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Copyright, 1923—All Rights Reserved
Amusement Publishing Co., of Atlantic City
VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., APRIL 11, 1923
Two Cents per Copy
Vol. 16 No. 46
Inlet Attractions
Island Feature
|||Great Sailing Fleet and Real
Headquarters for Sea Food
Dinners Within Easy Reach
From Ventnor
By H. C. Test
Here’s a hint. Why not give
some of the newcomers flocking
to Ventnor for season or perman
ent residence a~tip on some of the
special attractions of Absecon
Island which'may be somewhat
familiar to us but which offer to
them both novelty and entertain
ment? <
We musn’t neglect Ventnor.
Boost our fine bathing beaches,
our great boardwalk, Municipal
Pier and Fishing Piet and the
pleasures of boating, bathing and
fishing in the thoroughfares and
bays so close to every point of this
-great family resort.
But let us not he selfish. Sup
pose we give those unfamiliar
r with the extent of pleasure and
entertainment within easy reach
•by trolley or motor car some in
formation.
y?‘. Take thfe Atlantic City Inlet for
instance. There is a section to
, be visited if the full round of
seashore pleasure is to be enjoyed.
In that section is located famous
Absecon Light, known to mariners
who travel the Seven Seas; the
stations of the Federal Life
Guards whose heroic acts have
been chronicled by some of the
greatest writers of the times.
And there is one feature of the
Inlet which probably is more
widely celebrated than any other
of Absecon Island. That is the
great fleet of sailing yachts owned
and navigated by members of the
Atlantic City Yachtsmen’s Asso
» ciation.
Right this minute, the individual
craft of the Inlet Fleet are being
given their final touches of
refitting ready to carry their
thousands of those to whom sail
ing is a real sport. Fine vessels,
absolutely seaworthy in type, are
trips far out to sea or up into the
bays which have proved so attrac
tive for-years.
I was talking to Captain George
Gale, Harbor Master of the port,
on the subject the other day. And
Captain George said: - '
* “We members of the Atlantic
City Yachtsmen’s Association
pride ourselves on the fact that
the Inlet holds tremendous attrac
. tion to both residents and visitors
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".’|f Prominent Couple Wed
On Thursday, April 5th, Lee H.
Weiler and Mts. Elizabeth Mur
phy, both of Atlantic. City, were
' married.
On Saturday last the happy
couple sailed for Europe on board
of the White Star Steamship
Olympic. They expect to tour
the continent visiting France,
Belgium, Germany and Italy, re
turning to the United States the
., early part of June.
Mr. Weiler is well-known in
this community, is president of
V . the Victory Catering Company,
’ which corporation conducts a
large restaurant corner of Vir
' ginia Avenue and Boardwalk.
Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy has
v - been head cashier of this insti
'> tution for the last five years.
-1
./ft Deliveries at any time desired
■ daily and this insures Ventnor
householders the best service for
' all kinds of sea foods, if orders
i | are given to the CHELSEA FISH
MARKET, 2707 Atlantic Avenue.
Phones. Bell—Marine 21.80 and
2181.—Adv. ....
Siir-tfe..i* .
Montgomery New
St Leonards Head
Mayor Almerin Marston Decline*
Re-Election Because of Duties
Incident to Public Office
That he might have more time
to devote to hi?* duties as Mayor
of Ventnor City, to which he was
elected by an unprecedented
majority, Mayor Almerin Marston
declined re-election as President
of the St. Leonards Association
at their last meeting. After ex
pressing regret at their inability
to persuade the Mayor to continue
in office, William J. Montgomery,
.active in the Board of Trade and
President of the Eighth National
Bgnk of Philadelphia, was named
for the place With Mayor Marston
and former Mayor Amor W.
Brehman as Vice-Presidents. The
following were named for the re
maining offices: ,
Secretary and Treasurer,
Harold W. Faunce; Solicitor,
Allen B. Endicott, Jr.; Directors,
Amor W. Brehman, Homer I.
Silvers, Wilbur Zimmerman, J.
Vaughan Mathis, Allen B. Endi
cott, Jr., Simon Miller, Herbert A.
