■ ■ • Ocean City Sentinel

VOL. XLIII No. 26

OCEANJCITY S^NTINEI. THrRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, lira

Price Three Cents

RACE FOR 1924 BUICK SIX, FORD TOURING CAR, AND MANY OTHER 1 PRIZES IN $3,000 SALESMANSHIP CLUB IS NOW SPEEDING UP

BR. fOULDS SENDS RESIGNATION AS CITY TREASURER' C1TV COMMISSIONERS HAVE SO UK TAKEN 'NO ACTION IT IS STATED Ech<*s • of the City Treasurer | carfare, reverberated through the rriv i "iimmissioners Chambers a-, rain, »iie» I)r- Henry T. Fouldsj handed in his resignation as City Treasurer. ;j H will I* remembered that Dr. i J Foul-i - «as elected to office, as the sucee. -'u of Roll" Garretson who died. This was done by the vote of the Mayor ami Director Corson. . yVom the first. Commissioner , Campbell has contended that the, | right (" .-elect u treasurer rested: with him. inasmuch as he is held) hi In* responsible for the conduct j of the department, and can even lie ; recalled for any act committed by I hi* subordinate, not according to J Director Campbell nominated C. i S. Scull, hut. upon each occasion j failed to secure the latters election, j i Someweeks aim Clarence S. Scull i applied to the Stale Supreme Court for a « rit of certorari, which was| granted, hut the case has not yet . hern heard. In the meantime Clarence Scull has t" all intents and purposes lieen acting as City Treasurer and keeping charge of the department.! PALATIAL HOMES BEING BUILT IN GARDEN SECTION . ERNEST KENT TO ERECT , DITCH BUNGALOW TO COST $25,000 Ernest Kent, of 413 Ocean ave-j builders and contractors, will shortly begin the erection of a hand- l Dutch Colonial all year 'round residence for himself on Atlantic! boulevard and Bcucii road in the j i Gardens. The cost of the house , not including the plot of ground, j| 65x100, will be about $16,000. It ! will be a show place. Mr. Kent' . purchased his lot last winter at a price said to have been $3500. Af-; t«r bringing the lot up to grade he now values it at $7000, thus mak- , ing the totsjj cost of his home when landscaping is completed, more than $25,000. The Kent residence together with the $30,000 home being erected by! Charles DuBoia at Batlersea and Ocean roads, and the beautiful stucco cottage of Thomas O'Keefe, of Boston, a block or so distant, will give impetus to the movement under way to, make the Gardens Motion another Ventnor. The Kent resilience and that of , DOHui immediately adjoin the MrUughlin-Conovcr Tract and the! O'Keefe house is ilirectly within) the confines of the promotion. . | There has been much real estate!, activity in Ocean City the paste »eek. Most of it centered around I he upper end of the resort, the Garden* commanding considerable!, rttention from buyers and sellers.! , ' . Harrison Jones, realtor, reports ij main resales in the McLaughlin-! • (mover development at figures far! in advance of the prices the pro- j , | IW*y was originally bought for. , Thomas W. Mould, realtor, also i report, the sale of a block of lots!: j «n Wavcrly boulcvaril, overlooking ! 'he "ci-an. It is the intention of. i "e- Mnuld's client to build a mag-11 ! njficcnt home on a part of his ho- 1 'ding*. 1 1 j A steady stream of automobilists ' reeeutly have been viewing the; j "*"0 afforded by the Gardens, a ; Mire forerunner, real estate men1 'leelare, of big sales later. « KDDKD IN LONDON Information comes to hand of a romance which began during the "at isoisummating in a wedding 1. 1.,,,.!.,,,. Tbffd A. Scott, formerly of Laiiwlowne now of Ocean City, the *>n of Mrs. M.vra Scott was marked to Miss Doris Richards in the turt '■"rul°", England, on Aug- , Mr. Scott sailed to meet his bride August 7 ami w||| return to the Mj-alo- with hey on September 8. Sailing on the Mauritania. Trie young couple will make their home in Orenn City, Mr. Scott be">K identified with the Reod Hardware Company. "r. a,„| Mrs. Scott met when the '.'hie i was stationed in England *"h the American forces. EPISCOPAL CONVENTION The Rev. Joseph W. Watts. M. A - rector of Holy Trinity Church, *'H attend a special convention of |be Episcopal Diocese to be held Trenton, October 9th. Holy- Communion will be served ln the morning at 10.30 o'clock. The chief purpose of the special "invention however is to elect a Ri 'hop-coadjutor for the Dioceae. | »!

