Jun 1955 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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2 SECTION ONE THE OCEAN CITY SENTINEL-LEDGER
Openings Set
fist race on Saturday
'"•Inveterate "opening attenders" en-
Ipoyed a field day Saturday with the
jfiihi opintog iJf k now bank drive-
UnV> newly enlarged record shot)
and a new boardwalk fudge shop.
Harold D. Price entertained at the
Qgjfa CHy Record Shop, 837 Asbury
ftv>, on the expansion of Ms record
-and hobby shop. The occasion also
jjmarked the beginning of dally broad-
casting from the shop by Station
WMID.
During tho evening, Harry Englemelr
was host at the opening of Ms
now Copper Kettle Fudge Shop at
11th ist. and tho boardwalk. A host of
guests enjoyed rcfreslimenta and
dancing, with rotating sky lights giving
the occasion a Hollywood flair.
During the afternoon, Tile National
Bank of Ocean City opened its drivein
branch at 13th St. and West av.
with city officials and many civic and
social personalities unending.
SUNNYSIDE RESTAURANT
OPEN DAILY AT 7 A.M.
BREAKFAST SERVED, 75c
ALL FULL COURSE
DINNERS
$ 1.25
TENDERLOIN STEAK DINNER $2.25
REAL ITALIAN SPAGHETTI
Scullvilfo, on the Mays Landing - Somers Point Read
John SAFIO, Prop. Phone Somers Point 3323
Cut Up CHICKEN, THIGHS and BREASTS
GROCERIES - DELICATESSEN
Shop at
BRADLEY'S FARMERS MARKET
*116 Atlantic Ave. Phone 2124
FRANK and ELEANOR BRADLEY
1'^
FOR SALE
BEACH FRONT TRACT
45th and Central Avenue
250 FOOT FRONTAGi
(WILL DIVIDE)
AVAILABLE TOR
12 MODERN APARTMENTS
Act Now — Good Beachfront Lots are Scarce
E. R. FRENCH
1 Atlantic Avenue Phone 0908
Night In Venice Boat
Parade Set August 6
Continues Trom pig* 1
ncross the bay to Somers Point, and
was witnessed by thousands of spectators.
Several changes and Improvements
are planned for tills yea*, the committee
reported. Persons Interested
in taking an active part In this and
otuor community events are invited
to attend regular meetings of the
group Fridays'at noon.
A financial report was accepted
from the antique auto outing events,
and the committee pronounced the
entire week end a success and a line
attraction for the retort
Leslie Henry. preiTdent of Hie
Antique Automobile Club of Arn.r-
Ice, Und William iBodtn, jtt activity
dlrjclor, itated |M Hie lot*I group
thai th«y *iope to return with an
even grutir .ttrictlon next year,
They iild their members enjoyed
the meeting In Ocean City more than
in other communities where they
met previously.
Salvation Army Drive
Opens In Ocean City
Continued from page 1
homeleii, Jobless, lonely or aged; to
aleolhollei, unwed mothers, or the
vtetlma of disaster.
"Our loc«l unit operating the
year around here In our own city
rendered service! fa, many during
th. part year. When ,l» seemed that
all doon were clsttd, the Sulvntlon
Army .was a Ifrlend Indeed..
"Doing Its all and saying little In
Its own behalf, the Salvation Army
depends upon us for support in Its
current fund drive. Only the humanity
In our own hearts can arouse us
to meet this urgent need."
FOUND
PARAKHT — Owner may
have by identifying arid
paying for this Ad.
2120 West Ave., Phone 3251
WARDS
SPECIALS
Applesauce Cake 50c
— Tuesday —
Devil's Fudge Cake 55c
— Wednesday —
Angel Cake 69c
— Thursday —
Pound Cake 60c-80c
- Friday & Saturday -
OLD FASHIONED
COCOA. LAYER CAKE
(Reg. 75c Size)
70c
WARDS
PASTRY SHOP
INC.
724 Aibury Avonut
Phona 1260
THANK YOU....
We wish to express our appreciation to the
Jr - - ' ,
Mayor and his Official Family Personnel of
Convention Hall, Local Merchants and all
others who helped to make our Annual
Outing the best ever.
