Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-04-25
City Commissioners Seek Aid of Board of Trade
to Have Wildwood Saloons Re-Opened
Special Meeting Away
Philip
Saloons Opened" Says Commissioner Hendee


On Friday, April nth, 1919, the Wildwood City Com
mssoners went to the Cape May Naval base to urge the
Officials there to lift the ban the Wildwood saloons,
which closed all winter because of being
within the government five mile limit order.
They given encouragement and came home
disappointed Report has it that during their argument for
the opening of the saloons they asked cottages were
not renting better at Wildwood this spring than for many
years past Vast that poser for the Commissioners
Be that it may it is evident that w Ryan and his
fellow commissioners anxious for the support OF the
Wildwood Board of Trade in aiding the saoonists but at
special meeting of the Board of Trade last night one
would volunteer the information just who back OF
the to enlist the support of the Board OF Trade in
the The notice of the meeting created somewhat OF
stir and there causc comment directed against
the fourteen sgners to petition asking President Palmer
M Way to call special meeting to put the board on record
upon the subject The petition read as follows:
"We, the undersigned members of the
Board of Trade, in accordance with Ar
tice vi, Section 3, desire you to call a
special meeting of the Board at the earli-
est date possible SO that the membership
present NAV determine whether or not
the managing secretary shall accompany
one of the City Commissioners to
! Philadelphia to request the commandant
of the League Island Navy yard to lift the
ban on licensed places in the City of Wild
wood so that the places may open and
! remain open until the Nation State
! goes dry"
At the meeting last night there present President
Way Secretary Courright Smith, Harry Koeneke W. c.
Hendee o. Huebner, Rev. Fisher Edward Fox, Rev Bal
ey Frank Colson, Mr. Huppert L. NJ Rice, John Daniel
Jed Dubois c. G. Edredge, w. c. Todd, George N. Smith,
F. E. Smith, E. M. Johnson Joe Brown, Mr. Pagan, c. R.
! Page, Al Laning w. H Stein, Miss Mech
President Way stated the object of the meeting and
free and full discussion of the matter letter
of protest read from the local w. c. T. IT, signed by
the president who has two three boys in the army and
navy The call of the meeting read together with the
fourteen signers who as follows
Jonathan Hand, John E O'Daniel A. Konowch, F.
w. Wenzel Elwood Thompson, Gilbert H Baker S. Dix
Mayhew H. c. Hendee, P. Fitzpatrick, H. c. Phlippi
L. P Coney, A. D. Austin, Lannng Myers, Robert Kay
Of these sgners only three present at the meet
ing last night Hendee for the Eagles lodge; Myers
and ODaniel.
The other sgners criticized, and rightly So for
absenting themselves at meeting they called to take
such vital matter developed that the City Comms-
had asked Secretary Smith so Cape May with
them representing the Board of Trade He demurred
put the question the Board of Trade Governors.
The did want to take the responsibility Of send
the secretary this mission the fourteen signed the
petition for the special meeting Most of the members
seemed be afraid of the subject and finally Rev
Bailey and Mr. Rice moved that the secretary of the Board
of Trade be requested not go with the Commissioners to
Philadelphia. Debating the motion Al Lanng said it
mistake to bring such subject before the board and
that he considered it the most dangerous question ever
brought before the Board of Trade although personally he
would like every licensed saloon opened up Com
missioner Hendee then quoted Lamer r Baker saying
that he would not be at the meeting but that he and his