Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-19
WILDWOOD

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east Seventeenth avenue last Saturday
amounted to $l07 .35 in cash. The cost
of furnishing the house originally was
about $500. The book accounts due and
owing to Harbison's Wildwood Bazaar
were offered at public sale last Monday
at the office of Receiver John Bright.
They amounted to something over
$4,000. The best bid was $50 for the
whole lot, which was not accepted by
Robert Bright, who conducted the sale
because of the illness of his brother.
Many of the debtors had furnished
goods or services to HARRISON, but had
neglected to have settlements OF pass
receipts.
Special sale of mems shoes at w. M.
Beers big shoe store.
The right Of citizenship was bestowed
upon three residents of Wildwood by
the Common Pleas Court on January
10th, 1917, as follows: Carl Axel Lind
holm, 5000 Pacific avenue, born in
Russia, and landed in New York on
October 2, 1909. Joseph Adamo, 1903
Pacific avenue, born in Italy, aud
arrived in New York on September 80,
1908. Hyman Worobe, 4509 Pacific
avenue, born In Russia, and arrived in
Baltimore, May l, 1904. The folio wing
have applied for citizenship aud their
papers will be granted to them later:
Nikolai Edward Torgerson, born in
Norway, landed in New York on April
II, 1895. James Goddard, 3712 Pacific
avenue, born in Great Britain, came to
this country on June 81, 1911, landing
in Philadelphia.
Building Association funds to loan
on first mortgage in amounts to suit.
Robert J.. Kay secretary, Wildwood,
n. j.
Albert F. Lion has been elected cash.
Ter of the Union Bank to succeed FL
wood Thompson, who enters the hotel
business. Mr.. Lion has been employ
ed in the bank for some years. Her
OCAt heCCNCo Auo OCCn u1OfCd uR W NC
assistant cashier. Howard johnson,
formerly bookkeeper at Harbison's
store, later employed by Bright's ex-
press, is the new face in the bank.
Mr.. Johnson has reason to be a happy
man. Not only has he just secured a
good bank position, but at home he
has a sweet little baby girl, born on
December 20, 1916, at Burleigh, at the
home of his wife's father, Garner Hand,
a we'll known Cape May county farmer.
He goes back and forth on the tram
daily.
Special sale of mems shoes at w. M.
Beers big shoe store.
The finishing touches are being put
on a bungalow OF East Juniper avenue,
neal the steam railroad, owned by Ira
Price, a Philadelphia, who expects to
bring his family down in the spring.
B. V. VanHorn was the carpenter in
charge and Mr.. Price has been down
all winter assisting, and is living in the
small cottage on the Franklin property
at Glenwood and Holly Beach
Don't forget your tickets for the Tall
Cedar Minstrel at Hunts, Wednesday
evening, January 31st. Box office now
open.
Winchester Bonham has been travel
ing in Pullman cars and attending ban
quets almost all winter. His latest long
distance trip was to Ohio where he at
tended a heating apparatus convention
10 Cincinnati. This week be has been
in attendance at the automobile show
in Philadelphia and Wednesday even
ing attended a banquet given by the
Overland Motor Company at the Ritz
Carlton hotel.
Mrs. Florence Mccarthy, of Philadel-
phia, vas a week end guest OF Mrs.
Carl Siebsrt. Another lady friend stop
ping with the family is Mrs. Leibrandt,
of the clerical force in Baker Brothers.
Philadelphia office, who Is auditing the
books and accounts of Wildw wood Crest.
Frank l.. King spends a portion of
his time at Tuckahoe promoting a tract
of land owned by former Assemblyman
Chris. S. Hand. He has fora ed 4
partnership with Mr.. Hand in the real
estate business. He has moved his
Office on Wild wood avenue across the
street TO his residence.
Joseph Widershan, of Camden. was
married to Sarah Crayton at the Wild
wood Baptist parsonage by Rev. Fisher
or Tuesday evening, January Is, 1917.
William G. Essen, of Cape May, was
in Wildwood yesterday and gave the
JOURNAL a call.
Isabel Bradley and Agnes Alt, Phil
adelphia school teachers, spent Sstur-