Ocean City Sentinel

Vol.. XLI. — No. 49

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THUJt<DA>VMARCH 2, life

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Leagues Favor Ferry and Free Auto Bridge In Cheat Rally at Cape May Last Friday— Welcomed by Judge Hid ridge

• I am the baby member of thi.y league. We have lockeil up the entire i'i'liee force ofthr city with the notion of the two officers that estod you here. The county .is with- ■ a prosecutor anil the judge is one [he gang," declared County Judge il. II. KMridgOrjuldressing the assem- • ,! members if the Young Men's iv sive leagues of Cape May and • 1 '""' ity in Cape May's magnificent ! -c-liool building last Friday night. - tint -previous ttr the Judge, Acting' M . r W. R." Sheppard, of Cape May. told the I vague boys from Ocean i it y that on lie half of the City Com- 1 sioners he was going to turn the • 11 over to them for the night. This - what was done practically. 1'he visit of the Ocean City I vague 1 1.1 Cape May will be remembered for 1 ■ 1 re us the biggest county booster irment ever taking place. There . -n't a .lull moment from the time special left Ocean City until it ..'turned. Red hats were distributed 1 ■ 'he crowd on the train going down i Mings rehearsed. At Cape May the boosters were met the Progressive League of that . m > and u hand. A parade to the . ■*oi house followed, and when the hand wasn't playing the League boys'.•■in Ocean City were singing: "Ocean City, Ocean City. Ocean City the time." switching it to Cape May City now and then. The first part of the evening's pro1 -in. took place in the assembly room • ■I" 1 he school house, with a short adi. -s of welcome by Leonard H. Davis,; "< the Cape Slay I vague. Among j oilier things Mr. Davis said that the ■l pleasant tiling in life was friend-' iiip and the friendly ^spirit of the two I league* was an inspiration. Or. J. R. Mooiuyiee president, told ■> a year ago, he had started to attend a show in Atlantic; City, was side- j tracked at Ocean City and found- his way into the Progressive 1 vague. 1 ooms. From that visit originated the j I .-ague in Cape May. George Wensell, Commissioner ofi .SI reels, tol.l briefly of the won.lerfbl ■>rk ucqomplished in Cape May by' 1 vague. The next speaker was) K'lmer'Jackson Pearl, president of the: Ocean City League. As soon as Mr.! I"arl lie gan to speak the Ocean City crowd began to sing: "Out the window j must go." It was several minutes' i» fore the president could continue his' address. Mr. Pearl said that it was a nl.-asure for him to respond to the welcome spirit of the south end of the ' county. Alfred R. Smith, vice president of. the League told the boys they didn't | have to sing for him. He knew how ( poor a speaker he was. He told of the I I

— \ , /early struggles of the Ivague at i Ocean City, of which he is a charter member. Tjfe League boys from litre kept . things humming with their singing, e each speaker being greeted with either "Out the Window He Must Go," "He . is a Friend of Mine," or both. > Dr. J. Thornley Hughes spoke of the I Lewes-Delaware ferry and the freeing t of the toll from the Ocean City auto- . mobile bridge as two accomplishments f that would benefit both cities. A feature of the entertainment was 1 the singing o'f the Cape May League's - chorus and the solos of several of the s members. Other speakers were Mayor Joseph G. Champion, Senator Lewis T. Stevp ens, Irvin Eldridge, Assemblyman Anr drew C. Boswell and Walter Allen, r last year's president of the League, e who in a snappy way told the Ocean e City lioy£they would have to keep up t on their toes or Cape May League I would beat them out. 1 Captain J. J. Hutson, commander of the Coast Guard Cutter Kickapoo, was t the guest of the evening. He entert tainingly told what the. Coast Guard e senicc was and illustrated with several e stories of the work accomplished by s- the service. The Kjckapoo was called : to the burning of the Northern Pacific. I" The band stood by the entire eve-" p ning playing several selections at the school house and heading the parade - from the school house to the ProgrtsI sive League Club on Ocean street, - which was formerly the hotel Cecil. ■, Here the visitors inspected the club ,• | house, after which they were served el with refreshments. The League's club house which is ' situated in the heart of Cape May is i an accomplishment the members I I should lie proud of. A place has been .- reserved for shuffie^ard and quoits - in the ccUar. The fim floor is a (lins;ing room, assembly hall arn^ kitchen, e 1 A steward and stewardess are employed r.l the year around. On the second 1 floor are canl, billard and pool rooms. f:Six luxiriously furnished tied rooms 1 1 are on the third floor. y The paraile formed for the third s time and marched back to thei train c ; for the trip home at a quarter of V The parade of 136 members of the v Ivague from Ocean City in their rod s hats created a good impression in s Cape May. The parodies sung made a il deciScd hit as <lid the yells, both of e which were compose<l by Dr. J. Thorne ley Hughes, who had them arranged on song sheets which were distributed f among the crowd going down. The 1 J universal comment on the trip is that ' jit did much to further the friendship p ! and good will throughout the county. il

