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Amusement Publishing Co., of Atlantic City
VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., MAY 16, 1923
Two Cents per Copy
Vol. 16 No. 51
Bell Folks Show
How To Use Phone
SpeclfJ Demonstration Before
•Joujpalists’ Club In Interest
Of Improving Service By Se
Co-operation
Public
Of
$ By H. C. Test
Durifig the past few weeks
there has been a very interesting
show going the rounds. The
Delaware and Atlantic Tele
phone and Telegraph Company,
better known to most of us as
“the Bell,” has been using a
special sectional replica of their
great telephone exchange to
demonstrate to us just what
makes up telephone service and
how that service is used.
If there is one fault about the
demonstration, it is that not
enough telephone subscribers
and users of the phone have wit
nessed the work. True, the ex
hibit has been set up and oper
ated before the Lions, Rotary,
Kiwanis, the Atlantic City
Chamber of Commerce, the
Ventnor Board of Trade and
other civic and public bodies in
terested in progress in every
* modern line. I saw the demon
stration at the meeting of the
Journalists’ Club of Atlantic
County held at the Ritz.
But that is not enough to my
mind. If I had my say, it would
be in order to take every person
who telephones—and who has
cussed telephone service in-the
? past—by the ear and lead them
"to a place where they would be
j forced to witness that Bell
i demonstration. If I were run
ning the Bell, every application
i.for new service or renewal of
same would have to be accom
panied by affidavit bearing wit
ness that the applicant, his or
her family, and the neighbors
who drop in to use the phone had
seen the special demonstration
and thereby gained proper re
spect for every bit of mechanism
and every person upon whom
good telephone service depends.
11 Other, and possibly better, re
porters have described Miss
i; Irene and Miss lone Broog, who
are seen in direct action on the
^“board.” To me they appeared
(Continued on page 4)
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|| Hemphill’s Anniversary
Mr. and. Mrs. Herbert Hemphill
;* celebrated the 22nd anniversary
of their marriage yesterday. Mr.
, Hemphill is secretary and treas
urer of the Shill Rolling Chair
Company and vice-president of
• ’it the Marine Trust Company.
Mrs. Hemphill is prominent in
both social and musical circles.
Rulon On Hospital Board
Last week at a meeting of the
!; Freeholders, Dr. Walter S.
Rulon, of 6005 Ventnor Avenue,
i; was unanimously elected a mem
fcber of the Board of Governors
!iof the Atlantic -County Tuber
ocular Hospital for a term of five
ii years.
i|; Ventnor News,
‘ ’ Ventnor, N. J.
Dear Sire
I note in yonr recent iiane
that step* hare been taken to
induce the railroad company
to dispense with the wheexy
0 old locomotive, as large as a
house, which is nightly sent up
and down Atlantic Avenue, to
the discomfiture of all resi
dents along the line. Surely
p there should be no valid ex
cuse for the continuance of
this nuisance. ’’
Yours truly,
GEO. G. OMERLY.
' Under Sheriff
f'/ : HOWARD R. CLOUD
. - : r - Candidate for. Sheriff
Three Bidders
For Garbage
Disposal Will be Undertaken by
Present Bidder if Approved
by Sanitary Committee—
He Makes Low Price
Proposals for the collection and
disposal of garbage were submit
ted by three bidders at the regu
lar meeting of Common Council
last Monday night, the bids being
referred to the Sanitary Com
mittee. Alternative bids for one
and three years were received.
Max V. Schultz, Cardiff,
present contractor, submitted the
lowest bid, the cost for one year
to be $14,000, and for three years,
$40,000. The cost during the
past three years has been ap
proximately $6,700.
The other bidders are: Edward
Doughty, one year, $14,400; 3
years, $44,800; William C. Ulery,
one year, $20,000 ; 3 years, $65,
000.
