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VOL. 14. NO. 9
(Attentfa City. N. J* P. a)
VENTNORCITY. N. J.. JULY 31, 1920
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Ordinance Introduced To Secure Ri
parian Rlghte of Beach Front—
Increase Bond Interest Rate.
‘ r, Five new ordinances were introduc
ed at the meeting of City Council held
- ■ last Monday evening at City Hall, af
fecting matters which have been dis
IS;:'' cussed at previous gatherings. All
passed on first reading. One provides
svs for Jhe city acquiring permanent pos
session of the beach property betweer
• Jackson and Fredericksburg avenues
v ’ which it now holds under easement
a-1., .y arrangements. A second ordinance was
to repeal the original easement ordi
1 nance. A- third was for bonds to the
amount of $150,000 to acquire th<
; beach property. These bonds had beer
arranged for in another ordinance bui
1 t it was necessary to bring the mattei
- up again because the bonds must bi
changed from 5 to 6 per cent, issues
(!|. . The same was true of an ordinance
„ providing $100,000 in bonds for the
’ water works. Another ordinance in
troduced by President Gumphert pro
. vided for the changing of a bathing
■ w4 beach site from Fredericksburg am
Washington avenues to Melbourne anc
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„ Pittsburg avenues.
Councilman Bew reported that th<
foundations of the new Boardwalk, re
placing the old one torn down by Iasi
winter’s worst storm, have been erect
ed as far as Newark avenue, and tha
the old Boardwalk has been put li
shape from Newark avenue up. Mr
Bew also reported that recently twe
children were slightly injured by fall
ing on the slippery floor of the munici
pal pier, and authority was grantee
the acting committee to purchase mat
ting to prevent similar accidents.
Councilman Sweigart was given per
mission to employ a temporary firemai
for three months at the water works
A motion introduced by him to hav<
the City Comptroller pay Ventnoi
City’s dues in the New Jersey Leagui
of Municipalities was adopted.
The request of property owners 01
Somerset avenue to have the avenui
brought to full width south of Atlantii
avenue was referred to the street com
mittee. The property holders dalmec
that during the bathing hours th<
street is made almost impassable bj
/he number of automobiles parkec
there, causing a hardship on the resi
dents there who wish to use their owx
autos and also causipg a dangeroui
situation should fire occur.
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FREEHOLDER AND FAMILY
TO TAKE AUTO TRIP
Freeholder C. Claude Scull, wife an<
son Mulford, expect to leave for an au
tomobile trip to the Adirondack Moun
tains, Buffalo and Niagara Falls, re
turding home by way of the Delawari
Water Gap. A number of days wil
be spent taking in the sights at thi
various places of interest enroute.
CITY SOLICITOR RETAINED.
The joint committee of the Minii
terial Union, Chamber of Commerci
the two hotel men’s associations an
carpenter's union of Atlantic City, wh
ire behind the movement to have th
recently enacted cafe and'cabaret o:
dinance submitted to referendum yot
have retained City Solicitor John S
Westcoft as their attorney.
MOTHER PA8SE8 AWAY.
Mrs. Kate V. Bright, wife of Ps
Bright, died sudenly at her home,
Cambridge avenue, south, on Thui
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of the wife qf Councilman Carleton E
Adams, has been ill for some time
Funeral services and interment wli:
be held Monday at Wilmington, Del.
where they resided before coming tc
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ADD8 NEW LINE.
The Ventnor Pharmacy has received
the agency for Edison Phonographs
and Columbia Craphophones for this
city. An assortment of machines is
on display in their store at Victoria
and Atlantic avenues. A complete line
of records can also be secured from
them.
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OFF ON VACATION. *
City Clerk James T. G. Hand and
his wife will leave on Monday tc
spend several weeks with friends and
relatives In Pennsylvania, the most
of the time being spent at _Gratei
Ford, Pa.
Deliveries at any time desired dallj
and this insures Ventnor householders
the best service for all kinds of sea
foods, if orders .are given to the
CHELSEA FISH MARKET, 2701
Atlantlo Avenue, pb-jj^—Bell 218C
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RENEW CONTRACT
WITH tlGHTING CO.
