Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-30
WILDWOOD

A very pretty wedding took place on
Wednesday evening, January 2S, 1914,
at the Hollywood M. e. church, when
Miss Efie Johnson, daughter of Cap
tain Tom johnson, of Burk avenue,
was married to Mr.. Thomas Holmes,
of Wildwood by Rev. Carlisle. The
Maid of Honor was Mrs. John Hayes,
of Andrew avenue, aud the best man
was John Hayes. The church was
crowded with friends. After the cere-
mony the couple and their invited
friends proceeded to the groom's home
at 367 west Burk avenue, where the re-
mainder of the evening was spent very
pleasantly. Miss Hand rendered some
fine piano solos, while John Keller gave
some vocal solos. The ceremony at
church took place Immediately after
the prayer meeting and after the knot
was securely tied by the preacher the
event was celebrated by the blowing of
whistles and the ringing of the church
bell.
We invite YOU to Join the large
number of individuals, firms and cor
porations, who for many years have
found their banking relations with
this Bank to be both agreeable aud
profitable. The Marine National
3ank.-adv.
An automobile party from Sea Isle
City was here Monday afternoon, COM
prising Editor Chas. S. Turley, of the
Cape May County Times; City Com
missioners f. w. Fowkes and Jerry
Delaney, Lewis Steinmayer, Jr., Lewis
Conn, Father Gavin, Chaplain of the
military academy at Eddington, Pa,
and Hon. e. q. Stille, ofTuckahoe.
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
f. d. Turpen, aged 81 years, died at
his home on Sunday, January IS, 1914,
of diabetes. He came to Cape May
county about twenty years ago, from
Williamotown, where he was born.
He became an agent for the Singer
sewing machine forty years ago, dur
ing which time he sold nearly 5000
machines in South Jersey. A few
years ago he came to Holly Beach from
Cape May Court House and kept a
stove store here on Park avenue, near
Ottens Harbor. He leaves a wife and
four children, Raymond, Walter, Elvin
and a daughterMinnie the wife of Eden
Mitchell. Rev. Turpen, Methodist
minister, was his uncle. Interment
took place at Cape May Court House.
Loose leaf pocket memorandum
books, new line. Ryan's Stationery
Store, 143 e. Wildwood Avenue.-adv
A crowd of boys between the ages of
IL and ID years, broke in the store Of J.
s. Kane, at Apdrew venue and the
Board walk, about two weeks ago and
destroyed as well az stole goods amount
ing to about $4,000. They were tried
before Squire Coombs at City Hall on
Monday, January 26, 1914. The ring
leaders seemed to be Alvin Westerland,
of Davis and Holly Beach avenues, and
Oscar Wilson, Of Baker avenue, west Of
the railroad. They gained entrance by
a window in the rear of the store.
After climbing a fence they broke the
window and then forced the door open.
On the following day the rest of the
crowd anne there and a magic lantern,
a lot of chewing gum and some rubber
balls were stolen, while some dolls and
cereals, a light globe and a lot of post
cards were destroyed. The post cards
were thro wn through a hole in the floor
to the beach. The boys implicated in
therobbery and their ages are as follows:
Oscar Wilson, IL years. Alvin West
erland, 10 years, Ralph Daggan, 14years
Andrew Thomas, colored, l4years, Ed
ward Rawlins, IL years, John Weary,
18 years, Spencer Burk, IL years, Theo-
dore Schott, 18 years, and Harvey Fos-
ter, IA years. They are held under $50
bail each until court meets Wednesday
a week, February 4, 1914. This is the
second offence for some Of them. 1t
came out at the hearing that Wester-
land and Wilson broke Into the build
ing in the first place, and that most of
the other boys were enticed there after
ward.
In a wagon collision at Bridgeton
the other day Chas. HI. Nickel, aged
about 80 years, was injured and report
is that an arm was broken.
On Sunday last ten colored persons
uro.o hantinad In tho MiIduood D.