Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-03
North Wildwood


nowadays surprised his brother with a
visit this week. He spent four years
in the navy, but is now In the mer-
chant marine service. He sails on
Saturday with his ship for Holland.
AS a boy Victor grew up in Holly
Beach, where his father, the late Mar
tin L Harrison, was borough clerk in
1895. -
Mr.. Haslett, all the way from Cali
fornia, stepped off the train here We'd
nesday to visit his sister, Mrs. Lar
combe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knox visited their
daughter, Mrs. Martin, at the Rode
baugh bungalow.
VIM. Lowry and family spent Sun
day at their w. 18th avenue cottage.
Mrs. j. Lee, of Frankfort, was the
guest of Mrs. Earnshaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Larcombe,
accom- panied by their daughter, Mrs.
f. M. Todd and daughter, of Rio
Grande, and Georgiana Larcomb, mo-
tored to Mortified, near Pleasantville,
a few days ago.
Harold Larcombe was home from
Paulsboro for a few days.
The North Wildwood Union Sunday
school invites you to attend the Tenn
perance day exercises on Sunday
Nov. IL, at $50.
The annual Halloween party was
held in the fire house Tuesday evening
and was well attended and a great
success. Some of those receiving prizes
were: Best dressed girl, Francis Shute;
comic best dressed, Clarence Let's;
ladies first fancy dressed, George Lar
combe; comic, Mrs. Bloomell; group
of clowns, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. N. Glenn,
Mrs. L. Krause, Mrs. John Heating,
Emma and Katie Glenn. The judges
were Messrs. Gibbs, Harper and
Zwirner.
The Wildwood Yacht club pulled off
one its most successful events on the
night of Saturday, October 28th, when
a general house warming and prize
drawing, the proceeds of which was for
the purpose of installing steam heat In
the club, resulted in raising nearly 5000
for this purpose. The success of the
event was largely due to the efforts of
Chairman of the House Committse
Ottens, Commodore Brennan, HARDEN
brook and Haney. Mayor Smith, who
had the contract for the annex, failed
at the last moment to get the chimney
in, so that Plumber w. H. Law had a
cold chill for fear that the steam heat
ing plant would not be ready to fire
up on Saturday evening, but a fire was
started with half a chimney. The
dinner vas prepared by Mrs. Annie
Hewitt and Mrs. AL. Griffith, and not
withstanding the dinner cost So per,
there were about fifty covers. The
holders of the prize winning tickets
yYere Chas. Saunders, box cigars; E. e.
Brown, Cynwyd, Pa, pail of the ia
nous Often Jack Frost; Frank r. Pif-
fer and John E. Lamb, each an UNI
brella; Mrs. P. L. Peterson, a wonder
full candy hat, made and presented by
the Ottens Manufactur ring Co.
Sergeant Wright Cox, of the Camden
police force, was a week ender with a
party of friends, as was also Lieut..
Emile Franconi.
Frank P. Mattera, the landscape
gardener, has been busily engaged at
Hatboro, Pa, building a lawn and
otherwise improving the grounds about
the country residence of Henry G. Dun
lap. The latter was so we'll pleased
that he has given Mr.. Mattera exclu-
sive control of his beautiful grounds
about his Wild wood Crest home, as
we'll as for the Hatboro property. Other
landscape work has been done for Jas.
A. Kenny, who recently purchased the
Buckborn property on Central avenue;
Mrs. Edward Wiier, Joseph E. Sherer,
J. E. Werner, w. G. Gross and for
Mrs. Jones at the Clearview property,
B. A. Jenkins, Forgetmenot road;
E. A. Baldwin, Wisteria road, and
DR.. Fred. T. Bridgland, 118 E. Butter
cup.