Mar 1950 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

S 'J H .,
'-. '/'
r school In
presented
election.
itau_nrnldent,.announc«d this week
Yateri Uit month approved an
IfcAOO rXfecndlture for purchase n(
luml tor the building. The band
blue referendum will Wke place
after plans have been approved h?
•Ute officials.
1VERGREENS
All VarkJrjM ud SitM
|§—fem Our Specialty —
r- - uuct *orm OWN TREES AT ONE OT
ATLANTIC COONTTS nWIBT NURSEBYg
>AR BRIDGE NURSERY
Zion Rood at B«rf nintown Lake
I from Oc**n City Phone Someri Point 2360
ic *
e Better Buy—
Is BETTER-BILT"
PRICE
REDUCTION
OB
0 Section Uoors
See Your
LOCAL DEALER
Alto Offered U m New SIM
TWO-CAR DOOR
VTO" ifO»iil3/l Thiefc
Thr«« Section. High
Better-BUt Door Co.
EGG HARBOR CITY, N. J.
Heart Fund Here
Totals $559.24
Late Donations
Still to Come
Detail City residents contributed
ISS8J4 to she New Jeney Heart
Asaotlalloii in the annual camnoiin
far, funds which rinsed Mnreti 1,
This was oniiuiiiii'rd Friday by
Commissioner Henry Hoeser, Jr., III-
i'ul ihairmiin of tlm drive, follow-
ing a tabulation 'if receipts from nil
«iurt*s.
KXPBESSKS THANKS
Mr RiwHiT expressed his apprecia-
t'oli Ui members of the Women a Re.
uuylli-an Club, Mrs. Myrtle Richards.
Polite Chief Robert J. Luekt-y., Fran-
els E Bailey aliiJ other organiiations
and individual* assistinic in the work
Throughout New Jersey, euntrlhu.
lions to" the Heart Cuinpuign wore
rt-pcilted to hove been mure gen-
vtuus than last year, but mil up in
thn iMt.WKJ state.wide goal.
HEBK I.ATB DONATIONS
The Heart Association reported
that a two weeks' "ijieanup period"
was started late lost week tu brinN
in flnal Lontributiuiis, spewiul sifts
and late donations to the red plastic
heart banks in public pIuci'S.
Contributors also were advised by
the Association that postmusters will
uqtilinue in receive loniributions by
nikil und forward them to the MiuU-
hinciiiuarters at Newark.
Pierpont Chairman
of Welfare Board
Robert O. Pierpont, of Wildwacii!
Crest, has been elected chairman of
the County Welfare Board for Old
Age Assistance, to replace Edward
L. Juhtistone, of Woodbine, who re-
siined.
Paul Sr.yder. Cape Muy. and Free-
holder Walter H. Treen. Wildwood,
wyru indueled as new mtmhi-rs. Mr
Pierpont has been 0 bnard mitTil.ir
foul years.
AT RALLY IN WASIIINRTON
Mn. Vera Patton. 620 Wesley aw,
recently visited her brother and sis-
ter-in-law in Washington, D, C,
While there she attended a Repub-
lican rally and supper attended liy
12,000 persons from all states, at
the Arena.
Assume* Duties as
Hospital Chief
KAYNKR ,!, KLINl:
Hnyner J. Kli-ill. fiirmerly rif Bui.
tinuire. n;*N ju*t iissumi-fl ins lititirh
as inimirnsiniliir ijf the Ciipi 1 M;iy
CMUMIV BurdHte Tomlm Mt-niii ria I
fi(i;.|.ilii! (it Cuurl liiiiisi-. Hi' ini>
SIIIIT 1WU ill Bullmi'itf. Kniniisi-I
P,i . Cihi'itiNUli, uiiii I'lilshuii'h
Bowker in County
GOP Vacancy Group
_M;iVhr F-iiv.-orfl B Bowko
Ott;in City, wus lint* r.f thrt'C-
itfj\niih\vti this SM.n'k tij U t-urnr
on vnviim-u-H m itev i nyniy JI
litijn urmniiuinm. H\a\v Coi
thNmar. Irving Fitch minuumu'
Olhurs nn iht 1 Piimmstipe itn'
or Suinui'l F: EU.iridfip. (*| Cu\tv
iiiiti ftirriitT Mavur Gvvriif- A
tiinh. uf N'(Fr!h WiM&unH,
State to Aid in Paving
An adtlitiumil nllotmerit nf SB \U{\
in stale. 1 UiO funds f«f Stnrt' HiirUnr
to pyvo 92ntl si. unei Sunset Hrivc
\\ r*$ uyijituwd FruUiy Uy liiMhwiiy
Cnmmisfionrr SponiiT Miller, Jr.
