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VOL. 15, No. 49.
VENTNOR NEWS, VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., MAY 3, 1922
Two Cents pee Copy
Give Boys a
Swimmin’ Hole
All the Sand Beach and Ocean Waves
in the World Not in Same Class
with Muddy Creek for Lads
Now that the Ventnor News,
ably aided by the good men and
women of Ventnor, has about as
sured that the Ventnor City Boys’
Band will get their musical in
struction, and maybe uniforms,
before the Fall Pageant, I am
thinking of starting a bit of a
boys movement of my own. I
think I will seek about somewhere
on the edge of Ventnor civiliza
tion and see if I can’t find a real
old Swimmin’ Hole.
With water, water everywhere,
as we might say, I don’t know of
a real old swimmin’ hole for the
boys of Ventnor. Maybe there is
one, and if that is so, this re
minder may bring it out. If not
I move that I, with the other boys,
go out and find one.
You who have never known the
real delights of a boys’ swimmin’
hole may be surprised at the num
ber of qualifications necessary to
Continued on page 4
Pufinton President
ARTHUR J. PURINTON, Superintendent
of the Shore Fast Line has just been
elected President of the Rotary Club.
Arthur J. Purinton, Superin
tendent of the Atlantic City and
Shore Railroad and prominent
resident of Ventnor, has been
named as the next President of
Atlantic City Rotary. The elec
tion was conducted by the Board
of Directors of Rotary and is for
the year.
There is general pride in Vent
nor over the election of Mr. Purin
ton to his new office by the im
portant organization, which has
a large number of Ventnorites in
Its membership. Since his ar
rival here several years ago Mr.
Purinton has been enlisted in
many civic movements for im
provement of conditions and has
been especially active in work for
boys conducted through Rotary.
His incumbency as local manager
of the Atlantic City and Shore
Railroad has been marked by a
general progressive spirit and he
gained fame throughout the street
railway world by his careful man
agement as Receiver of the line
when the exigencies of wartime
forced the road for a time into
the receivership, which has since
been lifted. Mr. Purinton will un
doubtedly prove to be a live and
5.active head of the organization
Over which hto is to preside.
Plan Making
More Beach
Council Discusses Scheme to Com
bat Erosion of Sea Along Lower
Beachfrot with Jetties
Lacking a quorum Common
Council did not formally convene
on Monday evening as a Com
mittee of the Whole as has been
customary, but the members who
put in an appearance at City Hall
spent several hours in discussing
informally some of the vital mat
ters which will shortly be acted
upon officilaly. Mayor Brehman,
City Solicitor Westcott and Presi
dent of Council Gumphert joined
Councilmen Adams, Brooks and
Scull in a round table discussion
of the project to protect the lower
beach from erosion by the sea and
providing adequate bathing beach
and playground.
No committee action was taken
but various methods suggested as
a means to reclaim beach were
fully analysed to the end that it
was generally agreed that jetty
construction and bulkhead erec
tion at points of vantage would
solve the problem. While mem
bers did not agree fully on the
minor details the general plan
of beach protection was virtually
mapped out.
In view of the absence of Messrs.
Sweigart, Corkran and Bach no
attempt was made to discuss to
any length the proposal of the
trolley company touching the mat
ter of car service to Savannah
Avenue or the paving of Atlantic
Avenue. As the result of the
recent expiration of a ten-year
Continued on page 4
Margate G. 0. P.
Plans Dinner
Republican Club to Hold Mock Trial
and Dance at School on May 25th
Ninety per cent, of the mem
bership of the Margate City Re
publican Club attended the regu
lar monthly meeting last Monday
evening,'when the Entertainment
Committee was authorized to ar
range for a mock trial, dance and
dinner to be given at the Union
Avenue school house on Thursday
j evening, May 25.
| It is understood that a promi
nent resident of Margate will be
haled before the bar of justice
to be tried on some ridiculous
charge, his fate being placed in
the hands of a mixed jury.
Whjle the committee is reluctant
to make public the names of the
participants it was learned that
Judge Whittaker will wear the
ermine robe, while Big Ed Chat
terton will enact the role of
sheriff. Mayor Norcross will
probably be chosen as foreman
of the jury. Prominent legal
lights active in the political life
of Atlantic City are expected to
appear as prosecuting attorney
and counsel for the defense.
The club listened with much
interest to Thomas D. Hodson,
who recounted his experiences
while on a recent tour of the
British Isles. Speeches were also
made by William F. Jenkins and
George W. Baker, newly elected
members.
Chairman Strotbeck, of the
Entertainment Committee, had
provided a great feed, made all
the more delectable because, of
the liquid refreshments.
AUSTIN’S COAL—“Ask the
man who burns it.” Austin Coal
Co., Phone 865.—Advertisement.