Faunce, Thomas Youngman,
Almerin Marston, Wm. Martin,
G. Arthur Bolte, George A.'Gum
phert, W. J. Carrington George
B. Wilson, Frank J. Myers, James
M. Daly, Charles C. Beyer,
Joseph Thompson, Agnew T. Dice,
William J. Montgomery, Harold
W. Faunce, William J. Beury,
George ’A. Bourgeois, Theodore
W. Schimpf and John Westcott.
The St. Leonards Association,
formed for protection of the own
ers of property "in the' district
known by that name, was form
ally incorporated November 18th,
1921. Since that time this or
ganization of leading citizens has
shown by its works that it desires
not only to work for the individual
but for the benefit of the entire
community. Even a brief sum
mary of its activities should
i(Continued on Page 4)
Bids for Casino Addition
Will Be Advertised For
—
City Clerk Reppetto will adver
tise within the next week for bids
to be made upon a construction
to connect the Ventnor Casino
with the Ventnor pier. The idea
of such, connection is to form
with the Boardwalk a rectangle
that will be in the summer a cen
tre of social activity. During the
warmer months, when dances are
held nightly in the Casino, this
section of the Boardwalk be
comes noticeably congested. Un
doubtedly the new arrangement
will eliminate such crowded con
ditions.
Bids pertaining to a three-ton
truck will be read at the next
meeting of Council. The make
of the car is unspecified.
Lions' Luncheon
At Breakers Today
Live entertainment, snappy
speakers and a general hour of
good fellowship are promised
members of the Lions Club of At
lantic City for their weekly lunch
eon to be held at the Hotel Break
ers today. Several new and novel
stunts in the entertainment line
will be put over and there will be
reports from officers of the club
anent preparations going forward
for a big program when the Lions
International meets here in June.
Secretary Tom Christensen will
present the Attendance Prize.
-Fill Your Bins Early
Parsells Coal Co. Phone—
Marine 9.—Adv. ' vl
JOURNALISTS’ CLUB
HIGH LIGHTS OF SECOND DINNER MEETING
Place—Green Room, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Date—April 7, 1923
Distinguished Guests—Judge John J. Whife, of the New Jersey Court
of Errors and Appeal; Samuel P. Leeds, President of the Chamber of
Commerce; Prof. Henry P. Miller, Principal of the Atlantic City High
School and noted authority on modern education; Rev. Mama S. Poul
son, Chairman of the Civic Affairs Committee of the Ministerial Union
and Pastor of the Ventnor Congregational Church, and Herbert Adams
Gibbons, the noted war correspondent and famous lecturer and historian.
Judge White startled scribblers by calling Brigantine Island “Bach
arach Beach" and advocated moral cleanliness and low taxes. Full text
of speech on this page.
The VENTNOR NEWS is the only newspaper in Atlantic County
publishing the remarkable speech of Judge John J. White without omis
sion of any kind. The Judge spoke without reference to notes and his
speech was recorded by an expert staff stenographer of the VENTNOR
NEWS.
Sam’I P. Leeds read an essay upon the good work of the Chamber
of Commerce, which met with such favor that the Club, upon motion of
Charles Scheuer, joined the Chamber as a body. Mr. Leeds* address is
printed in full in this issue on Page 15.
' Prof. Henry P. Miller, in a masterly address, gave his views as a
pedagogue of the requirements of students and spoke in words of great
praise of the two scholarships offered by the Journalists* Club.
Rev. Dr. Poulson claimed to be qualified to become a member of
the Journalists* Club, which admits only professional writers receiving
compensation for their efforts, on the ground that he is paid to
“right wrong.** ___- _
Charles Scheuer read an essay entitled, “All Literature Is
Advertising.**
Herbert Adams Gibbons sppke for thirty minutes upon his four
years* experience as war correspondent during the World War and related
many amusing anecdotes and finally concluded his interesting address
with much good advice to young writers, dwelling with special emphasis
upon his unqualified endorsement and approval of the high aims and
altruistic efforts of the Journalists* Club of Atlantic County.
The prize winners of the Story and Essay Contests were Elene D.
Loeb and Ada Taylor, with an honorable mention for Millie Maine Scheuer.
The prizes offered for next month are $25 for an editorial on a
given subject and $10- for a poem, the subject matter of which is to be
the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
The success of the recent Social Evening at the Club Rooms, 1410
Atlantic Avenue, pronlpted the Entertainment Committee to establish
the third Saturday of each month as a permanent date for similar events.
