii inlet to Inlet to ascertain the • n. rin which began Friday night and' ended early Sunday morning, and I: would make the following report: Till' damage at the Inlet, at the]' noi I tfvrtal end of the Island. >» vcryi lillit. due to the protecllhn of the pile breakwater. The street-ends of | First street, St. Charles place, Second I street. DolJvncey place. I'ennlyn place, i Third street and Fourth street hayc. been somewhat damaged, averaging 35 : feel - requiring rebuilding and necesal- i fating the removal of sen-drift andj sand At Ninth. Tenth. Eleventh. Thirteenth. Fourteenth. Fifteenth. Six- 1 teent h and Twentieth streets no dam-. the ocean ends. Replacement- of! Twelfth street steps on the Board- j will's: no other damage to the BoardWB'k b akwathr around Inlet ln| good ebnpc. bay-front bulkheads front Uigooir road to First street in good ( shape. Require, several loads of sundj adjacent to I'. 1! It. Y. M. C. A., and! above I-ugoon. Fourth street. Tenth | street and Twelfth street wharves In' good' shape. Some sea-drift to remove at Third and Bay avenue. Fourth street west of Bay pyemic and on Ninth street approach to auto bridge. No damage of any note front Twelfth _ .-I reel to Sixteenth street along the bay-front. Some pep-drift on Wesley avenue near Twenty-Brat street. sand and sea-

.Idlrft atThe oeean-Cnd of Twrnrfyrhlrd | i j and Twenty-fourth stredts. (Sand and i , sea-drift in ocean-end oty Thirtieth t s streeC- Thirty -first s t ree t.Tfflrt y>ec._ ond street, alley between Thirty-third j ii and Thirty-fourth streets. Thirty- » ,. fourth street, alley between Thirtyi- fourth and Thlfty-five streets i J 1 Samhnnd sca-drlft on sidewalks east i 1 side Central avenue between Forty- t ! sixth (and Forty-eighth streets, occane|end of Forty-eighth street damaged i y i about 50 feet, sand and sca-drlft in | e I Forty -ninth street (both sides of Cenfjtral avenue). Small hole Inside bulk- ■ ill head on sand fill between Forty-ninth 1 •. |and Fiftieth streets. The gravel next i o to the bulkliend about the width of i 5 the alley, from Fiftieth to Fifty-eighth | I- , street, washed back on the lots and ■ d cross streets; no holes along the en1. 1 tire front cither In sand fill or bulk- | t- 1 head. Repairs to Fifty-fourth street l i- : on west side of Central avenue about it j 51) feet In length. Sand and sea-drift i it j in Central avenue and Fifty-fifth . I- street; no apparent damage to street. < I- 1 Sand and sea-drift in roadway of Flfty /eventb street, both sides of n Central avenue: requires some gutters « on both sides of Fifty-seventh street d ' for this work and for a small hole at dithe west corner of Fifty-seventh and d Central avenue. hj Repairs needed to easterly sidewalk n' Central avenue from Fifty-ninth street e'to end of bulkhead (gravel sidewalk li about 60 feet long), m Pile breakwater from Forty-eighth c. street to Sixtieth street In good confa dilion. and new bulkhead from Fiftyie eighth street to Sixtieth street In first class condition. No damage that I am iv aware of along the bay-front southi- west of Sixteenth street.

