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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, 1924 Thbee Cents per Copy Vol. 18 No. 29
HeldJSix Hours In
Ventilator Shaft
William Dieseroth, Margate Pub
lic School Janitor, Face* Death
at Depth of 30 Feet
Imprisoned for six hours at the
bottom of a ventilator shaft thirty
feet in depth, William Dieseroth,
janitor of the Margate public
school, last Saturday had the most
nerve-wracking experience of an
eventful life of 65 years. Timely
arrival of his son who sought
assistance in the rescue probably
saved his life.
A broken chain caused all the
trouble. In order to repair the
damage it was necessary for
Dieseroth to' lower himself into
the thirty-inch square hollow
shaft of metal, which he did by
letting himself down a stout rope
fastened to the girders in the at
tic of the school building.
After having adjusted the chain
links Dieseroth essayed to climb
out of the shaft by means of the
rope, but his strength failed him.
His son had expected to go to the
building to assist his father but
‘he was delayed for several hours
and in the meantime the aged
janitor through repeated efforts to
climb the rope and also to attract
attention had become quite weak,
his condition being also affected
to some extent by gases which
were being forced through the
ventilator.
Failure of his son to respond
to his calls for help led the father
to have misgivings and since the
school would be closed until Mon
day he feared that he might be
compelled to remain imprisoned
until he could indicate his presence
to the teachers or pupils then.
It was only by merest chance
that the son heard the pounding
on the metal sides of the shaft in
dicating that his father was in
trouble. After his rescue Diese
roth went to his home on Wash
ington avenue greatly unnerved
by the experience.
David Braunstein 111
At Pittsburgh Home
Young Merchant Who U Soon to
Take Over Schuldenfrei’e Store
-Suffering from Typhoid
David Braunstein, formerly a
member of the firm of Braun
stein-Blatt Company and more
recently attached to Kaufman
Brothers, owners of the largest
department store in Pittsburgh,
is suffering from an attack of
typhoid fever at his home in that
city. S. M. Braunstein, his father,
left his home in Ventnor Mon
day to visit his son.
The younger Mr. Braunstein’a
resignation from his responsible
position with Kaufman Brothers
fr was to have become effective
within a week, and he had plan
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NOTICE C
Notice is hereby given that the under*
signed Tax Assessors of the City of
Ventnor City will sit in Council Cham
ber at City Hall, Ventnor City, N. J„
on Friday, January 2, 1925, between
the hours of 3 P. M. and 5 P. M., when
^ the assessment list for the year 1925
may be inspected by any taxpayer for
the purpose of enabling such taxpayer
to ascertain what assessments have
been made against him or his property
and to confer informally with the as
sessors as to the correctness of the
v> assessments to the end that . any
error may be corrected before the filing
of the assessment list and duplicate
with the Atlantic County Board of
Taxation.
P. B. HOWARD.
B. STEELMAN ROYAL,
CHARLES H. HARRISON.
AdT. Board of Assessors.
Richards to Be “Disciplined” For Break
With Senator Edge, say Trenton Reports
Atlantic County Senator Slated to Lose Highly Prized Place on
Judiciary Committee as Breach With United States
Senator Grows Wider
It would appear that punish
ment is about to be meted out to
Senator Emerson L. Richards for
his offense in wandering outside
the Edge reservation during the
primaries preceding the Novem
ber election. Word comes from
Trenton that Atlantic County’s
representative in the upper
branch of the State Legislature
is to lose his highly desirable
membership in the Senate Judici
ary Committee, and if this pre
diction proves true the breach
between Edge and Richards, first
apparent when Edge refused to
come to Richards’ aid in the
State senatorial primaries two
years ago, will be materially
widened.
Senator Richards, it is re
ported, also did his best to per
suade Senator Edge to lend his
aid to the Bader-Johnson-Rich
ards faction during the Commis
sion election last spring, but
without avail. When Senator
Edge in his role as State leader
behind the Edge candidacy for
the United States Senate it was
freely predicted that the feud
would be carried to the legisla
tive halls at Trenton, and this
prediction now appears to be
verified.
But no one who knows Senator
Richards expects him to accept
the discipline about to be visited
upon him with complacency. He
is a fighter, first of all, and he is
remarkably resourceful. Senator
Edge, in his role as State leader,
will find Richards a power to be
reckoned with, and one who may
throw many a monkey wrench
into the political machinery at
the State Capitol during the win
ter months.
