Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-12-18
WILDWOOD BOARD OF
TRADE IN SESSION
Many Matters OF Importance VIII
be Looked After. A Ban
quet to be Held This
Winter
1908 TAX RECEIPTS EXCEED $4,000

An adjourned special meeting of the
Wildwood Board of Trade was held or
Monday evening in the borough hall.
President Philip P. Baker and secetary
Myers were present, as well as the fol-
lowing other members; E. G. Slaughter,
l.. M. Rice, L. P. Coney, Carl A. Has
win, T. G. Hamilton, Chris. Scully, V.
G. Reynolds, John w. Yonng, H. l..
Stricken, w. b. Livezey, w. G. Tay-
lor, Chas. e. Epler, ]. T. Baker, John
Bright, w. J. HARRISON and Jed Du-
Bots. The committee appointed to wait
on the Board of Freeholders reported
that it had done so, the result of which
had been that the freeholders and state
road officials had visited the island, a
public meeting held and the engineer
directed to prepare plans for the widen
ing and elevation of the county road
leading from Rio Grande to Holly
Beach. Another committee consist
ing of Philip P. Baker, John w. Young,
e. G. Slaughter, l.. M. Rice and l.. P.
Coney was appointed to wait further
on the Freeholders. 1t was stated that
Mrs. Francis S. Tice, of Wild wood, had
offered to hold a Christmas cantata in
Bakers theatre on Tuesday evening,
December %, 1908, for the benefit of
the Board of Trade. The board gladly
accepted the offer and appointed Pro-
fessor Myers, John Bright and Chas.
e. Epler a committee to assist Mrs.
Tice and also to send tickets and an
explanatory circular letter to every
member of the Board of Trade reques-
ting them to buy tickets. President
Baker brought up the subject of reques-
ting the railroad company to beautify
their grounds about the stations with
flowers, saying that the matter had been
mentioned to him by Mr.. Martidale.
IT was thought well, however, to defer
this until a little later in the winter.
The identifying of the park was also
talked over and Messrs. Myers, Harbi-
son and ]. 7. Baker were appointed a
committee to wait on Council CON-
corning it. The matter of the various
bad train connections this winter was
taken up and a committee consisting
of Messrs. Martindale, j. Il. Baker,
Hamilton and Chas. A. Reynolds were
appointed to wait on the railroad
officials and see if some of the glaring
defects cannot be remedied. Mr.. Young
suggested in order to lengthen out the
season that a floral and electric display
be held the week after Labor day.
He also suggested a horse show and a
baby parade. The meeting decided to
hold a banquet sometime this winter,
but no date has been set for it as yet.
The board adjourned to meet at the call
of the chair.
The 1908 taxes of the Borough of
Wildwood have been rapidly coming
in during the past few days and a total
of SIS, 459. "a have been received to date
since the first payment on September
80, 1908. The receipts are S 1900 in ex-
cess of the 1907 taxes paid to the same
date last year, a splendid showing. The
1907 taxes paid since Sept. 30, 1908,
amount to 81, 300. or a total of over
$50, 900 in taxes received by the Collec-
tor in less than three months. There
is considerable work attached to the
proper crediting of this money and the
banking of the same.
Get the full value of your money by
seeing MI. Crank, the great inventor,
at Bakers theatre, Tuesday evening,
December 22d. He alone is worth the
price of admission and will surely
amuse you.
A bachelors club with four members
has been formed at the Hotel Fenwick.
The members have a table in the din
ing room by themselves and each say
they will positively have nothing to do
with girls, (maybe). The members
are Jonathan Hand, Curtis T. Baker,
Harry Weir and Charles e. Epler.
We wonder if Mr.. Epler reached
Woodbine on horse back last Sunday
in company with N. Diamond, of
Holly Beach.
Heinz pure products, mince meat,
DIPS sour and sweet pickles and chow
at Albig's.
There will be special music at the
Baptist church next Sunday when the
large choir will sing ''There Were
Shepherds Abiding" by T. Edwin
Solly. The junior choir will sing a
selection, entitled "Children of Beth
lehem," by George F. Root. The pas
tor will deliver a Christmas sermon in
the evening.