LEGION NEWS NOTES. Ladies' Auxiliary Will Give Dance , February 6. There will be a regular meeting ot , Morgan Ranck Post. American Legion, Thursday evening. February S. at the Mann Iluildint. 7.3". There will be / eats, smokesyind much of special in-:, to rest to com.*; before the boys. House ^pwr" No. 8. providing for a ! , complete reorganisation or the New j, Jersey /National Guard, was passed by I /-■She .y'sembly Monday night by a vote!1 / cifi. .e. j; The Ladles' Auxiliary of the I-eginn j will hold a Pinochle, and Dance In Hie least Room of the llnnn Building next ' Monday night. February 6. The next Legion F.ntertainment will be held In the Presbyterian Church ' basement Friday evening. February ' 17. Eugene Knox will be the attrac-i; tlon. Mr. Knox Is an Impersonator of] national prominence. February is a short month, but oh I my. she's full of "doins". CARD PARTY AND DANCE. I The Jjtdles' Auxiliary ol the Mor- : gnn Ranck Post. American Legion, are! making every effort to have their card 1 party und dance that will be held In | J the Progressive League Rooms. Hann Building. Monday evening, February , 6th. one of the most enjoyable occas loin, of the winter. Cgrd -tables Willi be placed In the east room. THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. Thai women make good hotel managers and ntx»-rnpldly forging to the front In the business. That the "souvenir hunter" costs the- hotels of the couatrv hundreds of thousands of dollars n year in petty thefts.— Pennsylvania Ilolel Associa-

W. C. T. U. MET. Business Session at Home of Mrs. Bcntham. A regular meeting Of the Ocean Icily W. C. T. 17. was held at' the liouw of Mrs. Christopher Bentham. KIT I Central avenue, yesterday afternoon. 'The meeting was In the Interest of health and heredity, and was led by

Mrs. Eliznbcth W. Gandy. or this city. There was a discussion on the business ol the recent W. C. T. l\ confer- ' ence In Mlllvllle. which was attended . by members of the unions in Salem. ' Capo May and Cumberland Counties. Among the members of the local pre ganlxations attending this conference 1 were Mrs. George B. Parker, presl dent: Mrs. M. Miller. Mrs. C. M. Cafqp-..' ! bell. Mrs. A. Bareford. Mis. John H. i lake. Mrs. William F. Gardiner and ' ,i Mrs. Dejlx StultlL NEW STORES AND APARTMENTS. ' William -L. Maniey. of Somers Point, , and his son. Fred H. Maniey, have ( purchased . a lot between Sixth and , .Seventh streets, on Asbury avenue. , where they will build two stores and I apartments. They will engage in the , real estate and building construction ! ! business. , Wm. L Maniey has built many ' homes In Somers Point. - II . 0 WILL PURCHASE TRACTORS. The city Highway Department are asking for bids on a tractor for the - purpose or pulling snow plows and U) ■ facilitate the work of handling si might materials. The department Is i also asking for bldB on a one thousand f gallon flushing tank which will be ,- used forlhe flushing or paved streets. • The tank can also be used Tor sprtnklei purposes.

i rgg^jn I® ra ugr'a Centrally Located "rl Greatest Family Resort 'S " Remnant Sale Week of Feb. 20th In the meantime see our stock of Warm Cold Weather Goods Outing Flannel Nightgowns *1.25 BLNAKETS- QUILTS— UNDERWEAR THE FLE1SHER YARNS ' .... i i Tirr-i - 1 — — i^— •

LOCAL GIRL HIS BRIDE ^ Miss Margaret Bevan and H. R. Montgomery Married Here There was an unusually pretty wedding Monday at" 3 o'clock at the home 'df Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bevan on Cen-. P trnl avenue, near Sixth street, when! their popular young daughter. Miss Margaret, and Harry Reed Montgomery. of West Grove, were united matrimony by the Rev. Dr. John pastor of the First M. E. Church, x—* o — TTie parlor. wheKTtw marriage, took p place, with the ring ceremony, was y attractively decorated. f, The bridesmaid was Miss Frances p sister of the bride, and the best fi was Raymond Gilford, of this f city. tl The marriage was^Wlmessed by only „ I members of the bride's family and a i other personal friendsX n The young pair were given, a -royal n send-off ss they took the Shore Fast )( i car on their way to West Grove. ( . where they will reside, and where a-L r reception will he given them at the . i of Mr. Montgomery to-morrow ( I- evening. ( ■ with his father in that thriv- c t ing Chester County town. I IJe and his bride have the best c t Wishes of a large circle of friends. c i .Mrs. Montgomery, who grew up in 1 • Ocean City, was bookkeeper for Chas. 1 f B. Powell, meat nnd provision dealer s H P Lo < ! CITY GRIPPED BY : WORST STORM IN YEARS t' _____ ' Anglers' Club Pier De- t stroyed by Heavy Sea ' Ashore at 8th St. , The worst snow storm in ' years ' swept Ocean City from lafe last Friday night until the afternoon of Sunday. The city was cut off from the if rest of. the world so for aa travel to and from A concerned. . The Anglers' Club Fishing Pier and Club House at the foot of Park Ptece _ were destroyed and washed away by B' the heavy seas Hut swept the beachjj: front. The pier limbers now lay scat-

