n Ocea\ City Sentinel

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OCEAN CITY. N. J.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1922 7 ^

Price Three Cents

OCEAN CITY'S BOOSTERS AND THEIR SPECIAL Bill

FAVOR CUT-OFF • TO THIS CITY n Chamber of Commerce h Also Considers an All- y Year Hotel £ A > jui i»p>. acll-aiu-nUt-d meeting of *. ! ucMlay night at City Hall. Several j» • objects of importance to Ocean City tl were discussed: namely, n railroad |h rut-off by way of Somers Point, con- tl fleet Idk with the main line tracks of si i lie Pennsylvania Railroad at Egg T Harbor; the subsidizing of a. hotel V Immediately by the Chamber or Com- it merce; an all-year round hotel to bo . r sponsored by the Chamber of Com- lit merce. p Speaking for tin- pioposed railroad J . ut-off. President Sutton said: "With-!h in Irom sixty to ninety day* the mon- * •■> in the Automobile Bridge would be; ]• leased and I feel sure that that mon-l ■•>■ could be used to build the cut off . and that a suitable traffic agreement j' i ould be made with f he Pennsylvania *J • Uailroad for operating. The spirit d Hint built the Automobile Itrldge rani* build Ihe cut-off." Kight along lite Une ot Ihe Automo- K bile Bridge, Clayton Haines llrlck.!? ' 1 1 airman of a committee appointed in;" January to work for the freeing of Ihei? bridge from toll, made his report. HejS il - scribed briefly the meetings of the!? • onimlttee. tho action they had taken J; md the result obtained. The commit- j*' ice were ably supported by Senator! Wm H Bright and aUMmblyiua.i Hots cit J. Kay. of this county. Mr. Brick!., stated that It was his sincere belief [ I" loll would be lifted from the bridge;" lefore July IsL • Subsidize Hotel. |c The advisability oX the Chamber ot * Commerce subsidizing a hotel immedi- '< » titely for the benefit of Ocean City a v. as the sugs -stlon of Dr. Allen Cortes. It developed there was money mailable for sutffi a purpose. Clayton Haines -Brick, It. W. Kdwards and „ Harry F. Stanton Were appointed as n the Hotel Committee, with Instruc- q Seventy-Five Minute Flyer. b Resolutions were passed which will K l«- handed to the Chamber of Com- " i| nesting the Philadelphia and Head- p ing Railroad to establish a through * ocean aCIly Flyer, with the running lime of seventy-five minutes or less, and with no stops between Tenth street and Chestnut street. The feasibility of having a concrete p plan ol Improvements for the camp s ground was placed before the meeting |c by Harry # F. Stanton. The commls- j -loners are now taking steps to beau- p Iffy this part of the city. Tennis c courts, casting Held, and general play a ground will be available for next sea- -- son. Mr. Stanton wanted to know If it. would not be well to have some one p with a trained mind, in other words, a landscape engineer, lay out now- n plans for beautifying the entire ser- • lon and make the improvements from ttlmo to tlm-. thereby avoiding the (j necessity possibly ol undoing some y work that had nheady been finished. Mr- Stanton also stated that It had f been brought to his attention by sev- j. cral men of the city that If there was u night school etlabllshed here they y would be glad to attend. The report of R. \V. Edwards, chair- (! man of the By-Law committee was ac- a cepted and the by-Law s read by hint ' were adopted its lead. * S Alfred W. Powell, chairman ol the c

