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Copyright, 1923—All Rights Reserved
Amusement Publishing Co., of Atlantic City
VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., MAY 30, 1923 Two CENTS PER COPY
Vol. 17 No. 1
Absecon Island
Frank P. Gravatt_One of Those
Who Declare Growth Toward
✓ . Mainland Not a Mere Boom
By H. C. Test
How long will we folks of Vent
nor and Atlantic City and Mar
gate and Longport be living on
an island? And will we be forced
to rename our section “Absecon
Cape,” instead of calling it Att
secoii. Island?
2-vf For, from indications, it will
not be long before we are con
nected up with what we generally
call “the Mainland” by avenues,
probably bordered by trees and
t lined with handsome residences.
If the present growth in that di
rection continues it will take
signs to inform where our island
, cities stop and where the main
1 land cities, towns and hamlets be
gin.
The growth to north and west
is general. From tip to tip of
the present Absecon Island, there
appears to be a general trend to
ward filling up meadows, block
ing out tracts ready for build
" ing and even the erection of
' homes and other structures. Land
improvement and development
syndicates, real estate firms and
individuals all are engaged in the
movement toward what will make
- a Greater Absecon Island within
our time and that Absecon Pen
' insula or Absecon Cape which
must come some time in the -fu
ture.
I have talked with a number
; of those who are the exponents
of this expansion enterprise. And
every one seems confident that
money and time and effort spent
in the various development proj
ects will be returned at least a
hundred fold. With motor trans
portation come into its own, the
former problem of reaching
homes built off the near-beach
line of longitudinal travel ap
pears to be about solved, and it
may be that, before the much dis
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Dne to
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Weiler
# ' | Back From Honeymoon
£%■ Among the prominent resort
folk on the passenger list of the
liner Majestic, which was due to
dock in New York yesterday or
last evening were Mr. and Mrs.
| Lee Weiler, who return from
Europe after an extended honey
moon. The happy couple sailed
for their trip abroad immediately
after their wedding which oc
' curred on April 5th. Mr. Weiler
■ is President of the Victory Cater
ing Company and one of the best
• known residents^ of Absecon
; Island, while Mrs-. Weiler will be
"j remembered as the charming
!: Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy. Friends
■ of 7 the couple prepared an
il elaborate series of functions in
. celebration of their return. c
BOARDWALK BOOK SHOP
711 Boardwalk—Marina 2126-M
", s Everything in Books. — Adr.
§ The Saturday Venlnor News
begins this -week—in addition to the
usual Wednesday edition.
This paper is mailed to you. Start*
ing Saturday the paper will be de
livered by our own Carrier Service
^•1 in Ventnoy and Atlantic City every
'• \ Wednesday and Saturday morning.
Watch for your paper. Let us know
of any failure in delivery.
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direct to
f VENTNOR NEWS
5210 VENTNOR AVENUE
Phone: Neptune 1090
Council Holds
Brief Session
Fifteen Minute* Suffices __ to
Transact All Necessary Busi
ness on Monday Night
With only eight persons present
to witness the doings at the regu
lar bi-monthly session of Com
mon Council five members of the
municipal legislature disposed of
all the business brought before
that body in fifteen minutes, thus
establishing a record for the
present Councli for a short meet
ing.
Chairman Bartlett, of the Street
Committee, announcing that he
felt the erection of street signs,
the contract for which was given
out several weeks ago, had been
delayed, offered a motion that the
city clerk be instructed to direct
the contracting concern to pro
ceed at once with the installation
of the signs.
A resolution offered by Chair
■man Steelman of the Finance
Committee providing for a tenf
porary loan of $10,000 to provide
funds to pay for additions being
made to the water plant, was
adopted.
Capt. Steelman invited discus
sion when he sought.jnformation
concerning the payment of bills
for printing. He insisted that
the budget appropriation would
be insufficient unless items for
publication of legal notices and
ordinances for improvements
covered by a bond issue were
charged to such accounts instead
of the printing and stationery ac
count. He' was advised that a
special appropriation - account
provided for such items.
Councilmen Bach and Scull
were absent.
