Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-07-17
NORTH WILDWOOD

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of q clear sky a speedy little Curtis BIZ
plane was seen cutting up antics about
1000 feet IN the air and people won
dered who the daring aviator a 1t
was soon learned, however, that the
machine was an aeroplane belonging
to the Jewell brothers and operated by
one OF the youngest airmen in this
country. He has scarcely reached his
Goth year and has been flying success
fully and without accident for the past
three years. This Curtis bi-plane is a
one man machine weighing about 800
pounds, and about half again as light
rs the Wright bi-plane used by George
Grey and by Marshal Earl Reid. The
engine is q As b. p. American built
motor which weighs but 100 pounds,
while the spread Of this Curtis ma
chine is but % feet, as to 40 feet for the
heavier machines. Jewell brought his
machine to the Hotel Ottens, at North
Wildwood, in three trunks which
were shipped to Anglesea station and
the first known that this aviator was
in town was when he went sailing
over Five Mile Beach doing all man.
ner of risky tricks apparently in an
earnest effort to break his neck. Jew
ell is at North Wildwood for the next
two weeks, and il weather conditions
are right next week he will endeavor
to smash Bergdoll's spectacular fight
In which the latter few from Phila-
delphia to the shore under two hours.
Jewell brothers were engaged by the
Henry H. Ottens interests.
William T. Taylor, with Charles F.
Niles, the we'll known Trenton aviator,
was a visitor to this resort in his 80
foot glass cabin auxiliary sloop, the
Dixie, this past week. MI. Taylor
has been on the trail of the blue fish
and has had considerable luck follow
ing the New York fishing fleet out
along Five Fathom Banks. The Dix
lie made the run from Trenton In a
little owe a day. She is q handsome
sloop rugged cruiser and carries a 4 b.
d. auxiliary engine. 1t will be re-
called that Charles f. Miles is q of
the two aviators in the world who
does the famous loop the loop. Niles
machine is q mono-plane and he now
has same at Hampstead Plains, Long
Island.
One OF the creditable charities of this
resort is the fresh air home for child
rem which was opened last week In
charge of Miss Ida Dukes, of Camden.
This home, which is located on New
York avenue, each week receives a
number Of children from Camden, and
through the generosity of Mr.. Ottens
they have been enabled to obtain a
aefge ARD c~UninsydlU,ss nonze mere. IL
was. said that they contemplated build
ing an annex to the house, as the build
ing is not large enough toaccommodate
the many children who would come
down during the summer. To show
that many of our big business men
have generous hearts it has been no.
ticed that Edwin Kelly has been in
the habit OF supplying Ice cream for
the children all summer, while Others
make generous donations for the up
keep of the youngsters aa augp
The Gibbs cottage. on 18th street,
which has been used for several sea-
SONS by the old firm of Strawbrid &c
and Clothier, of Philadelphia, as an
outing home for their girls. is again In
commission entertaining large parties
of these young ladies.
Among the recent corners are Chas.
Hardenbrook and family, who have
ensconced themselves in the hand
some concrete bungalow across from
the Hotel Ottens, for the season.
Captain Joe Austenrieder, who runs
the good old G~lorianna, the deep sea
party boat, has commenced making
daily trips outside to Cold Spring in
let or the Northern extremity of Cape
May. Captain Milford is doing great
business with the Nellie BLY,, the fast
est and handsomest power boat rum
ming from the Anglesea pier, via
Great channel to Stone Harbor. The
Nellie BLY, rnns in conjunction with
the Florence, another handsome pow
er boat, both haiIing from Millville.
Because the steam power boats which
ran last season from Anglesea to Stone
Harbor were put back on the Ocean
City-Longport line, Captain Floyd
Hewitt is IN command OF the other
Stone Harbor fleet, made up of the
Osric and the Orsino; these two SPLEEN
did power boats have been running
from Stone Harbor to Anglesea for the
past three years.
Never has fishing been better than
1t the present time and all Of the
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