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VOL. 15. No. 51.
VENTNOR NEWS, VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., MAY 17, 1922
Two Cents per Copy
Harvey Post
to Honor Dead
* Ventnor Will Have First Memorial
Day Service On Pier May 30th
Music flood Speaking and
Impressive Landing of
Memory Ship
By H. C. Test
Ventnor is to have its first for
mal Memorial Service this year.
On Memorial Day, May 30th, fol
lowing the pretentious Memorial
, Service at the Soldiers and Sailors
Monument in Chelsea, the mem
bers of James Harvey Post with
. their friends will gather on the
Ventnor Pier in” honor of their
fighters and' of those who have
given their lives in the cause of
their country.
.The service as planned will have
something of a naval flavor be
cause of the fact that there are
no land cemeteries in Ventnor and
therefore no real gathering place
for such land ceremonies. How
ever both land and water patriots
will be honored in the blowing of
“Taps,” the firing of salutes and
the launching of a Ship of Fowers
which will be carried out to sea.
The first Ventnor memorial
Service will be in real honor of
James Harvey, dead in the Service
and now honored in having James
Harvey Post to perpetuate his
name and memory.
But there should be much civic
as well as patriotic pride in the
fact that Ventnor now is assured
of its yearly service for its fight
ing dead. Nothing can so knit
together the real spirit of a com
munity as this gathering together
of those who may have felt indi
vidual sorrow which can be made
a collective time for memory and
mourning.
There is real reason behind the
movement on the part of the
young fighting men who make up
James Harvey Post in starting the
custom of holding Memorial Day
services in Ventnor. Just now
these generally youthful and
hearty service boys, whose num
ber in Ventnor alone is about or
over one hundred, are able to con
duct their own services for their
dead comrades. But in years to
come they, like the soldiers of
other wars, will lessen in num
Continued on page 2
Speeders Fined
, Four automobilists, each charg
ed with driving faster than the
law permits, were fined by Police
Justice Allen B. Endicott on Mon
day afternoon. The offenders and
their respective penalties are
Lawrence Sewell, $5; Charles
Smith, $5; Albert Truitt, $10; W.
D. Supplee, $10, costs being added
in each case.
Remodeling Store
Contractor Wilbur Robinson is !
hurrying to completion extensivej
alterations being made to the store
at 5218 Ventnor Avenue, owned by
Former Councilman Albert F.
Sachse. The building was erected
in 1910 to house the plant of the
Ventnor News. The machinery
and offices remained there until
1917. For many years a post
office sub-station was located there
also.
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.
Trolley Hits
YoungWoman
Miss Elly Sheridan Seriously Injured
and May Die As Result of
Accident Monday Night
Struck by a northbound trolley
car at Surrey Avenue on Monday
evening at 9.30 o’clock, Miss Elly
Sheridan, aged 30 years, of 105
South Surrey Avenue, received
injuries which may prove fatal.
Her mangled form, with scalp
virtually torn off, was rushed to
the • Atlantic City Hospital by
Magistrate Edwin McHale of
Wyoming Avenue, Dr. Theodore
Senseman, of Margate City, ac
companying the dying woman to
the hospital and rendering first
aid. The woman was unconscious
when picked up;
Word of the accident was tele
phoned to the police department
and Officers Cremens and Donahue
were detailed. The ambulance'
also responded but the victim had
been hurried to the hospital when
Driver Stebbins arrived on the
scene.
According to eyewitnesses the
woman was crossing the street
and after being struck was drag
ged fully twenty yards before the
ar was stopped. One of her shoes
was torn from her foot, while her
spectacles were thrown into the
street, one of the lenses being
broken. A letter and a handker
chief, which she had been carry
ing, were also strewn along the
tracks. A ghastly pool of Mood
marked the spot where the
crushed body was removed from
the roadbed in prolongation of the
sidewalk on South Victoria Ave
nue.