Council also received bids for
the paving of Winchester Avenue
and other streets with concrete as
follows:
Sutton & Corson, Ocean City,
$3.50 per square yard; drains,
$917 each; Stucker Bros. Con
struction Co., Harrisburg, Pa.,
$4.19 per square yard; drains,
$690 each; E. A. Corson, Ocean
City, $3.60 per square yard;
drains, $1,700 each.
Only one bid was received for
the paving with asphalt of Vent
nor's half of Jackson Avenue be
tween Ventnor Avenue and the
Thoroughfare. C. H.~~ Earle,
Hackensack, offered the following
(Continued on Page 4)
Trolley Track Paving
Gets Off to Good Start
Ventnor autoists yesterday
gave a sigh of relief when they
saw work being started on pav
ing of the space between the
trolley car tracks on Atlantic
Avenue. The first section to
have the crushed stone removed
and the asphalt put down is that
around Surrey and Weymouth
Avenues, which is to be fully
paved. Here the need is the most
urgent because of the congestion
caused by heavy traffic and
parked cars protruding from in
front of business establishments.
BOARDWALK BOOK SHOP
711 Boardwalk—Marino 2126-M
Everything in Books. — Adv.
"Buy Coal Now" — Riley Bros.
Mar. 1266—116 N. Brighton-Adv.
Howard R. Cloud
For Next Sheriff.
Prominent tad Popular Official
Announce* Hi* Candidacy for
Office With Support of At
lantic County Republican*
and Independent*
Howard R. Cloud, Under Sheriff
of Atlantic County, for many
years prominently identified with
fraternal, civic and other move
ments toward progress of both
Absecon Island resorts and the
cities of the Mainland, and with
a large following of the best ele
ments of the Republican and in
dependent voters, has formally
announced his candidacy for the
office of Sheriff. Sheriff Malcolm
Woodruff, serving the last year of
his term, is barred by statute
from re-election.
“I am a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Sheriff,
and sincerely trust I shall have
the support of Republicans
throughout the city and county
for the office,” said Under Sheriff
Cloud yesterday in definitely an
nouncing his candidacy.'
Mr. Cloud, who is at present
Under Sheriff, has held this office
since he was first appointed by
Sheriff Alfred J. Perkins in 1918
and is thoroughly acquainted with
the many duties incident to the
office. He has been a resident of
Atlantic City thirty-five years,
and for six years served as a
member of the Board of Asses
sors of the resort.
A lifelong Republican, he has
always been actively identified
with party campaigns and for
many years has been entrusted
with the responsibility of cam
(Continued on Page 4)
Risley is Mayor
of Margate Now
He Is Elected At Organization
Meeting Held Yesterday After*
noon—Reilly on Freeholder
Board
John W. Risley became Mayor
of Margate City yesterday at 1
o’clock when the new city commis
sion elected last week assumed
the reins of government.
Mayor Risley will have the
portfolios of the Department of
Public Affairs and Department of
Public Safety.
Gottlieb Strotbeck, newly
elected commissioner, and Josiah
Nor cross, who has served eight
years as a commissioner, quali
fied as the other two members.
The former will be in charge of
the Department of Streets and
Public Improvements, and also
Parks and. Property, while the
latter has'been assigned as head
of the Department of Revenae
and Finance.
In a communication addressed
to the new Margate rulers, Judge
Joseph Thompson first called at- j
tent ion to the fact that his term;
as City Solicitor still had two j
years to run under former three- j
year appointment, then presented |
his resignation. Immediately i
following acceptance of the resig
nation the Commissioners ap- j
pointed Enoch L. Higbee, Jr., son
of County Solicitor Higbee, to the
place.
Appointments were made by
the Commissioners as follows:
City Clerk and Tax Collector—
Norman McConnell.
Assessor and Treasurer—Louis
G. McCorkle.
(Continued on Page 26)
—NEXT WINTER'S COAL—
Austin Coal Co. Mar. 868—Adv.
