Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-05-08
SUNDAY CROWDS
VISIT HOLLY BEACH
w. H. Gerstel Making Improve
ments TO the Strand. Ladies'
Aid to Give Social
OTHER ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST

The first "realn spring crowd of the
year came to the beach Sunday, twelve
carloads of visitors from Philadel phia
1t was a nice day, even though the
wind was little chilly on the front
and the excursionists enjoyed them.
selves. The arrival of spring and sum.
mer is bound to attract 'summer girls
and chappies," as they are termed, to
the seashore. Among Sundays visi-
tors there was good showing of these
and warm, protected, sunny spots on
the front were in demand. A few
short weeks from now and the jolly
young summer element will make Old
Sol work overtime!
w. HI. Gerstel is making consider
able Improvements to the Strand, cor
ner of Pacific and Lincoln avenues. A
large extension will be built containing
many new sleeping rooms and a hand
some dining hall. The many changes
will be an agreeable surprise to the
large number of visitors who make the
Strand their headquarters during the
summer season. Contractor VIM. T.
Garrison is in charge of the work.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Holly
wood M. e. church will hold a silk
sock social in the new Centre House
on Thursday evening, May IS, 1907,
for the benefit of the church. There
will be recitations and music during
the evening and refreshments served
free. Mrs. Francis s. Tice has consent
ed to recite and an enjoyable evening
is in store for those who attend. 1t
is hoped that everyone receiving a sock
will respond.
For RENT.-Furnished cottage, five
bedrooms, suitable for large family or
boarding house, $500 per season.
Three newly Furnished coiisges, ihree
haxl --ea,s>a- -. -s-~ etsa, es-s -..,-s<-'sss1e
each for season. Nice boarding house
with twelve sleeping rooms. When
notified my carriage will meet you at
Holly Beach depot. 1 have few
properties on my list that must be
sold. Come and see me before invest
ing elsewhere. e. Yenney, Real Es-
tate, 1873 Burk avenue.
The Holly Beach Dancing Academy
ON Lincoln avenue, G. Il. Turner, pro-
prieter, opened for the season on Thurs
day night, May I'd. Dances will be
held every evening, during the spring
and summer it is said, exclusively for
for the enjoyment of the colored people
of the island. Prof. Gobe is floor
manager and Prof. Ed. Skinner, musi-
cal director.
The Cosmopolitan church, of Holly
Beach, will celebrate their incorpora-
ton on Thursday evening, May 9th,
and also tender the pastor and his
wife and the officers and members of
the church grand reception under the
auspices of the literary society. Promi-
nent speakers will be present. Re-
freshments will be served free. All
welcome.
To those intending to build one
hundred and six lots in the best resi-
dence portion of Wildwood are offered
in our second premium contract sale.
Write or call and let us tell you all
about them. The North Wildwood
Land Co., oath avenue and boardwalk,
Wildwood, n. j.
The Anglesea, Wildwood and Holly
Beach Gas Company will remove to
their new office adjoining the present
one the latter part of this week. Jos.
Hertz, the real estate agent, will also
occupy quarters in the new building
which is about finished. A
B. G. Ingersoll, the funeral director,
is now nicely quartered in his new
building on Pacific avenue.
Thomas J. Trotter, of Philadelphia,
representative of Mitchell, Fletcher
& Co., grocers, was among the weeks
visitors.
Centre House guests of the past
week included J. d. Collins, Camden
Chas. 9. Anderson, d. l.. Hemmerly,
Thos. J. Trotter, Thomas Montgomery
and VIM. R. Bullock, of Philadelphia.
c. F. Hall is visiting his son in New
York City.
Pastor Smith, of Princeton, will
officiate at the Holly Beach Presby