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THE LOWKB BEACH WEEKLY1
THAT REACHES THE HOMES j
VOL. 14. NO, 41
(Atijurtte Ctty, N. J, F. O.)
VENTNQR CITY. N. J„ MARCH 11, 1921 JJ PER YEAK
; MORE SMOKING
Out of Respect To Women Voters Who
' - ; Regularly Attend Sessions
t'' - - Ban Is Issued. "si >
Melieving in ‘ the encouragement of
the. Indies at the attendance of the
meetings of Council, the . members
unanimously passed a motion last
Monday evening to refrain from smok
" ■ ing at fnHire sessions, as it might not
• be pleasing to some. The ladies after
the session explained that they apprec
;s , ialed this courtesy, but that it was
not necessary as the majority of them
’ had become accustomed to it in their
own homes.
Communications were received from
\ the-sinking fund commissioners re
s .'• questing that certain unused bonds of;
Various issues be destroyed,- and as
ih'B had already been ordered by the
solons. this particular request was or
dered received and filed. The other
, request was for the receipt of a bond
, covering certain certificates that the
Commission had bought from the city.
This was ordered to be done.
-» The contract for the building of the
Bulkhead along the bathing beaches
recently purchased by the .city was
- - Riven to the lowest bidder; William
~ Sharroclt, the same contractor that re
ceived the contract at the previous
'meeting for the building of the ap
proaches to the Boardwalk.
Smith and Ryder received the con
' tract for the erection of the additional
room to City Hall. This room will be
erected above the present vault, just
adjoining the office of the building in
spector, Councilman Carleton Adams,
• who' presided at the meeting owing-to
the illness of President George A.
Gum'pbert, on motion of council, ap
• pointed Councilman Harry G. Scull to
take charge of this work, for the city,
and that the work be done by the con
"... imotors under his supervision.
Specifications for the collection of
; ' the rubbish and ashes were -adopted
as submitted by Councilman Ralph
. Brooks, chairman of the Sanitary
Committee, under whose jurisdiction
this work comes, and the chairman
was authorized to advertise for bids
for this work, the same to be submit
ted at the meeting to be held March
•28th.
OPENS HEAL ESTATE OFFICES.
Mr. Melville S, Atwood, Jr., who has
been managing the Ventnor branch
office of H. G. Harris Co. for the past
, year, has opened offices at Jackson and
Atlantic avenues. Prior to his enter
,' ’ inn the real estate field In this city,
Mr. Atwood conducted a general in
surance business for twelve years in
Philadelphia. Mr. S. M. Myer, who
1ms been associated with Mr. Atwood
for some, time will also be associated
with him at his new offices.
PRIZES GIVEN TO BOYS
•' FOR BEST COMPOSITlbNS.
: : Saturday, Feb. 26tn, thifty-tWO
of the boys from the Seventh and
Cightli Grades, accompanied by Miss
".■"r Palmer, a local teacher, and Miss Anna
a? - of Education, paid a visit to a session
of the Juvenile Court, at the Court
Room in the Guarantee Trtist Build
ing, whieh was presided over by Judge
: Ingersoli. The occasion was one that
was thoroughly enjoyed by the boys,
and upon the suggestion of Miss Will
iams, compositions entitled "My Jm
£> pression of the Juvenile Court" were
written and given to Judge Ingersoli
for grading and comment. Miss Will
■' iams ofTered prizes for the three best
, C compositions. As a result, William
■ V. Fnnnon’a letter was giveii first place,
and he was presented with a gold Ev
ersharp pencil; Lewis Frambes and
Max Rosenbaum, both of the Seventh
1 Grade, won second and third places
respectively—receiving a Scout Knife,
■ for second place, and a large nickeled
“ 'Flashlight for third.
X ENJOYABLE dance.
Members and friends of Navajo
Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men.
had a very pleasant evening at the
Lucky Favor Dance held in the Coun
rilmanie Chamber of City Hall on
Wednesday evening. Owing to the in
clement weather the attendance was
not what had been anticipated, bui
those who braved the elements had an
enjoyable evening.
