Ocean City Sentinel

VOL. XLI. — No. 50

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY", MARCH 9, 1922

Price Three Cents

BOARDWALK PROPERTY LEASED BY SYNDICATE Fogg Properties Taken Over With Option to Buy — Visitors Will Notice Many Changes

Real estate activities ill Ocean City during the past week were featured by the taking over of the Fogg properties <>n the Boardwalk at Ninth street by a indicate on n lease with an option to | buy. The deal was consummated by • Harry F. Stanton, realtor, who it is j - understood, formed the syndicate composed i'f Philadelphia ami local bu.-i- 1 The transaction involves an ex- 1 in nditure oC $300,000, which is the high wuter murk of iknumber of large j n'Tlty deals taking pii.iv in this city, - and Ms said to be the biggest realty j deal ever completed in Ocean City. It i.~ understood the syndicate will exer- 1 rise their option anil spend $50,000 in j imrmanent improvements. . , The Fogg property ' embraces the j Hippodrome pier and theatre and j buildings on the inside of the Board- 1 walk at Ninth street. Improvements j w ill include a high class ornamental i front with the addition of stores on I the inside of the esplanade and the res j arranging of the front of the pier, that is now'usod as a Fun Chase and i dancing studio. There are possibilities of the bowling alleys, formerly in the Casino building, being installed there. Some idea of the rapidity with j which real estate is moving along! the ocean front is shown by the num- j l>er of large sales that have been made lately. One of these was the' Sutton and Corson Company holdings at Tenth street and the Boardwalk. This tract, fronting on the Boardwalk ; 11)0 feet and along Tenth street to a1 depth of 450 feet, was purchused by: William Thompson, of Philadelphia.! through Ralph L. Chester a few weeksago. Another big sale was 300 fecti of ocean front running hack to Atlantic avenue, between Sixth and Seventh j -ireets; owned by Captain Richard R. Sooy, to the Seaside Realty Company . The Realty Company subdivided the tract into lots and the Rfst ten placed on the market were sold the same day. Other lots placed on the market by this company have been- sold, equally as fact. Hanscom -Bros., of Pliiladclphiu, during the fall, purchased the ground on the south side of Seventh street fronting the Boardwalk. Frank N. Shcllenberger purchased the ground south of Plymouth place, fronting the Boardwalk about the same time. Mr. Shcllenberger is now erecting apartments and stores/ The Casino Building, Monriyn terrace and the Boardwalk, taken over by! the Casino Company, "is one more of the lurge Hales effected during the full. A one hundred thousand dollar theatre i i r ow in the course of erection *<n Ulil site. will find many things new along the1 Boardwalk this coming season. CIVIC CLUB TO MEET A meeting of the Civic Club will be heW in the Commissioners' room, City . * Hall, Friday evening, March 10, at x o'clock. In all probability a goo- 1 speaker will be present. All women The Civic Club met for sewing at the Rest Room last Monday afternoon. Sandwiches and coffee were served, j 1 '.-trill HnMer Shunpoolnf ■ Scalp Manage Manicuring I Ocean Cllr. N. J. Mafccl Waving Telephone |