A rii-v/ jt.'
pin rufnhiru
fy liimfriMjk Is sctjt
Bank and Borough Squabble Over
Possession of Site for Building
A stiff coni^l between the Stone
Harbor boraugh count] I and tht-
Fir^i National Bank uah shypinw up
this week over whit-h nrMufii/uiiun
would bt giviin the rinhi to u^e a
building site at the northeast cornt-r
of Mth Mt, and 2nd av,
Th# bonk purchased the lots in 1927
for the purpose fVi-ntuully uf Lining
them as th*?_ site uf n new bank
building. In December, bank officers
asked council td rescind an ofrii-
nance which would authorize con-
demnation of the land by the city.
Mayor James E, McCaughey sent a
letter to taxpayers this week urging
them to attend the nest couneij
meeting and object to passage of a
new ordinance which wuuiri rescind
the condemnatinii mp&fture. adopti-d
Mayor Mi-C'iii;uhfV ,-ii'r! !..• iijii;
thf hnriAiUh In iiK|uirr. tr.t- lunil I
tondi-n.iiiitmn ,11 [hid 11 i.i-w h.,
uuuh hull m;,y !«, hmlt i.n Ihi-
nunyd by Ihe niumrtpiilily.
The ordiniimu lei rihi-mil ciindi'f
fuiliyn \-trtnL'i-i[,nxs wus intruitsici-tt
(hu Fubruury miu'fnfl uf iMjuiu
wl:en Hurry L, HU-H, pri'SHit'!!!
tho bank. SiiiM tho inKtittilnni,:iiri'iu
had virtually cumph'tcd pilniH inr i
A SlnrH' Ilarhnr husmpss ninn sn
lie had tiiifried many rujskitMim ut
fftund rnnst of thum huldirm t!
opinion tlint ttu 1 hi!H>iif4h h.i
would hi- just y* KHtHntcMnry in >MV
era! UIIHT' loi-iHInns
STAINTCN'S
Open Doily 9:1WA. M.
Opsn Friday and Saturday Ev#i 'Til 9 P. M.
Telephone 1532
Save wear
You lay* up to 15% In gat wttfi Ford AgfomoHc
Oyerdrive'. Only rwd In its field offers you
Ml mofuyjavlng feature. And only Ford bring!
you a V-l engine (new huihed to a wMipsrl (or
kyndmdi !«u M M mo " i U "
hrd AutoowHc Onrdrhri* cut, yew tngtM
lanJuMsm 30%. Thof nwam your engine can
baf olong at 35 i^ph. wh*n your Ford li ddng
SOI And Ihol B M IM WMT M yew engln*,
ten www on you.
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rff "«•«*•
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"TIST DRIVE"
THI «1O FORD
AT YOUR FORD DEALER'S
h will opmn your »y$l
acony
suits
of
Rilm
Beach
¥
Wouldn't you know that tlie firit Palm Beach check would be an event? It is! Heri is
tlie fine luok of a British import. eaplured in AmeriM'a fevered mnunif fabric,
softer, peaehskin-imoqth Palm Beach ,,, the wool-riyon thil'i to cool
and wrinkle-free. So perfectly fitting loo ,,, I thank Sacony master tailors for that fit!)
.,. you'll wear it from spring's start to autumn's end - with dark or bright
white accents. And pair it with solid color Palm
Beach suite. Mines' and petite itaes. As seen
in Harper's Buiar and Today's Woman,
T^SS^t^ THI Om Wmtm SglTS «" PAW «iACH
/
NEW
SHIPMENT
JUST
ARRIVED
G.KURTZ CO.
Oman City, N. J.
45 Gauge
30 Denier
GOTHAM
Walking
Sheers
If Perfect
would be
1.45
washabh
packable
3.95
Never *
^> for .moother
Printed and Published in Americctt Greatest Family Retort
OCEAN CITY SENTINEL-LEDGER linu.
69th YEAR—No. 48 Telephone 0304 or 0805 OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 BtotliMI L*)«.r BulldlDi, Ilk It, |M Ra«M H,
Unit of National Guard
To Be Formed Tuesday
Battery Would
Mean $15,000
Annual Payroll
Interested Men
Invited to Meet
at City Hall
An Ocean City unit of thi 1
New JiTsuy National Guurd
with opi'iiiiiHH fur 124 men
will lie organized In Oct!un
I'ity in the near futui't', it
wns announced yesttnlay,
M;iiur Punn Hcjud. ymmniimti
oftttw uf (he SMth Ami Aircraft C in
Baiiiihun. with heudquartyrH
Wiklwood. advised Mayor Eiiwi
H Buwkt-r that thi' lijryl unii wtj
Li- purl tif that in Miini/iitiuii and
jsrudut'i' Iin ynnunl inemm' Iu
MKhTINCj TL'ESDAV AT 4:30
fiiian Ci 1 v mi-n intt>ri>.atc(l in juhi-
inu i iri ' fnviti'd tu iitti'rui ,:i rni-r'-
inj^ Tiii'juiuy a', 4 liO pj. m ,• in tito
t'lMtniMftsKjiH'rh' ehyinLi-r. city hnl!
whi-n ijliiris for uetisuliim at Uu< U*>
cyl batu-ry will bt- tiihtjUNM«-(i
Majiir GIMKTUI Donald W. Me
OiAian. c'uminanili-r'uf llu- ftotli Arm.
yrt-d bivi^um ui tilt' NIH^ Jcr?!'.
