Oceax City Sentinel

VOL. ^LII— No. 13 '

OCEAN CITY, N. J, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1922

Price- Three Cents

Chamber of Commerce Votes Liberal Donation Towards July Fourth Celebrations CHAMBER WILL ENGAGE ATTORNEY .To DRAFT ORDINANCE EXTENDING KIRlj ZONE— FLANS FOR ANOTHER BOOSTER BANQUET FOR JUNE Miss Ocean City at the Pageant CONSTITUTIONALLY OF ZONING ORDINANCE DISPUTED BEACH FRONT HOTEL ASSURED— SUBSCRIBE TO OCEAN CITY ATHLETIC PROJECT

The meeting held under the auspices) of the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday evening,. was unique und remarkable in many respects. j It was unique for the dispatch with tvhich the business was transacted,! and for the earnestness with which the members present applied themselves, to the various matters of vital . importance to the welfare of the cjty, which came under deliberation. It was signularly unique as a demonstration of the active and comprehensive interest, the Chamber is tak- . ing in the civic affairs of the con- . stitocncy. « • k e. M< Sutton presided with all his j customary executive ability, genial and jovial, infusing into the assembly a splendid spirit of friendliness, mu- [ tual appreciation and cooperation, and . ' with rare diplomatic skill steering the discussions from dangerous shoals anil j channels, which might tend to de- 1 stray the harmony prevailing. The first matter of importance; which came up for deliberation, was; introduced by the chairman "of .the committee on building interests. Mr. Trout detailed th& efforts the committee had made, with Ihp view of extending the area of the fire zone, as at present defined in the city code, i He spoke of the conference held in; conjunction with tHc city building in- j spector. It was the recommendation i of the committee that all buildings ex- ! tending from Sixth to Fourteenth streets, and from the ocean to the bay, should be covered with fire-resisting roofs, and that the fire zone should /be extended very considerably, from the recognized area according to the j present code. It transpired that the committee,' had been agitating for the stipulated1 reforms ,for several months past. When approached upon the matter, the reply invariably given Ijy the authorities ,was that a revision of the building code was in process. , The new building code, however, had lieen three years on the road, with out any apparent sign of reaching its destination. In view of this di|atoriness, relative to a matter which the Chamber of Commerce, regarded of supreme Importance, it was decided that the com- < inittae on building interests, should be authorized to secure an attorney to draft out an ordinance .embodying their suggestions, for presentation to: the Board of City Commissioners. The President, E. M. Sutton, in calt- 1 ing. for a report from the Social Committee, invited discussion upon the ad- , visahility of having another dinner, | similar in character to the last boost- 1 er banquet, to be held during the pres- ; ent month. Mr. Sutton favored and advocated the project strongly. It would afford j the Chamber a splendid opportunity, to discuss various matters, such as the ! proposed bcach-front hotel, before a representative attendance of the body, licsides promoting closer fellowship, apd cooperation. The discussion which ensued brought to light, that in past years all civic organisations in the cjty • went into ! hibernation during the summer ! months, * fact which was viewed by several members with regret. Clayton Haines Brick retard hi* experience when president of the body/ and favored the dinner proposal, as the only hope of Securing a reason- . able attendance. Finally it was decided to bold a meeting and dinner during the present month, upon a date to be decided by the Social committee, together with a similar event during the month* of July and August, respectively, the;, latter two at the Ocean Ctty Yacht; Glub, if it could be arranged, with: a grand rally in the month of Septem- ,: her at the Hotel Normandic. An effort would he made to secure ;; the presence upon these occasions, of I. the out-of-town members of the,! Chamber of Commerce, here for the : The report of the beach-front hotel,:! presented by the chairman, Howard j , Slocum, was eminently satisfactory ; and encouraging. Mr. Sutton un- ' questionably voiced the sentiment* of all prdMit, in XtaUqg -that the committee hail rendered bdth the Chamber 1 i and the City, yoeman service. ' None knew better than he. the i amount of energy and thought the: committee had infysed the project, or l of the difficulties With wnioh they had i had to' contend. - < Mr. Slocum stated than ah admit- I

