Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-12-21


public-spirited people of Wildwood
have erected a tree in Wildwood on
Pa ific avenue, neal the Journal office,
and right in front of the big handsome
building of the Marine National Bank,
which will be trimmed beautifully and
lighted up with electric lights. And
best of all, old Santa will be there him.
self next Monday night and have help
ers TO assist him in handing out goodies
to all the children of Anglesea, the
Ottens tract, Wildwood and the Crest.
The tree will be called a community
tree and all the people of the neighbour
hood can come and see it. The Wild
wood City band will also participate,
leaving city ball at seven O'Clock
Christmas eve and march up Pacific
avenue to Maple avenu and back to
the tree. Old Santa is expected to APP
pear at Z 80 o'clock, and if there is
enough snow on the ground he may
come in his sleigh. The local ministers
will have charge of the service.
Christmas greeting cards, booklets
and post cards. r. w. Ryan, Sta
tionery Store, 143 E. Wildwood ave. n
E After the session of lodge on Tuesday
evening Beach Council, No. 157, Jr. o.
u. A. M, served a lunch to it's MEM
bers. John Bright, Palmer M. Way,
and William HI. Bright were invited
as the speakers of the evening. They
gave most interesting addresses. Mr..
Way, head of the food conserving
movement in Wildwood, gave q most
interesting talk on that subject. John
Bright spoke on the Red Cross and his
brother the thrift saving stamps. IN
Charley Glenn has been promoted
to be superintendent of construction
for the Cramp company over at Cape
May. He works in conjunction with
the government engineers, and 1t is
quite a responsible position. There are
about twenty Wildwood carpenters
employed there at present, who make
from $40 to $50 per week. There were
double that number there for several
months, but many have been laid off
lately. The work will continue most
all winter, as another building is about
to be commenced. The workmen go
and come daily in automobiles. Lewis
Wills, the former superintendent, has
gone to Norfolk, Va, TO take charge of
similar work.
Oonveyancing, @ills and deeds
drawn. William H. Bright. adv.
Mrs. w. H. Staples is staying with
her daughter Alice in Philadelphia,
who was recently married. Another
daughter, Miss Ethel Staples, contem-
plates taking a trip south after the
holidays to spend sometime with rela-
tlves on her fathers side at Rich
mond, Va.
Coney's van hauled a load of army
pants last week from WOOD bine 10
Philadelphia. There was 1900 PAIRS
on the load and Mr.. Coney says it was
the largest load hal ever crossed the
Delaware river.
Mrs. Harry G. Koeneke will reopen
the Home Hotel shortly after Christ
mas.
A military wedding is to take place
at Vineland on Christmas night when
Earl Turner will marry Miss Miriam
Troost. The groom is in the training
camp at Admission, Alabama, and has
been granted leave of absence to visit
his parents, MI. and Mrs. Walter E.
Turner.
A dance will be given by the Fisher
mems Benevolent association at Red
Mems Hall east Lincoln avenue Satur-
day evening December 20, at eight
o'clock, tickets 30 cents aud refresh
ments free. Chalmers Rappold orches-
ira will furnish the music. adv.
Mrs. Harry j. Herbert was down
from the city yesterday looking after
her property on Young avenue, and
shipping some of her goods to Phila-
delphia. Mr.. Herbert is employed in
the city and their son works at League
Island. They had great difficulty in
finding a house in the city. They are
located at West Philadelphia at 1O40
n. Palace street,.
Bright's Express. Hauling Of all
kinda Garfald and Pacific auanuaa
Storage warehouse and boarding
stables. Vans for long distance work.
Both phones. n
The Wildwood War Savings Society
was organized Wednesday evening at
the Hotel Seacrest with George .W.
Banks as chairman and Robert Pier
pont as secretary. A permanent Or
ganization will be effected Friday eve