Greeters Congratulate Ventnor News
Members of the Greeters of New Jersey, Charter No. 43
Greeters of America, whose roster includes leading hotel owners,
executives and office men of both Atlantic City and the State,
are highly pleased over the success of the Greeters’ Number of
the Ventnor News, which was one of the features of the Atlantic
City Hotel Exposition on the Steel Pier last week. In a letter
from Mr. G. Roland Heiss, President of the Greeters, is both
personal thanks and the gratitude of the Greeters for the big
issue. . ,
The management of the Ventnor News feels that the thanks
of the Greeters is a matter of real self-congratulation. The
issue of over 2,000 extra copies of the Ventnor News, which
formed the special Greeters’ Number, was for the benefit both
of the members of that splendid organization and for the benefit
of the Ventnor News’ advertisers, whose wares in every line
were placed before the thousands who visited the Exposition
in the very finest manner possible. Every copy was distributed
directly from the Greeter Booth at the Hotel Exposition with
special admonition on the part of the Greeters to read its pages.
As a consequence the Ventnor News was able to give in addi
tion to its regular circulation—now the largest of any weekly
newspaper in New Jersey—a special added circulation which
probably reached more buyers than any other similar publica
tion in the history of Atlantic City. Following is the Greeter
letter in full:
“April 29, 1922.
“Mr. Charles Scheuer. Editor Ventnor News,
Amusement Publishing Company,
178 S. Virginia Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J.
“My dear Mr. Scheuer:
“I, personally, want to express my appreciation of, and on
behalf of the Greeters of New Jersey thank you for the special
edition of the Ventnor News, which you published as a Greeter
Number on Wednesday last. This edition was widely distributed
upon the Pier and gave us a lot of local publicity. We have also
saved a sufficient number of copies to mail to each Charter in
our National Organization, so that they may know how we do
things in Atlantic City.
“Thanking you for your interest in our Organization, I am,
with kind personal regards,
“Sincerely yours,
“G. ROLAND HEISS,
“President, Greeters of New Jersey,
“Charter No. 43, Greeters of America.”
Big Petition
Asks Relief
Margate Commissioners will be Asked
to Make Immediate Repairs to
Streets and Boardwalk
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With fully 200 signatures of
residents, voters and taxpayers
appended a monster petition ask
ing specific action in the repair of
streets and rebuilding of the
Boardwalk, will be presented at
the next regular meeting on Mon
fay afternoon of the, Margate City
Commission.
The text of the petition sets
forth that it is high time the city
rulers make the streets passable j
and that the Boardwalk, wrecked
three years ago, be again placed
in its former condition and con
necting with the Ventnor Board
walk, thus affording an uninter
rupted wooden way along the sea
to the amusement centre of At
lantic City.
In view of the spirited interest
displayed by residents at the Com
mission meeting on April 24, when
standing room was at a premium,
is predicted that next Monday’s
session will be even more largely
attended. It appears that the
proponents of an open bathing
beach owned by the city have
stirred to action that portion of
the population more favorable to
better streets and two factions
have developed as a result.
Those who favor immediate
restoration of the. Boardwalk
claim that the* cost can be met
Continued on page 2
Award Sewer
Main Contract
Margate Commissioners Also Receive
Price of $87,500 for Block of
Beachfront for Bathing Ground
Only two bids were received on
Mbnday by the Margate City
Commission for the laying of a
sewer main along Ventnor Ave
nue from Fredericksburg to Mans
field Avenue, the contract being
awarded to Sutton & Corson, of
Ocean City, for $8,800. James
Ferry & Son, of Atlantic City, I
offered the other proposal, being 1
$151 higher.
The main, which is being laid
preparatory to the construction
by the county of the Ventnor
Parkway through from Ventnor to
Longport, will vary in size from
S to 10 and 12 inches, and extend
for a distance of 300 feet.
No action was taken by the
Commission in the matter of buy
ing an open bathing beach. A
price of $87,500 was received from ;
the owner of one of the beachfront
blocks. The Commissioners learn
ed unofficially that one of the other
three remaining blocks still avail
able had been sold for $65,000. An
effort will be made to secure
figures on the remaining blocks
before the next meeting.
The unprecedented building
boom now under way has caused
the City Commissioners to con
sider the advisability of making
a survey of the water to determine
Continued on page 2
AND STILL MORE NEW FEATURES
Are Added to Our Columns This Week
WALTER TRUMBULL
Writes “The Listening Post,’” to be Found on the Editorial Page
NEWS PHOTO SERVICE
Illustrated Events of the World Will be Found on Various
Pages of the Paper
THE HOMEFINDER
An Article of Interest to Every Woman
JOHN C. ANDERSON
The Most Famous of Golf Authorities
“PHIL OSOFER SAYS”
Terse Persona! Comments on Page 2
CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S
MY TRIP ABROAD, Continues on Page 12
First Train
From Chelsea
Big Crowd with Officials of Ventnor,
Atlantic City, Organizations, and
Railway Present When Train
Pulled Out on Monday
Pennsylvania Railway service
from the new Chelsea Station, .
epochal event in Chelsea and Vent- ]
nor progress, had its formal in- (
auguration on Monday morning :
before a large throng of railway
officials, Mayor Amor W. Breh
men, of Ventnor City, Mayor
Edwin L. Bader, of Atlantic City,
Commissioner of Public Safety
Cuthbert and other officials of all
the resort cities on Absecon
Island. Also among those who
watched the departure of the first
commuters train at 7.38 A. M. were
members of Kiwanis, led by Presi
dent Walter Gill, Rotarians, head
ed by President George Meredith;
members of the Lions, President
Samuel P. Leeds, of the Chamber
of Commerce, with members of
his organization, and President
William Emley, of the Real Estate
Board with prominent real estate
operators. James S. Murphy,
passenger traffic manager for the
Pennsylvania, was host of the oc
casion and entertained a score or
more special guests who made the
first trip to Philadelphia.
