THE WEST ATLANTIC CITY NEWS
Published Tuesday at 12 W. Washington Avenue, Pleasantvllle, N. J. by.
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)PINION OF LATE MAYOR BADER SEEMS
TO HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN BY SOME
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City of Atlantic City at large. Not so very long ago the
licad of that family was Edward L. Bader and he said the
site for the terminals is across the thoroughfare. In
many of his private remarks lie said a new terminal
would not be built anywhere else as long as he lived.
Since that time a plan has been worked out to show
the advantage and great gain to the city of placing the
terminals across llie thoroughfare.
This gain comes in improved transportation and
traffic facilities in every direction; in saving important
suburban developments in Venice Park and elsewhere;
in transforming an undeveloped area into a center of
civic beauty and great usefulness; in removing from the
narrow section of the World’s Playground cluttering
tracks and smothering interference with the movement
and affairs of constantly increasing numbers of people
who serve the best interests and cater to the patronage
of people from all over the world. These people arrive
not by one railroad, neither do they commute by one
railroad. They come and go by every means of motor,
steam and electric power transportation, with full and
reliable promise that air transportation is but a little way
off in its practical application to the needs of moving
the millions who visit the World’s Playground in the
round twelve months.
Yes, north of the thoroughfare is a “wide space.”
Edward L. Bader, ripe in years of experience in up
building Atlantic City; keen and alive to the touch and
feel of llie demands of the people of the city, and those
of the world; a man who could eonnnand the attention
and cooperation of all men of broad vision, saw the
' littleness of the offering of a new terminal at Arctic ave
nue, and the greatness of the possibilities of the
terminal across the thoroughfare.
No one can say that Edward L. Bader was not a nian
of parts and dependability. No one can say that he was
. not a man of vision.
It was just a short time ago that these tributes were
being paid to him" by prominent individuals and the
public press.
Is a man and his wisdom so soon forgotten?
CITY OF HOMES
| West Atlantic City is becoming known as a city of
b homes. It is unique in this respect. The residents take
f pride in owning thei'r homes and Benjamin R. Fox has
S co-operated to help the home owner hy wise restrictions
and careful street layouts.
There is a great deal of truth in that old saying, “he
|ji, it ever so humble there’s no place like home.” Many
>i people live in homes that they do not own, and when they
do this they fail to attain the satisfaction that comes to the
person who owns the laud and the house—the little king
: dom—that constitutes the home.
Banks and reliable financial institutions throughout
•'•the country urge as one of the host of all investments the
purchase of a home. _ This may he accomplished in vari
i ous ways and there are many financial plans that make
home owning a much more simple proposition than it may
, seem to the person who has not made the attempt to.pur
* chase his own home. t t
A home on a site that has been selected with some
’ care is always a safeguard against material distress. Home
4 owners ate generally persons wluo, unless they are en
r dowed with large financial assets, have acquired their
r homes hy learning the all-important lesson of thrift. A
home that has been earned in this manner is particularly
f valuable.
A man who Neills a home rarely lakes the pride in
that home that is shown hy the person who actually owns
f his house and lot. And the person of modest means, who
| has earned his home himself, usually derives more pleas
J ure from a home than the person who lives in a palatial
| mansion. .
Not at all the least of the joys of home owning cotae
\ with the planning of the home. In this occupation the
* husband and the w ife may have their little differences,
•shut in the end these little differences are usually ironed
' out and'the completed work embodies the ideas of both.
Then, after the home is actually built, comes the fun
i of planning its furilishings. There is such an array of
% attractive fittings for the home these days; so many labor
: saving devices for the woman of the house, so many things
V that may be added to the comfort of the man, that a home
iis*thiT"goal*of all effort and enterprise, the reward in
happiness and comfort without stint or measure.
"A CITY BEAUTIFUL.'
If convenience to the public Is
the only thing considered at this I
time then present location of
railroad terminals would be sat
isfactory for an indefinite period
of time, but if a three fold city,
a city beautiful, is the goal, a
city of enlarged permanent pop
ulation, whose nerds, will mean
so much in the way of invest
ment return to the railroads,then
must the proposed railroad term
inals be located at a point which j
will permit the proper expansion
and which expansion will give
the solution t<) tax relief, traffic
congestion and unsatisfactory
business sections. And that
proper location Is at a point as
f'U* west in the city boundaries
as is reasonably possible.
Imagine the beauty to be ob
tained by a beautiful plaza along
the Thorofare front, the inviting
atmosphere that could be creat- j
ed by means of boulevards and ,
parking that will under such a j
plan distribute the millions of j
visitors to the various points of i
the city, modern highways and
business sections- that will be
most impressive.
