Ventnor news., March 25, 1925, Image 1

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Bill Lamb Barred
By Ventnor Leaden
His ^Desire for a Merger Witl
first Ward Organization
Receives Scant Favor
“Bill” Lamb, picturesque poli
tician of Atlantic City’s Council
manic days, is having a hard tim<
in his efforts to wedge his wa3
into the political life of Ventnor
Not that he doesn’t try every time
what appears to be an opportunitj
- presents itself. But he hasn't yel
been able to make the grade and
his present plight appears to be
still more hopeless, if that were
possible, than any which has con
fronted him since he decided to
make Ventnor his home.
“Bill” is a political outcast, so
. far as the rank and file of voters
and recognized leaders of Ventnor
are concerned, and in all his
activities thus far he has been
able to muster a mere corporal’s
guard to his standard. Now, it is
reported, “Bill” is desirous of
merging his “Young Men’s Club”
with the Regular First Ward Re
publican Organization, but the
desire is altogether confined to
^ “Bill” and his handful of fol
lowers.
First Ward leaders want none
of “Bill” in their organization.
“Much better a fight against
Lamb once a year,” said one of the
most prominent of the leaders yes
terday, “than a scrap with him
at every meeting of the Organiza
tion. Lamb’s purpose may or
may not be, as reports have it, the
creation of strife in Ventnor as a
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Complaints Numerous
Against Stray Dogs
Services of a1 Dog Catcher Urged
to Remedy a Growing Nuisance
About Ventnor
Considerable sentiment is de
veloping among Ventnorites in
favor of the employment of an of
ficial dog catcher, so that the
stray canines now roaming the
streets may be picked up and dis
posed of. Some of these dogs are
vicious, and the fact that they are
either homeless or allowed to
wander at large by their owners,
creates a menace to children and
1 to grown-ups as well.
As in Atlantic City, cats and
dogs are sometimes left' behind
when cottagers return to their
winter homes after a season’s resi
dence at the shore. These animals
subsist, somehow, and are some
times located by their former
owners during their next shore
season. But in the majority of
cases the dogs against which com
plaints are being made have own
ers who are careless of the
canines’ roamings and make no
effort to prevent the dogs from
becoming a nuisance.
Mayor Carleton E. Adams, it
was said yesterday, has given
favorable consideration to the
suggestion that the Atlantic City
official dog catcher be set at work
for a few days in Ventnor. Those
who favor this plan assert that
there are not enough stray dogs in
Ventnor to warrant the employ
ment of a dog catcher, per
. '-manently.
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 2100 and
2181.—Adv.
Patrolman Is Accused Of Shining In
Reflected Glory Of College Student
1 Not Wi!li“m J- Hamilton, But Arthur Loeb, Princeton
Athlete, Saved Ten-year-old John Murray from Death off
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Say Many Eyewitnesses
Ventnor News Sends
Program From WPG
Win* Distinction of Being First
Among Shore Institutions, Ex
cept Hotels, to Broadcast
from Station
_L_ t
First to advocate the establish
ment of a municipally operated
broadcasting station in Atlantic
City, and persistent in support of
the project until it came into be
ing late last year through the
erection of WPG, the Ventnor
News, published by the Amuse
ment Publishing Company, won
the distinction last night of being
the first newspaper to provide a
studio program for the countless
thousands of radio fans who listen
in nightly in all sections of the
country to the entertainment fur
| nished by the station at the Air
port.
I With the exception of a few of,
the hotels and on one occasion the
Chelsea Radio Shop, the Ventnor
News was really the first shore
institution to go on the air. Be
ginning at 10 o’clock and continu
ing for an hour, with Thomas La
Rue Husselton, the noted baritone,
| . {.Continued on Page 4)
Clymer Left Alone In
1st Ward Council Race
Maurice RUley Definitely An
nounce* He Will Not Run—
Stauffer Not Expected to
Oppose Hickman
With Maurice Risley definitely
announcing his refusal to enter
the primaries in June as a candi
date for Councilman in the Frst
Ward of Ventnor, there is every
reason to believe that Wilmer K.
Clymer will be unopposed for the
office. He is admirably equipped
in every way for a councilmanic
berth and his candidacy appears
to be acceptable to all elements of
First Ward Republicans. Mr.
Risley was prominently mentioned
as a candidate for office last year,
but then, as now, refused to enter
the race.
No opposition is expected to
Major Hickman of the First
Ward, whose candidacy for
councilman-at-large was recently!
approved by a committee repre-'
senting both the First and Second !
Ward Republican Organizations, j
Milton Stauffer, it was reported j
last week, was being groomed as j
a candidate for councilman-at-!
large by the Young Men’s Club of
the First Ward, led by “Bill”
Lamb. But few believe that Mr.
Stauffer, in view of Major Hick-!
man’s strength and the agreement
reached between the First and
Second Ward Organizations re
garding the major’s candidacy,
will make the fight.
Unless the unforeseen occurs,
the Organization candidates will
be Mr. Clymer in the First Ward,
to succeed Councilman David H.