ONLY 13 MORE DAYS— CAMPAIGN CLOSES SEPTEMBER 26th— SECOND PERIOD AS IMPORTA NT AS FIRST STANDING OF CONTESTANTS I. BARTON CHAMPION 301 Fourth Street J, 661, 100 CLINTON D. LOW DEN Fi^t National Bank 1,618,100 j .|i -• ATHERINE GORDON 812 Asbury Avenue 1.501,200 I ( API. JACK JARNEE 117 Ashury avenue 700,100 |j EVELYN SMITH 308 Fourteenth Street 661.600 ' I DAVID F. YOUNG 1211 Asbury Avenue ... 112,600 • HAROLD HILTPOLD 701 Moorlvn Terrace . 108,800 j SARAH F. STRATTON Marmora 90,000 ' III o . This Campaign positively ( loses September 26th. Only Two More Weeks until Prizes are Awarded ■ I NEXT COUNT— Saturday. Sept. 15, at 6 P. M. i j til. ; ■ j " ■ ; II' . .

. ' With the first periml in the: I Ocean City Sentinel's big Sales- 1 I maiiship Campaign completerd the , K ; leaders in the contest are so closej!ly bunched that none can claim to j have any great advantage in the ; race for the Buick 6. c - Hustling— that is the answer, only it should have been spelled j w ith capital letters to get across I what we mean, for there are sev- j oral other club members hustling, . i too. and to outhustle that field is an accomplishment worthy of note, i I The End Is Not Yet. Don't for one minute fly away 1 1 w ith the idea that this campaign is ' I all over hut Ihc shouting. Far be I it from such. The real race — the i r real lest of courage is yet to come, i leaders are so closely bunched ' i that any one of them may leap • into' the front in Saturday's count,! I -<thc lowed jOOA. of the list could 1 1 - forge ahead and claim first honors - September 26th. All Are Potential Winners ji c Some thoughtful person once re-! ' marked that "there are two kinds, i ! . of people in the world — leaders : ..and followers." It takes no more t 1 than half an eye to see that the t'' : PHILADELPHIA!! IS AGGUSED OF AIDING FUGITIVE FROM LAW i1 ! WALTER SMITH HELD BY; t JURY ENQUIRING INTO MRS. j GANDY'S DEATH A coroner's jury, empanelled to| ' enquire into the death of Mrs.; si Agnes Gundy, of Philadelphia, who ; B- was killed by an automobile at Sea!; '• Isle City two week's ago, held:, I Walter Smith, of Philadelphia, who 1 1 e during the summer has been resid-j t'ing at 1443 Asbury avenue, to apI pear before the Grand Jury. | is Smith is accused of knowing; el who the person is who caused the .( • i death of Mrs. Gandy, and of help- ( s ; ing him to escape the law. j , - Constable John Daglesch who , r had been working on the case fori! -la period of several days under in- : • I structions from the County Pros- ' i i ecutor's office, arrested Smith on s ' Saturday evening. r ! Arconling to sUtements matje,, t it is alleged Smith, while under;' - ; the influence of drink, was heard j . to inform a saloonkeeper that he who had caused the lady's loiter Smith is nlleged to have i I said, he knew nothing of the af- ' *i fair, and had spoken in drink i merely to "kid" an officer of the i law whom he knew was eaves- I dropping. I Constable Daglesch followed up i the case, and presented sufficient , 5 grounds to warrant Smith being , ; held to appear before the Grand | Jury. u DR. BUCK TALKS OF * FIVE GREAT THINGS i e " "Who FiratT" Will be the Subject of the Evening Service ! At the Hippodrome next Sunday : morning. Dr. Buck will discourse , ii I k * ii "Five Great Things." In - view of the fact that the coming week will lie nationally observed I as Constitution Week, at the evening service Dr. Buck will ask the - question "Who First?" i Dr. Buck tliakc* the stand that first in heart and mind of every 1 real American, the constitution must always be. The attendance at the Hippo- [. drome services Inst Sunday were i, remarkable, and the sum of $176 , f was received towards the Japanese d relief fund. d Blonde Bess Opines "My . oh. my— Rahor Day has il come ami gone the last picnic s day of the yonr. We will now have to eat our sardines indoors.

