Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-01-20
ANGLESEA

Tuesday evening, January 10th, the
Five Mile Beach Humane Society held
it's regular business meeting in the
Lecture Hall, Maple e All Of
ficers were reelected with the excep-
ton that Miss e. Woodward was
elected on the Board of Managers in
place of Mrs. p. Munson, resigned. Mrs.
E. Wiler took the place of Mrs. Brad
ley as corresponding secretary. The
meeting night was changed from Tues
day to the second Thursday in the
month, as so many of the members
could not attend on the Tuesday night.
Now it is expected to have a better at
tendance at the monthly meetings. 1t
was decided unanimously that the cor
responding secretary should write to
the Mayor of Wildwood asking him
not to allow any animals on the board
walk for any kind of exhibition. Many
complaints were made to the Society
about the little pigs on the boardwalk
last summer and they were just out
of reach of the law for cruelty, but was
the cause of much cruelty to many
who feel and suffer with the dumb
creatures and spoiled the pleasure of
many people who otherwise enjoyed
the boardwalk. Also to write to the
butchers asking for waste meats to
be donated for the sea gulls during
the times of severe frosts. A COM
mittee was appointed to start working
for a bazaar to be held next summer.
Isabelle Corson, formerly assistant
postmaster at Anglesea, is now en-
ployed as bookkeeper at Wigham's
plumbing store in Wildwood.
Pilot A. G.. Bennett, of Cape May,
has been selected for the third time
by his brother pilots to the office of
president of the Pilots Association of
Delaware bay and river.
A parcel post social will be given
in the Anglesea NJ. E. Church Thurs
day evening, January 26th, for the
benefit of the Epworth League.
Master William Countiss was ten
dered a masquerade surprise party
Friday evening, January 18th, at his
home on Spruce avenue, Anglesea
twenty-five of his young companions
attended and were attired in character
and evening dress. Those present
were: Wealtha Streaker, as a clown,
Stella Keller, in colonial dress a:
Martha Washington; Hazel Horner
also as Martha Washington; Ethe
Barr, Miss America; Gladys Roberts
/ as Gypsy girl; Bessie Bowker as co
: lonial girl; Virginia Hurtel as Mis-
2 Jane; Margaretta Monroe as boy scout
Dorothy Godfrey, in evening dress o
=, pink silk; Irene Godfrey, in yellow
: silk evening dress; Margaret BishoI
in evening dress of blue silk; Paine
Holmes as ash man; Lewis Bowke
: as a duke; Clarence Hurtel, as
Mexican; Edwin Thompson, Arme
MAN; Frank Anderson, a laborer
Victor Anderson, a tramp; Ware.
r higgins, a preacher; Warren Countis'
q a count: Charles Sanders, as Mr.. Ras
mex; David Anderson in evenin
clothes; Halbert Green, an Armenian
Willie Bishop, as undertaken; viii
liam Countiss, the little host, was tn
gentleman of the evening. The ever
ing was spent in games, dancing an,
singing. Accompanied with plan
music, Mrs. Warren Countiss favore'
the company with a solo which wa
beautifully rendered. Edmund Coun
tiss also conferred a favor with a sole
At ten o'clock refreshments wer,
served at which the young folks dit
ample justice. Wishing for anothe
: party somewhere soon to make merr!
a long winter evening the little guests
1890. Mrs. Monroe, Mrs. Bradshaw
: Sr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Coun
tiss were the older guests of the
evening.
Andrew Hansen is a c~onvalescen
= at his home on second venue after
an operation for appendicitis at the
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.
, A license tag was lost January 14tl
from Clarence Bradshaw's auto some
where between Anglesea and Wild.
wood. Return to 321 Chestnut avenue
Anglesea. Tag No. 152031.
At half past eight Friday morning
January 18th, a fire broke out in Car.
Petersen's skiff lying at the wharf
His hands were severely burned while
extinguishing the flames, and they
were treated at Mace's Hospital.
Curtis Mathis and family have re-
turned from the South, where they
have been for the past several weeks
Last Wednesday Allen Grace had q
narrow escape from drowning wher
his sneakbox was upset by the high
winds in the sound. He was pulled
out by his brother-in-law who was in
another boat nearby.
Charles Carlberg is having a double
garage and apartment house built on
his property on Second avenue.
Martin Jensen and family have moved
to a small bungalow on Beach Creek