VENTNOR NEWS i
Established 1907
(Som£ss Point Record)
Official Newspaper of Ventnor City
Published Every Wednesday by
Amusement Publishing Co.
- Atlantic City Office:
606-508-510-512 N. Tennesaee Ave.
/ (Atlantic City, N. J.)
Telephone 1890-91
. Ventnor—5210 Ventnor Ave.
(Ventnor City. N. J.)
Telephone 8090
Subscription Price -$1.00 Per Year
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Single Copies _Two Cents
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Editorial Staff
Charles Scheuer
Arthur G. Walker
H. C. Test
Carl M. Voelker
Ruth Osborne Ewan
Jane Miller
Lionel Scheuer
Business Manager
On sale at stands of the Union News
Company in the Eastern District.
“Entered ae second-class matter July
£7. 1907, at the Post Office at Atlantic
City. New Jersey, under the Act of Con
gress of March 2, 1879.”
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This publication is free and inde
pendent. It is not controlled by trust, j
creed, advertiser, political party, mil- j
llenalre or anybody or anything except ,
Its own conscience.
The Vrntnor News has the largest
circulation of any weekly newspaper pub
lished in New Jersey.
Owing to its large circulation, the
VENTNOR NEWS goes to press in
three sections. The first section on
Monday morning; the second, Monday
night, and the third. Tuesday noon,
which will explain why it is occasionally
impossible to print late news which
breaks subsequent to Tuesday noon.
F. COLLIS WILDMAN.
Circulation Manager.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 1922;
PENNY WISE AND
POUND FOOLISHj
.This is no time for the prop
erty owners who are the tax
payers of Ventnor to be penny
wise and pound foolish. The ap
proach of the new year, with its
change of city administration,
should be made an opportu
nity to look over the economic
condition of this fine resort and
to institute fiscal reforms which
will give these new officials at
least decent opportunity to
show their ability to bring
more and greater glory to
Ventnor as a city and as a
resort.
The property owners of Vent
nor might as well reconcile
themselves to an increase in
taxes to at least cover a frac
tion of the tremendous increase
in value of Ventnor homes and
investment projects which has
come with Ventnor progress.
It is without the bounds of
reason to expect that there can
be a constant and increasing
valuation in the real estate
market and in return on real
estate investment without some
commensurate levy for pay
ment of the bills for the im
provements which have made
such increase possible.
The incoming Mayor of
Ventnor faces an Herculean
task in the mere matter of deci
sion as to the improvements
which are absolutely necessary
that Ventnor may climb to still
higher plane of admiration on
the part of those who believe
that it is the greatest family
resorton the Atlantic seaboard:1
In the name of all that is logical,
let Ventnor citizens give the
encouragement toward such
improvement which can be ex
pressed through support to
financial measures demanded
to make such improvements.
We of the Ventnor News feel
the odium of a share in the
disgrafe of admitting that Vent
nor City at this very time has!
not enough money in the city!
treasury to give Ventnor suchj
absolutely necessary improve-j
ments as street signs, street]
paving, Boardwalk repair and
other essentials of ordinary
growth. Matters of progressive
upbuilding brought before city
officials have been shamefully
neglected, not because of any
lack of spirit on the part of
those who guide the destinies
of Ventnor, but because the
very meagreness of the budget
absolutely precludes any action
involving expenditure.
There is such a thing as
cutting off the metaphorical
municipal nose to spite the
equally metaphorical municipal
face. Let the taxpayers of j
Ventnor show by their support j
of budget measures proposed!
by Mayor Marston and the
men who are to be his official
supporters in carrying forward
Ventnor improvement that
they appreciate a clean bus
iness administration which does
not shirk the responsibility j
involved in public expenditure
when such expenditure is for
nothing but the public good.
THOSE MAIL
BOXES AGAIN
Federal Post Office author
ities are giving notice to effect
that the patience of the Depart
ment is reaching an end in the j
matter of installation of mail;
boxes or slots for reception of !
letters and papers in the house
holds of both Ventnor and
Atlantic City. Direct and
rather drastic orders have come
to Acting Postmaster Moore to
effect that unless mail box
orders are complied with within
a few. weeks deliveries will be
cut off for those who have
neglected to comply with the
Department demand and that
they will be compelled to go
to the Post Office for their mail.
It is with idea of impressing
importance of mail box installa
tion on those of its thousands
of readers who have neglected
to heed the expressed desire of
Post Office officials in the
matter of mail boxes that the
Ventnor News again calls atten
tion to the necessity of com-|
pliance with the order. In-!
vestigation made by the pub-!
lisher of" the Ventnor News
elicits the information that the1
mail box order is issued not;
directly in the interest of the
carrier, but in the interest of
the entire service and especially
of those who receive mail.
“The letter carrier has noth
ing particular to gain through
the placing of receptacles for
mail,” stated Acting Post-1
master Moore. “He is paid!
for an eight hour day *nd not)
for the ampunt of mail he
delivers. ;
“The real saving comes to
the Department which seeks
to so allot the time of its
carriers that it can give the
maximum in service-and num
ber of deliveries. Every hour
saved by carriers gives opportu
nity to use that hour for better
ment of mail and delivery
service. , * _ .
“We have succeeded in so
arratnging our deliveries that
we can deliver not only the
accumulated overnight but the
first morning mail arrival. But
this work can serve no purpose
if the carrier on early deliveries
finds the people in bed and is
forced to return the letters for
delivery on a later round. By
simple installation of a mail
box or a mail slot in front door
these early deliveries can be
made and give us what we are
after—delivery of mail in time
for the breakfast table of every
body on Absecon Island.”