The express was composed of
one parlor car and three day
coaches. The distinction of pur
chasing the first tickets fell to1
Mrs. L. Shapiro and Miss Kate I
! Shapiro, of 12 South Trenton
Avenue, the first parlor car ticket
was bought by Mrs. Andrew Mel
lon, and the first commutation
ticket was purchased by J. W.
Rubel.
The train crew was composed
of Conductor Frank Hoffman and
Continued on page 4
Endicott Has
Novel Ideas!
Pageant Director Suggests City Owned |
Power Boats to Transport Ang
lers to Fishing Banks
Thomas P. Endicott, president
of the National Association of
Cleaners and Dyers, director of
the Atlantic City Pageant, and
one of the pioneer residents of i
Ventnor, in an interesting ad
dress before the Board of Trade
at its last regular monthly meet
ing pointed out many avenues of
constructive effort on the part of:
the Board to make Ventnor the!
best residential section along the
Atlantic Coast.
Mr. Endicott aroused interest
among his hearers when he advo
cated municipal ownership of
power fishing boats to transport
parties to the deep sea banks at
a nominal charge. He also sug-:
gested the city install illuminated!
street signs and erect electric j
signs at the gateways of the city.
He insisted that a “Rubberneck”
vehicle should transport visitors
from Atlantic City through Vent
nor. Greater interest in the Boy
Scouts and Sea Scouts was urged
by him.
In the absence of President
Sheen, who was unavoidably de
tained, Charles C. Beyer presided
over the meeting.
E. B. Yellow Taxicab Co. Phone
600—Quick, Safe Service.—Adv.
| Susquehanna — The Quality
| Coal. Phone 9. Borton Coal Co.
j —Advertisement.. .
All the News
At a Glance
Summary of Interesting Events In
City, State and Country
By Bessie Marshall Walker
The trout is a friend of the
’armer though how he obtains his
iiet is a mystery. A three-pound
rout caught at Middletown, N. Y.,
>y an eleven-year-old boy, had in
ts stomach a mouse, a mole, and
i lizard. It sounds as if he would
lie of apoplexy.
A meteor flashed through the
sky at nine o’clock one night
;his week at Asbury Park, and
Iropped into the sea. The gas
:mitted, the light and concussion
nade people believe there was an
explosion.
All steerage passengers are
loomed to Ellis Island, Countless
Christine de Rosenkrontz found,
when she arrived in New York
with her son and a companion.
Baron de Rosenkrantz is said to
tie an attache of Denmark’s dele
gation to Genoa.
Not all disagreements are en
tiely monopolized by the delegates
at Genoa. Owing to difficulties
with Lucien Muratore, one of the
tenors of the Chicago Opera Com
pany, Miss Mary Garden has re
signed as manager.
As a representative of his"sex,
John Dawkins, an Englishman
touring the States—and a visitor
in Atlantic City, by the way—
“felt surprised and rather hu
miliated to see a male biped wheel
ing a baby carriage.” We hope
Mr. Dawkins had no affection of
the heart. He may see another
“male biped” wheeling twins. Ac
cording to the old riddle, “What
makes more noise than a pig un
der a gate,” what would this high
and mighty representative of his
sex do in such a case?
Continued on page 2
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Ventnor Trust Company
Directors Are Quests
Dr. Isaac '-E. Leonard; Vice
President, was host to the Direc
tors of the Ventnor Trust Com
pany and other invited guests at
a fine turkey dinner given at the
Atlantic County Game Preserve
on the evening of Tuesday, April
25. The affair was one of the
finest functions of the kind in the
history of the Preserve the piece
cie resistance of the evening being
great turkeys raised on the Game
Preserve farm. An evening of
special entertainment followed the
dinner. Doctor Leonard’s guests
were President George A. Gum
phert, Vice President Nicholas
Hampton, Treasurer Horace K.
Frambes, Solicitor William H.
Smathers, Trust Officer Allen B.
Endicott, John McCoach, Arthur
Jackson, Directors Walter C.
Brick, August H. Generotsky,
William Gumphert, Ralph Har
court, J. S. Holmes, Warner Lin
say, Jr., N. Freeman Parker,
Walter Ryan, W. Shaffer Smith,
Vivian B. Smith, Edgar S. Steel
man, Edmund Yard, C. M. Koury,
Special guests of Doctor Leonard
were Frank Young and H. C. Test.
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.—
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