Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30
REGULAR MEETING OF
HOLLY BEACH COUFCIL
Petition to. Grade and Gravel
Bennett Avenue Referred
Back for Adjustment
NEWS NOTES OF REGENT HAPPENINGS

held on Tuesday evening all members
were present except Messrs. Collins
and Wright. An ordinance for the
macadamlzing of Cedar avenue was in
troduced, and the ordinance prevent
ing the removal of sand from the beach
failed of passage. Collector Barker
was directed to advertise all persons
delinquent in the payment of general
taxes and street, sewer and cement
walk assessments. The petition ask
ing that Bennett avenue, between
Arctic and Holly Beach avenues, be
graded and graveled and cement walks
and curbs be laid which was before
Council sometime ago, was presented
again and same was referred back to
the petitioners for the separation of the
curb and sidewalk items. The pay
ment of bills was laid over until the
next meeting and a note for $1,000 was
ordered discounted at bank to take up
some items now due. Council adjourn
ed for two weeks.
The Junior Epworth League of the
Hollywood M. E. church will meet at
the home of Miss Marion g. Max well,
Spicer avenue, on mex Tuesday even
ing. After the business meeting a
social time has been prepared. All
members are requested to be present.
The Coombs Lumber Company has
had a busy winter in their line of bust
ness and keep several teams on tire go
all the time. The company is furnish
ing lumber for twenty-three houses
now in course of erection on the
island.
j. A Lee, the wheelwright, is build
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opposite the school house, work upon
which commenced this week. 1t will
be a six room house with a basement
aud will be occupied by himself when
completed.
Principal Henry Chalmers, of the
public school, is having a five room
cottage erected in the rear of his house
on Burk avenue which his family will
occupy this summer, renting the larger
one.
Call and see Miss Seott's Irish croch-
ct and carrickmacross laces. 21S An
drew avenue, Holly Beach. =
Borough Clerk Harry S. Hewitt has
been erecting a house at Green Creek
for a party and one day last week he
received a blow on the head that has
since necessltated the wearing of a
bandage.
Butcher John Lopez took possession
of his fine new building at the corner
of Davis and Pacific avenues last week.
He is now having a stable erected in
the real of his building.
George Stein made a business trip to
Philadelphia on Monday.
Philip Mershon, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. A. Mershon, Hildreth ave-
nue..
Andrew j. Olsen and Ida A. Jensen
were married in Philadelphia OIL We'd
nesday. Mrs. Olsen was a trained
nurse in a hospital in Missouri.
The Green Family will exhibit their
Family Album for the benefit of the
Presbyterian G. E. Society on Tuesday
evening, May IL, in Borough Hall, at
8 O'Clock. Admission 25 cents.
William G.. Mcguire, of Camden,
was a visitor here on Wednesday per-
fecting the plans for his new house
which is just being erected on Spencer
avenue.
Recent Centre House guests have
been Maurice Crist. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam T. Perds, William T. Perds Jr.,
A. R. Rossell, William G. Mcguire,
Camden; Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Opper-
man, F. Baingo, w. Worth, j. q.
Buck, Philadelphia; A. j. Ogden,
Bridgeton; Laura B. Estlow, Millville.
Mrs. Andrew ]. Biddle, Hand ave-
nue., is spending several days with her
parents in Newfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Mershon were in
Philadelphia the first of the week at
tending the funeral of a brother-in-law
of Mr.. Mershon.
Havilla guests the past week have
been Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Solely, HI. L.
Stricken, ]. Frank DeChant, M. Wat
son Beers, Robert Dunbar, all of Phila-
delphia; w. V. Silver, Camden.
Miss Bessie Turner spent Sunday
with her mother in Cape May.
Mrs. Mccoy and daughter, Andrew
avenue, have returned to their homer
Philadelphia.