Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-02-11
@ WILDWOOD

Gently added newspaper work to his
many duties, entertained the county
newspaper men at a dinner at the
Hotel Seacrest last Saturday. The
object was to talk over the newspaper
game in general and particularly rates
for advertising, which have become de-
moralized and ruinous in Cape May
County during the past few years. A
very profitable meeting was had.
There were present Alfred Cooper, of
the Court House Gazette; Rev. VIM.
K. Fisher, of the Ocean City Ledger;
VIM. A. Haffert, of the Sea Isle Times;
Chas. r. Page, Wildwood Tribune, and
Jed Dubois, Wildwood Journal.
Last Saturday Abraham Konowitch
completed the details in the purchase
of the Strand at the corner of Pacific
and Lincoln avenue from H. Fl. Platt,
of Philade lphia.
The cottage belonging to the estate
of S. p. Wolverton at the corner of
Wildwood and Pacific is
undergoing extensive repairs. B. V.
VanHorn is doing the carpenter work,
John McNutt the electrical work and
Adolf Anderson the painting. The
family will again spend the summer
here.
Bling! Bang! Boom!! Mid winter sale
of shoes now on, all shoes belo cost.
w. M. Beers, the Big Shoe Store, Oak
and Pacific, under Hotel Seacrest. X
Omar Goslin, a last year graduate of
the Wildwood High school and now a
freshman at the University of Pennsyl-
vania, was home on a three days va
cation last week following the mid
year examinations.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Volz, who have
been spending a couple of months in
Philadelphia, expect to return to their
Wildwood home in about two weeks.
Five Mile Beach Lodge, No. 5S5,
Loyal Order of Moose has changed
their time of meeting from every Tues
day evening as heretofore, to the first
and third Tuesday evenings of each
month.
Rev. ]. A. Maroney, pastor of st.
Ann's Catholic church, left Tuesday
morning for Florida where he will
visit at all the prominent seaside re-
sorts. He expects to be gone for about
two weeks. The Rev. DIR. Schroeffel,
of the Holy Ghost college, of Corn
wells, Pa, will officiate while Rev.
Maroney is away.
John Newcomb, of East Cedar ave
nue., who has been undergoing treat
ment for a general break down at DIR.
Foots Sanitarium at Vineland, has re-
turned home and has been under the
care Of DIR. Mayhem since January 9TH.
He shows marked improvement and is
able to be about.
John Davis, who was stopping at the
Dayton and was receiving treatment
from DR.. Mayhem for gangrene of the
foot, is much improved and has return
ed to his home In Bridgeton.
The over Sunday guests at the Sea-
crest were L. H. Umstead, P. e. Paten,
HI. Rendelman and George w. Pruett,
all of Philadelphia.
g. w. Brown, j. w. Cunningham,
George s. Cooke, L, J. Yarnall, Edw.
G. Fogg, Jr.. R. E. Frazer, A. H. Kra-
mer, Henry S. Godshall, Miss Hattie
Gross and Clarence Young, all of Phila-
delphia; w. D. Donaghay and J.. w.
Hilliard, of Collingswood; Fred Hor-
ton, of Dunkirk, N. Y, and James S.
Rowen, of Tabor, Pa, were among the
guests at the Hotel Dayton last week.
William Nuss, of East Andrew ave-
nue., who contracted a severe cold some
time ago, is much improved.
w. M. Beers has gone on a business
trip to New York.
Mrs. James Day is quite ill with
rheumatism at her home on West
Schellenger avenue.
Wildwood A. A. met defeat at the
hands of the Grey Stock Reserves at
Colonial Hall, on Monday evening,
with a score of So to At.
Miss Rosa Peck, of Atlantic City, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Huebner
for a few weeks.
j. Thompson Baker, e. G. Slaughter
and o. L. Blackwell went to Trenton
Tuesday morning to attend to some
business in connection with the Wild
wood and Delaware Bay Short Line
Railroad Company.
John Taylor and party who are
wintering at MeCIellanville, s. c.,
while on a hunting trip bagged twenty
eight ducks on February I'd. They