Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-26
BOARD OF TRADE
FAVORS HIGH GLASS
MUSIC AGAIN
Big Crowd Turns Out to Smoker
and Luncheon. Harry Meix-
ell. Jr., of Newark, Is Prin>
cipal Speaker of Meet
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WILDWOOD PLANS ELECTRIC. SIGN AT
COUNTY ROAD

Sixty or more men attended the
Wild wood Board of Trade Smoker and
Luncheon Tuesday night. President
PIP. Baker presided aud opened the
meeting about $50 o'clock. Secretary
Greaves called the roll of members.
The speaker of the evening was Harry
Mfixell, Jr., of Newark, assistant sec
retary of the New Jersey State Cham
Der of Commerce. He told of the USE
fulness of boards of trade. Have a
definite plan aud work together. Take
an inventory of stock and see what you
b.sve. See if you have something that
othefss3Sns have not. Take what you
have and NJ AXE the best of it. Don't
take up with a proposition that inter-
ests a few, take o1es.hat interests the
community. Decide upon your policy
and analyze it. IN other words find
out what you are going TO do and stick
toll. He said the island had wonder
full facilities for a seashoIe resort aud
shpuld be developed. Tell your story
tolthe people of New York, but have
yon hotels to take care of this class Of
people?
j. Fithian Tatem spoke Of the bene-
icial results from the high class music
at Wildwood last summer and thought
it should be repeated for the coming
summer. He told how the Pryor
music boosted Asbury Park years ago.
Mr.. Tstem also urged the board of trade
to ask for further money from the
county to be used In the ditching pro-
cess of mosquito elimination. He
thought it was money wisely expen-
ded.
i. P. Coney exhibited a plan of an
electric sign as drawn by Mark b.
Reeves. 1t is proposed that this arch
. tisigh point the way TO Wild wood at
the junction of the road at Rio Grande.
The cost of the sign was said to be
about $500. 1t is planned to have a
hand high up in the air pointing ocean
ward with these words emblazened in
light:
"TO North Wildwood. Wild
wood and wildwood Crest Three
Miles,"
1t was suggested hat the expense of
installing the sign be divided among
the three municipalities of the island
as follows: Wildwood, $500; North
Wildwood and the Crest $3.50 each.
A motion was adopted recommend
ing hat a high class orchestra be en-
gagged for the coming summer. 1t is
taken for granted that the orchestra
will play ia the Casino auditorium as
last summer.
May or Smith spoke on the water
question and stated that he thought
the minimum fee paid in advance for
water would be abolished next July.
Sometime after eleven O'Clock Messrs.
John B. Wright, Whitesell aud Sagel,
lunch consisting of ham and cheese
sandwiches, coffee, pickles and olives.
Among those present were George
Albig, A. b. Andersen, w. H. Austin,
J. 7. Baker, l.. r. Baker, j. H. Beech
er, o. 1. Black well, l. H. Boyer, VIM.
Campbell, w. E. Castor, L. @ g. Clark,
Rev. IL. P. Gresham, L.. 2. Coney,
Charles Croker, Heb4r Crane. Morris
Dare, Joseph EmpoI, Lester M. Evans,
Russell Hamburg, Benz Gliding,
John T. Giltinan, James Goddard,
Joseph Henderson,, w. e. Heudee,
G.. III. Huppert, B. G. Ingersoll, J. F.
James, R. J. Kay, Kennel Kirby,
Harry Koeneke, Abe Konowitch, F. s.
Lloyd, George Marsh, John McNutt,
Lsnning Myers, Harry Nickerson,
g. A. Norton, EFT. Nye, J.T. O'Daniel,
G. r. Page, r. g Pierpont, George T.
Raesly, G. E. Rakestraw, M. b. Reeves,
L. Sagel, D. Miles Rigor, R. w. Ryan,
]. w. Robbins, Walter Scott, II. G.
Schlichting, G. N. Smith, E. G.
Slaughter, w. c. Todd, DR. Tomlin,
G. II. Turner, H. E. Weir, Mr.. Whit
craft, ]. E. WhiteselI, A. M. Wright,
Sohn Wright, J. W. Young.