Mammiil Guard, * i"H\nv\vd to b
pri^i'MI fyr thin mt-tHiiiH tutu'th'*
uiih Miijur Hood and Either iiirui'ij
MAV I'SE CONVENTION HALL
Hf-atUiuartt'rs oi tfit 1 batlt_*rv iipr
rriav iiv at thi' { : ,iy=iiy, nrd CufAtri-
tmi" Hall.
,M,i>iir Buvvkpr plnii,^ to stnti li'--
ii'f^ tjf invtlatioil tii thi* HH'HinH J; » !
thr r^Kurfs vt'tcTUn urManixatiun^
tefvit't 1 tlub.s and iitliur MraLifis -if
rituii v,hu may tor inturuNUd.
The SOBlli AAA Battiilliill in llu-
CLiuniy was erKiinizi'd at WildwcHK^
Mitral niynths ntio and i^ niiw wt ! 1
i-HlybliilHjd with headquarttTi; nl
ihf County Airpnrt.
Pfeffer Files
for Freeholder
Seeks Clouting's
Place, Against Young
Permanent Auto Licenses By
Mail Considered By State
Would Save Half Million a Year, Assemblyman
Asserts, Introducing Bill; In 20 Stales Now
AMOS L. FFEFFBB
Amos L, Pfeffer, Jr., of Polermo.
Bled nominating petitions Thufiday
loit week as an indrpenclent Repub.
lican candidate for the oifice of [ret 1 '
holder, to be vacated at the end of
this year by freeholder Henry Y,
Clouting, of Beeiley'i Point,
In the primarj' election,he will o|»
pose M, Spencer Young, of Beesley s
Point, who wns endorsed by the
County Republican Organisation two
weeki ago upon reeonimendatien of
Mr, Clouting, who is rollrinl,
FORMER BESORT POLICEMAN
Mr. Pfeffer, building and painting
contractor, formerly resided in Ocean
City for 26 years but has made hit
home for the past three yean at
Carolyn Park, a Palermo low cost
home development for war veterani,,
A former Ocean City policeman, he
iervfcd in the Marine Corps for
three years during World War II,
"It will be exceedingly dlfflculi to
find a man to equal Mr. Cloutlng's
long and devoted publle rtrvice,'
Mr. Pfeffor laid, "All I have to ofler
ii a ilncere deiire to be of service
to my neighbor, with honor, loyalty
and human understanding my policy
to all men,"
OPPOSES TAX INCREASE
He announced the following point*
of policy:
"1 My nomination on the He
creatt new interest and promote
publican ballot for freeholder could
harmony within the party
"2 A taxpayer my»tlf. I am
Itrongly opposed to further Increase
In taxes I would strive to lower
present levies by practical economy
WOULD LIFT BBIDGE TOLLS
"3 I would favor any plan that
would hasten the end of the six toll
bridges In our resort county.
"4, t am oppo«ed to public-spon-
sored project* employing non-resi-
dent labor while local men walk the
street (Ref: Memorial Hospital and
Road cut off at Cape May Court
House.)
"8. I favor equal job opportun-
ities for all, regardless of race, creed
or political affiliation."
TO FLY TO BAHAMAS
tlr. Frank a. Hitter. SST 7tb tt,
win fly from PhllndeUihla. Saturday,
•I. whir, b* Plam
two
Lady Santa Deluged With
Contributions for Needy
Food and Clothing for Men, Women and Babies
Pour in, Some of it Even From Philadelphia
Waterway
Move Now' Up
To State
U, S, Ready When
N, J, Meets Terms,
Hand Asserti
The m st rntni_ lawdrd ftdi riili?
tiun uf Nt w Jtr t\ N inldnd \»itir
w-d> "-nught an a si ite \A itJi im
prtj%i-iiiHiit lc.r nidn\ jcyr^ is up in
\hm idti tit Nt \K Ji rstv Cangrt^=
nun I" MiiJfl Hind uf Nt^ Ji
Mrs Gertrude Pri-slon, upon
.... hum The St'i:Uni'l-I.MlRiT many
jears iiisu Ijusliiivpii ihe title
Ocelli! City'N "Ijitly Salllu Claus."
wlis li'plini! roiisiiltrably tllizcfl
iirui yxcrwht'inufi this wtt-k.
