Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-05-28

The Board of Trade dinner, which
was held on Friday evening, May 81,
1915, at the Hotel Dayton was a most
brilliant affair. Long before the pro-
scribed time CUES and members of
the Board and their families began to
congregate in the spacious lobby of the
hotel and each new arrival was greeted
with a hearty h%andshake here and a
pleasant bow and smile there, and a
spirit of supreme happiness pervaded
the entired assemblage. The evening
was beautiful with just enough fresh
ness in the atmosphere to make it quite
enjoyable within doors and yet not to
require a fire and as their wraps were
removed the ladies were resplendent in
beautiful evening gowns and for the
most part the gentlemen were at
tired In full evening dress.
The occasion was one long to be re-
membered, inasmuch as the personnel
of the invited guests lent to the cere-
monies of the evening q high standard
OF intellectual thought and speech. The
welcome home Of that venerable and
illustrious gentleman aud ex-Congress-
man, Hon. J. Thompson Baker, was
the climax of this brilliant gathering.
The Board of Trade OF Wildwood
has been and is now the leading factor
in the vast Improvements that have
come to the island and 1t Is due to their
untiring energy both from the business
and geographical view point that this
resort is what it is. OF course some
praise is due the administration, but as
that body is composed of gentlemen
who occupy office for a stated term,
there are of. necessity various minds at
the helm that control the immediate
conditions of affairs and cannot be ex-
pected to go into such matters as are
taken up developed by the Board of
Trade.
AS the hour for dinner approached
the gentlemen and their ladies slowly
wended their way into the spacious
dining room which was festooned with
potted fern here and there and music
furnished by an orchestra which was
located in an alcove just outside the
dining room. Before dinner was served
Rev. A. Laird, of the Holly Beach
Presbyterian church, offered up prayer.
The menu which follows was daintily
served and much credit is due to Mes
srs. McMurray, proprietors of the Day
on, and their able assistants:
Grape Fruit Top Notch au Baker
Tomato Bisque en- Edge
Baked Blue Fish, Matra de Logue
Olives Celery Sweet Gherkins
Roast Vermont Turkey
English Filling
Cranberry Sauce, Bacharach
Mashed Potatoes Green Peas
Tomato Salad, Russell Dressing
Ice Cream au Eldredge Assorted Cake
Swiss and American Cheese, Tatem
Butter Trims
Mocha and Java au Wheaton
Mixed Nuts Fruit Layer Raisins
The dinner was nterspersed with a
number of popular songs, and OCCASION
ally the singing was directed by "Mu-
steal Director" Kings Mr.. King was
master of ceremonies and. prior to the
assemblage entering the dining room,
was seen Fastening from n place to
another greeting first one and another
and introducing strangers to various
Board members and was always
solicitous OF every ones comfort. After
all had partaken of the yiands, Hon.
Philip Baker, who was POSTMASTER for
the evening, arose and spoke briefly OF
the work of the Board and said that
anything attempted by this organiza-
ton Is always successful because it is
the result Of cooperation and that 1t is
the duty of every citizen to become a
member and become a builder of the
resort, and to the ladies he next adj
dressed himself with the admonition to
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