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BIRTHDAY PARTY j Wesley Barclay Given Surprise by . Friends ' C. Wesley Bartlay celebrated the 22nd anniversary of his birth on February 24th in a way that, was entirely 1 | a surprise to him. Young men us a rule have difficulty in keeping a sufficient supply of handkerchiefs, neckties and sox on hand. Mr. Barclay's ' friends, knowing this, surprised him A with just that kind of a shower. < '* ' It was a jolly crowd that came with 1 their offerings and to remind him of 1 his birthday. And Jjiey came to spend 1 V the evening which passed very quickly 1 r with music, games and dancing. Short- < e ly; before the clock swung to another ' day refreshments were served by Mr. 1 e Barclay's mother and the guests de- * g parted in a happy frame of mind, ex- >- pressing the wish that they might i « come again «ml that very soon. 1 Those present were the Misses 1 „ Lucille Town send, Sarah Smith. I .a- I 'a vina Scull, Frances Bcvan and Evelyn e Smith; Messrs. Gordon Cox, Howard . Barrett, .Alfred Senior, Vaughn Mc- • Clure and C. Wesley Barclay. , o- f— I LOCAL CLUB HAD i LARGEST AnENOANGE 1 '' For Month of January — , Will Have Ladies' . Night d , 1 5" Bill Duffy, urganizeraof the Ocean 1 d City Kiwanis Club, tells in this 1 r. month's Jersey Kiwanian how Ocean j-" City had the highest percentage of 1 le attendance for the month of January. ' le The Kiwanians, not satisfied with this, 1 <- are making a good, hard drive to se- ' t, cure the attendance cup and have noli- ' I. fled every member that it is positively 1 ib necessary for them to attend every 1 d luncheon during the month of March. The first ladies' night will be held , u_ when the charter is presented. , is the attendance prize this week was ■a given by Herschei Henderson, electrin cat contractor and the silent booster £ by John Grove.-, plumber. The dispensers of good cheer at the door were Herbert Brownclee and Herschei Hen- . denmn. the luncheon this week was ,1 held, as usual, at the Harris restaurant, with Chairman William Collis- ,« son. presiding. ii LOCALS' WIN n ,f Defeat Pleasantville in Close (lame — 26-19 j The Ocean City A. A. Five won n from Pleasantville at Temple Hall Tuesday evening by a score of 26 to tf 19. It was the deciding tilt of a series of three games between the two teams. Henderson, of the local line-up didn't |*(l play. Ivn Murphy, Ocean City's |e flashy guard, scored heavily for his lt team, making a total of 10 points. Scott Adams, jumping center, got 8 ,. points, Moe Weisenthal having been moved to a forward position. = Basketball enthusiasts saw the'fnstest game played at Temple Hall court r so far this season. Pleasantville Pas. Ocean City Imvina forward. Breckley Shang forward Weisenthal Jones center . S. Adam*. Clapkin guard Murphy1 Paine guard R. Ferguson