Mrs. Corcoran Dies
Mother of Mrs. John S. Westcott,
Wife of City Solicitor, Passes
Away at Advanced Age
Mrs. Letitia Corcoran, mother
of Mrs. John S. Westcott, of
Suffolk and Ventnor Avenues,
died last week at her home, 6512
North 13th Street, Oak Lane, fol
lowing an operation at the
.Lakenau Hospital. Mrs. Corcoran,
who was 74 years old, has
frequently visited Ventnor during
the past ten years and had en
deared herself to a large number
of friends.
Sommer Readmit Dies
Having been a summer resident
here for the past fifteen years the
death of Mrs. Christiana Eliza
beth Schaefer, wife of Philip C.
Schaefer, last Sunday, will be a
matter of regret to many of Vent
nor’s pioneer residents. De
ceased had attained the age of
65 years. The funeral will take
place today from her late home,
1342 66th Avenue, Oak Lane.
June 16tb Opens
The Bathing Season
Saturday, June 16th, is the of
ficial date for the opening of the
bathing season in Ventnor. At
this time the entire force, 10
guards and a captain, will go on
duty.
PACKARD TAXI SERVICE
—Phones—Marine 3113-3114—
Reliable St Quick Service—Adr.
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.—Ad”
MEMORIAL,DAY
An American Legion Questionnaire and Replies of
Prominent Men of Ventnor and Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY POST No. 2—THE AMERICAN LEGION
1512 Atlantic Avenue ~ Atlantic City, N. J.
Charles Scheuer, Editor
The Ventnor News May 18, 1923.
Dear Mr. Scheuer:
We are very anxious to secure your well considered opinion on a very
Important matter. *
What did Memorial Day mean to your father? What does It mean to
you? What will it mean to your sons?
It was not made a legal holiday to give you an opportunity to go to a
baseball game or to play golf or to catch up with your work. It was
intended to commemorate the sacrifices of the brave men who gave their
lives that their country might survive. If you are proud of the United
States, do not forget the men who made It possible for this nation to endure
undivided and free. Until now Memorial Day has been a G. A. R. affair.
The veterans of the Civil War always managed it. It was their celebration
because it was their comrades who were remembered on that day. The day
Is not far distant when in the natural course of events there will be no
survivors of the great struggle of ’61-'65. Will Memorial Day then cease
to be? Do you think it is desirable that we should allow the meaning of
that day to disappear from our national life? Is It not proper that on at
least one day of the year all Americans, young and old, should be brought
to remember that men have died gladly for their country? Is the lesson
of the patriotism of our fathers to be lost?
We firmly believe that it is not glorifying war In the slightest to find
opportunities to thrill at the thought that always Americans have cheer
fully made the great sacrifice for their country. If you think that Memorial
Day and what It means should be perpetuated, the question arises; How
and by whom?
We earnestly ask you for suggestions as to what shouH be done and
request permission to print your views- in the local newspaper.
Thanking you for the courtesy of a prompt reply, we remain.
Respectfully yours,
Albert A. F. McGee,
Post Commander. ,
Commander Albert A. F. McGee, \
Atlantic City Poet No. 2,
The American Legion.
My dear Commander McGee:
You ask what Memorial Day means to me. Ask rather, what does
Memorial Day mean to those who mourn; to the father facing the world,
though with the clay of what once was his Joy and pride, his heart deep
burledlies; to the mother, bowed down in grief o’er scarcely swelling mound,
or gazing far away as though, through space and time, again to picture the
lad once praying at her knee, now sleeping 'neath a tiny cross in foreign land?
What does Memorial Day mean to me? Send forth your query to those
whom God In wisdom saved from gas and shards to those who, marching
on their war ward way, matched boyish laughter with our tears—but came
back men matured by blood and years. ,
And tell me what you find; take counsel of these brave ones left behind.
March them, if you will, before the emblem of blood, and purity, and
heavenly constellation which is Our Flag.
For it Is in their company that 1 would stand. And in my faith I see
them, heads upraised, cheeks maybe stained with tears but in their grief
not shamed, and unafraid. To them is given prescience—they know that
folly is but shadow, fleeting before the deep spirit of venerance which on
Memorial Day is on our broad-spread land.
