Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-10-21
WILDWOOD NEWS NOTES


Abe Konowitch and Jack KonOwitch,
Nidorf, of Anglesea, started Oh a two
weeks auto tour. They intended max
ing New York City the first day and
from there they will follow the course
of the picturesque Hudson River to
Albany, crossing and recrossing the
river at times, taking in all the points
of interest. From Albany they will go
on north, crossing yer the Canadian
border, and if the roads are good on
the Canadian side will follow the bor-
der southwest until reaching Niagara
Falls. After visiting the Falls they
will probably return home by way of
Pittsburgh. The route to be taken by
the auto party is very well chosen, as
each mile covered will be a mile of in
terest from start to finish. While IN
their vacation, the Wildwood business
interest of the Konowitch Brothers
will be taken care of by Allen Kono-
witch, of Cape May, another brother,
and also a member of the firm. A wire
from Mr.. Konowitch Wednesday night
from Albany stated that he was due
in Saratoga Springs on Thursday even
ing of this week.
Ladies will find the wildwood EN-
broidery Shop still open on the board
walk and showing a new line of FANS
stamped for embroidery: also hand
kerchief linen in colors. Sweater
yarns, etc. After November LIST will
open only in the afternoons. Jane
Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Rakestraw
received word last Sunday evening
from the M. E. Hospital, Broad and
Wolf streets, Philadelphia, that their
daughter, Josephine Keller, had be-
come a mother that day. The report
given further was that both mother
and baby boy were doing finely.
Josephine Rakestraw was we'll and
favorably known in Wildwood. She is
a graduate of the high school here
and also of Swarthmore College, Pa.
She taught a term or two in the Wild
wood schools. At the time of her
marriage, a veal or more ago, she was
principal Of the Pennsville public
schools, a village near Pennsgrove.
Her husband, Harry M. Keller, is an
analytical chemist in the employ of
a Baltimore, Md, firm For a time
Mr.. and Mrs. Keller resided at Bel Air.
a suburb of Baltimore. They expect
to live in Baltimore permanently.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Foster Goslin are
on a vacation trip to Delaware Water
Gap, and expect to return next Mon
day.
Rorace Burk and family and Jed
Dubois and family spent over Saturday
and Sunday III country on fast land.
Mr.. Burk drove a Chevrolet, the Du-
Bots family alighting at Elmer and
Mr.. Burk and wife went on to Pitman,
where Master Burk, Jr., now three
months old, was introduced to his
mothers relatives and friends in
Gloucester County.
Letter Carrier Linwood Filler is en-
joying his annual vacation. Substi-
tute carrier John T. Grace is covering
his territory during his absence.
City Solicitor Jonathan Hand has
recently been appointed a member of
the Committee on Ethics and Griev-
ances of the New Jersey State Bar AS
s~ociation, by Hon. Harvey F. Carr, its
president. The other members of the
committee are Judge John B. Hates
and William Clayton Jones, of Camden,
ErndnriaE Wy GniChf01 Of Tronfn0 ond
John r. Hardin, of Newark.
The stork paid a visit to the home
of ex-policeman A. L. Sherlock and
his wife, 116 East Juniper avenue last
Saturday morning, and left with them
for their care and keeping a little boy,
tipping the scales at 10 pounds. Since
his retirement from the city police
force, Mr.. Sherlock opened a store and
restaurant On Ottens Harbor, corner
of Dock street and Park boulevard.
He says he found the patronage very
good there the past summer.
F. L. Pollard, of East Poplar avenue,
has gone to Detroit, Mich, to spend
the winter.
Mrs. Charles Nickerson, of 113 East
Taylor avenue, and her daughter-in-
law, Catherine, of 217 East Burk ave.
nue., were in Camden and Philadelphia
over Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Catherine Hansel, who has been
a clerk in the gas office for sometime,
will resign Saturday. Miss Hansel
will return to her home in Camden
with her parents.
Mrs. John ]. McNutt, after four
weeks confinement in Polytechnic Hos
pital, Philadelphia, returned to her