Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-07-18
OTTENS TRACT NOTES

North Wildwood have raised a fund
and secured George A. Gray and his
flying machine, which arrived this
week and is located in front Of the
Hotel Ottens, from which point daily
flights are made when the weather
will permit. Aviator Gray comes
from Boston and waa married six
weeks ago to q Virginia girl, who
frequently takes a flight with
him. They are quartered at the
Hotel Ottens. He was engaged early
in the summer by the Business Mems
Association of Ocean City and made
numerous flights from that city. This
week he broke with the Ocean City
people and came to Wildwood on
Wednesday. He claims that the
Ocean City people broke their contract
with him. He was led to believe that
Ocean City would be a grand place to
coin money from passenger flights and
entered into an agreement with them
to guarantee hotel bills for himself,
wife and mechanician, expenses of oil
and provide a suitable hangar. Mr..
Gray said: ~ have fulfilled the pro-
visions Of my contract with Ocean City
In every way. I never received one
cent from any association or anyone
in Ocean City for any flights made.
1 gave 40 flights there. If these flights
were paid for at the price usually given
they would cost between $4,000 and
$4,000 MI. Gray is under contract to
fly from Hotel Ottens everyday that
the weather will permit. A one day
flight is being arranged to go to Bridge
ton, stopping at Court House and at
Millville, returning to Wildwood the
same day. A race with Charles e..
Glenn, a local contractor, on a motor
cycle on the beach is also being ar
ranged for, as well as a race with
Mayor Hoffman in his automobile.
There promises to be some interesting
times the coming few weeks.
A euchre is held every Tuesday after
noon at the Wildwood Yacht club in
charge of Mesdames l.. Schmidt,
Flemming andG. Rodenhausen. Every
Friday night there is a dance, which
Misses Emily Liyengood, Sara Flem-
ming and Francis Silberstein have
arranged for. An auto will convey
people attending these functions from
the trolley at 18th street.
William Voltz, a wellknown Phila-
delphian, is down for three weeks in
the Stewart cottage on 18th street.
DR.. Flemming has a new Cole auto
mobile. Autoists are now obliged to
go to Atlantic City to obtain q license.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. III. Snyder have
had as guests Chester Campbell and
sister Bessie, Of Ridley Park, Pa; Miss
FiorenuB- Ramsey, Of Chester, Pa;
Edwin R. Walden, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Watkin and Miss Irene Stein.
back, of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Anstey and son
Norman were the guests of Mr.. Anstey's
sister, Mrs. VIM. Burke, Of 18th and
New York avenues.
The North Wildwood Sunday-school
went to the bay shore on Tuesday and
picniced at Pierce's Point. They had
ajolly time going in four big wagons.
Mrs. G. White and children and
Miss Annie White, of Philadelphia,
were down on Tuesday, as were also
Mr.. and Mrs. Huston.
Mrs. Won der Lind is down for the
season withher daughter, Mrs. @. Frey.
Fred Chapel and family are visiting
relatives down in Delaware.
The Silberstein family are down in
their cottage at 10th and Central ave.
nue..
The Ross family arrived on Tuesday
from Utica and have opened up their
new Bath houses.
A fund has been raised to induce a
flying msching to come here and as a
result Aviator Gray is here and giving
daily flights.
Esther Brad way, of Philadelphia, is
spending a week with her aunt, Mrs.
Surran, al is also Mary G. Broadway, OF
Vineland.
Fifteen young men from Pittsburg
are stopping at the Maccabee cottage,
East 18th street. They went fishing
with Borough Clerk George Redding
in the Vincent one day and got SAC
pounds of fish, actual weight, SOC
pounds of which were shipped to Pitts
burg relatives and friends.
Mrs. Claude Serfass and family are
cottaging at ga E. 20 street.
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