Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-11-24
FIVE MILE BEACH JOURNAL WILDWOOD, N J, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER "a 1922
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETS
ATT CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE

day evening, November 18th, by
President Luther C. ogden in the
Middle Township High School Audi
torium. The roll call showed all sec
tions represented with the exception
of ocean City and Strathmere. A
prayer by Rev. Haynes, of Court
House, started the meeting, and this
was followed by the reading of the
minutes by Secretary Haffert. The
reports of the various committees
were now in order and in connection
with the report on Publicity, Presi-
dent Ogden stated that a number of
subscriptions to the 1922 advertising
fund were still unpaid.
The letter from Mayor w. Court
right Smith was now ordered re-read
by President Ogden. This letter was
received by the Chamber at the Oc-
tober meeting, but discussion was
withheld until the November meeting.
1t was the only communication re-
ceived by the Board in answer to their
appeal for ideas for the betterment
Of the County and the Chamber. Fol-
lowing the re-reading of this letter
President ogden spoke a few words
of praise for our live Mayor and then
each of the suggestions contained in
the letter were discussed by the
meeting.
The Cape May-Delaware ferry mat
ter was brought up by Mayor Kraus,
of Stone Harbor, who stated that as
the Road Bond Issue had been passed,
and as the appropriation in this issue
included the money for the realization
Of this project he moved that the
Chamber again endorse the matter and
confer with the State Highway Com
mission to try, if possible, to hurry
up this matter. This motion was car
ried.
The matter of county control of the
fair and fair grounds was now dis
cussed pro and con by Messrs. Smith,
Myers, Stackhouse, Camp and others,
but the matter finally was dropped,
standing at the same position it had
been in before the discussion started.
A vote of thanks did materialize from
the discussion for the Board of Agri-
culture for their good work at the
recent fair.
The next meeting of the Chamber
will occur at Cape May on Thursday,
December 21st. President Ogden an
nounced this meeting and stated that
the main topic for the evening will be
Education" Among the speakers on
that occasion will be Mrs. A. Crowell,
of the Moorestown Board of Educa-
ton, and Mrs. Amilsen, helping tea
cher of Camden County.
Assemblyman Ralph Stevens was
now called on for a few remarks and
announced that he would be glad to
have any suggestions of betterment
from the people Of the county so as
to have some idea of what his people
wanted him to do. Surrogate Fitch
also was asked for a few remarks and
stated that he felt remarks from his
Office were somewhat out of place, as
the Chamber of Commerce had to do
with live" issues, while his Office was
more closely connected with dead"
A1O ObobOO IhoI LC WOulQ
have something to say in regard to the
matters contained in Mayor Smiths
suggestions at the next meeting, how
e The business meeting was now
adjourned and the remainder of the
evening was enjoyed in a fine enter
tainment program arranged by the
people of Cape May Court House. This
program opened with an orchestra Sc
lection. A tenor solo by L. B. Comp
ton came next, and this in turn was
followed by a double mixed quartette.
A violin solo by Miss Ella c. Hewitt
was well played and then a double
male quartette sang Calm Summer
Night" A trombone solo by DR.. Mil
lard Cryder was next on the program,
after which Mrs. j. d. Ludlam gave
n of her fine soprano solos. The
excellent musical talent of Cape May
Court House was well applauded. The
people there surely did wonders in
their entertaining of the Chamber and
the November visit will be remem-
bered for sometime.