We mark the passing of the Boys in Blue—and with them depart those
valiant men who wore the Gray. Brothers they were though torn in youth
with strife, and brothers again as they lie down to die.
Their work is done and soon they too will be no more. Let other
take up their tasks of love and, tramping to solemn tune, step marked by
muffled drums, place wreath and colors over what may be of Blue, or Gray,
or Olive Brown. To you is left the charge.
Charles Scheuer.
(Continued on page 4)
New Homes Made
Under Kelly Plan
Many Newlywed* of Other Day*
Remain , As Valued' Patron*
of George Kelly Department
Store and Recommend to
Otl|ers
By H. C. Test
I wonder how many house
holds have been established wi^h
goods from the George Kelly De
partment Stores, here in Atlantic
City and in Philadelphia? Won
der how many brand new babies
'have taken J|rst naps in Kelly
cribs or cniSles? How many
couples, once young, have looked
back to their first days of mar
ried life and given at least some
thought to the aid which accom
panied their start given through
the deferred payment plan which
really was invented by the first
George Kelly Store, admitted to
have been the first to put the
credit payment idea into practi
cal operation?
I put these questions to Mr. J. M.
Shrewsbury at the George Kelly
Department Store at 1816-18-20
Atlantic Avenue, headquarters
of the Kelly merchandising ac
tivities in both Atlantic City and
Ventncr and throughout Atlantic
County.
Mr. Shrewsbury didn’t know.
But he admitted his belief in the
accuracy of my premise to effect
that if family heads of all the
“Kelly” homes would get in line
there would be a parade that
would be at least a long while
in passing a given point As a
matter of interest we attempted
to tote up some figures from
records of the Atlantic City store
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Foods For Baod
Raised at Coocert
Enterprise Sponsored by Mrs.
Rulon and Miss Williams
Meets Splendid Success in
Interesting Program
Sufficient funds were raised
from the concert given by the
Boys’ Band at City Hall, Friday
evening, to defray all previous
expenses and to outfit the mem
bers with handsome uniforms of
maroon and white, the city colors.
In all, over $1100 was raised,
making the event a financial suc
cess as well as a musical triumph.
The uniforms will consist of
white sporting trousers, maroon
couvert coats vermiculated with
white braid, and bicolored caps
with patent leather brims. A
local tailor has already fitted the
youngsters. This official regalia j
of the Boys’ Band is scheduled
to arrive next fall when the or
ganization will participate fre
quently in civic observances and
will stage a series of splendid j
musicales.
The concert given last Friday |
evening which raised enough j
funds to assure the organization j
success, was fully appreciated by j
the capacity audience that crowd
ed the City Hall auditorium.
Every selection, rendered by the
Boys’ Band was a tribute to their
instructor, Herman Fiedler
whose ability as a musician was
reflected in his pupils’ perform
ance.
(Continued on Page 2)
—NEXT WINTER’S COAL—
Austin Coal Co. Mar. 865—Adv.
-Fill Your Bins Early
Parsells Coal Co. Phone—
Marine 9.—Adv.
Zimmerman Stand
r Lauded Here
Ventnor Man Who Heads Federa
tion of School Boards Declares
Against Politics In State
Education Body
“There is nothing partisan
about my attitude or the attitude
of the members of the State Fed
eration of District Boards of Ed
ucation in the fight we are mak
ing to take the State Board of
Education away from political
control,” declared Wilbur Zim
merman, of Ventnor, president
of the Atlantic County Board of
Education and of the State Fed
eration." “We are as earnest in
our .endeavors to prevent Repub
licans as we are to keep Demo
crats from injecting politics into
State school matters and ham
pering the progress of education
in New Jersey.”