A very important phase which
the taxpayers of our city should
not overlook is the future possi
bility of progress in beautifying I
the entrance to our city. With
the statiou moved, new wide
boulevards leading to and from
it, gradual removal of railroad
sidings and crossings and with
ground thereby increased in val
ue, a different class or improve
ments in keeping with ground ■
values will result. The latter in
itself will be forward motion in
cleaning up anti helping the ap
pearance of the Northslde.—
John R. Siracusa.
COOLIDGE LAUDS THE HOME
Tells Conference That Hearthside
Is Greatest Influence in
National Life,
President Coolidge believes
that the “home is the greatest in
fluence in our national life” and
that “there never was a time when
it was more necessary to give
serious attention to home making.”
His views were set forth in a
letter read at a dinner given at the
National Good Housekeeping Con
ference in Washington Friday
night. “We are told'that some of
the social, moral and- spiritual
problems of today are dus in a
measure to the disappearance of
the old home life,” the letter said. *'
“It is our task to adjust the
home to modern conditions, so that)
it will continue to hold our child-}
ren, teach them wholesome habits]
of living, and instill high ideals and j
the spirit of service.”
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FIRST ENTRANT FOR RESORT
PAGEANT PICKED BY MIAMI
Miamj again was the first Amer
ican city to riick its candidate for
the title of “Miss America.” This
year Miss Marcie Hands, pretty .18
year-bhl stenographer, will wear
the “Miss Miami 1927” ribbon. She
is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 122
pounds, brunette and is unbobbed.
What may I ask of the glad New Year,
Whose golden dawning paints the eastern sky?
What may I hope to accomplish here
As days and seasons move so swiftly by?
What shall I promise myself to do
Before this priceless year is through?
Help me to live in a manly way, ^
And earn the comradeship of loyal friends. W v)
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Let me know laughter and wholesome play— >
The joys on which all happiness depends. • <
Give me the courage and faith to see
That God will bless each day for me.
Strengthen my arms with a purpose true,
Yet keep me humble, honest and sincere.
Give me a strenuous task to do
And urge me on with never-failing cheer;,
Then let me rest in the evening sun
And hear the Master say, “Well done!”
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By cyiu s h. McCormick, jr.
Vice-President of the International Harvester Company
(Has the motor truck become tiro advance guard of modem
civilization? The writer of this article secs it in this role and
sets fortii his opinions in a challenging way.)
It has been the .mission of the
motor truck to bi'idgo the gap in
our national transportation system
that still remained after rail anti
waterway transport had made ours
the most highly developed trans
portation country in the world. .
There are 80,000 out, of 125,000 j
population centers or communities
in the United States with railroad
freight stations, but until the
motor truck and the motor bus
came in as a factor, 45,000 suchi
community s. lacked any efficient !
or genera, moans of transport forj
persons o: goods.
If in i .is country the motor
vehicle is a necessary aid to the
developin'-;.t of a new community.!
how much more so is this true of j
the rest cf the world? Wherever
civilization lags in any populous1
and potentially productive country,
or where civilization has so • far
failed to arrive at all, the major
cause is Invariably lack of trans
portation. v
- Pekin finds it cheaper to buy
flour in Seattle and bring it in
than to buy grain at 25 cents a
bushel from a district only a few
hundred miles away hut separated
by trackless prairies, bridgeless
rivers and tho virgin, passes of a
mountain range. In South Africa
tiie government operates ninety-on<>
motor services, which il employs as
feeders to the railways for ilui
haulage of dairy and poultry pro
ducts and hogs.
Up to now South Africa’s great
trouble has been one-crop farming
which was all that the insufficient
railway lines (13,000 miles in a
district one-third the size of the
United States) could be made to
serve; but now, with a beginning
made toward quick and cheap
transportation to market by motor
truck, the farmers are quick to see 1
and seize the advantages of the
weekly cream check.
In the United States, the pro
nouncements of the American
Farm Bureau Federation indicate |
clearly how indispensably useful
to our farmers is and will be the
motor truck.
It is true that the motor bus
demands and the motor truck de
serves the best possible highway
for the most economical, speedy
and comfortable transport. But it
is also true that the motor truck
can and does carry its. cargo
wherever wheeled chicles can
run. As in South Africa, so every
where, dirt roads may delay but!
they cannot defeat or even daunt j
the motor truck. Only a developed I
or a developing country can afford |
railroad construction as a business' j
investment. Any country where
labor is dirt cheap can afford a
dirt road. j
The railroad, in order to make 1
time and dividends, must have a j
comparatively level route with ]
broad curves, and it costs so much j
to build and maintain that it must ■
balance carefully between added !
mileage and heavy grading costs.!
