Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-03-18

James Staples, OF 6O2J Market street,
Philadelphia, Is having his North
Wild wood house, corner Seventeenth
two coats of "mineral stukko," laid to
be ga permanent magnesite stucco, y
the product of the Philadel phia Nine: al
Flooring and Products Company, main
office and factory at 5652-40 Summer
street. The preparation is put on by
plasterers. Ike Robinson is doing the
work for Mr.. Staples. The cost OF
mineral stukko is $50 per ton, aud the
claim Ia made that it is everlasting and
renders a house alright and water
proof. Harry P. Collins, a representa-
tive OF the company, was here to direct
the operation. One ton of the mixture
will cover seventy square yards. The
preparation itself is advertised as Icing
~fireproof and a non-conductor of heat,
cold, electricity aud sound. Mr.. Collins
stated that his company put down
some mineral flooring ut the Wildwood
city hall at the time it was built, some
fifteen years ago.
Mrs. Rakestra W, Jr was GO i'll with
diphtheria last Friday night that her
life was ~despaired OF. However, this
most estimable young woman is now
on the road to recovery. Another case
has broken out among the children
and the Glenwood avenue school was
ordered closed to-day.
Last Sunday Edgar L. Evans, of
Millville, senior member of the firm of
E. L. Evans & Bros, planters and
shippers of Maurice River Cove and
Bivalve oysters, ran down to Wild wood
in his auto. He vas accompanied by
his wife. While here they called at 116
east wildwood avenue, to inspect the
new apartments recently built there
for Messrs. Brad way and Mixner by
Bonhan Bros. Mr.. Evans owns some
eighteen or twenty houses in Millville.
He is thinking of doing some mor
building there, and may have obtained
some valuable tips from his examine
ton of the new and novel structure re-
ferred to.
Among the week end visitors last
week were Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Carman,
OF Millville, guests OF MI. and Mrs.
Albert ]. Mixner, of 1l6 IA Wild wood
avenue.
Last Monday morning Latavina
May Shivers, three years old, daughter
of MI. and Mis-. w. 1. Shivers, of Pc
cifc and Lincoln avenues, died sud-
denly after an illness of two. days. In
terment was made GU Wednesday In
the Baptist cemetery at Court House.
The little girl was next to the youngest
Of four sisters. The attending physi-
clan, DR.. Tomlin, diagnosed the case as
al attack OF acute bronchitis. A tele-
gram was received yesterday from DIR.
Price, of the State Board of Health.
stating that no diphtheria germs had
been found in the specimen of sputum
sent him for examination, thus corrob.
Grating the local physicians diagnosis
Of the cause of the chiId's death.
Miss s. E. Wentzell, who has been
spending the winter with relatives in
Camden at 81 north 33d street, will moi
open Willard Hall for Easter, and does
not O. pect to return to Wildwood un
til about the middle Of April.
On Monday evening, Feb. %. ffteer
Odd Fellows from Seashell Encamp
ment went to Philadelphia to visi
Temple Encampment, whose lodg
room is at Goth and Spruce streets
: Those who took the trip were Tia,
Collector P. l.. Peterson, City ClerI
George Redding, Capt. Charles Car
con, Assessor Louis Kraus, A. VI. Ely
!. John A. Humber. B. G. Ingersoll, Sr
e. y. Fox, Arnold Axelson, Waite
/, Trout, Max Breslaw, VIM. Neill. Ha
~ Sagel, Oscar Risley and Marti