Ijiit week, Ihls nuwspiiper
liuljlishi'il or, this MiiKc one of
! IT IJt'riothc uiipcals fur help—
help lur the needy, for whom
BIII- tias ',ulurilarily uurked nitfi-
mit L'linipcnsuliijr. for ycurs unti
yciiTN
Nustjr within I'h*' Suntitu'N
LudM»- ! f s rnt'irioiy lias LHH* uf her
lij,|jp.ul.s ^niu. uniH-cdt'd by tht 1
Her rwiui.it this time
modi-si, ah usual, if Mimt. was
fiut
Hh>' wiiil shu iieeili'ii two
hiiinki !•- fur iwfi itHi'il men. one
mlin's uvtTt'uat. (inf woman's
liri'ss. Ijuliy eluthin!!, unti a sew.
ii.t iiiachinp . .
WKI.l,: . Shp wasn't pre-
imft.fi fur thi. dt'iuMP thai si't in
;. few hours after Tlie Spnlinel-
1,1'IIHIT w oir thu pri/ss lust
Thursday. By y u'tlock thai
pJKhl she hail more than every-
thing she hud asked for
But by Mtintlay morn ing, the
list read like this!
II metis oviTi'uillH 'anil four
nuiri" promisedi.
Five pairs of men's shoes.
if) men's nhirts.
Four suits of men's underwear,
20 ties.
F»jat_fiairs of trauseiii^—^_
Six nien's sweaters.
Two men's suits.
Three blankets
Four fur coats.
Five women's coats.
Seven pairs of women's shoes,
15 dresses '(and one more
promisedi.
Four women's hats.
Three shirtwoists.
Five women's sweaters.
Four boxes of ftiod. Including
rolls, jellies, canned ftiod, even
I'iinily,
And in the "baby department":
127 baby iarments.
10 pairs of children's over-
alls.
And, oh, yen, she tven rtetlvtd
the »»in| machine «he hjld
aKkrd for
Some of the donations came
h-om Atlantic City. Others frum
Philadelphia.
"People drove down Sunday
with thi-ir eontriiiutions." she
said. "They tuld me they hatl
i.een the ap()eai in The Senlinel-
Ltdger, that they, knew that I
rever usk for things unl. they
an;, needed, and thai they knew
thi' cause was worthy,
'"I eKpeciaily want to thiink
Kilmers Point people. Amiinii
their contributions were two
buses of acceptable items."
Lady Santa Claus said thai
she can make good use of every,
thing among her needy families.
Through her years of experience
she has carefully classified them
and knows the ones that are de=
serving and in real need.
A year or two Ilgo she tried
to "retire" from her self-uppoint-
ed task, because of ill health,
but she only partially succeed*
^ed. N&w- she JM'ciiij, tu%e back Tn
stride, almost as busy as ever
with hef unselfish undertaking
F.t,—The list of current can.
trlbullaiu probably Isn't ram-
pleU, Bhe had u tin that
mare would arrive during the
present week.
I Hmjjhd'i/i d tin ^t* k
| C hyrli"i B Middlclim
thi irland
Wlltiv
Mtu
ri-tyr\
i (immilti-L
•i Lhdmh! r
Lummtrt i?
Mr fl^nrl
in 111 q uir %
I num.
tin ^lai
furi^ -i
tllart? ]
New Jersey automobile owneii
vault! purchase their iicenie plalei
jy mail from the state capital a'
Trenton, instead (if through local
idfiicy offices, under legislation in-
trodueod this week by Assemblyman
Frank Thompion, Jr.. Mercer Demo.
crft.
He said the state could save al-
noKt half a million dollars annually
JV having auto plates and driving
Icensfs mailed from a central agency
jy the Commissioner of Motor Ve.
ilcles,
•ROPOiEl PEEMANENT PLATES
At the iimc time. Oovernor Al.
'red E, Driscoll told a news confei.
Bnce he is considering the advisabii.
ily of changing over to a system of
permanent license plates on New
Jersey .vehicles, provided n suitable
material can be found. This would
effect an even greater saving in the
•eglstratlon procedure, he said.
Under permanent registration car
jwners would retaln'their tags ar.d
merely change a small tab with the
South-Central BIM
Hearing Tonight
Residents and organiiatlon! Inter-
eited In improving local bus strv-
ice are reminded of the public
meeting to take place tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock in the com-
missioners' chamber, city hall.
The itmeting has been arranged by
the Atlantic City Transportation
Company Jo obtain the public's ideas
about schedules, routes and fre-
queney of service to south and cen-
tral sections of the city.
A free bus for those wishing to
attend will leave from S»th it, at
7:1S p, m, and go direct to city hall,
returning immediately after the
meeting.
Complete* College Course
Adam Tomllnion, ion of Mr, and
Mrs, A. O. Tomllnion, «S Asbury
av,, has completed his work at Ur.
sinus College and will receive tht
degree of Bachelor of Arts at the
annual commencement June 5 nl
Collegevllle, the college announced
this week. He majored In busincsi
adminUtration,
new year on it.
Thompson said the direct. mail
program, already operating in 20
-Ntalei, would "give some considera-
tion to motorists" by saving them
| hours of lost time standing in line
at agencies to renew licenses at th','
time every year.
