Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-08-22
OTTENS TRACT NOTES

1890
Speckman in the chair and Albert Hart
as secretary. On motion a permanent
committee OF five was appointed to look
after the associations interests during
the out of season months, reporting
progress to the president at his city
address. Charley Glenn is chairman.
A committee was appointed to start a
band, Mr.. Hart chairman. On motion
the secretary was instructed to bring
to the attention of the board of health
the ~unsanitarv condition of unim proved
ground at 10Th street and elsewh here.
Mrs. DIR. Mindil rendered her resigna-
ton, which was accepted.
The Hart apartment at 18th and
Pennsylvania is TO be improved by an
inn posing entrance and the pathway
beautified with plants.
Moonlight bathing has had the OF
tens tract c%ottagers going. Ottens
canal is the scene of much gayety
nightly, when large Gro W DIS of men and
women indulge Ia this popular sport.
The Wild wood Yacht club affords an
ideal rendezvous for donning the bath
Ing suit and where after u refreshing
bath, the participants and their friends
spend many q pleasant hour. The canal
contains q sandy bottom and the water
is at the proper height to make bathing
perfectly safe. The younger set of
Pittsburghers camping here never miss
a night in Ottens al and assist in
making the sport n grand carnival.
DIR. T. S. Boone is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Omensetter at her 18th avenue
cottage. Mrs. Boone and son are
spending the summer touring Europe.
The one big event of the season at
the Wild wood Yacht club took place
last Friday evening, when nearly 200
Of the Pittsburgh keystone Infantry
aud their friends and fully 100 of the
Ottens tract %c0ttagers were the guests
Of the club. The spacious dance floor
was used, necessitated by the admirers
of the alluring two-step and the may
waltz until midnight. Everything
possible was done to make the night.
an enjoyable and memorable event for
the visitors, and that they succeeded
was evipced by the rousing resolution
Of thanks and we'll wishes to Henry HI.
Ottens, the officers Of the club and the
cottagers who SO ably assisted in this
most successful social event. 1t is
this sort of treatment all over the island
that endears Five Mile Beach to all
who come here, and 1t is a kind Of
good fellowship that will eventually
build up Wildwood and make 1t second
to none on the Jersey coast. Keep up
the good work.
Samuel Bass and wife, of Lafayette,
Ind, have returned to their western
home after spending a visit of three
weeks at the Hotel O4tens. 1t was
their first trip to the island and they
were more than pleased with Five
Mile Beach.
Never in the history OF North Wild
wood has there been so many grabbing
parties from the Ottens canal as this
season, and never in the his DRY of the
leland has there been such a plentiful
lot OF fine crabs. A party of six young
| people in charge of Claussen Il. Voltz
landaa -2f2 OF the finest kAAefaet Sat-
urday while on board the "Colonel,p
in less than two hours. Grabbing par
ties are just the fad at present and no.
body knows the rich beds where they
can be found better than Captains
lShivers, Greer, Larcomb and Harrison,
of Ottens canal.
Augustus Charlson is erecting a cot
tage on 10Th avenue, west of New Jer-
sey avenue. Arthur Ely is the builder.
The family expects to occupy the
building next month.
The Food sale for the benefit of the
piano fund netted a neat sum for the
Women's Auxiliary of North Wild
wood Fire Company.
A. M. Ely, the contractor, is making
progress on the new addition to the
North Wildwood school building. To
facilitate the work he is using q gaso-
line hosting engine.
Misses Bertha and Carrie Schmidt,
of Philadelphia. are enjoying a two
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Becker, relatives.
d. r. Reese, wife and family, who
have summered at the Hazelhurst, re-
turned to Philadelphia Thursday.
William Standing, of Philadelphia,
was a weekend visitor. He was enter
tanned by his parents.
Geo. d. Mullen and wife, DIR. Flem-
Mug and wife, Mayor Hoffman and
wife, Judge Voorhees, and wife, John
w. Speckman, Charles w. Beck, Mrs.
Louisa Wright formed a large bathing
group on Sunday. They lunched to-
gether at the Wild wood Yacht club.
Henry II. Sheip, H. L.. Sheip and
wife, j. N. Foth and wife, Ed L..
Hill and j. f. Foyer, all of Philadel-
phia, motored to the Beach and regis
tered at the Hotel Ottens. J. Eifert,
wife and son, of New York, are also
guests there. They Will stay until SEP
tember.
George w. Trendle, Esq. and wife,
of Detroit, Mich, are making their first
visit to Five Mile Beach. They will
be guests at the Ottens until Septem-
Der.
Albert Hart and wife entertained q
group of friends on the cruiser yacht
"Colonelp last Tuesday. They sailed
to Cape May through the sounds.
The employees Of the Henry H. OF
tens Manufacturing Co. will spend
Saturday on the beach. They will en-
joy a sail to Cape May. Lunch will be
served at the Wildwood Yacht club.