■ OCEAN cm; SENTINEL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1923 * THREE

(SECRETARY'S REPORT, C0MMERGE6HAM6ERS MANY ACTIVITIES JNTFr. ! RESUME OF : v • ' 'ISHED IN | . EAR | . . meeting of the ( • -amber of Commerce, ! j Northfield Country j < ..ccrelary F. Leroy Howe, , -•nted an illuminating resume , | . l the work accomplished by the;( oirice during the year. Ileginning with the information > ncgnming -uii inc iniuniisuun »crv muneti 10 one i ravel inior-

bureau, the report shows thatl Ocean City received some extern' sive publicity during the year. Mr. Howe stated in part: "December 31, 1922 marked the closing of the third year that the Chamber of Commerce has operated an Information Bureau. In' 1920 and 1921 the Information Bu- ■ reau was more or less of a season 1 proposition. It was kept open the i entire year of 1922. "The work of the Bureau for the ' year has been varied, anil I feel 1 that the Bureau has been of val- ] uable assistance to the visitors and ' the residents of the resort. [ A summary of the year's work,!' with the figures obtained from an ' accurately kept file, prove most 1 interesting. These figures may be ' summed up under the following ■ headings: "The figures in all cases show a < comparatively substantial increase - over last year. It might be well to mention the fact that the volume of business will be increased almost I OCX with the Information

[Bureau established on a ground! (floor location. j f "During the month of January I literature was sent to Tampa, Fla. t and to the Waldorf-Astoria in I New York, ppon request. Book4 lets went to Montrose, Colorado, . during February. May proved a ) busy month when the Hockenbury System of Finance started their survey, and considerable time was ? spent by the Information Bureau ! in connection with the work. During this month 500 letters andi were mailed broadcast in] connection with a Chamber of * | Commerce advertising campaign. • personal letters to the1 officials of the various railroad, • [companies in the United States ®! man y re plies asking for! ®| Ocean City literature. ! Early in the season, booklets i were mallei I to the Travel Infor- !

2 — p t mation Bureaus of the New York ; v -American. Philadelphia Public* Ledger, Philadelphia Record and o the "Ask Mr. Foster'' Agencies at s e [ Washington, D. C., and various t B othe r points. l_ast month booklets I . were mailed to Daytona, St Aug- i v ustine, Miami, and St. Petersburg, e . Fla., 1000 going to St Petersburg, p i 1 kith whom we have a co-operative > arrangement for advertising. a The Information Bureau furnish- t . ed literature. Ocean City pennants I and other advertising mattter to c . the National Hotel Associations' s. I Convention and Exposition in the Grand Central Palace, New York, e , November 20th to the 25th. The , Ocean City Hotel Proprietors had e i booth in the Exposition. I.itor- \ , nture to Real Estate Convention, b . Atlantic City, December 14-15-16. a Touching upon the achievements » i of the year, Mr. Howe said: Room Listings 11 24 101 8 144 • '

id | "Upon accepting the office the president, Mr. Sutton stated that y the Chamber of Commerce should! s. have definite objectives in view,, n and work to achieve them. "The first objective was the >• freeing from toll of the Somers Point to Ocean City Automobile Bridge, which was accomplished on ir August 15th. „ The second objective developed . at the meeting of February 14th, ■ . when Ralph L. Chester presented 1 | the possibilities of a Beach Front : .'Hotel built through the efforts ,.f ' . the Chamber of Commerce. 0 Mr. Chester, Howard S. Stain-I' j i ton and John J. Foster were ap- 1 • H' pointed a committee to further • r | this suggestion. March 14th, this > .committee reported progress, on s April 18th at the dinner held at ' . the Hotel Biscayne, the regular ' • | Hotel Committee was discharged ' j'with thanks and a permanent Hotel Committee, with power to act, - r with the object of building a Beach t j Front Hotel was appointed, as fol- ' [lows: ri Ralph L. Chester, J. H. Slocum, ;,Wm. E. Masscy, Harry Headley, ; Russell H. Nulty, H. S. Mowrer, ( John J. Foster, John R. Groves. 1 The need of increased advertising for Ocean City became apparj , ent early in the year and a Cham- I I ber of Commerce Committee, R.i I W. Edwards, Chairman, raised by [•voluntary contribution, $2,338, : which was placed at the disposal ! of the advertising committee, Rus- I ; sell H. Nulty, chairman. Mr. Nuli ty's Committee spent approximate$1800 for newspaper advertisand under the direction of this committee, the following took place: . A special booklet was secured V and mailed to information centers . throughout the country. 11 A special letter prepared by the J committee was mailed to the passenger agents of 80 railroads. ® A large Ocean City sign was £ erected at Marshall's corner. ; A Highway Light-House was _ erected at Hammonton, and New . Greetings from the Chamof Commerce were mailed to all who had inquired about the resort, during 1922. The membership of the Chamber I 7 " • I