He said a change in Ihe system
WBS recommended by a Princeton i
University survey group in 1932
when the stale issued 858.491 sets nl
licenje plates. It is more imperative
now with about 1,200,000 vehicles
registered, he asserted.
The central distribution system,
Thompson estimated, woulu iave the
state close to $200,000 the flrst year
and up to $400,000 in later years.
Auto License
Sales Sag Here
Ledig Warn* of
Late Traffic Jem'
Isguanee ef new auto Ueenie
plytot and driving lieemei in Ocean
City had rtaciied the SO per eent
mark yesterdiyHt-wsi -ropoma=W
Julei R. Ledig, gtatg liceniing agent
He warned that with half the
normal volume stlt! to be handleti,
mstarlite ihquld make every elTori
to viait tht pmcf at 409 Aihury av,
as soon as poiiible to ivold coii-
geitlon and Ipng waiting during the
final week of Mareh.
-We were doing a lively business
up to about March 10/* Mr. Ledig
isid. **but during the past few days
It has slowed down. Apparently a
1st of people have been too busy
with their income tax to worr>
about their license plates,"
About half the usual number 3f
plates had been ijsuid, ineludlh^
tha hundreds that were reserved
and paid for in advance of March I,
This means a rush to issue the other
half Jn the remaining 13 business
dayi of the month, he pointed out
Ineidentally, all tags in the ZW
series have now been issued, but
many motorists who reieryed platui
In that group still have not called at
the office for them, They are ready
new*
h tu r v d in n pl\ [
frum Midd!**ton dhoul
f tin jjrnj UHHU ituin^f
t ! jui intlji lifjn
tOSniTICjN ISEXLl ^ABI E'
It hd ah ti'th sftnied la rft* 1 fn
i Kt y-jhli }ti \ fr tt Ihdt th -,
^r» it and inipiiFtani link in nur ft 1
* r i I ^uteriJS \stim £ hijuhi nu
hj\ L bttn jointd tu tht ffdt.ral %\
U tn and irnjsn vtd und inaint.nnM:'
I \ th* 1 fi di rdl gti\ ( rnmt nt d^ jq
flnup dlmti'-t t\tf\\ her* i \ federal gGVfrnffl^iil
Thf trulli is and I uant iu #mph>i
*,iie this Lhat the projeel ha*i been
approt?d by Uie federal go\ern
men! for upward sf in vfars The
federal fa\ernm?nt stands billing
%a acquire this mlfisinf link fn If*
The heart of the problem I-
tliit ihe appro\ al of Ihe projeei
Has baned on ttie requJfemeiiiH of
inrai copperatien
Thi L * rcquirem* nt hi rontinutf'
iFL Ihal ^iL\i TyF4r4-y n ih- tfi~TH7"
U tit r»il fi(j\ i nimtnt all nghl liili-
iFj" inlt-Ft^l it hds ufquired tti land
pnscments. riHhts-gf-Wiiy and strut-
tuic§, nthor than bridjifs, for various
canali; tliat it provide guitable di?^
poial art*a§ far drcdgtMi materials;
that ioeal interests prnvidn, main-
tain and operate suitable bridges
over tho waterway; that the stal-*
dgrmti? iiaviHation aides, and tliat *t
save the ft-deral governtnent frer
from fiamafie resiilting from the
work of improvement,
ItRlOOFS, MAIN PROBLEM
''Many meetings and eonfareneus
on thii Kubjoet have demonstrated
to my iatisfaction, at least, that thort s
is no problVm of grent difTlcuHy in-
vulvud in these rgquir*'ments fu)
lucal eooperiition exfuiU iht 1 prn-
Fsfe I* Fltsie
Contracts Let For New Sii
Two Well-Known Ocean City Men Die;
Bevill, Whitaker Long Resident Here
Bank Director
is Heart Victim
Funt ruV ! r\ nt mn
niiifclir Jimi
funduitu
B Bull
i iiui Itatitr unti liu uu in in ut
the- rt nrt for 12 \t ai
Mr Biiill ho n 73 tliwj S j
unu> mil mug it Sh n Mimiiiu
Hn-pitdl ks lh,in llirei la i jfti i
hi Mitl lii i i jjmitut] li,r iitdlimit
Red Cross Drive
is Lagging Here
Quota Only Half
Raised Thus Far
Although the allotted time for th^
American Red Cross Iun ^ drive ;s
halt gone 1 , the loeal golieitation had
yielded lesi than 50 per cent of thu
OcGan City il.BOO quota up to Tues-
day Ihii week. It was reported,
Clinton B, price, co-chairman ami
campaign Ireajurer, announced total
?ee!pts of T $811 fit that time.
However, he refused to take ,i
pesaimiiti£ view of the eventual sut-
cess of the drive, pointing out thai
inclement weather has seriously
hamuered the efforts of Htd Cross
solicitors to date, "
COUNTY ALSO BEHIND
Local results were better, per.
