Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-02-03


shine. Monday dawned bright, clear
and cold and the sleighing in Wild
wood was fine, but not a sleigh in
sight. Several days of sunshine this
week and mild weather caused the
snow to disappear rapidly, but there is
still considerable left and some slush.
Building operations were temporarily
stalled. Trolley service was crippled
all of Sunday, the schedule not in full
running order till late on Monday,
because of the big drifts. Not an I'M
usual sight was many high powered
cars stuck in the drifts. Sunday morn
ing found many persons prompted by
curiosity to visit the boardwalk in lieu
of new sights. After Saturday nights
wild running cea more damage was
expected. Pilings placed at Cedar ave-
nue. for the new Hunt Theatre were
cast adrift and almost completely
buried in sand. Great chunks of ice
lay washed up at Schellenger avenue,
fringing the old boardwalk section,
and at Pine venue a deep gully was
formed. Some builders report loose
lumber washed away. The small boy
and girl made merry with their sleds.
Word was received from Florida
this week of the death of Burgher V.
Van Horn, the well-known Wildwood
carpenter and builder. For the past
few years he suffered from heart trou-
BILE, and that was probably the cause
of his death. Mr.. Van Horn went to
Florida last fall with his family, hav-
ing heired a property in st. Peters,
burg from an uncle who died a few
years ago in Connecticut. 1t is un-
derstood that he was making alter
ations4to this Florida house 50 stiheS, u
would be in rentable shape. Mr.. Van
tiers of Wildwood, coming from Vine
land after his marriage to Miss Ella
A. Kemmerer. He was born in nj of
the New England states and was one
of the many Yankees who settled in
Vineland in the early days. When he
first located in Wildwood he was in
partnership with w. H. Washburn and
they built many houses here. 1t has
been a common saying that any house
built by Washburn & Wan Horn was
an unusually well-built house. The
deceased leaves a wife and several
daughters. The eldest daughter, Pau
line, a widow, lives at Anglesea, and
Martha is in the Wildwood high school,
having remained here this winter with
her sister. The younger girls went
to school in Florida. Mr.. Van Horn
was we'll liked and a kind husband
and father and a very Industrious man.
When wildwood was incorporated as
a borough in 1895 Mr.. Van Horn was
the first assessor, and afterward
several years. He was sc years of age.
Interment will be made in Florida.
Hemstitching, Picoting. Mrs. Hip
pie, lis W. Maple ave. Candy Store.
The Women's Auxiliary of the
American Legion, Byron Pennington
Croker Post, gave the boys a surprise
shower at headquarters last Friday
evening Immediately after the regular
business meeting. There was a good
attendance. The boys were more than
pleased with the arrangement, and
many fine gifts we're among those re-
ceived, being principally china and
silver intended for the kitchen equip
ment for which the auxiliary long
have labored. The Women's Auxiliary
would have a complete kitchen, and in
event of a setout for the boys there
are dishes and utensils with which to
PnfraChn onto xuQr0 cQrv0d and |
everybody made merry. At the close
of the exercises, foodstuff was auc-
toned off, making an additional 1887
for the treasury. ~
Leedorh's Digestive Tablets for dys-
pepsia. None better. Leedom's Phar-
Mrs. E. E. He'll returned to her home
in Wildwood last Sunday from the
Dermody sanitarium at Morton, Pa,
where she was under treatment since
last summer.
Isaac Sagel, of the Fashion Shop,
left yesterday morning for a trip to
New York and Philadelphia to look
over the new spring fashions.
Mrs. Chas. Williams, of Charleston,
w. Va, a sister of Mrs. l.. H. Boyer,
and of Assemblyman Robert J. Kay, is
visiting relatives in Wildwood. Her
husband is a mining engineer and re-
ports from the coal fields are that
business in that locality is yet very
unsettled, due to labor troubled. 70
Mrs. Philip McTigh, who has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George ".