Oct 1942 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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ro TOE OCEAN CITY SENTiNEL-LEDGER
Box Of
apSent
Box Nearly
__F| Donations Soar
^^ "Hi© cartes of fur scraps
Mm Ocean City donors
1M been sent away, and a
J tax was beJng fflled this
EvfOr BWpinen6 to the Seaman's
^
straps of lur will be fash,
vum vests fqr merchant
•Response to the appeal
SO far, according to
2. Sand,, 103 Central
and Hie second box will be taken
Sjy tfte saj»e concern when It Is
filled. All pleees of fur, no matter
how.^mU, are acceptable for this
pulpesa
One of ttie most recent eflnfcri-
buttons was made by Mrs. Mary
who solicited friends out of
town for their eld fur*
Others added to the list of don-
ors were: Mrs, George MiUspaugi!,
Mrs, Walter Allen, Mrs, John New,
ton, *&frs= Otto Reiehly. Mrs, Ben-
jamin Dyngan, Mrs, Floyd O.
Slnuns, Mrs. tJppIemsn, Claire's
Beauty Shop, Mrs, Raymond Brad-
way, Mis, Mary Davis ntiri Mrs C
Anderson,
News of Our Boys in Service
L'S Express took the firs
scrape to Philadelphia,
>"".>'H RE-ELECT
:IMER WENE
Listen To These
RADIOTALKS
Oftfi iruni lad Warkg
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j UeCofnuek, Majority
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A. F. Asedia
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fcu KcConpif*, Majority
ElgB ef Representatives
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loners C*»y and Bider
AtluUe County Committee
Her, 2—WSAB—10:41 P. M,
ttti County Committee
i=WSAB—H:00 J*. M,
Elmer H.
Far By A. W,
i Manager,
More New Books
At Public Library
TOe following new hooks recently
have been added to trip pnhlir li-
brary;
FICTION:
''Affair of the Splintered
by Clifford Knight,
"An Apple For EVP," by
Norris,
"Cup and the Swore,'' by A, T,
Ifobart,
"Drums of the Mom ing." by p:
V, stern,
"Lieutenant's Lady." by B S Al-
drieh,
Light of Western Stars," by
Zane Grey,
'Men of AJberma]?," ay in^iis
40 Service Man
At First Dance
Women's Club Spon-
sors Canteen Event
"Murder Among Friends," by
Lsnge Lewis.
"Rainbow at Dusk," by EmU?
Loring,
'Rider on the Bronze Horse," by
H, H, KTOll.
"Signed With Their Honour," toy
James Aidridge,
"Sound of an American," by Dav-
"Surgeen in Charge," by Eliza-
beth Seifert.
"Valley of Night," by jeffery
Fame],
"Valley of Vanishing Herds," by
W, Tuttle,
Her-
> The
[Chatterbox
is serving
Tasty Hot
Dinners
85
Hot Platters
Luncheons
40c - 50c
The Chatterbox
IEAN B, CAMPBELL, Prop.
9th St, & Central Ave,
ICE CREAM
Delivery Service
"Aimerican Harvest," by Ailen
Tate,
"Afnjy Means BuMnesa," by
bert Corey,
''Butter With My Bread," by Ol-
a Fe^o\*a,
"Coming Battle of QenTiany," by
W, B, Ziff,
"Get TTiee Behind Me." by Hart=
zell Spenee,
"Lives of Van Leon," by Van
Loon.
"World at my Fingertips," by
Kflfsten d
Navy Extends Age
Limit for Officers
The Navy announces that the age
limit for applicants for cenKniss=
ions has been raised from "under
36" to "under 39,"
College graduates between 33 and
3fl who were turned down in the
past simply because they were over-
age are urged to report at once at
the Office of Naval Officer Pro=
curement in the Widener building,
Philadelphia,
READ THE CLASSIFl Ml I ADS
DUCKIKQ BOAT
Someone tare raj decoys ffBfn
aneBari and tjirew thEm areuHd the
meadow- Th*y alss cut my beat
adrift lit Cedar gWAHip Cr«ik,
Rnder Please Notify Bos 17B0
REWARD
SENIOR STUDIOS
• Photographers •
Portraits = Views
Developing and Printing
Phone 1136 - 83S Asbnry Ave.
a.
