Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-05-10
H%UNDRED-FIFTY
AT BOOSTER BANQUET
BOOSTER BANQUET NOW A
MEMORY
Prominent Railroad Officials and
Others Including Press Represen-
tativeS Joined the Boosters
at Bellevue
HOME AT TWO A. N.

The special booster banquet special
train on the Pennsy left Wildwood,
Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock,
with 2O5 Wildwood boosters and their
friends.
The car windows were ~placarded
with orange and black signs with the
legend, wildwood Booster Banquet,
Bellevue S%tratford' and these signs
were also pasted on the windows of
the long line of taxi cabs at Broad
Street Station.
The trip northward was ~uneventful.
For the most part the men of the party
gathered together and talked or play
ed pinochle while the ladies chatted
by themselves or in a number of cases
remained alone.
Arriving at Broad street station the
boosters marched through the station
to the street and entered the taxi cabs
lined up in a double line. An escort
of Philadelphia's finest mounted police
was on hand and preceded the taxfs
to the hotel. A number of detectives
we're also present keeping a watchful
eve on the Wildwood folk to prevent
a%nnoyances or undesirable things from
happening.
The Wildwooders gathered In the
big ball room of the Bellevue and were
delighted to find that the Pennsyl-
vania railroad band of As pieces was
on the platform to brighten the eve
ming, which they did. The dinner soon
was under way and the orchestra and
other entertainers kept the air filled
with song and music.
A diversion was caused when Mayor
w. COPYRIGHT Smith climbed to the
platform and led the band in a num-
Der of selections, and les the latter
part of the evening Ed Morton, Wild
woods everlasting booster and Keith's
songster, sang a couple of his song
hits which were well received.
The Pennsylvania System and the
Philadelphia and Reading railroads
were well represented by several of the
higher officials, none of whom, however
spoke. Representing the Pennsylvania
were Elisha Lee, Vice President; MI.
d. n. Bell, Passenger Traffic Manager;
Mr.. o. T. Boyd, General Passenger
Agent Mr.. @. T.. Leiper, General SUI
p~erintendent; Mr.. d. Y. Geddes, SUI
p~erintendent Mr.. J. e. Burrell, Supt.
Passenger Transportation; Mr.. r. J..
belong, Asst. General Passenger
Agent Mr.. p. Yungman, Asst. General
Passenger Agent Mr.. M. G. Broughton,
Division Freight Agent Mr.. A. e.
Buchanan, Division Passenger Agent
Mr.. E. S. Stewart, Advertising Agent
Mr.. J. S. Murphy, Division Passenger
Agent.
The Philadelphia and Reading was
represented by Mr.. Satuffer, General
Agent of the Freight Department G.
A. Buck, Division Freight Agent G.
C. Williams, City Passenger Agent
f. A~usterhaut, Division Passenger
Agent Mr.. Campbell, Mr.. Selby, Evans
G. Slaughter, o. I. Blackwell and 9TH
erS.
Those who made the trip on the
train We're:
Mayor and Mrs. w. COPYRIGHT Smith
Senator w. H. Bright
Miss Eloise Bright
Mrs. Joy Bright Little
Mr.. and Mrs. p. H. Jackson
Sheriff George A. Redding
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Goslin
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Foster Goslin
Mr.. and Mrs. Jed Dubois
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beecher
C. A. He'll, Jr.
AL Garvin
Frank Moore
Ray Douglass
Lawrence Chalmers
CORTLAND Steelman
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Ludlam
Mrs. Joseph Sweet
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Taylor
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Harris
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert j. Kay
Ralph L.. CARL
Mrs. James Bulmer
Miss Alice Hendee
Mrs. Arthur Mccartney
Mrs. G. A. He'll
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Taylor
Mr.. an dMrs. Frank L. King
Mr. and Mrs. Harry e. Weir
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wise
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nickerson
John E. ODoniel
Miss Mary e. O'Daniel
Mr.. and Mrs. William Woods
DIR. and Mrs. Charles G.. Knoll
Samuel Stubs
Jack Griffith
William Bond
Olin Woolson
Elmer Hewitt
George Lennox
Michael Sheehan
Oakford M. Cobb
Lynn Forcum