Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-20
WILDWOOD

years, brother of Mrs. nj. Il. Severn,
died at his home near Rio Grande, on
Wednesday, February Is, 1914. Mr..
Dampman was born In Schuylkill
county, Pa, and early in life became
an engineer and run on the Reading
railroad between P~ottsville and Phila-
delphia. Later he went to New York
City and run an elevated train. In
that city he married q Miss Stidworthy,
who became a loving wife and COM
panion TO him, and nursed him through
long years of intense suffering. Fifteen
years ago his health failed him and be
was obliged to give up railroading at
which time he came to Wildwood and
he and his wife rented the Edgeton
Inn, and conducted it during the sea-
son of 1898. Shortly after this he
bought the home off shore where be
died. Locomotor ataxia had gained
such a hold on him that for the past
two or three years he was almost help
less and confined to the house. Mr..
Dampman was a man held in the high
est respect, quiet, and home loving and
a true friend. A wife survives him.
Notice of funeral will be found in an
other column.
Bankers G. g. Eldredge, Heber Crane
and j. Fithian Tatem attended a BAN
quet of the American Institute of Bank
ing at the Bellvue Stratford hotel IN
Philadelphia last Saturday night. MI.
Eldredge and daughter Jessie spent
Sunday at Haddon Heights with g.
A. McWilliams and family.
Ladies' will now find the Wild wood
Embroidery Shop at the old location,
1872 e. Wild wood avenue, where Miss
Scott will be pleased to supply your
needs in this line and help you out on
the new stitches.-adv
Mrs. Philip Gould, wife of Philip
Gould, a merchant here on the board
walk, died suddenly. She was out
shopping feeling In the best of health,
she came home and while joking with
the children com planned OF not feeling
we'll, then felt somewhat better; she
then got worse, a doctor was called but
without avail. She left a baby boy
seven weeks old. Her health was in
the best of condition till the moment
she died. She leaves Z children and
her husband.
Loose leaf pocket memorandum
books, new line. Ryan's Stationery
Store, lab e. Wildwood Avenue.-adv
J.. r. Blackwood. who came here
from Quakertown, Pa, has rented the
Mcbride place on west Rio Grande ave
nue., and is a 1oriet and gardener as
will be seen by his advertisement on
another page. Mr.. and Mrs. Black
wood have travelled extensively and
spent twelve years in the southeastern
part of Africa, returning from that
country about four years ago.
Three Cape May county postmaster
ships were disposed of last Saturday
when Congressman ]. Thorn pson Baker
recommended B. Frank Smith of Ocean
City; Edward Wheaton for Cape May
Court House, and Leo Dannerhirsh at
Woodbine. Mr.. Smith is the husband
of Myrtle Simkins, q former Wildwood
school teacher. The three new appoin-
tees are Democrats and succeed Repub-
licans.
Albert Massey, an elderly man, died
at his home, 3S11 Pacific avenue, on
Wednesday. He was in i'll health for
some years. The family have resided
in Holly Beach for about two years,
coming here from Holmesburg, Pa.
In his younger days he IA IN athlete
and amateur minstrel. He leaves a
wife and several children.
George p. Leiberman, of Philadel-
phia, was down yesterday looking after
his property interests here.
The class No. 10 of the Hollywood
M. E.Sundsy-school will give a choco-
late social at the home of Myrtle Max
well, 218 e. Davis avenue, admission
1Oc, including refreshments. All well
come. Tuesday evening, February "a,
1914.
w. H. Bright, accompanied by his
daughters Honor and Eloise, was in
New York on Thursday night of last
week at the second annual dinner of
the Progressive party held at the Astor
hotel.
Miss Emily w. Louden, who has
been a stenographer in the law Office of
Jonathan Hand. left for Washington.
d, g. this week to take a position in
the Treasury department. Her parents
reside there.