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CITY BURNING OFF LOTS. '
Captain David Stuart is supervising
the work of having the high grass and
weeds burned off the vacant lots. This
"r work is being done by the paid men in \
- ■ such a way as not to interfere with
the regular duties of the men. Each
year this work Is necessary onU ;
ly Improves the condition of the lot,
and the appearance is much morei
■ ■ pleasing. ,
LEGION TO STAGE •
CDURTJfl ARTIAL
Mock Trial In Regular Form To Be
Source of Amueement.—Dance
,/: •, ' - ' To Follow.
An evening of mirth and frivolity
will be staged by the members of the
James Harvey Post, number 144, Am
erican Legion, on Tuesday evening at
City . Hall, In the form of a “Mock
Court Martial.”
Some member of the Legion has had
charges preferred by him in regular
form, for a slight infringement of the
military codes, and has been so noti
fied so that he can be defended proper
ly by council. This member has de
clared to us that he is entirely inno
cent,* and Shall so prove that evening,
in fact he says someone else commit
ted the deed of which he is acused.
and that the military officials were
getting so hot on his trail that it was
up to him to ‘‘pass the buck” in order
to keep himself out of the clutches of
being court martialed himself. WheD
these charges are heard, It may devel
op that the real guilty party will be
tried instead of, the innocent "dough
boy”.., ' . ■
The plans for the entertainment
originated with the members as an
evening of amusement for the mem
bers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary in return
for a wonderful evening of diversion
and fun that was recently given by
them to the members of the post and
: their friends. " *
Harvey’s Jaa* Orchestra will furnish
the snappy music, and the Invitations
call for Beaucoup Ice Cream and Cake
served in genuine Y> M. C. A. fashion.
Lucky Favor Dances and many other
dance numbers will make the evening
one of -general fun,- s i -v
Personal ($af
After spending several weeks in
Miami, Florida, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. E.
Scull have returned to their home, 8
Suffolk avenue, south.
Mr. J. N. Reiber left' last week for
Battle Creek, Mich., for an extended
sojourn.
Mr. Alex. Dunn, Building Associa
tion expert, is spending the week-end
at Hotel Chelsea. Mr. Dunn is well
known here, being an annual summer
cottager. > -
Mr. Philip C. Schaefer and daughter,
Miss Anna Schaefer, Mr. and Mrs.
William Schaefer, Master Billy Schaef
er and Mrs. Smith, who are summer
cottagers here, spent a few' days the
past week at the Seaside Hotel, Atlan
tic City.
Mr. J. George Frings, of Philadel
phia, spent the week-end with his fa
ther, Chief of Police Harry H. Frings.
Miss Anna L. Williams entertained
at cards on Wednesday afternoon at
her Some, ~i$25 Ventnor avenue.
■ Capt. Bud McCall, of Wenonah Mili
tary College, well known here where
he distinguished himself , on Beach
Patrol duty the past season, is stop
ping with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Frank McCall, at the Hotel Chelsea,
Bud is Captain of the Wenonah Basket
Ball team, which has made an envia
ble record this season, winning four
teen out of seventeen games played.
Mrs. C. S. Coles entertained at cards
on Tuesday afternoon at her home, fi
Victoria avenue, north.
Mr. George Scull, of near New York
City, was the guest this week of his
brother, Tax Collector Janies G. Scull,
who- returned to his home, 26 Buffalo
avenue, south, on Saturday from the
Jefferson Hospital,
Mrs. Edna J. .Burns and son, S.
Jackson, of 7209 Atlantic avenue, were
Philadelphia visitors over the week
end.
Mr. M, P. Stevenson, Jr., of Trenton,
N. J., formerly of this city, visited his
sister, Mrs. James G. Scull, over the
week-end. Mr. Stevenson was called
here, owing to the critical illness of
his mother, Mrs. M. P. Stevenson, Sr.
Mr. George A. Gumphert, President;
of City Council, has been confined to I
his home, 4 Dorset avenue, north, ow
ing to a heavy cold.
The many friends of Councilman
George H. Barritt, who has been criti
cally ill for the past two weeks, will
be, gratified to know he has safely
passed the crisis and at this writing
1s slowly improving, and" his ultimate
recovery seems assured.
Mr. Harry Chambers, of the Ventnor
Screen Co.. lias returned to his home,
6 Portland avenue, south, from Eidora,
N. J„ where he attended the funeral
of his grandfather, Daniel Chambers,
civil war veteran.
