The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Delaware WaterGap
Has Many Visitors
for Fourth of July
Holiday Throngs Fill Every
Hotel in the Pennsylvania
Resort.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoaK HERALD
DELAWARE WATER GAP, Pa. July L.
Oiling the State highway from Milford
to the D. ". Brodhead place, near Bush
kill. has been completed BY request of
John Purdy Cope. owner Of the Kitta-
tinny Hotel. the oiling through the Gap
has been postponed until after the
Fourth.
At the Kittatinny many guests have
registered for extended visits. c. w.
Wells. chief road man of the Automo-
bile Club OF America. and his family
have made reservations for the larger
part of the summer. Walter Hagen.
who is a personal friend of Mr.. Cope,
is expected to be at the K!ttatinny
some time in July. Mrs. George Dun
lap, with her son George Dunlap, Jr..
has left for Battle Creek. where they
will Join Mr.. Dunlap. Master George
won the junior golf championship at
Pinehurst IN 1921 and 1922.
The Glenwood. the Forest House. the
Bellevue. the Riverside. the Delaware
House. the Mountain House. the Hill
crest and the Central House are all
booked up for the Fourth Of July.
The mems Bible class of tho Strouds-
burg Presbyterian Church motored to
the Oak Grove House. one of Delaware
Valleys popular resorts, last Monday
evening. June 26. A supper was pre-
pared for the class and the evening was
quite a success.
At Shawnee Country Club.
The Buckwood Inn and the course of
the Shawnee Country Club was the
center of attraction during the week of
the wornen's annual invitation tourna-
ment. The number OF prominent women
players who took part In the tourna-
ment drew golf enthusiasts from all
over. Mrs Stetson of Huntington VAL
ley defeated her clubmate. Mrs. Fox,
in the final round by and s. Mrs.
Stetson also won the qualifying medal.
Mrs. Barlow of Merton won the prize
In the beaten four. decisively defeating
Mrs. William Chilvers of Dunwoodie
in the final. In the beaten four of the
third division Mrs. E. F. Sanford of
Essex County defeated Mrs. +. E..
Omohoe of Montcalr.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. @. Wilson of Philadel-
phia were given an informal reception
by Mr.. and Mrs. William Morton at
Highland Inn on Saturday evening. The
Rev. Wilson Is the new district superin-
tendent of the Methodist churches In this
district Mr.. and Mrs. Craven and
daughter Emily of Philadelphia were
the house guests at the Inn over the
week end. The Morning Charity Club
of Philadelphia spent the last week at
the Inn. There were about forty MEM
bers Of this club and they made trips
to the various points of interest In the
county.
Gov. William c. Sproul and party
took supper at the Indian Queen Hotel
Wednesday evening en- route to Bing-
hamton to take part In the Lackawanna
Trail opening celebration Wednesday.
Chamber of Commerce Meets.
| A meeting of the recently organized
| Chamber OF Commerce of Delaware
Water Gap was held Tuesday night and
the promoters of the event who have
been hard at work promoting the move
ment were pleased at the turnout OF
the business public of the Gap and OF
North Water Gap. There were at least
forty In number, which gives the new
civic body a fine start, not only In men,
bership but In finances There were a
number OF addresses made during thu
meeting.
Another banner crowd enjoyed the
dance at Cleo's on Saturday evening and
the fine concert on Sunday evening.
The various home gardens on farm;
throughout the county, as well as the
more extensive vegetable tracts on the
truck growers farms, are in splendid
shape at present, and the best opinion
is that prospects are fine for wonder.
ful yield of most kinds of vegetables II
looks as though there was going to be a
good tomato year, especially II there Il
some warm ripening weather from now
on. II Is explained that the abundance
of moisture has helped everything to gei
| well started and that there has also
been enough sunshine to prevent mold.
Miss Gertrude Burlingame. daughter
o; Lieut. and Mrs. Giles III. Burlingamt
OF Analomink street saved the life of an
other girl who had got beyond her depth
in the swift current of Broadheads
Creek last Thursday. A party of young
folk had gone for a hike under the
chaperonage of a teacher and the march
took them up around Stokes Mill. There
they stopped to have a picnic and to
so bathing. One OF the girls was using
water wings and when she was In water
too deep for her to wade the wings
slipped out from under her arms