Order of Mutual Protection
New Tabernacle
Takes Spotlight
Described by Luff
at Annual Dinner
Continued from page 1
matter "
He reported that attendance nt
Tabernacle services lait summer was
excellent, and equally good results
ore expected tills year He bald he
liad found that the vast majority of
people favoi keeping the resort as
It la
Mayor Edward B Bowker, another
of the principal speekers, told of
some of the community Improvement
projects that prc contemplated.
/ "Timei are changing," ha sen-
'Unwed, "Wir ch.no*. th* young
pasple and- now th. young pjople
•re thiniing tht older i»op{e. We
commluloner* are gild OtMn City
hit I Tabaniicle Aioclatlon lo
help maintain a level courts and
He said that support of tho Tiber
nacle has been helpful In making
decisions for the best interests of
the city.
The mayor said he, too, eherifhed
memories of the old Tabcrnode
building which is to be razed at the
end of the summer.
"I can remember playing around
the ground! ai a bey, and must
admit I wit one of thote whs uMd
te tit a rape on the clapper ef
the bell, •Mng It through the
trees, and then ring It from hiding
on Hallowe'en,"
The new Tibernaele building, he
predicted, will change the entire pic
lure of the area and Is a major
forward step.
Dr. Fred O. HoIIoway, president
of Drew University at Madison, N. Jji
another speaker also praised Ocean
City and the Association.
"In nest reierti the sky It the
limit, but In Ocean City the sky Is
the law," he said, "It is wondtrful
to have a community where »
many people on vacation still gs
te churlh,"
The dining group was entertained
by the Tabernacle Chorus, under the
direction of Fritz Krueger. The benediction
was by the Rev, Frank F.
Adler, pastor of St..John's Lutheran
Church.
Durlnf the eveninj most of the
diners had an opportunity for elqie
inspection of a detailed scale model
of the new Tabernacle building, for
which contracting bids will be called
about August 1.
Recording Stars to lie
Resort Shop Visitors
Terrsi!'Stevens/the first of a lojg
$« of stage j'ara reeording stars %t
be presented at tne Ocean City Record
Shop, will be In Oeean City this
morning.
Miss Stevens, a popular recording
star for RCA, currently appearing on
tho Steel Pier, Atlantic City, will
visit the shop at M7 Asbury av. at 10
a. m. She will itgn autograplis for
fans.
Bill Haley and His Comets, popuiiir
jazz combo, will visit the shop
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The
"rock.and.roll" voeallst-gultarlst will
be here to promote his new records.
Harold D, Price, proBHetor, an.
nounced that Johnny Ray, who made
crying a popular form of vocalizing,
will be a giiest next week.
Income Property
Large Reildence iultlble for
Ouest Home or Conversion
to Aptrtmenti.
Optn Billy
419 Ocean Avenue
FOR SALE or RENT
Attractive New
BUNGALOWS
OIL HEAT
WIST AVI. (Oc«.n Side)
Betvreen 49rh and 501 h St.
LarBB LMng Room, Combination
Krtthen «M Dinette. Near beach,
2 Btdroorrfi. Convtnlent to trtln.
Will Finance. Ready for
Immediate' Oc'cuplhcy.
Price Includes Seretnt, Aluminum
Blind* and Electric Rente.
ROBT.W.MARTINDALE
•EALTOR
«21 BALTIMORE AVE
PrilLA.43, PA,
Phone Belgrade 6-1511
Famed Actress Visits Kiwqnis
CONSTANdB BENNS1T, who ttairad lastiweek at the Gateway Playhouse, was aft'
Iiorinfflfpic't'it liwt 'inrnirir'- Klwanls Club meeting at Sinuns* Restaurant, She was pra.
sented with a key to the city by Mayor Wward B, Bowker;Bhowji here are J. Bush Chattin
club (president; Mayor Bowker, Miss Bennett and»«iw*haii Dwi|ht, Playhouse -pro.
ducer.—Senipr Studio photo. ' .
Name Winners
in YFC Events
Boys and Girts Take
Regional Honors
The nine-day conference of Youth
.'or Christ International concluded
here Sunday with announeement of
the Bastern Region representatives
at tiie national teen-age preaching
contest and Bible ouiz at Winonna
Lake, Ind., from JulytlO to 20.
More than 8,000 teen-agers and
adults attended -the conferenM,
which featured nlghUy sessions on
the Music Pier at which were presenteel
some of the noled evanielists
In the eountry, along with muslcal
and sunshine parties.
