Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-05-06
WILDWOOD BEACH
FRONT REPORTED SOLD
II is Said That Philadelphia Syn
dictate VIII Take Over VAL
uable Property and Make
Extensive improvements. x
OTHER INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS

Brothers have sold the beach front In
Wildwood to a Philadelphia syndicate
for something like half a million dol
lars, the deal to be contaminated today
in Philadelphia. A number of the men
interested were down during the past
week and stopped at the Hotel Grey
lock. 1t is said the Casino buildings
will all be removed after this year and
a new ocean pier built and other i'm
prpvements made, costing in the neigh
bofnood of a million dollars.
The Roslyn cottage on West Mag
noiia yer has been the scene of fun
aud frolic the past week. Miss Blanche
Booth, of Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, is
entertaining Miss Gladys P. Meredith,
of Philadelphia, and Miss Mary M.
Cannon and Miss Hilda K. Firth, of
Germantown, there this week and the
young ladies have been having a big
time. They entertained the Misses
Simkins and Mccartney, teachers at
the public school, at dinner yesterday.
Quite a large crowd attended the
band concert in the skating rink of the
ocean pier last Sunday afternoon. An
other band will be here next Sunday,
Harrison's of Philadelphia, at the rink
at 2.30 p. M. and vocal solos and quar-
tets will also be on the program besides
the band concert.
Flags and Decoration Day material,
wholesale and retail at Funck's. \
Harry L. Ogle is making improve
ments to his ice cream plant on Wild
wood avenue. He has secured the lot
on Pine avenue, Immediately back of
his property and is having an addition
hsskAeAA storage plant-whr be aa-
ded for this summer and a lot of new
machinery installed, including the la
test improved Bryan ice cream ma
chimes which does not require the
cream to be touched during the entire
process of making.
Read the Electric Flat Iron ad. \
Rev. w. Il. Johnston will deliver a
lecture in the Baptist church on Fri
day evening of this week at 7.45. The
subject will be "a Greenhorn Abroad. y
1t is instructive and humorous and Will
be illustrated by costumes of different
countries worn by DIR. Johnston, the
lecturer. A silver offering will be
taken.
DIR. Corle, dentist, will be in his
Wildwood office every Friday and Sat
urday until further notice.
Mr.. and Mrs. John q. Lightfoot, of
Pine avenue, went up 10 Philadelphia
on Wednesday to the University hos
pital for the purpose of having an oper-
alton performed on Nh. Lightfoot's ear.
A growth in the ear has troubled him
for a long time.
Kalbach Brothers are doing the cleo
trio wiring In the new bank at Court
House.
Flag and pole so cents at Funck's \
Charles w. Bosch entertained over
Sunday at his Wildwood home, Park
and Wildwood avenues, Messrs. Ber-
trand and Raoul Minich, of Tampa,
Fla, ami Robert L. Allan, of German
town. The visitors expressed them
selves delighted with the island and
will come again.
Hydrangeas, whete? Tronnem will
have a car load the first of the week.
Order early before too late. 237 w.
Pine avenue, Wildwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Seeley, of Bird
geton, are spending a few days here
looking after their Wild wood avenue
property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Warrington
were up in Gloucester county last week
and attended the funeral of a nephew
near Swedesboro.
All old soldiers and sailors on the is
land are requested to meet at Cedar Inn
next Monday evening, May 8, to ar
range for Memorial day. Important
matters will come before the meeting,
so a good attendance is desired.
Have you used the "Santos 2"
Valdemar E. Edwards, of Bridgeton,
was here a few days ago taking the
census of manufacturing. Mr.. Ed
wards is secretary of the Bridgeton
Commercial League.
A strawberry festival will be given
by the North Wildwood Ladies' Aid
society in the North Wildwood fire
house on Friday evening, May 10, 1910,
for the benefit of a new Sunday-school
building.
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