s I able site for the hotel had been se- - cured, at Ejevcnth street and the e j Boardwalk. ! The committee hail further been in \ 1 [ conference with the secretary of the ! I. Hockenbury System. The report of fi the preliminary investigation had been - 1 more than gratifying. Between 70 an.i I j 80 of the business men of the city , had been interviewed, by the representative of the System, and all had , - pledged their support. The Hockenbury Syrftem had suc- - eessfully financed, over 300 projects of - a similar character alUbver the states; pbut had on no single a erosion met with s ; so hearty u reception and response, as ' | they had found in Ocean City. )' Arrangements had been made with! - ! the Hockenbury System to the effect, I j that they would begin their campaign ; e j for the floating of the project, about 1 ! the first of .July. - : The president followed the prescnta- j | Hon of the report , by stating that he e ; felt confident the hotel would be as j » great a financial success, us the Auto- j t j mobile Bridge which many at the time I predicted, would be a colossal failure, e Elmer Jackson Pearl introduced a; f discussion upon the zoning agitation. >, sponsored and strenuously advocated '• I by the Realty Board. Jj. Mr. Pearl cited several instances of' - 1 depreciation in property valuation, alI I regdy experienced in various parts of - ; the city, and the unsightly structures h that were being erqcj«-<i lmiijcrim- . inutcly, in some of the most beautiful If of residential districts. 1 The principle of zoning, he explain- . a cd, was in operation in various sece ; tions of 28 states, and in each cose ; had proved an unqualified success and ; benefit to the community. I A conference had been held between - the Board of City Commissioners and ', the Realty Board, during which it' - ranspired that the two points over, f which the Board of Commissioners demurred. were the expenditure of *5,d 800 which the preliminary work lead- 1 t ing up to the framing and passing1 - of an ordinance would entail, and the constitutionality of the ordinance when e passed. f Mr. Pearl desired to know if the - Chamber of Commerce, would be pre- - pared to finance the scheme, and dee tray the *6,800 cost. t> Clayton Haines Brick, President of If the Realty Board, objected to the lat0 ter proposal, that the Chamber of: .Commerce should defray the expenses - of establishing the zoning system. It was a civic affair, the benefits of - . zoning would be shared by every dtizen in the contituency, and he consid- . - ered it only just that each citizen - should pay hi* or her share of the ex- j pen sc. pro rata for the benefits re- j dj Mr. Brick advocated that pressure - y ; and all possible moral suasion, should e be brought to bear upon the City Comt| missioners, to induce them to take ac- ', | lion immediately. He emphasized the p : fact that every civic organization in - j the city had endorsed the zoning pro- , t posal, which bodies represented a very j c large constituency of the citizens ab- ■ o solutely sold to the idea, r Replying on behalf of the Board of y ; City Commissioners, Mayor Joseph G. Champion staged, that the Commis- - missioners ware prepared to adopt any ■. measure or scheme, which would be s for the good of the city. - On the other hand, the Commission- j ers were riot prepared to leap into any' 1 > movement, unless convinced it would tibe advantageous to the dty. r In the past the Realtors had been i some of the greatest offenders, splitLing up lots, and crowding three or el four buildings upon ground intended t ; for one. It; Personally he favored legal author- , -;ity, which would enable the authori-i 1 ties to prohibit some of the deplorable e; features obtaining at present in the f jeJty. -The Board of Commissioners, : c . however, had to be Convinced of value t received for money spent, before theywould undertake to assume the ex- 1 , : penditure of *6,800, and further they : i desired to be convinced, that a zoning y ! ordinance when . passed, would stand ; - the test in a court of law. f Ctty Solicitor Andrew C. Boswell, - followed the Mayor by explaining r'more minutely, the attitude of the Commissioners upoo the legality of I ; the zoning system, si It is true, he said, that the constitu- 1 r tionality of a zoning ordinance had. li not been tasted in a New Jersey court ' of law; nevertheless cases of a simi- ■ ' character, under other acta of the[