That is what Mr. Moore
says. He wishes to impress the
fact that the mail box dictum
applies not only to Ventnor but
to every section of Atlantic
City. And he lays stress on
the fact that it is no fad of the
local office but a carefully
considered order on the part of
the Federal authorities in
charge of the Postal Depart
ment who will see that it
eventually is enforced.
DEATH IN DARKNESS
Crushed and bleeding forms
of women or children dragged
from the smashed wreckage of
a motor car may be needed
properly and finally to bring
to attention of officials the
necessity of drastic action
against careless contractors
who fail to mark with danger
signal the debris or materials
piled upon Ventnor highways
during building operations.
Then, mayhap, the actually
criminal responsibilities will be
placed and a campaign started
to forestall rather than to
mourn.
All over Ventnor are heaps
and piles of brick and stone and
lumber either without lights or
so insufficiently marked with
red lanterns ?as to be a horrible
and constant menace to auto
mobile drivers. A crash into
such an obstacle must almost
of necessity be fatal to one or
more. A half dozen rounds
made by a city patrolman and
the subsequent arrest and
punishment of those responsible
for this condition would do the
work of reform. How about
some action?
THANKSGIVIN’ TIME
"Every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of his labor.’
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When fields are full of fodder-shocks
An’ all the shocks are full of corn,
An’ when the frosted pum’kin mocks
The golden glories of the morn,
An’ every night thtfiarmer locks
His turkeys tighter in the barn,
An’ when they all go up to roost
As high as ever they can climb,
Then we are apt to think it must
Be purty nigh Thanksgivin’ time.
But when the corn has done been shucked
, An’ pum’kins made up into pies,
The farmer’s turkeys likewise plucked,
An’ both are dressed, but not likewise,
An' when the gobbler’s done been cooked,
„ Whence many pleasant odors rise,
An’ nothin’ has been overlooked
That.’xhilarates an’ satisfies—
Why, then, I guess no one misdoubts
Thanksgivin’s here or hereabouts.
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An' when they bring the turkey in
* All steam’ hot an’ brown an’ rich
With ev’ry kind of seasonin'—
Burnt brandy, pepper, sage and sich
An’ things ’at only wimmen would •
Know how to fix to make ’em good.
It’s plumb astonishin’ to see
How good we all feel inwardly,
As if we’s made just thataway
A-purpose for Thanksgivin’ day.
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Sence I wuz born bald-headed I
Have scarcely seen such pum’kin pie,
Nor mince nor apple nor sweet cake, 1
Nor nothin’ as our folks kin make; HfV.
An’ when I’ve thought of what I’ve et
I’m glad I’ve let but little spile,
For I have thought, an’ I think yet, ^
When I’ve been dead a good long white..
My‘jaws’ll rattle with regret, j
An' when Thanksgivin’ comes I'll smite, i
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Wisdom and Humor
By Chakles Schxub
A BOOBY
“Why, the fellow kept asking
me, his host, if my witticisms were
original. What does that show?”
“It shows he is a man who has
read very little.”
THE RETORT COURTEOUS
Mr. Snarler (stumbling over
rocker)—Confound that chair. I
wish it was with the devil.
Mrs. Snarler—Don’t wish that,
dear, you might encounter it
again.
' A LOVING HEART
Wiggins—Dear old boy, if you
and your- wife are perpetually
quarreling, why don’t you sepa
rate? .
Henpeck—What—and leave her
without the pleasure of somebody
to scold?
Smith—"I can give you a good
prescription for your cold ”
Koffman—*'What is it?”
Smith—“A little whiskey.”
Lushton—‘‘I can give you a better
one.” ‘ \
Koffman—“What is it?”
Lushton—“A great deal of
whiskey.” 1
MYSTERY EXPLAINED
“What is the reason that there
are so many working-men’s associa
tions nowadays?” asked Pete Amster
dam of Gus de Smith.
“I suppose the reason is because the
workingmen have gotten out of the
notion of doing work nowadays.”
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"Tell me all,” he urged.
“Not now," she answered, shyly.
“You can begin," he suggested,
“and,claim the floor again tomorrow.”
He cited the United States Senate
by way of precedent.
The Colossus of Roads—Coxey.
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WINCHESTER SCHOOL FOR BOYS
LONGPORT, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Country Boarding and Day School.
Thorough preparation for all the larger Schools and
Colleges. v"
All our teachers are gentlemen and specialists in their
respective branches.
Twelfth annual term now in session.
For information and circular address the headmaster.
DOUGLAS HOWE ADAMS . *
Haverford A. B. Harvard A. B. >
Bell Phones 7168—7290-J
PRESCRIPTIONS
When you need a doctor, you want the best
When he orders medicine, he wants the best,
When we supply your medicine, you get
the best -
We call for and deliver prescriptions promptly
Phone 196
HARRISBURG DRUG SHOP
Southwest Corner Harrisburg and Ventnor Aves.
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Don’t Overlook
Victory Bonds
Redemption Date ' • |
December 15, 1922, has been set by the
United States Government as the day when
Victoiy Bonds (serial letters “A” to “F,”
inclusive) will be redeemed in full with
accrued interest—after that date interest
ceases.
We will be glad, to collect these bonds
for you—and cordially invite you to deposit
the proceeds to the credit of your accouht
with us.
The Ventnor City
National Bank
f Atlantic Ave. at Surrey Place
VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
l National Bank with a Savings Department