Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-09-14

Bank, died at the home of bis daugh-
ter at Swainton Thursday night, Sep
tember IL, 1917, aged SO years. Rela-
tives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral from the residence Of his
daughter, Mrs. B. F. Godfrey, Swain
ton, N. J., on Sunday afternoon, Sep
TENDER 16, at two o'clock. The deceased
was station agent at Swain station for
80 years, succeeding Isaac Swain, who
was the first agent there when the rail-
road was first built TO Cape May in
1854. Some years ago MI. Eldredge
and his family moved TO Wildwood
and bought the Belmont property on
east Maple avenue of the late e. H.
Peterson. Mrs. Eldredge conducted
a boarding house there until the failing
health of her husband compelled her
to give it up. The house was closed
during the past summer. For some
years Mr.. Eldredge was on the police
force in Wildwood. The deceased
leaves a widow three sons and a daugh-
ter.
j. Albert Harris made a visit to Es-
sington, Pa, a few days ago and saw
Harry G~reaves. He reports that Mr..
Greaves is becoming quite an aviator
and makes many flights alone in his
machine. Greaves expects a call any
day to &c to the battlefields of France.
The Wildwood public schools COM
menced the fall term on Monday with
q total enrolment of $50 pupils. The
new high school building is used for
both the high school and grammar
grade pupils. In this building are en-
rolled 105 high school pupils and 184 In
the various grades. There are 269
pupils enrolled in the old Holly Beach
building, 105 in the old Wildwood
building and 81 in the brick colored
school building.
The Sun Publishing Company is
negotiating for the purchase of the
Wildwood Tribune and job printing
plant, owned by Charles r. Page. The
plan Is t consolidate the two papers
and to sell enough stock to enable the
Sun company to make the purchase.
The Sun, lately the property Of T. G.
Hamilton, deceased, was bought last
winter by local Democrats of w. HI.
Bright.
A wedding took place at the Wild
wood Baptist church on Saturday, Sep
tember 9Th, 1917, at noon, when Miss
Lille Grapevine Johnson was married
to Mr.. James Collins Greer, both of
Camden. The bride is the daughter of
Manager johnson, of the Wild wood
Ocean pier and is the granddaughter of
Thomas Grapevine, a well-known Hol-
~ Beach resident. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Issac Bagley,
Wild The church
was filed with relatives and friends Of
the couple and q mass of beautiful flow
ers was furnished by Florist Cummius.
The bridesmaids carried baskets of
roses.
Mrs. Alice Bache and her two manly
boys, who spent a couple of weeks at
Severn Hall, returned to their Phila-
delphia home last Sunday. They are
looking forward to spending another
vacation In Wildwood next season, and
may possibly come down for the Eas-
er holidays.
The Carpenters Union had a big at
tendance at their weekly meeting in
JOURNAL hall last night. Many new
members have been taken In recently
and last night they had a treat of ice
cream. About fifty Wildwood car
penters are working at Cape May on
The government barracks, where they.
make big money. They are taken
back and forth in automobiles.
Assessor l.. I'll. Boyer and family, of
the Hotel Fen wick, started on a vaca-
ton last week. At Delaware Water
Gap Mr.. Boyer was taken sick and the
returned home.
DR.. Edwards will preach morning
and evening next Sunday at the M. e.
church. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 7.45, after which DR.. Ed
wards will explain the Sunday-school
lesson. Persons interested ia teaching
Sunday-school are invited.
Kenneth Kirby has entered the en-
ploy of the Wildwoo and Delaware
Bay Short Line Railroad, running be-
tween Wildwood and the junction.
The Free Public Library will be open
at the Club House on Tuesday, We'd
nesdsy, Thursday and Friday after
of next week from two to five