Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29

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Wild wood high school building. The
contract a awarded last October to
the Rlchmsu Construction company,
of Moorestow n. No work has been
done Cor two weeks and there are Ii rye
sums due wofkmen, one claim Of a
bricklayer being more than 500, and
over $4,000 to a lumber firm. The
school board held a meeting Tuesday
evening and passed a resolution ter
minating the contract, and SO notifying
the contractor and bonding company.
The bond was furnished by the Mas
sachusetts Bonding and Insurance
company, of Boston. Palmer M. Way
was present at the meeting as counsel
for the school board. 1t was voted to
ad for bids for the completion of
the school building. The same medical
inspectors as last year were elected and
at the same salaries.
Building Association funds to loan
on first mortgage in amounts to suit.
Robert J. Kay secretary, Wildwood,
N. J.
Ground has been broken at the cor
ner of Magnolia and Pacific avenue
for q bungalow to be erected by Con-
tractor Winchester Bonham. Title
was taken to this corner sometime ago
by Mr.. Bonham, who expects to reside
there.
The office of Congressman Bacharach
at Washington will be closed until
about the middle of November. Any
correspondence should be addressed to
him at 1910 Atlantic avenue, Atlantic
City.
Ladies will please notice that the
Wild wood Embroidery shop will keep
open on the boardwalk until Christ
mas, but after October 1st will open
only in the afternoons from n O'Clock
til 5 80 o'clock. Miss ]. Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Newcomb spent
a day or two at Pennsgrove last week.
Mr.. Newcomb has pretty we'll recover
ed from his serious illness which lasted
nearly q year. He is obliged to use
clutches awEile necarsc es sprsinins
his ankle.
Miss Alice Hendee, who has studied
music for a number of years under
Miss Ella g. Hewitt. is now taking O
course of instruction at the Philadel'
phia Musical Academy, 1917 Spruce
street. Miss Hendee is a pupil ol
Camille Zeckwer, a director of the
school.
Fancy towels for Christmas gifts,
new warm comfy blankets, percales
and ginghams, short lengths, suitable
for aprons, mems shirts, school dres'
SEES, new serges, the wanted green,
black and brown, se~venty-five cents a
yard. Come see us. VanHorn, corner
Pine and Pacific avenues, Wild wood.
A call has been issued for every
member of st. Simeon's church and
school to attend on Sunday next. The
school will reopen with the full new
subject graded course of the church's
general board of religious education.
In the evening the rector will preach q
sermon dealing with conditions aud
prospects for the coming winters work,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl l.. Seibert, accom-
panied by the latter's sister, Miss
Emma Rem, are on a trip to Belvi'
dere, visiting among Mr.. Siebert's
relatives.
Bright's Express. Hauling of all
kinds, Garfield and Pacific avenues.
Storage warehouse and boarding
stables. Both phones.
Nicholas s. Bowers, OF oath and
Central avenues, motored home with
his daughter and grandchildren this
week.
Webster Bright, Israel Woolson,
Oakford Cobb and Elmer Garrison took
an automobile trip to Trenton on
Wednesday and visited the fair.
Your next. Good and quick service
at Higgins barber shop, 3417 Pacific
avenue, under Edgeton Inn. \
Mrs. g. II. Seaman, of ithaca, N. Y,
is here visiting her parents on Pine
avenue.
Saturday a party Of ten went crab
bling on the John l.. and landed q
bushel and a half of fine crabs. In the
party were John Beecher, Mrs. Beecher,
Miss Margee and May Beecher, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Epler, MI. and Mrs.
Thomas Harbot, Mrs. Lester and Mr..
Bowen.
Mrs. Lille g. HOOK and daughter
Miss Annie Laura HOOK have returned
to their Philadelphia home after spend
ing the summer season at COrnevis