.those—tor—Cape
IAMFS B BEMIL
n c < \ r r( ht art dttjrk Hi huini
ht r* y, i dt ur Wt nit y a\
lit lit v C.i iirgi Ft i ht r pjMnr
! tlu Fust Pri biknan Churc i
intlutlitl 'irnii' jt thi A '
n Ih hiniul Hum! Munu i> it 1
p in In! mn r t \% i c in Tut t'a\ it
hi Arti^li , Cimtti-rv \funtj,uint r
Cuunu Pi _^_^^_
Aide of Dr. Lake, Optometrist,
To Retire After 38 Years on Job
A business association extending
ovrr a 38-year period will be termi-
nated Saturday for Dr Harry H
Lake, optometrist, and his assistant.
Mies Daisy Morey.
MUs Morey. whose home Is at 91,
Bay av. has decided to retire from
her work in the optical repair de-
partment of the Lake store at 837
Asbury av
"My eyes can't take the close wor't
any more," she explained thlf week
•Tm going to'keep house for my
two brothers"
MIM Morey, who is well known
to thousand* of year-around and
uner rwidanti, flrst want to work
Dr. Lak* In 1BU *nd hu bean
ttfht band" «v*r fincc, except
hi* r
lor •
band war *b> Mr
C, of C. Asks
Deeper Inlet
Channel on Bur
Called Dangerous
The seriously shoal condition of the
(!lj Harbor Inlet between OceaT
City ami Longport wns called to
Ihu attention of tRe U. S Army
rps of Engineers rriday by ii
nmittei- of (he Chamber of Com.
merce of Ocean City\
At [he same time. Chief Bnntswnm
Clifton Bahr, of the Ocean Cii,
Const Quiiril station, disclosed tlui;
monthly rounding:; taken by him and
the crew show, that the depth ui
water over the sand bar ofTshsrt,'
as heon cut almost in half during
Ihe past year.
.Commercial and pleasure boat:
must cross the bar while traveling
between Ihe bay and the open ieo
Chief Bahr uid the last aavnd.
ine» taken showed a normal watrr
depth of onij- 7 to I feet on the
bar, while on one day iut week,'
H'ilh a "blow out tide" caused hv
the struns nsrthweit wind, the
depth Ms only S!>2 fett between
the B and C buoys.
Faze 6, pleaae
Buvili formerly wa§ eastern statiia
^a!es nianii^er for the American To
! hat! a Company and &&H assytiflied
th ihdi firm for 21 jeara Fu"
m< r* thyii 20 years prior to his
dHdth he ^d*- d >ialfesmaii here tut
C K Reid and Campany, ^holtsai
it fit- distributors Just before
V\ i rid Wjr II ht- fllsn wai a^^oci-
LiiH v lih thi Hult? Bunt Works tl
fiudn Cns
Prior ta making hii refiidenre hfr»*
in 191B hi^ home uds in German
Ui * n Pd Howe\i*r h»* dhd hi§ uifo
El fdl« th Sttinnr Bevill had re=
idt d in d numbt r uf uther cities in
cunnt-Ltjun with hi E American Tu-
baci n C o pu^itiun
DIItEC TOR OF BANK
Mr Bt-\ill was a dircctur of The
N dion.il Bank uf Oican Cit\ a/id
hjd btt n in charge of rentals anci
rn unit fidncn of the bank building
imi it \\d^> purthti t td bj the inst !
tuliun *i% vtdr-< ago H« had been
ich\e in iht bank ^ afTpir^ from tht
lime it v^a^ fuunded in Ma\ 1834
Hnf of the charter members of
l*u Ottjn Cily Rotary Club when t
a 1 ufym?i d in 1926 he served a
its third prt-mrit nt fc>r the R>egl
^tdr 19ig 29 dnd a^ a directur feu
* ^ v r -\\ % I^T C Hi** Hotar> activity
mluHi 1 animating the idea of ?
•t ul brant h t>( HUXIP H iurmonici
! .ififJ fur bn$* ,ind girls Ht served
! c thairmm fur |ht- **pnn*nring LIU'J
fr i tht duration uf ihi bynd
m inli re ted in Chamber
e afTdirs during the boor i
p It*20s and ^as electe 1
f ihf nrgyrn^ation m 1930
ufttcdirij, thi Ijit J FrtU M^nnc
Ht htadid th( Chambtr until 1915
Jurin^ ^ [ Hrnnl ^ ht n it iAa c be^ft
h\ n afi\ Hiffitulli* iniluilinij Ih.
I« f ri L mn
Mr Bt\ill fur tht pjvi ^is jf^rs
=Ma
Pair 3, Pie:
Storekeeper in
Resort 50 Years
Hiram H. Whitgker. genial froeerjr
sttirekeeper at 3348 Aibury av, and
one of ihe early residents of tie
Central Ocean City lection, died
Mor-day at Shore Memorial Hospitkl
He uai 88.