P. 0. 5. OF A. 10 I INITIATE JARGE CLASS _ UNIFORMED DEGREE TEAM EX5 PEiTED— FINE PROGRAM OF FESTIVITIES c E The Patriotic Order of the Sons of. America, .are anticipating an eventful . meeting next Friday evening, June 16, at their headquarters, P. O. S. of A. . •Hail, situated at Eighth street and 0 West avenue. j t A class of candidates will be ini- • y tiated into the full rites of the order, ^ under the direction of Roy E. Darby, j £ who has secured the assistance of an C uniformed degree team of sixteen e members. . * . . |P The work of the degree will bo ex- w ic I eiqplified in the best style, illustrating j p ! the sublime principles of the order in » In j the most iuqjressive manner possible. " ie ! A qTusician will be in attendance to ' ^ if provide the entertainment befitting the p n ; occasion, and a splendid progranwif j p id I festivities prepared. ' j 1 y ! All members arc urged to attend : 81 ! and ranke the occasion' memorable in ; p iff | the history of the lodge. 1 1| | In aildition to that which is being [ c 6- made known, hints are given that the ; 81 >f persons in charge of arrangements, i; i are preparing a great surprise for G ,h those who will be wise enough to be j w is on hand. ™ hi BOUND FOR BEST MAN " t, Information comes to hand, that b n George «Ross, who holds a position of i a it trust in the First National Bank of, . j Ocean City, left Tuesday night for , J, i- 1 New York, Ow assume a dutj- and obli- ; h ie j gation of great responsibility and "I is care. ;n >- j Mr. Ross goes to act in the capacity y e of best man, toJiis brother, who will tl e- Renter for the Mtrimnny Handicap, No person familiar with Mr. Ross t ! can doubt for a moment, that he will "I ; fulfill the duties of the office with j Jy credit to himself, and the city he rep>f resents. s I- o C Tif. Philadelphia, will open their cot- p 's tage, 707 Fourth street for the season, i '• , Mr. Schermerhorn is the/ editor anil « J' j publisher of The Insurance News, e widely known and influential in jour- " nalistic circle*. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Schermerhorn. id legislature had been tested, which af- J forded evidence presumptive of the ac- ' n tion the courts would take, upon a test d case under a zoning ordinance, it For example, Mr. Boswell cited a :r, hypothetical case, where under a zonB- ing ordinance, action might be taken ,- to restrain a person from extending I- beyond the building line, prescribed by j| g the ordinance. This Mr. Boswell claimie eil could not be done in law, except n through a clause in the covenant or deed without compensation, ie The law prohibited the taking of 5- property of an individual, without t: t- proper compensation. & Following the lengthy discussion on j >f the zoning proposal, the question of „ t- a Fourth of July celebration arose. >f The Chamber of Commerce in a mosq is business like manner, voted a contri-' „ bution of *260 to the fund, and the ^ >f president appointed a committee, to 0 i- represent the Chamber upon the geni- era! committee, comprised of repre- R ■n sentations from all the civic bodies in ^ (- j the city. s- ; The following were the committee 'e nameil: J. R. "Groves, chairman; Clin- Q ■e ' ton.L. Breckley and Elmer Jackson Id Pearl. j i- The Chamber of Commerce also de- t; c- cideil to support the Ocean City t, ie , Athletic Association, by purchasing u In *600 of bonds In the proposed ball B >- ; park, the proper officers instructed to j, y . negotiate a loan for the sum, upon y- 1 the stock held by the Chamber of e | Commerce, in the Automobile Bridge >f Company. . | j J. Thos. Endicott, Director General of,v s- the Atlantic City Pageant, requested w y I in a communication, that Ocean City a •e be represented in the pageant by a u | young lady, to be known as Miss b i- Ocean City, and the Chamber of Com- n y I merce also represented as a separate b d organisation. a The meeting aBoroved, and the n n . secretary was cm^p-ered to make art- rangements for the election, by popu- c >r lar v<tfe of the young lady to oocupy tj i' the position of honor, as Miss Ocean ? ' I City. . « r- 1 Russell H. NuRy, representing the i- music committee empowered to make n Ie arrangements for the summer music, "0 ie appealed for the moral support of the, a s,: Chamber of Commerce, in defense of si « ihe action the committee had taken. v y-fle referred to fRc adverse critisicm t- published in a Philadelphia paper ' J y | against the' committee, and repudiated g the inference that the committee had u d| arbitrarily limited the expenditure of: a the season's music. I, The committee was limited in it* I g purchasing powers to the 'sum of *6,-; fa ie 006, the amount appropriated by the I * if dty. ! a The committee had determined the I ^ i- city should this year have free music, „ d | with no aftermath, in a second call for ' p •t! funds by popular subscription, and b I- : had done the best they could with the ^ e j money at their disposal. 0

