Mainland
Roamings
Pleasantvllle Northfleld
Linwood / Somers Point
By “The Roamer”
With but twenty more days
until Christmas, and sixteen more
days for shopping and mailing of
Christmas gifts, folks on the
mainland are due for an excep
tionally busy time from now until
the time the old gentleman arrives
with his bags of toys.
As usual, merchants have
started a “shop early” crusade,
and Postmaster Walter W. Whit
man has urged, through the
medium of the papers, that all
Christmas gifts be' mailed as early
as possible to ease the work of
local and extra postal clerks. De
spite this, employes in the local
office expect to have one of the,
busiest times of their careers.
In the churches and clubs plans
are being made for Christmas
plays and cantatas to be given
during the holiday season to come.
A number of what are expected to
be excellent cantatas are being
rehearsed at the present time.
The Mainland Post of the
"American Legion, Chamber of
Commerce and Kiwanis Club will,
as usual, erect their Community
Christmas tree here this year. In
addition Kiwanis has started a
|V> fund which they will use to pur
chase articles for the poor of the
city this .Christmas. Each
I Kiwanian, at the weekly lunch
eons given at the Country Club of
Atlantic City Tuesday noons, acts
as his own waiter, getting his
dinner for half the price charged,
and using the surplus to place in
the fund. Contributions are also
beihg solicited.
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“Engaged by Wednesday,” the
play produced by the Senior Class
of Pleasantville High School, and
successfully given in the audi
torium of the Washington Ave
nue building, will play in Mays
Landing Thursday night of this
week for a one night stand. Miss
> Fern Allen is coaching the pro
duction this year, and this will
be the first time that it has played
out of this town.
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License tags and drivers’ license
cards for 1924 will be issued,
starting December 1st, it has been
announced by the State Motor
Vehicle Department. William L.
Andersoii has charge of the issu
ing of licenses in this part of the
mainland. It is urged that the
tags and drivers’ license be
secured as early as possible this
year.
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The Atlantic County Board of
Agriculture, which includes in its
membership farmers from all sec
tions of Atlantic County, -frill meet
in the Courthouse, Mays Landing,
December 11, it has been an
nounced by Arthur R. Eldred,
County Agent. The morning ses
sion will be given to reports of
various officers, and a renort will
be made by the County Agent.
Officers will also be elected.
President Packard has ap
pointed a nominating committee
consisting of Henry Tapken, Egg
Harbor City, chairman; Laton
Parkhurst, Hammonton, and Dr.
R. H. Thomas, Bargaintown, to
make recommendations regarding
officers for the coming year.
The afternoon meeting will be
held in the Victoria Theatre, and
will be combined with that of the
Home Bureau.
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For the purpose of providing
the taxpayer with an opportunity
to inspect the assessment lists of
1924, Reuben E. Adams, tax as
sessor for the First Ward, and
George M. Bates, tax assessor
for the Second Ward, will sit in
the City Hall here Friday night,
December 14, between 6 and 9
P. M. In this way the officials
will provide a way for the tax
payer to go over the assessment
lists with the tax assessors and
inquire or debate the correctness
of the assessments. The corrected
lists will then be filed with the
Atlantic County Board of Taxa
tion.
William Hauenstein, tax asses
sor of Egg Harbor Township, will
also perform this duty at his home
in Farmington Thursday, Decem
ber 13, between the hours of 9
A. M. and 3 P. M.
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The Kiwanis Club is preparing
to get behind and boost the Boy
Scout movement in this city fol
lowing addresses from scout exe
cutives made at recent meeting of
the club in the Country Club of
Atlantic City, Northfield. For
sometime in the past the move
ment in this city has not been up
to the standard.
The directors of the club are
at the present time taking the
matter up, and further plans will
be announced in the very near
future, it is reported.
Following his usual custom,
Mayor Charles E. Jackson issued
a Thanksgiving proclamation here
last Thursday, requesting all busi
ness houses to close, and all peo
ple to attend church services
sometime during the day.
* * *
A plan that would relieve the
congested condition of the Shore
Road will soon be put into execu
tion by the County Board of Free
holders, according to reports on
the mainland. The plan is that
the New Road, a highway running
parallel with the Shore Road on
the Mays Landing side, be
widened, and that it •'shall be
paved for a distance of about two
and one-half miles; from Absecon
to Pleasantville.
The boulevard will be eighty
feet wide, and will cost in the
vicinity of $70,000 per mile, ac
cording to the reports. Pre
liminary work has already been
done in widening it to thirty feet
and cutting down hills, slicing off
curves, and laying a hard gravel
surface with costly binder ma
terial.
* * *
Quite a few members of Ex
celsior Council. J. O. U. A. M.,
Sunday
December
16th
ROUND
TRIP
Ticket! may
be purchased
prior to date
of excursion
PHILADELPHIA EXCURSION
took part in the dedication of
the new two-room school house (
recently completed at McKee City
by the Egg Harbor Township
Board of Education. Daughters *
of America, and prominent edu- t
cators, with the Board of Educa- i
tion from the township, and school t
children and teachers made up
gathering.. 1
A new American flag and two c
Bibles were presented to the
school by the local Council. Prof, f
Henry Cressman, county 'super- s
intendent of schools; J. B. *
Maguire, a member of the Coun- J
cil; Miss Cora Schaible, county c
helping teacher; William Hauen- c
stein, clerk of the Board of Edu- £
cation, and William C. Sullivan,
superintendent of the local schools, t
were among the speakers. j
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Quite a few people attended the s
dance given under the auspices of 1
the Pleasantville High School i
Alumni Association in the Junior i
Order Hall Friday night. Prizes f
were awarded to winners of spot ■
dances. The affair was thought
to be an unusual success.