. tered along the strand as far south as Fifty-ninth street. The lower part of Oman City was covered by water at high tide, and ( , the Pennsylvania rigfct-of-wy was washed out south ot^lfddle Thorough' ( fare this side of Corson's Inlet. No ^ \ trains on this road were running in ( ,! or out of the city. The Reading got one train through^ at nine o'clock Sunday morning. f "'Later In the day their tracks were J j again covered with water. The Shore ^ Fast Line stopped running at one ( o'clock Saturday afternoon. Passen- . gcrs from Philadelphia via Pleasant- f vilie were marooned In "the latter ' ; town with no way to reach Ocean ( City except by hiring automobiles. ' This was more or less risky, as the '" water at high tide, covered the automobile bridge road between Somers Point and Ocean City. The last ma- i 1 chine coming through ran submerged : to the dash boards. ' All of Saturday night the city was In darkness and Sunday morning the . occupants of many houses equipped with electric ranges were forced to e dine out. "Electric service was rep stored about four o'clock Sunday afg The havoc along the bay front from j s the. floating ic«. high winds and tide d was complete, nearly every pier being; e washed away. 1 Travel in the city was at a stand \ t- still. Early Monday the Htghway De-

partment had a fot fe of men with = teams carting snow away and opening ^ ■| the streets for travel. Eighth street i ? was partly cleared early Sunday byj Li the use of a Fordso'n tractor attached ! ' Li to a scraper. The snow fall nraasured eight ' i! inches. The last big snow Ocean City i ; . i experienced was at Easter In April ot | 1916. W. C. f. U. TO MEET HERE. The regular meeting of the Ocean E I city W. C. T. U. will be held Wednesi day afternoon. A review on the bualL | ness of the recent W. C. T. U. Conference In Mlllvllle will be given by (5 members who attended from thla city. The meeting will be held at the home i of Mrs. Christopher Bentham. 817 \ 1 Central avenue, and will be led by j Mrs. Elisabeth W. Gandy. of this eity. t Those attending the conference at * Mlllvllle were Mrs. George B. Parker. 1 president; Mrs. M. Miller. Mrs. C. M. Campbell. Mrs. A. Bareford, Mrs, John H. Lake, Mrs. Wm. F. Gardiner and i Mrs. Delia Smith. NOTICE. i Kalrnia Tribe. No. 220. imp. O. R. ! M.. hereby give notice tliat they will ? not pay any bills contracted bT Eugene Knapp. on or after this date. January 26. 1922. HUGH A. CUNNINGHAM. K. of R.. Kalmia Tribe, No. '220. adv.. It. WANTED— Settled woman for gene- . ral house work, in centrally located apartment is Ocean City ; three in family; «-■ deep-but." «<Jy.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR ' CITY PLAY GROUND" At the Weekly i Meeting of Board of Commissioners Specifications for filling the Camp 1 Groutfds were presented to the City . by Engineer Colllsson ' Monday alterooon. The plans c*lled ' the filltng of the City lands from 1 avenue to Haven avenue; the ' and grading of city lands from J avenue to Corinthian. The sec.between Atlantic nnd Corinthian ( will be used as a public playgroiltid. ( The city will build right public ten- | nis courts ironting on Atlantic ave- , These will bo in banks of four. | a space 500 feet wide by 1960 long for a casting field and play , ( ground. i i When this work Is completed Ocean ; can boast of one of the largest public recreation/" grounds along the The budget for the year was "passed on.thlrd and final reading. The City CloA was authorized to advertise for bids for the widening of Asbnry ave-' ■ - During the period of the war the city gave a bonus to n number of Its employees. A resolution was presented which will make the salaries equal to the amount of the salary and bonus received during the war. The City Engineer presented sped- . ' ficatlons for the brushing of all lots. GOOD WORK BY TRACTOR. Cleared Asbury Avenue and Eighth Street. An unusual sight In the streets of Ocean City was that of Sunday, when a Fordson tractor, attached to a scraper, cleared the snow from the Shore .Fast Line tracks on Eighth street. It was a practical demonstraf tion of what the Fordson can do. . Had the scraper been a snow plow the result would have been much better, j The tractor was loaned to the Highway Department by Edw. p. Kurtx, Ford driller of this city. Incidentally ( it might be mentioned that the new ^ price of the Fordson is $426.

