Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-08-20
WILDWOOD CREST


Crest pier, Wednesday evening, Sep
tember 1st. At q meeting presided
over by Mayor Philip P. Baker, at his
board walk office, Robert 6eIgel was
chosen as indian chief and William
Bush as commanding officer. The
synopsis Of the production is as follows:
Part battle between real soldiers and
Indians accompanied by sixty voices,
q quartette, solo and band. Soldiers
and Indians in camp. Retreat of
soldiers. Sunset gun, flag down.
Star spaugled banner by the band fol-
lowed by a quartette "Tenting on the
old camp ground" Part 2-Ghost
dance by Indians, band playing wal
dance. Part 3-Attack or soldiers
camp. Part death of Custer and
scalp dance by Indians. Part 5-Rein-
forcements by U. S. troops. Part g.
Capture OF Indians. Part Funeral
of Custer. Part 8-Troops returning to
camp. Part 9-Star spangled banner
by the band. The affair will be under
the personal direction OF w. ]. Lilly,
former band leader In the u. 8. army.
This production was presented In
Shellpot Park, Del, under the auspices
of the Red Men OF Wilmington IN 1908
for one week to an audience of about
10000 people. The play will last two
hours and finish with q fireworks dis
play.
Holly Beach Yacht club is having
quite q social season this summer, as
many prominent people have entertain
ed there and not a few enjoyed the
hospitality of the club during the sea-
son. MI. and Mrs. j. Whitesell enter
tanned quite a number of friends at
dinner on Friday evening. M. Merlano
with about twenty friends took dinner
there last Saturday evening, after
which his daughter, who Is a dne
soprano singer, rendered several solos.
Ex- Postmaster Sutton, of Ocean City,
with a company O friends. were visitors
this week. A big smoker is the event
for tonight and will be augmented by
high class talent from Philadelphia.
The Annie E., of the Holly Beach
Yacht club, won first prize at the races
held by the Corinthian Yacht club, at
Cape May on Saturday of last week.
Much credit is given Captain English,
who was at the wheel.
Miss Marion Vaughan Hickman,
daughter of Mrs. Marion NJ. Hickman,
of POT e. Morning Glory road, was
married to DR.. John M. Dismant, of
Germantown, on Monday noon at st.
Asaph's P. f. church, Bala, Pa. Fol-
lowing an extended trip through
Canada, they will be at home to their
many friends after October lst, 1t Mar
berth, Pa.
]. Bagnali, of Cleveland, Ohio, a
multi-minionaire manufac turer of cleo
trical apparatus, is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Redpath, at Wild wood Crest.
Mr.. Bagnall il an enthusiastic advocate
OF votes for
The annual masked carnival Will be
held on the evening of August 10th,
ia the rink and promises to equal If
not surpass previous years.
A one-step contest will be held at the
Crest pier, Tuesday evening Of next
week, for the benefit of the Crest fire
company.
Mary Jane Leigh, aged so years, died
of cancer at the home of her brother,
Oliver ] Leigh, at the Crest on Mon
day. Interment was made at her old
home in Philadelphia. Miss Leigh was
born in Manayunk, where she was in
the dry goods and grocery store bust
ness for nearly fifty years with her
mother. She wal an active worker In
the Episcopal church.
Mrs. Jenkins, OF Philadelphia, has
rented the David Paul cottage on East
Heather road, and will reside there for
the remainder Of the season.
There was a large beach party from
Thekla Hall. Tuesday evening Of laet
week IN honor of the guests. The
young people enjoyed the sport inn
mensely.
E. I. Leonard and son, of Philadel-
phia, are spending a short time at the
Lakewood on East Palm road, AZ 10 al
so the Misses Mary and Sarah Dechant,
of Philadelphia, who are visiting their
aunt here.
Miss Edna McGory. of Fox Chase,
Pa, is q visitor at the Lakewood.
Miss Alice Platt, of Bridgeton, is a
guest of Mrs. E. B. Fagen.
Mrs. Heatherington, of Philadelphia,
has engaged a portion OF a cottage on
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