The trolley line was congested
for half an hour as a result of the
accident. Edward Lacy, motor
man, and V. Butz, conductor, com
prised the crew of the trolley car.
Miss Sheridan is a sister of
Martin J. Sheridan, whose home
is at the same address, but who is
now in Europe. She is an active
member of the Daughters of
Isabella.
Restrictions to be Perpetuated
Indentures designed to perpe
tuate present restrictions on lands j
within the boundaries of what is i
known as the St. Leonards Tract i
were signed by fully 75 per cent, j
of the property owners of that
section during the course of a
largely attended meeting of the
recently formed St. Leonards As
sociation held on Monday evening
at the Oxford Avenue school
house.
In consequence of a call issued
by Secretary Harold Faunce about
one hundred property owners at
tended the meeting, and after the
matter had been discussed from
various angles and the legal
phases had been explained by
Judge Endicott, solicitor for the
association, printed copies of the
indenture setting forth in detail
all the restrictions sought to be
perpetuated, were signed and filed
with the solicitor.
The St. Leonards Tract em
braces all the territory lying be
tween Surrey and Cambridge
Avenues and the Atlantic Ocean
and Inside Thorofare.
Reports Lumber Thefts
Charles Adams, foreman for J.
Mathis & Son, contractors, re
ported to the police that thieves
had carried off considerable lum
ber piled in front of four different
building operations. Plain clothes
men were detailed to investigate.
E. B. Yellow Taxicab Co. Phone
600—Quick, Safe Service.—Adv.
Sheen To Be Honor Quest
President of Board of Trade Leaves May 25th for Two
Year Trip Around the World
By Caul M. Voelker
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G.
Sheen, of South Troy Avenue,
expect to embark from New
York on May 25 on the first stage
of a tour around the world.
Ordinarily that would be the
news information imparted con
cerning the proposed departure
of a couple of Ventnor citizens.
But the going away of Thomas
G. Sheen from Ventnor for a
period covering two years holds
a vital interest for every resident
of the city.
Having known Tom since our
school days and watched him as
he steadily advanced in the busi
ness world, and has been in close
touch with his activities since he
came to Ventnor, I feel qualified
to discuss the reasons for the
testimonial dinner, scheduled to
be held in his honor tomorrow
night at the Ritz-Carlton. His
going away means so much to the
men who have been associated
with him in the great work of
building a greater and better
Ventnor, that they felt constrain
ed to demonstrate their appreci
ation of his leadership, and to
vouchsafe him a safe, pleasant
and profitable journey around the
globe.
If the reader had as close a
knowledge of the characteristics
and ambitions of Tom Sheen, and
I use the intimate appelation ad
visedly, he would understand
what I mean by a “profitable”
journey. To most men Tom is
known as Mr. Sheen. That is
quite natural in view of inherent
dignity which, of necessity,
stamps men who have accomplish
ed things. But to those who
have become well-acquainted with
him his democratic temperament
endears him to those who hold
the same ideals and hopes for a
brighter civic future.
Engaging in the merchant tai
loring business when quite a
young man, Tom was denied the
advantages of a higher education
through the usual channels, but
this did not preclude his making
use of* every fepare moment to
acquire what others received in
due course. He made a success
of his business and enjoys the
distinction of having retired at
an age when most men actually
begin to acquire wealth.
His activity and alertness in
the business world make it im
possible for him to become self
satisfied and complacent and
when the call came for him to j
assume the leadership of the ]
Ventnor City Board of Trade in |
1916 he put his heart and soul
into the work, achieving the won
derful results so well known by
every person interested in any
way in Ventnor. Here again am
I qualified to speak with author
ity on the sacrifices made by him
in the solution of the many prob
lems which from time to time be
set the organization. It was Tom
who suggested, and it was Tom
who carried out to a successful
conclusion the publication of the
wonderful booklet which did so
much to place the resort in a fav
orable light before the world.
