Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-01-07

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Philadelphia, who SUMMED at Wild
wood Crest, are frequent visitors to
Wildwood, stopping at w. g. Nc
Mann's on Bennett avenue. DR.. Mer'
shon, besides practiciug dentistry ia
Philadelphia, is chief OF Dental Dis
~pensaries Bureau OF Health, Philadel-
phia. He and Bill McMann have
been buddies for thirty years. At the
Ackley sale on the thirtieth Of August
DR.. Mershon was one Of the largest
purchasers of lots, including four on
the beach front, and 1t is expected that
they will some day make Wild wood
their permanent home.
Beach Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ. will
install the new officers in the JOURNAL
lodge room pext Tuesdsy evening. All
members and visiting members of the
order are invited. Refreshments.
Hairy E. Burkhart, who for the past
seven years has been employed at the
Marine National Bank, of Wildwood.
rendered his resignation to the Board
OF Directors at their regular meeting
on Friday Of last week. Before resign
ing Mr.. Burkhart had completed ar
rangements with Edwin B. Pagan OF
the Crest, with whom he expects to be
associated with in the future in the real
estate and insurance business.
One Wildwood contractor has re-
duced the pay of his carpenters from
Soc. an hour to 70c., beginning the first
OF the year. The first mentioned price
is the regular union scale.
For the special excursion to Philadel-
phia on New YEARS. Day there were
sold from Wildwood 298 tickets. 277 on
the Reading, and q on the Pennsy.
The Reading passengers were given a
long day in the city, as the train re-
turning left at 7.80.
Mrs. A. Walton, who has been in
Pittsburg since last September, returned
to her home OH Young venue the past
week. She will go to Belvidere in a
few days to spend the balance Of the
winter on a farm,
The evening express on the Reading
Tuesd ay night was an hour late, having
been detained at South Woodbine when
the levers 10 the tower at that point
failed to work properly and the switch
could not be turned. The Pennsy ex-
press got through just a few minutes
before the trouble appeared.
Jacob Orwitz, of 107 Granville Way,
San Francisco, came East on a visit re-
Gently. Last Thursday he ran down TO
Wildwood from Philadelphia to call
upon bis cousin, N. Garfinkle. Mr..
Orwitz has been engaged in photo
graphic work iD San Francisco for a
number of years.
Samuel Garfinkle arrived home last
Tuesday evening from Harrisburg, Pa,
where he had been spending a vacation
of ten days with his uncle, Benjamin
M. Garfinkle, M. D., at 1919 North
Second street. DIR. Garfinkle is a
graduate Of the Medico-C hirurgical
College, Of Philadelphia. class of 1914.
After graduation he served one year as
an inferno at the Harrisburg City
Hospital, at the expiration of which
time he decided to locate In the capital
city.
Last Tuesday Marian Shsnahsn, is
years of age. daughter Of Michael
]. Shanahan, al buried 10 Holy Cross
cemetery, Philadelphia. The deceased
was well known in Wildwood. For
several years she and her parents oecu-
pied their summer bungalow on Pop
lar avenue, near Hudson.
E. B. Pagan and Freight Agent
Lewis H. d. Eldredge were among the
Crest residents visiting Philadelphia
on Tuesday.