Ventnor news., October 10, 1923, Image 1

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Wisdom of Unlearned
Often Very Fruitful
The Writing Sage Tell* of the
Aptness of Blacksmiths, Car- -
penters and Plumbers and
Hints That Medical Spe
cialists Are Intellectual
Cripples
By A VETERAN SCRIBBLER
Of course, if a thing isn’t so,
the more reasons a man knows
that prove it must be so, the far
ther he is from the truth and the
li less chance there is of its per
| colating into him. Thus, when
| bleeding was the great medical
cure-all, the worthy physicians
who knew exactly why it must
be the one indispensable remedy
a* ' were really in a more hopeless
r bog of ignorance than people who
< knew nothing about medicine at
1 all, but simply regulated their
practice by the light of nature.
“Every man to his trade” is a
maxim that we habitually re
spect, in that we don’t send our
horses to a carpenter shop to be
shod, nor employ a gardener to
look after the plumbing. The
man whom we expect to be conver
sant with horseshoeing as a con
temporary art is the blacksmith,
and the person With the requisite
skill and appliances for dealing
with lead pipes is the plumber.
But if the contemporary art of
horseshoeing has a radical flaw
in it, the carpenter, whose*mind
, vhas not been prejudiced by mis
taken instruction, nor his nat
ural gumption perverted by mal
practice, may be a likelier man to
detect - it than the blacksmith.
( And so the gardener may see that
the plumber’s pipes are unsafe,
the plumber’s argument, and ^us
age among the best plumbers to
- the contrary notwithstanding.
Experto crede is Sound advice,
and ninety-something times out
of a hundred we lake it and do
well. The other odd times either
we take it and don’t do well, or
we take it'with misgivings, or we
don’t take it at all. The world’s
(Continued on Page 4)
| Street Signs Here At Last
j The henna colored poles which
have long stood bare on the cor
ners of Ventnor streets will at
last have their tops adorned with
J£ie street signs for which Vent
norites have patiently waited.
Announcement-was made by
. Chairman Bartlett, of the Street
Committee at the Council meet
ing held Monday night to the
effect that the lohg .expected
street signs have finally been
„ received from the Brilliante
Manufacturing Company, Phila
delphia. Instructions were given
to Street Supervisor John Leeds
to start work on the erection of
the* signs immediately, in order
that residents and visitors might
be permitted to make use of them
at once. >
Colony Club Special Meeting
A special meeting to complete
the arrangements of the Benefit
Performance to be given by the
cb.b at the Savoy Theatre, from
lit noon until 12 midnight,eis
called by the President at her
home this morning at 11 o’clock.
A full attendance is requested.
THE HIGH SCHOOL ORGAN
In Our Next Issue—-October 17th
Senator Emerson Richards
will describe the big organ which he
desiffned~—oue of the five great
organs of the world and a center of
pilgrimage for every organist who
can reach our city.
Inter-Gty Parade
: To Open Highway
Officials and Residents of Three
Cities to Participate in NotoI.
Vehicular Demonstration on
Saturday
Final arrangements will be
made tonight at the regular
monthly meeting of the Margate
City Chamber of Commerce for
the dedicatory exercises to be
held next Saturday afternoon to
celebrate th$ completion of the
new county road linking Atlantic
City and Ventnor with the lower
beach and the Somers Point
boulevard.
Formal greetings will be ex
tended by Mayor Risley, of Mar
gate, to Mayor Bader, of Atlantic
City* and Mayor Msrston, o£
Ventnor, as they adyance and
meet on the boundary line in the
centre of Fredericksburg Avenue
at Ventnor Avenue. Mayor Ris
ley will make a short address in
which he will point out the bene
fits immediately attained as the
result of the completion of the
highway. /
Headed by mounted police from
Atlantic City and motorcycle
police from Ventnor, a parade of
all types of vehicles will take
place. The demonstration will
pass down Ventnor Avenue to
Washington Avenue, thence to
Atlantic and thence to Mans
field.
The formation will be as fol
lows: Motorcycle police; moujited
police; bicycles; horse-drawn ve
hicles; fire apparatus; “ancient
model autos” pleasure cars; com
mercial trucks. " /
Prizes will he awarded for:
Best looking mount; best deco
rated bicycle; most unique horse
drawn vehicle; oldest model
automobile; best decorated pleas
ure car; best display of trucks.
It is expected that the boys’
band of Ventnor will furnish
music for the occasion. Barbe
cue luncheon will be served after
the parade.
Sheen Calls Bonus
Appreciation Fond
Protesting the condition of the
American cemetery at Belleau
Wood in France as being un
worthy of a great nation Thomas
G. Sheen in a talk before members
of James Harvey Post of the
American Legion last week re
counted some of his experiences
during his eighteen months resi
dence in Europe.