Sj HBUJ> TO URN A M E N T " j Downtowners, Captained by William ' J. ChadWiek. Wins Second Clashs The Downtowners came back strong . and won the second clash in the . i league's pinochle tournament by the wide margin of 1016 points. The . games were played in the League's 1 1 quarters Monday night, the Dowu-. u town team being designated by a pink J carnation -and Hie Uptown team "fry a " y white raniation. It is understood t there was a reason for this. . There was a total of 75 games play- : , ed with 34 players participating. Tinofficial score-keepers were Dr. Thoms Icy Hughes anil Rolla Garretson.' The I ; first meeting of these teams resulted J in a defeat for the Downtowners. Mon- , ' day night's victory makes it a tic. The I ! rubber will be played within the next j ten days and promises to be one of , j the exciting e wants of Ocean City's r' winter season" The victors were 1 1 captained bp William J. Chadwick and s the losers by John B. Adams, c The line-up: |( I DOWNTOWNERS William Gibb Ondlle Adams nl Roger Williams „ Leroy Jeffries ' Albert Oldfleld Harry Chadwick It Frank Piatt „i W. H. Gardiner y Hiram Cheetwood William Taylor s Elmer Crane , | Walter Kuehn A. R. Smith I, Wm. Kautchman Lawrence" Nickersor. Bud Shiding e Hugh Cunningham I UPTOWNERS a x Howard Johnson , W ' ♦ Benflraw ' JTlana Burkhardt Bertram Darby '• Roy Darbjr II J. T. Oliver I Elmer Jackson Pearl Warrie Harris II Hulings Wallace f Ed Seaman Earl Sharp Harry Lake Walter Allen Douglas Taylor ■ Ed Cook Paul, Clayton AT THE STRAND e Norma Talmadgr in a Pre-release Showing of "Love's Redemption" At the Strand Saturday night Norma Talmodgc will be featured in s "Love's Redemption." The picture is )" a pre-release, being shown for the first 1 time any where. Monday, at the Princess, Rudyard Kipliag's "Without 1 Benefit to Clergy." will he shown. The following Saturday night at the t Strand, Cecil B. DeMHle's production • "Saturday Night," will be shown. j"The Rosary" is another big produc- : "lion on the way. Gloria Swanson in j "Her Husband's Trade Mark," with Richard Wayne, will be shown early ! in the season. Considerable praise of i the playing of Miss McCloskey, the organist at the Strand, is heard, especially by those who saw last week's • | picture, " Tol'able David." i.

fT — ** I ■ Upaupr'0 Centrally Located In the World's Greatest Family Resort Ginghams Galore 25c, 32c, 65e, 76c per yd. AU 36-inch wide Outing Flannels I 16c a yard I A Wonderful Bargain Percale and Gingham Aprons 25c ' The Talk of the City Bungalow Aprons $1.00 *

BASEBALL LEAGUE | I Manager Tony Pillrgi Attended Cong forenco — Big Season Predicted Manager Tony Pillegi of the Ocean City High School baseball team after , _ attending a conference at Cape MayCourt House for the purpose off forming an Ocean City baseball league, isucd a call for candidates. Bill Kautehman, veteran scmi-pro- - fessional ball player ufthe resort, will coach the Maroons and While diamond tossers this coming season. ' n Manager Pillegi has entered the * Ocean City High School in the league ' along with Woodbine High School. * K Cape May Court House and Wildwood 1 c High Schools. One of the biggest sea- 1 c sons in. years is predicted for the -• e league, the complete schedule of which , s will he issued within the next several 1 •Stays. ' < k Five veteran.- aie available I'm the I Maroon and White nine this coming1! '! season. They are Scott Adams, righthanded pitcher, who was the mainstay '" on the mound for the resort school- ! 1 ® boys lust season; Phil Kutcher, a third; ' '" baseman, and Hired- outfielders in Fred ' e Fitxcnmeycr, Bill Gibb and George i •' Gardiner. s» ! « Several other rookies left over from • lC last season who are-expected to make ' positions on this year's tealh are Tom 1 ' Williams, Gene Halloran, Tom Adams. I '* Johnny Boswell, Eddie Barron and T. 2 0 Leo Adams. ( '' With the veteran Adorns back from < last season, the ' locals arc expected to have a strong team this season, as ■ Coach Kautchman expects to develop ' a hard-hitting team VitHin the next '

