Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-17

at crest rom being OOLcne0.
Among those present at this protest
meeting were County Engineer Rice,
Ralph Whitley, s. A. Laning, Free
holder Young, l.. p Coney, Charley
Nickerson.
The Board of Trade committee of II,
met at Edgeton Inn on Wednesday
night, May 8th, and organized by cleo
ting Heber Crane chairman and J.. E.
Whitesell, secretary. The latter will
only serve in this capacity until the
services. of a paid secretary are made
available. Whatever applications for
the position of paid secretary had been
received up to that time, were read and
discussed. On Monday last, at ten
O'Clock a. m.. the committee met at
city ball and had before them, by APP
pointment, for an interview r. b.
Gilmore, whose home is in the Lone
Star State. Mr.. Elmore is engaged In
Red Cross work, and it was while he
was lecturing in Wild wood that his at
%tention was dra W to the canvass for q
paid secretary for the committee Of
directors. Mr.. Elmore's application
was taken under consideration, togeth-
er with a number of others. A telegram
from a Mr.. Mears, of Tampa, Florida,
fixed tomorrow as the date for him TO
appear before the committee. MI. Ell
more addressed the Baptist and Pres
byterian congregations in Wild wood
last Sunday night. His home is at
Dallas, one of the live cities of Texas,
the rivalry between It., Houston and
San Antonio being very keen. Each
of the three claim a population Of
100 900. IF Mr.. Gilmore Ia a fair SAM
pie of the brains that helped develop
any one of these three progressive cities
he probably would make q good man
Nor Wildwood.
The Wild wood Embroidery Shop
now located at 1872 East Wildwood ave.
nue., will nov to the Board walk store
above Maple avenue, on May 18th,
where you will find q full line of knit
ting yarns for army, navy and private
use. Miss j. Scott.-adv
James NJ. Slaughter, NJ. D., physici-
an and druggist, and his daughter, Mrs.
Adelaide Gilbert, returned TO Wildwood
on Thursday, May 2, after a six months
visit to the home of Mrs. Louisa Grif-
fifth Steer, in Ardmore, Pa, second
daughter of DIR. Slaughter. A married
son, James Virgil Slaughter, also lives
in Ardmore, where he conducts a drug
store.
Mrs. Edward Knapp, of 99l N. 5th
street, accompanied by her friend and
neighbor, Mrs. Marie Geyer, came to
Wild wood on Tuesday, the 9TH inst,
to prepare the Franklin cottage, l26 E.
Pine avenue, for the season of 1918, her
husband being the owner of it. Mrs.
w. S. Holt, formerly of Rowland Hall,
on Spicer avenue, was proprietress of
the franklin for the past two seasons.
The year prior to that, j. w. Fell of
West Chester, Pa, ran this hotel. Mrs.
Knapp and Mrs. Geyer returned to
their homes in Philadelphia on Sun
day last.
Cut flowers, potted plants, seeds and
vegetable plants. M. S. Cummins, III
; East Wildwood avenue.-adv If
Robert E. johnson, the actor, and
his wife, returned from Philadelphia
May 1st, where they filed an engage
ment at the Orpheum stock theatre,
Germantown and Chelten avenues,
under the management of Rich
ard LaSalle. Mr.. Johnson's summer
cottage is at 1874 West Sweet Briar road.
Mr.. johnson has trod the boards at
Bakers theatre for a number of sea-
sons and is always sat home" there as
we'll as at his Sweet Briar cottage. Mr..
La Sale is coming down soon.
r The Stanford Stock Company, under
contract with the Nixon-Nirdlinger
Co., will play this summer at Bakers
boardwalk theatre. Emily Smiley will
make her temperance this season,
r which announcement gives us pleasure
to report because of her popularity
t with all classes of theatre-goers, those
8 seeking amusement merely, as well as
, students of dramatic art.
Norbert E. Dorente and wife, who
? spent the last two summers in Wild
wood at their apartment, 3210 Park
3 Boulevard, will not be back this season
until late, possibly not until September.
: They have been connected with a trav-
0 cling dramatic company, playing cir
9 cults throughout Canada and the West.
: Building Association funds to loan
on first mortgage in amounts to suit.
Robert ]. Kay secretary, Wildwood,
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