Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
WILDWOOD.

largest Dy 1ar OF any Aperel oh
Five Mile Beach. Cottagers and visi-
tors began to arrive on Thursday and
there was a continual influx of pleasure
seekers until Sunday when the first
regular LOO excursion of the season
came in with two sections of ten cars
each, all packed to their utmost capac-
ity. The Easter entertainment began
on Friday night of last week with a
basket ball game and dance at the ocean
pier. Free band concerts were given
by Oglesby's well known band every
morning, afternoon and evening until
last night at various parts of the
island, including the ocean pier, the
band stand, the Crest pier, the Holly
Beach borough hall, the Anglesea Dor
ough hall, Mace's pier and the North
Wildwood Auto Club house on Central
avenue An exceptionally large num-
Der of cottagers were down and opened
up their cottages and a great many of
them entertained house parties. The
committees of the different Boards of
Trade had worked hard for the enter
tainment of u visitors and they were
certainly successful and highly COM
mendable for their work. The board
walk was lighted as in the height of
the summer season with thousand of
electric lights which added much to
the festivities. The weather during
L ..l11o VNa.for cOacoo hnC hann oil
one could wish for, being very warm
and clear with the exception of yester-
day which was a little cooler. Tomor-
row night the weeks entertainments
will close with a dance at the ocean
pier.
Capt. Edgar Brown has awarded the
contract to Winchester Bonham orthe
erection of a one-story fire proof brick
store building on Pacific avenue adj
Joining the electric light office.
w. C. Herbert, a retired naval officer
of Philadelphia, spent Easter at the
Seacrest with his wife. 1t was their
first visit here and so well pleased were
they that they rented a house at the
Crest and will spend the summer here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Baker, of
Germantowpx - EasteE siEikssaA ~
aud Mrs. Hiram I. Parker on Magnolia
avenue. Mr.. Baker is about to pur-
chase two lots in Wildwood on which
he will have built a cottage for himself
by the season of 1911. He has rented
one OF the apartments in the Smith cot
tage on Pacific avenue for the coming
season. Mr.. Baker is a large contract
ing painter in Germantown.
So per 100. A No. l sc cigar, whole
sale and retail, at Funck's. y
Mrs. John c.. Funck, accompanied
by her daughter Florence, went to New
York City last Monday to attend the
wedding of her son Frank, to Miss
Lydia Lyding, of that city. Mr..
Funck is a salesman for a large lace
manufacturing firm In that city with
whom he has been for a number of
years.
Gilbert HI. Baker and family came
down on Tuesday for the season and
Mr.. Blaker will oversee the repairs to
his property and the erection of his new
hippodrome, lumber for which is now
on the ground.
The seniors and sorhomores of the
public school gave a successful box
social in the Holly Beach borough hall
last Wednesday night which was
thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
The class of Mrs. Dubois of the pub
lie school presented Prof. l.. Myers
with a fine Easter flower of which he
is very appreciative.
Rev. q. M. Corbe, assistant secretary
of the Home Mission Board of the
Lutheran church in North America,
will preach in Holy Trinity Lutheran
church next Sunday.
1t takes all of William C.'s time to
keep the new electric coffee grinder
going at Albig's tea and coffee house. \
William j. HARRISON has had a part
of the second floor of his building on
Wildwood avenue fitted up as a living
apartment and will occupy it with his
family.
Miss Pauline and Clifford Vaughan,
of Court House, visited relatives and
friends here a part of this week. They
are both quite expert at the piano and
Clifford, who is but sixteen years of
age, gave a musicale at Court House
last Friday night, being assisted by
Miss Madeline Michigan, the noted
girl violinist, who recently played here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heber Crane and son
Thompson, of New York, spent Easter
with Mrs. Cranes parents, MI. and
Mrs I. ThomnsOn Raker