Jail Janitor for
Postal Thefts
Clever Work on Part of Post
master A. J. Perkins and Fed
eral Sleuths Results in Ar
rest of Man Charged With
, Looting Mails
High character of the employees
in the Ventnor and Chelsea
branches of the Atlantic City
Post Office resulted in immediate
elimination of these members of
the Federal force in the investiga
tion of letter thefts which re
sulted in arrest of Howard C.
Moore, colored janitor of the At
lantic City office on charges of
looting the mails. Moore was ar
rested by Federal officials on Sun
day evening as result of a clever
plan evolved by Postmaster Al
fred J. Perkins, and was held
under $3000 bail by United States
Commissioner John Iszard for the
Federal Grand Jury. ’
“Our very first step in investi
gation which resulted in arrest
of Moore was to assure ourSelves
that there were practically no
complaints of lost mail from that
which went through the Ventnor
and Chelsea offices,” declared
Postmaster Perkins in an exclu
sive interview to a representative
of the Ventnor News. “It was
after we had centered our entire
attention on the Atlantic City of
fice and learned that most of the
reported thefts took place at
week-ends when the force of mail
employees was reduced and when
letters containing money and
valuable papers were more
numerous,. that our suspicions
fell upon the man who was ar
rested.”
Moore, who is 23 and gives his
address as 606 North Illinois
Avenue, is not an employee of the
postal service proper but of the
Treasury Department which has
control of all Federal buildings.
He was named by former Post
master Loudenslager about three
years ago.
The arrest of Moore disclosed
the fact that for more than two
years Postal Inspectors A. E.
Wetmore and Mr. McVicker have
had under almost constant sur
(Continued on Pago 4)
Hand Funeral
Very Impressive
Late City Clerk and Judge, Who
Was Ventnor Pioneer, Had
Many Friends Throughout
the Island
The funeral of the late James
T. G. Hand held at his home in
this city Sunday afternoon was
impressive with the homage and
respect paid the Judge by his
friends and fellow citizens. There
were in attendance members of
the various lodges and organiza
tions to which he had belonged.
The Ventnor City Volunteer Fire
Company, No. 1, attended in a
group to view for the last time
the body of the man who had been
their former president and leader.
Monday the remains were taken
to Atco and there laid at rest
amidst quiet and beautiful cere
monies.
That the public may fully realize
the benefactor that Judge Hand
had been to Ventnor, Carl Voelker,
who was his intimate friend for
years, has set forth in a special
article in these pages the merits
and accomplishments which will
long be remembered.
-Fill Your Bins Early
Parsells Coal Co. Phone—
Marine 9.—Adv,
Catch Special Delivery
Boy in Post Office
» Clean Up
Checking up reported loss of
special delivery letters containing
money and valuables reported since
last February, Postmaster Alfred J..
Perkins yesterday reported that the
thefts had been traced to a special
delivery boy, who was charged with
having forged receipts for missing
letters, retaining them to be opened
and looted of their contents.
Because of the -tender age of the
lad, who is less than 16 years of
age, decision was reached by the
Postmaster and (Federal officials not
to prosecute the boy who was imme
diately relieved from service. The
losses sustained through the pilfer
ings will be made good. «
“We have had what we believed
to be positive evidence in the case
for some time/' stated Postmaster
Perkins, “hut delayed action until
we could trace the other and highly
important matter of thieving inside
the Post Office, which resulted in
arrest of Janitor Moore on Sunday.
We have decided to give the boy
another chance in life by keeping •
his name secret, his father having
offered to make the losses good and
to co-operate in the work of super
vision which we hope will result in
making him a future honest man/
Postmaster Perkins, in his state
ment to the “Ventnor News," de
clarec^that a double check has been
placed on every phase of mail han
dling to assure against continuance
of postal troubles which have
harassed business men for weeks.
Big Sale Week
For Blatt Store
Twelve-Page Advertisement in
Ventnor News Tells of Tre
mendous Values in Depart
ment Managers’ Contest
Months of preparation during
which skilled buyers have gath
ered tremendous stocks of the
finest merchandise to be sold at
prices never approached in
economy by the buying public in
j Atlantic City culminate all this
week in the great “Department
Managers’ Sale” of the M. E.