FAST GAME PROMISED Manager Kid Garwood, of the O. C. ; A. A., stated Tuesday that he had ar- j ranged a game for Tuesday, March 7, with the Atlantic City professionals, a ■ team made up of St. Nicholas and K. of C. players. In the line-up of Atlan- - = tic City will be Eddie Miller, Ike Weis- • cnthal, Allen Bosler, Joe Mangold and j Mumehill. This tilt promises to be the | "P fastest played here so far this season. I j The line-up for Ocean City will be Henderson, Breckley, Weisenthal, Ferguson and Murphy, with Scott Adam* j held in reserve. Coach Collisson will, put the local boy* through several i hard practice games for this event. | LEGION RALLY May I8th is the date that has been • set for the combined rally of Ameri- ' . can Legion Posts ami the Women'* | Auxiliaries of Cape May County. The , rally will lie held in this city in the Music Pavilion. ENTERTAINS LADIES' AID Mrs. Annie Barclay will entertain the Ladies' Aid of the First M. E. - Church at her home, 1032 Simpson avenue, this afternoon. C/AT W. C. T. V. MEETING f Mrs. George B. Parker and Mrs. i Elizabeth Powell are attending the 1 retigional meeting of the W. C. T. U» a^T ronton. . KsrUI Ulna Shampooing , Sfvtp Mimic, Manicuring j MISS gAt It. lENMITT 1 »l A8BIUY AVENL'K I tin* air, N. J. * Mutt) W urine Trtcplwoe

AnEMPT IC CLOCK BRIDGE PURCHASE' is Siad Petition Was Civ- ^ tulated in Wild wood That Wildwood trieil to put one over , Ocean City at the last moetiing of n , the Cn|ie >lay County Chamber of $ • Commerce when Samuel Lanning of c I that city, introduced a resolution to a • the "effect that the chamber go on rec- / oril us favoring the construction of n • to lie connected 'with the State a . highway system from Beesley Point to c . ! Point. ^ The following article from tlie Wild- c> : wooil eLadci' shows the feeling that u some of -the Wildwood citizens have : c i regarding the JJccau City to Somers Point ^bridge: - • ,, 1 "A petition, one- of the many of the n 1 same kind, was circulated in Wildwood j " asking tjie Legfslators to put c through a bill to build a bridge from I P Somers Point to Beesltys Point, instead of purchasiing the Ocean City Toll bridge. The bill to purchase the I bridge is being enthusiastically pushed I ' by the live wires' in Ocean City and j no one will censure that group of men fosterinig a hope that their will be freed from tolls, but j the remainder of the county seems to j ' , feel that the greater good will come j 1 from a bridge connecting the route at each of the points and making it unnecessary to make a loop through i Ocean City to get to points south or . north as the case might lie. , 'This Somers and Beeslcys Points , f was agitated when the Ocean c City bridge was built bu j it never ma- „ t totalized. Now the majority of the ^ . county believes that the first main line ' j . of road should he connected, as doiing , the greater good to the most of the * , county." t The Cape May County Times com- ( 1 mcnts editorial)- on the Leader's arti- j I cle as follows: -j Sectionalism Again Manifest in County . a In the article appearing in the Wild- • 1 • wood Leader last week, crop* up again I that old feeling of hitter, nationalism d • between the lower part of we county and the upper portion. I ( "If it is going to benefit Ocean Citj\i* we're agin' it," was alwuys the cry, >« until a few years ago, from Wildwood, ir and vice versa. j t Now, according to the Lender, Hp- e - pears a petition requesting the State v Legislature to refuse to buy the Ocean ! 1 t City toll bridge, ami to build instead 1 < I a bridge from Beeslcys Point to Som0 ers Point, so that the autoist from At- I lantic County side can save four miles 1 . in getting into the lower resorts of the < t county, and in saving this vast dis- I tanco, Ocean City is to lie entirely shut ; c g out from the line of travel. t The thing appears to be so foolish on ft the face of it that the Times can j < n scarcely credit the reliability of the I j source of the information as to what ! i . the petition really contains, but were! I t invariably told that they were advised I that the petition was simply "to re- 1 quest the building of the Boesleys j I y Point bridge," and that they did not y read the petition itself. 1 d The Times is most certainly in favor ; *_ of the Beesleys Point project, and de- i I >• voutly hopes that the Legislature will 1 1 n —