A NEW ENTERPRISE. Joseph W. Barclay and C. W, Mc- ( Corkle, trading as Barclay &,McCor-i| : kle. have engaged In the Cement Products business. They have a pit at , Palermo and will install a plant for ( i the making of concrete blocks. The ( firm will deal in concrete sand, pebble , . ''and top soil. They have secured the | | agency for the Phoenix-Portland ce- . . menl. Mr. McCorkle will manage the ^ plant and Mr. Barclay will attend to the securing of contracts and sales. . are now making a concrete , ] addition to the Berkeley garage ^ si Forty-eighth street, that will double; capacity. GIRL .SCOUTS. < Mrs. Alice D. Ewlng, captain of the; - Girl Scouts in Ocean City, stated tills I morning that the girl scout organization has not Rlsbanded and would hold i its regular meetings every Monday. 6 night In the Social Rooms of the Pres- j 1 . byterian Church. 3 Eugene Knapp. scoutmaster, who ■ left Ocean City suddenly, had no con ■ !- ncctlon whatever with the glr) scout , organization. I I Continuing. Mrs. Kwlng said that o her assistants were Miss Catherine g i Gordon and Miss Margaret Price, and | she sincerely "hoped fhat all of the j | girls who had signified their intention i- 'of joining would attend the meetings, b '

OF LUMBER COMPANY. » . Raymond S. Gilford, an Ocean City ■ I is manager of '.he Elmer Lumber ' Company at Elmer, N. J., a position < . that he has held since the first of (he t year. Mr. Gilford was associated for I i some time with the Haddon Heights 1 Lumber Company of Haddon Heights. I N J. Jack Barr. another Ocean City . \ bo?. Is president of the latter compa-h ny. 1 1 WIRE TANGLE CAUBED BY STORM. Joseph Higglna put In a busy jgrlod /following the storm la readjusting the" . fire alarm system, a part of which was 1 knocked out of- kelter by tlje heavy ". I o , ' PIER TO"BE REBUILT. Joseph M. Rowland, owner nr the Anglers' Club Plet-that was washed away In Saturday's stomi. will rebuild j at once. The dub has another year's ■ lease on the Clnb House and Pier. r.ri.1 Mum iv Shmmpooini Snip Mumiw M.nicurUr MISS MAE E. BENNETT US ASBURY AVENUE d Dnu CUr. N. 1. W Mxrf*Vxrlag T*l«hben*