The railroad myst. have funnel and
cut to fill to give it low gradients
and wide tangents. Where the rail
| road must go through or under
land barriers the motor truck
j climbs over or goes around them.
Is it. too much to expect that
i first the motor truck and after it:
the motor bus will prove in all un
| developed lands the heralds and
| pioneers of the railroad? Is it not
j possible and even probable! that
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lie motor truck and the motor bus
kill carry into these undeveloped
irons the means and agencies ot
i prosperity that will enable them
o afford railroads for the service
>f the long hauls and heavy duty
kiiieh are the railroad’s distinct*
\e function?
JRGES OBSERVANCE OF
ARBOR DAY, APR. 8
Schools, With Scout Troops
Urged To Plant
Trees Then
:AN HOLD EXERCISES
The State Forestry Division of
-he New Jersey Department of
Conservation and Development, ur
ses all schools, Boy and Girl Scout,
troops and other organizations
throughout the < State to make a
special effort this year to fittingly
celebrate Arbor Day, which falls on
Friday, April S, by planting trees
with appropriate exercises.
New Jersey statute has designat
ed the second Friday in April each
year as Arbor Day. Since the en
actment •'of tills law many trees
have been planted annually on Ar
bor day and ti e State Forestry Di
vision urges that this number be
greatly increased this year.
Appropriate exercises in conjunc
tion with the actual planting o
trees may be held by schools, civh
clubs, patriotic, organizations. Bo;
and Girl Scout troops and by tin
municipal and county shade tre<
commissions.
Whenever possible the co-opern
tion of municipal and comity shad
tree commissions should be sough
by organizations planning Arho
Day celebrations. These organize
shade tree bodies can provide va
ui.hie assistance both in helping t
procure the right trees and in set
ing that they aVe properly plante
and cared for.
A tree is a plant and as such d<
inands a certain amount of suhsi
CRITICISM HARD TO BEAR
By MRS. VIRGINIA LEE
Of course we all know our own faults. But somehow or other we
can’t, help liking ourselves. If we do wrong we can see that we really i
had some excuse even if we cannot make others see it. And then we
know nice things about ourselves that no one else knows too, beautiful
thoughts and high resolves that we never get a chance to tell a wait
ing world. / Y; —a
It’s very fortunate' that it is so, as we have to live with ourselves vY
all our lives, and we would have a hard time,.if we did not like our-, ';;
selves. We sometimes‘get a “slant" on ourselves, however—“see our- ^
selves as others see us," and it gives us quite a jolt. Fred, whose ?
letter follows, has jtfst received such a shock and is quite discouraged.
“Dear Mrs. Lee: Did you ever think that you had plenty of
friends, that you were well liked, and on the whole were a pretty ‘ ”
good fellow, and then learn—unintentionally, of course— that people
really do not think much of you after all? That you are more or
less of a ham and a dumbell. You may have thought so yourself,
"ay down in your consciousness, but hoped you had successfully
hidden it and you’d tried to treat people right-and be a good sport. ^
Then you find that you are considered worse than you ever dreamed
you could be. That is what has happened to me. I acknowledge I
am not perfect, but some of the criticism I overheard was so unjust
that I feel there is no excuse for me longer to cumber the earth.
I’d like to break away from everything and go away where I’m not -v$j
known and start all over again. Did such an experience ever hap-' ^
pen to you, Mrs. Lee, and what did you do?"
“FRED.1
You are realizing that there is some truth in the old saying that
''listeners—no matter how innocent—never hear any good of them
selves,” aren’t you Fred? That is not always true, however, as some
times people hear most encouraging things about themselves in the
■mine way. Everyone has had your experience at some time, my dear
boy. It’s the sense of injustice that hurts the most, isn’t it? And
l,e feeling that your friends were disloyal. Where you expected un. ,
derstanding they have put a wrong construction on your words or ac- i
tions. The best way to meet the situation is to stand pat. If part
of the criticism is just, resolve to take it to heart and improve. For
get the rest as much as possible. Take it all in all there is a surpris
ing amount of true friendship and understanding love in this busy world I
as you will fiud out.
quent care, food and water. Trees
planted ami then left to shift for
themselves may live, hut they will
never be attractive or thrifty.
| An Arbor .Day handbook for New
j Jersey, which contains helpful ad*
J vice on many phases of tree plant
ing may be obtained by those plan
ning to participate in Arbor Day
planting by writing the State For
ester, Department of Conservation
and Development, State Office Buib
and Development, State Office
Building, Trenton.
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OF PLEASANTVILLE, N. J.