ejmcmliers of the Ocean City Senti--jncl Salesmanship Club arc "lead- > e ers." Not one of them hut pos- - sesses tlie necessary determination; i) to fight to the last ditch before B admitting defeat so we can safely ^ -premise you some real thrills be- '■ fore the final hour arrives. There : I will he some fireworks exhibited! s before the time for the last count 3 If Vou Are a Candidate . s You have a Buick Six at stake.' ami the most consistent hard ; work that -you can. do in credit getf, ting during the next 13 days will s'be rewarded. b Don't allow anyone or 'anything b to cause you to lose a single credit • or a single hour of tipic remain- , J' in this campaign. Only credits 3 will win and they must be earned , September 26. I If You Intend Helping Some Contestant Do So Now. Subscribe from your favorite , contestant and let him or her have - the benefit of these credits. Re- <, member credits will again decline s for subscriptions at the close of b the second period, Saturdav, Sept. » 22. INGORRIGIBLES FROM NEIGHBOR RESORTS I BEFOREJHE COURT f INVESTIGATIONS PROVE LADS: BEAR UNSAVORY REPUTA- ! TIONS ELSEWHERE j| Three youths hailing from At- . , Inntic City, and one from Pleas3 ! untvillc, wcrerounded up by the I I police early Tuesduy morning, I ! charged with " loitering on the 3 street. "j The four gave their names as J. " ; Fields, Charles Clark, Joseph Arthur and Charles Ross. ; Under a stiff examination conducted by Chief of Police Johnson, " it was learned that the youths an unenviable record. Fields ! i been brought up before Judge J Ingersoll of the Juvenile Court of " 1 Atlantic City on three occasions, "j and had served thirty days in jail. Ross had been arrested for tru,j ancy, and was under suspicion of 1 1 being implicated in a robbery eomI mitted a few years ago. The other , two carried also unsavory reputa- ; tions. -. It transpired the four had travels ed to this resort, in a Ford Sodan; - owned by Ross. Leaving Fields t and Arthur behind, Clark and Ross ? returned to Atlantic City with the - girls they had picked up on the Boardwalk. ' Chief of Police Johnson eorry ' municated with the police of the! ' neighboring resorta, and learned: 1 the foregoing facts. Defendants were fined and scn-j tcnced to jail, sentence suspended on -condition that they left the city | ; immediately. t DR. HANDLEY DEFENDS THE CONSTITUTION r " Subject of the Morning Discourse, ; J "Parable of the Sword" I' At the evening servirt at the; . First M. E. Church on the coming e Sunday, Dr. John Handley will dis- ! cubs the question, "Shall we stand r by the Constitution at the next' t- election." With ail his patriotic a fervor and eloquence this popular pastor will offer an unanswerable - defence in behalf of what the eroi-, e'nent statesman William E. Glad-. 5 stone, declared to lie "The most t wonderful document ever conceived by human minds.'1 At the morning service. Dr., Handley will use as his topic "The s Parable of the Sword." Next week r being Constitution Week, the di»-: k cuasion at the evening service will be eminently opportune.

KIWAMS BOAT CAPTURED FIRST PRIZE | I ^ ' W r / 0 %£ n i ii mi in i III 1111 1 1—

^Horace Weir Captures the Cup Honors Long Distance Swim at Carnival Sports 1 TEN SWIMMING CLUBS AND NUMEROUS UNATTACHED MERMEN AND MERMAIDS PARTICIPATE. BEN Z.ORSKY THE ^ji ELUSIVE THRILLS SPECTATORS 'f

