Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
SHRINERS HAVE BIG
DAY In WILDWOOD
New Mayor and Commissioners
With City Band, Head Parade
to Welcome Them
FUN ON BEACH AND BOARD
WALK

Camden Shrine CluO WHICH CdMS
down on it's annual outing last We'd
nesday. July 18th. on a special tram
of about IA cars. The Camden Shrine
Club belongs to the Crescent Temple.
A good thousand members of the Cam
den organization, accompanied by their
wives and children arrived on the tram
at half past ten in the morning. VIZ
other special trains had been cancer
led because of the inclement weather
in Camden at the outset of the outing,
but the Shriners that did come were of
the waterproof kind whose spirits
can be dampened by nothing.
The wildwood Shriners met a Hunts
Avenue Theatre, their headquarters,
and led by the wildwood City Band,
marched to the station to give the yisi-
tors the high sign of welcome. When
the train pulled into the station the
hand struck up and all the assembled
autos footed their horns vigorously.
The Camden crowd brought their own
band, and between the W bands they
let Wildwood know that they were
here.
They marched down Oak to Pacific
avenue, to the local headquarters.
From there they about faced and
marched to Cedar avenue TO the board
walk and up the boardwalk to the
Ocean Pier, which was the headquar-
tiers of the visiting Shriners. Matrons
were in attendance to look after the
Shriners' children. Here they sepa-
rated: those that cared for swimming
arrayed themselves in appropriate
raiment and battled the foaming
breakers for the rest of the morning,
while others who did not feel inclined
to take their enjoyment in that man.
ner promenaded the boardwalk, pa
tronizing the many attractions.
In the afternoon the program on
the beach took place to the intense
qualification of the onlookers who
thronged the boardwalk and the adj
jacent sands. The Patrol of the Cam
den Shrine Club gave an exhibition
drill, performing many intricate and
difficult 1t was undoubt-
edly one of the best drills the people
of Wildwood have seen in many moons.
Besides, there were races and athletic
stunts, and the band gave a concert,
and there was dancing at the Ocean
Pier.
At about three O'Clock all the Shrin-
ers assembled in front of the pavilion
and marched down Oak avenue headed
by the Camden band and the Overland
fhof MOE Oiroo oHau Tho h1oal u-oc I
roped OF and the spectators watched
the hurdling event from the board
walk. Noble Bob Pierpont (by the way
Noble" is his title and not an adj
j~ective) smilingly took his megaphone
in hand and announced to the assem-
bled multitude that the Overland would
jump the 12-foot gap over the hurdle.
William Buris, who has charge of the
Overland new car delivery in this Sec
ton, drove the Overland touring car
back a distance of about $50 feet,
turned, and while the spectators drew
a deep breath, sped toward the hurdle
at a speed of about 80 miles an hour.
The car shot forward, seemed to hang
suspended in air for a few minutes
and then crashed down on the other
side, completing a good clean jump
of II feet. Mr.. Burr is the same man
who followed all the fairs in this dist
trict last year doing this stunt as a
matter of publicity for the Overland
people. Before attempting it here in
Wildwood he made five practice leaps
in the morning. 1t is estimated that
the car lands after one of these jumps
with a force of about 10000 pounds.
In all, the Overland made the jump
six times, but Mr.. Pierpont, who has
charge of the matter says that he went
over the car afterwards and couldn't
find a bolt or screw loose anywhere.
After the car-jumping event, Mr..
Pierpont announced that a ball game
would take place in the beach park
between the Wildwood Baseball Club
and the Camden Shrine Club mines.
At five o'clock the lucky number
was drawn for the Overland car which
the Wildwood Shriners offered to raise
funds, at 30 cents a chance. Ticket
No. 3,009 won the Overland. Paul A.
Kavanaugh, OF West Grove, Pa, held
the lucky ticket. Mr.. Kavanaugh is
staying at the Hotel Breakers in the
Crest with Father Miles a. Keegan
and a party of friends from West
Grove. Kavanaugh happened to hear
of the affair and bought three tickets;
other members of the party bought
three more. 1t is remarkable that the
car in which the narfv canaa fo WILD
wood, owned by the Rev. Father Kee-
gan, is the identical same make and
model as the n that Kavanaugh won.
Kavanaugh has been to Pierpont's
garage and accepted the car but has
not driven it as yet.
The newly elected Commissioners,
headed by Mayor W. COPYRIGHT Smith.
presented the key of the city to Poten-
tate Howard Dudley of the Camden
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