MANY RENTALS | More Reported Than For CorresB ponding Period Last Year A round of tho real estate offices show- that the renting so far this year been very nctlve and has exceeded that for the same period of last I , A gratifying feature of the ' rentala this year is the nutnbfr of higher-priced cottages and apartments that have been leased Speaking of sales. Harry F. Stanton that the buying has been far in excess of any year since his establishment In the real estate business of resort. "More than twelve sales have been made through my office year. Including the very handhome of Charles E. Meehan at and Wesley avefiue to t] K. Barnes, who Is In the bond- p business in Philadelphia^' It Is 0 I reported the sale price was approxiimately 120,00(1. The house is equip- a ! ped with a hot-water heating plant. f( land will bo used by Mr. Barnes and t| : his family at Intervals during the cold , j weather season. iw MISS COLLINS ENTERTAINS. ?] Miss Edith Collins entertained the n j telephone girls' Sewing Circle at her p i Second and West avenue, Tues- c I night. In addition to sewing, B ! which Is always the big number of c the evening's program, there were ,j games and music, several delightful solos being rendered by the girls. A rtiost delightful luncheon was served. '■ and at a late hour the girls started " for home. Those present Included the 8 Misses Laura Smith. Evelyn Evering !" lham. Edith Collins, Cora Rau, Olive,*1 Collins. Helen Johnson. Mrs, Gertrude j0' McLane and Mrs. Edna Oroch. " METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY. {' , At the Methodist Church Sunday I '] I the pastor. Rev. John Handler, will ' have for his subject "Jacob the De-i reiver and Deceived." In the evening ; 11 he will address the members of Ocean |P City Lodge. No. 171. F. & A. M.. whojJ will attend church In a body, using s his topic "The Christian Character u and Career of George Washington." 1! » 1 r! EUGENE KNOX HERE. ! [j To-morrow night Eugene Knox, lec- . will nppesr in the Assembly B of the First Presbyterian c In the last entertainment of the Star Course that has been given by Morgan-Ranck Post, American Le- " glon. Mr. Knox comes to Ocean City 1 with a country wide reputation as a " lecturer and entertainer. Your pros " at the church to-morrow night * will not only be a source of entertain ' ment lo you. but will help the Ameri- 11 can Legion boys, so don't forget It 11 . s CELEBRATEO BIRTHDAY. D Miss Nancy Roberts Gilbert cele-'b hew. first birthday anniversary . h Saturday. February 11th, and the fol-|r babies were her guests: Bobby Samuel Qufgg. Mary Ann Na-!fi Peggy Collisson. Helen Van ' p Geneva Dlttrich. Betsy TuthlH « and Marie Collisson. h - Jjj, Audit Committee, reported their work u been completed. Special committees appointed at the meeting were as follows: fl Representatives to Cape May Conn- t> Chamber of Commerce: Joseph G. c; Champion. S. B. Swan. Vernon L. |, h Bill and Supply Committee: John J. Granville H. Steelman. Elmer p Pearl. e, Hotel Commit*. jc: Ralph L. Chester. t| Stalnlon, John J. Foster. k Railroad Cui-Oll Committee: Joseph i. Champion, Wm. H. Campbell, Dr. 0 Corson. t. Represantailv-'-i on South Jersey ' , Scsqui -Centennial Committee: Joseph — G. Champion. Edwartl M. Sutten. j

~~ jj Centrally Located WniHn In die Greatest Family Retort ' ALL NEXT WEEK Rerrrriant Sale - A- Sale of Remnants and many Bargains in all lines The Fleisher Yarns Home Journal Patterns I ' <• — • r r - t I

OCEAN CITY'S BOOSTER BANQUET PROVED TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS Club of Philadelphia Was Crowded With j "Boosters" — Better Train Service Promised MOVING PICTURES TAKEN OF ENTIRE TRIP

The Ocean City Booster Banquet at I Manufacturers' Club of Philadei- j, phia, Thursday. February 9th. was the . outgrowth of a group of men laboring earnestly in the interest of Ocean City s and confidently believing in Its great as the leading family resort of s Atlantic Coajt. ^ ] Starling early Tuesday afternoon 'r 1 with the taking of moving pictures j. winter traffic at the Interscc- j lion of Eighth street and Asbury ave- . and later moving pictures of the p themselves, and tho Ocean , Booster special, this largest of | all Booster movements came to a 0 close at 3 A. M. the next day when { tho brakeman of the special yelled "Ocean City— All out!" The trip up was one grand round of , music and song, choco-pics. peanuts ^ and confetti by the ton, with the best . of fellowship thrown In. Possibly a r 1 Mark Twain or an Irvln Cobb could I describe the trip home. Tugs of war. I music and noise, and woe betide the j Booster who attom^bd to go to sloep. i .it was a case ot '^Pervbody happy' a .Well, I should say." ; l Arriving at Broad Street Station i Ocean city Boosters were met by t Philadelphia boosters for Ocean City. 1 'Joining fdrces they paraded from the I station down Broad street to the Man- r i ulacturers' CliiD. led by Hutnmei's v : with mounted police to the right of them, mounted police to the i j left of them, and mounfed police In f I the front and rear. Many ttumisands t In Philadelphia to-day know mere is ( seaside resort on the Jersey Coast" ( called Oceafi City. The Ocean City Boosters were con- t slderaMy upset when William H. Col- , llsoti. Jr.. CHy Engineer. President of t the Ocean City Ktwanis Club and a F member "or the Golden Voice Quartet. t was served with a warrant J>y one or Philadelphia's largest policemen «t < 'the Booster Banqnet held In the Man-1; ufacturers' Club, on February 9th. ;t Immediately fallowing the arrest a ' I special edition of the Atlantic City 1 , Daily Press was distributed to the f banqueters with the story in detail of t Bill was wanted on a technical | charge of disorderly conduct. ( ! Just when Ocean City la recovering j from the announcement from Somers^ "thdt fare-limbed bathing girls would be welcom<-d to that neighborresort again thin summer, alon.i comes this newest sensation to mess the skirts of our fair city. The Press claimed "powerful pressure was brought to keep the news from the public, but they refused to . swayed from their duty. They de- ( elded to stick to their policy of print- j all the news,, nq^ matter whom it Through leads furnished by Safety ! E. A. Corson, they had learned that warrants had been Issued tor < arrest on sight of Bill Colllson. known under various aliases. Includthat of "8% Willie." and his pal. Massey. wboae side line monlck- ! are too numerous to mention, and i ! would only add more pain and an- ' guish to his legion of friends. I "Rus" Nulty appeared somewhere i '