President Carl y M. Voelker acted as toastmaster. Vice-President
Will Cassefaoom, Jr., defined the requirements for the coming Editorial
and JPoetry Contests. Second Vice-President Seth Maxwell spoke in
j- glowing terms of the rapid strides the Journalists* Club was making in
the way of educational advancement and intellectual entertainment.
Complete story of meeting on Page 13.
Council Awards*
Sign Contract
Designations for Streets Will Be
Attractive and Convenient—
To Be At All Intersections
Common Council awarded on
Monday night the contract for
equipping all intersections of
Vent.nor highways with street
captions, as was suggested last
year by the Ventnor News, to
the Brilliant Sign Company of
Philadelphia. In the contract it
is stipulated that this work must
be completed within sixty days
from Monday, April the 9th.
Owing to the long and poly- J
syllabic names of many streets,
such as Wissahickon, Fredericks
burg, etc., it was decided by the
councilmanic body to omit such
designations as Avenue, Street
and Place, since to use them
would result only in large and
unbecoming signs.
The.dames of the avenues are
to be placed upon the Boardwalk
as well as the other highways.
The signs, whicl* have been
planned by City Engineer Right
mire, will be distinctly orna
mental and located at the inter
section of each street. The
names will rest at the top of a
specially located sign post and it
is claimed will be easily read as
well as conveniently found.
Sewerage Award Made
Sutton and Corson Company,
of Ocean City, received the con
tract from Council last Monday
night for installing sewerage
pipes in Winchester Avenue be
tween Jackson and Austin. In
the bid accepted the price was
figured on per lineal foot of
material used.
PACKARD TAXI SERVICE
—Phone*—Marine 3113-3114—
Reliable & Quick Service—Adv.
BOARDWALK BOOK SHOP
711 Boardwalk—Marine 2126-M
Everything in Book*. — Adv.
Fire and Police
; Assured of Raise
Ordinance Passed on First Read
ins Gives New Minimum
and Maximum
Following the statement of
Mayor Marston that he would do
all he could -Within the limits of
fair tax rates to increase the
salaries of officials and public em
ployees of Ventnor, Council last
Monday night in their regular
session passed on first reading an
ordinance giving an increase to
various offices. _
Under the new salary scale the
members of the Fire and Police
Departments will each receive as
a minimum wage $1440 per an
num, with a yearly increase of $50
until the maximum, $1640 is
reached. The heads of these two
departments will each receive
$1950. The Police Sergeant and
the Fire Lieutenant will be raised
to $1700. The City Solicitor, the
Tax Collector, the City Engineer,
the Comptroller, the Treasurer
and the Clerk are each to have
an addition of $250 to their yearly
salary.
Bell and Leeds
For California
A. T. Bell, of the Haddon Hall
Chalfonte and First Vice-Presi
dent of the Lions’ Club of Atlan
tic City; Samuel P. Leeds, of the
same Company and President of
the Atlantic City Chamber of
Commerce, and Harry Hallman,
also of Chalfonte-Haddon Hall,
will leave for a month's tour of'
California and the west on April
26th. The party will visit promi
nent resort centres during their
journey and will be in San Fran
cisco in time to attend the conven
tion of the National Hotelmen’s
Association in May.
E. B. Yellow Taxicab Co. Marine
600—Quick, Safe Service.—Adv.
Garage Space Is
Real Problem
Mayor Almerin Marston Advo
cates Study of Settled Policy
Before New Laws Are Passed
“The matter of securing and
assuring garage space actually
demanded by the residents and
visitors of Ventnor -without vio
lating restrictions or impinging
on property holders’ or neighbor
hood rights is a real problem,”
declared Mayor Almerin Marston
in an exclusive interview granted
to a representative of the Vent
nor News. “And it is a problem
which warrants deep study on the
part of every official interested
in Ventnor growth and welfare.
“It is not a simple problem by
any means,” continued Mayor
Marston. “Before any change is
made in present ordinances gov
erning just such matters there
must be consideration given to
every side.
I he matter cannot be finally
solved by legal and other quar
rels over individual instances.
