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" 'Vv ■■■*' 'Wi 'M-C-■ . n- : • • •• —• - .; • •*, •*' . ' •• •- -/ LONGPORT NEWS A WEEKLY DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO lONGPORT AFFAIRS- SOCIAL-.OFFICIAL- MUNICIPAL ji : Mayor EDWIN M. LAV1NO EDWIN M. GOLDSMITH Director of Revenue and Finance HERBERT N. RAINIER Director of Streets, Parks and Public Property JOHN E. ISZARD / Solicitor «; ■ > Attend Jackson Day Dinner Longport was represented at the Jackson Day dinner given by the Atlantic County Democratic Committee at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Atlantic City on Sat urday evening. The principal speaker of the . evening was United States Sen I ator Edward I. Edwards and his f after-dinner speech was ap preciated and enjoyed by the , large audience. County leader, Charles I. Laf I ferty, was lauded for the work r he has accomplished in building up a strong organization in this t county. Nearly five hundred ad ' mirers of Andrew Jackson were ; in attendance. The spirit of De mocracy was much in evidence !' and no Jackson Day dinner held in Atlantic City was ever better attended or more enjoyed, j, W. S. Gilmore from Longport was a member of the committee in charge of arrangements for 1 the dinner. The local delegation included Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Rainier, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dutton and Mr. and Mrs. Gil more. Betty Bacharach Home Notes The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Atlantic City Lodge of Elks motored to Longport and enter .. tained the children at the Home on Wednesday afternoon. The Elks' unfortunate little wards were made happy with music, singing and refreshments. Guests at the Home on Sun day included: State Comptroller Newton A. K. Bugbee, United States Representative Isaac Bach arach, Hon;- Harry Bacharach, David Berg, Elias Rosenbaum and ' David Reed. * [Coast Guards Make Rescue ’ - Three men undertook to cross the Bay from Longport to Ocean City in a small garvy on Sat urday evening but the tide and waves were so high that the'water dashed on their engine and put it out of order wHen they were crossing the bar. The. lookout at the Longport Coast Guard Station was notified and Captain Turner and his crew hurried to the rescue in their speed boat. A Jiigh sea, dark ness, and pilings and jetties into which the garvy had floundered made the work of the guards difficult and dangerous but, after many efforts, they succeeded in getting lines to the men and, while guarding their -own boat against destruction, managed to i' pull the men to safety. r ‘ The garvy could not be saved. After dashing all night against the piling and concrete jetty at the Point, the guards managed to pull the wreck ashore on Sun day morning and salvaged the engine. ■' .The rescued men refused to give their names or tell where they were from. - . ? . Local Boy Makes Good Knowledge gained while work ing on his father’s yacht, the .“Polly Page,” in years gone by, enabled Edward C. Stetzer of 29th and Atlantic Avenues to per-, form an engineering task at a large electric plant in West Vir ginia after other engineers, in the employ of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com pany, had failed. The top had to' be lifted from a large machine and no crane could be secured for the work. Mr. Stetzer had trees felled and cut into proper lengths and with the trees and heavy cables made his own hoists and lifted the heavy machinery. He is one of the youngest engi neers in the employ of the West inghouse Company but the les sons taught by his father on the “Polly Page” have enabled him on two occasions to perform tasks where older and more experi enced engineers had failed. Personals Borough Commissioner and Mrs. Edwin M. Goldsmith are en joying a trip abroad. During the past week they motored through Normandy and . Brittany in France. * * * Edward C. Stetzer has returned to his home, 29th and Atlantic Ayes., after supervising: exten sive repairs to a large electric plant in West Virginia, owned by the Alpha Portland Cement Com pany. * * * Mrs. JRoland Seger, from Bos ton, was entertained by Miss Isabel Mactier, at the Mactier home on 25th Ave., during the past week. * * * James Sharkey, Mrs. Hugh Sharkey and Miss Margaret Monaghan, __ from Philadelphia, spent the week-end as the guests of Building Inspector and Mrs. William Morse, on Atlantic Ave., near 25th Ave. , * * * Mrs. Emily C. Calef spent Sun day with friends in Longport. » • * Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Simp kins, from Overbrook, are being entertained by Borough Commis sioner and Mrs. Herbert N. Rain ier, of 25 th Ave. * Mrs. Bryce Gray returned to her home on 25th Ave. bn Mon day after spending a week as the guest of friends in New York City. * * * Mr. and Mrs. James B. Town send, of 17th Ave., are sailing for Florida today. They expect to spend the next three months in their new cottage in South Holly wood where Mr. Townsend owns several valuable lots. Their sedan is being carried on the