Mr WhlUker, best known a*
cif C ufTmip
d is f t
I rt idtni
Two CoaL ,^
to Erect Firit
Four
HIRAM B. WIIlTARFR
Fftp 1 to hundreds of raldente of
hi* neighborhood, would " b*vi-
celebrated hi* 67th weddlnff mnl-
\trsarv with his ulfe, Lar^ ntxV
July 3
Before rnaking his home in Octan
Citv 51) years aE«. he operated |en-
i rul stores in Fairton, his birthplace
and in Philadelphia, He left that
business ts tnlist In the Csait Guard
Orchids Again to Be Given
Boardwalk Parade
Kgg Hunt to be Added Attraction, But ThereTl
Be no Concert, Business Men's Assn. Decides
Ocean City will observe Eagte?
Sunday, April 9, with gpeelal events
jgQin this year. It was innsuneed
yo^lefday.
The day'i activities'will open with
the tradltloni! sunrise service Of the
Protestant ehurt'hes and will infludu
n*\ Easter egg hunt for children anjf
;i bi.mrdwalk promenndei which will
vjnable Milady tu display her new
=;prinM ©utflt,
Arrangt?mente are being mode by
^^IIMAhhi II •' = = --1-
May County si a whole. The count y
with a quota of I8,8BO, reiiorted re
ceipli of $2,400.3! on Monday, only
about 35 per cent of the goal, Last
year at the sarne time in the can,-
paign the county had S3 per cent
of the quota in hand.
Ocean City nUIl hag a lonj way
to go to equal Iftst year's eolleeUon.
which toUIcA cloae to 12.700, or
Rboul 11,100 In txecH of ihe quota.
The belt collection reported in tnc
county up to Monday was at Wild,
wood, with a total of $1,028 received
on its quota of $2,000, Tlie countv
flgure of 12,400 did not include an."
reported funds from Lower Towii-
ihip or Well Cape May,
Fire Damages
Slimmer Home
The summer home of Dr, L, Ma.
ihadre, a PhlladelphiBn, at 23S8 As-
bury av., wai damaged by fire whien
broke out in the heater room Sun-
day morning.
City BrejTien, directed by Deputy
Chief William Meenan, extinguished
thr (Ire. which via* bellmcd to lu\o
started from spontaneous rombuv
tlon in materials stored in the room
The building wai unottupied and
was being remodeled
The firemen who remained nr
hour, confined damage to the heotcr
room Loss was estimated at $3"S0
INSIDE TIPS
Amusements—page 8
Churches — page 10, (Somers
Point churches, page 11.)
Classified Ads. page 17: Too'
Late to Classify, page 6
Editorial—page 12.
High School News—page 15.
New Jeney Poll—page 9
Obituary—pap 3.
Stata Horn* News—page 13.
Social, pOTonal—page* 4 and S.
Sports—page* 6, 14 and 19.
Art Galleries
judgment Voided
Robbery Verdict
h Set Aside
A SB.O.M judgment against Samuel
and Harold Zaconlek, operators n[
the Half Mnnn Art- nutlrfine m
Looking for a
Job? Consult
The Chamber
Local residents ieeking sum.
mer employment were invited
this week to list their names at
the temporary office of the
Chamber of Commerce in the
National Bank building.
The Chamber announced that
it already has received many re.
quests for employment from out.
of-town people seeking seasonal
jobs, but that it would like to,
have a listing of local residents
so they could be given first
priority on any positions that
may be available.
Employers who msy have sea-
sonal job openings also were in-
vited to list them.
Boardwalk, was set aside rriday by
Superior Court Justice Frank T
Lloyd. Jr.
The verdict against the auctioneers
ivan returned late in January in a
civil suit brought by Louis Wallon.
a Philadelphia wholesale jeweler,
for merchandise' he lost when tlie
art gallery safe was blown open art!
robbed in July, 1847, Total loss in
he robbery was estimated at $205,.
000,
Justice Lloyd set aside the judg.
ment beeayffl'qif-mi-wrflEjinJUB-re-
quest to charge the jury, which al
legedly was made by Irving Jacobs,
attorney for the plalntiflf.
The case had been appealed by
former Justice Joseph B, Perskii!
and Commissioner Augustus S. Ooets,
associate counsels for the defendants.
Under the new ruling, the suit
will have to be re-tried, probablv
in May,
BULLETIN!
Chamber may be obtained by
writing to the office or Postomce
Box 388,
The organization plans to'be
lupresented tonight at the hear.
Ing ill city hall regarding bus
Irnnsportatlon, Harold P. Pow.
I'll is chairman of the commit,
tec, with James Simms and
French B, Loveland as other
members.
George Smith, of
Hanif Inn, Dies
Oeorga Smith, awner and op-
erator of Uir II»nJf Inn and res-
taurant, 111 Wedey •>¥., died
suddenly of m heart attack at I
p, m, ynterdaf In Hollywood.
FU.. where he had tone with
Mrs, Smith abont 10 dayi mo.
