Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-22
WILDWOOD CREST

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Baker Brothers, Pacific avenue and
Sweet Briar road last Wednesday night
for the purpose of selecting candidates
for the offices of the new borough of
Wildwood Crest.
The following nominations were
made:
Mayor nilip P. Baker.
Council-T. F. Seward, Samuel Tay-
Tor, E. R. tombstone, Joseph James,
H. c. Carey and N. Diamond.
Assessor-Harry Nickerson.
Collector-Leslie Hallen.
Constable-David E. Pickering.
Justice of the Peace-W. G. Taylor.
The election board will sit next Tues
day, April 26, to make up the polling
list and the election will be held on
Tuesday, May Sd.
The post office has been compelled to
seek larger quarters for this summer sc
the two rooms formerly occupied by
Baker Brothers facing Sweet Briar
road have been torn Out and renovated
for the use of the post office. This
gives them a space 1928 feet, while the
former office was only ABOUT ski feet.
Regular post office fixtures will also be
installed including lock boxes. Post
master Hallen has placed boxes to re-
ceive mail at Philadelphia avenue and
Lavender road and at the station and
will place two more before the opening
of the season, at the pier and one
at Pacific avenue and Buttercup road.
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6 Plans and specifications are now in
the hands of the builders for two cot
tages to be erected at the Crest, one for
Jacob Zell, of Philadelphia, and n
for Charles McKinsey, of Wilmington,
Del. Plans were drawn by Lynn H.
Boyer, architect.
Contractor f. A. Mershon has the
house for William Cobb, of Philadel-
phia, nearly completed on Lavender
road.
A banquet is being arranged to take
place at the Holly Beach Yacht club
on the evening of Friday, April Goth,
for members only to receive the Henry
ID. Moore cup which will be officially
presented by ]. Fithian Tatem, son-in-
law of Mr.. Moore.
Opportunity day for good coffees and
teas at Albig's. \
H. H. Hall, a wealthy Philadelphia
lumber merchant, has awarded the con-
tract to Richard Larcombe for the erec-
ton of a large and handsome cottage
at the corner of For-get-me-not road
and Pacific avenue.
P. Gill, of Philadelphia, who owns a
nice cottage on the board walk at Column
bine road, is having a fine lawn laid
out and %shrubbery, trees and flowers
planted. Twelve carload of soil will
be used. Bernard Tronnem is doing
the wvfK.
Mr.. end Mrs. j. Howard Coombs
spent Saturday in Philadelphia and
Sunday with relatives in Elmer and
vicinity.
Recent Holly Beach Yacht club
guests have been William H. Ober, J..
Howard s. Boorns, Norristown, Pa;
Frederick Himmelein, II. B. Woolston,
Camden; Miss Louella Owen, Wood
bury; Harry G. Koeneke, G. Augustus
He'll, s. French Spang, Wild wood;
W. o. Hallen, Crest; Joseph Geisen-
berger, George N. Smith and wife,
Holly Beach.
One of the most delightful affairs of
the spring season was the progressive
pinochle at the Holly Beach Yacht
club Wednesday evening. The dance
afterward was also very much enjoyed
by all present. This was the conclu-
sion of the series of card parties given
by Mrs. Chas. A. Norton and Mrs. j.
Albert Harris for this season.
B. V. VanHorn is about finishing
the two houses he is erecting on Lake
Toad On the borders of Sunset Lake for
Howard Compton, OF Leesburg.
S. r. Banks has the contracts for
the making of lawns for r. N. Adams
and Godfrey Shmidheiser on Park
boulevard and also for the Holly Beach
Yacht club. These three properties
adjoin each other on the shores of Sun
set lake and take up two entire blocks.
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