the plot, but eluded police notice i ! by keeping a brown derby parked on 1 ! bis head, completely fooling tbc i sleuths by the camouflage, j The charges developed from permis- * slon secured by tfiese men fromh i Hamp Moore for a street pa- ' radc of Ocean Cltyites Thursday night ! front Broad Street Station to the I Club. The Mayor de- I tailed a detachment of 200 mounted ' police as official escorts for tbeji parade. They reported back to His'i that all they saw was a bevyii of men who acted mysteriously, but i to parade. In all fairneess lo the accused, it i might be said that there are some ox- : tenuating circumstances. What might 1 1 recognized In Ocean City as a hitparade may have been-taken for a cor- 1 ■ ner disturbance In the big town. The Banquet. Two big items of interest stood out ! , in the speech-making. One was an | announcement by Ellaaba Lee. vice- 1; president of the Pennsylvahia Rati-! , ro«l. that his corporation had recog- > nlfled for a long time the pari- taken i . Ocean CHy in the development of ; . Hie shore business, and that he would . to it that excellent schedules j i would be maintained next summer. J The other item was an announce-: 1 nient that every effort would be made 1 from now until next summer to have > toll charges removed from the Ocean ! ^ automobile bridge across the! Kgg Harbor Bay. Mr. Lee's speech was the feature of the evening. Continuing, he suggest- ; ed that the business men advertise '■ widely the advantages of the resort. particularly In the Middle West, : the Southwest and the South. Tho summer schedule would not be given out for a month or six weeks, he {added, and the management Is hoping j to give increased service for those , | people who live near the Inlet. Telegrams o( regret were received ; President Harding. Senator Edge ■ and Senator Frellnghuysen. They ex- ! ! pressed their sincere Interest In the 1 endeavors ot the people of Ocean City : j to make, the resort greater and more 1 ! beautiful. Mayor Joseph G. Champoin sound- ! ed the keynote of tho meeting by ro- ; viewing the growth of the city In the past decade. He told of Improvements that would soon make the resort one of the leading onea along the ' coast and mentioned the value of the that were built last year. Spacious tennis courts were promised for the old camp meeting grounds as a part of the Improved recreational . facilit.es. He also advocated munlMums* Shampooing Scalp Mums* Mnnlcnrinr M 1 9 S MAE E. BENNETT •U ASBURY AVENUE % ^ Oman Cltr. N. J. , . j Marcel Braving Telephone j

