Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-04-23

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100, on Wildwood avenue, with q twen-
ty room cottage, for a number of Years
known as the Abbey cottage. belonging
to the fill estate. was purchased by
Mrs. Frank l.. King. Settlement TOOK
place yesterday in the office of John
Bright. Miss May I'LL, with a party
OF friends and her attorney, motored
down from Philadelphia on that day
and had a delightful time stopping at
the Dayton while in Wildwood.
William H. Chamberlain, of Camden,
has purchased from The King Realty
Co., Lots No. 9 and IL, Block 1874, in
west Twenty-sixth avenue Ia North
Wild wood. These lots were purchased
by Edward Kelly at Ackley's Labor
Day auction sale. This is the third
time they have changed hands from
that date, each time al an advance.
Mr.. Chamberlain will erect a bungalow.
The Shute property, recently pur-
chased by Frank l.. King, has been
sold to David McKibben. Mr.. McKib-
ben Is a real estate man in Philadelphia
and has great confidence in Wildw wood
realty, having invested about $50, 900
here within the last two years. He IL
having the property renovated inside
and out, and when 1t Is completed it
will be in. first-class condition. Mr..
King also reports the rental of Palmer
Ways cottage, on Twenty-second street,
to Francis McCauley for the summer,
and the last one of the Rittenhouse
apartments on Rio Grande avenue 10
John F. Sloan, a court clerk in the
Philadelphia city hall.
Fresh cut flowers always on hand,
also Michells lawn erase seed aud white
onion selts. M. s. Cummins, III East
Wild wood avenue. n
A banquet Is being arranged as a
welcome and home coming TO Hon. J.
Thompson Baker, who retired from
Congress on March 4, 1915. The
Governor Of New Jersey will be present
and a date for the dinner will be fixed
sometime in May to suit his E~xcellency.
Assistant Cashier Harry l.. Rice has
been granted a months vacation by
the Marine National Bank. MI. Rice
has been ia poor health and Will prob
ably go to the mountains to recuperate.
The Episcopal church will hold a
box social In the parish building next
Wednesday evening.
William F. Valet has bought out the
Jacob Schulz bakery at Ocean City.
Mr.. Valet moved from Holly Beach
about a year ago.
Look our windows over, If money is
an object to you. w. M. Beers, family
shoes, Oak avenue belo Pacific under
Hotel Seacrest. n
The Eureka Baptist church, ORA r.
Satterfield, pastor, will conduct a three
day religious campaign next Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, April %,
30 and 80, at the Hippodrome auditor
ium. Services will be held in the af-
ternoon at four o'clock and in the eve
ming at eight o'clock. DR.. s. l.. Cor
rothers will conduct the afternoon SER
vices, and Rev. Alexander Wiltbanks,
known as the Black Billy Sunday,
will be in charge of the evening SER
vices. The latter has just closed an
eyangelistic campaign at Ocean City.
J. r. Black wood, florist and land
scape gardener, west Rio Grande ave-
nue., has hydreangas, roses, pansies
and plants on sale also tomatoes, pep
pers and cabbages, etc. Bell phone
452 w.
A fire of unknown origin started last
night in the rear of the u%noccupied
Pentland cottage on Leaning avenue,
west of Pacific, but the timely arrival
of the fire department prevented the
spread of the flames.
The Wildwood Gas Co., on receipt
OF their 8-inch gas mains, will lay same
on Arctic avenue from Garfield to
Crosse avenues, thereby giving Holly
Beach a better gas service this summer.
The Holly Beach City Building and
Loan association will open the 9TH BE-
ries the first Monday in May. Shares
can be taken at any time from any Of
the directors or at the offices of William
H. Bright, 1907 Pacific venue and
Holly Beach and Oak avenues.
Miss Naomi Hamilton, OF Philadel-
phia, who owns a cottage on Wildwood
avenue, was down for several days
during the past week.
Girard Livezey, of Pine avenue, made
a trip to Philadelphia and Trenton
this week, and at the latter place OBJ
tanned a license for running his motor
boat, which is being built for him by
A. M. Ely.