In advocating the payment of a
bonus to ex-service men Mr. Sheen
invited attention to the part
played by many rich men’s sons
and insisted that those who had
served the colors are entitled to
a “monetary expression of appre
ciation.”
Mr. Sheen referred to the fact
that the Unknown Soldier of
France is buried under the Arch
de Tr ioraphe where all at any time
could view the spot, while in Eng
land the remains rest in a sec
tarian church edifice invariably
closed to the populace. He de
scribed the grave ox Quentin j
Roosevelt and stated that the sim
plicity of headstone was in keep-!
ing with the greatness of the
famous son and dire. i
Deliveries at any time desired ;
daily and this insures Ventnor;
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iivuovtiutucio uio ucev ecivtco tvi
all kinds of sea foods, If orders
are given to the CHELSEA FISH
MARKET, 2707 Atlantic Avenue.
Phones, Bell—Marine 2180 and
2181—Adv.
THEY GET THE GOLD
J - ... W .■ N
These ere this week’s winners of the $5.0Q Gold Pieces
which the Vent nor News is giving each week to the fortunate -
persons snapped by their camera man.
WHO ARE THEY ?
(See page 10 for further details of our weekly Gold Piece Offer)
Mayor Marston For
- Additional Police
Reiignation of Magee Brings Up
Question of* Sufficiency of
Present Police Force 'to
Patrol Residential 'Area
Asked if he had named a suc
cessor to Defective Sergeant
Magee, who resigned last Satur
day, Mayor Marston yesterday
stated that inasmuch as file posi
tion had been merely temporary
there was no need of appointing j
such an official, it being sufficient j
to simply detail a member of the \
police force for such duty as1
might from time to time be \
required.
Mayor Marston intimated,
however, that a reorganization
of the police department, with a j
View of providing additional pro-1
tection to citizens is being j
planned and that under the pro-!
posed increase the required per- j
sonnel would be placed on duty, j
In view bf the growth, both as i
to population and area covered j
by homes, Mayor Marston pointed
out, the present number of offi
cers is not sufficient to properly
patrol the city. Maximum re
sults are being now attained by
using motorcycles and patrolmen
jointly to cover beats so laid out J
that all parts of the city receive!
police protection.. \ .
Game Laws Arrive
Congressman Isaac Bacharach
has just sent in a tir • t’ supply!
of the game laws for ai-cribution
by the Ventnor News. Inter
ested sportsmen n^y obtain their I
copies from our l^il office, !>210
Ventnor Avenue, pamphlet j
contains a summufif of tko laws!
of the Federal, StdK-tand Provin
cial Statutes and iWfealuable to
those whose huntinf^jjd halting
activities take them-lalu several
states.'
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Councilmen Reject
Chlorine Bids
New Jetty Bids Come In—Citi
zens Petition for Extension of
Fishing Pier—New Sewage
Plant Approved
Failure of five bidders to con
form to specifications for the fur
nishing of 7500 pounds of liquid
chlorine for use at the sewage dis
posal plant resulted in Ventnor
City Council on Monday night re
jecting all proposals and order
ing bids readvertised. The bid
ders included the Hooker Electro
Chemical Co., Niagara Falls;
Arnold Hoffman Co., Belle, W.
Va.; Pennsylvania Salt Manu
facturing Co.; Mathieson Alkali
Works, Niagara Falls; Electric
Bleach & Gas Co., Niagara Falls.
■ Bids received for the construc
tion, of a jetty near Fredericks
burg^Avenue and the beach were
referred to the chairman of the
Beach and Boardwalk Committee
with instructions to report back
next Monday night. The pro
posals follow: IngersoU Con
struction Co., Mays Landing, for
each lineal foot of jetty, $34.90;
stone per ton, $6.10; brush pel
ton, $1.00; E. J. Holland, Ventnor,
$24.20, $6.00, $1.50; James Ferrj
Co.. Inc., Atlantic City, $32.15,
{Continued on Page 4)
Left Valuable Estate
Mrs. Catherine P. Appleton, ol
7 Dorset Place, and Henry Lewie
Appleton, of 320 West Mermaid
Lane, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
are the receivers of an estate
valued at $75,000 which was leff
by the late John L. Appleton, who
died in Ventnor City August 31.
ilia win was filed for probaw
Thursday with Surrogate Albert
C. Abbott, v
YELLOW’ CAB Company. Mar
6000. Quick, Safa Service—A3v
Manager P.M. Lewis
May Close Theatre
The Ventnor Theatrical Man
Declare* Emphatically That
He Mutt Get Better Support
During Winter or Suspend
Operations
In an exclusive interview with
a representative of the Ventnor
News, Manager P. Mortimer j
Lewis, who is also vice-president
and part owner of the Ventnor
Theatre Company, states in un
qualified terms that nnless the
Ventnor people give him better
support this winter than they did
during the shme period last year
he will be compelled to suspend
operations at his theatre until
Spring. Mr. Lewis, who is an
enthusiastic resident of Ventnor
and a large property owner,
seems forced to this decision by;
what appears to,be lack of in-:
terest on the part of Ventnor
people in patronizing their home
theatre, especially during the
winter period.