Having been secretary of the
board during the first year I know
how hard he worked to cement
the various business interests into
a force which had civic advance
ment as its only goal. Other
men were often too busy to carry
out a duty imposed by reason of
committee appointment, but Tom
always found time to take on the
added burden and often at the
eleventh hour successfully com
plete the task. The general pub
lic never knew, and, in fact, will
probably never in detail will be
fully informed of the many J[ittle
things accomplished by him in the
necessary fulfillment of a given
task of great proportions. <■ '
While his repeated re-election!
as president of the board is ample j
proof of his popularity, his lead-!
ership has been a personal boon 1
to many who sought his counsel
! and advice, which facts obviously
will always go unheralded. For
he would never tell about them, j
being too diffident. But knowing
of many incidents I take the lib
erty, at the risk of incurring his
displeasure, to invite attention to
the fact that he has been instru
mental in a number of instances
in aiding merchants to continue
in business. This he probably
did more from the desire to pro-i
mote civic interests rather than
to help the individual. He stood]
for Ventnor from any and all!
angles, believing in its future, j
maintaining it to be the ideal I
place for a home, and contending j
for all that meant health and!
prosperity to its inhabitants.
In this connection he early be-!
came identified with sincere home !
seekers in their efforts to finance
such propositions and the Sea
shore Building & Loan Associa
tion came into being. Naturally,
he became president and he is
still serving. For many years he
had been interested in building
and loan societies in Atlantic
City. Through its agency he
Continued on page 18
Lions Will Gather
Members of the Lion’s Club of'
Atlantic City are preparing for
fine occasions during the final
evenings of the week, when they
will entertain members of the
Lions of this and other states at
a banquet and dance. The ban
quet, which will be one of the
finest of the season, will be tend
ered to the Lions and their ladies
at the Hotel Breakers on Friday!
evening and will be featured by
a big entertainment program,
prepared and carried out by Lion
Tamer Harold Brand and his spe
cial Entertainment Committee. |
The same entertainers will func-j
tion at the dance, to take place
in Vernon Room of Haddon Hall
on Saturday evening.
Congressman Fess, of Ohio,
and former Governor E. C.
Stokes, of New Jersey, who is a
Lion, will be principal speakers
before the business meeting of
the State Lion’s Convention on
Saturday morning in Vernon Hall.
ANOTHER NEW FEATURE
“THE FUSSY FOURSOME”
A New and Popular Cartoon About Golfers
It Is on Page 19
CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S WEEKLY STORY
About His Trip Abroad on Page 12
Bathing Beach j
Plan Adopted
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Council in Committee Session Agree
'to Hold Conference with Trolley
Officials Tonight at City Hall
_
Having reached an agreement I
on a tentative plan for the acqui
sition of beachfront in the lower
part of the city for bathing and
park purposes members of Coun
cil, after a long session on Mon
day night, decided to have pre
sented at the next regular meet- j
ingof the solons an ordinance;
providing for the securing of the j
necessary lands to carry out the j
comprehensive scheme adopted.
While the members declined to'
discuss for publication the details I
of the plan it is generally under-1
stood that ample bathing facilities
will be provided to take care of
rapidly increasing population in
the section from Troy to Fred
ericksburg Avenue.
No action was taken in the mat
ter touching the paving between
the tracks on Atlantic Avenue by
the trolley company. After a very
brief discussion the solons decided
to call a conference with the
trolley officials at City Hall this
evening. Many of the councilmen
are outspoken in their determina
tion to compel the utility corpora
tion fulfill its obligation to the
city.
Plans for contemplated im
provements to the water system
were lajd before the members by
Chairman Sweigart of the Water
Committee and the same were ap
proved.
The mercantile' tax ordinance
came in for a goodly share of con
sideration, but no final agreement
was reached, the members not
being in accord on several of the
proposed license fees. The meas
ure will probably be taken up on
second reading next Monday even
ing.
