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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., FEBRUARY 28, 1923
Two Cents per Copy Vol. 16. No. 40
- Linwood To Be
Greater Golf Club
Leading Men 'of Community
Elected and Appointed to
Undertake Work of Bring
ing National Fame to
Seashore Cqurse
' By H. C. Test
There are great golfing things
brewing over at the Linwood
Country Club. They have
drafted one Benjamin Bacha
rach, banker, real estate man,
Tall Cedar and otherwise big
booster of his community, for
president. For vice-president
they now have Louis E. Stern,
one of the big powers of the
:■ \ "M. E. Blatt Company, and a man
of splendid executive talent.
Harry Cassman will be secretary,
and Elias Rosenbaum will be
treasurer.
Also there frill be a coterie of
active men at head of important
> committees. Dr. I. R. Beir will
lead the Greens’ Committee;
Julian Hillman, he of the Lions
and of the Breakers, will hkad
the House Committee; Harry
. Cassman will be chairman of the
Finance Committee, and Henry
Williams, the present club pro
fessional, will be invited to con
tinue in his position.
This for the officers. Then
v there will be a complete financial
reorganization of the Linwood
Club — a reorganization which
might better be called an ad
* vance. The members of the
Linwood Club have decided to
show the world that they have
something like the best seashore
golf course in America and that
they have faith enough in their
course to expend teal money on
bringing it to a perfection which
will attract national if not inter
■ national attention;" It is gen
erally understood that something
like $250,000 will b® raised on a
bond issue for the purpose.
Now for Linwood course and
club. And right here it appears
to me to be the part of wisdom
to quote Vice-President Stem
, who, like others of the new offi
' cers, is willing to give of his time
and trained energy to make Lin
- wood a great golf club.
“We know that we already
hdve a great golf course in Lin
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Journalists to Dine.
The regular Monthly Dinner of
the Journalists’ Club of Atlantic
County is announced for the third
floor banquet room of the Ritz
Carlton for Saturday, at five
o’clock. During the meal, music
will be furnished by the full or
chestra of the Ritz-Carlton and
‘ the Entertainment Committee has
* ' arranged a literary feast for the
members of the club.
Delicatessen Sale
Ladies of the Ladies’ Aid So
* ciety of the Ventnor Community
Church will give another of their
tremendously successful delica
tessen sales for the benefit of the
building fund, tomorrow after
I* noon, March 1, from 10 to 6
o’clock, at the church, at Frank
fort and Ventnor Avenues. The
popularity of the mid-day lunch
served at the last sale was so
great that another delightful
luncheon will be served from 11
a. m. till 2 p. m.
Anthracite-COAL-Cannel. Austin
Coal Co. Tel., Marine 865—Adv.
PACJCARD TAXI SERVICE
; —Phone.—Marine 3113-3114—
ft Quick SerricQ-^AdT.
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Trolley Paving
- Before Officials
—
State Public Utilities Commission
Has Not Yet Passed on Terms
of Trolley Compact Sweigart
* Calls Attention
Echoes of the controversy be
tween Council and the trolley
company last fall were heard at
last Monday night’s meeting of
the municipal legislature when
Councilman Sweigart called at
tention to the failure of the rail
road company to fulfill its prom
ise to pave between the rails on
Atlantic Avenue from Weymouth
to Surrey Avenues, and also the
unsatisfactory condition of street
intersections.
When Questioned regarding
any action which might have been
taken by the State Public Utility
Commission on the compact
entered into between the city
j and the railroad company, City
I Solicitor Westcott hesitated to
i venture a guess when a decision
| might be expected from the state
J body.
It appears that counsel for the
j railroad company had teen in
communication with the city
solicitor asking for information
regarding the matter of approval
or disapproval of the agreement.
The matter was referred to
Mayor Marston for immediate
action.
John S. Leeds New
Public Works Supt.
