Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-02
DEATH OF AGED HOLLY
y BEACH RESIDENTS
James L. johnson. Highly Re-
spected ColOred Man, And
Mrs. Margaret Meehan
Pass Away During the
Week
REGULAR MEETING OF BOROUGH COUNCIL

home of his son, James A. L.. john
son., Spicer avenue, on Wednesday eve
ming at the age of So years. He first
complained of feeling ill on Tuesday
evening, and a doctor was called and
upon examination, a rupture was dis
covered which was the cause OF his
death. He was born in Louistown,
DEL, April 8, 1928. Being left an
orphan at an early age. he was bound
out, where he worked in a shi pyard IN
Delaware until he was 81. He then
came to New Jersey and boughta place
a short distance from Westville, and
worked as fireman on the ferryboat
'Curlew,n plying between Gloucester
and Philadelphia. When the war
broke out this ferryboat was chartered
by the government as a transport and
was in Burnside's expedition, and was
at Newbern, N. G. After the wal he
returned to Westville where his family
had been staying and again worked as
q fireman on the Delaware river After
a time he sold his home and moved to
Philadelphia and secured work as as
sistant engineer in the Speckles Sugar
Refinery at Chester, Pa. He then
came to work in the old Eastern Mar
ket in Philadelphia. He moved to
Janvier, N. j., after a while, where he
engaged in farming. About this time
his health began to fail and he went to
work as engineer in a rug factory in
Janvier. AS his health did not i'm
prove his physicians advised him to
leave that section of the country for
the seashore. This he finally decided
to do, and settled in Cape May. He re-
gained his health and in the spring of
1884 came TO HANy has ses
manned here until his death. lie as
sisted at the first barbecue held here
several years ago and was one of the
first subscribers to the Five Mile Beach
JOURNAL. For several years he was
supervisor of streets in this borough.
His wife died here three years ago, and
he has made his home with his son
during the last few months. or the
fifteen children born to them only two
are living, Amos P. M. johnson and
James. A. L. johnson, both of Holly
Beach. He belonged to the Masons
and had taken the 32d degree and Odd
Fellows in Philadelphia, also to the
Good Samaritans. He was an earnest
worker in the African M. E. church
here, being one of the trustees, also sex
ton, Funeral services will be held on
Sunday morning at IL o'clock in the
African M. E. church, corner of Young
and Holly Beach avenues. lnterment
will take place at Cold Spring ceme-
terry. His familiar face and pleasant
smile will be missed by many as he
was widely known.
Mira. Margaret Meehan, wife of John
Meehan, died at her home on Andrew
venue Monday morning, of pneu-
monia. She was "a years old. She
was of a cheerful, jovial nature and a
thorough Christian. She will be sad
Iy missed in the neighborhood, and
among her many friends. Funeral
services were held on Thursday after
noon at the house with burial at the
Court House. Her husband survives
her.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Won Katz, died
suddenly Wednesday night, at the
home of her son, Charles Won Katz,
The Berwind, Pacific avenue, of heart
failure, aged n years. She came last
September to make her home with her
son. She was a member of the Metho-
dist church at Cherry Valley, Pa, and
was an earnest christian. Funeral ser
vices were held at her late home on
Thursday evening, Rev. Ralph Carlisle
OBLIGATED. Interment will take place
in Cherry Valley cemetery. She is
survived by three sons and two daugh-
tiers.
The Holly Beach Borough Council
held its regular meeting on Tuesday
evening with Mayor Smith and Coun-
cilmen Albig, Collins, Leaning,
Pinker and Scully present, as were also
Clerk Hewitt and Solicitor Voorhees,.
After the approval of the minutes a re-
port was read from the sinking fund.
Chas. A. Norton, n of the Commits
sioners, spoke on the subject and said
that there were $4,000 worth of i'm
provement certificates due or about to
fall due held by the Central Trust
Company of Camden, and that the as
sessments had not been collected with
which to redeem them. MI. Norton
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