Ventnor Had
Flying Man
Captain Hugh Willoughby Built
\ One of the First Planes On
Ventnor Heights and Made
the Resort A Notable
Flying Center In
Early Days
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/ By H. C. Test
How many folks in Ventnor
. know that at one time this fine
resort was one of the national
centers of aviation. This was
back some dozen or more years
ago, when Captain Hugh Wil
loughby had his summer head
quarters out on Ventnor Heights.
I can remember when Captain
Willoughby, despite his rather
dignified mien, was looked upon
as something of an over-enthusi
' ast on the flying question. At
that time we who were of inquir
ing turn of mind used to go out
to his hanger and inspect the
machine which he used for experi
mental purposes and, sometimes,
I am under the impression that
we considered Captain Willough
by as a bit of a “bug,” as the
colloquial has it, on the matter of
flying.
. Oqj first real surprise came
during the flying meet held in. At
lantic City, when enterprising ho
tel men financed an affair which
brought the Curtiss and other fly
ers to the shore. Isaac F. Mar
» cosson, now a world-famous in
terviewer and publicist with a
weighty opinion on big public
questions, came to Atlantic City
as' special representative of the
Munsey publications. Mr. Marcos
son visited Captain Willoughby,
and in our dplflidh, made the Cap
wwit a icai n^uici
We who lived on the Heights
began to sit up and take notice.
Then came a morning when one
of the most famous flyers of that
day swooped down and made a
landing alongside the Willoughby
hangar, bent on making a pro
fessional visit to our neighbor.
Talk about excitement! First
came the hum |of that machines
then we descried the plane cir
cling as its pilot sought out a
landing place which would allojtv
him to skid to the ground without
damage. I believe that most of
Ventnor must have had a collec
tive stiff neck that day.
And most of us realized that
we had been tendered our lessor;.
From that time on we used to
look upon Captain Willoughby as
a real hero and entitled to a
place in the sun as one of the
pioneers of air navigation, now
so much a part of daily life.
I don’t know what has become
of Captain Willoughby. For years
he kept in communication with
Adolf Apel, the boatbuilder, who
was one of his instructors in wood
working when the Captain was
building his plane. Lately, how
ever, he seems to have passed
from our Ventnor ken. But he
has always remained a big figure
in the flying game and it is like
ly that few men ever brought as
much sudden newspaper fame as
did Captain Willoughby when his
presence in our city midst turned,
attention of the country, for the
time at least, on the fact that
Ventnor possessed a, flying en
thusiast when flying enthusiasts,
were pretty scarce.
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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, 270? Atlantic Avenue.
Phones—Bell 2180 and 2181.—
Advertisement.
Marston for
Civic Progress
Leading Candidate For Republi
can Mayorality Nomination
Promises Strict Business
Administration If Named
' At Polls
“The interests of Ventnor are
my interests. If elected to the
office of Mayor of Ventnor I shall
make my only policy the advance
ment of Ventnor City as a resort
and a place of residence for the
best people of the country.”
This is the declaration of Al
merin Marston, who goes to the
primary polls next Tuesday big
favorite for the place of nominee
for Mayor of Ventnor on the
Republican ticket. The state
ment was made in an exclusive
interview for the Ventnor News
because of the fact that this
Ventnor publication was forced
by its large circulation to go to
press before the meeting of the
League of Women Voters held
last night.
“It appears to me,” said Mr.
Marston, “that the improvement
of Ventnor without excessive in
crease in taxes is the plain busi
ness problem which must be met
by any man tvho accepts office in
this resort. In my opinion, all:
other considerations should be
relegated to lesser place in favor
of clear • and clean business
administration.
“Ventnor has grown to an im
portance which makes it impera
tive that its officials shall repre
sent Hhe people — probably the
finest and- most intelligent citi
sens of any city in the state, j
The man who will use his best
efforts to discover what Ventnor
people desire, and then carry out
their wishes will make the only
real success possible.
“In my years of residence in.'
Ventnor I have sought to identify
myself with every movement
which had for its object the bet
tering of this resort as a place of
residence and investment. My
real estate operations have been
conducted in a manner which has
shown my faith in my home city.
“There are many improve
ments to be made for the better
i merit of Ventnor as a resort,
j Some of the* most important have
been started by Mayor Brehman
and his able associates. These
should ibe carried out. There are
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Louis stern to uo Abroad
* Louis E. Stern, member of the
firm of M. E. Blatt Company, -will
sail from New York on Saturday
next for a three months’ tour of
England and the Continent. Mr.
Stern will take passage on the
Olympic and during his stay
abroad will combine business with
pleasure by visiting the great
business and fashion centres to
secure new ideas for the Blatt De
partment Store. A number, of
Atlantic City friends will go to
New York to bid him farewell be
fore sailing.
