Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-03

The Gross cottage Oh Magnolia avenue
has been sold to Mrs. Frank Wentzell.
Among the students at Rutgers
College, New Brunswick, this year are
two Wildwood boys, Leauder H. Gro
ker and Edwin B. Middleton. En-
rolled at a school ia Poughkeepsie,
n. Y, are CORTLAND Steelman and
James McMurray.
E. Yenney calls your attention to his
adv. in the cent-a-word column on
last page. II
William r. ellis has a lot OF electric
wiring to do off shore for residents on
the main road, who are connecting
with the power plant at Court House.
Among the buildings fitted up for
electric lights is the Burleigh NJ. E.
church and Garner Hands store and
home. He is also wiring John Erick-
sons house on west Montgomery ave-
nue..
William Ashdown, OF the Brighton
Press, 1904 Market street, Philadelphia,
has closed his summer cottage at Juni-
per and Lake and returned
with his wife to their Overlook home.
All sheet music and player piano
rolls from summer stock reduced week
Oct. g.. L. Boyer, Wildwood avenue,
next IN most office. 1t
At the late primary election In the
third ward Andrew Johnson was NOM
mated for Justice of the Peace instead
of executive committee.
Charles t. Haines, a retired Phila-
delphia policeman, died IN Wild wood
on Wednesday, leaving a wife, son and
daughter. The home is on Bennett
avenue. He was a member Of the
Wildwood Crest Fishing club. Under
taker Ingersoll had charge Of the
funeral.
The local j~ourneymen painters are on
a strike for Sc a day. The contractors
offer $3.50 per day. One contractor,
who usually runs a large gang of men,
has three n%on-union men working for
him at the present time.
Samuel Cooper, aged 66 years, died
at his home on Cedar avenue last Sat
urday night, after an illness of several
weeks. A wife survives. The de-
ceased was a member of the Odd Eel
lows Interment was MADE at
Woodstown.
DR.. King will preach a sermon to
young men especially next Sunday
night in the Presbyterian church, and
in the morning his subject will be
1.-THE Greatest Heresy of Modern
Times" "a
Lewis Lehr is touring the south with
a musical comedy company and has
been playing lately in Jacksonville
The name OF the company is Lehr,
Edmondson and Bolrell, all Wildwood
boys. ts
j. Fithian Tstem, accompanied by
bis wife, will sail for France on Satur-
day, October 4th, on the steamship
New Amsterdam, Holland-American
line, to be gone about two months.
The steamer sails from New York to
Rotterdam, touching at Boulogne,
France.
Mrs. M. ]. Meehan, of west Andrew
avenue, has gone to Florida with a
''case, " to be gone a month or so.
Harry McClelland, aged about 20
years, a Wild wood summer resident,
died at his Philadelphia home about
two weeks ago. As usual the family
spent the summer here, returning TO
the city in August because of Mr.. Nc
Clellsnd's failing health. A widow
and q married daughter, Mrs. Dons-
ghy, survive. Shortly after the death
Of Col. D. P. Brown, Mr.. McClelland
bought the cottage on Maple avenue,
where the family summered for the
past several years. He was fond Of
surf bathing and INDUCED in it almost
up to the last. The deceased was the
Philadelphia representative of a shoe
house and he did considerable travelling
among the retailers.
Reuben T. johnson, a storekeeper at
Erma, was stricken with paralysis last
Tuesday night while alone in his home
and died the next day. Returning
home his wife found him helpless.
He was a partner with Reuben Mount
in the Holly Beach feed business.
Sarah Norris, aged AZ years, died at
her home on east Garfield avenue on
Sunday, September 2S, 1919, and was
buried on Wednesday in Philohelphia.
She was the wife of James A. Norris, a
local trolleyman.
The Baptist parsonage is being given
a fresh coat of paint.
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