Ventnor Expert Who Improved
Atlantic City Street* to
«Assume New Duties
This Month
John S. Leeds, resident of
Ventnor, for many years a mem
ber of the Atlantic City Board
of Assessors, and at present a
field inspector of valuations for
tiiat board, is to become super
intendent of Public Works of
Ventnor. Ui^der present plans,
he will assume office about March
15 and from that time on will
have entire charge of all outside
construction, assuming direction
of the street improvements, lay
ing of all city mains and repairs j
to Boardwalk and other city
..property. Legislation allowing
Superintendent Leeds to assume
his new duties will be passed at
the meeting of Ventnor City
Council on March 12.
Mr. Leeds is one of the ablest
men on Absecon Island in -the
line which he will assume for
Ventnor. Following long serv
ice in the Tax Board of Atlantic
City he assumed care of import
ant street improvements there
before assuming his present
position. His services are ex
1 pected by both officials and tax
! payers to prove highly .valuable
' to the resort.
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Famous Author Joins
Journalists* Club
Samuel Shipman, author of
many of the most popular plays
that have been on the stage dur
ing this generation including
“Friendly Enemies,” “East Is
West,” “Lawful Larceny,” and
who has just added another to
his list, “The Crooked Square,”
which is playing at the Apollo,
has been elected a non-resident
member of the Journalists’ Club
and will be a guest of honor at
tjie dinner to be held at the Ritz
Carlton on Saturday evening.
Seasoned Cord Wood — Any
Length. Phone—Marine 9. Par
sells Coal Co.—Adv.
Street Bills
Arouse Interest
May be Argument Over Official
Program •( Highway Improve
ment at Final Hearings
Street improvement has be
come a burning issue in Ventnor
as the result of the passage on
Monday night of Ordinances No.
2 and No. 3 on second reading by
Common Council in regular ses
sion. The first measure provides
for the improvement of certain
streets by the use of broken
stone, while the other ordinance
stipulates concrete as the ma
terial to be used in the paving
of a large number of streets.
Opinion is divided as to the
wisdom of making what is desig
nated as a makeshift by oppo
nents of the plan to permanently
improve any of the avenues with
the “trap-rock-rolled-in” method
as compared with the more dur
able concrete paving.
Several members of Council
are partial to the plan advocated
by many taxpayers who urge per
manent paving for all streets.
Those who favor the crushed
stone plan admit the question of
cost is the determining factor.
Final action on the blanket
paving bills will be taken at the
regular meeting of Council to be
held on March 12.
Only four members answered
the roll call last Monday night,
the absentees having been Messrs.
Corkran, Bach and Jenkins.
Resolutions of respect for the
services’ rendered the city by the
late Dr. J. Coles Brick and ex
tending sympathy to his widow
were presented by Mr. Sweigart.
The resolutions will be spread on
the minutes of Council, of which
body Dr. Brick had been a
member.
The mayor and city clerk were
directed to execute an agreement
drawn by City Solicitor Westefott
as between the city and the At
lantic City Gas Company defining
stipulations touching the opening
of Ventnor.Avenue from one end
of the city to the other for the
laying of a new gas main. Coun
cil directed that the utility com
pany indemnify the city against
possible dahiage and to insure
against failure pf the company to
place the street in good repair
after the work has been com
pleted by filing a bond for
$10,000.
Under a resolution offered by
Mr. Steelman a temporary loan
of $10,000 pending the payment
of taxes was authorized.
Three Vehiclesin
Street Accident
Three vehicles were slightly
damaged as the result of a rear
end collision at Weymouth and
Atlantic Avenues late Monday
afternoon. A truck, owned by
the Hudson Cement & Supply
Co., and driven by Sonnie Gray,
crashed into a wagon being
driven by James Bispham, of 204
N. Connecticut Avenue. The
impact caused the wagon to be
hurled against an automobile
owned by Walter Jenkins, mem
ber of the Board of Education.
The lat&er’s machine was parked
in front of the real estate office
of his son, Byron Jenkins. Police
Sergeant Magee investigated the
accident and found that no seri
ous damage had been done. The
driver of the truck misjudged
distance in attempting to pass the
horse-drawn vehicle.
