Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-08-29

The rain of the past few days has
somewhat lessened the number of daily
arrivals.
Without doubt next Sunday will see
the largest crowds in Wild wood of any
day of the present season. Monday
following being Labor Day, and hol-
iday, will afford many an opportunity
of visiting wildwood who could not
otherwise do so.
F. A. Wellington and Mrs. Thomas
Mcclure and son. all of Philadelphia,
are late arrivals in Wild wood. They
will remain for two weeks.
Oscar Boice, of Pleasantville, n. j.,
has been assisting his brother, L. l..
Boice, in his barber shop, corner Cedar
and Pacific avenues.
A "star gazer" arrested by Chief
Middleton the last of the week was
given his liberty on suspended sentence
before Justice Bright.
J. Hooker Krouse, tax collector, of
Philadelphia, is Wild wood visitor.
Many Washingtonians are sojourn-
ing in Wildwood at the present time.
The O. J. Leigh sale of real estate
advertised to take place yesterday at
the Casino on the boardwal was post
poned until Tuesday, September 4, on
account of the rainy weather. Sale
will occur at the same hour and place
as advertised.
Miss Mabel Stout Laning and sister,
Miss Edith Pauline Laning, two
charming young ladies from Bridge
ton, are guests at the Seaside.
Visitors to Wildwood continue to
keep Willard Hall crowded. which
is the best recommendation this ever
popular house could have.
Charles Wood and family, of Phila-
delphia, is spending the end of the sea-
son with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ely on
Twenty-siXth street. Mr.. Wood is
manager and purchasing agent for the
Hires Root Beer Co.
Wildwood is fast becoming famous
as summer home for Washington, d. |
c., people. A large number from that
city have been here this season, and
nearly every day adds new visitors to
to Wildwood's long list from the ma
TONS capital The latest arrivals are
Miss Margaret Smith and Messrs J. F.
Freer and A. ID. Mohler.
Among the arrivals at Wildwood !
this week we notice Miss Ethel Evan,
of Brooklyn, n. Y; Mrs. Thomas II. !
Griffin, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Thos.
A. McQuade, Pittsburg; William Shep-
pard, New York, and Miss Ella Hes
ton, San Francisco, Cal.
Recent visitors here were Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur }. Bankerd, of West Phil |
adelphia, who spent the summer of
1905 at the Hotel Ottens. They came
to the shore in Mr.. Bankerd's new
Rambler touring car, accom- panied by
Lawyer Jonathan Hand, of Capo May
Court House.
A meeting of the Republicans of
Anglesea, Wildwood and Holly Beach |
has been called to meet in Oliver j.
Leigh's building, corner Cedar and
Pacific avenues, on Thursday evening
of this week.
The musical friends of Mr.. and Mrs |
Martindale spent a most enjoyable
Saturday evening at that hospitable
mansion where they were asked to
meet Miss Anna Elizabeth Kelley and |
Mr.. Fritz. Allrich.
The fourth annual sale of real estate |
by John A. Ackley last Monday was
as successful as were his previous sales. |
Many people came to Wildwood for
the express purpose of attending this |
sale, and the attendance was large |
The JOURNAL was not able to get
list of the properties sold and the buy
ers for this week, but we expect to
print this information next week if it
can be obtained
Rev. William Epperson, a Virginian,
and Methodist minister located in
Maryland, was visitor here last week.
Mrs. George f. Huntington, Mrs. J.
p. Masterson and Miss l.. Airey gave
progressive euchre at the Sheldon
Hotel on Monday evening. Mrs.
Gamble won the first ladies' prize,
Miss Airey the second and Mrs. Bell
the consolation. Mr.. Davenport won
the first gentlemen's prize, Mrs. Fred
Wagner the second and Mr.. Gamble
the consolation.
Chas. E. Warner, one of our esteemed
cottagers, was operated upon recently
for carbuncle by DR.. Geo. ID. Wood
ward, of Camden. The trouble was in
the back of the head, which seems to