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THE LOWER BEACH WEEKLY
THAT REACHES THE HOMES
VOL. 15, NO. 31
(Attorn, cttr. w. j, p. ft) VENTNOR CITY. N. J.. DECEA1BER 30. 1921
SI PER YEAR
TO ORGANIZE
Present Councilmanic Body Held Last
Meeting Last Evening. New to
Meet at Noon Monday.
In conformity with the annual cus
tom, . and as required by law, the
. now councilmanic body will organize
promptly at twelve o’clock (noon) on
Monday, v'hen the body will be called
together by the City Clerk.
The newly-elected officers and those
that have been re-elected will take*the
oatli of office prior to this, so that
everything will be ready for a speedy
» organization.
Last evening the members of the old
body held an adjourned session for the
transaction of general business and
tlie -clearing up of the business calen
dar for the year of 1921.
The first business in order will" be
the re-election of George A. Gumphert
as president of the body, who has been
the head Of the councilmanic body for
the past two years, after w!hich the
adoption of the rules for the transac
tion of business will be quickly dis
posed of, as few, if any, changes are
contemplated.
Mr. William Bach, who-tvas elected
to succeed George H. Barrett from the
Second Ward, will be the' only new
member of the body, both Mr. Gump
hert and Mr. Swelgart. having been re
elected.
The president will announce the
committee appointments soon after the
reorganization, and it is likely that
most of the hold-over members will
receive practically the same commit
tees as they have held during the past
year, and Mr. Bach assigned to some
very important posts.
Mayor Amor W. Brehman will de
liver his annual message, and a num
ber of contemplated improvements
that His Honor has in mind will be
advocated by him, one of which, we
believe, will be the improvement of
the condition of the beach front in the
lower end of the city.
Council President Gumphert will
name the members of Council who will
serve as members of the Board of
School Estimates^ with his other com
mittee appointments.
The teims of the street supervisor,
city electrician, building inspector,
city engineer, police justice, overseer
of the poor, and members of the Board
of Health expire, ^nd the appointment
of the successors fall to the council
manic. body.
The Mayor also has a number of ap
pointments to make.
Reports will be received from vari
ous city officials, including the build
ing inspector, electrical inspector, po
. lice justice, treasurer of the fishing
pier and chief of the fire1 department.
The result of the election by mem
bers of the convention of the volun
teer fire department will be announced
in a communication from the secre
tary. They selected George B. Steb
binS as chief engineer; M. Y. Royal,
first assistant, and Bert Geissinger,
second assistant. These will be con
firmed by the councilmanic body.
SUMMER COTTAGER DIES
AT PHILADELPHIA HOME.
Mr. George Esslingcr, who has been
a great admirer of our city, and who
lias spent every summer here for a
number of years, died at his home in
Philadelphia, Thursday of last week.
Funeral services were. held last Sun
day from his late home in thdt city.
Mr. Esslinger was eighty-three years
old, and was the oldest brewer in that
city, having opened his place at Tenth
and Callowhill streets many years ago.
Of late he has been living retired.
Many of his local friends attended
the funeral services.
PROUD OF RECORDS.
There are two records of attend-’
ance lor this term of which the Vent
nor Schools are justly proud: first—
that of Mrs. Peters’ ,Fifth Grade at
Troy Ave.- School, where no pupil in
the class of twhnty-kix has been tardy
during the term, anil* second—that of
(he len boys of Miss Brown's Second!
Grade Class at Oxford Ave. School,!
who have been present on-time fori
three consecutive weeks. ,
DECLARE EXTRA-DIVIDEND. i
The directors of the Ventnor City I
National Bank have declared the semi- j
annual dividend of three per cent.,'!
and, in addition to this, have declared;
an extra dividend of two per cent, to
stockholders. i
Miss Dorothy Endicott, of 5907 Vent- i
nor avenue, is entertaining over the!
holidays Mr. Bud McCall and Mr. Geo. ■
Coycoran, of Overbrook, and Miss j
Mary Michael, of this city. j
TRADE BOARD BAS
MONTHLY MEETING
Adopt Resolution for Enactment of
Legislation for Uniform Line in
Erection of Buildings.
