Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-07-23
OTTENS TRACT NOTES

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Manor Tuesday evening and was the
most brilliant affair ever given here.
The big assembly was made up from
the elite of the various hotels and the
large cottage colony. Major Joseph l..
Bailey, of Philadelphia, was the popu-
lar master Of ceremonies.
Horseback riding is becoming ex-
tremely popular among the guests at
the Wildwoo Manor this season.
Many beginners, both children and
parents. are seen on Surf Avenue Boule-
ward every morning and afternoon,
taking the first lesson.
Among the recent arrivals at the
Wildwood Manor are NJ. H. Roth and
family, of Melrose Park, Pa, Mrs. l..
J. Adler, of Baltimore, Mrs. G. M.
Beddall, of Merton, Pa, Mrs. b. Sal
linger. of Chicago, Mrs. w. Alstein,
children and maid, Of New York, DR..
s. Hartzell and family, and A. U. Will
con and family, Of Youngstown, o.
To say that the unique event pulled
off at the Ottens Hotel Grotto Thurs
day night was a no wiling success would
be q mild term, as it is we'll known
that anything Professor Harry Roselle
has to do with is always a success.
Mr.. Ottens conceived the idea OF hav-
ing an eighty pound cheese cake pie
baked by the Crane Ice Cream and
Baking Company of Philadelphia and
sliced into sections for the benefit of all
comers and it was left to Roselle to
arrange the details and o%fficiate at this
function. There was all kinds of good
fun aud lots of stage money used.
The dances at the Hotel under the
guidance of Lieut.. and Mrs. Campbell,
have come to be looked forward to
each week, especially by the cottage
contingent, as evenings of extreme
enjoyment, and arrangements for the
next several weeks, following the much
enjoyed old time cake walk on We'd
nesday of this week, will be Wednes-
day evening, July 26th, a night in
Monte Carlo, and we are informed
that Prof. Domeneck has laid the ball
room floor in blocks, representing the
gaming board in which the dancers
will be stationed. On Wednesday even
ing, August 4th, IA Night in Happy
land - will be the event.
The cottagers and businessmen Of
North Wildwood are arranging for a
North Wildwood Day and candy fest
at the Wildwood Yacht Club on the
Ottens Canal on August 14th. The pro-
ceeds OF this event will go to the benefit
of the South Jersey Fresh Air Home
for poor children. There will be a pro-
gram of races and water sports, and
until the committees are named those
In charge would like the young people
who wish to engage in the swimming
and Tubing races and other stunts In
the water to leave their names and adj
dresses and the race they wish to enter
at the office of Henry II. Ottens, 18th
and Surf avenue.
1t has been said that no worse time
in the year could have been selected for
the tearing up of the streets of Five
Mile Beach than the present time, and
in conjunction with this fact the miser-
able condition of Rio Grande Bridge
over the inland water way has not only
been noted by automobilists, but more
SO by shippers of the many craft which
ply these waters. Since its inception
several years ago, This bridge has
always been reluctant to perform Its
duties. When a boat comes along and
toots it's horn for the bridge to open,
something becomes the matter with the
engine and the bridge jams, and after a
painful delay the bridge tenders are
forced to slowly drag the bridge around
with cables If 1t is opened at all. The
Bridge Committee of the Board of Free
holders have had so-called experts
tinkering with this bridge continually
and it seems at the conclusion that the
bridge is still worse rather than better.
An indignation meeting was held by
the shippers Of this section who are
forced to pass under this bridge con
stantly, and the upshot of the meeting
was a complaint drafted and signed by
a dozen or more yacht owners and for
wsrded to Secretary Of War Garrison,
asking that at least a Government in
spector be sent and make a thorough
investigation of bridge conditions at
this point. The new boat line to Cape
May has been practically suspended
during the several weeks of its running
through not being able to pass through
this bridge. Only a week ago the
engine, or portion of the engine which
seemed to be deficient, was taken out
and shinna6 IN Wilmington