Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-03
MEMORIAL DAY AT
WILDWOOD-B SEA
II Is Estimated That 2 S 1000 People
Viewed the Beautiful
Exercises
ABOUT FORTY OLD VETERANS IN LINE

perienced at Wildwood and one that
will long be remembered by the many
visitors. Never before in the history
of the resorts were so many people seen
on the boardwalk before the formal
opening of the season on Decoration
day3ss was witnessed this year. The
trains came in packed on Saturday and
Sunday, and on Monday all the Sec
tions of the Philadelphia excursion
train, the Bridgeton and Salem excur-
sions and the regular trains carried the
limit of their capacity. A very large
number of the boardwalk amusements
and stores were opened for the season
or Saturday, making the boardwalk
look as If 1t might be in the middle of
August. All the boardwalk proprietors
say they had the biggest Decoration
days business they ever had and are
jubilant over the prospects. On Satur-
day night besides the boardwalk
amusements, the Fraternal Order of
Eagles was instituted, which, with
their parade, helped to liven things up
on the front and added largely to the
crowd of visitors. Harrison's band,
which is to render music on the board
walk this summer, came down Satur-
day night and gave high-class concerts
at the boardwalk band pavilion Sat-
urday evening, Sunday and Monday,
which were of an exceptionally high
order and the large audiences were not
slow in showing their appreciation.
Members of the band render vocal
selections, including solos, quartettes
and choruses in connection with the
band music which is a new idea here
and one that has been well received.
1NQn M0ndaY the regular Memorial
day program as ~prepktsd by the COM
mittee and their assistants was carried
out without a hitch or break of any
kind. AT noon the Veterans of the
Civil War held their annual dinner at
Cedar Hall. The forming of the an
nual Memorial day parade took place
at two O'Clock at the Wildwood ocean
pier aud it was n of the most sue
cessful We held. The procession was
headed by Harrison's band, followed
by the veterans, the First Boys Brigade
of Five Mile Beach and the school
children of the island and proceeded
down the boardw to the Casino pier
where the children strewed flowers on
the waves in honor of the heroes who
fell in the civil war. From there they
marched down to Atlantic avenue, UP
Atlantic avenue to Wild wood avenue,
and then to the beach for the May pole
exercises and launching of the flower
boat, "Mystic.n Miss Frances Means,
daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs. r. HI. Means,
was May Queen and she was attended
by Miss Blanche Daggan. Just as the
boat was being carried out a salute was
fired by a number of veterans as a trib-
ute to their departed comrades. Rev.
S. A. Harker, pastor of the Holly Beach
Presbyterian church, was orator of the
day and gave an excellent address at the
band stand Immediately following the
exercises. About seven O'Clock the sky
became clouded and a thunder storm
came up which for a time threatened
to maj the evenings pleasure, but it
passed over and although it delayed
the fireworks until after the late train
had left, the day ended with everybody
happy and well pleased with the days
pleasure. A late train was run in two
sections to Camden and Philadelphia,
leaving the Crest at 9.22, giving the ex-
cursionIsts a long day at the shore.
The railroad officials say they carried