Word has been received here that
Mrs. Thomas Donahue, formerly of
Ventnor Heights, is quite ill at her
home, in National Park, N, J, >
y>”•>• 1 '',.
President Appoints Committees To
Attend Various Meetings of County
; and City Officials.
Endorsement of pending: legislation
in the State Senate designed to pro
tect -the bobolink was expressed in a
resolution passed Tuesday afternoon
by the League of Women Voters after
an interesting address on the subject
by Miss Georgia Morris, a member of
the New Jersey Audubon Society and
former principal in the local public
schools. Miss Morris pointed out that
the Bobolink under present laws is
legitimate prey for hunters, but that
the species is fast becoming extinct.
Protective laws are sought by fanners
who maintain that the birds are valua
ble in that they feed on insects which
destroy crops. The secretary was in
structed to communicate with Senator
White and urge his support of the bill
now pending in the Legislature.
State Senator Charles D. White was
expected to be present and address
the meeting which was held in City
Hall, but was forced to send his re
grets. '.
Mrs. Mary Cbenoweth ably present
ed matters touching on current legisla
tion and' concluded her talk with a
reference to the moot subject of school
fraternities. Many reasons were ad
vanced by the speaker why the secret
societies should be banned.
Mrs. Allen B. Endicott, Jr„ the pre
siding officer, addressed the assem
blage of ladies urging harmony and in
sisted that the league-being all-parti
san afforded .an-opportunity to acquire
knowledge whieh will .eventually fit
mem to Detter partisans ana in time
to take their appointed place in' public
affairs. - Mrs. Endicott also discussed
the pending bills to curtail net fishing
in county waters.
Mrs. O. J. Hammell reported as del
egate to the reception , given by Na
tional Educational Association by
Leeds & Lippincott, State Mothers’
Congress and Council of Women’s Or
ganizations.
Among those who reported upon
Council meetings were Mrs. Charles
B. Hobart, Mrs. Horace M. Leeds and
Mrs. C. Edward Darr.
President Endicott appointed the
I following committees to attend ses
sions of the Freeholders and Councils:
! To the Freeholders’ meeting, to be
held in April—Mrs. Joseph L. Naylor,
Mrs. F. G. Matlack, Mrs. E. A. Kil
patrick, Mrs. C. H. Wisham and Mrs.
Mary B. Hamilton.
To the Ventnor Council, on March
14—Mrs. Charles Baroux, Mrs. R. G.
Brooks, Mrs. Norman Gale, Mrs.
Charles B. Hobart and Mrs. Charles
Luzenberg.
To the meeting on March 28—Mrs.
■ Lucius Wright. Mrs. C. Edward Darr,
Mrs. O. J. Hammell, Mrs. Arthur
Knauer. Mrs. Horace M. Leeds and
Mrs. George M. Bailey.
REGULAR MOVIES NOW.
Another movie show for Ventnor is
announced for tomorrow evening at
the auditorium of the Troy Avenue
school. This will be the first, of the
regular shows that will be held every
Saturday evening from now on until
the close of the school year.
Arrangements have been in the
hands of a committee appointed by the
Parents-Teachers Association in an en
doo irnn 4 A rrliro t Vio nVilldwnn onnto
amusement in their own city.
The show will begin at 7.30 and the
admission for children will be five
cents and for adults fifteen cents. '
TRANSFERRED TO ABSECON.
Mr. B. B. Jordan, the congenial
clerk in the local AmerRftn Store of
this city, who has made many friends
since he has been in our city, has been
made manager of the American Store
in Absecon. Those who knew him
will be sorry to know of his removal
from here, but are glad to know of
his advancement.
PURCHASES LOTS.
Mr. Henry H. Henricci, of Philadel
phia, who has been a summer resident
of Longport for many years, recently
purchased the Atlantic Avenue proper
ty between Fredericksburg and Mar
tindale Avenues, and contemplates buil
ding three cottages there ip the near
future, plans being now prepared.
- RECHARGED EXTINGUISHERS.
All of the fire extinguishers of both
the Troy and Oxford Avenue schools
were recharged this week by Capt.