The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Ventnor City Board of
Trade was held last Tuesday evening
at the Ventnor City National Bank
Building with a large number of the
members present.
The board adopted a resolution to
request Assemblyman Jpseph A. Corio
to Introduce an act in the coming Leg
islature to require builders to observe
a uniform line in the erfectjon of struc
tures. This would prevent the irreg
ularity now obtaining on some streets
in Ventnor. Property owners, by mu
tual consent and for the sake of ap
pearances, have built to a uniform line
only to have some one who has no re
gard for his neighbors come along and
build out beyond the line. There is no
authority in Council at the present
time to pass an ordinance to prevent
this.
Freeholders of the County Board
will be requested by the Board of
Trade to mark the highways. It was
stated in a resolution introduced at the
instance of President Thomas G.
Sheen that automobilists are confused
on entering the county because of the
lack of signboards on the roads.
The board will hold a smoker in
January at some beach-front hotel.
The program will be announced later
by President Sheen. '
Mr. Arthur Walker, representing the
Boardwalk News Bureau of Atlantic
City, who publish Amusements ^nd
the Mirror, announced that in the near
future this city would have another
weekly newspaper, to be published by
them at their Atlantic City plant.
I
I
§een and f+eard
Mr. Seybert Rubin, of Philadelphia,
is the guest of Mr. -and Mrs. M.. 'B.
Leventhal at yteir home,' 14 Victoria
avenue, north.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Meadowcroft have
sold their home at 2 Sacramento ave
nue, north, to a Philadelphia lawyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Meadowcroft are resid
ing lor the present at Craig Hall, but
will leave next week for St. Peters
burg, Florida, to remain through the
winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Hartman, of
Elmhurst, Long Island, spent Christ
mas as the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Gtorge H. Bailey, of 9 Weymouth ave
nue, north. , .
Miss Adele Anderson, of Philadel
phia, is the guest of Capt. and Mrs.
Hurry E. Smith at their home (on
Ventnor avenue.
Miss Dorothy Ireland, of 111 Bryant
avenue, north, left on Monday to
spend a week as the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. N. J. Tighe, at her home in
Drexel Hill.
Gordon Youngman, student at Cor
nell College, Ithaca, N. Y., is spending
the holidays with his parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Youngman, at Suffolk and Atlan
tic avenues.
Bryant Taylor, who is a -student in
Academy in New York, son of Mr.!
and Mrs. L. H. Taylor, Jr., is spending 1
the holidays at his home, 108 Amherst
avenue, south.
Mr. and Mrs. Halliday R. Jackson!
are entertaining Mrs. E. B. Ranch and |
daughter Elizabeth, of Mauch Chunk,1
Pa., over the holidays at their home j
at 11 Weymouth avenue, north.
Mr. .and Mrs. Frank Toboldt, oft
Philadelphia, are spending the holi- i
days as the guests of the former’s pa-j
rents, Mr." and Mrs. L. Toboldt,' at
their home, 22 Hillside avenue, north..
Ross Poulson, Cornell student , is j
spending the holidays with his par-1
ents, Rev. and Mrs. Poulson, at 5119j
Ventnor avenue. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sehwickerath j
are again occupying their cottage at I
Dorset and Ventnor avenues, after On j
absenpe from the city of several
months.
Charles Leeds, who summers at 23
Weymouth avenue, north, who has
undergone an operation In the Atlan
tic City Hospital, is improving rapid
ly.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Faunce are
ihe guests-* of their sister in Newnrkf 1
N. J., who is entertaining a house
party front Portland. Me.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Peters, 22 Balti
more avenue, south, spent Christmas
with relatives in Bucks Co., Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. George Otto, of Wil
mington, Delaware, are bpending the
holidays with Mrs. Otto’s parents,
Mrs. Randolph Young.
