, 1905-08-23

grand CIVIC and industrial parade Dy
the citizens of Holly Beach, Wildwood
and Anglesea, and the dedication of the
new board walk at Holly Beach, con
Meeting that resort with beautiful
Wildwood's ocean promenade. The
citizens forming the Allied Merchants
and Trades League of the three resorts
Wed with each other in making this,
the first affair of its kind, a grand
success in every particular. And all
along the line of march buildings were
gaily decorated with flags and bunting,
and the loud cheering of the m%ultitudes
attested the appreciation of the visitors
to the creditable display.
Four excursions, one from Philadel-
phia and three from New Jersey towns
and cities, together with the regular
express trains, brought down thousands
of visitors, and in the aggregate it is
estimated that % 900 pleasure seekers
were entertained in a royal manner
for two hours or more until the parade,
which was two miles in length, had
passed a given point.
The procession started from the north
end of Central avenue, Anglesea,
about $50 o'clock and t~raversed the
main through Wildwood,
thence down Pacific avenue TO Rio
Grande avenue, Holly Beach, where
the formal dedication of the board
walk took place.
The chief marshals, Charles L..
Nickerson and John n. Reeve, rode in
front, followed by the mayors of the
several resorts and guests in automo-
biles, and among the visiting officials
were Mayor Frank Stoy, Atlantic City;
Mayor Thomas E. Ludlam, Sea Isle
City; Mayor Frank Millett, of Cape
May City; Mayor Joseph Champion,
Ocean City and Mayor George w.
Payne, Millville, and State Senator
Lewis M. Crosse, who occupied his
own automobile. J. Albert Harris and
DR.. VIM. |. Kelchner acted as assistant
marshals.
Following the officials was a delega-
ton of ladies and gentlemen from the
Ottens tract in automobiles, and in o.
tation came jennings Camden Band,
which enlivened the occasion with
popular airs, the Holly Beach, Wild
wood and Wildwood Junior Fire De-
partments, two National Laundry
floats, the North Wildwood
Wildwood's three floats, boat
containing children, ocean pier display,
the Scrap Iron Band in fancy costumes,
new ocean pier Stock Specially Com
pany, E. H. R~andolph's float, whaling,
Five Mile Beach Lumber Company,
Oliver J. Leigh, Philadelphia Hotel,
Rio Grande Inn, Ottens tract, Build
ing Trades display, Wildwood Hard
and Paint company, Hotel
Elmira, Mech & Co., millinery dis
play; a souvenir float, Seaboard Arti-
fetal Stone Company, Yenney, real
Hotel Dayton, John N. Reeve,
float representing progress in the
real estate line, with young ladies dis
Iributing booklets descriptive of pro-
the Millville Band, Brother
hood of Carpenters and ~Joiners, Local
Edgeton Inn, Hotel Seacrest,
Colonial, Seaside, meat market
and grocery displays, freight handlers,
coffee float, Union Transfer
three wagons; dairy displa
John Wanamaker's free delivery, Cd
containing prominent citizel
Schell q Co., sign display; Jose
Geisenberger, w. E. Cozens, ST., lal
dry display, Judge John Bright a
in bus, street sprinkler, fI
and vegetable display, c%ontractd
exhibit, and a score of minor effects
The most elaborate of the floats, W
appropriate designs and artistica
printed, was that presented by Ba
Brothers, founders of Wildwood, WI
was drawn by four white horses W
ing gold pompons, in which were
ed twenty-four young ladies, dresse
white. The float had several ard
gowned with flowers, crowned V
forest and bound with ocean wa
descriptive of Wildwood.
On one side of the float was
prize phrase, paradise for Childho
Ocean-bordered Wildwood" On
side, "Ocean-bound, flow