Word of hta «e»ui Wat receiv.
ed IM* nifht bj hk daafhter,
Gloria, whs had been in charge
of Ike hotel,
Mr, Smith, a former member
of the PcmayiTMi* IM* »••
llu, pvnhaMd Ranlf Inn nboot
eifhl yean Ht, •• had b«m
III about a yew afo and »f«ln
latlfail, bat ainwrenUf ma in
[sad health when Ac eaaplt
left tor Florida by car,
r»cne
r
tt iaaiiittr, OWSBM, ufl • aan,
on Atlantic av,
A building permit »is Issued Men.
day for a new guest house and fesi.
dsnee to be constructed at 72i At-
lantic av,, Just north of 8th st.
The owner of the property is
Charles R, Gilfert and the general
contractor is George Schwrb.
The 2W4 story structure will con.
tain 15 rooms and 14 baths, with *
three-car garage at the rear. The
main building, with a 32-foot lounge
across the front, will be 34 feet
wide and 67 feet deep. ,
There will be five bedrooms on
the first floor and eight on thu
second floor.
the Ocean City Buitnets Men's Ai
Exchange, Klwanii, Rotary and So-
raptiinisu, and the city department
of public relations, E. Forrest
Nyman Is general chilrmsn,
NO CONCERT THIS YEAR
The April 8 program will have no
concert or entertainment becaus;
th* Association, which orglnated the
observance, found that It was not
well enough patronized to justif 1
the expense. This is because most
Easter visitors prefer to be on the
boardwalk rather than in t theatre
or the Music Pier auditorium,
Mr, Nyman said the egg hunt for
children will be conducted by the
Chamber of Commerce,
TO AWARD SO ORCHIDS
Tentative plans call for the award-
Ing of 50 orchid? to women on the
boardwalk and boutonnleres to their
escorts. There will be 20 or more
priies for children.
The sunrise service is scheduled
for 6:30 a, in in the solarium of the
Music Pier, under auspices of the
Ministerial Association, The Re\,
Prank P, Adler will preside and the
Rev, A. Lynn Gongloff will preacn
the Easter sermon.
The churches also are preparing
for a community Good Friday serv.
ice in the First Freibyterian Churcn
on April 7, between noon and 3 p. m.
ASK BUSINESS HOUSE! CLOSE
_ ._ __Men's Association Is
urging that all commereliTestiibliih.
ments in the resort close during thi
period of this service so that pro-
prietors and employes alilte may
take part in the religious observ
anee.
Selection of the orchid winners
on the boardwalk, Easter Sunday,
will be made by a committee of
Judges who will start viewing the
strollers some time after 1 p. m.
The area for judging will be between
fith and 10th sts.
Final arrangements for the secular
portion of the observance will bo
made at a combined committee meet.
ing next Tuesday night.
g-thB_- ^TJM-Jiuiness
Upper Twp. to Plan
Spring Clean-up
The Civic League of Upper Town-
ship will meet tonight (Thursday)
at the Marmora nrehall to discuss
plans for the second annual Spring
Clean.Up Week.
The. League Is preparing to desig
nate the last week of March fpr a
clean-up campaign to rid vacant lots,
roads and residential property of
trash and other unsightly bbih
Scheduled to ba
Conipwtod of i
Contract! for cor
of the flrst four 1
tht new Sindia Aj
development on
side of Wesley «*, at ]
ware awarded tha
the Sindia Corpc— u
The buildlnf «ni
between the local ct
of John E. and Howarf
Fred S Tarva, 3rd.
were so close that the i
them each half of tha
also will help ap«d
the project
BEADY BY JUKI U
Vaughan M«thl», Atl
•rrhitect whs prepared |
newSlndis and will ni
struction. uid the four
an scheduled for
June IS. ,,'j,"
Each of the four
contain two apartment
npsrtments will be of four
and two bathi each, with f"~*
porch and terrace tpsce.
The new structures wfll (
Wesley av, from 18th mi. i
setting back SB fett franr 1
and being separated by MJ
two building! on ttae eornw ' ,
of modem rtyle with flat roof; *
the other two wlU be colonial <
em archlteeturf with a
STUCCO ExnwoB
AU building! IB the new
ment will be of stucco eMi
cinoer block, and they
corporate many advanced f
design used auccemfully
the qiost exclusive
^nt T FlnHilB
The building!
in pain with a terrace
lawn and garden (pace
them A private street «
behind them tor service
street parking.
Although only the»e low
ings will he ready for Hie —
son. the Sindia plans a —
including three more so
and four buildingi
boardwalk.
Point May Hal
Junior High
Would Mem
Revenue LoM
Ocean City High School
lose 24 pupils and appro*
fS.FOQ in annual tuition rev
the Somers Point Hoard of B
carries out a proposed plan i
lish a junior high school Jtt
mainland community, it wat
cated this week. .
That the Point board i«
ing the feasibility of a junior ;
school was dUcloaed by Jamej
Monaghan, president
STATE CONSULTED
He said that the board hat
he State Department of B