!-; Ten. separate aquatic organis«-it tions, hetddea a number of unat- s e tarhe<l mermen and mermaids, par- fl p ticipateil in the Bay Carnival t ' sports hehl 011 Saturday afternoon t e in the vicinity of the German- t ^ town Boys Club. '- 'Without question it was the most successful meet ever held in f the history of this resort, anil in- ( finite credit is due Charles W. f Bainbridge under whose supcrvis- 1 ion the event was conducted. ( There were eighty-one entries, s represented by fifty of the male gender and thirty-one mermaids. The various events were hotly conf tested And under the conditions i prevailing, some excellent records i ! w ere made. The rising of a thunder shower i and heavy squall precluded the ( ^Icnmpl etion of the fancy diving i event; all other contests however i 1 were conducted under favorable conditions. ■ Horace Weir, performing under the hues of the Germantown Boys' i « Club raptured the long distance i swim, covering the distance from s e; the Yacht Oub to the Germantown - Boys' Club, a distance approxinia-: I '• tely one and 3-4 miles, far in «d- '- 1 vance of his closest riv-al.. The ii j feat was accomplished in thirty-; i- five minutes despite the strong; 1 i, i wind blowing against the swimmer. S a i Wier holds thehalf mile and 3jn gjmile championship Middle Atlantic n e Division, and captured the 440 yds. 1 f and one mile ocean championships q at the Atlantic City Pageant, the <1 |. same week. William Marshall, unattached,1.! j finished second, time 36 minutes I ami 30 seconds; Taylor Glading re- I ' gistcred third, C. V. Cassidny of u the Germantown Boys' Club came C fourth; with Harvey Collisson in fifth place. !' Miss OliveFisher of the Ambas- ( "i sailor Club, was awarded the cup r * in the 220 yds. handicap for girls, \ * with the splendid time of 3 minu- ( e tes and 52 seconds. Miss Ruth r n Thomas and Miss Hazel Freeman finished second and third respccty tively. I e| In the one hundred yard handi- t djcap for girls, Miss Mary Duckett.-I ; of the Hygeia Club louche.) the S i. j tape first. Miss Dorothy Hucknell t ,11 came second, and Miss Winifml v Faunce of the Capitol A. C"land-;t l ed third. I The one hundred yards race for , 1 I girls — novice — was a spirited con- t test, in which Miss Violet Swart- ( V i ley of the Germantown Club was j first, closely followed by Miss Dor- t . othy Fogwell, and Miss Gertrude : ' [ Ste<lem third. ' The honors in the 100 yard con- t « ; test for Ocean City girls, fell to t K Miss Dorothy IJghtfoot. Scconil and third prizes were captured by l <• Miss Violet Swartley and Miss ( •t ' Tina Olsen respectively. I le- Contrary' perhaps to all -predic- i tions. William Rayixibl of the Wil- 4 le mlngtrn Y. M. C .A., arrived first i- 1 in the 220 yards handicap for men, . 1- ; with a time of two minutes and i it j 45 seconds. Dick Alexander of the I ■ Atlantic City High ./School team i ;came second, and B. Nobis third. r.| William Raybold nlso won the i ie 100 yards swim for boys', novice, i >k While Morton Weitzenhofer triums- phed in the 100 yard Ocean City < II event for boys. B. Anderson of i the Germantown Boys' Chib won] l

