Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-01-12
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIA-
TONS ATTEND BOARD OF
TRADE MEETING

specially invited guests at the Janu-
airy meeting of the Board Of Trade
held in st. AIMS Auditorium on Fri
day evening, January 5, 1923. Owing
to the usual Friday night basketball
games at the high school the Board
had to look elsewhere for a meeting
place for this month.
The wildwood City Band was pres
ent with its director, Prof. Oscar Hueb-
ner. and they rendered several fine
selections during the evening.
President Goslin opened the meet
ing by going ove the list of suggest
ions selected by the Board as their
1928 program. He dwelt on each of
these plans of improvement and
showed just how they would benefit
the city and resort.
The managing secretary then gave
a report on the committees selected
for 1928 by the Board of Governors.
The list will appear in this paper in a
later issue. President Goslin now
asked for any reports hat might be
forthcoming from the new committees.
D. j. Woods, for the Railroad Com
mittee reported that he could promise
the people of the resort better train
service this year than ever before. He
also urged hat the local people CO.
operate with the railroads, especially
in the matter of "scalping" tickets,
saying that if this cooperation vas
forthcoming from the people they
would find the railroads more eager
and willing to help them. G. H. Top
ham, again elected chairman of the
Advertising Committee, urged that the
people also cooperate in this work
by having their stationery and other
printed matter inscribed with the line
Observation-Disclosures" and n other
information that will let the public
know where and what we are. He
also suggested that new city tags be
purchased by motorists and placed
with their new 1923 license plates.
S.. A. Laning now rose and suggested
that the city erect at least four large
attractive signs on the White Horse
pike between Camden and Egg Har-
Dor where wildwood would be pro-
claimed to thousands of people daily
throughout the summer season. The
suggestion was loudly applauded by
the audience and Mr.. Topham said
that this and any other suggestions
forthcoming from the public would be
considered by the Advertising Com
mittee when making up their plan of
advertising for the year.
Three new active members were
taken into the Board by unanimous
vote on Friday evening. They were
H. G.. Nilsson, B. G. Baker and c. G.
Knoll. Two contributing members
were also accepted: William Beatty,
Jr. and John H. Judge.
Howard Topham reported that the
Board of Governors had reelected w
COPYRIGHT Smith as managing secre-
tary for the coming year and Miss
Jeanette Clark as assistant secretary.
The managing secretary now reported
on several matters that had been taken
up by the Board of Governors during
the month. The first of these was the
suggestion put forth at the December
meeting that the Board raise 81 900
to be given to the Wildwood City Band
for the purchase of new uniforms, in
struments or anything else that SEEM
ed necessary by the director, Oscar
Huebner. Secretary Smith read a let
ter from w. C. Hunt, of the Hunt The
aires, wherein he said: "The Band
holds a warm spot in my heart. The
New Casino Theatre will be finished
and ready for opening by Easter and
if the Board of Trade sees willing to
sponsor the suggestion l will donate
the theatre and show free of charge
for a benefit entertainment for any
night except Saturday of the week
following the opening, and will do
nate all receipts of that night to the
fund for the band" The letter was
discussed by the Board of Governors
and the suggestion approved, and by
a rising vote of the audience the plan
was endorsed by the Board at the
Friday meeting.
Several resolutions made up and ap-
proved by the Board of Governors
were now brought forward by the
managing secretary for action by the
Board. The first recommended the
extension of Route 4 of the State
Highway from Absecon to Marshall's
Crossing, via a bridge from Somer's
Point across Egg Harbor, so as to con-
meet the Delaware Ferry landing and
New York City by a direct route. This
resolution also urged the local state
politicians to use all their influence in
bringing this action about. The reso-
luton was unanimously adopted by
the Board.
The second resolution was in regard
to advertising by the County Chamber
of Commerce and advised that this
body investigate the mediums used
for this advertising to see if better
mediums could not be found for the
benefit of all resorts in the county.
Secretary Smith spoke Of this matter
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