e. of Commerce has grown during the' . if year from practically nothing to' . -j a membership of 252. e RECENT WEDDING 9 Information comes to hand of * tho marriage of 'Walter Acton and Mis* Mary Kirby, both of Ocean: i City. i, The ceremony, which was of a j quiet character, was performed in t St. Augustine's Curcb, Rev. T. F.' f Blake officiating. . Walter Acton, formerly a resi- . dent of Wilmington. Delaware, has -|. since his coming to this city won r.a host of friends who hold him in i high esteem. i Tho young bride, whose home is , t in Egg Harbor City, was identir'fied us stenographer in tho offices | of J. M. Chester, realtor. The wedding was followed by nj ,'Aort honeymoon trip, after which! , the young couple will return and! . i make their residence in Ocean City. • f

Jan. Apr. July Oct. Total ' Feb. May Aug. Nov. for 1 Mar. Juno Sep. Deo. Year ' Addresses Furnished 10 57 128 38 233 1' Applications for Positions 12 70 33 16 181 i' Positions Filled 4 22 16 5 47 j General Information 18 121 113 24 276 i' Inquiries received from Cape May 1 County Advertising 268 268 1 ' Inquiries re Hotels, Board, Rooms 37 161 230 25 453 . Hand Books Distributed 340 639 1043 487 2509;' Real Estate Inquiries 17 8! 53 27 178 if

Wm. h. Powell General Contractor Grading and Street Bnlldlni Thirty-fourth *t. and West ave OCEAN CITY, N I

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,L L_ ; ' 1 " ' ' THE OCEAN CITY BUILDING '& LOAN ASSOCIATION I x coupon ated MaK'H 12TH, 1887 The regular monthly meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month at 408 Eighth Street, Ocean City. N. J., to receive dues and grant loans. No membership fee is charged. Dues One Dollar per share on Serial-Shares. The new feature adopted by the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, January 14th, 1922, that of issuing Full Paid Shares, has been • a great success. Call on the Secretary for information and he will show you a first class investment at six per centum per annum in sums of $211(1 per share, subject to withdrawal on one month notice. The Association does not look on anv but First Mortgages thereby insuring a safe investment for shareholders, if you have a flat mortgage on your home why not take enough free shares to cover the amount Tit maturity. Twenty-five shares will take eare of that $5,000 mortgage-^-.,., and accumulate funds with which to cancel it when tire shares mature. The management of this Association is in the hands of well-known and prosperous men, most of whom have served for many vests, insuring to the shareholders careful and progressive growth The Association is open to all, creed and nationality are not considered. A new series will he issued on Saturday the Kith day of .January i — 1923, at the regular meeting place 408 Eighth Street, Ocean City, N. j. < Remember second Saturday, shares -One Dollar. officers and directors George O. Adams, President Simeon B. Miller, Vice President Wm. M. Ilanck, Treasurer R. Howard Thorn, Secretary William Lake - Mark W. Adams Hans Burkhardt Williard W. Adams II. Frank Smith Harry F. Stanton William E. Massey Alfred W. Powell ^ .Otis M. Townsend Rolla Garretson Curtis E. Corson Solicitor, Andrew C. Boswell

Homesites for Homeseekers Think of getting a lot in the center of Ocean City for $ 1 ,000 and less Five Minutes walk to both Banks, Depots and Post Office Every Lot up-to-grade — new cement curbs and sidewalks THE MOORE TRACT I BAY TO SIMPSON AVE. 80 LOTS SEVENTH TO EIGHTH STS. More than one-half of these lots sold already. This is the first public announcement of the sale of these lots and you must buy now if you want the most desirable lot in Ocean City for $1,000 For full particulars see J. M. Chester, Ewing T. Corson or John J. Foster