Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-01-14
MIDWINTER DOINGS AT
WILDWOOD-BY SEA
Old Directors Reelected at the Marine
National Bank. Deposits Are s60.ooo
Ahead OF a Year Ago. Three Cot
taues ON GIenvvood Avenue Sold
MRS. FERRIS SELLS CEDAR AVENUE HOUSE

The annual meeting of the Marine
National Bank was held on Tuesday
and the old directors were all reelected
as follows r. w. Ryan, George Mel
son Smith, Frederick sutton, J. tithian
Tatem, H. H. Voorhees,, w. IL. Bright,
John Reese, Fred G. Meyer, George j..
Ent. Thomas Martindale and jed
Dubois. Benz. F. Barker served as
Judge of election aud K. S~chlichting
and Carl Erickson as tellers. $50 of
the 800 shares of stock were voted. The
board organized by re-electing r. w.
Ryan, president; George n. Smith,
vice president, and g. g. Eldredge,
cashier. This bank commenced BUSH
ness in June, 1902, with a capital OF
$50. 900. and has had a successful career.
Today the deposits are $500 1000 or
$50, 900 more than a yearago. The sur
plus and undivided profits to date
amount to $37, 900 and 81, 800 in divi-
dends have been paid to stockholders
and a $4,000 property paid for. The
bank pays three per cent. on time de
posits and of the $500, 900 deposits one
third of this sum is deposited in this
time account. Since the bank was
started on June 2, 1902, to the close of
the last interest period, Nov. 30, 1909,
there has been paid to depositors in
this savings account the tidy sum OF
$15, O61. 40. Commence the new
year Alright by opening an account at
the Marine Bank.
Mrs. Ellen Boyle, of Philadelphia,
has sold her Glenwood avenue cottage
to Mrs. H. b. Crowley, of Bristol, Pa.
The Crowley family are spending the
winter in Ohio, and will take up their
residence in their new home next sum-
mer. A heating plant will be installed
and the house fitted up for an all the
ve6f found residence. The new owner
has put a lot of furniture in the house.
Frank Dorrell has bought of John
w. f. Wilkinson, of Clarion, Pa, the
corner property at New York and
Glenwood avenues, located opposite
the public school building. The house
has been allowed to get out of repair in
late years and MI. Dorrell will make
numerous Improvements and move
therein.
j. Charles Todd, who recently bought
the Harrigan drug store property, for
smerly the Quimby property at the cor
ner of Pacific and Oak avenues, has
bought also the George d. Firmin cot
tage on Glenwood avenue. Mr.. Todd
is a retired Philadelphia druggist and
last summer he occupied the Firmin
cottage, removing in the fall to the
apartments over the drug store.
Mrs. George Ferris has sold her cot
tage at the corner of Cedar and Park
to Henry E. Hippel, a clerk in
the Philadelphia post office. Mr.. Hip
pei was here on Wednesday.
Have you an electric fiat IRON?
Arthur. son of Mrs. Charles Hustled,
of Millville, died at the home of his
aunt, Mrs. Joseph Heritage on Pine
avenue last Monday of tuberculosis.
He was thirteen years of age and had
come down on New Years day with
his. brother to visit his aunt and uncle
and Sunday they were Joined by Mrs.
Hustled and her other three children.
He had been in poor health for some
and was taken worse while here and
died. The remains were taken to
Bridgeton yesterday where services
were held in the Trinity M. e. church
and interment was made in Overlook
cemetery. Mrs. Hustled has the SYM
pathy of a wide circle of friends. Just
a year ago last Saturday her husband
died in Millville of the same disease.
A Business Mems League was form
ed at the borough hall on Tuesday
night for the protection of the business
interests on the island and especially
to protect the merchants against those
who come here just for the summer
and go away at the close of the season
leaving large unpaid bills. VIM. j.
HARRISON was elected president; Chas.
l.. Nickerson, first vice president; l.. S.
Caldwell, second vice president; Chas.
G. Glenn, third vice president; V. G..
Reynolds, secretary; Fred G. Cole,
treasurer.
The Ladies' Thimble club met at the
home of Mrs. V. g. Reynolds on Wild
wood avenue last Wednesday after
noon. Refreshments were served and
as usual a most pleasant time was en-
joyed. Those present were Mesdames
J. Albert Harris, George N. Smith, l..
J. Mccormick, Charles A. Norton, j..
d Hoffman and Joseph Geisenberger.