, 1906-04-04
HOLLY BEACH COUNCIL
MEETING LAST EVENING
Will Make Their Own Repairs to
the Boardwalk. Engagement of
Two POPULAR Summer Visitors
SOME PERSONAL ITEMS

AT the regular adjourned meeting of
the Holly Beach Borough Council last
night all members were present except
Councilman Long. A letter from Miss
Parker requested the grade to he given
for ten lots which she desired to fill in.
Letter was filed. Two bids were re-
ceived for the repair of the boardwalk
as follows: II. S. Goslin, S436; &. A.
Norton, $549. The bids were rejected
and a motion was passed that Council
have the work done. By motion of
Woolston it was voted to procure an
expert accountant to audit the borough
books and prepare the financial state
ment. The collector was requested to
furnish Council with data showing the
exact cost of the sewerage system. The
clerk was directed to advertise for bids
for paving Pacific emu to be in on
Tuesday evening, April "a, after speci-
fications were adopted for the same.
Messrs. Rauch, Culver and Nickerson
were appointed a committee to confer
with the trolley company about the
grade of the tracks. The street COM
mittee was authorized to fill in the
street at Garfield and Pacific
Council then adjourned.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Maxim announce
the engagement of their daughter Julia
to Mr.. john Patterson StetsOn Wick.
The bride-to-be is one of our popular
summer girls and is the daughter of
James n. Maxim, the proprietor of one
of our leading hotels. Mr.. Wick is the
oldest son of Charles Wick, a Philadel-
phIa manufactures, who was II of
the original cOttagers in Wildwood,
owning a handsome property on Pine
avenue. Jack" Wick has been pop
ular among the boys of Wildwood for
several years. He is well known III
athletic circles on the island and in
Philadelphia, playing on the base ball
and basket ball teams here last sum-
mer. He was captain of his college
foot ball team and is a member of the
Kappa Phi Fraternity Of the Jefferson
Medical college. The prospective groom
is to be congratulated upon winning
such "a charming girl for a wife.
Ladies' and children's trimmed and
untrimmed hats, beautiful flowers and
other trimmings at Holly Beach store.
Read our adv. on page 4. Mech IL Co.
Postmaster Fred c. Meyer has awar-
ded the contract to Frank r. Smith for
the erection of a building 34X36 feet on
Andrew avenue, opposite the present
post office. The first floor will be used
for the post office, as larger quarters are
needed for the increase in the postal
business. The second and third stories
will be rented out for living apartments.
The material is on the ground now for
the new building.
See Albig's useful addition inside. <
The United Grocery Store Company,
of Philadelphia, will open a Holly
beacn DrdDcH SlOI6 Ill CHe DOuISe
building, on Thursday of this week.
Harvey Flitcraft, a representative of
the company is here stocking the store
which will be managed by Israel
Woolson.
1t was an unusually large congrega-
ton that gathered last Sunday morning
and evening in the Hollywood M. e.
church to hear the new pastor Rev. w.
L. King deliver two excellent sermons.
Henry A. Hartman, of Philadelphia,
spent Saturday here a guest of the
Centre House in company with Wen
eel Hartman and Sam1B. Gilpin. The
party inspected the work on the pretty
cottage being erected for Mr.. Hartman,
on Leaning avenue near the beach
which!is progressing rapidly under the
direction of Contractor Hewitt.