>1. E. C ONFERENCE Opens March 8, in St. Paul's M. E. Church. Atlantic City The annual session' of the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference opens in- the St. Paul's M. K. Church. Atlantic City,, 011 Waffnesday, March ] Sth, with Bishop Joseph I.. Bqn v pre- . -iiling. Rev. John Hnndlov, pabtor of the First Methodist Church here, stated Tuesday tiiat he had a glowing report to make at the conference, 2.000 have been raised for the 1 Centenary Fund. The Ladies MissionSociety have $500; the Indies' Aid Society. $ 1 ,200 ; and a fund for ' benevolence, reaching $500 is available. All current expenses of the church have been met anil the improvements now being made at Hfe : cost of $10,000 have been financed. It is believed there will not be many 1 . changes in the pastorates this- year. The Rev. James W. Marshall, vice president of the Ocean Grove Camp meeting will preach the opening seri of the Conference on Tuesday evening, March 7th. He will also I preach his fiftieth anniversary sermon. LEGION RALLY iAT COURT HOUSE Thirty-six Front Local Post Attend Special Meeting — - Held Parade A pleasing entertainment rendered entirely by home talent was a feature of the American Legion rally at Cape i Court House Tuesday night. Mrs. i Jessie Ludlom, soprano soloist, and Miss Beatrice Ross, readers, were enthusiastically cnc^eil as was Dr. 1 ; Cryder, a former/ associate of Dr. j in this city, and Roy Foster. ' in their instrumental number*. Di . j | Cryder is an accomplished trombone | soloist, while Roy Foster is perfectly | at home with any brass instrument. His selection for the eveing was a ; j horn. These two played solos j ! dnd duets. ' Ttprty-six Legion men from Ocean City answered the roil call. The rally , ! was held in the moving picture theatre- , j on Mechanic street, preceded by a pa- , rade headed by the Legion's band. At | raue neaiten oy me L«gion s nana. t

the close of the rally' a platter lunch- . = [ eon was served and corn cob pipes , | were distributed as favors. The next, I rally is to lie held at Tuckahoe, the i date of which will be announced later. it from State funds. But we be- ; lieve it unjust, unfair and unwarranti ed that in the endeavor to get thej Point bridge, any attempt is I . hinted at to block the Ocean City | bridge purchase. >! State Senator William H. Bright is. I record for the Ocean City bridge, > I and the State Highway Commissioners tlin whose hands the matter rests, • ! only recently pledged themselves | I the early release of this important • ! connecting link betwen two counties > | from the odious tolls now imposed. I The Ocean City bridge is the last toll road and bridge in the State of r New Jersey, and even though a dozen ■I Point bridges were built, it; I should be made free.

Harvester Trust Girl, 16, Engaged To Wed Man of 48 ^ Matildc McCormick, I fl-v car-old daughter Harold McCormic'. chairman of "the Board of L>itccto>;j the (aternatioad Harvest. Company, ,-tnd t.rand daughter John D. Rockefeller, the king, engaged to a Swiss riling mart :. 48 years old. who The young gal. who quite for her age in show » In the ptctnr made a spc; ai trip from Europe i • gairtadicr and molbof'l scntr which both have given, mother was recently granted divorce in a"CJircas' court. M*iiV was j'ent to Europe for her health when she was quite yoimg- The insert lariic. Harold Mc« — -w. duTocASTn I

Masonic Lodge Celebrates Twenty-fifth Anniversary 1 Program Rendered and History Read by R. r Howard Thorn

