VOL. 15. NO. 40.
VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. H., MARCH 1, 1922
Two Cents pee Copy
Ventnor News
| ; Funny Man
v ; Herb Test Writes a Few Kind Words
in Introduction of His Column
to New Friends and Old
By H. C. Test
Look, children! at the funny
man. That one over there in the
first column—the one with the
bald head and the red nose.
Isn’t he an odd-looking rooster?
You’d think, children, that they
had brought-him up in a length
, of gas pipe, wouldn’t you? And
he certainly must have been
around when they gave out feet.
And look at his ears stick out.
Those deep lines on his face
look like trouble, don’t they, chil
dren? They’re, not. He never
* had a trouble in the world. Those
lines camO from grinning—grin
ning at himsilf whenever he
started to take himself seriously.
He’s got over that now, but those
lines will always remain there to
remind him not to think that he
is the most important person in
the world, and to keep him from
. .. starting something that will make
him laugh himself to death at
r ' himself. ;... < r ■
You Bee, children, men in his
line musn't have'troubles. When
they feel sorry for themselves
they have to hide it so we’ll get
pur little laugh at what, they say
and write; when they. feel like
crying over some injustice ojr
wrong to some poor people or
little chi)dren they must go off
by themselves and cry so they
wofc't disturb us or make us feel
bad or anything like that.
Men like that man there think
• a lot of children and dogs. If
that man passed* d child that
didn’t smile or a dog that didn’t
wag its tail he’d probably go off
v ' home and look at himself in the
glass and sit down and ask him
self what in thunder ailed him.
I wouldn’t wonder if he would get
worked up twice as. much as he
would if some big man informed
him that he was a damfool or
something. Isn’t "he soft?
That’s the way he has to be
about everything. So long as he
makes us laugh or tells us some
little gentle stories and makes us
feel good—that long he holds his
job. He mustn’t let us think that
he knows anything about us that
we wouldn’t wish him to know;
and he must listen to us so he’ll
know just what we like and give
it to us, or we’ll write lettets to
his boss and say he isn’t what he’s
cracked up to be and all that.
’Cause we’re his real bosses,
you know. -Why, children, that!
man wouldn’t get along a day if j
we didn’t like him or like what
he writes. We could just put him i
—well, we might say that we j
could put him on the bum. We i
could take the twinkle out of his
eyes and wipe his smile off his
face just as easy. Let us stop
reading his writing, and we could
just . plain make him a tramp.
But we won’t, will we, children,.
We know that when he takes us
apart to see what makes us tick
that he don’t mean any harm. We
know that he don’t care whether
we roll by him in our limousines
or holler at him from alongside
our dinner-pails on the curbstone;
that he knows we’ve got simple,
gentle hearts and that when peo
ple can’t see our goodness that
it’s not bicause the goodness isn’t
.there, but because, they haven’t
got the right kind of eyes to see.
?
Did George Vi Hobart Write
Tbeie Line* in Ventnor /
“What is the difference be
tween hooch and liquor?”
“If you live, it is liquor.”
“Your eyes intoxicate me.
It must be the eye-balls." *
—From “Letty Pepper/' at the Globe
last week. Book by George V.
Hobart and Oliver Morosco.
Jetty Planned .
For Longport
State Board of Commerce and Navi*
gation Votes $50,000 for Erection
of Beach Builder
Longport is to’ have the big
jetty which is now apparently
the only means to be taken to
save the lower island resort from
practical annihilation from rav
ages of the sea. On Saturday
night, before the members of the
New-Jersey Stat eBoard of Com
merc and Navigation at the Sea
side, mayors ^nd commissioners
from practically every resort
city from Atlantic City to Cape
May, expert engineers and state
and eounty officials with heads
of civic bodies, voted unani
mously recommending that New
Jersey appropriate $50,000 for
the jetty and on Sunday, after
a visit to Longport and an ex
haustive study of the situation,
the ' Board of Commissioners
pledged their support in securing
the money from the present
legislature. f
«£?ayor' Edward* L. Bader, "of
Atlantic City, made the motion
j which secured the support of the
meeting for the Longport jetty.
State Senator Charles W. White
pledged his support to the meas
ure and Mayor William S. Grieb,
of Longport, with Commissioner
Edwin M. Goldsmith, City Clerk
W. S. Gilmore, C. F. Bonsor, a
big Longport property holder,
and other prominent citizens of
the lower beach, promised that
the State aid will be met by both
money and intensive effort to re
building the Longport beach line
and again make that section one
of the finest points on ■ Absecon
Island.
At their inspection meeting, on
Sunday, the State Board of Com
Continued on Page Three
Brehman, to Retire
Godfrey Candidate
Announcement That Present Mayor Will Not Stand lor
Reelection Followed by Rally of Former
' „ Mayor’s Friends
' Mayor Amor W. Brehman will
positively refuse to stand for re
nomination at the coming fall
primaries, and former Mayor
Charles Godfrey will enter the
lists for the office. This was the
report which caused the first stir
in what promises to be one of
Ventnor City’s liveliest political
years and which was basis for
much discussion yesterday both in
Ventnor and Atlantic City.
While Mayor Brehman could
not be located for a direct state
ment before going to press, he has
made the positive assertion to
some of his closest Ventnor
friends that he would not again
accept the place of head of the
city government. Other interests
and a proposed trip abroad claim
his time and attention and he is
reported to have said that he is
satisfied that his administration
has laid foundation for Ventnor
progress which he believes will
be permanent without his continu
ing in active politics to extent of
holding office.' >'
Mr. Godfrey refused to make
Grand Lion Feeding
Ventnor members of the Lions
Club of .Atlantic City
ceived official warning from Sec
retary Tom Christiansen to be at
their formal Wednesday feeding
at' the Hotel Breakers today at
42.45 P. M. instead of the former
1 P. M. Failure to conform with
this rule will subject the de
linquent to penalty which includes
solo singing or v declamation.
