Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-03-05
HOLLY BEACH BOARD
OF TRADE IN SESSION
Orders 10000 Handsome Booklets
In ColOrs. The Odd Fellows
Lodge to Organize ON
March rs
STANLEY ROBERTS GIVEN A SURPRISE

lHe Holly BEACH BOARD OF trade
held a meeting Monday evening which
was attended by a goodly number of
active and progressive citizens, and
which was presided over by President
George Nelson Smith. An amend
ment to the constitution was adopted
changing the regular monthly meet
ing night from the third Friday ofeach
month to the third Monday of each
month. Sherman T. Dowler, as chair
nan of the booklet committee, report
ed that a contract for twenty thousand
booklets had been awarded to James
w. Openshaw, of the Paret Printing
Company, of Philadelphia, and were
now being prepared for early delivery.
1t was stated that the booklet would be
one of tie handsomest ones that has
ever been issued from the island, and
would be printed in four colors on the
outside, and two colors on the inside.
The request was made that anyone
having any good Photographic beach
or street scenes taken during the sum-
mer seasons or any other good views of
Holly Beach, kindly loan them to the
committee for use in the booklet. A
committee, composed of Charles l..
Nickerson, w. IL. Austin and Oscar
Risley, was appointed to wait upon
city council and request that immediate
steps be taken to compel the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company to make the
long-promised improvements of lay
ing cement sidewalks OH Holly Beach
avenue, along the line of its tracks, re-
pair the railroad crossings, which had
in many places been allowed to get in
to deplorable condition, and erect safe
ty gates at the crossing on Rio Grande
avenue, which is traversed by thous-
ands of automobiles and teams travel
ing to and from the island. The next
18th and every business man, proper
ty owner and every other person on the
island hat is interested in the welfare
and progress of Five Mile Beach is re-
quested to attend the meeting and be-
come a member of the Board.
Another preliminary meeting of the
Odd Fellows was held last Friday
night and the name chosen for the
new organization was "Holly Beach
Lodge" The grand master and the
grand secretary were present and
March 25, 1909, was set as the time to
organize. Ten proposed members
passed upon by the grand officers will
be initiated in the afternoon and the
real organization will take place in the
evening at the borough hall. The new
lodge will start off with a membership
of about fifty. There are quite a num-
Der of Odd Fellows on the beach, who
belonged to various lodges Throughout
the southern end of the state.
Stanley Roberts was given a surprise
party last Monday evening at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Roberts, Andrew avenue, by about 25
of his young friends who gathered to
assist him in celebrating his 18th birth
day. Music, Rotations and games
made the evening pass all too quickly.
Refres hments of ice cream, cake,
oranges and candy were served. A
birthday cake, with IL candles made a
very pretty centre piece. He received
many pretty and useful gifts. Those
present were Ethel Shaw, Mabel Lee,
Bertha Ingersoll, Ethel Weary, Honor
Bright, Eloise Bright, Esther Yenney,
Fanny Forcum, Joy Bright, Rosalie
Pierson, Erma Norris, Vivian Johnson,
Marie Maxim, Elsie Duran, Olive Null
ford, Stanley Roberts, Benny Ingersoll,
Warren Mount, Joseph Robinson, Ray
mond McCalister, Warren Yenney,
Charles Hoffman, Harold Nickerson,
Raymond Holmes, Charles Nickerson.
c0The Junior @. E. society was organ
lied last Friday afternoon at the Pres
byterIan church with these officers and
committees President, Herbert l..
Norcross; vice president, Louis Lloyd;
secretary, Albert Johnson; treasurer,
Warren Yenney. Organist, Esther
Yenney. Lookout committee: Fanny
Forcum, Gertrude Chalmers, Ruth
Kramer, Robert Russell, Theodore Tice.
Prayer meeting committee: Warwick
Domnitz, Albert Johnson, Louis Lloyd.
Social committee; Theodore Tice, VIII.
liam Johnson, Eva Stein. Music COM
mittee: Ruth Kramer, Marie Alexander
Warren Yenney. Missionary and
temperance committee: Thomas Rus
sell, Stella Watson, Joseph johnson
Flower and sunshine committee: War
rem Yenney, Mary Luker, James Gree
Low CIara FaIahurO Rartha EelahurO