■Moore; Taylor Haines in the Sec
ond Ward, to succeed Councilman
>Hiram Steelman; Major Hickman
of the First Ward, to succeed
Councilman-at-Large Joseph R.
Bartlett; Tax Collector James G.
Scull, to be renominated and re
elected without opposition.
Is Patrolman William J. Ham
ilton of the Atlantic City Police
Department the hero who rescued
John Murray, ten-year-old school
boy, from drowning in the ocean
off Iowa avenue last Sunday?
Or was the lad’s life saved by
Arthur Loeb of 47 South Raleigh
avenue, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Loeb, and a student at
Princeton?
That’s the question that’s
agitating Chelsea and Ventnor,
where many who assert that they
were eyewitnesses of the accident
declare that the bluecoat did not
even get his feet wet,- despite
newspaper reports to the effect
that he leaped fully clothed into
the raging surf and brought the
drowning boy ashore after a ter
rific battle of ten minutes’ dura
tion.
Patrolman Hamilton admits
that he saved young Murray. Only
yesterday his picture was pub
lished in an Atlantic City daily
and in the caption beneath it‘he is
quoted as saying, “That’s nothing.
It’s all in the day’s work.”
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Loeb,
parents of Arthur Loeb, and L. F.
Rubens of Ventnor, who conducts
a shop at the Ritz-Carlton, tell an
entirely different story, as do
others who claim to have wit
nessed the boy's mishap. Arthur
Loeb, they say, was at home for
a brief visit from his studies at
Princeton and had been suffering
from a severe cold. He was rid
ing on the beach Sunday and his
parents, with his brother Charles,
were waiting for him in Mr.
Rubens’ shpp.
Their attention, they assert,
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Margate Survey Begun
By Postal Inspectors
Better Service Expected to Fol
low Visit of Inspectors, as a
Result of Postmaster
Perkins’ Efforts
Margate City residents appear
to be in a fair way towards ob
taining better mail delivery serv
ice as a result of the visit made
their yesterday by Postal In
spectors Browne and Rebando of
the Philadelphia office, who were
assigned to conduct a survey
of the situation after repeated
recommendations along that line
had been submitted to Washington
by Postmaster Alfred J. Perkins.
The agitation for better mail
delivery service in Margate has
been carried on for years. Under
a Government ruling free delivery
is withheld from all sections
where less than 50 per cent of the
thoroughfares are built up and the
houses occupied. Because of
peculiar conditions existing in the
rapid development of Margate,
unusual hardships have been im
posed on its residents from this
source. Mayor John W. Risley
has been a leader in the fight to
get better service, as has Arthur
Hewett, casher of the Atlantic
City postoffice. Mr. Hewett ac
companied the inspectors on their
survey. It is the hope of Mayor
Risley and other Margate officials
to procure the delivery of mail
to every home in the city.
AUSTIN COAL CO.-Mar. U-Adv.
Call BUREARD COAL CO.
-Marine TWO--Adv.
SAMUEL P. LEEDS
Man; Notables Will
Attend Leeds Dinner
Unusually Distinguished and
Representative Throng to
Honor Prominent Citizen
In attendance at the testimo
nial dinner to be given Samuel P.
Leeds, president of the Atlantic
City Chamber of Commerce, in
the Ambassador Hotel this Friday
evening will be an unusually dis
tinguished and representative
throng.
| The dinner, to be held in the
| Renaissance Room of the hotel,
beginning at 7 o’clock, will be a
general public tribute to Mr.
Leeds for his tireless, unselfish
and effective activity in behalf
of this community.
Special delegation^ from the
railroads serving the shore will
attend, headed by Elisha H. Lee,
vice president of the Pennsyl
vania; J. Sidman Selby, General
Passenger Agent of the Reading,
and W. G. Besler, president of
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Legionnaires To Hear
Speaker Of Assembly
Clifford R. Powell Will Be Princt
. pal Speaker at Harvey Pott
Dinner to Almerin Marston
Hon. Clifford R. Powell, speak
er of the House of Assembly of
the New Jersey Legislature, will
make the principal address at the
annual banquet of James Harvey
Post, No. 144, American Legion,
at which Hon. Almerin Marston,
former mayor of Ventnor City
will he the guest of honor.
The banquet will take place on
April 15 at the Hotel Chelsea and
fully four hundred guests are ex
pected to take part in the festivi
ties.
Serving on the staff of Briga
dier General W. S. Price, com
manding the 57th' Infantry Bri
gade, N. J. N. G„ Capt Powell
is al^o quite active in Legion
Circles, having served with dis
tinction as an aviator during the
World War. He was wounded
and was awarded the French
Croix de Guerre. He is a member
of the New Jersey bar, having
offices at Mount Holly.
Included among other notables
who are expected to be in attend
ance will be Colonel Edward B.
Stone, commanding the 114th In
fantry, N. J. N. G., with head
quarters at Camden.
BELLOW CAB Company. Mar.
«M». Qalck, Safa Sarrlaa—A4v.
