Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-15
$4,000 HIGH SCHOOL
Q FOR WILDWOOD
Board of Education Considering
Plans and VIII Build Same
If Money is Voted
COUNCILMAN GOSLIN ERECTING A HOME

eX pect to build a new school building
to cost $50, 600, provided the amount is
voted by the legal voters of the district.
The location proposed is in the park
section just west of the railroad station
between Wildwood and Oak venue
The board held an adjourned meeting
at the Hotel Fen wick on Monday eve
ming and inspected drawings and plans
submitted by a half dozen architects in
response to the following letter sent out
by School Trustee w. B. Livezey:
"The Board of Education of Wild
wood, n. j., has appointed a Com
mittee (of which / am Secretary to
get competitive bids on plans for a
High School building, costing not less
than $4,000. Same to be erected of
brick or stone. Interior TO have as
sembly hall and six class rooms one of
which on the upper floor is to be ar
ranged for labratory. Also Manual
Training department in basement or
ground floor. The understanding is
that the plans ere to be submitted with
out any cost to the Board or Borough
unless accepted. Plans to conform to
State requirements and be in not later
than January 4th, 1909"
r. w. Ryan, president of the board,
presided, and other trustees present
were Messrs. Durham, Eldredge, Cos
lin, Livezey, Slaughter and Tresher.
Plans were received from Henry Mac
Comb, Paul Davis, H. l.. Reinhold,
George e. Lovett, Ralph K. White, of
Philadelphia; Thomas Stephen and
Herbert Moffet, of Camden. A repre-
sentative of the heating plant now in
operation in the present school house
vas present and conferred with the
board with a view to inducing them to
adopt the same kind of heating in the
new building. The meeting did not
adopt any set of plans but adjourned
TfoneweektU-fuTtf1er consder the
matter. 1t is the intention to put the
proposition of issuing the bonds and the
selection of the site to a vote of the
people at the regular school election on
Tuesday, March Is, 1909. The new
building is to be used as a high school
and the present one for the primary
department. The present bonded in
debtedness of the Wildwood school dis
trict is l 5000. The plans for the new
building are on exhibition at the
TnTrID A T OHiaa rytara nnn rno
inspect them.
David Birch, of Court House, was
here last Saturday in the interest of
starting an Odd Fellows Lodge on the
island.
Koffee, Koffee, Koffee house is the
place to bring your troubles about cof-
fees. Samples cheerfully submitted
at Albig's. \
John Ogden, of Bridgeton, was down
last Saturday visiting relatives.
e. Lusk has disposed of his newsstand
and cigar business on Wildwood ave-
nue. to w. S. Wright, of Riverside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lusk will go to Gin
cinnati, Ohio, next week, the vicinity
of their former home.
]. Swing Willis, of Court House, was
here on Tuesday driving a spanking
team of horses, accompanied by his
cousin, Miss Ride Sloyer, of Philadel-
phia, who has been spending the past
few months at the home of Mr.. Willis
for her health.
David q. Bayless, who was on the
sick list for the past week threatened
with pneumonia. is able to be about
again.
Joseph Heritage and Councilman
Harry Durham attended the funeral of
Charles Hustled at Bridgeton on Mon
day. The deceased was a brother-in-
law of of Mr.. Heritage.
The news stand at the railroad sts-
ton was broken into last Saturday
night and about three dollars in cash
and a number of cigars taken.
B J.. Thompson Baker is down as one
of the speakers at the third annual din
ner of the Poor Richard Club to be held
at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel in Phil
adelphia on Monday evening, January
IS. 1909. The club is an organization
of advertising men and one of its lead
ing members and sponsors is Thomas
Martindale. Mr.. Bakers subject will
be "Our Patron Saint" Another
sneaker will be DIR. Martin g. Brum-
baugh, superintendent of Philadelphia
schools, a near relative of Miss Brum-
baugh, one of the Holly Beach school
teachers. The subject Of his address
will be benjamin Franklin and the
Pennsylvania Dutch" Former Gov
ernor Wise, of West Virginia, will be
another speaker.