, 1906-07-11
GAY JULY DAYS In
NORTH WILDWOOD
Prizes Awarded In Events on
son Sets in for Certain
SOME OTHER HAPPENINGS

The Fourth of July celebration on
the Ottens canal was a success, in spite
of the copious showers Jupiter Pluvius
sent down. A goodly crowd of spec
tators witnessed the races. The race
for sail boats was won by the Lizzie
Pr Captain Joshua Parsons. who was
awarded the Ottens canal cup. In
this race the yacht "Polly," Captain
William Sawyer finished second. The
race for small motor boats, Captain
Harry Levering's Mable finished first
and received a prize of a handsome
silver cup. In the swimming race,
distance 100 yards, Otto Koeneke, the
well known and popular Wildwood
plumber, out swan all the other on
testants and received a money prize in
gold. George Redding, Anglesea's
popular marshal was second. Leon
Let's won the tub race, with Mort. l..
Johnson, of Holly Beach, second.
Captain Albert Johnson won the
rowing race, with N. Let's, second.
AT 4.3o O'Clock in the afternoon the
Glass A race for power boats Vas run
and Captain William Beckman. of
Wildwo I'd, in his speedy craft Alert,
Won a silver cup, with the Mabel,
Captain lowering, second and the
Edna, Captain Richard Stanert, of
Grassy Sound, third.
the early July days have brought a
large number of visitors to this resort
and the season is now in full swing.
There IS not an u%ntenanted cottage in
that part of North Wild wood known
as the Ottens tract.
Have yoI tried our smoked fish?
F. NJ. B. Smoking Co., 1873 Andrew
avenue, Holly Beach.
A number of teams and a force of
men have been at work placing the
base ball grounds in front of the
Hotel Ottens in first-class condition.
The infieid has been rebuilt and re-
grave,ed and the grounds are now in
excellent condition for playing the
National game.
The famous canary that delighted
hundreds of visitors last season with
the perfect in which it sang
Yankee Doodle, is no more. 1t died
suddenly OIL Sunday night, at the
Hotel Ottens. This splendid bird was
owned by Henry IL. Ottens and was
valued at five hundred dollars.
Try a pound of Coombs' pound cakes
The new home of the Wildwood
Yacht Club on the shores of the Ottens
canal, is rapidly nearing completion
and is now ready for the installation
= -uu civus-;oaI --..K.
The club members eX pect to occupy
their new quarters on or before August
J..
ID. II. Gibbs, of Philadelphia, is
spending several days at his cottage on
Eighteenth enu
ii. A. Nolte, of Philadelphia and
Atlantic City, will open a drug store in
the new Hart building.
Postmaster Joseph Boone and
family have taken possession of their
new home on seventeenth avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Evaleth are
entertaining Miss Bonitz, of Philadel-
phia, at their apartments in the Hart
building, corner of Pennsylvania and
avenues.
Miss Anna Madeline Harnett. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James j. Harnett,
is touring Niagara Falls, Thousand
Islands and Canada.
over Sunday visitors at their North
Wildwood cottages were: Amos II.
Christ, Albert Hart, DR.. ID. William
Fleming, Lawyer John Speckman,
William ID. Gibson and w. f. Buch-
anan, all prominent Philadelphia
business men.
Adjoining his handsome cottage on
Pennsylvania avenue, Amos H. Christ,
of the Philadelphia firm of Huey x
Christ, has equipped one of the most
complete lawn tennis courts on the
coast.
Chas. Mace has a force of men at
work placing a roof over the pier plat
form Tor the convenience of the hum
dreds of visitors who gather OF the
front every afternoon TO witness the
incoming of the fishing fleet.
The sportsmen who have been MAX
ing trips to the fishing banks the past
two weeks, have been meeting with
exceptional success. Sea bass have
been biting r%avenously aud great guam
titles of them are being caught.
John Moore, of Chadds Ford, is
stopping at the Hilton.
T.. :. Warren, Miss w. Boyle, Miss
A. Boyle and f. b. Leaning are Cam
deuites registered at Hotel Hilton,
Walter Gillian, b. f. Smith, G. Il.
Starr, of Philadelphia, and John b.
Bauer, of Pottstown are at Hotel
Hilton.