Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-02-08
NORTH WILDWOOD

AT the regular monthly meeting of
the North Wild wood City Council Tues
day evening, the contract was award
ed to Richard Lsrcombe for the cree
tion Of the scow for the dredge which
is to be built for the city. The price
was $3.50 and 1t was the only bid re-
ceived. The contract for furnishing
the engine was awarded to J. HI. Mil
Ter for $1700. 1t Is a % horsepower,
type Y. Fairban s-Morse engine, Nand
burns crude oil. The heating plant in
stalled by Koeneke Bros. for heating
the fire engine room was accepted.
The Anglesea boys have been having
a lot of fun with a pony belonging to
Capt. Curtis w. Mathis, which they
hitched to a sled. Capt. Mathis brought
the pony up from Chincoteague last
December on his boat. There is a Gel
ebrsted breeding place for ponies on
Scotch Beach in Maryland, where the
pony was procured. An annual event
there Is the pony penning, when the
animals are put up at auction. When
the young animal arrived here
it was a hard matter to get it to eat,
but it learned to eat grain after awhile.
Councilman Richard Rauch went to
Woodbine yesterday in an effort to
buy beef, being unable to get meat in
Philadelphia.
Mayor James McLinden came over
from the farm on Tuesday, that bitter
ly cold day, to attend the Council meet
ing and since then has been in Mace's
hospital suffering FROM a severe cold.
The Anglesea Association has made
the last payment for the furniture in
the club house, which cost 1925.
The fishermen who visited Washing
ton, d. G., last week were impressed by
the food administration of the necessi-
ty of conserving the fish for food, and
were urged to harvest ice now SO that
the surplus of the fish catches next sum-
mer could be stored for future use. The
men came home and went right to
work cutting salt w&ter ice just north
Of Mace's pier. It is being placed on a
plotof ground, and a house will be
erected around it. They were told that
there is a shortage of ammonia used in
the manufacture of artificial ice, and
for that reason every effort should be
made to harvest natural Ice. Ammo
mia is in great demand for the battle
fields OF Europe.
Mrs. Webster entertained over Sun
day her mother, Mrs. King, and her
sister Mrs. Rel and Mrs. Fisher.
Thos. Webster was in Atlantic City
this week for a few days.
Mrs. Feaster entertained this week
her daughter Margaret Bailey, and
Miss Edna Kay.
Rufus Let's and 70 Newton, of Car
neys point, spent a few days at home.
Over Sunday visitors were Henry
Taylor. Samuel King, Fred Loefier,
Horace Snyder, Commodore Brennan
and friends aud Mr.. Ottens. Geo. G.
Conner Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. Hirst aud
Mrs. Swope. G. Rodenbauch vas down
Wednesday with his nephew from the
West, who came down 10 see the ocean.
His first sight of the mighty deep was
a strange one, for it was a mass of ice
and snow as far as the eye could see.
Mrs. Charles Johnson fell on the ice
one day this~week and broke IAN arm.
James Boyd has been IN a Philadel-
phia hospital suffering from a frosted
lip.
MIS-. Freezing II. Hewitt, who has
teen ill for some time, is now on the
mend.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Angle
sea M. E. church is arranging for an
entertainment to promote the sale of
government thrift stamps.
Captain Munson Celebrates
On Tuesday, February 5, 1918, at
Angleeea Captain and Mrs. Peter Mum
son celebrated their Goth wedding an
niversary with a supper in the rooms
80 AouIaoao oSsooiotion Tha napm.