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Today’s Editorials Page 12
The Newspaper Silly Season
Swell the Marston Vote
Be Sure to Vote
Aid the Moore Cause
Smoking Them Out
State Senator Charles D. White," Independent Candidate for
Renomination on the Republican Ticket
Women Voters
Out lor White
Supporters of Present State Sen
ator Believe Heavy Registra
tion Presages Victory At
Primary Polls Next
* Tuesday
Women of Ventnor, Atlantic
City and the remainder of Atlan- I
tic County will insure the nomi
nation of State Senator C. D.
White to succeed hnnself, accord
ing to the statements issued by
managers of the White campaign.
More women are registered and
qualified to vote the Republican
ticket than ever before since the
sex was enfranchised and in the*
White political camp this is looked
upon as evidence that the women
are solidly back of the independ
ent attitude of the candidate.
“I believe that the women
voters will be the greatest element
in assuring my nomination,” de
clared Senator White. “No man
can go to the polls seeking office
as a real Independent and expect
to succeed without being able to
both interest the women voters
and having their endorsement.
“Throughout the County the
women voters have been out to
attend political meetings ever
since the campaign was opened.
They are showing an interest
which they have never shown be
fore in the exact issues of the
campaign and one of the real
pleasures of campaigning this
year is the manner in which the
women accept the facts of the
political situation and promise
their support.
“My entire campaign is based
an the belief that the people of
Atlantic County are both ready
and willing to support a candidate
who defies any collection of men to
iictate policies which are not for
the benefit of the people. All the
arguments and mud-slinging in
(Continued on page 22)
It Starts Today—
ON PAGE FIVE
The Big “Best Seller”
“The Story of Mankind”
By Hendrik Van Loon
Commission for
War Memorial
Council Grants American Legion
Post, Right To Name Repre
sentative On Building Board
Much time was devoted by
“members of -'-Council during' the
two-hour committee meeting on
Monday night to the question of
possible appointees as commis
sioners to haVe charge of the pro
posed war veterans memorial
building, the result being that the
privilege will be accorded the local
American Legion Post and the
Auxiliary Unit thereof each to
choose one member of the com
mission.
Under the statute the mayor of
the city automatically becomes a
member of the commission. Under
the agreement, reached by Coun
cil two members will be named by.
the municipal legislature, while
the, two ' named by the veteran
bodies will complete the member
ship of five.
Ordinance No. 19, providing for
the issuance of bonds the pro
ceeds of which are intended to de
fray the cost of the war memo
rial, will be advanced to second
reading next Monday evening.
The measure will probably come
up for final hearing on October 9,
when a public hearing will be
held.
It is understood that architects
will be invi'ted to draw plans based
on the rough draft determined
upon by a special committee,
composed of Mayor Brehman,
President of Council Gumphert
nd Councilman Brooks. The com
mittee conferred with members of
the Legion, and Auxiliary as to
their views touching the nature
of the structure most likely to
meet the desires of the ex-service
men.
Cromleigh’s Perfect Sanitary Barber
Shop. Oppo. Vemnor Theatre.—-Adv.
AUSTIN COAL—“Ask the man
who burns it.”—Phone 865—Adv.
Seasoned Cord Woo d—Any
Length. Phone 9. Borton Coal
Co.—Advertisement.
E. B. Yellow Taxicab Co. Phone
600—Quick, Safe Service-—Adv.
Trolley Bill
Out Monday
Meaiure Giving Ventnor Im
proved Car Service Comes Up
For Second Reading After
Legal Aspects Have Been
Passed On By Counsel—
Hearing Oct. 9th
Ordinance No. 18, drawn to
validate the agreement made be
tween the City of Ventnor and the
Atlantic City and Shore Railway
to assure improved car service to
all sections of Ventnor, will be
ready for presentation for second
reading next Monday evening.
Members of City Council expect to j
pass the measure at that time and !
it will then come up for public
hearing on third reading, on the
evening of October 9th.
So far as can be learned, the
only changes of importance in the
measure made since it was passed
on first reading are in the line of
strengthening the agreement so
that both the city and the trolley
company will be more firmly held
to the decisions which have been
agreed upon and which guarantee
to Ventnor riders an all-year
service which will meet require
ments for years to come.
“There has been no intimation
from members of Ventnor City
Council of any change in their de
sire to assure real car service to
Ventnor City so far as I have been
informed,” stated Judge C. L.
Cole, special counsel for the re
sort in the trolley matter. “The
ordinance was held after first
reading to assure that its legal
aspects could be studied and the
(Continued on page 2)
School Head
Advises Vote
_ ,,.. 1,5
President of Board of Education
Tells of Evils Which Follow
Neglect of Franchise in
Important Ballot
Contests
By ANNA L. WILLIAMS
President Ventnor City Borad of
Education
It is a law of nature that when
you do not exercise a faculty or a
member of your mind or body,
you lose it. It weakens* devital
izes, atrophies until there is prac
tically nothing of it left, and often
it can never be recovered. This
is nature’s logical punishment.