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Christmas Gifts Are
* Burned After Crash
Women’s Finery Destroyed as
Department Store Truck Col
lides With Touring Car
When a truck of the Preis De
partment Store, driven by Nathan
Abrams, 19, collided last Satur
day afternoon with a touring car
driven by H. S. Zeigler of 6 North
Baltimore avenue, it was neces
sary to call the fire department
to extinguish the blaze that re
sulted. The truck, laden with
Christmas gifts, was completely
demolished.
According to witnesses Mr.!
Zeigler was coming towards Vent
nor avenue from North Wyoming
avenue. The truck was coming
down Ventnor avenue, but could
not stop in time to prevent the
collision. . As a result of the
smash-up the Preis truck, laden
with valuable Christmas presents,
was turned completely over and
set on fire. No arrests were made.
Both drivers escaped serious in
jury, only receiving a few minor
cuts and bruises.
The fire department responded
to the alarm sent in and ex
tinguished the flames in five
minutes. Handsome gowns, linge
rie and silks were burnt com
pletely before the firemen arrived.
Packard Taxi*—Mar. 3113—Adv.
Call BURKHARD COAL CO.
-Marine 7900 —-Adv.
SEN. EMERSON L. RICHARDS
Reception Tonight
To New Clergyman
Rev. Walter Bruggeman Arrives
at Shore to Take Charge of
Ventnor Community Church
Rev. Walter Bruggeman, newly
elected minister of the Ventnor
Community (Congregational)
Church, will preach his first ser
mon as pastor of his charge at the
shore this evening when he con
ducts the watch night services. He
succeeds Rev. Marna S. Poulson
who now heads the Anti-Saloon
League of New Jersey. Prior to
the religious gathering this eve
ning a reception will be tendered
Rev. Walter Bruggeman by the
members and friends of the
church.
It is expected that Rev. Walter
Bruggeman will arrive in Ventnor
this afternoon and will take up
his permanent residence at 6211
Atlantic avenue. Here he will
reside as long as he is the pastor
of the Ventnor Community
Church.
Rev. Walter Bruggeman is leav
ing a charge in the small town of
Boothwyn, Pa., where he was a
minister for the last four years.
While in this town he gained an
enviable reputation as a worker
of good and a preacher of unusual
ability.
It is believed that Rev. Brugge
man is the youngest pastor at the
shore. He is thirty years of age.
He is married. During the World
War, Rev. Bruggeman entered the
service as a chaplain and for
eighteen months ministered to the
spiritual needs of the American
soldiers.
His early training was received
at Princeton University where he
distinguished himself in his schol
astic studies and debating ability.
After completing the academic
course in Princeton, Rev. Brugge
man entered the theological semi
nary of Princeton University and
graduated with high honors.
VENTNOR TRUST COMPANY
4% On Time Deposits
Safe Deposit Boxes —AJr.
Old Ocean Ceases
War On Longport
Beach Accretion* Now Noted
Where Havoc Was Wrought by
Storms of Previons Years
Longport has ceased to be the
ocean’s plaything. Buffeted by
high tides, laid waste in sections
and in almost constant dread of
the Atlantic’s assaults for a period
extending from 1911 to 1921, the
progressive, fast growing com
munity on the lower end of Ab
secon Island now appears to have
come into its own.
Captain Samuel E. Holdzkom,
keeper for many years of
the Federal Coast Guard station
in Longport, declares that the
beach is at a higher level now
than at any time during the
years he has been located there.
As proof of this he cites the fact
that he recently walked on the
beach oceanward of the Sea Wall
at low tide from Twenty-third
avenue to the Eleventh avenue
jetty, without getting his feet
wet.
Captain Holdzkom also reports
he found the beach was building
up materially on the south-west
side of the Eleventh avenue jetty,
towards Ocean City. For many
years serious losses were en
countered In this section through
storms and high tides, during
which great inroads were made on
the beach. The sand removed by
the waves was carried to Ocean
City, where beach accretions were
made as fast as they were lost by
Longport.
Homes were undermined and
destroyed and in some instances
the lives of occupants were en
dangered during the terrific
storms that swept this section of
the Atlantic coast. But this
danger now appears to have
passed and residents of Longport
are happy as a consequence.
New Pier Loop Approved
By Margin of One Vote
Ventnor Councilmen Approve
Pier Loop Project bjr a. Vote
of Four to Three
By a vote of four to three,
Ventnor Council, at the last meet
ing of the year, authorized the
creation of a new street 50 feet
in width, joining Cornwall and
Cambridge avenue, 250 feet
south of Atlantic avenue.
