Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-11-27
HOLLY BEACH OK ROAST
APLEASURABLE AFFAIR
Free Meat. Free Boat Rides and
Races Make Day One Long to
Be Remembered, Espe-
cially TO the Small Boy
NEW WATER COMPANY BEFORE COUNCIL


Thanksgiving, 1908, was a great day
for Holly Beach, the attraction being
an OK roast to celebrate the opening of
the Ottens Harbor, given by Henry H.
Ottens under The auspices of the Holly
Beach Yacht Club. Other features
were the various boat races and every
body had a chance to take a free ride
on the launch "Wildwood" and in the
glass bottomed boat. These trips were
made every hour out the harbor to the
main channel and on every trip the
boats were filled with men, women and
children. These boats were eagerly
watched as they moved in and out of
the harbor by the crowds on the wharf
and the banks of the canal. The days
program vas begun atten O'Clock when
Mayor Smith unfurled an American
flag, and then the Mayor and Council
made a trip to the mouth of the harbor
and TO the spot which is to mark the
entrance to the Inland Waterway. By
this time the OK had commenced to
cook in earnest and the chief butcher,
Albert Schneider, assisted by two or
three others were kept busy handing
out the meat, which was served with
bread and mustard. The small boy
was in his glory and it was a day that
he will never forget. The power boat
fishing skiff race in the morning was
won by Kris Kloo, thus winning the
first prize of five dollars. The entries
aud time in this race vas as follows
Kris Kloo, LIST prize time 1920
John Sorenson, I'd prize 40.13
Theo. Hansen 4S.23
Ben Pierson 1880
Ben Butler no finish
A. Carlson " 40 %
Gassnv Anderssrs no ffflfsn
Otto Lindburg F" 1905
John Nelson, disqualified, F" 1910
The tug of war two boats fastened
together) was won by John Sorenson,
the prize being five dollars. The other
contestants in this race were Kris Kloo,
A. Charlson and Ben Butler. The tug
of war between the row boats was won
by Gus Wilson and John Erickson over
John Bergman and Otto Lindburg, the
prize being five dollars. The rowing
match was won by Otto Lindburg, first
prize and Gus Wilson, second, the
prizes being S. and $3.50. There were
914 tickets sold for the OK roast and the
lucky number wal $50, held by Chief
of Police Lester Smith and he was CIV
en- the lot by Mr.. Ottens. William
Cakes, chairman, f. Himmelein and
Carl A. Haswin were a committee from
the yacht club which did good work to
make the day a success that it was. In
this they were assisted by e. Austen
muhl, III. b. Woolston, George n.
Smith and other members of the club.
The Holly Beach Council met in reg
ular session on Tuesday evening with
all members present. The report of the
Commissioners of assessment IN the
last grading and graveling contract
was considered. VIM. V. Hoover, of
Camden, a property owner here, APP
peared and made the complaint that
he was assessed, according to what he
heard, more than other lots of a cores
ponding size and location. The Mayor
directed him to examine the report for
himself and see if it was true. Mr..
Hoover did this and found out that he
had been misinformed. The report
was adopted and ordered turned over to
the collector to send out the bills and
collect the assessments. A paper in
the form of a resolution was presented
to and passed by Council consenting to
the organization of a new water COM
pany by the name of the Holly Beach,
Wild wood and North Wild wood Water
Co. The incorporators of the new COM
pany are Chas. A. Norton, John Reese,
George N. Smith, Fred @. Meyer,
Henry H. Ottens, Harry H. Hoffman
and Carl Erickson. 1t is the purpose
of the company to apply for a fran
chise later on. Bids were opened for
the furnishing of piling for the lower
end of the board walk where the old
ones had rotted away. The bidders
were Senator Hand, Israel Woolson
and j. II. McKeag. Mr.. Woolson was
the lowest bidder and got the contract.
The matter of deciding Rio Grande ave-
nue., from the bridge to Pacific avenue,
to the county was brought up and dis
cussed. The object in doing this, if it
is done at all, would be to relieve the
borough of the expense of keeping the
street in repair. Mayor Smith referred
the matter to a committee of the whole
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