The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-01-22
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These people, about eighteen in mum
Der, the majority of whom were wo
men, We're inspired with enthusiasm
by their plan, and by the spirit of en-
thusiasm alone secured the services o.
Rupert Brooks, community organist o
Atlantic City, to act as accompanies
and leader
Mr.. Brooks, acting without remu
neration, made the weekly trips tt
Pleasantville at his own expense
Each week the eighteen ladies attend
ed the meetings, in the hope that in
terest would be awakened to the
beauty of worthwhile music, and
make a chorus something to be proud
of. Encouragement got in however
and Mr.. Brooks has discontinued
trips. The work done, however, will
not be entirely lost and the effort will
some day result in more encouraging
success.
AS the property on the line of the
Franklin Boulevard extension will
soon be assessed to determine the
costs of the improvement, the Frank
lin Boulevard Club is being revival
lied A. F. Amodio, it's president, will
ments, of which James o. Keane is
president, and committees will give
their efforts to opening the boulevard
through Pleasantville to Mortified,
Linwood and Somers Point, parallel
| ing the Shore road from Absecon,
South.
Mr.. Amodio says, "a great section
has already been built, especially in
I
large developers built directly in a
line along the proposed route of the
road This is also the case in North
field. The southern end of Pleasant
vile is still to be built, together with
sections farther south. The boulevard
from Absecon to the Atlantic City
Pleasantville boulevard in Pleasant
vile, may be completed by midsum
mer.
Endorsement is forthcoming on the
plan to purchase Smiths Sanitarium
at Egg Harbor for use as a juvenile
detention home The property is cas-
lily accessible and at the same time
sufficiently remote from other prop
erty for the purpose and doubtless the
buildings can be secured for frac-
ton of what it would cost the county
to erect them. 1t would give, more
over, one of the most progressive mu-
inequalities in the county recognition
in the distribution of it's institutions,
feature of the proposition that is not
the least of the reasons for its APP
prevail
Judge William H. Smathers is in
favor Of the proposal, and Director F.
r. Doughty, 5bf the Board of Freehold
ers, is an earnest advocate. He pre-
diets that it will receive favorable
action by the freeholders, when rec
commended by the asylum and aims
house committee, OF which Clark Ad-
ans, of Pleasantville, is chairman
Smiths sanitariun property con
sists of a new and an old hospital
building, both of which were conduct
ed as hospitals by the late Charles
Smith. The buildings are in good
acre tra1l q es,... IL 6f sNh,sr ea--D.
purchased by the county for $4,000.
Director Doughty's plan is to turn
the new building into a detention
home for boys, and use the old build
ing as a hospital for bedridden in
mates of the almshouse at Northfield
He said there are about 60 at the
almshOuse who are unable to leave
their beds and have to be carried
from place to place on stretchers, and
that they have a depressing effect
upon the other aged inmates who are
able to get about. The value of the
new sanitarium building as a deten-
ton home for boys would be further
~ ba NV wild of 1orl
on which the inmates could exercise,
and by a large lake in which they
could be taught to swim, Doughty
said. To build a detention home
would cost at least $4,000, he said,
stressing the economy of sanitarium
purchase plan.
Atlantic County is very remiss in
one Improvement that would cost COM
paratiVely little and give wonderful
results-the planting OF shade trees
along its highways. In many instan-
ces owners of property along the
roads would gladly cooperate, for it
would unquestionably enhance it's val
ue and attractiveness. The few pla-
ces where shade trees grow along our
highways stand out like GASES in the
desert, and are almost as welcome
after mOnotonous miles of travel,
More shade trees and fewer bill
boards would increase the attractive
ness of the highways throughout At
lantic County one hundred percent.
No one appeared to either approve
or disapprove of the proposed budget
for Atlantic County for the coming
year. The budget amounts to $2,129,-
527.52, and the Freeholders advertised
hearing for Saturday afternoon last.
The resolution was introduced by
Chairman Robert Willis of the finance
committee and passed. The total
amount to be raised by taxation for
the operating of the county, and its
contribution to various state assess
ments during 1926, is $1,59S,954, as
against 81, 433, 10165 in 1925. The to-