Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-10-29

gathered at the home OF Capt. }. II
Werner on West Wisteria road last
Sunday to celebrate his I'D natal day.
The guests were as follows: Mr.. n
Mrs. Frank Hamer, Mrs. B. Schwager,
Miss Catharine Schwsger, William b.
Werner and family, Frank Albright, OF
Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. M. Z.
Schofeld, Trenton; Misses Bessie and
Margaret Fretz, Manayunk; Miss Ma
RE Warden and John johnson, Rox-
boro; John G. Lindsay, Germantown;
Henry Warden, Pittsburgh, and VIM.
Darian, NewYork. At noon the guests
| partook of a sumptuous dinner prepared
by a Philadelphia chef. During the
course of the dinner John Z. Lindsay
and Henry Warden, who were toast
masters, introduced various speakers
who responded with appropriate al
dresses, after which the guests were
entertained with music and singlng.
Capt. Werner was the recipient of a
number OF valuable presents and num-
erous congratulations. During the
evening, after the other guests had de-
parted, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Seward
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ruric Adams paid a
visit of congratulation and presented
him with a handsome bouquet OF
flowers.
Since the completion of the substan-
tlals bulkhead along Suneet Lake and
the extension of Park Boulevard q
Philadelphia avenue from Lotus to
Rambler roads, which adds eight hum
dred linear feet Of lots bounded on the
west by Sunset Lake and on the east
by Park Boulevard, In addition to four
other blocks. improved with sidewalks,
curbing, cutters, etc., also the triangu-
lar flower plot laid out in this section,
1t wlll.make this one of the most beau
tiful locations Of the Crest.
Last Saturday morning MI. and Mrs
Armstrong and a party of friends from
East Crocus road, consisting of Mrs.
Richard Scampton, Mrs. Robert Siegel
and George Hamburg, motored to
Philadelphia in Mr.. Armstrong; car.
Mrs. Siegel returned last Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. Armstrong returned yester-
day and Mrs. Scampton and George
Hamburg are visiting in Philadelphia
for a few days.
An effort, that bids fair to be success
full, is being made to have cottage own
ers plant hydrangeas next spring. II
Is ex pected three thousand plants will
be needed to supply the demand. This
will add much beauty TO this already
attractive cottage home resort.
Mrs. Jane Rosskam, of East Crocus
road, is visiting her son, q. H. Ross
kan, at Franklin, Pa. Mr.. Rosskam
is touring the country with his Chicago
theatre stock company.
Robert SIegel took charge of the sew
age disposal plant Tuesday morning,
Robert Kelley having resigned.
Ralph B. Wood is having a bunga-
low built on Philadelphia avenue, near
Crocus road, which will be ready to
occupy by next March. Mr.. Wood is
a conductor on the West Jersey and
Seashore Railrod and at present resides
in Camden, but intends to make the
Crest his home. Cecil Ober has the
contract for this work.
Godfrey Shmldheiser is having
some improvements made to his prop
erty on the Boulevard, at Wisteria
road.
f. g. English, of Philadelphia, was
a Sunday visitor at the Yacht Club.
Frank K. Plerson, of Philadelphia,
entertained a party of friends at the
Yacht club last Sunday.
Before another season arrives the
Crest will have a new boardwalk,
which will also extend the full length
of the new bulkhead which is being
The State has been dredging the
channel opposite the boat house land
Ing for the past two months, which
give a good waterway to light
raught vessels.
The cottage renting for next year is
very encouraging,as a number of reser-
vations have already been spoken for.
Two trolley cars collided at the Crest
one foggy morning last week. The
only damage done was the breaking of
some of the glass windows.