Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-10-08

Island, to visit relatives, after a sue
cessful season in the postcard and nov
city business on the board walk She
was accompanied by her " daughter,
Gertrude and Margaret, and her
mother, Mrs. Dorothy Rades. About
the middle of October they will go to
Miami, Florida, 10 engage in business
there as usual for the winter.
Mrs. John Ogden closed the Ogden on
Pine avenue last Saturday and has
gone to her city home at 4727 Penn
street, frankfort, for the winter. Mrs.
Ogden kept open all of September and
has had a successful season. A. F.
Thompson, proprietor OF the Spa, n
Of the institutions on Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, and owner of the Ogden,
with his wife spent last week in Wild
wood as guests of Mrs. Ogden.
Ralph Rose, IA years old, of 2l0 west
23d street, a North Wildwood school
boy, has taken a position at the JOUR-
NAL office before and after school.
Stewart Castor is visiting friends in
Philadelphia and Reading.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph MsJones, for
merly Of the Delwyn Hotel, on Glen
WOOD avenue, are on a trip to Los
Angeles, California. They will visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Brophy, the
latter being a friend of their daughter,
Mrs. Edw. Bridge. Mrs. Brophy was
here this past summe on a visit. They
expect to be gone six weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Shirly Watkins, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Knox (of the Ed.
Rhoads Amusement Com pany) will go
to Old Orchard, Maine, in the interest
of furthering Mr.. Rhoads'. operations
there.
Joe Douglass, Of Cedar avenue, spent
Tuesday il Philadelphia.
Anyone interested i'll forming a
poultry association can obtain iuforma
ton by communicating with Victor
Macht, Hotel Windsor, Anglesea.
A birthday party was given to George
w. Ryder last Sunday at his home, los
east Crosse avenue, to celebrate his 10th
birthday, which occurred on September
80, 1920. Among those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. William Alexander,
Samuel Mack, Of the Prothonotary's
office, Philadelphia; MI. Maxwell, of
the U. s. mail delivery, Philadelphia;
Frank Dolan, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hennessey, Mrs. Daley.
Hotel Dayton was the scene of re-
newed life and activity on Tuesday and
Wednesday when q large representative
body of the West New Jersey Baptist
Association met there for dinner and
supper. Coming to Wildwood from
their several districts, numbering in
all about twenty-eight churches, the
Wildwood Baptist church was crowd
ed to its capacity IN Tuesday afternoon.
The evening session was held in the
high school auditorium to the enjoy
ment and comfort of all present. DR..
Milton G. Evans, president of the
Crozier Theological Seminary, at Up
land, Pa, was the speaker of the eve
ming. H. Watson Barras, Mrs. Flynn
and Mrs. Humphrey, of the Baptist
Publication Society, of Philadelphia,
made eloquent addresses at the Tues
day afternoon session. Mr.. and Mrs.
George M. Lawrence, Rev. and Mrs.
H. S. Kidd, of Quinton, and Mrs. Car
oline g.. Turner, of Canton. were among
the delegates present.
One of the duties of the next Legisla-
ture will be to re-arrange the Congress
sional districts of New Jersey in ac-
cordance with the Federal census of
1920. The last Encouragement was in
1911. The House of Representatives as
of 211, S78, which means one member
of Congress to that many persons.
Had Cape May county been a part of
the First Congressional district, as it
was twenty years ago, senator Brlgnl
might have been nominated for Con-
gress. The senator went down to de-
feat in face Of the big vote for Bach
arach in Atlantic county, which gave
the congressman a plurality of some
thing owe 5000. The only county
carried by Senator Bright was Bur
lington, about 1900. He lost Cumber-
land by about 100, and Cape May
county by about II. Considering that
he had practically all the Republican
organizations of the four counties
against him Senator Bright made a
pretty good showing. Senator Bright
announced this week that he would be
a candidate to succeed himself a year
hence.
The bright spot on Wild wood ave.