Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-08-11
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Tidbits Gathered by the Journal Re-
porter on His Daily Rounds

porter on His Daily Rounds
The Wildwood life guards will hold
their annual benefit dance in the
Casino ball room on Wednesday even
ing. August 18th. The affair is always
a brilliant one and largely attended
There will be an excellent program
and dancing until a late hour to the
dreamy waltzes and the jazzy fox trots
of the Marimba Band. While we are
thinking of the life guards we should
stop and consider that there has not
been one bather drowned this season.
There have been many days when the
ocean was rough, but the life guards
were always on the job and have a
large number of escue to their credit
A pleasant fact that has been notice
able during the past week has been
the large number of people on the
boardwalk and the activity in the
stores. The business hours start early
in the morning and the s~hopkeepers
are kept busy until late at night. Ac-
cording to indications the season will
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ticipated on July 4th.
Wildwood's official popular song,
I'm Wild About Wildwood" has
surely gripped the minds and the
musical instinct of the summer visit
ors. From Anglesea to the extreme
end of wildwood Crest it is possible to
hear groups of young people who are
gathered about a piano sing the new
melody. About two thousand copies
have been sold thus far and it is estl-
mated that the song has reached about
one hundred different cities. The song
is being sold on the boardwalk by
Harry Heating and his associates. A
piano has been placed on the walk at
Pine avenue and the song is sung to
passersby. The singers are Earl
Plummer, of Chester, and Jack Kelly,
of Philadelphia. The pianists are al
Hayden, of Camden, and Harry Keat-
ing. The young men have been very
successful in their efforts to market
the song.
John A. Ackley, the boardwalk real
estate man, is making preparations for
his annual sale to be held on August
21st. His booklets, containing lists of
the many bargains will be distributed
next week.
A feature at the Ocean Pier ball
room last Tuesday was the Flapper
Contest. Professor Roselle had prom
Used something very novel and enter
tanning and the grand march by the
1appers and the awarding of prizes
was very cleverly done. The fiappers
were about % in number and prizes
were given to four classes, the red
haired, the blends, the brunettes and
the best dressed. The judges were
Madame Theresa, Miss Katherine
O'Brian and Tied the Barber" Prizes
we're awarded to Miss Mildred Draper,
of Camden, for her red hair; Miss
Helen Wanagan, of Pittsburgh, as the
best dressed; Miss Esther Buckelew,
of Philadelphia, as the prettiest bru-
nette, and Miss Florence Griffith for
being the best looking blond. A bath
ing beauty contest will be held soon.
Professor v. H. Roberts, manager
of the Casino Dance, is planning for a
children's carnival to be held in the
near future. Prof. Roberts has had
unusual success in training children
for stage, interpretative and social
dancing and no doubt his carnival will
be one of the finest ever given in Wild
wood.
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but Hot Dogs sell forever" There are
at the present time about 40 stands
that are selling the tasty sandwiches
on the boardwalk and the visitors
seem to eat more and more each week.
The average pleasure seeker counts
one or more of "Burk's ROSTERS" be-
starting for home.
Newcomers to Wildwood invariably
stop to admire the large electrical
sign on the south side of the Ocean
Pier. The sign is As feet high and AZ
feet in width and flashes continuously
There are only two other signs in the
United States that are as large as the
ocean Pier sign, and an advertise.
ment placed on it is money well spent
Mr.. and Mrs. C. j. Siebel, of Yves
Point, Montgomery County, Pa, are
spending a week with the latter's pa
rents at the Oestmann home on Youns
avenue. Jack Walker, a Germantown
boy, is spending the summer at tn
same home with his grandparents.
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