Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04

oiS6Cos puuud Vi bue pIeeeDI season.
The Reading railroad brought down
2,034 excurslonists on three sections of
the $l.00 excursion train and 5,40O
came on six sections of the Pennsyl-
vania road. Auto parties were much
in eviderlce and with the big number
OF vacataonlsts that arrived on other
trains there was a GRO wd that delighted
the hearts Of our business men who act
ed as host to the happy visitors that go
literally p%atronlzed the varied enter
tainment provided for their pleasure.
J. WencesIas Woller, founder and
editor of the Northeast Banner, SO14
Kensington avenue, Aramingo, Phila-
delphia, visited the JOURNAL office
Tuesday. Our brother editor has rent
ed the Grace cottage, 120 West Pine
avenue, and will occupy it with his
family for the remainder of the season.
MI. Woller visited Wild wood Annex
on Tuesday and purchased the first
regular ticket that the Wildwood and
Delaware Bay Short Line railroad Is
now selling to the annex.
The Ocean Pier Roller Coaster is
proving the great attraction of the sea-
son. The coaster was taxed to its
utmost capacity on Saturday and Sun
day.
Herbert w. Hand is one of the Wild
wood boys to enlist for National Pre-
p~aredness by joining the Drexel- Biddle
Marine Militia camp at Lsnsdowne,
Pa. This organization was founded
by Drexel Blddle for the purpose of
giving young men a naval training
that a be used, II necessary, for
national defense. In q letter to his
father, former Assemblyman Chris
Hand, ssspung Hand states that the
organization has been mustered into
the United States marine service, but
has received no intimation of foreign
service as yet. National naval officers
are SO pleased with the boys' efficiency
that they have arranged to take them
on a 80 days cruise for sea practise and
young Hand is likely to be one of the
number assigned to the cruise, as he
has made q remarkable rifle score at
the camp of IS points out of a possible
so.
Herbert is popular with a host of
friends here, as he was interested in
high school activities and the social
aft airs of the young peoples set. He
was a corporal of the Wildwood Coast
Artillery Battalion and stands for the
high ideals that go to make useful
manhood.
A card party for the benefit Of the
Wild wood Civic club will be held at
the residence OF Mrs. J. Harvey Spru-
ance, at the Marion apartments, Prim-
rose road and Philadelphia avenue,
Wild wood Crest, Friday evening,
Aug. IL, at 8 O'Clock sharp. Tickets,
35 cents. n
Otto Fricke and family have been
making an auto tour that included a
trip from their home at New York to
Washington. d. c., and stopped here
for a few days on their return trip that
would have embraced a visit to the
New Jersey coast resorts, but Mr..
Fricke had to forego this pleasure, as
his Overland car was stolen from
where 1t was parked at Cedar avenue
and the board walk, last Friday night.
fnha N N sno.,rnd oHd 10 II 20 not
recovered Mr.. Fricke will be reimburs-
ed for his loss.
Henle's Hotel, Stephen Henle, pro-
prietor, 2l9 east Lincoln avenue, Wild
wood, N. J.. Cafe, European plan,
newly furnished.
A grabbing party made up of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Peterson, chaperons,
Misses Elizabeth Ithowsky, Marie Nc
Menamin, Bessie Whertley and Ed
ward Hogan, John Richards, Everard
Keller and Harlan Hogan, guests of
the Hotel Reading, enjoyed great sport
in the back channel Wednesday, Crab
bling was a new experience to several
OF the party who received the grip OF
the crustacean order for the first time.
Get the habit; follow the crowd to
Wirth's Cafe.
Milton CARL and Miss Sara Nc
Pherson, of Harmersville, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. q. f. Dubois
over Sunday, on East Pine avenue
At the 1890 morning service next
Sunday at the Presbyterian church
Miss Yenney will sing. Frederick w.
Bauer, a Philadelphia lawyer and cot
tager at Holly Beach, will teach the
Bible class at Sunday.school at 2.30.
In the evening at 7.45 Mr.. Wurtz and
a male quartet will sing.
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