Mrs. E. S. Negus, of 9 Baltimore
avenue, south, is the guest of rela-l
tlves in Brooklyn over the holidays.
Children Were All Smiles Over Won
derful Christmas Tree and
Many Gifts.
In all the world there could not
have been a happier Christmas than
there was at The North American
Sanitarium.
No one who saw The happy, smiling
faces of the children could doubt it.
No one who saw the wonderful Christ
mas tree) with its glittering orna
ments, or heard the children all
grouped ’round it sing their Christmas
carols with their gifts clenched tightly
in their little hands, could doubt it.
In short, there never could have
been anywhere, and never will be
anywhere, a better Christmas than
that.
Imagine being awakened in the
morning by fifty clubmen, who stood
in the rain outside your window at 6
A. M. and sang “Adeste Fideles” and
“Silent Night” particularly for your
benefit! Imagine rushing through a
hot Christmas breakfast and then
rushing into a warm, brilliant play
room. all afire with lights and colored
ornaments and filled with drums and
horns and airplanes and stockings
overflowing! Imagine' beating the
drums and blowing the horns and fly
ing the airplanes fill you had forgot
breakfast and then going down again
to the dining room, where Christmas
trees had been put on every table!
Then picture plates of steaming soup
and a sizzling turkey and celery and
potatoes, and finally a wonderful big
frozen pudding.
Imagine that, if you can! And then
you will know why the forty children
at The North American Sanitarium
had a glorious Christmas.
All day long outside the windows
the sea roared and the wind howled
and the sky scowled, but inside there
was only happiness and warmth and
good cheer.
Santa Right on Job.
Christmas really started, as it ought
to start, on Christmas eve. Punctually
at 7 o’clock, Saturday night, Santa
Claus appeared, on the scene, and with
much laughter and clapping of hands
and mock severity distributed his first
installment of gifts. These were:
School companions, caps and horns for
the boys; and beads, dolls, handker
chiefs and sewing boxes for the girls.
When the exuberance resultant from
this scene had quieted down, the chil
dren went to bed; and so, for a time,
“all through the house, not a creature
was stirring, not even a mouse.”
But at 11 o’clock singers appeared
outside in choristers’ gowns and carry
ing lanterns and sang Christmas
carols. .
Up jumped the children wrapping
bath robes about them, wrapping
sheets about them, wrapping quilts
about them; wrapping anything about
them. Close they crowded to the win
dows and writh lighted candles held
above them stared down on the merry
singers and waved, cheered and jump
ed up and down exultantly in bare
feet to welcome them. Then to bed
again while Santa stole back during
the quiet, mysterious hours of the
night and trimmed the tree and filled
the stockings and placed all the won
derful gifts on forty liftle chairs
grouped around the tree, each of which
bore the name of a particular little
boy or a particular little girl.
Fourteen of the little tots at the
sanatorium are unable to move, so
their gifts were brought to them and
marshaled about them on their beds.
Then w-hat a wonderful time they had!
GREATLY ENJOYED.
The two groups of carol singers that
went around the city on Christinas
Eve met with great applause and
words of commendation in all parts of
the city. They visited every person
that they knew was unable to get out
of their homes.
The singing was greatly enjoyed by
those who were confined to their
homes as well as the singers them
selves.
One group was chaperoned by Mrs.
W. I). Burch and another by Mrs. C.
B. Hobart, and both chaperones were
delighted with the w’ay the school chil
dren. assisted by adults, rendered the
carols, and feel sure that the practice
will he an annual one. *
Deliveries at any time desired dally
and this insures Ventnor householders
the best service for all kinds of sea
foods, if orders are given to the
CHELSEA FISH MARKET, 2707
Atlantic Avenue Phones—Bell 2180
and 2181
Susquehanna—The Quality Coal
Phene t—Borten Ceel Ce.
PUPILS REGULAR
III ATTENDANCE
Habit of Attending School Every Day
Grows On Children Of
This City.
