Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-14
OTTENS TRACT NOTES

Mrs. William G.. Duncan, sister-ln
law of Henry H. ottens, gave a
delightful card party on Wednesday
afternoon at the Wildwood Yacht Club,
at which a sco.e or more of our cottage
folks were present. A number of
handsome plies were awarded. Mrs.
Duncan is a tactful entertainer and
patroness land a number of the after
moons are looked forward to with
pleasurefby the ladies of the cottage
colony
The Grotto Ottens is entering upon
whatjpromises to be its most success
full season because of the fact that the
music and the eats are of a very high
class. The boardwalkers find it an
EVENINGS diversion to stroll up to the
Grotto along about 10 o'clock and pass
/several pleasant hours in this attrac'
tive place.
The new Hotel Ottens bath houses
at the foot of 18th street are being
managed this year by Mrs. Lister.
Hurrahl The Yacht club annex is
plastered.
Great sport is being enjoyed by
visitors and cottage folks in fishing fol
king fish off the boardwalk from 10Th
street to 28d street. At high water, as
many as so fishermen can be observed
daily casting into the surf from the
promenade, and while no exceptional
catches are made, nearly every fisher.
man gets enough to at least grease the
pan.
The Ottens Hotel, under the manage.
ment of Mrs. Risdon, promises well
this year; Mrs. Risdon, is a relation OF
Mahlon Newton, of Green's Hotel,
months she is head h~ousekeeper fol
that hosiery. Many auto parties
sojourn here over week ends, and go
away speaking very highly of their
entertainment.
1t is q fact that the automobile is
steadily on the increase. The long
broad streets of North Wildwood are
almost constantly in a cloud of dust
during the week ends. The speed laws
are being closely adhered to by visitors,
who are fearful lest they run into the
much talked of speed traps which
await them on so many of our South
Jersey roads.
Miss Gertrude Palmer and her little
mermaid sister, Theresa, are practising
almost daily on their aquaplane under
the auspices of the Wildwood Yacht
club. The club is arranging for a deep
sea swim for Miss Palmer, who is one
of the longest and strongest sea SWIM
mers along the coast. Miss Palmer
and her sister think nothing Of swim
ming from the Wildwood Yacht club
Fssxrv~6 Ezw Dfidge, a
distance OF nearly nine miles on the
tide. Miss Palmer will jump from one
Of the Ocean Piers abreast the Wild
wood beach and attempt to swim
around Champagne island through the
middle ground channel and up Grassy
Sound to the Wildwood Yacht clubs
wharf, some time soon. The two girls
have been fitted III with silk SWIM
ming trunks by the Wildwood Yacht
club, with the emblem of the club
enblazened on their breasts.
Two of our North Wildwood young
ladies, Miss Dorothy Conner, and Miss
Elsie Davis, had minor parts in the
Emily Smiley stock company, at
Bakers theatre, the first three days of
this week, in the farce comedy entitled
SIN Walked Jimmie This was the
first appearance of these attractive
young ladies in a professional show.
Chief of Police Albert Thompson is
receiving compliments this week on
a drunken man, who attempted to
hold up and chase one of our we'll
known matrons on New York avenue
this week. When Chief Thompson
received the complaint, he borrowed
an automobile and in Is minutes had
his man locked in the borough Jail.
The traffic at the North Wildwood
Station, Penna. railroad, is steadily
increasing and it is hoped that we will
pass the point where the Penna. r. r.
will build a new station and give us a
ticket agent, something that is badly
needed at this locality. This station