, 1905-08-02
HOLLY BEACH PREPARES
FOR A TRADES PARADE
A BOARD OF TRADE ORGANIZED
Martindale, the Success
full Philadelphia Business
Man. Delivers a Stirring
Address to his At
tentiVe Hearers

The citizens of Holly Beach have
awakened to a sense Of local pride and
civic duty. Two important meetings
were held in the borough hall last week,
each with a grand object in view. The
first meeting on Wednesday evening
was for the purpose of arranging for an
industrial parade to take place on We'd
nesday, August 10Th, which will in
clude a display of all lines of business
on the island; and the second, on Fri
day evening, to organize a Board of
Trade for this borough. Both were
largely attended and great interest was
manifested. William E. Pharo called
the first meeting TO order and briefly
stated the object. The following off.
GERS were chosen: Chairman, w. E.
Pharo; secretary, E. H. Randolph;
treasurer, Samuel f. Mcknight, cash
Ter of the Marine National Bank; vice
chairmen, Mayors Latimer r. Baker.
Wildwood; Frank K. Smith, Holly
Beach; Augustus Hilton, Anglesea.
Chairmen of the subcommittee in
clude J.. Albert Harris, Wildwood;
Henry H. Ottens, North Wildwood;
John w. Young, Anglesea, and Har-
old B. Woolston, Holly Beach, and
John n. Reeve, of Wildwood, were
nan q as narsi e-ead~s~a~f9
gentlemen named will have charge of
oil n - \ F., 70 and an ,rpabnr DfoIoh
crate floats are being planned. The
parade will start promptly at tone O'Clock
in the afternoon, and reports of the nu-
merous subcommittee will be made
at the next regular meeting t. be held
in the borough hall this Wednesday
evening.
The preliminary meeting for the pur-
pose of organizing a Board of Trade
was called to order by Carl Haswin, a
prominent resident, and Judge Harri-
son If. Voorhees, submitted articles of
incorporation which were signed by
the ten charter members who under the
law will become directors of the new
body for the ensuing year. a commit
tee was appointed, consisting of w. f.
Pharo, Charles a. Norton and r. $.
Culver, with Thomas MartindaIe and
Judge Voorhees, as sub-committeemen.
to draft bylaws and report at the next
meeting. MI. Martindale was among
the many prominent citizens present
and delivered an impromptu address
in his usual f|orceful and interesting
manner, which it is believed will be
productive of great good to this grow
ing seaside resort.
w. l.. Douglas u Co. Union made
shoes for men, Russets and black, $3.50,
$500 and $50, at r. w. Ryan's Wild
wood Bazaar. 49, =
Mr.. Martindale said he was rejoiced
to note that the citizens had called a
meeting in favor of starting a Board of
Trade. If any borough in the world
needed such a body Holly Beach does.
He described the situation as it APP
peared to him on his first visit to Wild
wood three years ago. Nhlle stopping
at u leading hotel he noticed in a vacant
lot opposite a rank growth of poison ivy
and a lot Of rubbish. He asked the ho-
tel keeper why the same was not re-
moved, and the poisonous weeds eXtir-
pated. The reply was that nothing
could be done about it, because it was
owe in Holly Beach and that no atten-
ton was paid to such abuses there.
Mr.. Martindale mex drew attention to
%nuisances hat are allowed to exist at
the present time, where prominent cor
ners are used as dumping grounds for
decaying vegetables, old paint cans and
all manner of in~describable rubbish,
particularly mentioning the corne of