o_ . • MRS. MURPHY KILLED UK FALL i Friends and Relatives Were \ Shocked to Hear of 1 Accident t Slipping and falling from the buck , porch of her home where she had gone | to shake u rug. Mrs. Helen Piatt - Murphy, wife of Frank E. Murphy, of ■ 421 Ccntwfi avenue, su:tained injuries i which resulted in her death last Sat- , urduy morning. She was a sister-iu- . Jaw of Mrs. Lillian Benner Piatt, and ■ a sister of Harry S. Piatt, both of whom died within the last month, the i /former in Atlantic City on Friday. 'March 3rd, and the latter in Ocean j i City, about a month ago at Mrs. Mur- , phy's home. ; Mrs. Murphy is survived by her ■ husband ami three children. There are also two brothers, Frank Piatt, of . Ocean City, and John Plati, of Atlau- , tic City. Dr. Hcrschel Piatt was sum- , molted immediately after Mrs. Mur- , phy fell. She died within a few min- j utes after his arrival. Services were held at her late resi- ' ' r deuce last Tuesday night at which . friends, and the Ocean City Council, it No. 10, Daughters of America, were n present. Interment was at Harlelgh . is Cemetery, Camden, yesterday it 0 '

*' OCEAN CITY LOST p Atlantic City Professionals Wins : n Hardest Fought Game of Season 1- Ocean City A. A. Quintet lost to the ' Atlantic City Professionals at Temple " Hall Tuesday night by 15 points, in the hardest game played by the local i -v Five this season. Weisenthal for ^ Ocean City had an off night. Breckley, 10 Adams and Henderson were the prin- , cipal scorers for the home team. Miller * for the Professionals scored a total of fifteen points. — The line-up: r A. C. P. Pos. O. C. A. A. 1 Overhalzer _ forward Weisenthal Mangold forward Breckley Mlller center Adams Ike Weisenthal guard . Murphy Syracuse . guard Henderson Substitutions: Ross Ferguson for Mrifphv. Field goals: Overhalzer 3. Mangold 6, Miller 7. ike Weisenthal 2, Syracuse 1, Breckley 3, Adams 2. . Murphy- t, Ferguson 1. Henderson 2. , Referee, Roy Johnson. Times of ' ■ halves, 20 minutes. • ' Score 47-32. AN APPRECIATION The Ladies' Auxiliary of the First Methodirt Episcopal Church presented their president, Mrs. Elizabeth Gaudy, with a handsome bar pin in platinum and diamonds at their meeting last Monday evening. .Mrs. Annie H. Steel-" i man made the presentation speech, j Tm v token of appreciation for - the wonderful work accomplished byMrs. Gamly. in her seventeen years as president of the soeiety. WILL CONFER DEGREE Redmen will travel to Wildwood 5 Saturday night for a big ceremonial.. The adoption will be given by Kalmia: Tribe; the warriors' degree by Piquot j and -the chiefs degrrie by, Mineotn.

CONFERENCE IN ANNUAL MEETING At St. Paul's Church, Allantic City — Many Changes - Anticipated

Three Atlantic City Methodist * Churches have asked the New Jersey j Conference, which opedpd its annual , meeting in St. "Paul's Church, Atlantic Tueiylay night, for the return of their pastors, while keen interest is taken, also, in reports of a , .-liake-up in Camden churches. | The pastors of Atlantic City whose rctilm is asked by the official Imarda j of their churches are the Rev. George Harris, of First Church: the R.-x . H. Moore Blake, of Central, and the Lev. ! . Alfonza Dare, of St., Paul's. Appointments submitted to Bishop j . j of Philadelphia, who will pre- j | ; side at the conference, the business ' I sessions of which began Wednesday. J i is optional with the Jib-hop and his cabinet composed of district Ouperin- j , tendents, to grant or rrfuse them. The rumored charge* in Camden ini volvc tlie Rev. J. B. 3. Rhodes, who I . been at Centenary Church three | . anil may be sent to Central Church, Bridgcton, and Rev. P. C. Uhl, , of Trinity, Millville. I Rev. Christian Em*, of the West' i Side Church, Millville, may also he , transferred to Camden and may sue- ] : ceed Rev. O. C Apgar, St. George's. The latter has been in Camden three years. Wesley Cliurcli may lose Rev. Harry F. Cline, who has lieen there for seven years. Rev. C. O. Stroh, of Wiley, also expects a transfer There ( will be no changes in the Broadway, State or First Churches. Ther is a current report that Rev. | George H. Neal, at Collingswood, may In- sent to the First Church, Trenton, , and that Rev. Harold Sloan, of Cen- 1 tral Church, Bridgetou, will be sent to Collingswood. Rev. W. Earle Zimmer- 1 man will l>c returned to tlie First Church, Gloucester, for the second year, and Rev. Wm. Harker will be returned to the Second Church for the : sixth year. Highland Park arid - Brookluwn will he separaleil and Rev. t William E. Robinson will he assigned 1 f to Brooklawn. Rev. p. C Cobb, eft ' Glass- join for two yefars, expects a ' - change, and Rev. M. B. Baker, of Pen- ■ sauken, for tlirec years, will retire l>cI cause of ill health. The Rev. John ! Hnndlcy will be returneil to Ocean : City. There arc 264 churches represented ' in the conference by 300 misters. ■ and in addition there are more than 200 laymen attending. They repre- " sent some 75,000 communicants. ' : One of the features of the opening ! session Weilnesday evening was n ' • golden anniversary sermon by Rev. 1 ■ | James W. Marshall, of Ocean Grove, 1 ■ who has been fifty years in the min- ' ■ i istry. e

