Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-10
WILDWOOD BUDGET
CONTINUED

At a public meeting at Hazleton, Pa,
on a+sBday evening, Oct. !, Thomas
Mariindale addressed the merchants
and citizens of that city, at which
time steps were taken to organize
Board of Trade.
Wildwood Lodge. No. |, Shield of
Honor, will be established here in the
near future. Many of our prominent
citixens are down as charter members.
Herbert G.. Knecht and Chas. Knecht
are spending few days in their
father's cottage at the corner of Mag
nolia and Pacific avenues.
Among the willard Hall guests have
beet Miss G. J. Weisman, Merchant
Vile; M. II. Simms, j. I. Johnson,
Germantown; Jonas Suplee, II. X.
Heritage, f. l.. Silver, Clement e.
lloyd, V. G.. Reynolds and wife, Phila-
delphia; Horace Lloyd Phoenixville,
Pa; J. IL. Gordon ana wife, Jaekeon-
vile, Fla; Mrs. L. Myers, Alloway.
Recent guests at Severn Hall have
been the Misses Heilner, of Tamaqua,
Pa; G. e. Stretch, Robert Noble Mrs.
Lush, Philadelphia; Mrs. J. c. Mathis,
Elizabeth Wheeler, Camden.
Miss Sweeney owner of the cottage
OH Glenwood avenue occupied during
the summer by Mr.. and Mrs. +. Ill.
Weber, is down spending few weeks
accompanied by Miss Lodge and Miss
Mary e. Howard.
Whites Academy of Dancing. Cedar
avenue, below Pacific. Party every
Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Children's class Saturday afternoon.
Private class now forming.
The Cape House, hotel at Cape
May Point valued at $40, 900, was burn
ed last Sunday night, as was also
cottage owned by Ii. Q. Packham, of
Philadelphia. 1t is supposed that the
flames originated from lighted lamp
left by Mrs. Packham when making
an evening call The reflection of the
flames was plainly seen from Five
Mile Beach about nine o'clock in the
evening.
Prof. Lanning Myers, principal of
ths wildwood public school, is very Ill
with typhoid fever. DR.. Lummis, OF
Holly Beach, is the physician in charge
and trained nurse is in attendance.
His mother also came down last Satur-
day.
Miss Katharine Baker is teaching in
the principals room during the illness
of the latter.
At the Sunshine cottage there were
entertained over Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Schuck and son, Mr.. Mehuert,
w. Blumhardt, Miss Ida Hartman and
Mrs. Charles Miller, all of Philadelphia.
Miss Carrie Smith, of Philadelphia,
has been spending couple of weeks at
Severn Hall.
Prof. Witte opened his dancing acad-
emy last Saturday evening and was
greeted by a good crowd of fun loving
young people.
Miss Myrtle E. Simkins, teacher in
the grammar department OF the Wild
wood public school, visited her home
at Aldine last Friday and on Saturday
took teachers examination at Salem,
which was passed successfully and
enables her to teach in Cape May
County.
Clarence G. Eldredge, N. Diamond,
Sherman L. Dowler, Chas. e. Rake
straw, Robert Bright and John Bright
attended Masonic Grand Lodge of
instruction at Ocean City last Friday
night, going up the coast in automo-
biles.
Nicholas Corson, collector of taxes,
of Ocean City, was in Wildwood last
Friday, accompanied by his daughter.
Ex-Judge Harrison Ii. Voorhees, was
on Tuesday appointed receiver by
Chancellor e. b. Leaning for the
Wildwood Crest Hotel company.
The regular winter schedule of the
West Jersey and Seashore railroad will
GO into effect ON Thursday, Oct. 18th
The tide table for October is printed
in this weeks JOURNAL.
Wildwood has the lowest tax rate of
any seashore resort in Cape May coun-
ty and the actual taxes are as low If
not substantially lower than any of the
resorts. Keep your eye ON Wildwood.
Good government is beginning to tell.
The tax bills will be out in the next
week OF two and you are invited to
ponding property in any resort in the
county.