Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-11-19
BOARD OF TRADE OF
WILDWOOD IN SESSION
Preparation Being Made for An
nuaI Meeting and Luncheon
in December. The Treas
urer Also to Present an
uemized Statement
BUT FEW TAX APPEALS HEARD

The regular monthly meeting of the
Wild wood Board of Trade was held on
Wednesday evening with President
Philip P. Baker in the chair and about
twenty members present. Mr.. Baker
reported that as one of the railroad
committee he had called on President
McCrea, of the Pennsylvania railroad,
and urged the restoration of the yearly
Communication tickets. On this mission
he was accompanied by Mr.. Martin
dale and a delegation from the Attain
tic City Board of Trade. 1t was an
nounced that the next meeting of the
board in December would be the an
nual one for the election of officers.
This will be an important meeting and
should be we'll attended. At this meet
ing the treasurer will present an item
dzed report of the receipts and expendi-
lures since the last complete report in
October, 1908. Upon the motion of
s9rs-ffzmsfturta 10hfmIEtss Hss apr
pointed to arrange for a luncheon to
be held at a hotel after the adjourn
ment of the annual business meeting
next month. Luncheon tickets will be
sold at something like fifty cents. John
w. Young is chairman of this com
mittee and his associates are l.. 2.
Coney, Robert j. Kay, w. ]. Harbi-
son and w. B. Livezey.
The Cape May County Board of
Taxation met in the Wildwood borough
hall last Friday to hear appeals from
local tax assessments of property.
President S. H. Townsend and ex-As-
,semblyman Ellis H. Marshall sat as
members of the board and Borough
Clerk Wilbur E. Young, of Anglesea,
as secretary. The board consists of
three members, but there is a vacancy,
Aaron w. Hand having resigned a
month or so ago to accept the office of
county school superintendent. The
board had very few appeals to consider
and of the half a dozen or SO all were
trivial requests.
Patrick Meehan and John J. White,
of Philadelphia, were down last Sun
day. Mr.. Meehan recently bought of
Joseph A. Coke the property known as
the Elliot cottage on Maple avenue,
which was occupied several years by
the Rose family. Mr.. White owns a
lot ON Magnolia
Jodie Heritage and Edward Demerit
were among the gunners on Monday
and had exceptionally good luck, bag
ging fifteen rabbits, a grey squirrel and a
possum. They went to Swainton and
in addition to the days cunning they
enjoyed a good old country chicken
dinner, but this time it was Mr..
Demerit who showed his love for
chicken most and not being able to
get enough while there, brought n
home with him. Mr.. Heritage and
Elmer Pinker went up to Gloucester
county Tuesday afternoon on a gun
ming expedition.
Mrs. Nellie Gibson, of Woodstown,
has rented the basement Of the Seibert
cottage on West Glenwood venue and
will soon occupy it with her family the
year round. Mrs. Gibson is a sister of
Mrs. Thomas U. Clark and Mrs.
Thomas s. Goslin.
Mayor George Hampton and Waters
B. Hurff, of Bridgeton, were here last
Friday on business. MI, Hurf is one
of the owners of the Hotel Wayne,
formerly Marine Hall.
Mechanic borders wanted at the Gem
cafe, Oak Nice rooms and
good table. \
Painter William r. Chew is busy
Frightening the appearance Of the Clin-
ton cottage on Maple emu He also
has the contract to paint a house for
r. w. Ryan at Anglesea. f.