HOLY TRINITY MUSICAL | ">WilLtie Given at Hotel La Monte Uuesday Evening, Feb. 7 ; The musicale to be given by mom hers of the Holy Trinity Choir at the hotel La Monte Tuesday evening. February 7th. promises to be one of unus ual merit. The soprano soloist Is Mrs Ruby Dnnstan. well-known to many Ocean City audiences. The tenor soloist is #| Robert 8. Woolston. wlto has made (| , many friends during Ills short rest u , dance in Ocean City. He is a singct p I 01 *'xp,'rlenct' eoac<'rI work •nd w,u f, , contribute much to the success of tlir ^ ; occasion. TJie baritone Is Malcolm Austin, a former high school boy who ^ theatricals and musical programs of ' the school. Mr. Austin now a mem ber of the Colombia University Chapel a "Choir and the Gteo Club, as well as c ' soloist In the Nicholas Avenue Pros d • Church. New York City. ' • Mrs. James Austin will be the ac ; ' companlst and will render a piano " - solo as. one number of the program t Austin Is an accomplished plan , f t 1st. • ' [ e Norman Vanaman. reader, will inter- j pret humorous selections. A delight' 1 I ful and pleasing number will be the f interpretive dance by several high- ' r school girls under the direction of ..'Mr. Woolston. The musicale will open and close ; ( e with selections by the High School •( B orchestra under the able leadership , I. ol Herman Selvagn. | II Q I FRIENDS' CONFERENCE MEETS IN THE WEST d Chamber of Commerce Made Strong Effort to • Secure Conference 10 ; The luncheon of the Ocean City , h Kiwanis Club was held yesterday at ! the Harris RestauranL The Booster; °- ] Banquet, to be held Thursady. Februl0.ary 9th. In Philadelphia, at the Manur' ! fact ur era' Club, was again tho main k" Item of business. Plans are now com- *• | plete for the biggest advertising stunt ; Ocean City has ever undertaken. lW: A special train will leave here : Thursdny afternoon, and. by the way. I. will Ho a HriHi-.. frnln The hctn.il -

I will a j | era will parade from Broad Street Station to the Manufacturers' Club, pre- B j ceded by a Philadelphia band and the a ; Kiwanis Club ^Philadelphia. g Dr. Allen Corson, one of the bust-' ilers for the Booster Banquet, states^ that Ocean City will resemble a city ' of Franco- during the war. inasmuch 'as the man power ot the city will be f nil Thursday afternoon and night. or three policemen will be left ' s behind to guard the city. The speaker at the luncheon was ( Wm. A. Searle. secrevary-manager of the Camden Chamber of Commerce. ; I who took for his snbject "Civic Spirit 1 and Proper Organization for CommunI lty Service." ^ ; The attendance prize was donated j by Bill Abbott, druggist. Ninth street . J i ' and Asbury avenue. The silent boostt j er was given by Homer Shoemaker, [ . j of the -C. H. Shoemaker Lumber Com- ' I pany. 'I The "gleeful grinning greeters" at I this luncheon were- Johnnie Groves' ! and Mort. ' Leach. Of course. Bill >i Colllsson was chairman, and- Gyp; ; Bioodgood. of the Atlantic City Kl-j' I ; wanls Club, led the singing. Every- j ; body was on time again. I Q j SEWING CIRCLE MEETS AGAIN. , The Girls' Sewing Circle of tire. | Telephone Exchange here were enterL talned by Miss Olive Collins Tuesday t night at her residence. 945 West ave-

nue"! It Is understood the girls spent ; a large part of the evening working', ■ Initials for their "hopelesB" chests. A ■ special fruit salad, prepared by Miss i Collins for her guests, has been the . tjrik of the girls ever since. Those r present were: Miss Laura Smith. Miss , i Everingham. Miss Margaret . Huff, Miss Edith Collins. Miss Helen -Johnson. Miss Beatrice Van Sant. ■ iMiss Cora Rau, and Mrs. E. G. Groch. student operator from Somers Point. EDGAR F. BERGER BUSY. Edgar F. Berger. building contrae- , tor. at 3101 Asbury avenue, has Just f -received contracts to build two houses in central Ocean City, one for John , H. Berger. at the corner of Thirtysecond and Asbury avenue, which will be a two-family apartmen* with an office on the first floor, and the other . for WUliam Evans. The second is a (Tirtneroom bungalow "on the corner of. d Twenty-seventh and "Wesley, which is d a most desirable beachfront locatiot^ j 8TATE SUNDAY SCHOOL = ASSOCIATION. „ The Bute 8nnday School Association of New Jersey will hold a conference in this city on February- 5lh at the First M. E. Church. The conj ference is for the teachers and offixers of all of the Buiyy Schools In is Ocean City.