Parker Takes Fling
Something of a tempest in a
lower beaeh teapot has been
stirred up' through the activities
>f Freeholder N. Freeman Parker,
Df the Second Ward of Ventnor,
in making his fight for the open
ing of the extension of Ventnor
Avenue which will make the
highway leading through Vent
nor and sister resorts to the
Somers Point Boulevard one of
the most important on Absecon
Island.
Last week the Ventnor News
printed the fact that Freeholder
Parker had been highly instru
mental in securing the rights of
way which will make the new
highway an assured fact. Later
in last week some disgruntled
reader mailed in a protest in
which Freeholder Parker was
isked “where he got that stuff?”
In reply, Mr. Parker makes the
following declaration, which he
lesires published.
Editor of the Ventnor News:
“Allow me some of your valu
ible space to reply to one who
signs himself ‘Voter’ to ask what
right you have in your paper to
?ive me credit for much of the i
work of making the opening ofi
:he Ventnor-Margate Boulevard
in assured success. And in reply
et me state that every line print
id in the Ventnor News was
rue.
“I wish to state that I worked 1
ilone to get all the rights of way |
"or the road through Longport
without cost and that I was in
strumental in securing the $30,
)00 bond issue made necessary
Continued on page 4
Susquehanna — The Quality
3oal. Phone 9. Borton Coal Co.
—A dve rtisement.
Favor Federal
Aid Measure
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Margate Commissioners Adopt Reso
lution Urging Passage of Appleby
Bill Designed to Help Sea
Coast Cities
Margate City 'Commissioners on
Monday went on record as favor
ing the passage of House Resolu
tion No. 11405 now pending in
Congress and directed City Soli
citor Thompson to draw up suit
able resolutions to be presented ?
to members of the Rivers and |
Harbors Committee of the lower
house, as well as Congressman '4f
Bacharach. The measure, intro
duced by Congressman Appleby
of New Jersey has for its object
Federal aid for seacoast cities in
the work of protecting beach
against erosion. Under the pro- |f
visions of the proposed legislation
the government will appropriate
$500,000, and apportion amounts
to municipalities in proportion to
the sum expended by them for
beach protection on a dollar for
dollar basis.
The city solicitor was also di
rected to prepare a quit claim deed . ^
for property in Longport Borough
which had been inadvertently
deeded to Margate when rights of
way for the Ventnor Parkway
were secured.
Questioning the city’s respon
sibility a bill for $159 presented
by Robert Bird, chief engineer at
j the water plant, for hospital ex
i penses incident to an operation
' undergone by him several weeks
: ago, the Commissioners referred
[ the matter to the city solicitor. It
appears that Bird claims he was
injured while employed at the
pumping station, while several of
the Commissioners expressed sur
prise to learn that he had been' f
hurt in the line of duty. Alleged
injury sustained by Bird during 4
a baseball game entered into the
discussion and the matter was left
for the opinion of the legal ad
viser of the city.
a communication from Walter
K. Cavileer offering to sell to the
city Blocks 1 and 2 on the beach
front betwen Vendome and Union
Avenues for the sum of 550,000
was received and filed, without
comment. The land has a front
age of 240 feet. w
Mayor Norcross reported steps
had been taken to make needed
improvements at the water plant
to insure adequate water supply
during the coming summer. Elec
tric motors will be installed to re
place the old-type gas engines
now in use. The cost of mainten
ance will be considerably reduced,
besides insuring more efficient
service. J. L. Sweigard, water
plant expert, made an inspection
of the plant during the past week
and advised as to the type of
motors most suitable.
The city treasurer was directed
to pay the sum of $3600 to Con
tractor Norman N. Gale as a par
tial estimate of work done on the
moving of seven houses on the
right of way of the Ventnor Park
way, which was necessary before
the county could proceed with the
work of paving the boulevard.
AUSTIN COAL—“Ask the man
who bums it.”—Phone 865.—Adv.
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NOTICE
Memorial Day, Tuesday,
May 30, being the regular day
for printing the VENTNOR
NEWS, this paper will be is
sued one day later that week,
delivery being made on Thurs
day, June 1.
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