Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-03
Anglesea Celebrates Raising
Third Liberty Loan Quota
Honor Flag Unfurled at a Grand Rally Round The
Flag. Over the Top With a Rush. The
Holmes-Dott Wedding was Quite an Event

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sea to celebrate the Third Liberty Loan
success took place on schedule time
last Monday night in front of thu city
hall, corner Third and Central avenues.
So rousing was the interest manifested
that 1t seemed as If the entire popula-
ton of the own had turned out en-
masse to keep the ball a-rolling. A
crowd, v~ariously estimated at from 00O
to 1000, surged round the city build
ing and waited patiently for the music
and the speeches to begin. Many per-
sons from Wildwood and other places
helped to augment the local assem-
blage. Wishing to lend assistance to
such a meritorious cause Captain
Haake, c~ommandant at Cape May ma
val base, kindly gave leave of absence
to his band, thirty pieces, conducted by
Frank Smith, to help the affair along.
A most touching part OF all the celebra-
ton was when one hundred and forty
girls and boys, pupils OF the North
Wildwood schools, Joined In the glad
refrain: "What are you going to dc to
help the soldier boys?" The accompa-
niment to the singing was furnished by
a triplet of musicians selected from the
band as follows: Sidney Andres and
Wilmer Hoffman, comets; Albert
Sleeper, clarionet. The grand rally
was begun at seven o'clock sharp, when
Robert Bright, chairman Of the Angle
sea Liberty Loan committee, stepped to
the edge of the speakers platform, an
bouncing the invocation by Rev. Carl
Reamer, of Millville, pastor of the An
glesea M. E. church, at the close OF
which the big band played America, !"
the entire multitude joining in singing
about s'the sweet land ofliberty," whose
name all love. Hardly had these sweet
strains died away when Cashier Clar-
ence q. Eldredge, of the Marine Ma
tional Bank, was introduced, the man
to whom the whole of Cape May coun-
ty owes so much for the success of the
Loan. MI. Eldredge began his remarks
by saying that he didn't think be need
ed an introduction to the people of An
glesea, as it was In this romantic spot
he began his business career and where
he drew his first pay check on this is
land. The speaker called 1t his first
job; and "believe me-" he continued,
sit was some job.u La. relating these
facts of a quarter OF a century ago, 1t
reminded him of reciting ancient his
tory. His tasks had been so arduous,
SO strenuous, as agent for the West Jer-
sey and Seashore railroad, that at might
he dreamed of barrels of fish and bills
of lading galore, haunting him like
spectres, so that his slumbers were not
light and airy as they might have been.
Mr.. Eldredge would not, in all proba-
bility, have gone so deep into ancient
history had not that weighty word
"Honorablen been prefixed to his name.
He called it a handle to his name, and
visible embarrassment was depicted in
his n as he labored SO hard to
ex plain away the title. Be it said,
however, that Mr.. Ed redge had moth
ing to do with the placing of the title
before his name, as it appeared IN the
JOURNAL of last week. Evidently his
Anglesea friends thought he was enti-
tied to it for the good work he has done
during the past two months In behalf
of the sale of government bonds. When
the title had been satisfactorily disposed
OF Mr.. Eldredge, in the name of the
National Liberty Loan committee, pre-
sented to Robert Bright, for the citizens
of North wildwood, the Honor Flag, SO
justly deserved. When this had been
unfurled and flung to the breeze beside
Old Glory the band struck up the soul
stirring strains of the ''Star Spangled
Banner,u amidst the shouts of hum
dreds of voices. J. Fithian Tatem was
next presented to the people, and more
ancient history was recited. Mr.. Ia
tenn, too, claimed fellowship with the
citizens OF North Wild wood and said
his name will be found on registry lists
for some years back. So Anglesea has
more big men to its credit than was
previously known of, and after these
discoveries the enthusiasm knew no
bounds and everybody saw the loan
would be 1C0 per cent. over subscribed.
Mr.. Tatem's strong, imprisoned APP
peal counted heavily with a voice
charged with emotion and surging with
eloquence. His hearers almost felt as
if he were leading them in a charge on
the breastworks of the enemy, in a de
termined assault to carry all before the
terrific plunges. Upon the conclusion
of Mr.. Tatem's wonderful forensic eff
forts, Wildwood's heroic worker for the