Prior to consideration of the
measure, which was introduced by
Councilman Moore on November
10, opportunity was afforded for
a public hearing, but only one
taxpayer, George A. Bourgeois,
speaking, however, only for him
self, urged upon Council to not
only to pass the measure provid
ing for the proposed street, but
insisted that immediate steps
should be taken to acquire all
vacant land abutting the Munici
pal Pier site. Mr. Bourgeois
contended that the time will come
when the city will find it neces
sary to do so and felt that acqui
sition now would cost from three
to five times less than it will in
a few years.
“You gentlemen cannot afford
to do anything but pass it,” Baid
Mr. Bourgeois, referring to the
pending ordinance. “The large
number of heavy taxpayers fav
oring its passage shows that
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AUSTIN COALCO.-Mar. 11-Adv.
YELLOW CAB Company. Mar.
6000. Quick, Safa Service—Adv.
JOHN W. R IS LEY
Energetic Mayor of Margate City, who
is devoting all his efforts towards ad
vancing the welfare of his community
Margate h Throes
Of Building Boom
Construction of Homes During
Past Year Involve an Ex*
penditure of $2,000,000
With nine sub-divisions each
reflecting in a measure the best
features of home development
projects in various parts of the
country Margate City is now in
the throes of a real estate boom
unprecedented in the history of
Absecon Island. Construction of
handsome cottages is proceeding
at an amazing rate, the past
twelve months showing building
to the extent of approximately
two million dollars, which is
deemed by those in close touch
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Arauna M. Vail, Dies
At Home in Ventnor
Was Senior Member of Largest
Perfume Manufacturing Firm
in the Country
Arauna M. Vail, senior member
of the firm of Vail Brothers, rated
among the most prominent per
fume manufacturers in the
country, died recently in Vent
nor, where he had made his home
for the last two years. Prior to
his removal to Ventnor he had
resided in Atlantic City for
i twelve years. Interment was
j made Tuesday of last week in the
i family plot at Plainfield, follow- i
| ing private services in his Vent- j
| nor home and services later at
the Oliver Bair funeral parlors in
Philadelphia.
Mr. Vail, who was 71 years
old, commuted daily between the
shore and his place of business
at Fifth and Dauphin streets,
Philadelphia. He was a member
ol* the Chelsea Baptist Church,
and Rev. T. J. Cross, pastor,
officiated at the services here and
accompanied the body to Phila
delphia with Mrs. Vail and other
relatives.
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.
Ventnor Is Facing
Budget Increases
Many Improvements Scheduled ;':*J
for 1925—Police and Firemen
Seek More Pay
With the chief budget items still
to be determined Council as a com
mittee of the whole will meet in
conference next Monday night to
make the final draft of the appro
priation ordinance to be intro
duced in January.
Growth of the city will make
necessary increases in certain
budget items which affect public
utilities, the city having committed
itself to a program of service since
copied by other municipalities.
Ash and rubbish collection is now
a permanent feature of progres
sive cities. The sanitary appro
priation, which includes municipal
disposal of all refuse in addition
to garbage, will probably be in
creased to make possible adequate
collections.
Members of the police and fire
departments are said to have been
led to believe that they will re
ceive an increase in wages if a
way can be found to provide the
funds without causing too great
jump in the tax rate.
An insistent demand by the gen
eral public for more adequate
street lighting facilities presages
a material increase in the appro
priation for that purpose.
Creation of additional voting
precincts enjoined by state law as
the result of the heavy vote cast
at the general election will neces
sitate a larger budget on that
score.
Street improvement plans made
necessary by public demand indi
cates a larger appropriation in
order that the work actually re
quired might be accomplished.
Expansion of the Municipal
Pier and playgrounds, including
tennis courts, will require more
funds than heretofore and with
the ever-increasing demands made
by residents for more entertain
ment Council has been urged to
provide adequate funds for more
comprehensive amusement fea
tures.
Christinas Spirit All
Pervading At Shore
Festivities and Charities Planned
on Larger Spate Than Ever ||
Throughout Absecon Island
When Kris Kringle drives over
the resort tonight with his legend
ary reindeers he will find merri
ment and jollity on all sides.
Never have more festivities and
charities been planned by indi
viduals and organizations of the
shore than during the present
Yuletide.
Everyone, from the kinder
garten children to the patriarchal
organizations of the shore, is do
ing something to make the Christ
mas holidays a little brighter for
others. In the public schools the
pupils have all taken to selling
Red Cross seals and by their per
sistence have greatly assisted in
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