V>1
TO HELP.the telephone system meet
'iiWiWiflpua wartime reed*, try to make your long
jdJUawKf &SU wttea the Uses are less busy,,, before
10 a. m.; Between noon and 2p,m.;5 and 7 p. m.;
9 p- to, And when you coll, be brief.
# May Umltii Stmta Wat B*u4t mmi Simmpt #
' Parks and Al Jamcsan. service
men, entertained with vocal and p3-
ane selections. Miss Anns Stsn=
ard was mistress of ceremonies,
Hefregiments af cookies nnd eider
were served.
GIRLS ARE INVITED
Twenty*.fl¥B giris were Invited
by the club to dance with the ser=
vice men guests. They were chosen
from the high school Senior class
nnd others out o*f school over li
ye&TS qf age. The girls were con-
veyed to and from their homes by
members of t/ie Women's Chib. All
gltW attendin" these dances during
the Winter ittiist have Invitations.:
must be sponsored by two older
persens, and have parental eon,
sent. Mrs. Leslie C. Hughes, club
president is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Hostesses at the initial dance
were Mrs, Hugties, Mrs, William O
Townsend. Mrs. Ttiflmas Adams,
Mrs. Herman SclvftGn and Mrs.
Kfflrold Lee,
New Leatherneck
FRANKLIN DEPUTY
City resident at 1447
Asbury av.( is now on hJs third
w«k of training wtji th* If. s.
Marine C«rp at ParHs Island, S.
G The training includes usf nf
all modern combat
Another Resort
Girl In WAVES
Esther Morris Accept-
ed for Enlistment
Mr,
Litle Darby
Joins Navy
BERGEN ON FTJRLOl'GH
John J, Bergen is spending a *10«
day furlough in Ocean City with
his wife, ttie former Miss Frances
Branin, Private Bergen is station-
ed at Alamagardo, New Mexico,
with the Army Air Force.
Resort Youth Now at
Port Deposit, Md.
Lit]e Darby, son of Mr, and Mrs
Roy E, Darby, 604 central av., was
inducted into the Navy Saturday
and was immediately assigned to
Port Deposit, Md,, for training
The school is at Tome University,
recently acquired by tile Navy for
the purpose,
Darby, a graduate of Oeean City
High School Ln 1&40, tiad been pin.
ployed by the resort postoffice. He
enlisted In the V=6 branch of the
Navj-, which is to train mechanics
and navigators for Naval aviation
His brotlief._ Roy, Jr., k in [he
Army at San Franeiseo, cal.
lather Morris, daughter of
and Mrs. Francis Morris, 35
Wesley av., was accepted this week
for enlistment in Gie WAV¥m
iiew women's Huxilinry of the U @
wavy.
is the second office
of city hull ta enlist in the
zation within less than two
Miss BOnnip Bonham left for train-
ing early in October, The two
young wcJrnen fJed applipations at
he same time, but Miss Morris was
not called to Philadelphia fffr PSB
minatiOii uiitiJ last Friday.
The newest WAvfJ recruit has
been seeretai->' in the city building
nspec!ien officp nenrly four vesifs.
fip esperLs to remriii there unlll
ailed for active duty nnfl
some time in ri
Miss Eonhtim y
mining in Oklflhomfl.
-RANK WOLF TO TAKE
H.IUHT TRAINING
| Frank W. Weif. fernier
i City youth uiio became prefr.inent
! as a Boy Sfaut a few years aga, is
I doing equally well in the Army.
I according to warn received hprr.
I Frank, now holding the status
of Cadet, has been selecied by tin 1
classification board for pilot trnin-
m
gan, Arthur WatkinH and Harrj*
Young.
DERNOSKI IN
TECHNICAL COURSE
Private Felix Dernoski is now
•with a technical training sdliool
squadron ef the Army Air Forces,
at Miami Beach, FJa,
In expressing appreciation
for receiving The SenUneULedger,
Private Derneskl declares, "it is a
great morale iboester, 8 '
TARVES IN NAVY
Oonflld Tarves, son of Mr and
Mrs, Fred S, T&fves, has enlisted
In the Navy and Is now in training
at a base in Mainland, He left the
reiert last wgek, Tarves, a carpen=
ter, resided here at 943 Bay av.
TOM BART AT
EBCEWOOP ARSENAL
Private Thanes Dart, who e
lilted in the Aiimy last Spring, has
been tranaf erred from Aberdeen
royinig Ground to BdgewoOd Ar
senal, Md.