Council Rushes Forward Plans For
Addition To Sewage Disposal Plant
Because of Speedy Action Urged by State Board of Health, Chair
man Sweigart, of Sewer Committee, Is Empowered to Employ
Assistant to City Engineer Rightmire—Risley Probable Choice
Urged by the state health board
to early action Ventnor Council on
Monday night authorized the ap
pointment by Chairman Sweigart
of the Sewer Committee of an as
sistant to City Engineer Right
mire who shall prepare plans and
specifications for the proposed ad
dition and improvements to the
municipal sewage disposal plant.
While public announcement was
not made it is learned on depend
able authority that Capt. Wanner
I. Risley will be named to under
take the work.
Capt. Risley is known as an att"
thority on sewage disposal plants,
having installed the present sys
tem in Ventnor many years ago.
He is now acting as special engi
neer for Margate City in the same
project, having also been retained
by Atlantic City in an advisory
capacity in matters touching sew
age disposal. During the World
War Capt. Risley served in the
Engineer Corps and Was assigned
to work involving construction of
many of the larger plants for the
American Army in France.
During the past week represen
tatives of the state board of
health have been making exhaus
tive experiments in Ventnor to de
termine the efficacy on the method
at present employed in the treat
ment of raw sewage. A labora
tory was installed at City Hall
and samples of sewage were
J secured to provide the basis for
tests made. Upon their findings
will rest largely the question
whether the state authorities wifi
insist upon Ventnor installing
what is known as the “ultimate
treatment” system.
Total of $572,961 At
Year’s Outlay Voted
Ordinance Providing; $150,000
for Pier Enlargement ad
vanced to Second Reading
Bids will be received by Ventnor
Council for the furnishing of coal
for the municipal plant at a meet
ing to be held April 13, the amount
of the fuel to be determined after
consideration has been given the
.question of probable installation
of oil burners for use during the
summer months. Floor Leader
Sweigart last Monday night inti
mated that such a change is quite
likely, stating that as chairman of
the Water and Sewer Committee
he would present the matter to his
colleagues in concrete form for
their decision.
Council passed on final reading
the tax ordinance carrying ap
propriations for the year of $572,
961.25. After Council had
adopted plans and specifications
for comfort stations to be erected
on the Suffolk avenue and the
Newport avenue bathing beacheB,
the city clerk was directed to
advertise for bids to be received
April 13. Bids for the construc
tion of three tennis courts on the
lower bathing beach will also be
received on April 13.
Action on the Zoning law was
postponed, but ordinances provid
ing for an issuance of bonds to the
extent of $150,000 for pier en
largement and for consummation
of an agreement with the Penn
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VENTNOR TRUST COMPANY
4% On Tim* Dopo.lt.
New Strand Theatre
Opened With Acclaim
% , -
Flowers, | Congratulatory Tele
grams and Speeches Mark Big
Brent in.j ’Walk Theatrical
• ./yClrclcv
Atlantie City’s splendid and
latest addition to, local photoplay
houses, the Strand, was formally
presented to, ah admiring public
Saturday evening.. The occasiea
wae marked by a capacity house,
floral tributes from prominent
citizens, telegrams of congratula
tions from motion picture stars
and celebrities and speeches by
Arthur G. Walker and Joseph
Corio, who represented Mayor
Edward L. Bader.
A short history of the Strand,
beginning with its opening as an
exhibit hall and continuing until
it passed from the management
of the Criterion to the present
owners, was given by Mr. Walker.
A gold key was presented the
owner-managers, P. Mortimer
i Lewis, George F. Weilland and
Max Weineman by Mr. Corio, who
felicitated the Strand’s manage
ment on behalf of the resort.
The feature picture was re
garded by the large numbers
present as a feat of showmanship
in securing a cinema hit which is
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n
Only Fraternity May
Be Lost To Yentnor
Project to Amalgamate Navajo
With Pequod Tribe of Atlantic
City to be Decided Tonight
Dependent upon the action to
be taken tonight upon a resolu
tion providing for the amalgama
tion of Navajo Tribe No. 275 with
Pequod Tribe No. 47, Improved
Order of Red Men, Ventnor City
may lose its only fraternal or
ganization.
Organized ten years ago with
one hundred charter members and
instituted with much ceremony by
high ranking officers of the Great
Council of New Jersey the local .^5
tribe for many years proved one
of the most active units in the |
state. Navajo Tribe came to be
known as a most progressive or
ganization. During the World. 5il
War interest began to lag and
during the past few years the -i
faithful chiefs and warriors who
continued to serve were frequently
disheartened and merger was
often proposed, but civic pride
kept them at their tasks. Recently
[ the utter failure to secure a
I quorum for council fire sessions
resulted in consideration of a plan
for joining forces with Pequod
Tribe, which is the oldest and
richest tribe on Absecon Island.
In view of the possibility of los
ing for Ventnor what many con
sider a valuable asset many mem
bers who have heretofore been lax
in their attendance will probably
attend tonight’s meeting in the
hope that a renaissance may be
effected and Navajo Tribe con
tinue to function within Ventnor’s
limits.
Four charter members have
died, John D. Hayes, Fred P.
Clark, John 6. Core and August
F. Bolte.. ■