Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-13

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recently with John N. Reeve as presi-
dent; Truman Hickman, of Green
Greek, vice president; Walter P. Tay-
Tor, of Cold Spring, secretary; Mrs.
Edward Phillips, of West Cape May,
treasurer.
John w. Keeshaw, of st. Louis. Mo-;
has rented the Mccoy cottage on Glen
wood avenue for July and August, and
his family will spend the summer here.
Horace S. Hera, of Germanto wn, has
rented the cottage of Rufus Hays on
west Wildwood avenue, for the coming
summer.
Remember the date for the dance
and pinoehle tournament given by
Local Union, No. 904, Friday evening,
February goth, 1914, at Red Mems Hall.
Mrs. e. f. McClintock, of Phila-
delphia, has rented for a boarding house
the large cottage of Agnes B.. Stewart
at 23d and Central
G'uNA AHuct uds Dccu qulto SICK
with throat trouble, but is better now.
Anthony B. Smith, of Palermo, was
appointed jury commissioner for Cape
May county this week. A new law
provides for this office and that the APP
pointee shall be of the opposite poIit-
zeal faith of the Sheriff. Mr.. Smith
represented Upper township in the
Board Of Freeholders for many years
The selection is a very good one, as
Mr.Smith always made a conscientious
and painstaking official.
William Wright, aged SO years, died
here on M nday at his home, Pine and
Pacific avenues, where he and his FAM
lily resided this winter. He came here
for his health several months ago. The
body was taken to Holmesburg, Pa.
Mrs. Chas. II. Seaman, of Ithaca,
N. Y, spent this week here with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Corle.
The latter also entertained their son
Samuel and family on Sunday.
Word comes from Trenton that Mrs.
Nathan Nickel dropped dead In that
city yesterday. She was one Of the
prosperous hotel keepers on Cedar ave-
nue. and was ia Trenton visiting rela-
tives, She was about fifty years of age.
Mr.. Nickel started for Trenton today
to get the body. She leaves a husband,
one son and one daughter. The son
is a student at Lehigh University.
John Newcomb has been quite i'll and
confined to his bed for the past three
weeks.
Philip P. Baker has a handsome
new Mitchell auto.
Bank directors Alfred Taylor and c.
A. Norton, accompanied by their wives,
spent a part of the present week in
New York. On Wednesday they
were strolling on Broadway.
After the rain of a week ago we had
some fine, mild winter weather, with a
slight covering of snow before daylight
Wednesday morning. Yesterday morn
ing at seven O'Clock it was ten above
zero and this morning it was about the
same. Fine, snappy, winter weather.
Thomas Martindale and John Reese
were down from Philadelphia today
to attend the directors meeting at the
Marine National Bank.
Palmer M. Way, solicitor and direc-
tor of one of our local financial institu-
lions, and a lawyer of Wildwood, was
married on Thursday, Feb. 5, 1918, at
Pittsburg, Pa, to Miss Sara Matilda
Ray, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Joseph
Ray. Their friendship commenced at
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa,
where they were students. Mr.. Way
recently had completed a beautiful
bungalow In North wildwood on 22d
street, to which he took his bride upon
their arrival in Wildwood this week.
The groom is the son of DIR. Julius
Way, former clerk OF Cape May
ty.
Mrs. Mason and Mrs. MacMurtrie
were arrested this week at the instance
OF Robert Wright, charged with SLAM
der. They were given a hearing yester-
day before Justice of the peace Each
and in default of bail spent the night
in the lookup. Mrs. Mason keeps a
restaurant in the Bourse building,
Holly Beach. A further hearing is to
be had next week.
Roy Moore, OF Wilmington, DEL, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. ]. Franklin
Moore.