New-York tribune., 1919-03-16
Aero Convention 10
Draw Many Visitors
To Atlantic Civ
Large Tract Set Aside as
Landing Field; Lenten
Crowd Is Growing; High.
way TO Shore To Be Bu;h
Special Correspondence

Specsal Correspondents
ATLANTIC CITY, March ,5 ~.
n-American Aeronautical Conva,.sn'a,
is to come here in May for lts is'uh afs"a
war conclave. An immense t,ars -
open land has been set aside bv H.
city in the Chelsea district for lanS
ing held, but most of the exbibjt;oa
hylng during the meet will take nlses
over the boardwalk and beach. Iiisb
counties and leaders in aerona,,tiss Ut os
TO attend the meetings. and an ssh;h,e III
tion to rival that given III Nav Yssg
Will be staged OH the Steel Pier,
behteh visitors still mrs pouring Ia
ny tfain ahh motor, IN honor 81 ths
Gay OF lfelhhd's patron saint there viii
be special entertainments on Monds..
evening At the Traymore, the ehsTI-
burns, the Alhmae. the breakers and
other boardwalk hotels, An event af
Importance TO night is the dinner beias
given by loyal Jerseymen 10 Goyernor
Walter T., Edge, now United States
Senator-eleet. The affair will take pIaca
IN the Egyptian Roof Garden of the
Breakers and viii be attended bv
United States Senator Freylinghuysen
and other notables.
New Highway To BE Built
A new hard surfaced highway to tho
shore is to be built by Atlantic Citv
and county rulers and is likely to be
finished even before the proposed state
highway over the White Horse Pike.
The paved surface. viii run from the
county seat at Mays Landing to the
present Meadow Boulevard and will
make fine motor driveway
Good news came from Washington
this xpp0k n tho off h-,4 loe
ment dredgc Absecon Will be started
at new work of clearing the Inlet chan
mel from the sea deep enough to allow
of free entry by vessels of the new
ocean passenger line to be placed In
service between Atlantic City and New
York
One of the items of interest in hotel
circles was the opening to-day of the
Hotel Blackstone at the sea end of
Virginia Avenue, and this year under
the management of /. C. WoodfoEd,
hotel man of wide experience.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccormack spent
a few days at the Traymore
Former Ambassador Frederic Court.
land Penfield remains here with Mrs.
Penfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Carey and Miss
Nan Carey are in party from Jersey
City at the Marlborough Blenheini.
Mrs. NJ Bathgate Becker and Miss
Emily Becker came from their home at
lrvington- on Hudson to the MARI
borough Blenheim.
Many Visitors Pouring In
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Emerson Stein
field arrived at the Shelburne from
New York. Miss +. J.. Elkinson, Of
New York, is entertaining Miss NJ. F.
Greene of Montclair at the Dennis
Dr. Beatrice Meredith and Miss Hen
riettc Marchand are new arrivals in
the New York colony at the Beanis
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest dis, of New
York, and Mrs. S. II. Wilson, of New
York City, have arrived at the Strand.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Perrin are New
York patrons of the Breakers. Lieu
tenant John j. Fallon, jr., came TO the
st. Charles to visit Mrs. John J. FaIlon
and Miss Margaret Fallon.
Mrs. George c. Tilyou came TO the
Boutwell,, accompanied by Miss Fen
Messy Miss Nell Russell, who has
been at Colorado Springs, arrived at
the Fredonia. Mr.. and Mrs. +. b..
Chirtin are among the new arrivals at
the Alamac Mrs. r. l.. Davis and Miss
Dorothy Allen are New York visitors
at the Alamac. Mrs. w. l.. Roberts,
who is at the Wiltshire, isl entertain
ing Mrs T. Nj. Boyd, of Rdgewood.
Miss Jean Rankin and Miss b. r.
Milliken are together at the Wiltshire.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Pullen, who spent
the early season at Ocean Grove, are
spending some time at the Grand At
lantc. Mr.. and Mrs. L. +. MscBrydc
are here from Newark. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Riker, of Woodsidc, are new
comers at the Holmhurst.