Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-12-11
HOLLY BEACH

Tue Holly beacn Borough council Was
held on Tuesday evening with Mayor
Smith and Councilmen Albig, Nicker.
son, Pinker, Rauch and Scully present.
Clerk Hewitt was sick and Assessor
w. L. Forcum acted as clerk and read
the minutes. The matter of deciding
Rio Grande avenue from the bridge to
Pacific avenue was discussed and laid
over to the mex meeting. Nokomis
Council, Daughters of P~ocahontas, in
a letter asked if Council would REM the
upper floor of the borough hall for
lodge purposes and asked for terms and
same was referred to a committee. A
water plug was asked for at the corner
of Montgomery and Arctic avenues,
and same was authorized providing the
Wild wood Water Co. would rent it for
a period of N year. Engineer Rice
presented his bond i'll the sum of $2500
and same was referred to the solicitor.
An ordinance granting a franchise to
the Holly Beach, Wildwood and North
Wildwood Water Company was intro
duced. Chas. A. Norton, president of
the company, stated they would not
want to take up the length of Pacific
avenue TO lay pipes, only to go under
it. The ordinance was passed upon
first reading.
Isaac B. Parsons moved his family
from Cape May on Tuesday to the cot
tage Oh Holly Beach avenue opposite
the station.
A valuable dog was killed by the
train at Rio Grande avenue last Tues
day.
The Robbins cottage on Young ave.
nue. has been rented to Raymond Fit
craft who has taken possession with
his family.
Real Estate Agent Oliver Bright
mode a business trip to Philadelphia
last week. Mr.. Bright has been I'M
usually lucky lately, his horse, Dandy
c., having broke the track record at
Cape May Court House on Thanks
giving Day, thus winning the cham
pionship of Cape May county. Mr..
Bright also won the large turkey given
away at the Hotel Brighton last Satur-
day night.
Mrs. Mary A. Hand, of Cape May,
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth I'll. johnson, Burk avenue.
Mrs. Charles COPELAND, of Philadel-
phia is spending a few days at this
resort.
Mrs. Samuel Morton, of Atlantic
City, was a visitor here on Tuesday
looking after her'property. I
Mrs. George Stein and daughter
Esther, Andrew avenue, are spending
a few days with relatives in Camden.
III biir., and Mrs. Cna.les salDor ana
sol are visiting friends in the city for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kilmer well
coined a daughter to their home re-
Gently.
Recent guests at the Centre House
have been Henry b. Wayne, Camden;
Charles G. Eldridge, Collingswood; G..
w. Stetcher, r. B. Eberbach, Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. Jesse Mathuse, Rio Grande ave.
nue., has gone to Camden to spend the
winter.
Fred Himmelein and Edward Aus
termuhl of Camden were Sunday visi-
tors at the island.
Benjamin Botwinick is confined to
the house with a severe cold.
John II. O'Neil, of Philadelphia was
down on Sunday.
1t is reported that wedding bells will
chime on Spencer avenue about Christ
mas.
The Pittsburg Beef Company have
rented the vacant store in the Bourse
building, and will open a meat and
provision store on Dec. Is.
A bachelors club is about to be
formed ON the island and anyone wish
ing to join it can have full information
by addressing box 66, Holly Beach.
Members must be between the age of
q and %.
Mrs. Mary S. Powell, wife of DIR.
William R. Powell, died at her home
in Camden on Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Powell own a cottage on
Taylor avenue and were regular sum-
mer cottagers. DIR. Powell has the
sympathy of the community in his
great loss.
1Real Estate Agent Oliver Bright re-
ports the sale of the two cottages of
Edward Styles on Rio Grande avenue,
one to Robert ]. Bell and the other to