Memory, intellect, will, ambition,
e lergy, muscular power, growth—*
all desert you when you neglect to
exercise them. This result that
nature imposes on us shows us
the importance of exercising these
faculties and powers and warns
us of the serious mistake of not
using them.
Such a result arising from fail
ure to exercise our right to vote
would impress us with the seriou
ness of not voting. Suppose it
were the law that if a man failed
to vote two successive elections he
should lose his vote and be dis
franchised for five years or al
ways, then he, would wake up to
the importance of his vote and his
disgraced and helpless condition.
Then he would prize the political
manhood he had lost. He would
be humiliated and in contempt
among his neighbors. He would
be ranked during those years with
the imbecile not entitled to a vote
and With those convicted of cer- e
tain felonies, deprived of their S':
(Continued on page 21)
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TWO LETTERS
JOHNSTON
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311-340 Guarantee Trust Building ♦
Mr. Char.es Seheuer. At,*ntiC ^ N‘ J” Sept' 15' 1922‘
6210 Ventnor Avenue,
Ventnor City, N. J.
Dear Friend Seheuer—I notice an editorial in your Ventnor News of
September 13. 1922, under the caption “Moore should be named.” I want
at this time to thank yon for your references to me in thi3 editorial
Your opinion of me is very flattering, but there is one part of the editorial
•• Lw £'Ut*ly COI3ect- Yon state “Mr. Johnston is a man of
™ jan,s- Alt 1 h8ve ever been able to do in this life is to pay my debts
and try to provide a small income for my family in the event that I
might suddenly be removed from my business activities
A public office or a public trust has always been a very sacred thing
K"le-. ‘ hav? always worked diligently and exerted my best efforts to
bring any position that I might occupy up to a grade of efficiency in
Keeping with tne aomty 1 personally possess. I can refer you to my
D'^r'ct Court of Atlantic City and to six years as Sup” .
y*80' °f ®'"8 ln the New Jersey State Senate. I never delegate powers
that, by v,rtue of my office should receive jny personal
attention, always having in mind that any criticism that might arise must
bSsfnefs I maust,nget Sie "edit* Dersonally 8upervise «»d attend to my
, I feel confident that if i were appointed Postmaster of Atlantic City
or Yentnor that I could improve the service and I pledge you or any
other business citizen of Atlantic City or Ventnor that if I should be
?pP°i"Aed *?.d ®erve °.n« ye**' that if there was one well-founded complaint
!»tlil1 nKlA ek*Kni Th,ere a.re some thin*s in connection with this
8®ca }u ^ould ^e to discuss with you personally and after I
conference with you. you could use my information as
public matters if you felt so disposed. I have spent years of my life
£houMn(T h^di^nilynaJVeryJeW. minute5 knocking and I am confident that
month. nst*£e2 ** Po8tm*ster of Atlantic City, that inside of six
Ulo«!lS'tyOU ’rou't h* on« of my staunchest supporters. I shall be very
find itdconv^nt!h'8 apBolntment with y°u W time that you might
Again thanking yob for your high regard of my ability, I am.
Yours very truly,
: R. M. JOHNSTON.
Mr. R. M. Johnston,
Atlantic City.
Wernersville, Pa., Sept. 18, 1922.
i Bob—Your letter of the 16th was forwarded to me here and
I immediately gave telephonic instruction to publish the full text of the
letter on the front page of the Ventnor News.
„ . Y°“ need no encomium; your ability, probity and integrity are
established beyond peradventure. * ’
?h.°v'.o<!0,,btlithat yo° wou,d make an excellent Postmaster,
ihe Ventnor News has taken up the cudgel for Mr. Moore because
. received scores of letters from high-standing prominent citizens
asking us to urge his promotion.
of •n^htiLen.ln^y.i?,e” J8 independent newspaper without obligations
aIm in either individuals cr organizations.
.. ,-7e found upon investigation that Mr. Moore has given SI years of
n iuf h0"*st- conscientious work in the Atlantic City Postofflee. For
all this he has received but meager compensation. He is comp-tent,
understands the business backwards and has served the government for
more than two decades. He has no political backing, but in all that is
fair, just and droit, HE SHOULD BE PROMOTED. You have a splendid
busmees and honors in other directions are awaiting you—why not let
Moore have it? It would be a noble act on your part. Would you. dear
Bob, have your name smell sweet with the myrrh of remembrance and
chime melodiously in the ear of future days ? If you would, then give
this man Moore credit for the good work he has done and step aside and
iet mm have tne post that he has been striving for ail his life. I know
one word from you and he will be the next Postmaster. You are his only
opponent. We are all heroes in process and such an act on your part
would make you m really great man. Think it over. Bob. I feel sure it
will appeal to ynijf big geis«rou» nature.
Sincerely yours,
CHARLES SCHEUER.