Welsbach Lighting Company Receive
Award at Special Meeting Held
Thursday Evening.
Members of City Council held a short
session for the transaction of regular
business on Thursday evening, at City
Hall. The meeting was really called
to receive the bids for the gas lighting
in the city as well as furnishing the
city with" Chlorine, both .contracts ex
piring today. ,
The Welsbach Street Lighting Com
pany had its contract for lighting
streets and public^ places renewed for
another year. The company promises
to furnish and maintain 80 improved
Welsbach street lights, as now located,
and the iron lamp posts and boulevard
lanterns. The cost will»be 837.15 for
each light. Two companies submitted
bids for supplying the city with 2500
pounds of chlorine for the sewer and
water systems. One of the firms for
' got to enclose its cheek. The other of
fered to make the consignment for
eight and a half cents a pound. The
' matter was referred to the Water and
Sewer Committee to report at the next
regular meeting.
Members of couhcil could not help
but comment upon the prompt execu
■ tion of the order delivered by motion
last Monday wvening to the City Clerk
• to notify all employees to hand in their
: reports to members of city council, so
that they, too, might know just exactly
what was going on in their respective
' departments.
The cause of the comment was
' brought about by each member of coun
cil also receiving notice that it was
- the desire of council to have a report
at each meeting, the city clerk includ
ing the members of the goverixliig bou/
among those to whom the notice was
sent.
personal ($at
Misses Ruth and Setty Barritt,
daughters of Councilman and Mrs.
George R. Barritt, of 21r Richards ave
nue, south, are enjoying girls camp In
the Pocono mountains, during July
and August
Mrs. Frank J. Moore and children,
Misses Grace Mary Moore and Mildred
Moore and Master Freddie Moore, are
spending the summer months in camp
in the Maine woods.
After spending several weeks with
his grandparents. Rev. and Mrs. James
Burns, at Bordentown, N. J., Master
S. Jackson Burns will return to his
home today at 7209 Atlantic avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Stull are
again occupying their cottage on South
Swarthmore avenue, after spending
some time at their Long Island home.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Albertson and
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest S. Albertson mo
tored to Tuckerton on Sunday.
Mr. Thos. Carroll, of Cbnshohocken,
who spent many summers at his cot
tage in Ventnor Heights, was renew
ing acquaintances during the past
week.
Miss Margaret Howard is spending
the summer with her grandmother.
Mrs. Riley Is at her home, 4 Surrey
avenue, north.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cunningham,
of Atlantic City, are residing in Vent
nor Heights July and August.
Mr. a. T. Leves and Master David
Leves enjoyed a fishing trip to Great
Bay this week.
Freeholder and Mrs. Freeman Park
er are occupying their boathouse on
Avenue C, Ventnor Heights.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. Endicott, 107
Sacramento avenue, south, are now
located in Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Stiles are occu
pying their summer home, 6707 Mon
mouth avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Cartmell, of Phil
adelphia, have leased a cottage at 34
La Clede Place, south.
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Rulon and chil
dren are spending the summer at 108
Wissahickon avenue, north.
Mr. A. C. Maron has removed from
20 Cornwall avenue, south, to 109 Am
herst avenue, south.
Mrs. Annie Carter, who has sum
mered here for a number of years, Is
visiting friends at Peconic, Long Isl
and.
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Lindsay, of
Hillside and Ventnor avenues, are lo
cated in Atlantic City for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Kline, Master
Raymond Kline and Miss Mary Kline,
of 4 Newark avenue, north, are the
guests of relatives in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Flesh and daugh
ter, of Glenside, Pa., are the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Evans at their home, 9 Wissahickon
Afternoon and Evening Program's By
Lombardi’s Orchestra; Charles
Hunsburger, Tenor Soloist.
Afternoon Concert—3.30 to 5 o’clock
1. Polonaise Militaire—Chopin.
2. The Swan—Saint-Saens.
3. Grand Fantasia from “Madame
Butterfly”—Puccini;
4. Trio—Piano, cello and flute—
“Serendae”—Titl; Messrs. Kohlman.