CITIZENS PROTEST PUNNED EXTENSION OF TROLLEY LINES CJTY COMMISSIONERS SET JULY 10th FOR FINAL HEARING AND PASSING OF ORDINANCE The commissistnecs' room in the City was on Monday, last, the scene of considerable excitement and anima- i tlon. Public notification had been given : the Board of Commissioners i would that afternoon, hear the petition of the Ocean City Street Railway , praying for the privilege of , extending their trolley lines and run- : ning its cars, on Central avenue be- . tween Ninth and Eleventh street, would be heard, and a number of the residents of the section affected, were j in evidence with a vigorous protest ; against the proposal. John D. MaMullin, attorney of who represented the com- ■ in presenting the petition explained in brief the reasons actuating . | the company in the proposed exten- ( | If granted the franchise, the com- ' would be able to provide the pub- i [ lie with far more efficient service, he claimed ; the track would be made . I safer by the elimination of dangerous , ■ curves, while the bringing of the cars .down to the immediate vicinity of the ' | Hal! and the center of the city, , ■ would be an accommodation of inesti- . tnnble value to thecommunitv. Fraik" F. Neutz, of Camden, who , substituted for Burgeois and Columb, ; of Atlantic City, who were unable to • , present, represented the protcsti ants. | It. B. Stiles, the" first speaker to ad- , dress the Board of Commissioners , I against the company's petition, based , his protest upon the ground that1" the street on Central avenue, was too nar- ] row for the safe running of a trolley i line, in fact" 10 fedf narrower than | avenue, the street upon which , line now operated. Mr. Stites objected further against , the dust, noise ami the unsightly poles ] which would be unavoidable, and the . depreciation of the value of the prop1 erty on Central avenue in consequence. , John W. Frazier, Jr., a Philadelphia i attorney, who residence is at X90C ' avenue, joined in the protest, i Mr. Frazier stated that -had he the remotest idea that a trolley line would i be operating before his psifience. he i would never have purchase.) the property. He had >mall ehit.tren whose ( live*, he stated, woubl he in daily i

