Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-11-24
RAND BOYS PRESENTED WITH
GOLD PINS

IN the third floor of the City Hall
when Byron Pennington Croker Post,
No. 1874, of the American Legion, held
a testimonial meeting in honor of the
wildwood City Band and their genial
leader, Prof. oscar Huebner. At $50
the rooms were filled and Post Com
mander Alfred Winterburn started the
meeting after the band had rendered
two fine selections. The finance Of
fcer's report on Blesse Haven was
then read by Commander Winterburn
and ordered received. This report
may be found in another column. At
ter this report was read a rising vote
of thanks was given by the assembly
to the committee in charge of Blesse
Haven for the excellent work they did
during the summer season. Com
mander Winterburn read excerpts
from the report of the Post Com
manders' meeting recently held at
Trenton. Wildwood was given consid-
cradle commentator in this report.
An invitation from the Board of Trade
asking the Legion to attend the board
meeting ON December 18th was read
and accepted. The meeting was now
turned over to the Entertainment
Committee and this body had looked
well after the success Of the meeting.
The first feature was a selection from
the band. Winterburn now intro
duced a Legion follower and enthu-
siast, Mayor W. COPYRIGHT Smith,
who gave the Legionaires an interest
ing talk. In this address he urged
them to take advantage of their mem
bership courtesies extended them from
the Chamber of Commerce and in
every other way to take an interest in
the affairs of their city and county as
well as state and nation. "The war
was a failure in one respect, it did
not solve world problems. Individual
personalities still exist and until
American unity is worldwide there
will still be trouble and fighting. You
men who fought over there should
have the courage to fight over here
for your right in social and civic
life" he said. Another announce
ment made at the meeting was when
the Mayor said, "We are trying hard
to complete the new athletic field and
playground and when it is dedicated
the boys who did their bit" and that
hope it will be as a memorial for
we can call it Byron Pennington
Croker Park"
De st. John, an accordion player
from the Keith circuit entertained
with the aid of his beautiful instru-
ment. The next entertainer was
Ronald Quidort, of Cape May, who
helped to put over the Wildwood
song at the convention at Lake Ho-
patcong. Mr.. Quidort told several
stories and sung two or three good
musical numbers.
Post Commander Winterburn made
a presentation speech in when
praise was given the Wildwood City
Band for the loyal manner in which
they stan dback of the Legion n
every member of the band was pre-
scented with a solid gold scarf pin.
The pin is shaped in the form of a
lyre, the symbol of the musician.
Mayor Smith responded for the band
thanking the Legion boys for the gift.
Professor Huebner did not get n of
these pins and it looked as though he
was goin gto be neglected until Com
mander Winterburn continued MS
presentation speech, this time prals1ng
in even stronger words PROFESSOR
Huebner, the man who always re-
spends when the cry is "More mooslck,
professor" Following a few hitting
words he presented the professor with
a small package which, when opened,
disclosed a pretty amber and GOLD
cigarette holder. When called on for
a speech Professor Huebner followed
his usual practice of Saying it with
music and led the band in a we'll
played nuaaber.
Lieutenant Harry G. Nilsson was
now introduced by the commander
and gave a talk that was interesting
stirring and amusing. He not only
convulsed his listeners with amuse-
ment, but set them thinking with MS
words. A part of his address follows:
" Ihave beer at several of your meet
ings in the past and have become
greatly interested in the work OF lo4.
I think this will be the last meeting 1
will attend before l become a m
of same. 1t is indeed a great honor
for a Canadian to become a Legion
member. Since the war the Legion
has been the means of my coming into
close contact with the man-sized men
of the country. The, war a brought
the United States and Canada closer
together than ever before. We now
understand each other more than any
other nation understands us. To-Day
a person can go fro none unit 10
another without even knowing when
he crosses the border" Here Lieu
tent Nilsson referred to Mayor Smiths
advice that the Legion take an inter
est in the affairs of the Chamber OF