Mr. Lewis’ statement follows:
N “We have given to Ventnor,”
said Mr. Lewis, “the most beau
tiful photoplay house in the
State of New Jersey, involving
an outlay of more than one-half
million dollars. mT
“I have always aimed at the
welfare of Ventnor, and it was
civic pride as weH as my unlim
ited and unbounded faith in the
j growth and prosperity of out
community that prompted me ir
j conjunction with my associates
jto make this large investment.
"We did not expect for the first
few years to have the Ventnor
Theatre yield us an actual profit.
However, our venture was, after
all, a business proposition and
not one of philanthropy, and un
less we receive a reasonable
amount of support from our own
town folks we can not continue
to sustain a pecuniary loss each
Winter.
“We have aimed to give Vent
nor the very best pictures that
money can buy. Almost without
exception they have been first
runs of high-class productions,
and in not a few instances the
productions have appeared on the
screen in the city of Ventnor
prior to their premieres in either
Philadelphia' or New York City.
(Continued on Page 4)
Accident rioves Fatal
To Captain Riley
t Funeral services were held
for the late Captain Joseph H.
Riley, veteran coast guard officer
and pioneer resident, Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. Sunday
night, friends were> permitted to
view the body as it lay in the
living room of the Riley home.
Captain Riley lost his life as
the result of an accident Thurs
day afternoon, September 27,
when he slipped from the second
story poreh of his home while
taking down an awning. -
- He was rushed to the Atlantic
City Hospital In the new White
chemical truck of the Ventnor
Fire Department, where his in
juries were not considered seri
ous except for his advanced age.
I His condition became gradually
worse and he died a week after
j being admitted to the hospital.
| Captain Riley is survived by
i his widow, Mrs. A. Riley and a
. sonj'Officer Riley, of the Ventnor
| Police • Department.
15 USi»y Co«i riow1** ntioj Srw#
Mar. 1286: 118 N. Brighton. Adv.
BOARDWALK BOOK SHOP
711 Boardwalk—Marino 2126-M
Everything in Book*. — Adv.
STOP THE VANDALS
Youthful vandals have~been
breaking the glass protectors
on Ventnor Fire Boxer. Last
week eight boxes were dam
aged. This is a serious offense,
endangering the security of
the fire alarm system. Resi
dents of Ventnor should co
operate with the police in
apprehending the cutlprits
whose malicious mischief en
dangers this safety of their
city.
Stuart Gives Views
On Fire Prevention
Urges Caution in the Use of Elec
trically Heated Utensils and
Advises Quick Calls for Fires
“The prevention of fire,” said
Captain David Stuart, of the
Ventnor City Fire Department,
in a recent talk with a represen
tative of the Ventnor News in
conjunction with the request of
Governor Silzer for the obser
vance of October 7 to 13 as Fire “
Prevention Week, “lies solely in
the hands of the people. No
matter how much money the city
spends to prevent fires, it still
remains with the people to pre
vent them. And Ventnor, as a
whole, has succeeded in keeping
its fire loss exceptionally low.
1 “This condition,” continued
j Captain Stuart, “has been brought
about for . several reasons.
.Ventnor’s efficient fire alarm
'system and splendid fire depart
ment is partly responsible, but
the secret lies in the fact that
Ventnor is a City of Homes. The
fact that the majority of redi- ’
'dents own their homes accounts
for our small yearly fire loss.
'“When we do have a fire it is
the result of carelessness.
Ninety-eight per cent of the fires
which we have responded to dur
ing the past years have been the
result of simple.carelessness. In
the United States during the past
year, 15,000 lives have been lost
and propertj^amounting to $521,
860,000 has been destroyed.
Ventnor’s personal fire loss has
been almost negligible when com
pared with the above figures, but
nevertheless, practically every
one of our fires might have been
prevented if people would only
be more careful.
“Investigation has shown that
the thoughtlessness of women ~
who have neglected to turn off
electric irons while gossiping
with a neighber'^or who have
gone out while they left a meal
cooking, has been a fertile
source of a great many of our
fires. Ventnor has spent as much
as $18,000 during the past year
to combat the consequences of
the carelessness of these indi
viduals. ■■■
“Residents should be im
pressed with the fact,” said %
: Ventnor’s fire captain, “that one
should never hesitate to call the
department when a fire breaks
out, thus applying fire prevention
i in the sense of checking the fire
'and confining it to the locality ii ”
I of its origin.’’ '
—NEXT WINTER’S COAL— ^4
Austin Coal Co. Mar. II.—All
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THE HISTORICAL NOVEL
THE THEATRICAL SEASON
THE SUMMER SCHOOL GIRL
MUST WORK TOGETHER
A POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
A DEFINITION