Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-04-19

WihtCA WhOh q ioAeO oOSAiOh Vi eHS
Ocean Pier building fell down with a
terrific crash, owing to a snow-slide.
The occurrence was so sudden and so
loud that Mr.. Springer did not know
for a time what had really happened.
He was but twenty feet away from the
wrecked building, and was SO much
alarmed that his first thought was of a
German bomb, dropped from an air
plane. MI. Springer never dreamed of
the collapse of the building from the
mass of snow upon the roof; hence the
turning of his mind towards bombs
was the more natural process. A sec
ond shock awaited him during the
storm disturbance of last week, when
the ro~ller-coaster was demolished with
almost a similar crash as was the
Ocean Pier building, with this differ
ence, that in the second instance he
had his better half to share the fright
with him. Mrs. Springer was so much
startled, fearing the big Ocean Pier no.
tel was going to pieces, that she gave a
scream. and springing out of her bed,
fell down, landing In the middle of the
room. Hastily arising, she was soon
undeceived, and found out that the ter
rible cracking, crunching and wrench
ing of timbers resulted from the
destruction of the roller-coaster instead
of the pier hotel. These shocking oc-
%currences have visibly affected Mr..
Springer and in consequence sought
medical aid. Before taking the present
responsible position Mr.. Springer lived
in Millville.
"Daddy Long Legs" will be given,
May 9th, in the High School auditor
ium, by Mrs. Miriam Lee Early Lip
pincott. The Home Section of the
Wildwood Civic Club is fortunate in
securing so delightful an artist as Mrs.
Lippincott. The proceeds are for the
benefit of the free public library.-adv.
NWarren Everett Ham, son of War
rem D Ham, of the. West Wildwood
Realty company, came to WHO wood
from Baltimore On Saturday evening
last to visit his parents, who are living
for the present at Royal Inn. The lad
was off, as he thought, on a few days
leave of absence; but on Sunday morn
ing he received a telegram requesting
him to return at once to Baltimore.
Everett is enlisted in the 103d Division,
U. s. A. Food Supply Train Service.
Baltimore, when he took the brief fly
ing run to Wildwood. Forty-two big
Packard war service auto trucks, load
ed 10 the limit with much needed auto
equipment accessories, constituted the
train that the eighty-four boys brought
through in safety in nine days in a
most eventful trip over the Allegheny
mountains in the storm of last week.
Warren and his colleagues, upon arri-
val in Baltimore, we've highly compli-
mented on the successful n they
made in the face of many obstacles.
The northeastern struck the train Of auto
cars when climbing the Allegheny
mountains, between Altoona and Mer-
cersburg. The clouds were so heavy
on the mountains that they dragged
their leaden folds down over the cars,
obscuring the headlights and making
progress dangerous. Prior to his en-
listment MI. Ham spent three years
at the Wenonsh Military Academy.
Last December he enlisted in the q. s.
Aviation Corps, and was sent to Au-
gusts, Ga, on January 2. Sometime
later he was transferred to the Engi-
neering Corps; and finally because of
his skill as a motor car driver he was
selected to help pioneer the OF
auto trucks from Detroit to points east,
a distance of about 900 miles.
Tenth series of the Holly Beach
BuildingLoan Association is now open;
shares may be had upon application 10
any officer Of association, and at off
ices of William H. Bright, opposite
Reading and Pennsylvania stations and
1907 Pacific aveDue.-adv
Another Liberty Loan meeting Is to
be held next Monday night in the high
school auditorium. The star speaker
will be an Irishman from Brooklyn,
A. II. O'Connor, who fought in France
with his father and brothers. He is q
member of Dwight Hills church. A
good meeting was held at Cold Spring
Tuesday night, and when "The Old
Gray Mare" halted the subscriptions
amounted to $40, 600.
Ten Wildwood views, no two alike,
for sc. John G. Funck, 2i6.48 Oak
avenue.-adv.
George w. Fisher was operated on
--.-4I. $780, 4arL.,Aa V0 - A. Go.oor