CLEANED
HuES
m
B
and
•g. Glazed
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•• by Onr
|y gqperior
W Cleaning
1 , Methods
Assures Satisfaction
Furs Remodeled
744 Asbury Ph. 1035
bo
fi-nrn pate 1)
birthday, and pray that a speedy
world peftce will enable us. once
again, to pet inyt our fl'ri tiLn* 1
stride."
Coinciding witii piTeetflr
son's opinion that Hie schools
th? best places far the
Of the historic Bi^ijL, O^nlt 1 ! J
Ricker, County Superinteijdent of
Schools, deeiures thftt his ofm? and
the various seiisois under his sup-
ervision will fee gltifi to eeciptfflte
with the FreeholfiPrs in seeing that
the anniversary is nppraprintpiy
fnenmemorated.
TO GET BCK>KLETS
whoal pup!l will reeeivH n
copy of a booklet, containing' ft
short, comprehensive, ehronoioyipni
history of Cape May County.
Many locfll civic and other or
gaiiiEJitiens also will. Mr jBckspn
believes, want to celebrate the event
in some way during the week of
November 9ih, If such ^rnups will
contact the nfTire til thp
viH at Geiirt House they will
material to assist them in nr
if interesting programs.
On displny in Cape May List
week, the County historical exhibit
is beirig shown in Wildwoed thin
WO«?k, It will be transferieel to Court
House next week. The large book,
wHh Its turnin« pages
I historic spots, attracts
' nttt-ntign wherever
rKKATED IN 1692
Created in 1G92 from land nwnet!
by thf West Jersey Sociciy. what
is now Capp May County was first
taken posSfHsien of in the nftnie of
thp Dutch by Henry Hudson, an
Enijlishmnn employed by* the East
India Company of Hallaiui. when
he sailed tlie twa-masted vess;'l,
ihe •peHnive Me*»!"*. or 'Half
Moon", up Ui'lnwhre Bay
38 ]@09.
Wiien rslnhllshfij November
1^2. nape Mny County
•\\\ of Houth JtTM'y to a pnint nbdijt
20 miIPS up ihe MsiuriPr River, then
easterly to the most northern polni
of Ctreat Km Hftrbor,
FIRST COlfRT AT CAPE MAY
The firsi potiit in the count\ was
Quarterly Coui'l, fo« ensfs not es
peedinj» 20 pounds, alid was helti sit
"Poitsrnouth (Cupe May Town or
Town Bftiiki' Murfh 20.
Cose Hall,
Tlie eeunty's first pr^on
built ii! 170'j on Quiilus
MiimiHMttmttiM
ititnittiMitittittit
MOVIE ADS and
Somers Point News
On 6
d of nravelly Run,
On April 2, 1723. ihe county
divided into three townships lip
pci^ ^riddle ajid l^wer.
The ihhalaitJints f-f the cfjunt
6S| when the flrsf
was taken In
and
I umaUnii-s wilt
! qualify for both.
Full infiii'mniion mnv
frOin ~ ~~
HOME ON LEAVK
Bdwnrd Brnnifi, son of Mr,
Mrs. Frf-wis Brtinin, >*. at his home,
1106 Sinipson av,, on n short fur*
lough. He is in the Nav>, stuiionetl
at Neu*poit. R. I.
Speedometer
May Be Lying
Check Accuracy and
Save Possible Penalty
"How's your Hpeedamrter?"
The query lias important mrnii:
ing just now, the Keystone Auto-
mobile" Club points out, boenusp of
the national requirement of n 35
mile speed limit, "Lazy" speecki-
i.TiC'tf'rs mny uei their owners into
serious trouble, the clirt warns.
Club offieinls sny thitt in in;iny
sppfd nrTPhtx rominy to ihfir ni-
isntion: sppptlomptPr rhPek-up htis
fpypalpd H double crpsMnu tendency
on t'ie pfirf of t.hp spppri infl'fiitnr.
"At speeds of fivr to 25 milfs ppr
hour," HIP Club statement rieelfit^s,
"speedometer iicturncy in tli^sp
ciisfa iiitained pci frctton. TlirrP
was a tendency to mKtnc*ss bet wren
2.5 and 35, If these rnsea pomini?
under our QhsorvatioH rs*p!•*»,