Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-09


night, but MI. Mumford, of the Penn
Publishing company, Philadelphia, was
sent by Miss Askew, and gave a most
interesting address in the Baptist
Tomlin presided and introduced the
speaker. Miss Stella VanHorn sang a
couple of solos, accompanied by Mrs.
L. H. Fisher on the piano. The speak
er said that the people of some Of the
countries of Europe read better books
than did the Americans, the latter
reading too many dime novels. He
was surprised to find in the audience
a college classmate in the person of
J. Fithian Tatem. After Mr.. Num-
ford concluded his remarks Mr.. Tatem
spoke, as did also P. p. Baker. Those
who ventured out that cold night spent
a most profitable evening and renewed
interest was created for the public Ii
brary fund.
Our annual sale of ladies' shoes starts
Saturday, Feb. 10th. w. F. Wentzell.
The second ofthe series of Pre- enten
services at Holy Trinity Lutheran
church, Poplar and Atlantic avenues,
will be held on Sunday, FEBRUARY 18th.
During the eleven o'clock morning
service the pastor will preach on the
theme Goods Acres" and the subject
for the evening service at 7.30 will be
''The Stranger Within Our Gates"
Special sale of mems shoes at w. M.
Beers big shoe store.
The following is the order of services
in The Methodist, Baptist and Presley
terrain churches next Sunday: In the
morning DR.. Ed wards Will preach in
his own pulpit. Rev. Fisher will
preach in his pulpit. The evangelist
and his party will <be in the Presby-
terian church. In the evening there
will not be any service in the Methodist
or Baptist churches. The Baptist and
Methodist congregations will unite with
the Presbyte rians and the evangelist
will preach.
DR.. King, having contracted a severe
cold, was not able to occupy the pulpit
of the Presbyterian church last Sun
day, but he expects to preach next
Sunday morning and new members
viii be received at the morning service.
E. 4. Nye, superinte dent of the
West Jersey Electric company, was in
Trenton on Monday attending a legis-
lative hearing.
MI. and Mrs. Samuel Cooper return-
ed from Florida this week. They en-
countered some freezing weather there,
which is quite unusual. The Florida
res orts are having a good s.asoD, it is
said. The state is full OF western peo-
pie, with $4,000 people from Ohio at
st. Petersburg. Five carloads ofstraw-
berries were shipped north from Tam
Ia in January.
B g sale at the Little Shoe Store.
w. f. Wentzell.
Mrs. Kenneth Holmes died at her
home in Wildwood this afternoon.
The young woman had been sick for
a year or more aud was the daughter
of Lemuel p. Coney, formerly of Nor
ma. She leaves q husband and a little
child about a year and a half old. Her
parents, aud three brothers survive.
Friends and relatives are Invited to at
tend funeral services at the Wildwood
ME-. church on Monday at one o'clock.
Interment at Court House Baptist
cemetery. Automobile funeral. The
family have the sympathy of a vice
circle of friends.
See the bargains In shoes for 81 at
w. F. Wentzell's.
The flower of the island attended the
Walter Pfeiffer concert at Hunts thea
tire on Wednesday evening given under
the auspices Of the Wildwood Chorus
and Civic club. A full house greeted
the performers and the hearers were
delighted with the beautiful music by
Mr.. Pfeifer, solo violinist; Miss Com
erford, contrallo; Miss Mayer, pianist,
and Mr.. Einhorn, solo cellist.
Ferdinand Noska, a prominent resi-
dent of Manayunk, was here Wednes-
day and presided at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Wild
wood and Delaware Bay Short Line
railroad. Mr.. Noska was a guest at
the Hamlet.
--a.O
Tnn Much RnGinQCG