Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-03-17
NORTH WILDWOOD

1t Is expected that Henry III. Ottens
and party will return from their So
journ through the southwest this
coming Sunday, and with that fact in
in view the Wildwood Yacht club is
arranging for a stewed chicken din
ner at the Club house next Sunday at
twelve o'clock. The dinner is to as
sumo the proportion of a welcome
home to MIR. Ottens and all Of Mr..
Ottens many friends on Five Mile
Beach are invited to come to the club
house and partake of the dinner which
the club will set forth. A large dele
cation Of Philadelphia friends will be
on hand, and while the latest letter
from MI. Ottens states that he will
arrive home by the 10Th, at the latest,
the club is hoping that he will be pre-
sent Sunday. If he fails to arrive
however, the celebration will take
place the following Sunday.
One of the best signs of Spring that
we have seen in a long time has beer
the arrival of the beautiful red winged
blackoirds, which made their appear
ance ia The meadow lands aside of the
trolley in North Wildwood last Sun
day. The familiar birds from the SUM-
ny South were observed sitting on the
trolley wires and poles and in the
bushes singing their musical notes and
making a decided impression on the
folks who were fortunate enough to
note their arrival. Another fact in
bird life on Five Mile Beach was the
numerous focks of Starlings. This is
probably the first time tina starlings
have been observed on Five Mile Beach,
they being introduced into the United
states within the past fifteen veal
from Europe; they conferred in New
York State and have multiplied 80
rapidly that they are spreading
throughout the Middle Atlantic States
and New England states. There is
some fear that the startling is going to
be a worse customer than the sparrow,
have pc werful beaks, are fighters and
drive other birds before them. They
are blue black In color and not unlike
the grackle or common field black
bird except that they are somewhat
smaller. The beautiful Martin Is ex-
pected to arrive on April 10th which he
does with unfailing regularity each
year. There is a colony of these birds
at Grassy Sound and one at Anglesea.
The ospry or sea eagle likewise makes
his appearance in Cape May County
during the first two weeks Of April and
returns to his last years nest wherein
he lives for long periods of time.
Most Of the great arctic gulls have
gone north and soon the harbor or her.
ring gull will take his place on the
beach front and meadows. The great
arctic gulls which belong to the alba
tross family works up the coast as far
as Newfoundland and Labradore where
he spends his summer, returning to
this climate in the latter part ONO
vember or first of December.
Miss Katie Splitter, of Philad elphia,
was the guest of Mr.. aud Mrs. F,
Zwirner, of East 18th street.
John Pew spent Wednesday in
Philadelphia on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Conway, of PhiIa-
delphia, spent Sunday at their cottage
OF West 18th street.
Mrs Rambo, of Vineland, spent a
few days of last week with her friend
Miss s. Hangy, of the Ashbridge cot
tsge on East 18th street.
Mrs. F. Larcombe is spending a few
weeks with friends in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Leibfreid, of East
goth avenue entertained last Sunday
their daughter and son-in-law, MI. and
Mrs. g. HI. Dubois, of Philadelphia.
The over Sunday visitors were F.
Brennan and son, George Conner, It.
w. Estlow, w. Duncan, VIM. Thiel,
8. King, E. Franconi and Mrs. A.
Ernshaw.
The p. b. g. of the North Wildwood
Union Sunday school will hold an ice
cream social on Monday evening,
March 20 at the North Wild wood fire
house.
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