Harry Newman, Vice-President
of Lions International, will be the
speaker of the’ day. There will
be important final discussion of
the plans for the Lions Charter
Banquet in the Egyptian Roof
Garden of the Breakers on Satur
day night next and some new
stunts by Lion Tamer Harold
Brand and his Jungle Jazz
Jinglers.
Elks to Elect Tonight
Atlantic City Lodge of Elks,
,in jvhich many prominent Vent
nor citizens are officers and
members, will hold their annual
election tonight. The following
new officers will be elected with
out opposition: Exalted Ruler,
AssemWyman Joseph A. Corio;
Esteemed Leading Knight, Eu
gene Schwinghammer; Esteemed
Loyal Knight, Joseph Altman;
Esteemed Lecturing Knight,
Clarence E. Knauer; Secretary,
George Stoddard; Treasurer,
James K. Carmack; Tyler, John
H. Dierolf; Trustee, David C.
Reed; Representative to Grand
Lodge, Harry Jones; Alternate,
City Solicitor W. Frank Sooy;
Delegate to State Lodge, City
Commissioner Louis A. Stein
bricker, with Chief of Police
Robert C. Miller as alternate.
any formal statement of his in
tentions but strong pressure is be
ing brought to bear upon him to
have him become an active candi
date. Those who favor his can
didacy feel that his former ex
perience and his high standard of
business and political aims would
make him not only a strong candi
date but do much to bring about
a number of important projects
after his election.
One of the important points be
ing considered by those who
favor the Godfrey candidacy for
the Mayorality is the probability
that it would serve to end fact
ional strife in Ventnor politics.
It is known that one of the posi
tive conditions which Mr. Godfrey
has made is that he shall not be
merely the candidate of a faction
but that he must have the pledged
backing of those who have the
best interests at heart. For this
reason a, number of prominent
citizens and heavy property own
ers have been approached and are
reported to have spoken in his
favor.
IN OUR NEXT
ISSUE
We will inaugurate a
weekly summary of the
events of* the world with
a special portion devoted
to Absecon Island.
Board of Trade
Legion’s-Guests
Ventnor’s Leading Civic Organization
Entertained at Smoker (Hvea
by Harvey Post
With the members of Harvey
Post, American Legion, as hosts,
the Ventnor Board of Trade was
royally entertained last night at
the Chelsea Yacht Club. The
program arranged for the occa
sion smacked throughout of life
! in the trenches, with the boys
| who went overseas re-enacting
many humorous incidents which
formed a part and parcel of the
grim realities of war.
The festivities began imme
diately after the arrival of mem
bers of Harvey Post from Vent
nor City Hall, where they held
a short business session prior to
the smoker planned in honor of
the Board of Trade. An excel
lent luncheon was served by
Henry Betchen, Ventnor caterer,
and cigars donated for the occa
sion by Manager Coles, of the
Ventnor Pharmacy, were then
distributed among hosts anc
guests.
Taking prominent parts in {he
entertainment that followed were
j Presston Crook and Enoch Tur
j ner, both of whom saw active
service during the World War.
Alex Porter and Dr. Massey
whose baritone solos were ■ thor
oughly enjoyed by his hearers.
The _ distribution of attendance
| was one of the enj'oyable features
i of the smoker. *
Susquehanna—The Quality
Coal. Phone 9. Borton jCoal Co.
—Advertisement.
Deliveries at any time desired
daily 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.—
Advertisement.
Paving Plans
Now on Way
New Ordinance First Step Toward
Better Highways
. ——r y _ ■
Ventnor City is assured of both
general and specific street im
provement during the present
year as result oT the action of
City Council on Monday evening,
when the ordinance calling for
paving of nine of the principal
crosstown arteries of travel was
passed on first reading. While
the new ordinance calls for the
surfacing of the highways select
ed with asphalt on a concrete
base, there is no binding decision
on the part of the progressive
Ventnor legislators to stick to
that material as final. In both
public and private, the leaders of
City Council have declared that
they will use every effort to please
the taxpayers both as to materials
and costs of paving, and there will
be general discussion and full in
vestigation of the latest in paving
methods before the final passage
of a paving ordinance and award
ing of contracts.
.Probably' the most significant
utterance of the evening came
from Chairman Harry W. Cork
ran, of the Street Committee, at
the close of the long and general
discussion by officials and tax
payers presentihg favorable and
unfavorable opinions as to the
paving project. “We of City
Council ask for the passage of
this paving ordinance on first
reading to get the matter fully
before the people of Ventnor,” he
said in substance. “However, we,
> of the Street CommitteS-aild QtfaCT
members of City Council, whom I
have consulted, are not entirely
committed to asphalt or any other
material. It iB our intention to
use every effort to secure what is
the very best for Ventnor and
our study of the question will in
clude consultation with Thomas
Wasser, State Highway Commis
sion Engineer, and others of tl
highest authority on paving ma
ters before we ask for a final d'*
cision.” Mr. Corkrah also i
formed the taxpayers that pavin
of the street designated wool
tend to divert heavy travel tv
those highways to the great sav
ing of other streets and he prom
ised that gravel and other ma
terials now used on these streets
Continued on Page Three $
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