Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07

Robert l.. Hahn, of ALB Monastery ave-
nue., Roxborough, Pa, located the
treasure. He started the search short
~ after 6 80 O'Clock and followed care
fully the clew given and found the or
der for the 500 in a cinder pile at the
beach end of Wildwood n Mar
garet Il. Shaw, Of Glenolden, Pa, won
the $40 prize for the first correct an
swer to the quotation problem, made
up by patching together superfious
words in the Wildwood ads printed in
''The Press a week ago. The other
prize Of like amount went to Miss
Pearl ~Schlichting, of 229 East Oak ave-
nue.. The first quotation was from
Shakespeare's 1.-THE Merchant of Ven
ice" and the second from Longfellow's
"The Day is Done.n
Nobody has turned in a complete set
of the letters spelling "Automoblle
Rum Different places In Wildwood
have letter apiece and the contestants
may make up their collection by visit
ing each of the places. Where the let
tiers are to be found remains for the co.,
testants to discover. The automobile
obstacle race at four o'clock on Monday
was Witnessed by vast crowds that
lined the boardwalk at Wildwood ave-
nue. to witness the event. Twenty-Five
cars entered the race that was made
over q purse of about one. fifth of a
mile. The course to be followed wound
In and out between two rows of bas-
kets, marked by American flags. F.
R~ichardson won the first prize of S25
in his little Saxon car that spun around
the 55rtuous course. Mr.. Richard
son'stime was one minute and fifteen
seconds. F. M. Birmingham, in a
Maxwell, finished second. w. F.Tay-
Tor, IN his Apperson Roadaplane, real
Iy lade the course | less time than
the winner, but had the bad luck to
foul n of the baskets with his rear
wheel and therefore was disqualified.
independence Day dawned to the
music of the old song of the sea at
Wildwood, which was ready to well
come the $4,000 or more visitors that
knocked at her gates to enjoy the hos
pitality she had SO abundantly provid-
ed. The key to the city was figurative-
ly handed to the host of guests that a
dozen special trains and thousands of
automobiles had brought to enjoy one
of the most perfect days that could
have been given by the weather man.
Cid Glory was everywhere and the
spirit of patriotism dominated visitor
and resident alike as they went about
enjoying the various sports and amuse-
ments of the day. Not a serious mis-
hap or disorder occurred to mar the
pleasure of the happy throng. Not a
cell door closed upon a law offender, a
record that citizen and official is proud
of. July 4th, 1915, will go down in the
history of Wildwood -by-the-Sea as a
red letter day in its history and sparkle
and shine as the superb display of fire.
works Oh the beach, that did credit to
the hard working entertainment COM
mittee that no doubt received its re-
ward in the thunderous applause that
greeted the last set piece that bid good
night to the thousands that enjoyed a
perfect day within our gates.
The Ocean Pier Roller Coastes is now
in operation with six cars and more
ordered. Over five thousand people
enjoyed the scenic trip on the Fourth
The Ocean Pier ball room was the
scene of a most novel wedding on Mon
day at high noon. The wedding march
in the rolling bass OF the sea and the
sweet music of Rushton's Orchestra
ushered the bridal party to a beautiful
bower of palms and pink roses that had
been erected on the floor of the ball
room. AT the altar was waiting the
Rev. Isaac w. Bagley, of Camden, who
used the beautiful Baptist church ring
ceremony in uniting Mr.. David Laing
Evans and Miss Marion Patterson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Patterson, OF Camden, both of Pitts
burgh, Pa, In the holy bands of mat
rimony. The bride was given in mar
rage by her brother. Jas. g. Blaine
Patterson. Miss Esther Wallen and
Miss Lille Johnson, of Camden, cous-
ins Of the bride, acted as bridesmaids
and James q. Greer, Of Camden, was
best man. Doris McClain, of Wild
wood, did the honors of flower girl.
The bride was gowned In white taffeta
trimmed with old point lace and carried
a shower bouquet of white roses and
lilies of the valley. The bridesmaids
wore lavender organdie over white silk
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