David Stuart of the Fire Department.
Deliveries at any time desired dally
and this Insures Ventnor householders
the best service for all kinds of sea
foods, if orders aro given to the
CHELSEA FISH MARKET, 2707
Atlantic Avenue. —Bell 21M
<afl till. „ .-a
COUNCIL TO MEET
Solons Will Hold Regular Session At
City Ha'll.—Budget Ordinances
To Be Advanced. ;
The first regular meeting of' (he
mohth of the members of city council
■will be held on Monday evening at
City Hall. This will be. an important
meeting of the body, as a number of
matters of vital interest will come be
fore the solons.
Tfte budget ordinance which has had
to be deferred from time to time owing
to the definite decision as to the am
ounts that will actually be needed by
the various departments, will come be
fore them for second reading, and
there is no doubt but what they both
will be passed with some slight chang
es over the amounts originally an
nounced.
The plans for the placing of lights
between the main streets on nearly all
of the side avenues will come up for
adoption or rejection. The members
of council seem to be a unit in the be
lief that these lights could be used to
advantage, and would greatly help in
lighting up the city, but there is a
question as to whether the city should
go into the increased cost at the pres
ent time. When the real costs of thb
improvement are determined, it Is be
lieved that the action will meet with
the unanimous approval of the mem
bers. - / "T-v\
Ordinance numbef- three which pro
vides for the cleaning up of all the
vacant lots of the,city, the removal of
weeds, which are a fire risk, and as
sessing the costs of these against the
owner of the lot will also be advanced
to second reading.
Other matters of Importance, will
also be considered.
Mr. H. H. Henrlce is again at his
Longport home, after spending the
winter months in Philadelphia.
City Clerk James T. G. Hand Is suf
fering with a severely injured hand,
as the result of piercing It with a
steel tiling hook while working in his
office Wednesday.
Miss Teresa Wasleski is attending
a house party in Philadelphia this!
week arid will he a guest at the Ivy i
Ball at the University of Penna. j
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Jamison and
daughter, of Philadelphia, will open I
their co.ttage today at 6 Newark ave-1
nue, south, where they will reside over !
the Easter season.
Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Ford and two :
daughters, who have been visiting Miss ;
Anna Williams, at her residence, 4925 :
Ventnor avenue, returned to their |
home in Elizabethtown in the Adironxj
Mrs. Florence Chambers, of 6 Port-1
land avenue, south, entertained Mrs.
H \ Knfhnnc titit! her cnn rfnlHflu
ter, Horace and Helen, Miss Marie"
Ryan and E, V. Mellon, of Overbrook,
and Al. Baus, of Col lings wood.
Mrs. Beatrice Worthington has re
turned to her home, 6 Nashville ave
nue, south, after an extended visit in
Philadelphia. i ,.
H. G. Scott and Son Robert, of 5213.
i Ventnor avenue, were visitors in Egg
Harbor on Sunday.
I Mrs. Walter Margerum, of 17 Victo
! ria avenue, south, is gradually improv
ing, after being seriously ill in the
Atlantic City Hospital,
i Mrs. M. Abner has returned to her
! home, 17 Hillside avenue, north, after
spending the winter in Bermuda.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Larzelere, of 6301 j
Ventnor avenue, spent the week-end in '
Millville. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wenderoff, of 6 j
! Nashville avenue,*south, have as their i
guests, George Robinbush, of German- j
town; A. Newkumet, of Trenton, N. J., -
and Mrs. A, Walker, of Tioga, who will j
remain for some time.
Mrs. Emma Gleffner, of 20 Nas.hville
avenue, north, and Mr. Fred Smith, of,
Milford, Delaware, were married on i
Wednesday afternoon. After an ex- i
' tended honeymoon to Niagara Falls,1
! the newly married couple will make, i
their home in Milford.
Mrs. David H. Moore, wife of the j
| well known contractor, is rapidly re- j
j covering after an operation at the Jef-;
ferson Hospital, and will soon be able '
to return to her home, 7 Victoria ave-.,
nue, soutli.