HEARD ALONG \ \ THE SHORE i • j. 1 BEESLKYS POINT \ Horace Stell spent the week-enil , here. Mrs. H. Clouting and mother, spent < < Monday in Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Griffian Young visited , friends in Petcrsbui-g Sanday. > Mr. and Mrs. Harry Young visited x Mr. and Mrs. Hope Madden at Tucka- j I r Mr. Carl Sapp spent Friday evening . in Ocean City with his sister, Miss - Carrie Sapp. r Miss Helen Corson, of Williamstown, ' visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Corson. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Miller were, 'visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. Ashmead over Yhe week-end. Mrs. Albert Adams who has been j y .very ill is going to the hospital to n undergo an operation, r Mr. and Mrs. John Bramell, u£ Ocean City, spent Sunday with Mr. j and Mrs. Clarence Smith. !. The Baptist Mite Society met at the !. home of Mrs. Judson Corson, Wcdnesf day afternoon and was very well attended. The Mite Society of the Methodist Church, had a chicken pot-pie supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen t Young which was well attended. :i p a AT. FIRST M. E. CHURCH t The Rev. C. I. Fitzgeorge, of the - First M. E. Church, of Millville, will preach at the morning service at the r First M. E. Chureh here it the ab--y sence of Dr. John Handley who is ats tending the conference. In the evening the Rev. Eugene A. Robinson, of Palmyria, will preach. PURCHASED LOT I. John R. Jones ha* purchased a lot a 40 feet on Eighth street, 75 feet deep, ,t from Miss Phoebe Doughty. The lot Is oeeanward of Atlantic avenue.

BUSY REALTOR < Several Rentals and Sales Made by T. W. Mould Thomas W. Mould, fdrnlerly in charge of the real estate department- . of the L. Leslie Hcadley Company, has , opened an office at -109 Ninth street. Mr. Mould is well known in Ocean City, having attended the public schools here previous to moving to Norfolk with his parents where he t j spent a number of years in that city i and in Richmond. He was a member i I of the Real Estate Finn of Allen & i ' | Mould, with offices at 512 Fifth ave- < I nue. New York, prior to returning to I this city about a year ami a half ago. t Mr. Mould has just closed a very i : week. In addition to- several I rentals he has sold 4#> Ninth street ; c where his office is located, to Miss i ' L. Welcker; 947 West avenue i ? to Harry Cobb; a lot on the west side i ' -of Oet-Mii avenue, lietweon Ninth and Tenth streets to J. Lalian Hcadley, who will build a handsome colonial - " residence; lots on the north side of : place, Brighton Estates, to Ku- ■, ' gene A. Jones, J. Lalian lleadley anil ' Velma H. Mould; and two lots on the * south side of Plaza place to Miss " Beatrice I.. Welcker.