Blatt Company, “The Depart
ment Store of Atlantic City.” To
day the Ventnor News carries
12 full pages setting forth the
tremendous values and low prices
of this fourth occasion of the kind
for the M. E. Blatt Company
Store in two, years.
Divided into two teams headed
by Vincent Rogers and J. Cron
son, respectively the heads of the
various departments are now in
the midst of the great sale in
which prizes are awarded for
service, total of sales and for the
best values shown in their dis
play of merchandise offered to
the thousands of patrons drawn
to the Blatt Store. Tally of the
progress of the sales and stand
ing of the teams is shown each
day over the entrance door of the
department store and the rivalry
between the “Reds” and “Blues”
designated by streamers over
j departments is growing with
I each day and hour.
From the standpoint of those
who are purchasers the Depart
ment Managers’ Sale of the M. E.
Blatt Store has become one of
the important buying events of
the year. Goods of standard and
exceptional quality offered at
prices which show tremendous
savings are attracting buyers
(Continued on Page 4)
Judge On Vacation -
Allen B. Endicott and his
wife left last Saturday for Wer
nersville, where they will enjoy
a week’s vacation. During Judge
Endicott’s absence, the judiciary
duties of the Police Court will
be performed by Magistrate
Edward McHale.
PACKARD TAXI SERVICE
—Phone*—Marine 3113-3114—
Reliable 4k Quick Service—Adv.
E. B. Yellow Taxicab Co. Marine
600—Quick, Safe Service.—Adv.
Endorse Brehman
for Assembly
Leaders Among Bankers, Busi
ness, Hotel and Professional
Men Favor Former Mayor
for State Office
The people of Absecon Island
want former Mayor Amor W.
Brehman of Ventnor City as one
>f their representatives in the
State Legislature at Trenton. A
poll of the voters made by report
ers of the Ventnor News during
the past two weeks shows that
from Albany Avenue to Longport
there is practically unanimous
sentiment to the effect that the
Republican party of Atlantic
County can quickly show its dis
position toward placing party
politics on a higher plane by
sponsoring and supporting the
rapidly growing movement to
ward nominating and electing
former Mayor Brehman to place
in the State Assembly.
Now the Brehman sentiment is
spreading into the usually faction
controlled wards of Atlantic City
from Albany Avenue to the In
let. Interview by representatives
of the Ventnor News, men and
women prominent in financial,
hotel, club, and social life are ex
pressing their advocacy of the ?>
Brehman candidacy and even
political leaders of known power : .
in the party are admitting that
the time has come to seek out a
candidate for the State ticket r
who combines the fine qualities of
manhood and honest purpose pos—
sessed by the former Mayor of
Ventnor. “In the face of the po
litical unrest here in Atlantic
City and County as well as
throughout New Jersey and the
United States, it is time for the
Republican party to get back to
(Continued on Page 26)
Lions
Leigh Mitchell Hodges, famed
“Optimist” of the Philadelphia i
North American and a public
speaker of note, will be guest of
honor at the Weekly Luncheon of
the Lions’ Club of Atlantic City
to be held at the Breakers today.
Mr. Hodges will explain to the
Lions the principles of optimism
which he preaches as a cure for
most of the fancied ills of modern
life.
Coach Charley Dooin and Man
ager Walter Bew will be on hand
to boom attendance at practice of
members of the Lions’ Baseball
Team and to extend invitation to
the Lions to witness the diamond
contest between Lions and Rotary
at the Airport on Saturday after
noon next. Dr. Maurice Chesler
will present the Attendance Prize.
The meeting today will be made
important by presentation of re
ports of final plans for entertain
ment of members of Lions’ Inter
national who will come to At
lantic City by thousands next
month.
to Hear Optimist
At Luncheon Today
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
2181.—Adv.
Today’s Editorials Page 10
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