The statement df Mr. Zimmer
man, made exclusively for the
Ventnor News, followed publica
tion of the story of the furore
created throughout the state
when President Zimmerman
openly charged Governor Silzer
with placing the State School
Board under Democratic control
by appointment of Mrs. Bertha
S. Irving to succeed Thomas W.
Synnott, Republican, on the
State Board. Because of the ap
(.Continued on Page 2)
Ventnor Field
! Day Is Held
Children Gave Exhibitions at Troy
Avenue School Last Monday
The annual Field Day of the
Ventnor City Public Schools was
held Monday afternoon at the
Troy Avenue School before an
appreciative audience of many
hundred parents and friends of
the children. Athletic competi
tions, mass drills, games and folk
dances constituted the varied pro
gram.
The capability of Miss Stella
Pyle as supervisor of the physical
training department was clearly
demonstrated in the splendid per
formances of her 800 pupils in
their exercises on Monday after
noon.
Several of the dance numbers
were given the added attractive
ness of costumes. The first of
these was the English Country
Dance by the fourth, fifth and
sixth grade pupils of the Troy
Avenue School. The other, was
the minuet staged by the second
grade of the Oxford Avenue
School. All the children in this,
were quaintly garbed in clothing
of the old colonial style.
Other interesting numbers pre
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Marston To Be
Absent Two Months
Mayor-Almerin Marston left j
Monday morning far a sanato-1
rium in Watkins Glen, New York
state, where he Will remain two
or three months to recuperate
from his illness of last winter.
Mrs. Marston who is still in Vent
nor will leave in a few days to
join her husband.
Carlton Adams, president of
Common Council, will officiate'
until the return of Mayor Mar
ston.
“Buy Coal Now” — Riley Bros.
Mar. 1266-116 N. Bright on-Adv.
E. B. Yellow Taxicab Co. Marine
600—Quick, Safe Service.—Adv.
Memorial Day
On Ventnor Pier
Service Held on Local Pier by
James Harvey Post Will be
Solemn Occasion
The Memorial Day exercises in
Ventnor starts when the parade
combining the James Harvey
Post and the American Legion
Posts of Atlantic City, crosses
Jackson Avenue into Ventnor at
4:30. Beginning uptown early
in the afternoon, the parade will
march down Atlantic Avenfte
through both cities until it
reaches Cornwall Avenue. Here
it will go to the Ventnor Pier
where the services will be con
ducted.
At five o’clock, the Post Chap
lain Carl Voelker will commence
the more solemn part of the pro- '
gram with a prayer. !
Commander Farrington will
then read a Memorial Day ad
dress which has been.sent from
the National Headquarters to all
parts of the country.
Next the Boys’ Band will play
the “Star Spangled Banner” and
the citizens of Ventnor will join ?
in the chorus.
Following this Eugene Nixon,
chaplain of the First Division"
and winner of the Croix de
Guerre will deliver a brief ad
dress upon a subject pertinent to
the occasion.
I After this the Boys’ Band will
render another selection.
To show that they are not to
be out-done by their older
brothers the .Kindergarten Or-—
chestra will demonstrate thefr
musical talents with several num
bers.
“America” will then be sung by
the crowds that are expected to
throng the boardwalk, the Pier
and the beach.
As the echoes of this patriotic
song float away in the distance all
will remain quiet and each ' one
present is to silently offer a
prayer for the ones who died for
their ideals. After a minute of
this reverent quietude another
chaplain will lead in a verbal
prayer. During this communion
with God taps will be blown by
the Legion Bugler with antiph
onies by Albert Frey. At the
same time an airplane will glide
over head and sprinkle the air
and the ocean with flowers.
At the end of the services the
Legionnaires will fire three vol
leys.
In the morning a delegation
from the local post will be sent
to cemeteries in Philadelphia to.
there decorate the graves of fall
en heroes from Ventnor. Mrs.
James Harvey will represent the „
auxiliary and Paul Gaskill the
Post. . ■
Tax Bills Are Out ; '
And Are Also Dne '
Tax Collector Scull stated on
Tuesday that all tax bills had
been sent to every property own
er whose address was recorded ~
at the office. Failure to receive
bills does not relieve taxpayers
of interest penalty and any per
sons who have not yet received
bills should notify Mr. Scull im
mediately.
Today’s Editorials Page 10
ARE THEY RIGHT?
AN itONOR DESERVED
THE WORK OF THE PEN
THE LAWS OF GRASS