Houck and Fabrizl.
6. Rdve Angelique (Kamenoi-Os
trow)—Rubinstein.
6. Operetta—The Rose Maid—Gran
icbstaedten.
Evening Program—8.30 to 10.15 o’clock
Soloist—Charles Hunsberger, Tenor
1. “Mignon” Overture—Thomas.
2. Tenor—(a) Thou Art So Like a
Flower, Chadwick; (b) Vesti la giubba
(Aria from “Pagliaci”) Leoncavallo.
3. L’Arlesienne, Suite de Concert
"No. 1, Bizet;- 1, Prelude; 2, Minuetto;
3, Adagietto ;* 4, Le Carillon.
4. Violin Solo—Meditation from
“Thais”—Massenet—Signor Umberto
Carpentieri.
5. Grand Opera "Samson and Dalila”
—Saint-Saens.
6. Tenor—(a) The White Rose, Bil
len; (b) The Owl, Wells.
7. Selection from the Operetta “Gyp
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OTHER AMUSEMENTS.
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For the Convenience of Our Readers
Complete Calendar of Attractions
Are Given Below.
THEATRES.
APOLLO
(Plays—Boardwalk & New York Ave.)
This afternoon (2.30) and to-night
(8.30), “The Meanest Man in (he
World.” Sunday Night Concert. All
next week, Grant Mitchell in a new
comedy, entitled “The Champion.”
Popular Matiness Wednesday and Sat
urday at 2.30.
GLOBE
(Plays—Delaware and Boardwalk) -
This afternoon (2.30) and to-night
(8.30), Eugene Brieux’s comedy, “The
Americans in France." All next week,
Jimmy Hussey’s “Tattle Tales”, a new
musical concoction with Rae Samuels.
Matinees Thursday and Saturday at
2.30.
KEITH'S
(Vaudeville—Garden Pier, New Jersey
Avenue)
Evenings, 8.30, Matinees Daily at
3.00. Today and tomorrow, Harry Fox
and Co. and seven other big acts.
Mammoth Sunday concert. All next
week, The Baby Grands of Vaudeville,
The Lee Children, the'cleverest kids
in vaudeville.. Also Hilda Carling and
8 Dancing Beauties. Six other good
acts.
WOOD8
(Plays—Boardwalk at Ocean Ave.)
This afternoon (2.30) and tonight
(8.30), a cdtnedy with music, entitled
“Buddies”. Big Sunday Concert. All
next week, “Ladies’ Night," a new
farce. Matinees Wednesday and Sat
urday.
MOTION PICTURES
BIJOU
(Pictures-Boardwalk near S. Carolina)
Continuous Performance week-days,
11 to 11; Sunday, 1 to 11. Today—
and tomorrow, Louise Glaum in “Sex”;
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Herbert Rawlson in “Passers By";
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Doris
Keane in “Romance.”
CITY SQUARE
(Pictures—Atlantic near -Tennessee).
Continuous Performance Daily, 2 to
111, Today, ffiugene O’Brien in “Kis
Wife’s Money”; Sunday and Monday,
Dorothy Dalton in “The Dark Mirror";
Tuesday, our regular semi-monthly All
Comedy Day; Charlie Chaplin in "Be
i hind the Screen”, “Father's Close
I Shave", “By Golly”, other laughable
| subjects; Wednesday, Clara Kimball
: Young in "Hearts in Exile”; Thursday,
| Fr iday and Saturday, William Fiver
sham in “The Man Who Lost Him
self.” ;
COLONIAL x
(Pictures—Atlantic, between Ken
tucky and Tttew York).
Continuous Performance, Week
Days, 11 to 11; Sunday, 1 to 11. To
day, “The Sea Wolf” by Jack London;
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AFTER THE THEATRE
Dine with us. Dinners Served Daily.
Open Evenings. Same quality of food
that has built up the reputation of
Mary Elizabeth Chocolates. Board
iWftik ftt Pennsylvania Avenue.