; cipai ownership of the water and c I sewer plants. "r The fine spirit of Atlantic City was C brought out forcibly In the speeches i r of Mayor Ldward L. Bader andj ' Sameul P. Leeds, president of the c \ Chamber of Commerce of the slater |f t Charles H. Ewing. vice-president of h )lthe Philadelphia & Beading Railroad, {* - told of new equipment ordered that J I I would be put Into seashore service ! e » I this season and suggested that a com-!!: tjmittee of Ocean City business men be j I t j appointed to confer with him on { » t! schedules for the summer. Dr. Allen Corson, in a rapid-fire five- ! ' t minute talk, told of the health advan- : •jtages of this resort, dwelling partlc- , tjularly on the "ozone." 1 f Other speakers were as follows: j ' Shallcross, Jr., Philadelphia: • Walter Gill. Atlantic City; E. A. Mac-{ : Mllian. of the 8hore Fast line, Allan- ! > tic City; Dr. W Warren Giles. v ;j Orange; Wm. H. Collisson. Jr.. Dr. r | John Handley, R. W. Edwards. Ocean t " jClty ; and Thomas Armstrong, of Phil- r adelphls, whose brief address on , .' "Folks," told why the folks of Ocean j , J City appealed lo him as one of the ^ * ! reasons for Ocean City's popularity. i „ { The Booster Banquet was sponsored c I by the Ocean City Kiwanls Club and I the united business Interests of Ocean e!Clty' V J e i t Railroad Service n ! The Ocean City Boos*r Banquet In J R : Philadelphia was all thr success thatj. jits sponsors could have wished. It t ( was a bigger success than most per- > sons believed to be possible, for at e the speakers' table were some of the ^ most prominent officials of the Pennt, sylvania and Reading railroads and 0 men prominent In many walks of life , a To William E. Massey. chairman of e the committee, was largely due the g bringing' together pf these men. e There were those who hoped the , Pennsylvania Railroad men would an- . a nounce in positive terms that a J e through electric service from Camden j [. to Ocean City would become effective , e this summer. In private conversation , y preceding the banquet they said the e company was working on such plans, { but in their public utterances they , 1 gave no positive assurance. The pres- , . ence of the 400 diners and the char- , . acter of the banquet must have lm- , . pressed them with the Importance of ] Ocean City, and all this must have , had the effect to make thorn feel that e the best possible service was none too good. j At one of the tables the (litters lnformally discussed the possibility ot - , the Pennsylvania Railroad trains. ! , which now use the Reading Com- , pany'a tracks from Winslow Junction - to Tuckahoe. continuing over the : s Reading tracks to Ocean City from ! Tuckahoe and then to Sea Isle City • and Stono Harbor. This would cut at least a half hour off the present run- , nlng tlmo to Ocean City by way of! |Sca Isle Junction. Passengers for Sea Isle City and Stone Harbor might protest against (CsMmdoa P.tt E«h<)

Special Announcements ' 1 of ' MASSEY & EDWARDS An Asbury Avenue Lot, between First and Second Streets — Only yO / O A Lot on Bay Front, near Ninth, with Riparian Grant. Just the thing for a summer bungalow' while you rent your larger home. So near the (CCA center of things — Only A beautiful Lot on Central, between 12th and 13th ^1 »yCA Sts., facing Easj^ graded and cleared ..... yi • Ovl I We are confident the above cannot be matched in price and location * I ■ ' — f — 1 ra-

MAiUNC POSTERS Announcing One Hundred Dollar Road Sign Contest announcement of Ocean City'" One1 Hundred Dollar Road Sign Contest are | being mailed for the ' Automobile j Bridge Company, who arc conducting the contest. The posters are being sent to all the banking institutions of Now Jersey. Pennsylvania ^nd Delaware, likewise the schools oT"fhe same States; to all the realtors In the State of New ! Jersey, to a liBt of registered archl- '■ tects, to the newspapers of New Jer- , sey. i'ennsylvanla and Delaware, and , the larger publications ot the United States Chambers of Commerce. Com- { merclal ('lubs. Rotary and Klwanis , throughout the country will also , receive the poster. i ! The poster Itself displays an 8zl3 , {rut, showing a picture of Ocean City's in addition lo a map of , !the State of New Jersey, showing the | {location of Ocean City and a concise , , I story of the advantages of the resort. |{ The contest Is open to any one and I J every one, and the sign selected will I ( { be placed on the main highways lead- ! . - j ing to Ocean City within a radius of : . thousand miles. : Tho conditions of the contest are as ; Ifojlowa: — \ | 1. Competition's open to all parts; of the world. , 2. Contestants afe not limited to the jj number of designs submitted*. 3. Designs submitted shall not con-|: {tain more than 450 square inches. 'I 4. Each entry must be full size, un- ' securely wrapped and marked with a nom de plume. It must be accompanied by a sealed envelope with 1 tho contestant's nom de plume plainly ' marked on the outside and the name ' and address of the contestant Inside. 1 All entries must be sent prepaid to : the Treasurer of the Ocean City Title A Trust Co.. who will held the sealed I envelopes until the winner Is selected I the judges. I 5. All designs must be delivered lo the Treasurer of the Ocean City Title & Trust Co. on or before 12 o'clock, j noon. March 15, 1922. 'j Features which will guide the ' judges in ihe selection of the winning design: 1. Originality. ' 2. Striking visibility. ! 3. Artistic character. " 4. Appropriateness to Ocean City. 1 5. Economy of construction and • maintenance. 8COUTS AFTER SHIP. A movement has been started by the Boy. Scouts of South Jersey tol procure one of the government's 1 scrapped battleships to be used as a 1 The plan as outlined Is • request the government to place 1 one of the war vessels in the Inlet at ; Atlantic City, where the aummei • training courses could be held with ' little cost- The plan originated ' with William Raucb, Superintendent " of the Traction Company at Miilvllle. ' and has been indorsed by the Cumber- ' land County Scout Executive Comt nUt,W 0 OIEO 8UDOENLY. • Donald G. Best, of Atlantic City. 1 and well liked by. members ot '• the Young Men's Progressive League. died suddenly last Frldfly evening at 1 his home. Palms Apartments, South 5 Maryland avenue. Deceased was a 1 veteran of eight yura' service In the ' United States Mat%o Corps, the most 1 part ot which time was spent In the ' Orient. Mr. Best had endeared hlm- * ! self to the members of the League by his geniality and kind manner. He 1 was accomplished as an elocutionist 1 and 'musician. His death will Jh> sincerely regretted'by all who knew him.