BOARDWALK BOOK SHOP
503 Boardwalk—Marine 3545-R
Everything in Book*. — Adv.
Street Signs j
For Ventnor
—
Campaign of Ventnor New* and
Active Aid of Progressive Ad
ministration Result in Assur
ance of Decorative Mark
| ers for Early Season
—
As direct result of the active
campaign waged by the Ventnor
News, Ventnor City will have
ornamental street signs designat
ing the avenues of the resort
within the next few weeks, ac
cording to Mayor Almerin Mars
ton and other progressive offi
cials who have joined with this
paper in the crusade for street
marking. Before the opening of
the regular renting season and
arrival of visitors and summer
residents the signs will be in place
in the opinion of Councilman
Isaac Sweigart in a statement
made to a representative of the
Ventnor News yesterday.
Bids will be received by Com
mon Council on March 26th for
the furnishing of the metal signs
for street designation for all
avenues in Ventnor City.'
The specifications provide that
th^, signs shall have the lettering
carved in 12-inch galvanized
Arrtio ingot iron, the letters to
be 2 % inches in size. Posts
made of galvanized gas pipe
properly made to permit of at
taching the signs and Surmounted
by a ball cap are also included in
the specifications.
Installation of the signs will
be accomplished under the direc
tion of City Engineer Rightmire
in accordance with a well-defined
policy to have every avenue in
Ventnor marked for Identifica
tion.
Man Died From
Disease of Heart
Ventnor Resident First Believed
Motor Victim — Driver of
Truck Fully Exonerated *
T. H. Marshall, a paper hang
ing contractor aged 55, of 6407
Winchester Avenue, was found
dead in the gutter at Portland and
; Atlantic'Avenues. At first it-was
I believed that he had been hit and
fatally injured by an automobile,
I but on Saturday last, County
i Physician Lewis B. Souder de-'
dared that the man had died of
| heart disease.
Marshall’s body was found by
Catherine Stewart, ten-jfear-old
daughter of the Ventnor City Fire
Chief. Police first believed that
Marshall had be4n hit by an au
tomobile truck, and investigation
led them to question Lewis
O’Donnell, of North Boston Ave
nue, who denied all knowledge of-;
the accident, and who is now en
tirely exonerated.
Dr, Souder was informed by
eye witnesses that Marshall, a
paperhanger, was walking with
two bundles of paper under his
arm when he suddenly staggered
and as he was sitting on the curb
plunged forward, striking his
head.
Charles Percival add Leslie
Williams, two boys, were reported
as having said they saw an auto
mobile strike Marshall. When
questioned by Dr. Souder they
said they only “thought so.”
Marshall has been a chronic
sufferer from heart trouble and
had been under treatment by a
physician for two years past. He
is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Franklin Haeppel, of the same ad
dress.
B. Yellow Taxicab Co. Marine
600—Quick, Safe Service.—Adv.
Moore Remains
Ass’t Postmaster
Cannot bo Demoted Under Civil
'Service Laws and Will Take j
Former Place Under Post
master Alfred J. Perkins
With induction into office as
postmaster of Atlantic City and
Ventnor of Alfred J. Perkins,!
Acting Postmaster Frank J.
Moore will resume his former
duties as assistant postmaster,
which he has held with honors
for many years. Mr. Moore’s
resumption is for the time being
and he will announce his decision
as to whether he will continue
permanently as assistant post
master through the Ventnor
News within a short time.
in an exclusive interview,
given to a representative of the
Ventnor News, Mr. Moore set at
rest the rumors started by er
roneous statements in an Atlantic
City paper that under Civil Serv
ice Rules he could be demoted to
a position inferior to that of
assistant"postmaster. Such de
motion can legally take place
only after charges have been
made and proven, and as such
charges are impossible in view of
Mr. Moore’s long and faithful
service, he will remain as assist
ant as long as he may elect.
