Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-15
WILDWOOD CREST

cant Crest lots is the result of the SOW
ing OF seed last spring by Baker
Brothers. The sowing of grass seed by
owners of lots is a c~ommendable prac-
tice, as it prevents the blowing of sand,
which on a very windy day las yesterday
for instance, becomes a nuisance that
is very annoying. If you own a plot of
ground anywhere one of the first and
most sensible things to do is to SOW it
with grass seed and get a good lawn or
sod started.
Pilipg and brush by the car load is
being shipped here from Leesburg by
Howard Compton and Baker Brothers,
the founders of Wild wood Crest, have
a force of workmen continually at work
using it for the protection of the front.
During the past few months the beach
has been making UP here and the close
observer can see that tons and IONS of
sand have been piled up by the surf
just outside the board walk. The old
piling in front of the board walk are
being removed and a beautiful stretch
of beach now greets the eye of the
pedestrian, which is a joy to behold.
R. H. Whitley, proprietor of the
Concordia Silk Mills, Philadelphia.
is about to award "a contract for the
erection of a handsome cottage near
the boardwalk on Rosemary road.
Mrc NaoIau N;adna ~ DL;loII
phia, has awarded the contract for a
large cottage at the corner of Lotus
and Philadelphia
Benjamin A. Jenkins, the religious
speaker at the Crest the past summer,
has bought the Gustav Weber property
OIL Forgetmenot road through George
w. Jessup and sou, the Camden real
estate agents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Widows and family
are here, having just returned from a
three months tour Of EurQpe They
are much pleased with their hand
some new cottage just completed on
Rambler road. Mrs. Widows has an
orange grove on the Isle of Pines.
where they will go shortly to spend
the winter. This island is a beautiful
spot off the coast Of Cuba and is due
south of the city of Havana.
The Holly Beach Yacht Club regis
ter during the past week contains the
names of ii. B. Woolston, e. Austen
muhl, Holly Beach; M. b. Massey,
E. G. Kettle, P. j. Clarity, Philadel-
phia; r. r. Stanert. Grassy Sound.
D. E. Pickering received a letter
from relatives at Key West stating
that his grandmother's house was de-
molished during the storm of the past
week. Mr.. Pickering was born and
raised in Key West, Florida, leaving
there when seventeen years of age.
The bicycle of Steward johnson, Of
the Holly Beach Yacht club, became
unmanageable the other day and the
genial steward bicycle and all went
over the bulkhead all in a heap into
the water. Beyond the wetting, how
ever, nj damage was done.
William Aucott and family, of Ger
mantown, spent the past week here in
their cottage on Crocus road, west of
the railroad, enjoying the delightful
weather. They will return home on
sunday.
Former Councilman Thomas Rose, of
Philadelphia, and family returned to
their home last week after spending
the season here in their Pacific avenue
cottage at the lower end of the Crest.
Mr.. Rose appreciates the place SC we'll
that he now makes trips here twice a
week, every Wednesday and Saturday.
The family of w. P. Land closed
their Buttercup road cottage yesterday
and returned to their city home.
A cottage is being built by Contrac-
tor Winchester Bonham on Laven-
der road, west of Philadelphia avenue,
for Robert LeFort, of Roxboro, Phila
delphia, a lace curtain manufacturer.
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