Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-02-01
WILDWOOD. NEW JERSEY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY +, 1918

January 25th states that the thermom-
eter was so degrees on hal date. The
card was from Mrs. Myrtle Simkins
Smith, wife OF the Ocean City post
master, aud will be remembered as a
Wildwood school teacher. Florida City
Is within nine miles of the southern
point of Florida. The Smiths have
been away from their home for more
than a month.
Cord wood for sale. Norton-D wler
Co.-adv.
George La Monte, former Banking
Commissioner of N~ewJersey, and Hen
ry A. Resented, a vice president of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
New York, will speak at Cape May
Court House on Saturday afternoon,
February 9th, 1918 at 1:30 on the cub
ject of War Saving Certificates and
Thrift Stamps. Mr.. Resented is fam
iliar with the movement in Great Brit
ain. Both are good speakers and the
public are cordially invited.
Conveyancing, wills and deeds
drawn. William H. Bright. adv.
Frank J. Floyd, the owner OF the
Hotel Greylock property, was here re-
Gently and announced that the insur-
ance com panies had made full settle
ment on the burned hotel. It vas in
snrod for goo n0o uhiob amount no ra
ceived.
Oleta Pagan, the eleven years old
daughter of E. B. Fsgan, was severely
burned last Tuesday. The report is
that she was in the bath room aud
backed against a lighted oil stove, over
turning it. She was in great pain I'M
til she sobbed herself asleep.
Bright's Express. Hauling of all
kinds, Garfield and Pacific
Storage warehouse and boarding
stables. Vans for long distance work
Both phones.
0. j. Leigh, who is spending the
winter with a daughter in Easton, Pa,
was here Saturday and Sunday. He
expected to go to court last Monday,
but the case has been postponed again.
Mrs. Lanning Myers and children
have been in New York with her
mother for sometime. Carl is going 10
school there.
Charles G. Bradford has been III for
the past month with a sort of rheuma-
tism.
Thomas 8. Goslin left Wednesday
morning on a business trip to Wash
ington.
Otto Binder, a Crest property owner
and boarding house keeper, WAS down
Tuesday and took a look at snow
gowned Wildwood. In the winter
time he is not idle, but conducts an
oyster house in the city at 18Th aud
Jefferson.
Martin Long, Emerson G. GUSTS, ex-
Councilman Chas. A. Aspenberg, N.
b. Long aud others left in the snow
storm "Wednesday afternoon for Wash
ipgton, d. c., to consult Congressman
Bacharach and the fish commission
about recent new fishing regulations.
These men have many thousands of
dollars invested in the fishing industry
at Anglesea.
The Frances F. Downing w. CT. U.
of Wildwood, will entertain the mem
beers of the new Y. p. b. with a social
at Willard Hall on Thursday, Febru-
airy 7th.
Forrest Rich, of the gas office, is
stationed at San Antonio, Texas, since
he enlisted in the army.
The Wildwood contingent at St.
Petersburg, Florida, was entertained re-
Gently with an outdoor barefoot dance
by young women.
The double house of John T. O'Neil
on Young avenue, looks radiant with
two new coats of paint which was APP
piled by Samuel t. Whitley before the
extreme cold weather set in. He was
assisted by painter Johnson.
Mrs. Maxwell entertained a party of
about thirty young people at her home
Saturday, January 26lh, in honor of
the 18th birthday OF her niece, Miss
Margaret E. Steigelman, of Morton,
Pa.
The boa of Thomas Canon was dam
aged by fire last Monday while lying
near the repair shop of V. S. Singley.
The fire was supposed to originate
from a stove, in which there was a fire
while Mr.. 6ingley was making repairs
to the boat. The Anglesea Fire Co. re-
sponded to an alarm and put out the
fire. Damage about $500, covered by
insurance.