Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-18

The Wild wood Red Cross will have
representatives at the Eureka Baptist
colored Church on Sunday at 4 p. M.
to arrange for organizing Red Cross
work amoug the people of that section.
A poverty social will be held at the
Episcopal parish house OF Monday
evening, January 18th. Those attend
ing will wear poverty stricken rags and
be fned for each piece of jewelry worn.
Frank Sheppafd has been in doors
two weeks with a bad cold.
b. V. VanHorn had a fall while at
work at Cape May and sustained a
fractured rib about two weeks ago. Be-
fore hat time he had been at Hog
Island for a short time.
Go%nveyancing, wills and deeds
drawn. William H. Bright. adv.
Services in First M. E. church Sun
day; preaching by DIR. J. G. Ed wards
both morning and evening. Sunday
school 2 80, Epworth League Z o'clock
Services are held in Sunday-school
room, entrance through audience room
or side door of Sunday-school room.
Miss Mary Beatty of Bucknell Uni
versity, Lewisburg, Pa, has returned
after having spent ten days as the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. s. Webb.
Miss Beatty was a classmate and FREUD
of Miss Olga Webb, at BucknelI.
Mrs. Geo. Gilbert of Haddon Heights
was the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Geo..
s. Webb for a few days.
Everett M. Clark, of the u. s. steam
ship Arkansas, was home over Sunday
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C1ar-
ence Brewer, 124 E. Young avenue. He
ia only sixteen years of age and has
made two trips to France. A party
was given Saturday night in his honor
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Trout, 220 West Maple emu An
enjoyable evening was spent with
dancing and singing, after which re-
freshments were served.
Ladies please notice thai after No
vember Sd the Wild wod Embroidery
Shop Is moved to the old location, 1872
east Wild wood avenue, where Miss
Scott will be pleased to give knitting
distinctions to all customers. Open
from 8 a. M. till $50 p. NJ. adv
The B. A. 8. G. held it's social at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Corney at
2l0 East Davis avenue on Thursday
evening, there being present Mr and
Mrs. G. w. Arnold, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ling. Israel Seigle sang a Sc
lection. Refreshments were served and
an enjoyable evening was had.
The Home Guards elected officers
Wednesday evening as follows: Cap
tain, John E. O'Daniel; first lieuten-
ant, CORTLAND Steelman; sergeant,
Harry Koeneke. ID. Miles Rigor was
elected chairman of the meeting and
Nelson s.. Hays secretary. A report of
this election will be sent to Trenton
aud the guards will then be recognized
as a regularly organized company.
The name selected was the "Wildwood
Home Guards" to embrace the whole
island.
The ten weeks old child of B. Gid
ding, of Burk avenue, died from whoop-
ing cough on Friday of last week.
William and John Grace, the paper
hangers, have gone to Eddystone, Pa,
to work for the r mington Arms Co.
Their sister, Miss Anna Grace, is at
Bethlehem, Pa, in one of the chain
stores, aud The other sister, Nellie, has
gone to Bristol, Pa, for the winter,
where the family formerly resided.
Senator Stevens has introduced a
bill increasing the salary of the Prose-
cutor of the pleas in Cape May county
to S $4,000 a year. Another member
has introduced q bill, upon the recon-
mendation of Governor Edge, doing
away with the present system of choos-
ing election officers, and providing that
elections be held in schoolbouses and
conducted by the school teachers.
Prof. A. Faure has fifteen scholars in
his French class. Since the high school
is closed for lack of coal the class meets
at his residence, lis East Magnolia
avenue.
The Adams Express company has
transferred w. H. Treen from Vine
land to Wild wood aud Mr.. Favinger
and family are moving tn Stafford