Mr. John Hartzell, summer cottager:
in Ventnor Heights, but a resident of;
Philadelphia in winter, was a visitor ;
on Sunday. Mr. Hartzell has the gas-1
oiine wharf in the summer and is cap- j
I tain of the Cabin Cruiser "Pedro”, i
j Mr. William Betz, who summers on j
Tenth avenue, was also a Sunday vis-1
j itor. !
BOV'S IMPRESS!
OF COURT SCENE
Prize Winning Essay Written By Wil
liam Fannon After Visit To
Juvenile Court.
Recently the boys of the eighth grade
t>f the local school, accompanied by
Miss Palmer, one of their instructors, t'J-f
and Miss Anna Williams. Vice Presi
dent of the local Board of Education,
paid a visit to the Juvenile Court in
Atlantic City. The following is an
essay written by William Fannon of
his impression of his visit:
MV IMPRESSIONS OF
THE JUVENILE COURT
The juvenile court, is a very distinc
tive and essential branch of the law.
It would appear that the decisions
made in this court about missing
school, for a few days, weeks, or
months, would be very trivial, but in
these modern times getting an educa
tion is one of the greatest objects in
life.
The punishment for non-atendanee
at school may seem very severe, but
none of these punishments are meted
out until the children have had a fair 1
chance to do better. In the cases I
have observed while at the juvenile ..
court, the boys and girls who had vio
lated the school law by not attending
school regularly, were all given a trial '
of one or two weeks, and during ihis
period of probation, they had to be at
school every day. If the boy or girl
did not grasp th'is opportunity to re
deem themselves, and they did not at
tend school every day, they were sen
tenced to the Industrial School for -
Girls or the Reform School. -
- But. if the boy or girl had a good
excuse for his or her absence, such as
a doctor's certificate covering the per
tod the child was sick, the case would
be dismissed if it was thought that the
pupil had tried to obey the school law.
This serves to bring out the fact that
the decisions made by the judge werfe
all fair and square.
The court not only decides school
cases, but cases of theft and all other
cases where the law had been broken
by children. ;
The higher courts could not give
such individual attention to juvenile
cases, so the Juvenile Court impresses - *
me as a wise and good court for the
fair trial of children.
NEW REAL ESTATE MANAGER.
Mr. John B. Pattbn, formerly of
Knittel and Patton and a resident of
this eity, has joined the firm of H. G.
Harris and Company, being recently
appointed manager of the local office,
succedfng Mr. M. S. Atwood.
Mr. Patton is well and favorably
known to the real estate circles as a
hustler and a live wire salesman. Mr.
Patton has already taken charge of
the office and Is well equipped to take
care of the clientele of the office.. _
MAK1V V/ICITADC AT CrUAAl O
Supt. R. Radcliffe, of Pittsburgh, Pa.. >
was a visitor at the Vent nor Schools.
Thursday, March 3d.
On Friday, March 4th, the following
delegation of Helping Teachers observ
ed the work of various classes at Ox
ford Avenue School:
Miss Katherine. L. Smith, of Wood
bury.
Miss Florence E. Knox, of Woodbury.
Miss Jean F. Mackay, of Vineland.
Miss Florence L. Farber, of Ham
burg.
Miss Sara R. Hernberg. of Barnegat.
Miss Harriet Simpson, of Toms Riv
er.
Miss Margaret Millraine, of East
Orange. . ,•.
Miss Davis, of Lynchburg, Va.. and
Miss Gish were interested in the work
of the Fifth and Eighth Grades, Fri
day, March 4th.
“LEMON” COMES TO LIFE.
The first automobile piece of appa- '
ratus that had long been known a3 the '•
“lemon”, and after outliving its useful- 'T
ness as a five fighting machine was
converted into a vehicle for all sort of
delivery purposes for the city, has
come to life. During the past week a
county farmer called upon Captain
David Stuart and requested the manu
facturer's number, so that be could
order some parts, informing him that
it was still a good and useful machine
for his purpose.
HAD NARROW ESCAPE.
Only the dexterous driving of Frank
Farrington, Jr., of 14 Wyoming «ve- v
true, south, on Monday afternoon avert
ed a serious accident at Dover and
Ventnor avenues, when he was forced
to drive his big Hudson super-six on
the sidewalk to escape collision with a
Ford sedan. In the car with him were
his parents and his sister. Only slight
damage was done to the little car, and ~
no one was Injured.