A program of exceptional merit fea- t . t u red the twenty-fifth anniversary and 1 . banquet of Ocean City Lodge No. 171. I • F. ami A. M., in- the social parlot.- J I- of the First Methodist Church. Mon- :! . day night. I > ' The first part was composed of in- I: . strumcntal and vocal selections and 5 readings by members of the Lyric Or- c t Chester and the Lyric Male Quartet, r r of Millville. The second part opened > , with-an addre.-.s uf vvelcotne by. I/t» i> . i i> Gaudy, W. M., of the local lodge. < f, Other addresses were by Jo.seph W. i - Ewan, Ernest A. Reed and W. Elmer I i- Brown. The following twenty-five ) yt years of history made by the Ocean t . City lodge was read by R. Howard I Thorn, historian. \ — , t A brief history of Ocean City Lodge, No. 171, Free and Accepted Masons, 1 • from its inception to the date of its 1 » twenty-fifth anniversary, February ] - "• 25, 1922. Compiled and Read by R. Howard ' Thorn, Historian On October 13th, 1896, the following j members of the Masonic Fraternity, , assembled on the third floor of the , building, No. 807 and 809 Asbury avc- ; nue, at 7 :30 P. M., for the purpose of , tl considering the advisability of organizing a Masonic lodge in Ocean City, j , e N. J. e Those present were P. M. Wesley C. , - Smith, William I-ako. M. il. Moore, d Leonard R. Thomas, Samuel B. Scull, . and R. Howard Thorn, of Keystone . Lodge, No. 153. P. M. Joseph Sutton.

• of Unity Lodge, No. 96, Nnchman of Star I.odge, No. 65, N. Stanton am! Daniel B. hew, -of Cape Island Lodge, No. 30, James M. Chester, of Cannor. No. 104, also Charles A. Campof Keystone Lodge, No. 153. P. M. Wesley C. Smith was elected chairman and Leonard R. Thomas was , elected secretary. Various committees I were appointed to prosecute the work > of organization, after considerable dis- . cussion. as to place of meeting and . rent to be paid, the owners of the • building agreed to rent the room fot ■ 10 per cent, of the co«t of finishing i the room in a mannci suitable for I lodge purposes, which he estimated would cost about $400, making the rent for the first year $40. At the next meeting, October 27th, , Cramer, of Unity Lodge, No. i 96, was added to the list and later .- B. lake of Forest Grove Lodge, No. 91, and S. Wesley Lake, of Central I Lodge, No. 44, making 15 in all. With these fifteen, after having obtained the consent (if R. W. Dist. • Levi D. Johnson, the b re them • met from time to time, to learn and 5 practice the work of opening and clos- " the lodge, and the conferring of ^ the three Symbolic Degrees of Mason- " ry and were mostly honored with the • presence of the District Deputy, whose zeal for the order and whose untiring • efforts in reaching the tirethern, made • it possible for Ocean City Lodge to • become a lodge in fnct. After having met ami practiced for • tConUaorf on Sjro-id rurt tConUamd Sjoo-id r«a»t

ATTENDED REVUE e> Dr. William G. Abbott, Harry v a Adams and Warrie Harris, with their, v j wives, attended the Nation's Musical c' * Revue, given by the choir of the First ' j Presbyterian Church, Milville, on Tuesday night. In the assembly was a chorus of 41 voices under the direction of Lewis F.-RichardB, who wis , " musical director'for the entire revue. ' y The singers were dressed in the cos- * t" tumes of the different countries and I the musical numbers were also select- |

ed from the different, countries. TJhe visitors from here were enthusiastic with their praise of the beauty and calibre of the pageant. LENTEN SERVICES Mass is celebrated every morning nt in the Chapel. Station* of the on Friday evenings at T30, followed by Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

THE STRAND THEATRE On the Boardwilk ( SIMPSON and BOURGEOIS, Uum> Saturday Evening, March 4th Showing with the Stanley Theatre Philadelphia RICHARD BARTHELMESS in "ToTable David" Pathe Weekly-Smilea-Mermaid Comedy

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