The (eontestarih selected for Hit
natlsnal finals were the survivors
of elimination contest* held during
the week, iAt Wlnonn* Lake, they
will compete agalnit 2,000 other
high .school youths reprnentlng 11
regions.,
Bob Bailey, IT-year-oId Lancaster,
Pa,, boy, will represent the Bastern
Region, comprising New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware
and New York, In the boy preacher
finals. Ann Stolzfuss, 18, ol Coeh.
mneville. Pa., will compete*'iLn the
girl .speakers' notional tltsmpionship..
A group )of iflve Hlmitfad, Md.,
teenager* will carry the Reflen's
banner In the Bible quli contest,
which iwlll •ttract some 700 null
teams. They lire Jo Ann iaeauia,
15; Roser Garland, 17; Larry Michael,
,11; Sail Enton, 16, and Irnle
Stepp, ,11, .
Others to compete in the finals
are Miss Enson and Jack Witherup,
IT, of Coatesvlllc, Pa,, songleaders;
Linda Worth, 14, West Orove, Pa.,
soloist; jack Howe, 18, WUllamsport,
f>a., instrumental solo; Bob Barnett,
15; Eonald Thompson, 16, and Frank,
tin Pyle, 15, all of Welt Grove, instrumenul
trio.
The. conference was under the direction
of the Rev, • Floyd Ankerberg,
with the messages brought by
m, Rooert Cook, Conference presl.
dent: the Rev. Leonard Campbell
and Dr, T, W, Wilson, The Rev, Hal
Webb directed the vocal siniing,
with Rudy AtWQod serving the con.
ference as pianist. '
COA1/NG EVENTS
July 1—Lulu Temple Shrine Choir.
July J—Beginning free orchestra
concerts on the Music Pier,
July 4—Fireworks dliplay and
band concert.
July (h-Klwanls.A. A, U, swim,
ming and diving meet.
July »—Haddonfleld Choral Society
concert,
July IS—Cheltenham Choral Art
Society concert,
July M—Homestead Steelworkers
MaleChorus concert. -• — •
July 2J—Lanchesier Chorus, eoncert.
,
July 30—Qermantown %le Chorus
concert. . •
Son Is Born to
Former Rosorter
Mr, and Mrs. Robert U Bross are
receiving congratulatioiis on the
birth of a son June IB in the Lankenau
Hospital, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Bross Is the former Jeanne
Malhews, of 438 Asbury av. and Ardmore,
Pa. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brass
have summered in Ocean City for
many years.
In Footsteps Of Btt\y Graham
ftOBERT BMLfeYHcit, of"Lan&ster, &., wasichoseki
Friday night as winner of the preaching contest folr aspiring
evangelists, as part of Youth for Christ conference at 1 the;
Music Pier. He is being congratulated by Robert Neff, alfjo
of Lancaster, advisor and director of the contests—Senior
Studio photo.
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FACTORY TRAINED
TECHNICIANS
ANTENNAS
frecfeo* and Installed
• Se(f Supporting Towers •
AOIhorizad Deofers
• ZENITH
News frpm
J By C. S. War
Vlsltlm! Mr. and' Mrs'H R. Ilidoll
Sr. on Petnbroko %\nv this week
were Mr.- and Mrs. It R. fhdbll Jr
and (stnlly, br Ncwtdwn Snikh;, 1 Fa
. and Mrs. Henry SaUcrwaid, ot
HAl 'Wr aUttnnel- residents
at^ttt^lv* Home on OxTonl
L«ne. Tiielr cMdftn enjoy th6 week
onfli v/W thebi. Hury; who was Just
graduated frofn LUUb Ttowfcr Hlfh
ScJittOl, and lMVbara Were down over
the week' end ' •
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tn addition to out: campaign for
trtcn here U' tfib Park, Ware mmacrlng
v/^mt We can do about the
dofklng facHltlfc?. Several of our residents
either own boats or arc con.
tcmplotlng purchasing thom. Any
Ides send to S6DZ Pembroke.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Poling, of
North W«Jcs,Ti., end Mr. «Hd M«.
AHhUr Dsvidsbii, of Coatesviilc, Pit.
Visiting Children Bid
To Tour Our City Hall,
Continued from page 1
partment for inspection or apparatus,
cqulpineiit and alarm answering sys.
tern, and another picture display of
major fires here over the years, to be
shown for the promotion of lire pro.
ventloli.
The group will tnen visit the Mu.
nicipal Court and sit in on hearing i
of charges.
