Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-12-01
Wildwood Realty Board Holds
Dinner at Brighton Cafe
Atlantic City and Ocean City Realtors Are Guests of Honor

the survival of the old spirit of self
protection first" He said that a COM
munity. is standing in its own light
when it lets jealousy of it's neighbors
interfere with cooperation. He then
told of the Atlantic City Board and
how they had increased sales 80 per
cent in three years, and also how they
had won the confidence of the public
in that city. He then spoke of the 9Th
Annual Convention of the State Board,
which will be held in Atlantic City in
three weeks and he closed by saying,
81 hope to see you all at the conven-
ton. / not only invite you, but / beg
you to be present so that / may intro
duce you as the Baby Board and l
promise you that it will not only bring
you more business but o will also
have an organization of which Wild
wood will be proud"
Acting Chairman Kay now called
for any questions from the Wildwood
people and Mr.. Finley then asked
permission to say a few words more
in which he urged that the charter
membership lists be left open for a
short time longer so that local agents
will have time to weigh the matter
over mentally before they decide. He
then told of the appraisal methods
conducted by the Atlantic City Board
and how the returns from this system
had established a large room in At
Iantic City and he invited local agents
to stop in and visit the rooms when
ever they we're in that city.
One or WI questions were now
forthcoming from the local men and
these were clearly answered by the
visiting realtors.
One point Mr.. Brick brought up in
this friendly discussion vas to urge
that Wildwood agents use no For
Rent signs, as this causes a loss OF
considerable business. He said, 1.-THE
newer the man in the business the
more signs he buys"
Walter Treen moved that the meet
ing go into session for formation with
Mr.. Brick acting as president pro tenn.
This motion brought forth consider
able question from the other local
men, some of whom were against the
t%ransacting of business by men who
did not belong as yet to the Board.
Temporary Chairman Kay said that 1t
was his fault that this Board had been
formed. He stated that although he
was not himself a real estate agent
he did think that Wildwood needed a t
Board, and with this thought in mind s
he had gone among several Of the /
local agents and as a result the first
meeting had resulted in a Board be- s
ing organized. He then read the min
utes of the former meeting, at the re- '
quest of several present, after which I
Mr.. Treen offered a motion that a vote '
taken to see how those present I
stood in conforming to the action of I
the men at the first meeting. The )
vote showed every agent present in :
favor of having a Board. Mr.. Treen '
made another motion to the effect that )
the present appointed officers hold Of :
fee until a meeting is called by them n
which time they will appoint COM
to select nominees for the Of I
fees for 1928. This motion also car /
ried unanimously, and then a motion {
put Mr.. Brick into the chair for the 4
evening. Mr.. Brick now called on the
other visiting realtors for a few re- !
marks. The first of these VS. ]. Bow q
den, of Bridgeton, who drove 225 miles {
to attend the meeting. He spoke Of E
the formation of the Board in Bridge {
ton and said he was glad to see the I
Board formed in Wildwood. In his
talk he referred to a knocker, and
as he closed his little speech Mr..
Pagan, who had been a professor
against the first motion offered by Mr..
Treen, rose and said that he wanted
to explain to the Board that he was
not a "knocker." He said: 81 come
from an opportunity where the only
'knocker' is Opportunity" To prove
how much he was with the Board he
brought out a check written and
bership for his firm and rendered same
to the temporary treasurer.
Thomas Bole, John Jones, John
Foster, H. Parrish, G.. Johnson, all
gave a few remarks now and then
Mr.. Brick called on Wildwood's men
to say something. No one responded
for a moment, and then one of the
firm of McAlarnen & Quirk said that
he was glad to see the Board formed
for if it brought cooperation and bet
ter business he was greatly in favor
of it. Mr.. Brick said that that man
would make a good member Of the
Board, for although he was not a real
estate man., he still could be an asso-
ciate member. He then spoke of the
associate members of the Atlantic City
Board, which includes IL banks, most
of the contracting builders, the major
ity of the hardware men, two lumber
companies, Judge Cole, all title COM
panies, and many other companion
businesses and professions.
Charles Fell, of Atlantic City; Mr..