“The statement made in an
Atlantic City daily paper that my
place as assistant postmaster can
be given to another without re
course to regular procedure is
untrue,” declared Mr. Moore.
“The Civil Service Law is specific
in its insistence that there shall
be no demotion without cause,
and for the present at least, I
shall resume my old position.”
Mr. Moore refused to give any
details as to possible plans which
he may have for the future after
the important postal district rep
resented by the Atlantic City
office shall be running entirely
smoothly under the new incum
bent, Postmaster Alfred Perkins,
who takes office in the near
future.
Mayor Marston Under
Care of Physician
• Mayor Marston has been quite
ill for the past week, having been
stricken with a heart attack. He
has been under the care of Doctor
Barbash. His condition for sev
eral days was quite serious but
an improvement was noted yes
terday and hopes are now enter
tained that the patient will be
able to be about again in a few
days.
Victor Artists Entertain
Shrine Club Members
Vernon Room of the Haddon
Hall was well-filled with Shriners
and their wives who braved their
ways through a fine rain on Mon
day evening, to attend the musical
and dance given there by the
Shrine Club. Musical artists of
the Victor record calibre rend
ered an excellent program. Sev-1
eral vocal selections by Mr. Harry j
C. Sands, tenor, were well-ap
plauded numbers. Francis J.
Lapintino, harpist; ' Pasquale
Bianculli, violin; Alfred Len
nartz, ’cello, and Richard Forster,
piano, completed the program.
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—Marine 2180 and
*181.—Adv.
Auto Dealers Form
Finance Company
Mercantile Appraiser Isadore
Schmeidler and Other Promi
nent Men Head New Motor
Financing Concern
Isadore Schmeidler was named
as president of the new Atlantic
Motor Finance Company, formed
Saturday in the law office of
Thompson and Hanstein. The
other officers are: Vice-presij
dent, Walter Bateman; treasurer,
William S. Cochran, and secre
i tary, Thomas J. Christensen.
The board of directors consist of
Harry Weinman, Walter Han
stein, Chandler Stewart, J. S.
Morvay, Harry Leiby, Samuel L $
Zelley, John Estell Evans, Robert
W. Mixner, Walter Bateman,
Sydney Rosenbaum, A. C. Polfen
berger, Jos. L. Soloff, Louis Lipp
man, ^Thomas J. Christensen, A
J. Frank Cope, Harry P. John
son, E. M. Antrim, Albert Beyer,
W. S. Coehran, Anthony M.
Ruffu, Sr., Alvin Hall, Frank
Gravatt and Isadore Schmeidler.
The new concern is capitalized
at $50,000 and its purpose is the
capitalizing of deferred time
sales on motor cars and the gen« •
eral systematizing of such busi
ness to relieve local dealers of
the details of this important part
of their business. Formation pf'
the new organization will insure
that financial operations in re
gard to motor car deals made in
this section will be completed
here, thus keeping the money in
local circulation. Vice-President
! Walter Bateman quoted figures
to show that over $500,000 is
involved each year in business
which the new concern will
handle.
Not in Interest Competition t
The Atlantic City National
Bank, conservative banking in
stitution of Atlantic City, will not
join in the threatened boosting of '
interest rates for securing of
time deposits according to an ex
clusive statement made to a rep-';;
resentative of the Ventnor News
by John C. Slape, active vice
president of that institution.
“It is not the intention of the
Atlantic City National Bank to
go beyond the four per cent, in
terest rate which was originated
in Atlantic City by our bank,”
stated Mr. Slape to the Ventnor
News . representative. “We do
not consider a higher rate of in
terest in time deposits either wise
or advisable and this bank will
enter no higher interest com
petition.” V
Freeholder Risley Better
Freeholder John W. Risley, of
Margate, who is convalescent
after a long siege of illness which
has kept him confined to his home
at Sumner Avenue and Ventnor *
Parkway for the past six weeks,
expects to leave on Friday for
Florida where he hopes to re
cuperate his strength during the *
next two months. He will be ac
companied by Mrs. Risley.
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