SQUARE CLUB PAYS 1 i FRATERNALjlSIT HERE I PENNSYLVANIA AND READING RAILROAD MEN OF MASONIC FRATERNITY The^ Square Club of Camden, paid r n fnfternal visit last Thursday evening, to the Ocean City LodgeY-Nn 1 i 171, of the F. and A. M. r The Square Club is composed ex- : ■ t clusively of the employees of the I Pennsylvania and the Reading Raili roads, of South Jersey Division, whe , i are of the mosonic persuasion. ^ The visitors constituting a large del . ; egation, forty strong, were met by the " ' officers and members of the local a ■ of the fraternity, and were cn- • tcrtaincd to a delightful luncheon be- „ • fore the meeting. ! The work of the degree was very ! 11 ! impressively exemplified by the visit- j " ^ ing brethern. v - - i h i jeopardy with lyolleys running in-- 1 o " mediately before his door. w \ He saw no mater-.il advantage io ! h ^ the public in the present change; | rather he saw it would, tend to make ° Ninth street so congested, that acci- < dents would he nractlcnlly unsvoid- „ i able. ' " 11 ; E. A. Burgeois continued in the pro- ! n j test, afterwards followed bv Dswin e: ! Henry, the new proprietor of the At- 1 v I, glen Hotel. . Mr. Henry volunteered the informa- 1 , \ j tion, that on the previous Sunday, he ,c ' : had counted no less than 34 auiomo- ( n | biles passing the Atglen within the i w ' space of ten minuted What would lie ■ | the condition • f traffic on the street j 1 on the Fourth of July ! = The noise and the commotion caused i c - running day and night bqfore i L ' the Atglen. would inevitably reduce, f j the rental value of the rooms in the; j . front of the house. • | For the petitioning Company J. C. | r ) Funck, of the Lincoln Hotel stated he j * no objection to the change, rather : ' he thought it would please many of 1 the guests of his hoifse. Mr. Funck further stated, that Jos- : eph Roland, the owner of the Lincoln ; < favored the proposal and had G ■ singed a consent. The statement was made that some ; • of the signatures presented by the i company, favoring their project, had j been secured six years ago, and others , , . obtained by misrepresentation. • Robert B. Chew, the trustee ope rat- J! I the line, indignantly repudiated j • the allegation, and explained in detail ; - the methods he had adopter! in solicit- ; * ; ing the consent of the property own- : • ; ' ers of the affected area. i

Annual Banquet of Cape May County Bankers' Association J' At Brighton Hotel, Wildwood : HONORABLE CLAREfJCE O. COLE EMPHASIZES VALUE OF GOOD j j MORAL CHARACTER IN PROSPECTIVE CLIENT— BANKERS L EMBARK ON EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN Jv

The annual meeting and banquet of P the Cape May County Bankers' As- £ sociation, held on Thursday evening, 8th, at the Hotel Brighton, Wild- s. wood, was in every respect an unqual- n ffied success. I It was a distinct departure and an achievement, indicating something of e nature of a rejuvenation in the life o i of the association. < The guests assembled for the occa- , sion ' registered a larger attendance e ever before, at a similar gather- b t ing, and the program outlined for theensuing year, was of an extensive and ambitious order. n Further there was prevailing a E spirit, and a measure of hilarl- P which anight have startled and as- h tounded the general public a little, ^ who are inclined to regird the banker M and the financier as a cold, mechanical 6 unapproachable and formidable, lacking the common sentiments and £ emotions, of ordinary human beings. The banquet at the Hotel Brighton a demonstrated very obviously, that ^ ■while the banker could apply himself % with absolute abandon to the seilous v and abstruse problems of his business tl wonderfully shrawd and cautious, yet w the professional reserve, when met together they are a very jolly ° ! of fellows, fond of a good joke, and with more than a sneaking fond- tl ness for a good dinner. '• Referring, to the dinner, if the menu )( card displayed is the literary prodoc- fa tion of a banker, there is a Mark tl Twain, or an Eli Perkins Jost to the world. g The Cape May County Bankers' As-C, sociation, pledged themselves to eo- it with the State Association, in °; -an extensive program of work which ■ should ultimately prove of infinite! a value to the public at large. The plans outlined constitute a wide, ^ and far nothing campaign of educa- Ul tion. J n ffiilli which wee to the average ; n person hapaieaidy, mysterious and j fa abstruse, in relation to banking and' fa iBveatsMSta, mtt be explained in tbe!p! terms of common speech, thereby pre- 1 h tecting the miblic, who in ignorance 1 o: I frequently fall the prey, of an un- a ' scrupulous reseat with a suave manner a and a glib tongue. a The tMekc and cunningly drviped ai schemes of bogus stock promoters, and peddler*, will be mercilessly ex- e> posed, and the offender* when posai-j t punished. | vi Special attention and thought- will I H he deveted to the promotion and en- a cooragement of agricultural enter- tl