* * *
i The Mainland Ministerial
Union met in the First Presby
terian Church, Madison and
Washington Avenues, Monday
night. Rev. T. M. Simanton is
pastor. Rev. Dr. Milton Buck,
pastor of the Ocean City Baptist
Church, was the speaker.
> * * *
There will be no further* tie-up 1
of the Atlantic and Suburban
trolley company over whether the
one-man car shall be operated or
not, Superintendent Paul R. j
Goldey announced from his .office j
over the week-end. An agreement
whereby there will be. no walk
out has been made.
The old agreement, which was
made after the recent strike, when
the employees refused to operate
one-man cars, called for the men
to operate the trolleys until the
end of November.
One-man cars will be run dur
ing the slack hours of • the day
under the new agreement. *
Pleasantville High School and
>cean City High School, rivals for
nany years, will play their third
ootball contest of the season at
he Airport, Atlantic City, Friday
fternoon of this week, it has been
nnounced. The game will settle
bitter rivalry that has existed
uring the present season.
The two previous games, the
rst played in Pleasantville, re
ulted in a victory for the boys
rom this city, score 19-14. The
ame played in Ocean City Satur
ay a week was a 6-6 tie. The
ontest will show who has the
reater claim to the laurels.
Plans have been made to award
hose who win their letters this
ear gold footballs, it has been
nnounced. Although in many
chools and colleges this custom
as prevailed, it never has been
ttempted in the school here, and
larks another step forward. The
ootball season this year has been
very successful, with a larger .
:rowd following the teams than
5ver before. ! I
Basketball will begin in the !
high school within the next few
weeks, when a large squad of can
didates are expected to report
than ever before. The first game,
as usual, will be with the alumni
association on Saturday night,
December 22. It will be played in
the high school gymnasium.
Atlantic *
Shoe Repairing
31 South North Carolina Ave. : j
(Formerly 1023 Atlantic Avenue) ! !
Previously Connected With '
John Wanamaker \
We Call and Deliver j
Phone: Marine 2881-M _ __
This Woman’s Fitted Overnight Case
$9.75
One of our biggest v
Christmas values. A
Woman’s French Edge
Overnight Case,
lined with silk finish
Moire with ten handy
fittings in Florentine
Shell. Double side
lever locks. Fittings
include comb,
brush, mirror, soap -
box, nail file, button
hook, tooth brush holder and shoe horn. A regular $lo value.
We also offer during December a Completely Fitted Over
night Case with ten Ivory finish fittings at $4.95. One of the
most remarkable values in Overnight Cases ever offered.
The largest variety of Overnight Cases and Bags in At
lantic City, both with and without fittings. Select your bag
now, pay a small deposit and we will hold until you want it.
H. S. PEIKIN & SONS, 1024-26 Atlantic Ave.
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Solve the Qift Question I
While the Selection g
Is Large . g
No Christmas gift shopping tour is complete f||
in Atlantic City that does not include the Brooks £&
and Idler Gift Store and the Christmas Card
Shop. We cannot solve the need of every shop- #
per, but for every giver of Christmas gifts we j§2
■ are certain we have some wanted articles.
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WE HAVE
Supplies For The
Desk
For the office, for the desk at home
or for the children’s writing table—
we have gifts both practical and at
tractive.
Stationery As A
Gift
One of the most desirable and al
ways acceptable offerings of the
Christmastide is the personal sta
tionery package. There is rare
beauty and countless individuality
in the Brooks and Idler line of sta
tionery for men and women.
Fountain Pens And
Pencils
Our assortment of perpetual pencils
and self-fiRing pens meets the mod
ern demand of every business
pocket or lady’s bag.
The Dennison
Christmas Display
The famous firm have provided
many new ways to seal your pack
age or decorate your table or home.
While the assortment is complete
you will particularly enjoy oui
display.
Christinas Greeting Cards in Extensive Assortment
You will find every card carries a different interest—that there
is a card for every person and every purpose. If you do not see the card
that meets your want ask us for it. Engraving orders not accepted after
today (Wednesday, Dec. 6th), printing until Christmas Day.
BROOKS & IDLER, Printers : Stationers
38 S. New York Ave.-Two Stores-2819 Atlantic Avenue
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"Dad,
Kncul
Fifty-seven years ago
my father added fresh
fruit and granulated
sugar to pure cream and.
froze it into a delicacy
that put broad smiles of
enjoyment onto the
faces of his neighbors.
From then on they
gaveDadnopeace-They
commanded him to
make more and MORE.
They forced him into
running a sizable bus*
iness of producing that
delicious, wholesome
food-confection. That
was the beginning of
Breyers Ice-Cream.
In the last two years I have
made and sold about fifty
million quarts of ice-cream.
And 1 am proud to say it
was made as simply and hon
estly as it was over half a
century ago.
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Today's Flavors
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The Breyer IceCream Com
pany it me world'i largot
ice-cream manufacturer.
Next year an ADDITION
AL plant in Philadelphia
willbeopenedwithdoublethe
capacity of the present plant.
BREYER ICECREAM OCX.
Philadelphia
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