Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-04
HOLLY BEACH

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the Havilla, Burk avenue.
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Aid Society Of the Presbyterian church
was held at the home of Miss Anna
Barker on Tuesday evening. These
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs. Mary E. Harker;
Vice-President, Mrs. Nettie V. Norcross;
Secretary, Miss Anna Barker; Assis-
tant secretary, Mrs. Francis Domnitz;
Treasurer, Mrs. Ellen Lundine. The
Society pledged 500 toward the Pastors
salary.
The marriage is announced of Will
liam Barker, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Barker, Taylor avenue, and Miss Re-
becca Forcum, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Forcum, Taylor avenue.
John Smith was found lying dead in
a wagon which he had been driving
last Saturday noon, by Officer Reuben
Norcross, on Schellenger avenue. Mr..
Smith had very recently gone to work
for Mr.. Brown, of Green Creek, and
had come over here to the Coombs
lumber yard after some lumber; he
complained of feeling Ill while in the
yard and the workmen there tried to
induce him to lie down for awhile; this
he could not be persuaded to do, and
climbed into the wagon and started for
home, but only reached Schellenger
avenue when 1t was found that he was
dead. Death was due to appoplexy.
MI. Smith was born in Philadelphia,
and was about go years old; he lived for
thirty years at Dias Creek. His wife
died thirteen years ago, and since that
time he has made his home with his
son, Aaron Smith and wife, Hand I'VE
nue.. For twenty years he has been
a faithful member of the Methodist
church at Dias Creek. Funeral services
were held on Tuesday at Cape May Court
House, Rev. r. s. Carlisle of the Holly
wood ME-. church, Of this place, offici-
sting. Mr.. Smith is survived by a son,
Aaron Smith, and a daughter Mrs.
George Hewitt, Hand venue
The Holly Beach Yacht club feet
journeyed to Cape May last Saturday,
and participated in the races held at
that place. The "Camden," one of the
yacht club racers, won first prize in
class "E.u
Walter Ludlam, who has been travel
ing the last year through New Mexico
for his health, returned to his home on
Andrew avenue, last Sunday. His
many friends are glad to welcome him
home, but regret his health is not
improved.
These new names are registered at
the Havilla; w. M. Spalding, Cape
May Court House, N. j.; Miss Ida
Linderman, Pittsburg, Pa; w. II.
Yenney, Glassboro, N. j.; L. D. Lull,
Newark, o.; M. Hanna, Wayne, Pa;
Frank LeFevre, M. F. Beach, E. F.
Kurtz, Mrs. G. s. Kurtz, Miss Richard
son, Ralph Kurtz, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Gilday, r. G. Chapman, E. BARLEY,
l.. r. B. Kurtz, William King, M. j.
King, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Law, Phila.
Miss Mary Brown is quite Ill with a
severe cold at her home, the Havilla.
Rev. Samuel A. Harker spent Tues
day in Philadelphia.
New arrivals at the Westminster are
Nellie O'Neill, j. N. Seldom, Mrs. NJ.
Tracy, MarieV. Tracy, Jean d. Rainey,
Mary H. Mclaughlin, Kathryn r.
Tracy, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Burns
and daughter, Mrs. Joseph ]. Friel and
daughter, NJ. F. Naughton, Miss Mar
garet Boyle and nephew, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. P. T. Wilson and son, Mr.. and Mls.
q. Bryant, Mrs. John Murphy, Mary
Murphy, Philadelphia; Mary Burns,
Mrs. Margaret Molong, Alice Molong,
Germantown, Pa; j. Smith, Santiago;
William McGuran, Conshohocken, Pa.
Miss Rose Stoeppel, n of the popu-
lar Holly Beach Post Office clerks, is
confined to her home suffering with a
severe cold. Her sister Miss Hilda
Stoeppel is substituting in the post
office.
Recent arrivals at Hotel Dorsey are
DIR. and Mrs. j. Thompson Schell,
Louis Wanner, Jr., MI. and Mrs. Harry
Jones, Mary Hackman, M. P. Herbert
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. .Effrig, Beatrice
Shappell, James H. Kerr, John r.
Umstead, H. E. Seibert, DR.. E e. Peta,
Ethyl Pechin, DR.. and Mrs. H. Hopp-
man, c. S. Wolten, JohnsC. Decker,
Eugene K. Krause, Chester G. Dosen,
T. Frank Decker, Clara Wolff, Mrs.
S. G. Decker, Miss G. s. Noll, Mrs. E.
H~arrisberger, j. S. Schneider, G. s.
Schneider, Philadelphia; DIR. and Mrs.
Edward G. Pechin and daughter, Cam