The list of names that are reported
monthly of those pupils who do not
miss a single session at school grows
each month, and the records of the
past are being broken each month. *
The higher grades show their inter
est in their work by having the largest
numbers present. Following is the
list of those who were perfect in
attendance, their grades, and the
school they attend:
Troy Avenue School.
Kindergarten: Owen Atkinson, Nel
son Atkinson, Jerry Blackman, John
Daily, Frank Doty, John Reid, Mary
J3uzby.
First Grade: Ruth Bradbury, Flor
ence Musson, Barbara O'Neal, Fran
ces Sloan, Helen Holmes, Katie Hu
gin, Akira Hayashi, Maurice Royal,
Frank Curran, Le Roy Blackman,
Howard Spear, William Likens, Rich
ard Wisham, Carlton Collins, Marie
Adams, Helen Elder, Elizabeth Gil
more, Caroline Royal, Kathryn Bait
tenger, Julia Matlack.
Second Grade: Miles Adams, Gros
\enor Allen, Elcano Gaskill, Donald
Lieby, Theodore Elder, Floyd Peter
(Continned on Page Five.)
CITY EMPLOYEES ARE
REMEMBERED BY MAYOR.
City employees on duty at City Hall,
as well as officials maintaining offices
in the Municipal Building, on Satur
day were the recipients of turkeys for
their respective Christmas dinner.
Mayor Brehman assumed the role of
Santa Claus and thoroughly enjoyed
the scene as each accepted the holi
day remembrance from the chief exe
cative. All the members of the police
and fire departments, as well as offi
cials and building employees, received
a gift, even the stenographers sharing
with their immediate superiors in the
Christmas cheer. A total of 23 "birds”
were distributed:
!
Personal at
Mr. Erik A. Andersen, of Provi
dence, R. I„ is the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Hayden, of Weymouth
avenue, 'south, during the Holiday j
week. j
Mr. and Mrs. R.' M. Vanderherchen.
of 18 Wyoming avenue, south, spent j
Christmas with friends in Philadel
phia. *
Mr, Williaim Miller, of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, is spending the
holidays with Mr. John Wright at his
home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Rupp have
removed from the Juanita apartments!
to 17 North New Hampshire avenue, j
Atlantic City, for the winter months. |
Mrs. Charles W. Barstow, of 106!
Portland avenue, south, is spending I
the holiday week in New York as the1
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Halpshin nkf- (
lee. Mrs. Barstow will also attend
the hunting breakfast given by Mrs.,
William B. Reynolds on her large i
estate at, Tuxedo Park New Year’s |
Day.
William Stringer, student at Dickij-1
son Law School. Carlisle, Pa., is spen
ding the holidays with his parents, I
Mr. and Mrs. John Stringer, 52161
V'entnor avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Wnt. McGlinn. of Phil-1
adelphia, opened their cottage at 21 i
Surrey avenue, south, for the holidays, j
They will remain over New Year’s.
Dr. and Mrs. S. T. Percival are en-;
joying a month's sojourn in Florida.\
The Dr. reports a fine trip and de-1
lightful weather.
Miss Mildred Davis, of Overbrook,:
is the guest of Miss Dorothy Goudy
at her home, 5605 Ventnor avenue.
Rev. J. M. Niblo is again occupying
his cottage at> 114 Frankfort avenue,
south, alter spending several weeks
in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Buckman, of Moorestown, N. j
J.. and Mrs. Young, of Philadelphia,
are the holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs.!
M. B. , Buckman at. their home, 20,
Wyoming avenue, south.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Ernest Golding are
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. James and!
daughter, of New York, during ihej
holidays. j
After thoroughly remodeling their!
cottage, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Webb i
are now at 101 Sacramento avenue, I
sodth. Their holiday guests included !
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Jacobs and a nunt- j
her of friends from Philadelphia. !