same boat with them to be used in making trips to different resorts in the southern state. * * *. Miss Mary Groves has returned to her home on 17th Ave., after spending a portion of the winter with her grandmother in Phila delphia. , » * * Esperanto DeAngelis and Miss Gertrude Turner were guests of Miss Lilye Dutton, at her home on 17th Ave., on Sunday. * * * - Sidney Hoinville, of 24th and Oberon Aves., has purchased a — WINCHESTER SCHOOL — Longport^N. J. Sixteenth Annual Session opens ' September 30, 1925 Summer tutoring in all school and college branches DOUGLAS fyWE ADAMS, Headmastei Neo. 1B8 —BU?U Phones-Nep. 1764 Graham one ton truck to be used in hauling and express business in Longport. » * * Charles Dutton, of 17th Ave., has joined with the pupils from Longport who are attending the Margate City schools. Valuable home training made it possible for this young man to start in the first grade when one-half of the school year had been com pleted. ' '* * i * Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Rainier re ceived a box of fruit oh Christ mas from Mr. and Mrs. Louis Quinby, former Longport resi dents now living at Hemet, Calif. The fruit was raised on Mr. Quin by’s ranch in Southern California. * *. * Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stoer. spent Sunday at their cottage at 25th Ave. and the Bay. * * * Mrs. Mathilda Abner, of 15th Ave., enetertained Miss Dorothy Sheck on Sunday. • • * "Dr. and Mrs. John J. Blackman motored to Longport on Sunday. * * * James Jameson, Jr., Miss Mar garet Jameson and Mr. and Mrs. Galen Hemperly motored from Philadelphia and spent the week end with Judge^and Mrs. James J. Jameson, at 27th Ave. and the Longport Bridge. • * * Howard Sheck, of 17th and At lantic Aves., will start for Florida! in his automobile some time this week. Mr. Sheck intends to en gage in the real estate business at Miami. Items of Interest Water pipes have Seen de livered for the new mains to be installed throughout the Atlantic City Terrace and Atlantic City Gardens tracts in Longport and j contractors have promised to start work some time this week. Plans have been accepted for three houses to be erected in the Atlantic City Terrace tract. Work on these houses is to start in Feb ruary. Several well known syndicates have recently been buying many lots in the new development with the apparent intention of being prepared when the expected real estate buying is at its height in the coming spring. R. B. Moore and H. N. Rainier, local realtors, have spent many hours daily during the last three weeks at the Chelsea ‘Title and Guaranty Company office in At lantic City where settlements were being made on Longport properties. Out of thirty set tlements made during the past week not one prospective buyer who had-given a deposit failed to go through with the sale. This is conclusive proof that valua tions in Longport are ascending. Fire Chief Makes Report on Hydrants At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners held in the Com mission Chamber at Borough Hall on Saturday afternoon, Fire Chief C. L. Frye presented a re port on the condition of all fire hydrants in the borough and out lined repairs needed to those that are not in good working order'. He recommended that six new hydrants be installed in the new ly developed section of the borough and that an old hydrant at 22nd Ave. and the Beach, be replaced by one of more modern design. His report showed that all hydrants of the Pratt & Cady type w.ere in good working order. The borough engineer was di rected to order nine hydrants. Seven of the new hydrants ar^- to be installed in accordance with the chief’s recommendations and two are to be kept in storage for use when replacements are neces sary. * ■ ‘ A resolution was adopted ap proving grades and curb lines on Ventnor Ave. from 29th Ave. to the Margate City line, in accord ance with a map prepared by the county engineer. Ventnor Ave., in Longport, was constructed by and is maintained by the county. Winchester School Notes Douglas H. Adams, Head master of Winchester School, and Edward W. Coppage returned home to Longport Sunday eve ning, after a three weeks’ stay at Miami Beach, Fla. They enjoyed wonderful weather with not a single day of rain the whole time they were south except a small drizzle on the day of their de parture. Mr. Adams reports Miami proper terribly congested and not at all a pleasant place in which to stay, but Miami Beach We Have Some Large Desirable Tracts For Sale in Longport, Some With Riparian Rights H. N. RAINIER 23rd and Atlantic Aves. Phone Neptune 1213 and Neptune 758-W Longport Real Estate J. Harker Chadwick & Co. Ventnor Boulevard and Colorado Ave. Longport PHONE NEPTUNE 1950-R R. B. MOORE, Manager was wonderful. Plenty of room for everybody at the hotels, plenty of apartments still un rented, plenty of good food and all kinds of sport. The bathing throughout their whole stay was good. Mr. Adams and Young Coppage took a touring car south with them and visited all the prominent resorts and land de velopments in