Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-10

26 years, and to the same woman.
That may seem strange to some, but it
Is a fact nevertheless. He is an Eng
lishman by birth; SO is Mrs. Hart.
When a mere boy he clandestinely
welded Mrs. Hart No. la mere slip
of a girl at that time. For two years
this secret was kept hidden from the
world: but there came a day of reck-
oning, and the paternal wrath when
the truth leaked out was something
dreadful TO behold. HTalk about fight,
ing the Kaiser, " said Mr. Hartl 1.-THE
fight with the Kaiser is as nothing
compared to the struggle [ went
through with Mrs. Harris governor!n
But love will have its way at last, and
wheD the naughty English banker
condoned the objectionable ~offense,
then Mrs. Hart No. l was welded
again and became Mr.. Harris No. 2,
and hearts were trump in the last deal.
And that is why he says he's a much
married man. His devotion to his two
wives is certainly of the most crafty
ing degree and we'll might we wish
that both could regularly attend the
meetings OF our board of trade.
Mr.. Hart's address was mainly d.
rected to pointing out the advantages
of Wildwood -by-the-sea as a health re-
sort for invalids and convalescen.s. He
would institute an extensive campaign
among medical men all over the coun-
try, with the result hat Wildwood
would be prescribed nine times out of a
possible ten, because of the intrinsic
advantages here IN dustless air, chemi-
cally pure water and nature welded to
the highest art. After MI. Harris de-
lightful rambie, MI. Laning spoke, as
did also Frank L. King. And there
the curtain descended and the piano.
rama ended.
THE SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting of the Board of
Trade was held on Tuesday night, May
7, 1918, in the high school auditorium.
The call for this meeting was Issued
Saturday, May 4th, In the form Of q
letter signed by President Kay and
Secretary Wright aud mailed to each
member of the board. This special
session was made necessary because the
nominations for the members of the
board of governors, arranged for under
the reorganization plan and as adopted
at the regular meeting of the Board of
Trade on Thursday, May 2, 1918, were
not made In the usual name of NAM
ing the nominees from the floor, but
instead of the customary and proper
mode OF procedure, by a special COM
mittee appointed for that purpose in
accordance with the action of the board
at the last stated meeting. Some ques-
ton having arisen as to the propriety
and legality of this method of nomi-
mating candidates for said board of gov
ernors, or rather committee of directors
and considerable dissatisfaction ex-
pressed thereby, in different quarters,
the matter was taken up and discussed
by the newly elected members of this
governing board, at their fret meeting
on Friday afternoon, May 3D., 1918, in
the parlor of the Fenwick hotel. After
mature deliberation, the new board of
governors unanimously requested that
a special meeting of the board of trade
be called, in order that the designations
of the members of the newly elected
governing board might be rendered to
the parent body, be accepted by it and
another election held ia such manner,
both as to nomination and election, as
should be decided at such special meet
ing. A trumpet-call like this naturally
awakened considerable interest, and
was met by a hearty response. Not
far from n hundred persons were in
attendance at this special meeting,
most of them being members of the
board of trade. Excitement ran high
at times, and there were very few dull
scenes from the hour at which the
meeting began, Shortly before nine
o'clock) until adjournment at 11.S0.
Secretary John B. Wright being absent
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