Mr. and Mrs. Douglass D. Resore.:
of 7 Richards avenue, north, spent
Christinas with relatives in Collings
i wood, N. J. ’* .
council plans
• FOR NEXT FEAR
Ordinance for Purchase of Beach-Frorrt
Passes Final Reading.. Receive
Bids for Street Lighting.
At the regular semi-monthly meet
ing of Council, which was held on
Tuesday evening instead of Monday
evening, the latter falling on Christ
mas, many important subjects were
discussed, all of the niembfers, as well
as the Mayor, being present.
The,Atlantic City Electric Company
submitted the only bid for furnishing
the city with lights for the streets.*
The price given was $70 per lamp
yearly for 600 candle power lamps and
,$80 per year for each lamp for 400
candle power. The bid was referred
to the Lighting Committee to report
back at the adjourned meeting, which’
was held last evening.
The ordinance providing for the is
suance of bonds for the purchase’ of
the bathng beach, bounded by Lafay
ette and Melbourne avenues, passed
third and final reading without a dis
senting vote, and the same has been
approved by the Mayor.
In a letter to the Council, the New
Jersey State League of Municipalities
requested the co-operation of the city
rulers in the project now on foot for
the preventing of coast erosion. This
matter was referred to the City Solici
tor and to' the President of Council.
A report was made for the Shade
Tree Commission that they had se
cured a contract to furnish trees for
the highways of Ventnor and request
ed $500 temporarily for the planting
of trees. It was explained that the
money would be paid back to the city
by the taxpayer^, who would pay for
it on their tax bills, where trees were
planted on their property. Solicitor
Westcoat informed Council that it was
the intention of the Commission to
plant 500 and as many more as possi
ble. A public hearing will be granted
on January 7, when citizens win be
given the privilege of selecting sites.
The contract guarantees that the trees
will be cared for for one year. Coun
cil authorized the Comptroller to draw
a Warrant for the amount.
A $5000 bond was approved for the
new Comptroller, Joseph H. Paist, who
will serve until 1924. President Gump
hert reported that a committee had
gone over all contracts and bonds, and
found everything in order for the new
Council.
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ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayden, of
Weymouth avenue, south, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Maude Josephine, to Mr. Erik
Andrew Andersen, of Providence,
Rhode Island. Miss Hayden is a grad-y?
uate of Lasell Seminary, 1916, and of
the Sargent School for Physical Edu
cation, 1919.
Mr. Andersen is principal of the
Providence Trade School.
DIES IN PHILADELPHIA.
Andrew J. Sloan, for many years a
summer cottager at 10 Troy avenue,
north, died last. Friday at his Phila
delphia home, No. 1911 Master street,
after a short illness. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Pauline Sloan. De
ceased was a member of the Elks,
Moose and Eagles, and ai member of
other organizations. Interment was in
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery last Wednes
day.
CHINA INLAND MISSION.
The missionary prayer meeting, un
der the auspices of the China Inland
Mission, which has been held weekly
on Friday afternoon at the residence
of Frederick H. Neale. 6506 Ventnor
avenue, will be held this week on Sat
urday afternoon at 3.30, and the meet
ing place will be the Parish House of
the Church of St. John’s-by-the-Sea.
The day has been changed this week
so that Dr. Henry W. Frost, director
of the China Inland Mission, could ad
dress the meeting.
ENGAGEMENT OF MISS
GOUDY IS ANNOUNCED.
Mr. and Mrs, Joseph J. Goody, of
5605 Ventnor aVenue, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Dorothy
Kathryn, to Mr. E. A. Stockton Ryan,
of Mt. Airy, and a summer resident of
Ventnor.
ISSUE PAID-UP STOCK.
The Ventnor Building and Loan
Association has announced that after
January 1st they will issue paid-up
shares of stock at a value of $200.
These paid-up shares will bear inter
est at six phr cent. Another attract
ive feature for investors, and one that
is extremely novel, is that iLterest.
payments will be made quarterly in
stead of only every six months as Is
the rule in most associations.