, I
Rescue Two Girls
Two joung girl, w,
the surf nt Sea fc|
afternoon alter they „
In a gully about 75
hhore at lllh st
Rescued b> Guard, „
naugh and Martin LidT
encc Hoffman, 11, or
Lois Dei_ker, 10, of
guards said the girli
exhausted when
SENIOR
fM ASkURV AVE.
roi
LIHWOOD
KENNELS
Boarding - C/f'ppfi
Special Seasonal Rt(«
Pick-up & Delivery
1633 Shore Road
Linwood
Phone Somers Point 351
ANNUAL ROAST BEEF DINHER
SPONSORED IV
MARMORA VOL. FIRE CO.
of Flrt Hall, Mormora, N. J;
SATURDAY, JULY % 5 to 8 P, M.
M" EA CHlLDRiN W
•TJO -I UNDHII ,/Sj
LIVE AND SHOP IN
CENTRAL OCEAN CITif
(THE GEQQitApkcAL CENTER OF Tt
DOT'S
BEAUTY SALON
A Complete
Beauty Headquarters
3331 WEST AVENUE
Doris Wells PHONE 1262
BAKER'S
STUFFED SQUAB
CHICKEN
OURS EXCLUSIVELY IN THIS AREA
PRIZE-WINNING CHICKENS
COOKED IN OUR ROTISSERIE
Always a Large Variety of TakeHome Flatten
Advance Orders Appreciated
BAKER'S Chicken Cottagd
2120 Asbury Ave. Open Daily Phone
Thursday, June
ROGERS WHISTLE STOP
34th and HAVEN'AVENUE OCEAN CITY, I
FEATURING: DELICATESSEN
TOYS ••• GIFTS ~ HOUSEWARES
Serving Merion Park an(( Cent.
If Yaw Car Won't Start,
or Your Tire Goes Flat
CAU us FOR prom SERYKI
PQWEU-
Esso Service
34«i
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28, 19JS
Anniversiry
Hrs. Lu^w'S Ueie, Bi39
L ctlebrfltcd their SMh
wrsnry oti Sunday. The
given bv their ion and
Mr. i*nd Mrs, James
of other family*
tne
YOUR FURS
CALL
ATLANTIC CITY
5-3030
•your furs safe during
Vding» r us monfhi
ahead
0CPERT FUR
R0WODELING
..noble Rates
,« COATS STORID
, A. Lime As $iW
1 Coats $1.50
AGRONS
7.ll PACIFIC AVi.
-Widneidsy and Silurday
• |«nln9s 'til » P. M.
Mtthodisl Wemtn fe
Conduct Bake Sal*
The Woman's Society of Christian
Service of the Hrst Methodist
Purch will sponsor a hSe^fe
Saturday from B i, m, to ^ J^l!
front of Murnhy's itofe. »th st, and
Asbury av. Mrs, HaymoBd Blood
president, is chairman of the aBte
and Mrs, Wlljlam CnddM' Sri,
in chario of the adverUsinj posu«
The circles participating fatS
affair are Dorcas, Esther Mlrl«ti
Priscilla and Ruth, Proceeds of th,
sale will go Into the W s C s
treasury, ' —
9 S B
Guests of Townssnd!
Mr, and Mrs, Francis Townsend
Sr,, 1428 Prospect pL, recently en.
tertalned their son, dauihter.ln.law
and grandson, Mr. and Mrt, F.
Townsend Jr. and Stevle of Hunt
liigton, Pa,, and Miss Betty Barbour,
of Lankcnau Hospital.
Garrison Jewelers
WATCHES
DIAMONDS . JEWELRY
Expert Watch and
Jewelry Repairing
Modernizing
ALL WATCHiS TESTED ON
WATCH MASTER
US ASBURY AVENUi
Nnllon.l Bisk •! OHU City Bldf,
VUONH nil
Your A&P Super Market at
Streef
Ocean City
IS NOW
OPEN
MONDAY
• • •: : and • -
TUESDAY
as well as
THURSDAY and
FRIDAY NIGHTS
Until
P.M.
Following A&P Shore
rketi Are Open late
MONDAY, TUESDAY,
HURSDAY and FRIDAY
NIGHTS . . . V
36 South Main SlrMt Ple^n*
6604 Ytntiwr AvMut. Ytntmj
1100 Aftanflc AvfBut. Athnft c^
lyn Minor Shopping to^^
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