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VENTNOR, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, NOY. 18, 1925 Three Cents per Copy
Vol. 19 No. 25
Margate Chamber
Want Meadow Road
Chamber of Commerce Gives
Unanimous Vote to New Main
land Highway at Busy Ses
sion——Other Matters Dis
cussed
Resolutions requesting im
mediate action by . the Margate
City Commissioners on the con
struction of street extensions
northward on Jerome avenue to
the Bay Shore Boulevard were
adopted without dissenting vote
by the Margate Chamber of Com
/ merce at their monthly meeting
~ last week.
Mayor Risley, who was present
at the meeting, joined in the af
firmative discussion and urged
that action be taken by the
Chamber as an indication of ap
proval of the project which is
destined to eventually link Mar
gate with the mainland.
Subsequent to the passage of
the resofutions members en
, thusiastically discussed the pro
posed trans-meadow highway
from Margate to the mainland at
the entrance of Mill Road ex
tending through Tudor Terrace*
the new residential development
on the lower Shore Road.
The Chamber also voted to ad
vertise Margate as a seashore
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Tax Collectors Busy
Receiving Payments
Ventnor Property Owner* Storm
Office* With Payments on
Highway Improvement
Assessments. $10,000
Already Received
Although not due until
February first Tax Collector
Scull has been kept busy during
the past week receiving pay
ments for highway improvement
assessments, the sum of $10,000
having already been received.
Several taxpayers have com
plained that the paving improve
ment had been made prior-to the
■ time they purchased the property
and failed to understand why the
previous owner had not been
assessed. It was invariably ex
plained that delay in making as
sessments naturally resulted in a
delay in having the lien made
1 aeainst the nronertv. which fact
i accounted for the failure of the
title company to include the
claim against the previous ^prop
erty owner.
The last day for payment of
real estate taxes is fixed by law
as December first. Tax Collector
. Scull has announced that all who
fail to make the second payment
by that date will be required to
pay a penalty.
‘ * In discussing the tax payments
made during the past few years
Mr. Scull stated that each year
there has been a marked improve
ment in the matter of prompt
payment, there being only a
limited number jf taxpayers who
have as yet failed to make the
first payment which was due on
June first.
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- CANARY SEEKS SHELTER
FROM WINTRY BLASTS
A canary bird flew Into the home*
of Mrs. H. K. Margolf, < North Nash
ville Ave.? last Saturday night. The
yellow-feathered warbler was given
shelter, and the fact of his presence
reported to the police. It has not as
yet been determined whether the
songster escaped from a cage or is
If.-,?;, of the wild species and sought the
■f- comforts of domestic life.
Two Important Steps In The Progress Of Atlantic City’s New Daily Newspaper
(Above) Psychologically located at a point of greatly increasing real estate
values, the mammoth plant of the new daily paper at North Carolina, Caspian
and Absecon Boulevard will be easily accessible from every portion of Absecon
Island. (On the right) The Atlantic Avenue offices of the News Publishing Com
pany are now open in the Union National Bank Building on Atlantic Avenue at
Kentucky. Jn spacious quarters in the heart of the business district the officers
of the new publishing organization are creating a daily newspaper which will
appeal to the vastly expanding interests of metropolitan Atlantic City.
S. A. Drive Was
A Disappointment
Week’s. Campaign of Salvation
Army to Raise $15,000 to Pay
Off Mortgage on Resort Home
.Brought in Only Half of *
Anticipated Amount
Although stories printed in the
papers this week purported to
show that the campaign waged
by the Atlantic City Salvation
Army during the $ast week had
Been successful officials of the or
ganization informed a “Ventnor
News” representative yesterday
that the results had been very
disappointing, only about half of
the anticipated amount being
raised.
Dances, card parties and foot
ball games can never become too
numerous for the 65,000 in
habitants of Atlantic City it ap
pears, but a drive by the Salva
tion Army in many cases brings
out comments such as “Why, I
contributed to them last year,
what do they want?’’ It seems
that their only want is to raise
$15,000 to pay off the mortgage
on their home in this city. It was
this purpose that prompted the
drive which ended on Monday of
this week.
From almost every angle the
different “days” of the drive
were entirely discouraging to the
Army officials. Boxes were placed
in various stores throughout the
city for contributions. Many of
these were returned empty or
with only small amounts in them.
Out of 31 boxes the average re
ceipts of each was but $2.50.