Rather there must be evolved a
settled policy, coming as near as j
possible to perfection as is I
granted us to acquire. Even!
early and somewhat informal dis- j
cussion has shown us that we
must recognize that the tremen
dous strides in building and
population from one end of
Ventnor to the other mean added
storage space for the now almost
universal motor car. On the
other hand, we must not lower
our property values or our at
traction to visitors by allowing
garages to exist where they* can
do harm. The question will be
settled. If there is patience on !
the part of those taxpayers most
interested they will find that
some means will be discovered to
meet the problem. And one of 1
the big strides toward success in !
solving the question is the reali- j
zation on the part _of every offi
cial and citizen that it is a real
problem worthy of highest
thought for its solution. It can
be assured that before any new
and more liberal garage .laws are
passed that every possible step
will be taken for full protection
against abuse of such privileges.
Visitors especially demand plenty
of garage space for {heir cars.
And some means must be found
to satisfy their demands because
they are our greatest asset. But
the officials and leading citizens
to whom I have talked agree that
the necessity for motor car stor
age place must also be met with
out marring any of the glories of
our great family resort.”
Ventnor Trade Board’s
Annual Ladies’ Event
One of the most important
social events in the year will be
the Ventnor City-Board of Trade
Ladies Night which will be held
about the 25th of May. The hotel
where it is to be given was de
cided by the executive committee
last evening after the Ventnor
News had gone to press.
Last year the function, which
was staged at the Chelsea, was an
elaborate and interesting affair,
establishing a precedent difficult
to equal, but this year , the mem
bers in charge promise that it
will be even better than previous
years. The program will include
dancing, buffet-luncheon and
divers entertainment by profes
sional talent.
Anthracite-COAL-Cannel. Austin
Coal Co. Tel., Marine 865—Adv.
i
Judge John J. White
Startles Journalists
Calls Brigantine “Bacharach
Beach"; Encourages News Ex- .
posure of Crooks and De
nounces Raise in .Sewer
Rates
Dubbing Brigantine “Bacha
rach Beach,” and denouncing any
plan for “lending our public ; -
credit for private money-making
enterprise”; expressing full faith
in “pitiless publicity” as means
of driving out undesirables; in
sisting that “The precious Public
Utilities Commission came down
here and without getting a single
thing in exchange simply took *
away from us and gave to the
Sewerage Company a cool mil
lion of our money by authoriz
ing a sixty per cent increase in
sewer rates,” Judge John J.
White, member of the New Jer
sey Court of Errors and Appeals,
head of the great Marlborough
Blenheim Company and one of
the most eminent men in' public
life in the State of New Jersey,
filled with thrills of hard com
mon-sense his address before the
Journalists Club of Atlantic
County at their monthly dinner
at the Ritz-Carlton on Saturday
last. Judge White took as his
subject the proper means to se
cure “Ethical Advertisement of
Atlantic City,” and as his text,
“Moral Cleanliness and Low
Taxes.”
In his address, Judge White
advocated a convention hall, a
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Algar Resigns from
Ad Club Presidency
Desire to conserve his health by
curtailing at least a portion of
his tremendously onerous public
duties of the past is the only rea
son for his refusal to continue as
President of the Advertising Club
of Atlantic City, an important or
ganization of the Associated Ad
vertising Club of the World, states
Leonard D. Algar whose admin
istration as head of the club has
been one of splendid progress.
This was confirmed in an inter
view given by Mr. Algar to a
representative of the Ventnor ^
News. Assured that Mr. Algar
has fully made his decision, mem
bers of the Board of Directors of
the club will name a new Presi
dent of the Advertising Club some
time this week.
“I shall in no sense lose my in
terest in the Advertising Club,”
stated Mr. Algar. “But by busi
ness and civic interests demand
so much that I must of necessity
curtail them.
“It was one of the greatest
moments of my life when the con
vention of Advertising Clubs of
last year gave their unanimous
decision to come to Atlantic City
this year,” continued Mr. Algar.
“When club after club withdrew
in favor of Atlantic City there
was a thrill which I shall always
remember.
“It is my hope too that the
people of Atlantic City realize
what it means to the resort to
have the convention this year.
For the first time in the history
of Atlantic City its name will be
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Today’s Editorials Page 10
THE LAW FIRST
IN THE BACKYARD