UP-TOWNERS WIN ' PINOCHLE CONTEST >; John B. Adams Leads His Section to Victory at Progressive League Excitement ran high at the Young : Men's Progressive League Monday ' night when tho Territorial Pinochle ' Match between the Up-Towners and the Down Towners was played. The J captain ot the Cp-Town team was I John B. Adams, while William J. Chadwlck led the Down-Town team. 8 The match resulted frinn a lot "of ' winter as to which section of the . that has been going on all town could produce the best players. " There was a total ot 04 games playr ed. eight teams representing each 0 side, and the Down-Towners lost by 9 points. They are not altogether : | satisfied and will probably seek re- " ; vrnge by sending a challenge for anI I other game. Nevertheless, they are real sportsmen, for thev treated the 'winners to a luncheon In Harris •restaurant after the gameThe line-up : Up-Town Team. Down-Town Team. 8 i John Adams Wm. J. Cradwlck Parker Miller J. H. Chadwlck '' J Douglass Taylor Harvey Dannelly A. C. Boswell Leroy Jeffries ' E. 11. Crane Albert Oldfleld Walter H. Kuebn Wm. T. Taylor ' Earl Shan* Orvllle Adams Ed. Cook Hiram Cheetwood i" Hans Burkhardl Wm. Glbb " John R. Groves Alfred R. Smith ' Howard Johnson *H. Henderson f Benj. Groves L. Nlckerson *• W. P. Haines , Jos. Barclay ' Roger Williams Hugh Cunningham ° Frank Piatt Wm. Kautchman ° W. Y. Christian Bud Shldlng Total— 2925 points. Total— 2870 points. Walter E. Alien, official scorekeeper. Elmer Jackson Pearl and Bertram ' M. Darby, clerks. g Raymond H. Gardiner, chairman of the League's Entertainment Commit- # tee. announced Monday night that the third annual Father and Son Night would take place Monday night, February 20th. He further announced d that the program would be unique and curry many features that were brand now. In fact, the whole evening's entertainment will be entirely different from any ever attempted before. ' The sons of the members will he , glad to hear that Father and Son B Night is coming again, and the word 8 is passed for those members who haven't sons to go out and borrow lf from their neighbors. The price of admission that night Is one boy. b o J} AFTER ATTENDANCE CUP. e. e- * r- Local Kiwanit Club Aftsr District Trophy. Now that the Ocean City Booster Banquet la a thing of the past, the Kiwanls Club will devote their entire y, attention and efforts to winning the of district attendance cup. e. One of the principal foundation it i stones of Klwanis Is service and the thijoy of giving aervlre was exemplified { In the good time the Klwanians bad v 10 ! at the Booster Banquet. Tho attend •t!ance prise for the week was donated te ! by Hans Burkhardt and the silent n- ; booster came from Hurnb Ponticrc. jy The weekly luncheon was held at le the Harris restaurant yesterday aflerst noon, with William H Collisson. Jr.. n- chairman and A1 Powell and Hulings it. Wallace as the cheerful greeters.

STEELMAN'S > STEELMAN'S Douglas Shoes for Women We have been looking for a good line af women's shoes thut we could ^ ' recommend to the ladies of this vicinity. You will find what you desire in Douglas Shoes. They are not only stylish and graceful but I they wear like iron. Douglas Shoes" for Women 'KLOO to »».<» ' Douglas Shoes for Men . $3-50 to $10-08 Douglas Shoes for Boys «SM to $3.50 -{j Sweet, Orr & Cos' Corduroy Trousers for Men — $U0 Our Felt Hats for Men reduced to $3.00 All Clothing for Men and Boys Seduced AD Clothing for Men and Boys Reduced p" Boys Mackinaws were $12-00-^Now $ 7 AO Boys' Suits were $10.00 — Now $ 7A0 Men's Suits #ere $35.0O-N'ow $25.00 -m } Granville H. Steelman 831-833 Asbury Ave. li — — —