D. Of ft. CELEBRATE ITS ANNIVERSARY and Social to he r Held Tonight in Presbyterian Church ^ Ocean City Council, No. 10, Daugh- , of America, will hold their twen-ty-sixth anniversary in the social , rooms .of the First Presbyterian " Church to-night, when a banquet will | lie served by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the church. A three.* act comedy, 0 "Clubing A. Husband," A/ll he staged by the members of the older. * The cast follows: [( Mrs. Iila Jeffries, Mrs. Newman. Mrs. Florence Gilbert, Mrs. Hudson. Mrs. Martha Marts, Mrs. Ashton. ,, Mrs. Ma Dixon. Mrs. Whitney. Mrs. Madeline Porter, Dr. Gcorg1 ianna Jordon- > Mrs. Helenc Sharp, Maud, daughter . of Mrs. Ashton. Mrs. Florence Jeffries, Mrs. SkyI lark. n M rs. Bertha Krauss, BridRct n O'Flanigan. u r lamgan. =

Mrs. Lillian Smith, Belle, j Mrs, Hattie Vincent, Mi's. Autto-: !. Wa>' M Mrs. Elsie Cadman, Mrs. Reynold*.' Mrs. Esther Booz, Mrs. Ferri*, daughter of Mrs. Auttoway. R An orchestra will provide music! Q during the supper ami between tlie ^ . acts. Including the invited guests , over two hundred will be seated at the !_ table. ROAD SIGN CONTEST !The spirit of the press is shown in j the number of newspaper mentions that Ocean City's $100 road sign contest has received. A check-up shows that many of the papers commented . on the contest which is a big publicity stunt for Ocean City. The terri- •' tory covered by the poster announcing 'the contest was unlimited and has creit ated interest, especially in the schools of the country. Many individual inquiries have been received for the .poster which has been mailed prompt- . ly. The contest closes on Wednesday, *' March 15th, at noon. THEATRE PARTY £ Members of the Ocean City Yacht w Club and their friends titfed the entire first fldor of the Walnut street », theatre in Philadelphia last Tuesday 1 I- night to witness a' performance of "Main Street," said to be the play of * •e j the year. An amusing incident of the d : theatre party was the "humorous talk 1 by Frank N. Shellenberger, who ap- ... ' pea red in 'the intermission between n ' the acts. The third and final spring dinner f dance of the Yacht Cluh will 'take '•■place tonight at the Manufacturers' r"!ciub. le WILL LEAVE GAS COMPANY Raymond Moore for the last four '" years plant foreman for the City Gas Light Company here will sever his st connections with -the company on er ' March 31st. It is understood his place in xrill be token by Martin Maloney, 2nd. Many consumers who have conic in personal contact with Mr. Moore are sorry to see him go. By his efficiency and courtesy, he has made manyi ic friends au<i from a public relations' II standpoint has furthered the interests ! lie of his company in this city. blt. AJF CLOb e. High school students have formffd a „, club 'to pr^iolq social times. The first meeting- was held last Mornlay night. with Scott Adams acting as temporary chairman. Selection of officers will take place at their next ot meeting- The organizers of the club P> were George Blarkman, Marcus Black- °* man, Herman Selx-aign, T. Lee Adams i and Junior Steven - . |,

"SHALL CITY OWN SEWER AND WATER PLANTS?" Question to Come Before Chamber of Commerce at Their Meeting Next Tuesday Evening