ALTER PLANS OF
PIER ADMISSION
Tickets Not Required For Admission
Except to Interior of Building.—
All Admitted to Pavilion.
Experience since the opening of the
Municipal Pier has proven in the
minds of some that the regulations
that have heretofore been in force
have been a little too drastic in re
gards to the admission by tickot.
The ticket proposition was made
necessary by the monopolizing of the
dance floor by those from other places
with the result that many local people
became thoroughly disgusted when
they discovered the crowded condition.
Tickets were easily obtainable by
those who resided in the city.
Prom now on admission to the dance
floor will be by ticket only, but those
who desire to sit in the outside pa
vilion will not be compelled to have
tickets. It is believed in this manner
the specific purpose of the adoption
I of the plan of admission by ticket can
still be carried out.
The outside pavilion and the com
fort stations have been erected by the
city for the comfort of all pedestrians
of the Boardwalk and if access to
these was’ by ticket only, part of the
original purpose of the building would
be entirely abandoned.
'Nearly a thousand tickets for the
pier have been issued under the di
rection of City Clerk Hand and Pier
Master Wenderoth. which nrovea the
popularity of the Municipal Pier.
Those who have not obtained tickets
yet can do so by making personal ap
plication from the head of the house
to Mr. Wenderoth, who is stationed at
the Fishing Pier, adoining the Munici
pal Pier.
Seen and ^eard
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Annear, of 1
Oxford avenue, south, have removed to
Northfield for the remainder of the
summer. ^
• City Comptroller and' Mrs. N. S.
Albertson are spending the Bummer in
Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Leeds are
living in Atlantic City, having leased
their cottage at 7 Sacramento avenue,
south.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Omerly, of
Philadelphia, are occupying their sum
mer home, corner Philadelphia and
Atlantic avenues.
Judge Frank Smathers, who has
been seriously ill, has recovered suffi
ciently to go with his family to his
former home, Waynesville, N. C.
The Misses Gill, of Philadelphia, are
sojourning at 104 Cambridge avenue,
north.
Mrs. Lyhand Worthington, of Ger
mantown, is the guests of her sister,
Mrs. Jacob G. Wenderoth, at her home,
6 Nashville avenue, south.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Houpt and sons
have leased their cottage at 119 Cam
bridge avenue, north, and are staying
in Atlantic City.
Dr. and Mrs. S. T. Perclval and fam
ily have taken possession of new home
at 3 Sacramento avenue, south.
Mr. Charles H. Ahshead, of Phila
delphia, has purchased the cottage at
28 Cambridge Avenue, north, and will
make it his permanent home.
Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Coles motored to
Delanco on Friday, and will bring Mr.
H. J. Dennis back with them to recu
perate from a recent accident.
Mrs. Agnes Gardner, 5251 Winches
ter avenue, is enjoying an extended
sojourn with friends in New York City
and vicinity.
Mrs. Allen B. Endlcott, Jr., and her
two children, Miriam and Allen, of 108
Newport avenue, north, with Mrs. W.
o. ituop, wife of Dr. Beep, ef Atlantic
City, spent Tuesday in Absecon as the
m.nntn If_TV_t._T»_t_1- mi_
party enjoyed bathing in the morning
and later played tennis.
Samuel P. Alcorn, Philadelphia paper
manufacturer, and family are ensconc
ed in the Kahle cottage at 20 North
Chelsea avenue, for the summer
months.
Friends of Ralph Berg, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Berg, local contrac*
tor, will regret to learn of his serious
illness at the Berg’s summer home in
■North field.
E. Steelman Royal, of 8 Wissahickon
avenue, north, has gone to Flint, Mich
igan, to visit his brother, Silas Royal,
lie expects to make the return trip in
a motor car.
Mrs. George F. Wingate, 6203 Win
chester avenue, is the guestet of her
parents in West Grove, Pa.
Mr. Arthur S. Kirsteen, 19 Little
Rock avenue, north, haa removed to
Atlantic City for the remainder of the
season.