the southern part of Florida. They went south on the steamer “Mary Weems” tak ing their car with them on board. The trip was warm and exceedingly wonderful and the food excellent. After using the car for nearly three weeks they sold it and returned north by train, taking the Florida Limited on the Atlantic Coast Line, the latest train to be placed in ser vice. Mr. Adams says that any one wishing to travel in solid comfort either to or from Florida cannot possibly do better than by taking this train, as it is equip ped with everything, barber shop, shower baths, club and observa tion cars, etc. * * * Francis E. Palmer spent his Christmas holidays with his parents in Springfield, Mass. Upon his return to school he has announced his engagement to Miss Ann E. Hibbard of Clayton,' N. J. * * * Jack Fitzgerald and family spent a week of bis vacation at Washington, D. C. * * » Owen Riley, of Absecon, N. J., is the most recent addition to the student body of Winchester - School. * * * The Winchester School re opened after the Christmas holi days on January 11. PAINTING INTERIORS-EXTERIORS Personal Supervision of Work NELSON E. WILLARD 23 N. Stenton PI. Marine 8576 Try Us, Once & MRS. EDWARDS Medicated Foot Powder To banish your foot troubles. Soldi by all drug and department stores. LEGAL LEGAL PUBLIC NOTICE* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following local budget and tax ordinance were approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of Longport, Atlantic County, N. J., on December 26, 1925. A hearing on the budget and tax ordinance will be held in the Commission Chamber, Borough Hall, Longport, N. J., on Saturday, the 16th day of January, 19<.6, at 3.00 P. M., at which time and place objections to said budget and tax ordinance may be presented by any taxpayer of said Borough. LOCAL BUDGET OF THE BOROUGH OF LONGPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1926 This Budget shall also constitute the Tax Ordinance. AN ORDINANCE relating to taxes for the year 1926, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Comnjissioners of the Borough of Longport, in the County of Atlantic, that this budget shall constitute the budget of the Borough of Longport for the fiscal year 1926. and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that there shall be assessed, raised by taxation and collected for the year 1926, the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand, Six Hundred Twenty and 72-100 ($117,620.72) Dollars for the pur pose of meeting the appropriations set forth in the following statement of resources and appropriations for the fiscal year 1926. Amount of Surplus Revenue .. ^71 29 RESOURCES—Anticipated Revenues Surplus Revenue Appropriated ..... $ 7,500.00 Miscellaneous Revenue: Gross Receipts Tax ..... 450.00 Franchise Tax ....... l,10o!oO Poll Tax .... 42.00 Interest and Costs . 1,500.00 Amount to be raised by taxation . 117,620.72 1925 $ 10,000.00 450.00 1,100.00 46.00 1,500.00 68,712.71 APPROPRIATIONS General Government: Mayor ... Director of Revenue and Finance .. Director of Public Works .. Solicitor ... Civil Engineer .... Clerk . Borough Hall ...***** Stenographer and Assistant Clerk . Carfare and Stamps ...... Printing' and Supplies .. Elections .. Insurance and Surety Bonds ... Auditing .. Advertising .. Assessment and Collection of Taxes: Assessor ...... Collector .. Printing Tax Bills, Postage, etc., .. Preservation of Life and Property: Beach Guards .... Fire Protection .... Garbage ... Streets ... Contingent ... Interest on Bonds and Loans ... Interest on Sinking Fund Notes ... Sinking Fund ... Trust Account: Water, Light and Sewer Maintenance .. Water, Light and Sewer Construction . Assessment Account: C Interest on Bonds .... Interest on Loans ... Capital Account: - ' Interest on Bonds ... General Government (Debt Amortization) ... Interest on Loans . Interest on Tem. Sea Prot. and Imp. Bonds!.! Sea Protection .... Water Emergency Notes ...! Interest ..... Parks and Public Places . Interest on Temporary Water Bonds . Riparian Rights . Certificate of Indebtedness . Electric Light Installation .. $128,212.72 1926 $ 500.00 250.00 250.00 1,000.00 500.00 1.400.00 500.00 500.00 1.820.00 100.00 500.00 200.00 500.00 360.00 1.500.00 400.00 600.00 100.00 3.000. 00 720.00 1.800.00 1.500.00 11.000.00 1.000. 00 500.00 500.00 2,824.26 10,000.00 2.500.00 14,000.00 * 2,380.00 500.00 500.00 4.500.00 26,500.00 2,608,46 800.00 2,000.00 % 2,000.00 6.000.00 5.500.00 16,000.00 $128,212.72 $ 81,808.71 1925 $ 500.00 250.00 250.00 1,000.00 250.00 ^ 1.800.00 500.00 700.00 1.400.00 75.00 200.00 200.00 150.00 300.00 800.00 300.00 500.00 50.00 2.500.00 500.00 1.400.00 750.00 6,000.00 1.000.00 500.00 502.97 1,162.28 9.990.00 6,000.0# 22,350.00 240.00 2.380.00 500.00 500.00 4.500.00 5.000.00 6,608.46 1.200.00 500.00 $ 81.808.71 This ordinance shall take effect as provided by law. Published by order of the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of Longport. WILLIAM S. GILMORE. Borough Clerk. 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