• the Senior Canoe Race, ncgotiut- I mg the course in four minutes and ! I seconds. G. E. Cadwalladcr of the Germantown Boys' Club, cap-; tlie Junior CCanoe Race, id the time of six minutes and 20 In the hundred yard, handicap j men. M. Weitzenhofer. of the1 Germantown High School, was; . first, in 50 apd 4-6 seconds, H.I Hirn, of the Germantowiv' Boys' I Club, third, and R. Levin of the; , team second. \ The summary: I.ong distance swim — First, H.jl '.Vier, Germantown Boys' Club 35;! i minutes; second, William Marshall, i i unattached, 36.30 minutes; third, jt Taylor Gladfngs, unattached, 41.50;' • minutes; fourth. C. V. Cassidy.U I j Germantown Boys' Club, 41.30 min-j ( ■ utes; fifth. Harvey Collision, Ger- t • : mantown Boys' Club, 43 minutes. I These five received cups embln-U ! matic of the placers. 220 Handicap for girls, open — • First. Miss Olive Filer. Ambossu- 1 jdor Swimming Club, 3.62 minutes;, second. Miss Ruth Thomas. Ambas- 1 1 ;sador Swimming Club; third, Miss' I Hazel Freeman. j Winner received cup others me- i 110 yard handicap for girls — I First, Miss Mary Dyickett, Hygeia r Swimming Club; second. Miss Dor- n j othy Hucknall, Ambassador Swim- i ming Club; third, Miss Winifred r Capital A. C. Winner received cup, others me- i dais. I v Girls novice 100 yards — First, -r Miss Violet' Swartley, Germantown1 i Club; second, Miss Dorothy ,t Fogwell, Germantown Boys' Cl-jf uh; . third, Miss Gertrude Stcdem, Bdys' Club. / ! s 100 yards for Ocean City girls! ■ —First. Miss Dorothy lightftot,/ 1 Boys' Club, time I ! mlnuto 8 seconds; .second, MisS|t Violet Swartley, Germantown Boys' , ( j Club; third. Miss T. Olsen, Ger-jl mantown Boys' Club. ; < Winner cup, others medals. l 220 yards handicap for men— I First. William Raybold, Wilming- I ton Y. M. C. A., time 2.45; seconn, Dick Alexander, Boys' Hygeia < Swimming Club; third. B. Nobis, • Y. M. C. A. 1 100 yard handicap for men — Fi-j i ! rst, M. Weitzenhofer, Germantown | ! Club, 50 4-5 seconds; second,; i ,R. Levin, Germantown Boys' Club; ■ - third, H. Hirn, Germantown Boys' I Club. i i Boys' novice 100 yards — First, i ■ William Raybold. Wilmington Y. - ! M. C. A.; second. George J. Gulden- I finger, Germantown Boys' Club; I third, Thomas H. Wingate. WR7 i ' mington Y. M. C. A. I 100 yard swim for Ocean City • I mys — First, Morton Weitzenhofc'r, ' Germantown Boys' Club; second. Henry T. Gray, Germantown Boys' • Club: third. Ambler. Germantown I Hoys' Club. 1 Senior canoe race — First, B. An- . derson, Germantown Boys' Club. 4 ' I minutes ') seconds; second. Harry ■ ■ Germantown Boys' Club, 12 i minutes 5 seconds. Junior canoe race^-First, G. E. t ; Cadwallader. Germantown Boys'- • Hub. 6 minutes 20 seconds; second. - A. M Mlnot. Germantown Boys' r!Chrt»7 mintrtes 7 seconds; third. C. f Gladfielil. Germantown, Boys' Club, i|8 minutes 19 seconds.

I MISS MARGARET MAC.ITRE |l TO SPEAK AT RECEPtlON j ' I Miss Margaret MaGuirc, of Phil- \ adelphia, principal of the McCalk | Schpol, is expected to l>e preseW at a reception to lie given at the iSeashore Homefor Babies, in the , iiear future. ( j Miss MaGuire, who has recently | I returned from Constantinople, Is ; I a speaker and an educator of na- j j tional fame. In child welfare work , she has always ls«Ph deeply inter- ( ! ested, and her address at the re- ! c-eption will doubtless prove of high , I educational value and inspirational. _ OUTSIDERS HAPPY CAPTURING FOUR CARNIVAL AWARDS • FINAL MEETING OF ASSOCIATION .WILL BE HELD S^ON DAY, SEPTEMBER 24 At the regular meeting .of the . Rayside Civic Association held on | ; ; Monday, September 10, much sat- , ! isfaction was expresseti at the at- , I ti.lue of co-operation evidenced by ) the entire hayside section in decimating their hotises and boats for • : the carnival. Many who had al- ■ ready gone home left orders with j the decorator to have theirs done j First prize for most beautifully - decorated house, a magnificent si- ■| cup, went to C. C. W. Wilson. ! Sev oml, to the Germantown Boys • Club. i Third, to C. Ellwood Carpenter. There was no charm of the aftermore alluring than the big ; sea-weed covered barge staging Neptui.- against a matn-' , moth pink sea-shell and right shi- j ning, sparkling mermaids emerging from the deep among the rock*. j As the drawbridge opened dur- j , ing the afternoon each lioat was;j welcomed by the genial old pat- . riarch, who stoo<l close by exetend-j . I the courtesy of the upper bay ! to each gaily dressed float as it ■ passed through. , When the Queen's barge hove in {sight the gallant old gentleman, ' spwith a royal salute swung into to act as a convoy up the bay. With the choicest of nature's 1 i; gifts at her command the bay of- j ' fered unsurpassed facilities to the -iBayside Civic Association afi to 1 ; Capt. Townsend Godfrey, as Nep-'1 [tune, in carrying out the unity of;1 ■ ! ho stosy portrayed by this beaut i- ; •i ful float, which won the first prize.;1 ,| The next meeting of the Assot! ciation and the final one of the sea- ! ,!»on will be held at the home of, | Mrss. C. C. W. Wilson. Monday, 1 -j September 24th, 2.30 P.'M- j i Many important subjects look-,! , ing toward the liettemient of the-' ;! section and planning for work to,' ' 1* carried out during the winter!; months will be discussed. It isl' , earnestly hoped that every member; . wh- Is in town or any one interes- i - ted in civic improvement will at-j ; tend nnd give the club encourage-! ■ ment and impetus for the work! ahead. • VISITORS FROM PITTSBURG '• Mr. Alan W. Graham, of PitU1 burg, joined Mr«. Graham and lathy daughter Marjorie on Sunday - inoming af 824 Atlantic avenue., I This is Mr. Graham's first visit t here and using Mr. Graham's own 1 language whereby he says "Ocean City for me hereafter, the beautiful safe beach, and the h^rh elass i' of tourists attracted here, and the I, moral high plane of the citv adi' ministration of government," and we are pleased to state that Mr. i, Graham gave utterance to those sentiments.