... i( prises, in bringing to the notice of the j h the service the bank is able , 1 to render him in his business. . a Another feature of the proposed g scheme of propaganda, which com- 1 mends itself highly, is that affecting b -he pupils of our high schools and r ' similar institutions of learning. ( By means of lectures delivered by experts in the department, thtgpupils r of our schools are to be made cu.i- < r . versant with the principles and prac- ' tices of banking and investment. ' 1 »The entire scheme aims solely to i I educate and protect the public, and ' 2 ' the ordinary person into closer 'p , fellowship and confidence with the An instructive address was delivered 1 "Bank ' Service," by Bernard ; of teh Oxford Bank, Philadel- T phia. Mr. Effing advocated a code or !■] banking ctMcs. which if put into daily . practice, would tend inevitably to in-erease-the efflciency.of a bank, and its j c service to the community a hundred ; J 'fold. ! h Rev. James H. Clarke was on the . for "Stories of West Vir- " ginia." j " - The Reverend proved himself to be:o inexhaustible fund of humor and a anecdote, which kept the audience convulsed with laughter. H. Foster Gosling, President of the B Wildwood Board of Trade, welcomed j Association to the city of Wildwood in felidtious terms, assuring them that the city- was fully consciour., of the honor confered upon it by their The chief speaker of the evening was Honorable Clarence O.'Cole, of AtCity. The burden of Judge Cole's exceladdress, was a strong plea for the small man In business and finance; the small investor and small borrower. The small investor and borrower constituted a responsibility Upon the banker, which deserved the utmcrt consideration and help; for by so do- ■ and helping him, the banker and industry, and helped to bring I about a wider distribution of the | wealth of the land, r Judge Cole most strongly- emphasized the value of a good moral character In a client. The person might 1 not be a-geniu» lb matters of finance, : nor very brilliant In business, but if I ! was the class of person with a | developed sense of honor, who ; paid his bills regularly and promptly, . proper regard for the proprieties : : of social convention, and maile a good ; and faithful husband and perent, such , perron after all is most deserving of i banker's confidence and assistaance. and formed thebest class of client. The following gentlemen were elect--ed as officers of the Association for the year: president, E. J. Jerrell; president, C. G. Eldredge: Russell 'H. Nulty, of Ocean City, was elected member at the executive board for the term of two years. |

of Diplomas Brilliant Commencement Orations by Graduates J)K. s. c. schmuTxer defends the twentieth century youth ' and maiden against false charges— prof. stevens pleads for better schools

- Thirteen yourqt people saw on Fri-| i day evening last, the close of the most j important period, and of the most, auspicious day, in their history. It is sincerely hoped that other and j greater honors will be conferred z^on j I them; it is sincerely hoped they will | j in due season, graduate from an uni- i | versity, or a similar institution of ] 'higher education; nevertheless the' ; outstanding day enshrined In memory, j will be the day they were publicly! honored und feteil, as the graduates - of Ocean City High School. \Oiiejlf the thirteen may live to take j ; dath as a minister of the govern- j jnient. may even live to recite the sol- { jemn words first utterdff by George as he assumed the presi- ; dency of the United States of Amer- ; ica; notwithstanding that day will ! rank second in importance, compared with that on which he received the diploma, from the hands of Dr. Herschel |

i- 1 Pettit, President of the Board of Edut eation. t] It Was highly gratifying to see so large and representative an audience i! ! assembled to do the young graduates n honor, and to hear the generous apI : plause which greeted the efforts of the I- young orators. f A place on the front of the platform e ' had* been arranged for the graduates, j surrounded by the national flag and y | flowers. s The program opened with a prelude on the grand organ by Leslie Hughes, e | executed with his customary ability, . after which the i laster of the eere- . ; monies. Principal Reiehly called upon e the Rev. Milton George Buck, the new . pastor of the First Baptist Church, . tor the invocation. I In his opening remaiks, Prof. ReichJ ly expressed his pleasure in seeing the - faculty so well represented in the II I (Continued on Fifth Pun)

