Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-07-16
CITIZENS TRACT NOTES

The whole OF Five Mile Beach should
rally to the support of the South Jersey
Fresh Ali Society, which last week
opened their cottage at 18th and Della
ware avenue, for poor children and
their mothers who are unable to have a
week OF ten days outing in any other
way except through the generosity of
this splendid home. The Home is sup
ported by the Christian Endeavor
Societies of Camden County for the
poor children of the City of Camden
and their mothers. This being the fifth
season for this home the work has en-
larged tremendously, and where but a
few children were taken care of in 1911,
there Is now npwardsof twenty a week,
and it does ones heart good to see these
little babes, from two years up to six,
even and eight, being taken Il the
beach front, aud under the careful
supervision of the matrons given a
good time. There are many big hearts
in Wildwood who have rallied to the
support OF the kids. Larry johnson,
the big smiling manager of the Wild
wood Ocean>sPier always allows the
children the freedom of the Fun Chase
and the Flying Horses. Edwin Kelly,
n of North Wildwood's prominent
business men, always supplies the
weeks ice cream. Friends in Angle
sea, including ex : postmaster Buck,
daily allow them to have all the fresh
fish they can use If they come for it.
Henry II. Ottens places the big cabin
cruiser, Colonel" at their disposal
every Wednesday for the whole day
and remembers them in many other
ways. These ARE but a few of the
many folks who try to make their life
pleasant for the time they are at the
beach.
Each year there are more visitors
who drive In their machines or by
trolley to the Home and leave tokens
of many kinds for the children. Last
year the cottage colony in the Hotel
Ottens section gave a card party for
the children, raising considerably over
800 cash, which money went towards
the purchase of the building. The
management is now DESTROYS of furnish
Ing the attic of the house and later on
of building al annex, and if some big
hearted person would only come for
ward with s., 700 this could be accom-
plished. There are many wealthy
people, if they knew of this struggling
little, Home would be glad to make
this donation.
In a communication from Mrs. L,
Ida Dukes, vice-president of the So.
ciety, it stated that SO many pathetic
little things are needed for the children;
for instance, they need a couple Of
cheap express wagons to take some Of
the little toddleTs, who cannot walk, to
the beach front. They need bathing
suits for girls and boys under eight
years of age. They have a flag pole
and flag but the pulley is SO high on
the pole that the or children
cannot get the rope through the pulley
to hoist the flag. 1t calls for a man
around the Home of which they have
none The lawn needs moving and
they have no lawn mower or scytht
nor man, to do this work. Mrs. Duke
said they would like to get some top
soil SO they could spread G ass seed
plant flowers and make a playground
for the children. They are in need also
of old bed clothing, sheets and pillow
cases. They need several old beds OF
cots, as they have to sleep the children
four, five or six in a bed.
A word about the organization OF
this splendid work, which is differed
by A. R. Roselle, president, 30S State
street, Camden Mrs. l.. Ida Dukes,
vice-president, 518 North 5ih street,
Camden j. Coleman Bentley, secre.
tary; and Ed e. L. Tice, treasurer,
Merchantville and Deane Pressey,
Esq., solicitor, Haddonfield. AS hon.
orary Trustees, Henry H. Ottens. Wild
wood and Philadelphia, John T.
Sproull, President Coal and Iron Ma
tional Bank, New York City. and
Chas A. Reynolds, President of the
keystone Leather Co., Camden, would
not he amiss. Plans are now heinO
made for a card party, presumably to
be held at Hotel Ottens during the
middle of August, by which it is hoped
that $500 can be raised for the children.
During the hot summer of 1911, feel
ing the need of getting some of the
most needy and sickly children out of
the heat of the city, the committee in
charge of the fresh air work, secured
through the generosity of Mr.. Henry
II. Ottens, of Wildwood, the loan of
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