Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28
NORTH WILDWOOD

street, % blocks long aud loo feet wide,
places this resort among the leading
resorts of the Atlantic coast as TO splen-
did thoroughfares as well as magnif-
cent cottages. North Wildwood now
has two n parallel with each
other and the ocean which are gems
of street building and of beauty To
say that the c~ottagers and residents are
proud of their new streets and broad
lawns is putting it mildly, and in order
to celebrate this splendid improve
ment, arrangements have been made
for a street Carnival or parade to take
place on Wednesday afternoon, Sep
TENDER I'd, at 2 o'clock.
All the automobilists of Five Mile
Beach aye earnestly requested to decor
ate their machines and report in front
of the Hotel Ottens inn nediately after
dinner on the date given Cups are to
be awarded to the two best decorated
machines in the parade, and will start
from Hotel Ottens and will go north
on Surf avenue or Ocean Boulevard as
it is called, to Mace's Pier, Anglesea,
and from thence down Central avenue,
on which many famous races have
been held in the past, TO 26th street;
the parade will then turn east on Goth
and pass the Greylock and the Wild
wood Manor back to the Hotel Ottens,
where the participants are requested
to assemble and receive their prizes
and'then engage in an afternoon tango
with its accompanying pleasures. The
judges for the occasion will be Editor
Thos. G. Hamilton, of the Wildwood
Sun, Editor Jed Dubois, of the Wild
wood Journal, and Editor Chas. R.
Page, of the Wildwood Tribune. The
judges stand will be on the veranda of
the Ottens hotel.
Surf avenue represents the largest
single improvement made on Five
Mile Beach during the past Is
months; the borough council of this
resort have always endeavored to make
a speciality of streets and in the earlier
days when Central avenue was built,
on which many of the most famous
demons of the United States have
broken national records for automo-
biles, the councilmen early foresaw the
advantages of a splendid avenue, such
as Central avenue has proven itself to
be. AS the resorts have advanced in
prosperity and development the work
of pumping in and building Surf ave-
nue. was undertaken about this time
last year; the work was pushed during
last fall and all last winter as we'll as
this spring and summer aud last week
saw the final joining up of this V e
nue. at 10th street, thus making it open
10 traffic for the lower end of Five
Mile Beach. The avenu has cost the
borough in the neighborhood of $50, 600,
but the immense amount of good it
will do will far exceed the cost. Surf
avenue belongs to the entire beach and
everybody is invited to participate in
the carnival of next Wednesday and
especially are the cottagers requested
to decorate their cottages with flags
and bunting in honor of the event.
There will be a grand ball at the Hotel
Ottens, Wednesday evening which
will be under the direct charge of Profs.
| Wagner and Domineck, at which sou-
venirs will be given and all the latest
dances INDUCED in.
The Old Mans party which took
place at the Ottens hotel ball room on
Wednesday evening last was an event
long to be remembered. When the
old timers had assembled it was shown
to have been the largest gathering of
local business men and their families
that the beach has ever witnessed.
The men made odd appearances with
their hats, long gray whiskers and
stem pipes. Prof. Domineck and a
lady dancer gave a splendid speciality,
including the Maxixe, the Castle Walk
and the new Interpretation of popular
dancing all their own. Another spe-
cialty, initiating ar old colored man
was given by an ex-member of the
Williams & Walker Ham Tree outfit
which made a great impression among
the men.
Affairs at the Wildwood Yacht Club
the past week have been very lively,
many visiting yachts from the various
yacht clubs along the lower coast hay
ing tied up at the dock and enjoyed
the hospitality of the club. Since the
installation of the music box dancing
has taken a new lease of life and every
afternoon and evening the young folks
we're gathered for pleasure.
Camp Tioga has reared its white