Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-10-01

to her ocean front property. Mr.. Hal
lahan says he owns property at the foot
Of Leaning avenue and claims that the
removal Of sand from the beach has
caused a good deal of the trouble and
made the beach dangerous and SAYS
this Is particularly SO at the foot OF
Montgomery avenue. Mayor Smith
was OF the opinion that this digging of
sand had no bad effect whatsoever as
the wind and tide soon replace the loss.
Engineer Weir was asked what progress
had been made In building the jetty at
Leaning avenue and said be had made
application for State permission. 1t
was suggested that ashes would make
q good filler for lots below grade and
the Mayor said that was now being
done. The award for the construction
Of the sc wage disposal plant was again
laid over for one week as Engineer Weir
was not prepared with full information.
Bathers are loath to give up their
daily sport and many are seen disport-
ing In the surf when the sun is bright
even though the winds do bite a little.
Fire In a brush heap at the west end
OF Garfield avenue, Sunday morning,
brought out the two fire departments.
This was in a degree uncalled for as q
chemical or pump could have done the
work and left the ladder truck at the
house.
Hereford Lodge, No. 1T, F. and A.
NJ, held their first session Thursday
evening of last week, after being closed
since June. A number of applications
were presented at the meeting.
The Adelphi-Witte is entertaining
quite a number ofguests, among whom
are Harry Charles and Miss L. Koch,
Philip Fischelis, of Philadelphia; Mrs.
F. III. Colvin, of East Orange; Ed ward
s. Farrow, of Asbury Park, and DR.. I.
Frank and Mrs. M. Daunt, of New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pearson, of Du-
Bois, Pa are visiting with Mrs. l.. G.
Medley, at the Medley cottage, on
Pacific venue.
Mr. A. M. Lydston, superintend-
emf 81 the Bunker Hill Cemetery at
Charleston n, Macs, has been the guest
of Mr.. A. F. Thompson the past week.
He is delighted with this place aud
especially impressed with the fine ap-
pearance of the streets.
Miss Minnie Parminter started for
Colorado yesterday, where she will
visit relatives liz Denver.
Mrs. Gallagher, widow of the late
Charles J. Gallagher, who owned a fine
home on Poplar avenue, wa married
in Wildwoo a few days ago to Joseph
A. Short by the rector of St. AIMS r.
{. church.
Leaning M. Rice, Jr., is the name of
a sweet little baby that Came to the
home of the civil engineer on oath
street on Wednesday, September %,
1915.
A meeting o. the home section of the
Civic club will be held at the clubhouse
on the boardwalk above 26th avenue
this afternoon.
John Sayres, of Burlington, spent
the weekend with his brother, Samuel
Sayers, OF LAG East SpIcer avenue.
Mrs. J. B. Denton. of the Haverford,
will remove to Philadelphia next week.
Mrs. l.. L. Williams will close her
apartment house on spencer avenue in
a few days, and accompanied by her
niece, Miss Evelyn Russell, will return
to Philadelphia. Miss Russell will
shortly visit her grandparents in Mary
land.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Charles H. Smith, who
spent the summer in Millbourne, a sub
urb of Philadelphia, are down in their
Wild wood avenue cottage. Their
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hoffman, was
here all summer in her Pine avenue
cottage.
Former Mayor Lstimer R. Baker
went on a business trip to Toms River
Tuesday morning and returned We'd
nesday evening.
George L. Stein, with his wife, will
start on an automobile trip through
Schuylkill County, Pa, and take in
the Della ware Water Gap, stopping
route at Orwigsburg, his old home town,
to which place he has not been for
twenty years. He will then go across
the Delaware and through northern
New Jersey into Orange and then make
the return trip by way of Trenton. The
estimated distance is eight hundred
miles and will consume about ten days.
Mrs. B. S. Plank, of Des Moines,