Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-08
WILDWOOD NEWS NOTES

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week ago Mrs. Page received word OF
the death OF her mother and the Sc
rious illness Of her father in that
country. This steamship was COM
pIeted for service in 1918. built in
Bfrkenhead, England, it represents a
high standard Of the shipbuilder's art
After leaving New York the first stop
is Bergen, Norway, and takes about
ten DAYS to make that city. Mr. Page
went to New York with his wife to
see her of.
On the Fourth of July the Board OF
Trade Information Bureau had 300
questions asked and five lost children
to find.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. waldron, of
Frankfort, Pa, are staying in Wild
wood for the summer
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Gehris Hardness, Of
Manayunk, spent the Independence
Day weekend here.
Mrs. ]. Corson is entertaining Mrs
G.. Harrison and her daughter, Selma
Harrison, of Reading, Pa. yer the
weekend.
Mrs. Edwin P. Gale and her niece,
Miss Kathryn Diggins, and nephews,
George, Edwin and Thomas Diggins,
are spending the season in Wildwood.
Mortimer Carroll has returned to
Frankfort, Pa, after visiting Wild
wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Kitchener
and their son, Lloyd, of Manayunk.
are spending a few weeks here.
Miss Mabel Metz, who has been at
the Western Union Office on the board
walk for several summers. returned
again this year. She will assist How
ard Stuhltrager.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Winsch, of Olney.
have taken apartments at the Ritten-
house, T~wenty-sixth and Central ave
nues, for the season.
Thomas Cave and family, of West
Philadelphia, are spending the sum
mer in one of the Logan apartments
on Magnolia avenue. over the week
end they entertained their son, Ed
ward, who was recently married, and
his bride. The young couple left Wild
wood and will locate in Scranton. Pa,
where Mr.. Cave is engaged in bust
ness.
Lewis Pelstring, of 129 East Davis
avenue, will start on an extended au-
tomobile trip July 9Th. In his party
will be his brother, H. J.. Pelstring.
and wife, his daughter, Marcella, and
Mrs. Pelstring. The party will tour
through New York state, Niagara
Falls, Alexandria Bay, Canada, and
Thousand Islands. and return to Wild
wood to spend the rest okthe season.
The party expects to be gone three
weeks. ,
H. S. Dry, formerly with the Coombs
stores. has leased the Collins store at
1910 Pacific avenu and will open a
meat and provision store there.
Miss Lillian Hark, of Philadelphia,
visited her aunt, Mrs. /. Sagel, over
the Fourth.
Mrs. j. E. Seminar and family, of
West Philadelphia, are occupying their
cottage at 100 West T~wenty-sixth ave-
nue..
DR.. ]. ". Harrigan, of Darby, Pa,
has leased one of his new storerooms
at 10 East Oak avenue, to Jack Will
son, of Wildwood, who announces that
he has installed a lunch bar and fruit
stand.
James Nick Carhart, the safe man."
of 723 Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
representing the Stffel and Freeman
Co., was in Wildwood last week look
ing after repairs to one of their big
safes in the Office of the Atlantic To-
bacco Co., AS East Oak avenue, a door
Of which was forced open by burglars
a couple of weeks ago and money and
other ~yaluables taken.
The Cape May County Board of Tax
alton sat yesterday in the City Hall to
hear 1921 tax appeals. Many appeals
were made and the Board was still
sitting until late in the afternoon.
Among the South Jersey editors who
went OF the recent summer outing of
the New Jersey Editorial Association
to Williamstown, Mass, were Al
fred Cooper. of Court House, will
liam A. Haffert, of Sea Isle, and Pres
ton Foster, of Elmer. Young Mr..
Foster was married on June 20, 1921,
at his newly furnished home in Elmer
to Miss Amy D. Hand, of Newport,
Cumberland County. The editorial
trip was taken by Mr.. Foster and his
bride as their honeymoon journey.
The groom is the youngest son of
Samuel P. Foster, who for more than
a decade was recognized as one of the
ablest editorial writer's in New Jersey.
He founded the Five Mile Beach Jour-
nal in 1890. OF late years young Mr..
Foster has been a great help to his
father in the publication of the Elmer
Times. A great portion of the time
OF the elder Mr.. Foster il late years
has been devoted to the Elmer Bank,
of which he is president. Some
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