Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-10-11

came to the rescue, and proved to b'
the Moses to lead his lost and found
ering friends tout of the Wilderness
He moved that a three months note
be given by the Board to the order OF
Frank Mattera in the sum mentioned
1868. %. This note of necessity will be
signed by the President and Secretary
and these names with Mr.. Mattera's
endorsement in addition, Mr.. Bailey
felt sure, would carry the note thru,
which they did. The payee had the
note discounted at the Wild wood IL
tie and Trust Co. 1t went through
like a breeze" Now it's up to the
organization to take care of said note
when it falls due in January. One en-
thusiastic member exclaimed that the
wildwood Board of Trade had never
yet fallen down on anything it under
took, and it must not finch now p 1t
was that heroic "war-whoop" that
clinched the arguments and rushed
Rev. Bailey's motion through without
a dissenting voice! Besides the Mat.
terra bill, the golf committee still owes
on unpaid incidental bills, the sum Of
$202.5 so. All that the committee was
able to raise was the $406 from the sale
Of 81 memberships, and one dollar
extra; and most of this money was
turned over to O'Donnell-to
whom is still due a balance of$60. This
balance due O'Donnell, however, is
included in the $202.50 deficit. In
other words, the expenses on the golf
account were $1267.O4. The committee
paid on the account 1855. 26. Balance to
be no ade up is $861.78. The Mattera
note is included In this last named sum
of course. The golf committee has a
small balance on deposit, $l4.89.
The Wildwood golf "bugaboo' now
temporarily dismissed, President Kay
ordered to be read a communication
that he had received from Katherine
L. Marshall. That's what some Of the
auditors thought he said. "Who's
Katherine l.. Marshall,n was eagerly
asked? The answer was that she was
a woman of Dias Creek. This conjec-
ture proved to be erroneous, as after
the letter had been read, the announce
ment was clearly made that the writer
was Katherine l.. Norton, of Wild
W God, wife of the Board of Trade treas
urer. Mrs. Norton said in part: "Peo-
pie see a most filthy condition of streets,
board walk and beach, with no inclina-
ton on the part Of any n to remedy
such q condition; weeds have grown
knee-high along sidewalks and curbs;
and Rio Grande avenue. where thous-
ands of autoists get their first Inn
preston of Wildwood, has not
been cleaned, to my knowledge, since
it was paved two years ago. The city
looks like a garbage dump. Visitors
also see bathers on the beach. on busi-
ness streets, in trolley cars and in stores,
wearing bathing suits that should not
be allo wed anywhere, and that would
not be allowed even in Atlantic City
where everything Is said to co. Ma
ture has been kind to this resort, and
it could be made ideal; but through
neglect and Indifference on the part Of
both city officials and owners of prop
erty, Wild wood has been permitted to
get into the condition it is at the pres
ent time. The Board of Trade has re-
organized to advocate greater and better
things for Wildwood. 1t seems to me
one of the greatest things is cleanliness.
Should not the board do something
along this line, so that we may truth
fully cay Wildwood, the Beautiful
Why advertise something hat we do
not now producer"
This sharp communication stirred
things up lively and made quite a hit.
1t dealt with matters vital to the well
fare of Wildwood and brought d. J.
Woods Of the Sheldon quickly to his
feet. The bathing costume dilemma
was handled by him without gloves,
Notwithstanding repeated Interruptions
and jeering. Nothing could swerve
Mr.. Woods from his determined course.
Judging from his i'm passioned manner,
he might be induced to forego for the
general good, all admiration for art
and perception of beauty as WE'LL And
he also swatted the promoters Of Sun
day baseball and prize fights. When
some one tried to choke Mr.. Woods off
by mentioning "charity' as a motive
for the Sunday baseball games, the
speaker impatiently brushed the inter-
rupter aside as If he were a fly; and
gesticulating earnestly made q strong
plea for the cause of good taste and
propriety, which he hoped ma. pre-
vail to a larger extent here in the fu-
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