CHAUTAUQUA PATRONS PLEASED WITH PROGRAM Aditorium of High School Crowded Afternoons and Evenings — Required Number of Tickets Sold

Tire crowded auditorium of the high ; school afternoon and evening attests « Chautauqua in Orean City Is pop - ulnr. The exeepuonally high-class of I Is another reason why ChauiSu qua! is popular. i opening Monday afternoon with the ] Cathedral Quartet and lee- ! ture. "Neighbors." with Ihe Cathedral 'again, and u lecture. "Toward the i Goal." by George H. Turner, the first - program was Just a 'sample of the good things to follow. Tuesday- afternoon tho Recital Art-. , ists appeared and another lecture by the Chautauqua superintendent was given. The Recital Artists again ap- , ! red in the . evening. Mr. Plerson;

i ! spoke on "The New Power in South ( em Europe'' and introduced a Serbian f and addressed the audience in Wednesday the concert was furnish <-d by the College Singing Girls. The f was "O. Henry, a Man Amon--- - 1 All afternoon lectures were given { by Miss Edith E. Robertson, the Chan [■ tauqua Superintendent. Every after t - noon the Junior Chautauqua had a f prygram. whieh terminated in a gigantic Stunt Party- Wednesday- evening, i- The leader of the Junior Chautauqua y 'was Miss Allda Turney. s The guarantors for the Chautauqua i- entertainments sold a required nuitf n ber of Uckets to offset any deficit. •

TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY ,. Reliance Fire Company Celebrated A Reliance Fire Company No. 2.. ofj ■ i this city, celebrated their twenty- C '•fourth anniversary Tuesday night, lb ' January 31st. The affair was In thej a form of a banquet served in tho V social room of the First Presbyterian <o Church. A short program followed I d the banquet, which entertained ihe;p audience in a very pleasing manner, j The audience was unique from thejS | fact that it was composed almost en-|w I i lirely of the pioneer residents of the | n j resort. j t ; Hiram S. Mowrer. retiring presl/ a ® dent, was the speaker of the evening. 1 He told of the early struggles of the Fire Company, when all the equip- < juent the* Had was a two-wheel hose \ cart. In 24 years that have pass- l ed since tHe organization of the com- I 5 pnny the older fire-lighters have drop- l II ped out and a younger generation has 'r; taken their place. There have been i many changes In the Fire Company i In 24 years, as well as in the city of i " Ocean City. a" Roy E. Darby, chairman of the En-" tertalnnienl Committee, told a num-1 ber of fnqpy stories and introduced ™ Professor Llngennan. a ventriloquist, | y' who hadn't been (In Ocean City since I ( d

Professor Horry H. Lake sang a sololn his usual pleasing manner and' answered to an encore. Community jg singing, led by- Roy Dot-by. and the or- L | chest ra. added to the good fellowship j, : of the crowd. t Develln. a humorist from PhUaidel-j, phta, who was really funny, kept c everybody laughing, and closed hls> ^ act with a reading from Robert W. | Service. ; t Murphy's Orchestra furnished mu- ; | sic between limes. j] i COACHING "JACK OF HEART8." j( Robert S. Woolston. of the First!, 'National Bank, will make a flying trip i I to Philadelphia- next week foi the | ! final rehearsal of the play entitled "Jack of Hearts." being "presented by ■ the Three Arts Club In the Little ; ' Theatre. Mr. Woolston Is a student ;of dramatic art. and has coached ; many- plays and musical comedies. B ■ He has been a member of the cast In ' I numerous well-known plays. Mr. Woolston will present a musical j I comedy shortly after Easter In this] .. jcity. AT THE PRINCESS SATURDAY. Manage^Bouregois will show George] Loan Tucker's "Ladles' Must IJve"| e_wlth Betty Compsoh as the feature picture of the program Saturday eve Fining. Pathe weekly and comedies ; will tiso be shown. ' it T-

