Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-04-16
OTTENS TRACT NOTES

shaw at daylight Saturday m%orningon
ca 81 Twenty second street. The owner,
who was asleep 10 the house at the time,
barely had time to escape with a few
articles of clothing and two chairp.
Mrs. Ashoff,a neighbor, awoke with the
glare OF the flames in her eyes and Inn
mediately screamed and aroused the
neighborhood. Bradshaw ran to the
North Wildwood fire house and sum-
moned the company. Chris Scullv
called for the Wild wood company but
owing to the formality used 10 obtain
ing help, the house was a roaring fur
mace before the arrival of tibet Wild
wood companies. To the members OF
the North Wildwood company great
credit is due, as they showed consider
able courage and pluck. With only
an ordinary pressure Of water they
clambereu to the roof of the building
and endeavored to food the place. The
crew of the w lid wood engine, however,
showed their training and Upon srriv-
ing upon the scene had q line OF hose
upon the burning house and soon what
was smoke and flame was converted in-
to a smoldering ruin. The building
v as purchased three years ago by Mr..
Bradshaw of Mr.. De Cato, of Audubon,
and he says his loss is about twenty
five hundred dollars, which is partially
covered by insurance.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Chas. Boozer, accom-
panied by Mrs. Snyder, attended the
funeral Of Mrs. Boozer's brother at
Pomeroy, Pa.
Mrs. A. Feister entertained as Sun
day guests her daughter, Miss Bailey,
Edns Kay and grandson, Master john
Nipple.
+. Stonely and family spent Sunday
at their west l4th street cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Mitchell have OPEN
ed their cottage, The Maccabee, on east
Sth street, for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Gibbs are spend
ing a few weeks at the Hazelhnrst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Clayton, of
Philadelphia, spent the week end in
their 10th street cottage.
q. Hurst and son are the guests of
Mrs. q. Davis at their 10Th street cot
tage.
MI. and Mrs. A. Charlson entertain
ed at dinner on Sunday Max Boozer,
formerly of Darby. Mr.. Boozer was an
q tive political worker OF Darby and
Is now house sergeant of the North
Wild wood Fire Co. and considers him-
self honored by being rendered q dinner.
D. r. Gibbs and family have opened
their r. 18th avenue cottage and are
entertaining their daughter Minnie,
who Is recuperating.
Guests at the Hazelhurst the past
week were Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rankin
and VIM. Duncan.
Mrs. Herbert Shivers, of ADglesea
having taken a liking to the Ottens
Tract, has rented the beautiful cottage
OF Arthur Ely on w. 18th street and
moved her family there. Mr.. Shivers,
who has been spending considerable
time Ia Texas, will arrive at his new
home in about two weeks.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Becker enter
tanned on Sunday her sister-in-iaw,
Mrs. P. Trapp aud family, of Nicetown,
and her niece, Miss Carrie Schmidt.
Since time immemorial the sea eagle
or properly, the Osprey, has made its
arrival 10 these parts on April 9th
The coming of the sea eagle Is another
sure sign of the spring season. This
mighty bird can be seen perched on the
great nests in various parts of the
county, preening their feathers aud
shimmering in the sun; a welcome
visitor from the Southern marshes
The meadows are now filled with the
red-winged black bird, the grackle or
common black bird and meadow larks
which latter have been with us
for quite a while, and spring song spar
rows and even a few robinsare twitter-
ing these bright days and make the
coming of the good old summe seem
more realistic.
Builder Larcombe is erecting a hand
some bungalow, similar in type to the
Snyder bungalow, at Seventh avenue
looking towards the ocean. A hand
some bungalow has been built for a
Philadelphia party between Centralan
Pacific avenues, on Third, which Is in
the last stages Of completion.
The two William Brooks cottages,
located on Eighth avenue near Surf,
are nearly completed and will be occu-
pied by Mr.. Brooks family and one Of
his friends this coming season.
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