Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-03-18
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The dining room was tastefully deco
rated with green's and floral designs
and the tables had a ~profusion of ferns,
pansies, sweet peas, lilies of the valley
and violets. Each guest was presented
with a souvenir, a miniature American
flag and the Irish flag crossed with q
beautiful read carnation in the center.
MENU
Old Fashioned Snapper Soup
Potato Salad Chicken Salad
Radishes New Solutions
Celery New Beets Queen Olives
New England Chips
Sharp Cheese Crab Salad
Lettuce Salad Hot Biscuit
Mayonnaise Dressing
Deviled Crabs, a la Maryland
Ice Cream Dwarf Oranges
Cigars, La Tonia
Toastmaster Robert Bright in a neat
address introduced the honored guest
to the assemblage, relating the many
good qualities and the many kind acts
performed during his residence on Five
Mile Beach. Mr.. McLinden responded
in a happy vein, after which addresses
were made by Commodore VIM. A.
Turner and Tax Commissioner w. e.
Young. Captain George A. Redding
favored with the sentimental ballad,
I'm a Village by the Sea-" and Ed
mond Tice "My Old New Jersey
Home.n The addresses were inter-
spersed by selections from Col. Scott's
famous orchestra.
At an adjourned meeting of Council
last night George Redding was APP
pointed Borough Clerk by Mayor
Wheaton and unanimously confirmed
by Council to succeed w. &c. Young,
who resigned. Council voted Mr..
Young thanks for services most excel
lently rendered.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has had
a gravel platform built between Chest
nut and First avenues, for the con-
venience of the many excursionists. 1t
is the intention of the company to
have crushed stone put on top of the
gravel and also about the station and
otherwise improve the station grounds.
The present platform is inadequate,
and the roof over it Is so shallow that
1t does not afford shelter in inclement
weather, but the plans adopted by the
company will remedy this defect.
II. L. Callahan spent over Sunday
with friends in MillvilIe.
Be sure to attend the millinery OPEN
ing beginning March 10Th at u Holly
Beach store. Mech & Co.
Capt. Harry Mckinley, of the
latham life saving station at Stone
Harbor, spent a few days this week
with his family here.
Ex-Mayor and Mrs. Gus Hilton were
down over Sunday looking after their
property. They will go to Harvey
Cedars, Ocean county, near Barnegat,
this week, where they will conduct a
hotel the coming season.
Miss Frances Wheaton, of Court
House, spent a part of this week at the
home of her uncle, Mayor Wheaton,
on Central avenue.
Peter Surran is grading the lot at
Third and Surf avenues for Kathryn
Greathead, of Philadelphia, on which
Contractor r. A. Larcombe is erecting
a bungalow.
Mrs. Frank w. Dougherty spent a
part Of this week In the Quaker City.
Capt. Peter Peterson caught three
barrel of cod fish in his dory on We'd
nesday. This is the biggest day this
season for Capt. Peterson. Cod are
biting better now and the boats are do
ing pretty good.
Mayor Wheaton severely cut his left
hand last Saturday while chopping
wood, but is now on the mend. He
has 1t in a sling yet.
Contractor John w. Young is grad
ing six lots for William Bechmann, of
Philadelphia. They are located east
of the trolley.
Councilman Richard Rauch is hav-
ing some alterations made to his house
at the corner of Walnut and New Jer-
sey by Charles Beagle.
George Firth has just completed the
grading of a lot at Fourth and Central
avenues for M. NJ. McGinnis, of Phila-
delphia.
A large quantity Of the machinery
for James McLinden's new incinerat-
ing plant arrived IN Wednesday. The
new plant is located on Sixth avenue,
between New York and New Jersey
Mrs. Edward Garwood and Miss