On the last day of the drive,
which was listed as “Dollar Day,”
9,000 envelopes were distributed
throughout the city by a corps of
150 Boy Scouts. Up to yesterday
afternoon only about $97 had
been received as a result of this
work, or about 2 per cent re
turns from the 9,000 people ap
proached by this means.
Although it is expected that
additional returns will be re
ceived by direct appeals to many
persons of prominence who have
not yet sent in contributions the
Army officials state that only
about $8,(100 will be raised as a
result of the drive. ; t
V'ENTNOR TRUST COMPANY
4% ea Tine Deposits
Safe Devout Adv.
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 At
lantic Avenue. Phone, Bell—Marine
2190 gnd 318L—Adv.
Arrangement Of lights
. Solves Big Problem
Additional street lights placed
at alternate points on either side
of the street along Atlantic and
Ventnpr avenues has solved, to
an extent, the lighting problem
which has caused Chairman Jen
kins of the Council Lighting
Committee much concern. Motor
ists claim the “staggered” method
greatly improves visibility.
Fire Chief Berth '
Hay Canse Scrap
Selection of Head of Ventnor
Fire Department May Result
In Contest Between
Two Companies
With only three weeks inter
vening before the annual con
vention of delegates to select a
vuigi chguitci auu iyy v oooioi/aiiwo,
volunteer firemen of Ventnor
City are discussing probable
candidates for heads of the fire
department.
Chief Engineer Maurice Y.
Royal, who has served for the
past two years, is again being
groomed by his friends and ad
mirers for the high office. His
assistants are Burt Geissinger
and Joseph Gilmore.
For many years the two volun
teer companies, Ventnor fity
Fire Co. No. 1 and Ventnor
Truck Co., No. 1, alternated in
the choice of a chief. Royal and
Gilmore are members of the
pioneer organization, while Geis
singer hails from the ladder
truck outfit.
In the early days of the de
partment it frequently happened
that the convention deadlocked
on a choice of chief.
. Common Council is the final
arbiter in the selection of a head
of the department and the selec
tion of the convention is not
necessarily final, although Coun
cil has usually acceded to the
wish of the volunteers when they
were agreed.
Whether or not an attempt
will be made by the Truck Com
pany to elevate one of its mem
bers remains to be seen. There
have been rumors that efforts to
feel out members of Council in
the matter have been made. Just
who the choice of the ladder men
would be has not been disclosed.
The annual convention will
convene at City Hall on Decem
ber 7th.
VENTNOR’S MOST POPULAR PLAC1
TO DINE—TBS LITTLE SOCK IMS
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Ventnor Church To
^ Have Dedication
Handsome Stone Structure of
Ventnor Community Church
Will he Given Formal
Dedication in Week of
Special Services Start
ing Sunday
Dedication of the handsome
new church structure at Ventnor
and Victoria avenues and the in
stallation of Rev. Walter Brugge
man as pastor of the Ventnor'
City Community Church (Con
gregational) will mark a week
of jubilee beginning next Sun
day morning when resort min
isters and visiting preachers will
join with the congregation in
numerous occasions planned for
the extended season of rejoicing.
Rev. Charles W. Carroll,
pastor-at-large of Congregational
churches in the Middle Atlantic
District, will preach the dedica
tory sermon at the services to
be held Sunday morning, which
will be the initial ceremony of
-the week.
Organized originally as a
union Sunday School and meet
ing in the schoolhouse and later
in stores until a small building
was erected at Frankfort and
Ventnor avenues, the congrega
tion has steadily grown and two
years ago the construction of a
stone edifice was undertaken.
On Monday evening Rev.
Bruggeman, the pastor, will be
formally ordained and installed.
Rev. J. T. Stocking, noted clergy
man, of Upper Montclair, N. J.,
will preside and speak at this
service.
On Tuesday evening a com
munity service will be held at
which pastors from various
churches of the city will take
part'. A social session will follow
the exercises.
The regular mid-week prayer
and praise service will be held
on Wednesday evening.
On Thursday morning Rev.
Bruggeman will occupy the pul
pit at St. John’s-by-the-Sea
Church where Thanksgiving Day
Services will be held with the
members of all the Protestant
churches taking part.
Atlantic City Boys
. „ Win Rntgers Honors
Two Atlantic City youths
were included in the Rutgers
Honor Roll announced last Satur
day. Henry W. Kuhl a Senior and
Edwin Siddons, a Junior, were
on the lists.
