Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11
HOLLY BEACH,

Philadelphia athletes have virtually
had charge of the Life saving service
along the length of Five Mile Beach
this summer and have made a good job
of it. While there have been a number
of thrilling rescues the fatalities have
been few and far between, in fact the
triple drowning on a deserted portion
of the upper beach being the only in
stance. The boys who have done such
uniform good service on the beach are
Artie Penrose, the well known U. of p.
man; Jack Grunninger, of Temple col
lege, JEFF Dougherty, the ex captain of
the P. g. high school football team;
Robert Mckay, a well known Univer-
sity man, Frank Schimpf, of Philadel-
phia, who will shortly go TO Princeton,
Russell Murphy of football and basket
ball fame, who is slated for Cornell
shortly, and George Delker, the young
man who holds the sixteen mile swim
ming record from Philadelphia to
Chester. One of Delker's daily stunts
is to swim out to the fish pounds three
miles off the beach and in most any
kind of weather, just to keep in prac-
tice. Delker has been one of the Holly
Beach guards while the rest ofthe boys
are distributed along the beach.
This resort has enjoyed a most excep-
tional season. The nightly crowds on
the board walk have been a source of
surprise as 1t has been twice as large as
that of last season and at the same
time the attractions on the walk re-
main about the same. The cause of the
summer influx is probably partly due
to the large number of small cottage
apartments and rooms which folks
have taken to ave expense of stopping
at the bigger places.
Mrs. DIR. G. b. M. Adams, of New
port, accompanied by her mother, is
spending a few days with Mfs-W. H.
Bright at CastIereagh.
Miss Adele Dowler, Taylor avenue,
returned home Tuesday, after spending
sometime in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bibighaus and daugh-
ter, of Camden, are spending a two
weeks vacation at the Sea Foam,
Leaning avenue. Mr.. Bibighaus is
Waterman at the bank of the Camden
Trust Company.
All schools will open Monday morn
ing, September 14.I
e. W. Forcum, w. E. Forcum, G.
K. Ober and S. II. Dowler are atten-
ding the State Firemen's Convention at
Atlantic City this week. Mr.. Dowler
and Mr.. Ober were accompanied by
their wives.
e. Yenney and family have removed
from their boardwalk cottage, to their
Burk avenue residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Kurtz, Ralph
Kurtz, Anna s. Marvel and son, Ern-
est S. Young, Mrs. ]. F. Tice and son
Theodore, visited Cape May on We'd
nesday. The trip was made by boat.
Mrs. Charles Lanning and two
children, of P%ennsgrove, are visiting
Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Harker
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church will serve a chicken
pot-pie supper, on Thursday evening,
September "a, at the Havilla, Burk
avenue. Tickets 25 cents. Ice cream
and cake will also be on sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Harker, of
Pennsgrove, spent several days with
their son, Rev. Samuel Harker and
wife. MI. and Mrs. John Gaventa,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Reeves, of Penns-
grove, were Labor Day guests of Rev.
and Mrs. Harker. The trip was made
by auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Conelly,
Charles F. Haux, f. A. OFT, William
b. Reed, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Alex
McCollister, of Steelton, Pa; Mrs.
Ottilie f. Hitchcock, Swarthmore, Pa;
Elton Risley, of Pleasantville, are at
the Prospect this week.
Center House guests the past week
have been Thelma Rigor, H. Myers,
Mrs. N. McCaw, Mae F. McCaw,
Susie Nickel, Mrs. K. Myers, Mrs.
Redles and son, Olga Lehman, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Heating, Edna Lehman,
Johanna M. A. Herbsleb, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Hargrave, Ruth Hargrave, e. s.
Rose, Charlie Myers, Philadelphia:
Oliver M. Fox, N%orristown, Pa; Mr..
and Mrs. Manus, J. d. Collins, Cam
den; Andrew Mattress, Glenside, Pa;