The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-27
MISS BANHOLzER
To GET TROPHY
Cup Awarded Her in Atlantic City
Pageant to be Turned Over by
Action of Council.
ACTION TAKEN ON BUDGET

Miss Elsie Banholzer, who was
Miss Somers Point" in last years
Atlantic City Fall Pageant, is to have
the custody of the loving cup which
was awarded as one of the prizes.
This was decided at the meeting of
City Council held last Friday night,
when Martin V. B. Scull brought to
the attention of Council that no des-
ignation had been made of who should
hold the cup.
Council passed resolution that the
Chamber of Commerce Pageant Com
mittee be notified to turn over the
cup to Miss Banholzer. Fred Arnold
explained to Council that the cup was
now in the hands OF an Atlantic City
jeweler to have suitable engraving
made upon it, Some Point citizens de-
sired to have the cup placed in the
custody of the new Trust Company,
others desired to have it retained in
the City Hall, but the majority said it
should be given to the person who had
won it.
Another step for the settling of the
fire and school questions was taken,
when Council, upon the advice of So
licitor Champion, passed legislation
that will bring both matters up at the
next meeting.
On the fire matter, the solicitor ad-
vised that, if the Somers Point Fire
Company became an Incorporated
body, it would have the same rights
and privileges as the Somers Point
Volunteer Company. Officers of the
former company are expected to dis
cuss plans for the incorporation when
a meeting is held Wednesday night
and the matter will again come up
with the introduction of an ordinance
at the next session of council.
In the matter of having an addition
to the public school built, a resolution
was introduced and adopted authoriz-
ing the Solicitor to draw papers that
would allow the city TO draw money
by means of temporary bonds from
time to time until the amount needed
for the building-$50,000 borrow
ed, when permanent ordinance could
be introduced and passed.
The Solicitor stated that according
to law, the budget ordinance must be
passed by council and submitted to the
Mayor, who, unless he~Qbjected within
,.1xedaxs ,after = cf1 -
1ivered to f1fnn, automatically approved
it. The ordinance, it was ruled, was a
law, because the Mayor had not OBJ
jected within five days time.
An ordinance taking in both the
school and city budget was passed on
first and second reading. 1t calls for
the raising of total of s55.006.S8.
OF this sum s20,550 shall be raised for
schools and $34, ,456.SS shall, according
to the ordinance, be raised by taxes.
A new mercantile ordinance was
prepared by the Solicitor which prac-
tically repeals the old ordinance now
in effect, and was referred to the Ordi-
nance Committee>to report at a future
meeting.
A motion passed that the city engi-
neer make a temporary sketch of the
streets IL the central portion Of the
city, that work on numbering these
houses may be started. The motion
does not compel people to number
but gives them leave to, if they SO
desire.
It was reported unofficially that the
Anderson property, which was to be
used for the extension of First street,
would change hands in few days.
The committee had not seen Mr.. An
derson, but would report at the next
maefing