Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-04-10
BOARD OF
TRADE IS BUSY

lNHUL ID DUOI
The regular monthly meeting of the
Wild wood Board of Trade met at the
City Hall last Monday evening. Meet
ing called to osder by President Baker.
On roll call the following members
responded: Gustav Anderson, Angus
tus Anderson, Philip P. Baker, o. l.
Blackwell, John Baumann, Jr.. l.. P.
Coney, Jed Dubois, r. Morris Dare,
Mark B. Reeves, Geo. n. Smith, ]. 9.
Todd, John Wright, j. e. Whitesell,
H. f. Greaves, g. II. Huppert, j. A.
Harris, Oscar Huebner, e. M. John
son, ]. Fisler James, Frank l.. King,
William Kennedy, George Rogers,
f. e. Smith, w. C.eTodd, Eben YEN
ney, s. A. Laning, Frank s. Lloyd,
Levanus Myers, tanning Myers, Alex.
McMurrsy, Raymond McAllister, q.
A. Norton, J.. e. O'Daniel, Robert s..
P~ierpont, III. II. Tomlin, Elwood
Thomson, N. Diamond.
Minutes of the last meeting read and
approved as read. Communications
read from Kensington Board of Trade
and Philadelphia Evening Times.
The following bills were presented
and paid: Charles R. Page, printing,
$l4.9O; w. q. Todd, stamps, $3.50; q.
A. Norton, stamps, $1.80.
Treasurer G. A. Norton's report from
January 81, 1914, to March 20, 1914, was
presented as follows:
RECEIPTS
January 81, Balance on hand, 176 IS
Total receipts from W. q. Todd, 6S 81
Baker Brothers account. 1914 adv, 800 90
5S5 10
EXPENDITURES
Various orders paid, S5 40
Balance on hand, 1859 rs
The music committee through Mr..
Blackwell reported That the Y. M. q.
A. band, of Eonola, Pa, with Director
Wheelock had been secured for over
Easter and that nothing definite had
been lone toward securing q band for
the summer.
@. A. Norton for the advertising
committee reported that Wildwo o
Crest had agreed to turn over $1,000
and that a duplicate Of order of city
booklets had been contracted for with
q page OF Wildwood Crest pictures and
write up. j. e. Whitesell stated that
the inquiries were greater up to the
present time than ever before and that
any one could have the booklets for
distribution for the asking. Mr.. Nor
ton stated that arrangements had been
made with the Foster and Reynolds
firm to distribute the booklets through
the Southwest and Cuba and also that
MI. Iszard and the Keller Brothers
were putting them out.
j. E. Whitesell stated that a notice
had been inserted in the local papers
asking real estate and hotel men to
send in stamp envelopes for list of in
quiries. o. L. Blackwell reported for
the excursion and convention commit
tee that q greater number of excursions
bad been booked by the railroads than
last year at this date. f. i. King read
an article which stated that the Frank
ford Board of Trade had decided to
come to Wild wood for their annual
outing. Moved and seconded that the
secretary write to the Frankford Board
of Trade thanking them for their action
In the matter and asking that body II
Wildwood can further the pleasure OF
the excursionists. Motion carried.
G. A. Norton reported that the spe-
cial committee composed of Mr. Lam
ing and himself, acting with the base
ball committee had gone over the
grand stand bill with the Coombs
Lumber Company and that an error
had been found which up to this date
had not been rectified. A letter sent
to P. p. Baker was read, in reference
to the p. r. r. employees excursion
and suggested that free tables be pro-
vided for them. Moved by J. A. Har-
RE, seconded by Black well, thai secIe-
tary communicate Immediately with
the proper officers of the Pennsylvania
Railroad employees arranging a meet
ing between them and a committee
from this organization at Baker Bro