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Members Believe Past 8uccess of Or*
ganization Due to Competent Offic-'
era.—No Changes.
The regular July meeting of the
Ventnor City Board of Trade was held
Tuesday evening at the Ventnor City
National Bank Building with, a large
number of the members in attendance.
It was the meeting at which nomina
tions for officers for the coming year
were to be made, and the members
themselves were enthusiastic over the
past success of the body and attribute
much of this success to the activity of
the present officers, and therefore were
of the unanimous opinion that no
changes should be made.
The following is a complete list of ; ,
the nominees: President, Thomas G.
Sheen, the founder of the body; Vice
Presidents, Elwood Ivins, Theodore A.
Royal, Jr., and-Joseph H. Paist; Sec
retary, Byron Jenkins; Treasurer,
Robert W. Bartlett; Executive Com
mittee, Winfield S. Piersol, George A.
Bourgeois, Frank Hepler, L. H. Taylor,
Jr., William J. Montgomery, Charles
Hower and Charles H. Beyer.
Mr. S. P. Morris, of Atlantic City, " '
gave an Interesting talk on the protec
uon oi tne aeacn rront, lniorming the
members of the plan successfully fol
lowed by the colonial government of
British Guiana In South America.
City Solicitor John S. Westcott also
gave interesting data on conditions
that have arisen during the efforts of
the city for protection and the differ
ent types of Jetties adopted were ex
plicitly told by the two speakers. Vice
President Paist and former councilman
Ralph Brooks were good leaders op
posed to the continuation of erecting
jetties in this city. ':(0
No action was taken by the mem
bers for or against the advancement of
this work,- but President Sheen was
authorized to name a committee of five
to make a further report at the next
meeting, which will be held on the
tenth of August At this time George
A. Bourgeois, counsellor-at-Iaw and a
member of the executive committee,
will explain the New Jersey law rela
tive to mortgages. v
MISS EMILY DOBBS
IS SUMMER BRIDE.
The marriage of Miss Emily Helen
Dobbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
uel B. Dobbs, of Haddonfield, to the
Rev. Joseph B. S. Mackle, also of Had
donfield, was solemnized at noon Wed
nesday at the summer cottage of the
bride’s parents, 8 Surrey avenue,^ "
south, the Rev. Henry Merle Mellon,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, of Atlantic City, officiating.
The bride’s sister, Miss Edna Ander
son Dobbs, was maid of honor, and ®
the Rev. S. Alexander Mackle, of Sha
ron Hill, attended his brother as best
man.
The bride was attired in a hand
some gown of white satin trimmed in
seed pearls and a tulle veil fastened
with orange blossoms.. Her shower
bouquet consisted of white roses and
orchids.
The maid of honor looked charming
m a pink organdie frock trimmed in
Baby Irish and pale blue ribbon. Her
corsage bouquet was of pink roses and
larkspur.
Following their wedding journey the
Rev. Mackle and his bride will spend
a month at Beach Haven and will
then occupy their residence in Had
donfield.
POLICE CASES.
During the week eleven arrests
were made by the police for auto
speeding. Three of them failed to ap
pear for their hearings, and two for
feited bail amounting to $25 each, and
the other $50. One case was held over
for hearing until next Monday. The
other seven cases were disposed of by
Police Justice Allen B. End cott, Jr.,
by fining two of them five dollars, one
ten dollars, two fifteen dollars, one
twenty dollars* and one thirty dollars.
Costs were also inflicted on each of
the seven.
FISHNIG PIER CROWDED.
The local fishing pier has been
thronged with lovers of the sport dur
ing the entire week, and at times they
have enjoyed rare sport, many large
catches being made. As a whole the
past week has shown that the fish are
coming around again, and many are
taking advantage of the ideal condi
tions to be found on the pier this sea
son under the supervision of Pier Mas
ter Wenderoth.
PERRY’S MARKET
Successor to W. 8. Kama i
E220 Ventnor Ave.
Standard Quality. Right Prices,
Right treatment. Tel. 7188.