Queen Of Carnival Crowned With All Ancient Rites And Pomp Of An Imperial Court ENTIRE BAY FRONT AND THE OCEAN CITY YACHT CLUB GAILY DECORATED. AND A BLAZE OF ILLUMINATION. THE MOST MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF PYROTECHNICS HERE

No thank.- is due old Jupiter Plu-I r yius that the Bay Carnival last] ( Saturday afternoon and evening.; o was not an utter failure. Approaching the time when the prncla-jt , niation of the Queen of the Carni-; 1 val should lie carried out, the old! a Roman diety. ruler of the elements! v was observed with much dismay darkening the horizon, and mobil- t izing his thunder bolts for a teri- i ' Before old Pluvius could vent his i saturnine spleen however, the Royal! t , Barge, a magnificent piece of art , hove in sight drawn by a huge c : golden dragon. 1 . Standing in the center of the t ; tnagnifience and splendor stood the it ; Master of the Temple, impersona-i ted by W. J. MaemiHan. and the'e l.nrd Chancellor of the Woolsack,' I | Lord Harry Ellis of Castle Dewecs, i 'clad in the conventional robes of - J his office. Around him sat in j ! graceful attitudes the Lndies-in- 1 < Waiting, eight courtiers, pages, 1 Kor>a Carnival of Fun and Fro- t W. the* members of thceourt were , ( tiefittingly robed in the costumes I of the period of Charles "First,; t known to history as the Merry < Monarch. j i The personnel of the court in-'< eluded the following personages.'! Lord Chancellor, Hairy T.- Ellis; ; i Master of the Temple William J.| MacMillan; l^dies-in-Waiting, t I Misses Ruth Beiswnnger, Jean BI-. I lundin, Martha Tucker, Jcanette i j Smith, Elizabeth Murphy, Miss I j Hranimell, Miss McFadden, Miss I i Sweeney. The Courteirs included t i MessersRrib ert Elly, Harry H. | Aimatrqng, Nelson Fite, James, i | .Dill. Geiger, and Wilding. i Master William James. Joseph | ! Walter Kiltian, and Ed- I ! ward Stang formed her majesty's corps of pages. Miss Tinkler, Miss i Blundin, Miss Mackenzie, i 1 Paulus", Miss Harris, Miss I llaird. Miss Nichols and Miss Car- I [ danced to the lively music of I ' the royal instrumentalists. When the royal barge had been | 1 safely negotiated to the landing')

| regal ceremonial -plendor. at the City Yacht Club at eight I o'clock. Whereupon old Pluviu* unlocked tlie floodgates of his vengcnce. ; For three hours he deluged the city j and made the heavens reverbrate (with his thunderous voice. As a result "of the spiteful old tyrant's con.luct, " the afternoon parade hail to he nliantloned. and the damage done to boats and wa> such'as to make ! night parade impossible also. Apparently only one boat seened, to have survived the tempest This was the Kiwanis boat one of the most unique schemes of decoraA huge spider's web r yrnboliz1 ed the Kiwanians slogan "We , Build." Out of the <lense darkness crept to the yacht dub landing stage, ami as it came within the purview of illumination, the echoes of "Ocean City we arc Proud of , broke upon the ears of the spectators lining the shore. Undaunted by another threatened deluge, preparations were made : i the coming ceremony. Memi liers of the Y'acht Club beguiled , ; the waiting with an improvised ■ cabaret entertainment on the plat-: | during which Miss Margie • Carter executed gracefully a solo . dance to the strains of Pat Riley's ; j musicians. Once again, the Lord Ciiancellor, . this time impersonated by R. W. - led the Quern and her ! Court to the piatfoim for the i Cornation ceremony. Exercising « his authority as Ixird Chancellor I dispense with the customary . procedure, in view of the threaten- , ing sky. Mr. Edward's placed the < rown on Miss Darby'* head, and i placed the sceptre of |s>wer in her < Immediately afterwards the Qu- > ami her court were driven in , automobiles to the Boardwalk. A < Iretnendious ovation was acconled - Majesty at the Studio de r A lucky favor dance was staged in her honor, the winner i proving to be Miss Elizabeth Swet'eny and Robert Elly.