Vendor Firemen Hold
Their Annual Banquet
Mayor Adams and Councilraen
Sweigart, Jenkins and Bartlett
were guests of honor at the an
nual banquet of Ventnor City
Fire Co., No. 1, held at Hack
ney’s last Friday night.
Chief of Police Harry H.
Frings, president of the com
pany, presided as toastmaster.
Twenty-four members of the
•volunteer fire company attended.
Addresses were made by the
guests and various members. A
feature of the evening was the
ireading of telegrams received,
the subjects, ranging from poli
tics to personal matters, creat
ing much amusement.
Ocean City Wants
Bridge and Buses
Resort Chamber of Commerce
Working for New Bridge to
Longport and Report Prog
ress on Project. Seek Bus
Line to Ventnor
At the meeting of the Ocean
City Chamber of Commerce last
week two projects were discuss-!
ed which will bind that resort
with Absecon Island more closely.
The first of these was the pro
posed bridge across Great Egg
Harbor Bay from Ocean City to
Longport. The chairman of the
committee reported that progress
is being made on the matter and
that people in Longport are now
making searches of the property
in the vicinity of the Longport
bridge landing. The bridge will
be a reality within a compara
tively short time, it is asserted.
The second matter discussed
was that of a bus line from
Ocean City to Longport and
Ventnor. The Shore Service Co.,
president, Samuel Garrigues,
stated before the Chamber meet
ing, that his company stands
ready to do everything possible
to bring about the establishment
of such a service and that he
would be willing to pay at
torney’s fees in connection with
presenting the matter to the
Public Utility Commission in an
effort to get that body’s sanction.
The matter of carrying pas
sengers from Margate and^Long
port to Ocean City was brought
up once before but failure by
people interested in the matter in
appearing at the Utility Commis
sion hearing tesulted in the
matter being dropped.
It was brought out at the meet
mg that people desiring to gc
from Longport to Ocean Citj
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YELLOW CAB Company.
Qul*. Sate S-^W-AAt.
Marine cm
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Pennsylvania Delays
Electrification Work
Published Reports That Pennsyl
vania Would Shortly Start
Work on Electrification of
South Jersey Lines Is
Denied by Officials
Reports published in a num
ber of South Jersey newspapers
last week that the Pennsylvania '
Railroad had announced plans
for electrifying their lines from
Central Philadelphia to Haddon
field, and, soon afterwards to
Berlin and Hammonton, were
denied by officials of the road
yesterday. This news came as a
shock to many people who have
been anxiously waiting announce
ment of this work, believing that
the electrification of the South
Jersey resort lines would -be a
forerunner to the establishing of
a central railroad station in this
city.
The report as published in the •
newspapers stated that orders
have been issued to electrify the
Delaware division as far as
Wilmington." This statement is
true and it will be the first step
towards the completion of the
proposed electric line from New
York to Washington. The road
from Philadelphia to Wilmington
is to be electrified as soon as
possible.
The report also stated that the
proposed new short line to Ocean
City will be used for electric
trains and so built for that pur
pose. This road is listed to
enter Ocean City via Somers
Point but it is understood that
there is to be no immediate
action on this work as the elec
trification of the Atlantic City
lines will come first.
Rumor has been prevalent for
some time that the electrification
of the West Jersey Division and
the erection of a new Union
Station in this city would be
simultaneous developments. Al
though no official confirmation
has been given it is understood
that both these projects have
been held up until the new presi
dent of the Pennsylvania lines,
C. W. Atterbury, assumed the
reins.
Honor Two Pupils
On Armistice Day
Legion Post Awards Two Medals
to Ventnor School Pupils in
Impressive Ceremonies at
Troy Avenue School
Building
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During the course of impres
sive exercises held last Wednes
day at the Troy avenue school in
observance of Armistice Day by
James Harvey Post of the Amer
ican Legion two graduates of the
Ventnor City public schools were,
signally honored.
American legion honor medals
were presented to Dorothy Price
and David V. Howlett by Free
holder Preston Crook,. a past
commander of the Harvey Post.
The speaker made an impres
sioned appeal for greater interest
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BURNING BRAKES SET j
j v FIREMEN ON SEARCH
Firemen sought in vain to locate a
burning automobile reported to be at
Oxford and Ventnor avenues last Sat
I urday evening. A man breathlessly
I announced to the desk sergeant that
a woman was driving the blazing car.
This, naturally, caused the firemen to
be more apprehensive. All efforts to
find the machine failed, however, and
the conclusion reached was that only
the brakes had been burning. The in
formant had disappeared during the
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