LADIES' AID MET At the Home of Mrs. George W. Patton in Philadelphia. 1 The IJldies' Aid of the Union j Chapel-hy-the-Sea, Fifty-fifth and Asbury avenue, held a meeting Saturday | afternoon at the home of Mrs. George W. Patton, In Philadelphia. In spite 'of the severe storm ladles from Lans-jdow-ne. Camden and Oaklane were Under the leadership of Mrs. John ' McSherry. the ladles plan volumes of iwork for their community next sum For instance, the remodeling of the chapel, the purchase of new books ' and a piano, nnd the holding of a . bazaar among the summer folks. The spirit of cordiality and good - comradeship throughout the meeting i was especially marked. One lone • it Is said, had courage to attend • meeting, hut his name Is not for ■ publication. i The Ladies' Aid already have quite i sum for the remodeling of the r chapel, work on which Will be started f early in the spring. A dainty luncheon rounded -out n i 'most enjoyable afternoon. u VISITED ATLANTIC CITY. e ! . i Rough Rldtrs Attend Initiation and

Brand Twelve. Rough Riders of Round Up No. 6 saddled up their ponies Monday night nnd galloped over to Atlantic City ] where a class Initiation into this pop i ular side degree of the P. O. 8. of A. ! was held. The local outfit took their orchestra, Robert B. Smith, along. '■The initiation was held at Odd FelHall, and twelve Mavericks were branded as Nice Men. Evan E. Lear was foremaa of the ] Riders from here, and had /'general ; supervision of the cere*nonle« over I there. From all reports the boys i ! must have had an exceptionally funny > time, because they have been wear • broad grins ever since. I Those making up the party wwr; ' Vaughn McClure. Thomas McClure, s Howard Barrett. Gordon Cox.. Elmer < Bakeley. Frank W. Bakeley. Evan E. « Lear. Claire Lear. Anthony Gandy. ■ Frank Rlggln*; Edward Lee. Robert 3 Nelson. Earl Nlckerson. Walter Tomlin. Wesley Barclay. Clifford Lawa. ' Robert Smith and Roy E. Darby. a 0 GOING TO DENNISVILLE. | The Knights of Pythias Lodge of Otis city will visit Dennisvllle Lodge f, at Dennisvllle on Saturday night. February 4th. They will jeave their ''| lodge room at 6.36. All Knights of I Ocean City and Allan Uc city are cor 'dlally invited.

STEELMAN'S STEELMAN'S » Douglas Shoes for Women We have been looking for a good line of women's shoes that wc could recommend to the ladies of /this vicinity. YoiA will find what^'ou desire in Douglas ShofcvJPfey are not only stylish and graceful but they wear like iron. *\ Douglas Shoes for (Women $3.00 to $9.00 Douglas Shoes for'toeu. " ■ $350 to $1050 Douglas Shoes $dr Boys $2-50 lo $5-30 SweeL Orr & Cos' Corduroy Trousers- for Men — $350 Our Felt Hats for Men reduced to $3.00 All Clothing for Men ">d Boys Reduced All Clothing for Men and Boys Reduced Boys Mackinaw* were $12.00 — Now $ 750 Boys' Suite werg $10.00 — Now $ 750 Men s Suite were $J5.t*-Xow $S5.00 TU" Granville H. -Steelman 831-833 Asbury Ave. -