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH I BROTHERHOOD OF SAINT ANDREW JSTABllSHED « j GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE BROTHERHOOD .VISITS \ OCEAN CITY Last Sunday, observed in the Church l as Trinity Sunday, was a red . letter day at Holy Trinity Episcopal t Church in the city. Special musical programs were , ! given at both services, the music of the evening senicc being especially ( beautiful, under the direction of the . ! gifted and devoted choister Miss Mary ] E. Colbum. , ! A special speaker delivered the ad- , ! dress in the morning; Mr. G. M. Selby, : ' the General Secretary of the Brother- . | hood of Saint Andrews, for the United ■States of America, and a personal , I friend of the Rector, Rev. Joseph W. , j Watt*. M. A. , I The address was upon intercessory ' prayor and personal service, the two : cardinal principles of the Brotherhood . | of St. Andrews. Mr. Selby is a forceful speaker with , a magnetic personality, and his sub-', I ject was masterly presented. Mr. Selby also spoke upon the sub-L | ject of the Trinity in a very helpful I i w*y' - 1 1 At the conclusion of the church serv- 1 ; a Trinity Chapter of the Brother- 1 r ' of St. Andrews was organized, i . This is the first Lay organization ! ; among the men and boys, of the con-j gregation of the Church of Holy; Ocean City, and promises to , of the inestimable benefit to the j members, to the parish, and io Ocean , * \ Mr, Malcolm Austin was elected Di- ■ rector and Mr. Eugene D. Corson, Sec- , retary Treasurer. Bishop Knight will administer the Apostolic Rite of Confirmation, in Holy Trinity Church, on Sunday. July )2nd, at the 10.45 A. M. service. The i ' public is invited to attend. ON HIS VACATION j Gerald G. Prendegast of the General ( ,nfarmation Department of the Bell ( Telephone Company, of Pennsylvania, : Arch street, is spending his va-j, i cation of two weeks at Ocean City. , Prendegast is an enthusiastic j i of Ocean City, having spent < summers here since the time when | he was a small boy. He is a lover ' of tennis and is spending many pleas- 1 ant hours of his stay on the courts, j |

MOULD CLOSES OGEANJONT DEAL ONE OF THE LARGEST SALES CONSUMMATED THIS SEASON The day of big things, big enterprises, big scheme* and big dreams, still continues for Ocean City. Almost every day information is received of some colorful undertaking floated, the tidal wave of prosperity and boom rising higher' and higher. While other centers are dealing in ! thousands, and counting themselves very progressive and prosperous, City trifles with millions with ' the year still young. One of the very largest, and moat deals of the season, was recently con sum a ted by the well known ■ and enterprising realtor Thomas D. ; Mould, when he Mid for the aceount of E. Mi Sutton to Wilbur H. Me1 ana John M. Simon, of Phils- ° delphia, 150 feet on the south side of Twelfth Street, fronting on the Board7 walk, and extending back to Ocean [, avenue, including Ocean avenue front1 age, and riparian rights. This constitutes one of the most 1 valuable properties in the dty, ideal in its location and situated in the j heart of a section of the dty growing ;! daily. 1 Mr. Mould is to be congratulated ! the success. Already he has «ecared a place for himself, among the ' ' most progressive reajjors in the dty, ' and an enviable reputation for a 1 ' square deal. Recently Mr. Mould rented the property, 657 Asbury avenue, to the EUte 1 .sundry Company, a firm with 1 branches located in all the large dties 1 the states. The Ocean City. branch will be under the supervision of Mr. and will be equipped with the very latest appointments, and the moat ^ modern of laundry appliances. Howard D. Kinsinger, formerly aa- ) sodated with the Ocean CityTWe and Trust Company and for the last few years connected with one of the big banks in Philadelphia .spent a few ' days here. It has been learned that ha ' contemplates locating here for the ■ summer and possibly for the year around. : ! FKU IUM mi — iil.a Seslp Mums* Msalrartaa MISS MAS I. atNNBTT j US AMUKT AVWUB Onu Cllr. N. J. Mareal »••)»( Tll»> HI '

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