Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-12-15

lald before the beginning Of the 1929
season to find a suitable place to hold
these concerts throughout the coming
season.
Chairman Bob Latimer, of the Mem
bership Committee, was not present
SO President Goslin gave his report.
stating that 120 new members had
been admitted to the Board since the
first of the year, so realizing another
n OF the Original IS points" which
called for 100 new members in 1922.
D.. j. Woods read the Golf Commit
tees report on the golf course and
told OF its start, the financing, the
opening, and even of Jos. Douglass
being a "hole in one" man. President
Goslin explained this expression to the
crowd at the close of Mr.. Woods
speech.
For the Outing Committee Mayor
Smith reported for Chairman Black
well and told of the many outings con-
Quoted during the past summer. He
also dwelt somewhat on the financing
of these outings as far as the city is
concerned.
S. A. Laning gave a favorable report
on the Chamber of Commerce and told
how that body had taken up for a
second perusal the list of improve
ment suggestions sent them by Mayor
W. COPYRIGHT Smith.
City Clerk Winterburn now read the
Financial Secretary's report showing
a total membership in the Board of
252. Following this report a motion
was carried ordering alls the reports
received and filed.
Three new names were presented
for membership by President Goslin
and elected. These were o. T. King,
S%chlenzig Brothers and E. G. Mid
dleton.
President Goslin now explained the
method of ballot casting which would
be used during the annual election for
officers and appointed o. T. King as
Judge of the Election, and Benz.
John Kay, Jr., E. ]. Sinnamon and
John E. O'Daniel as %tellers. Ballot
casting was now in order and after
the first Is minutes in the main audi
forum the t~ellers, etc., moved into
an adjoining room so that the bust
ness meeting might continue.
The Secretary now had several COM
~munications which he brought before
the meeting. The first was from the
Vineland Chamber of Commerce ask
ing that a miss Wildwood" be sent
to participate in a celebration at Vine
land in the near future. 1t was turned
over to the Advertising Committee for
further action.
A letter from Samuel J.. Leeds,
newly elected President of the Allan
tic City Chamber Of Commerce, was
in reply to a congratulatory message
sent him by the Secretary. The Sec
rotary now spoke of a matter in re-
gard to the post office canceling letters
with plates telling of conventions
coming here in the neal future. They
are not allowed to advertise the city as
a resort or any other private advertis-
ing in this manner, but have the post
office officials permission to mention
coming big events in the city. These
plates will probably be secured in the
near future so that all mail leaving
wildwood will tell of the coming
Legion, hotel and other conventions.
The fish oil plant now came in for
a few words when Secretary Smith
told how the City Commissioners had
given instructions to the solicitor pro-
TEN to use full power in stopping this
nuisance.
The Secretary's report of the year
was now read and was very thorough
in the resume Of the years activities.
1t told of the work Of the various
Board in its different branches, the
hold-ups that had been encountered
in the completion Of the Two Mile
Beach and the identification of the
Pennsylvania lines from Millville to
here. The report expressed a public
appreciation to the newspaper men
who had co-operated with the Board
in the gathering Of news to be dis
patched to the Metropolitan dailies
and also gave a number Of suggest
ions to the Board for the coming year.
Included in these were the making
of a united fund for a Municipal Con-
vention Hall and Pier, the working
for a new beach front hotel, support OF
the sneedIine to Wilmington; urging
on the railroads of the need Of the
electrifying of their line, and urging
of the State Highway Commission to
give us better roads throughout the
county. These suggestions also
recommended that financial support
be given the wildwood City Band in
the coming year so that they may
purchase new uniforms and new in
struments. Other suggestions and
recommendations included the induce
ment of the Western Union to have