The question "Shall the city own • the* Sewer and Water plants"? will ' come before the Chamber, of Com-' : merer meeting in City Hall Tuesday i evening. March 14th. for discussion. ■ is the thought of many citizens that • the city will develop faster with mo- " nicipal ownership of these utilities. ' I instance, extensions of the sewert age could lie made to the Ocean City 1 i . Gardens; to central and south Ocean 1 : City, which seems to he impossible ' ! under the present conditions. I Officials of tmth the— Sewer— and— . Water Company will be asked to at- 1 I tend this meeting with facts pertain- : f ing to cost of operation, depreciation - ami valuation, etc. I Municipal ownership of water and : sewerage in other towns has proved « successful. Wildwood has owned their sewerage plant for a number of years and, being a seashore resifrt, is identi- j cal with Ocean City for comparison. | Tlie probable means of financing ' municipal ownership would be to as- . I sees the property owners per front! | foot for the existing plant. When ex- 1 tensions were made Utc properties benefited would be assessed propor- 1 g tionately for the cost bf the extension. | Under municipal ownership it «pnld be compulsory for all properties to! have sewerage. SURPRISE PARTY Junior Stevens was considerably { " surprised one evening during the past '! week when a group of his friends 1 trooped into Ms home at 619 Wesley 1 avenue and informed him he was the f recipient of a surprise party. The eve- i '• ning passed' very quickly with music '! and. games, .and to use the expression of one of the boys "plenty of good ! eats were to lie had." Those present! were tlie Misses Reba Rice, Anna, '• Smith, Miriam Piaut, Freda Steelman, i Mary Collins and Vivian Weeks; T. ; l.ee Adams, Tom Williams, Dick Tor- - bert, George Gardiner, George Blackman and Maricy Fitzgerald. OPENS THE B^f'AYNE Mrs. Elizabeth Blundin has opened the Hotel Biseayne. It will remain 1 open until laic next fall.

KIW A MS LUNCHEON S. Fisher Was Speaker at Weekly Affair The speaker at the Kiwanis luncheon yesterday at the Harris restaurant . was Victor S. Fisher, a member of . tlie Atlantic City Kiwanis Club and , originally' an Ocean City boy, the son , of former Commissioner of Streets, Robert Fishor.i ; .—The Kiwanians have started an- . other attendance contest which is an . international affair and they are going , to try to put Ocean City on the Kiwanis map of this country. I Charlie Sack, Studebaker automoI biles, 9th ami, Anbury avenue, donated r the attendance prize this week and „ two of the City Fathers were the hand . shakers for the day; namely, Joe I Champion and Ev Corson. g o - MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO MEET t The annual meeting of the Women's - Home and Foreign Missionary Society, s of the First Presbyterian Church, will ■- be held Tuesday afternoon. March 14, i.l at 3 o'clock, in the social room of the il church. There will be an election of o officers for the ensuing year. Following the meeting, tlie society will celebrate its second annix-crsary by holding a birthday party. Every member y i is urged to be present. > it o ; BIRTHDAY SURPRISE y The friends of Mrs. Grace Smith, e | wife of Emerson L. Smith, gave her - ! a pleasant birthday surprise party at c her home 234 Asbury avenue on Frin day evening last The time was spent d in a social way with music, dandng t and refreshments. Those attending a , were: Mrs. Llllle B. Smith, Mr*. Hari.jry Cox, Mr*. Alice Adams, Miss Mamie Voss, Mrs. Mary Kirby and - Mrs. Walter E. Allen. SEND THEM IN Send those little personals about your friends, thp family yourself d j to the Sentinel, but be sure to get n them to the office not later "than Tuesday noon.

THE STRAND THEATRE On the Boardwalk SIMPSON ud BOURGEOIS. Lam. Saturday Evening, March 11th Pre-release Showing of NORMA TALMADGE in "Love's Redemption" Pathe Weekly Christie Comedy

STEELMAN'S | STEELMAN'S Bargains at steelman's 1st All sizes, 2!i to 8%, Women's Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps, in black, tan and patent leather, reduced below first cost. Shook that were $5, $6, $7 and $8— Now^S*, $*• $J-5« and 14.06 Just cut .one-half of former prices 2nd. Men's Madras Shirts, sizes 14 H, 15 and 15H— were $2.00 a i<Vt2,50— Now tl.lJ. J !ro. Men's and Boys' Winter Suits, MacUnaws, Hats and Caps, reduced 25 to 50% to dose out RES1UA SUSPENDERS No lubber,' work with springs, outwear rubber suspenders - ' -#-ttn~— two ' : * — " Special price on Men's White Oxford Shirts — $2,25, worth $2.75.

Granville H. Steelman 83 1 -83 3 Asbuty Ave.