New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
Atlantic City Will
Formally Unlock
The Ocean To-day
Thousands of Bathers Are
Expected to Attend the
Ceremonies; Amateur
Shippers to Start Season
Special Dispatch TO The Tribun.

ATLANTIC. CITY, May 90. Thou
sands of bathing girls will be on the
beach and In the breakers tomorrow
to celebrate the formal opening Of the
bathing season. Officials of the resort
will participate in the ceremony of
unlocking" the ocean and the first
squad Of life guards will so on duty,
to continue in service until late Sep
tember.
Formal exercises will include the
raising of city and American flags over
will be the trials of the candidates
for places on the force of ifeguards.
Later in the season special police
women will be appointed to look after
the women and children among the
bathers.
The big hotels are already filled with
arrivals. The smaller houses on side
avenues are reaching their capacities
for professional entertainment with
and trains have been placed in service
from New York and other cities.
Amateur skippers of the yachting
colony started their season to-day with
a number e. racing and cruising events.
The Atlantic City Yacht Club and
the Chelsea Yacht Club will keep open
house over the holiday. and there will
be dances tonight and on Monday for
the younger members. Arrival of great
schools Of fish has been heralded
among the hook and line fraternity,
and many sportsmen will forego other
seashore pastimes for the privilege of
hooking some of the big ones. Special
club events at golf have been arranged
for the mainland courses for the three
days of the weekend outing.
Conventions Are Held
Heads of the soft coal industry of
the country gathered at the Traymore
this week to consider plans for meet
ing the threatened shortage of coal
feared for next winter. Delegates to
the Third PanAmerican Aeronautical
Congress closed their formal delibera-
tions to-day, but will remain for the
final exhibitions to be given by the
visiting airmen tomorrow and Monday
from the Inlet and the airport in Chel-
sea. Early arrivals are here for the
coming conventions of the Car Build
ers and the international Rotary, which
are down for June gatherings, and the
National Association Of Wholesale jew
elers will meet at the Traymore on
June 8.
There Is much activity in hotel cir
cles. The Hotel Raleigh, at the sea
end of fashionable St. Charles Place,
Is open under the management of Mrs.
Sarah G. Ferry, who has made extern
sive improvements. Mrs. l.. F. Grogan
and son announce the opening Of the
Hotel Louella at the sea end of Ten
purchased the Hotel Brunswick near
the beach on St. James Place and will
pen the hotel on the European plan.
Linton B. Arnold, proprietor of the
Hotel Watkins and one of the leaders
in the movement to hold g September
carnival on the boardwalk, has an
nounced that the Watkins will be the
convention center of the Knights of
The Hospitalers Encampment for it's
business and outing meeting at the
shore. The New Era Club will meet at
he Watkins June 15
Many Arrive at Hotels
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chandler
7hristy. who have been regular visit
ors during the early season, returned
20 the Traymore early in the week.
William A Brady arrived at that hotel
with Mrs. Brady. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Collins, of London, are among the
patrons of the Traymore. Godfrey
Tower Joined former Ambassador
~harlemagne Tower and Mrs. Tower at
he Chelsea.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ R. Ward are at the
Marlborough Blenheim, where Mrs
Ward has been entertaining Miss
frances Paine. Mrs. c. NJ. Keller, of
New York City, is entertaining Mrs,
= frank Cooper. of Schenectady, at the
Marlborough Blenheim. Mr.. and Mrs.
:. B. Van Horn, who have been at
shawnee on Delaware, arrived at the
! Dennis. Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Gray
md Mrs. Kate G. Barr arc in a New
York DartV at the Dennis.
Ridgewood Philips. of Boston, ar
lived at the Iroquos to remain until
nid-June Mrs. L. c. Wentworth, Of
Paris, is at the Phillips House with
Mrs. William Mahon, Of Dublin and
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c.
Conrad, Of the Bronx, arrived at the
Loraine. Mr.. and Mrs. C. II. Hand and
Herbert C. Hand are in family party
rom Plainheld at the Raleigh.
Mr., and Mrs. II. P. Hedges and Miss
VI. V. O'Brien arrived at the Raven
Royd from New York. Mr.. and Mrs.
/. P. Kennedy returned TO the Wilt
'shire for the early summer season.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Enoch are among
he New York patrons of the Alamac
his week. Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Baker,
s1f Brooklyn, arrived at the Alamac.