Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-04-26
ANCLESEA

Cosst Guard stations, extending from
Sandy Hook to Cape May, called at
the Anglesea base on Monday on his
semi. annual tour of inspection. Capt.
Frank Shaw and his crew of eight
guards were in tip-top form for inspec-
ton, and a busy day vas rounded up
with a good dinner to speed the part
ing guest. The inspector found every
thing In a satisfactory condition aud
congratulated the entire corps of guards
on the care given to their work and
results accomplished in the past six
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McAlpine, of
Philadelphia, came down last Sunday
10 occupy their Fourth avenue bum
galow for a few weeks. Sometime in
June they will take up their perma-
nent abode here for the summer and
autumn. Mr.. McAlpine is prominent
in the paint manufacturing industry.
Hear Fred Albefts give his mono
logues, stories and songs on Monday
evening at the auditorium. Admis-
sion 25c, school pupils 15c.-adv.
Among the callers on Sunday last
was George G. Conner, a cottage owner
here. Isaac Kissinger was also here a
few days this week and found his
Spruce avenue bungalow unframed.
Capt. Peter Sheer returned last Sat
urday to his home in ADglesea after a
trip OF two weeks to Atlantic City,
Camden and Salem. His son George
spent a few days here with him the
early part of this week.
George Rudolph, manager of the In
dependent Ice company, will open the
season of 1918 on Monday next by
putting two of his ice wagons into
commission. One of these he will
drive himself, and the other by Charles
Boiler, who comes here from Vineland.
Mrs. Robert Schroeder was the VIC
tim of theft. She had spent weary
days in knitting a beautiful wool rug
to be CHANGED off, the proceeds to be
devoted to the purchase of liberty
bonds. She says 1t has been stolen.
Mrs. Lippincott will give a delight
full rendering of daddy Long Legs"
May 9th.-adv.
Mrs. Margaret Shultz, formerly at
Bishops Inn, has assumed the man.
agement Of Hotel Hilton. Repairs
have been made inside, in the way of
papering and painting. Edward
Shultz, her son, who enlisted in the
u. s. Aviation service last March, and
was sent to Port Slocum, N. Y, for
examination, failed because of q slight
dropping Of the eyelid Of the left eye.
The spinning wheel test is the most
severe Of all.
On Monday last George Firth, the
venerable drayman, hauled a three ton
spool of wire cable from the Anglesea
freight station to the coast guard sta
ton. There IL vas loaded on a barge
to be towed out round the 3-mile limit
and down to Two Mile Beach, where
the county is building a road to on
meet this beach with the Coastal Air
near Sewell's Point. The cable
is to be used in the construction of tel
and telephone lines.
Andrew Charlson has taken the con-
tract to move one house for Mrs. Sarah
Pearce from Spruce avenue to Walnut
avenue, aud to raise up, In preparation
for building a new foundation under it,
her other house on Spruce avenue.
To Joseph Wheaton, of Angiesea.
and to John McAllister, of Vineland,
has been awarded the contract for re-
moval Of two valuable pumps, steam
and new anchor chains, valued
at several thousand dollars, now in the
bottom of the grounded barge Ham
mond on the beach at Garfield avenue.
The loss of this property was at first
considered inevitable, but engineering
genius may find a way to recover the
machinery and cable from the bottom
of the barge.
A thrill of joy ran through the group
of men assembled in the lobbo of Hotel
Royal on Monday afternoon when the
In Information was conveyed to them
vivid" Holmes had Melted that MORN
ing eight mackerel, averaging four
pounds apiece, and one roe shad, pull
ling down the scales at the seven pound
notch. "Wid" deserves a chrome for
demonstrating that some fish still re-
main in the ocean hereabouts. The
Worcester failed to drive all of them
back to the tropics. In a short time
we will have lots OF good fish news to
serve up to all readers of the JOURNAL.
Don't fail to hear daddy Long
Legs" Special Students ticket twen-