s j jfl 3E ^a IV 'j /yjv MISS JEANETTE DARBY — Queen of Carnival

' | at the Germantown Boyz' Club,| ; tlie Lor.! Chancellor, followed by » the entire court came ashore to[t. conduct the Queen of the Carnival | o t t«. tlie barge for the proclamation ; ceremony. „ ' The Queen. Miss Jannette D«rby, gowned In her regal robes, ; ^ ; charmed all with her smiles Into L absolute ilevotion and loyalty. At- 1 hv, ileporteil herself with all the . aplomb and dignity of one born to ^ f "'The I/ord Chancellor conducted j-i the proclamation ceremony In full: s " accord with the historic and tni- o . ditional rights of a roy^ ""irt. r Four members of the Veterans of the Foreign Wars serving as her'aids blew repeated fanfares, and if the Master -of the Temple. P™**"" ■ ; ted Miss Darby to the Loitf Chan- , ' cellor, to he procUime.1 tobe Queen y r ! of the Pomlnions of Ocaan Uty the Islands of Egg Harbor. f r Having duly examina.1 the w- ^ - piring Queen s titular claims to the -Throne, the U>rd ChaneeBor ad- . dressing the vast -comsoum of k pic said: "Through the ; PO» teil in me by the Baysite CaniWal Committee, I. a represenU va «f « Ocean City, the Queen of all tea- p siile Resorts, welcome you toWs h aty of Happiness nd Health- ,- you the Queen of our Care'val of V Joy. Joy tomes from your pma- r i. puce, thanksgiving that we c it our greatest joy in making other n people happy. Y°" come to us as , n th^ sjartt of Joy and Queen of „ i- plrasure— Makers. Creators of the t is Twentieth Century recognize your , e power, as the symbol of our reaort, j I- to make Itfe livable and I lovable.: , <1 I hereby proclaim you Qiwen of , r. our hearts and homes I com- , « maud you to be P^pwed to to , crowned Queen tonight with full ,

IFrwm the Studio to the Flanders went the Queen and her atlendanta there to be received with thunders ! of applause. Returning to the Yacht Club, the evening concluded j with a royal dance. Her Majesty, ; escorted -by W. J. MacMillan opjened the hall in true conventional • Meanwhile the judges, consisting of Charles Curran, Hiram S. Mow- ' rer, Frank K. Darby, ami t'ommis- . sioner Campliell maile a tour of 'the hay to make their final decesi skin relative to the houses and ■ boats meriting the splendid prizes i offered. The following are the .awards given. For Best Illuminated House — First, Harrison Diesel; second, Mr. j Allen. For Be*t Decorated House— | First, Clarence W. Wilson. ! For Best Illuminated Boat — i First, Commodore John E. Fite ! second, Charles Cadwallader. For Best Decorated Boat— First, Hayside Civic Association; second. . The Florentine of Ventnor. For Most Unique Boat — First, Capt. Herbert Smith whose boat ') carried the Kiwanis Emblems; eecond, Billy Van. The day's festivities concluded with unquestiAabty the most magnificent display of aerial firewezfes i ever witnesae<l in this dty. Infinite ireilit for the -ucoeae J! which attendoi the CainN«L'» spite of tempest and rain, is due ' the general committee under the able generalship of John K. Fite, ■ Jr. Mr. Fite devoted himself with -absolute abandon to the work of ' preliminary arrangenWnts. and found a most enthusiastic and able t ally id the secretary Elmer Jaek1 son Peal. , ii ii rr Ji