Oct 1947 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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JVoitnM was'held by
1 of careless driv
~-JIB lost control of
I crashed 4nto the Ocean
•twtwat building at 3Ut
, Samuel b. Bitter, 73,
i av, Sharon HJU. Fa.,
lengeTs. In his car re-
I treatment at the ofm
B. Townsend.
„ held in bail on the
rirtng charge and as a
I topolice, he was driving
Jley north of Ocean Best,
toad of using the brake fie
Pa the accelerator. .The
"V In a wide curve across
.striking the building and
^ again before it came to
i driver received a cut lip: his
"~ treated for shock. The
J Mrs. Munyan, of Willow
ration of the scalp:
Wilmington, Del.
Freedom Train's Treasures
Fcretfo Lunch n Long Wait «n Line Three Blocks
Long h Rewarded; Train Visited by 8,157
A delegation of Ocean- City'
Young America—180 strong—participated
with enthusiasm Saturday In
the historic patriotism display of
the Freedom Train, which made
their heritage a living thins.
The group of youngsters mainly
to 8th
of the age group from 5th uj am
grade, missed lunch and stood mote
than three hours for'a quick inspection
of the priceless historic
documents contained In the red,
white and blue streamlined train at
Atlantic City's Union Station
And It was well worth it, they reported
afterward.
VISITED BIT $.157
The local group was part or a
huge throng of i,lS7 persons who
short, and tfas. Erdmaii, 503 30th
t. bruises.
went through the hit
on wheels during Its
historic museum
shore visit
13-hour
Marines, State Police and Atlantic
City police joined In guiding the
crowd, which formed a line more
than three blocks long outside the
station. No disorders or mishaps
occurred.
The Ocean City boys and girls
gathered at the high school building
about 9:30 a. m. Saturday and
were quickly assigned places In an
assortment of vehicles for the trip
to Atlantic City.
Transportation
was provided by the public and
Parochial school buses, two chartered
Public Service buses, and half
a dozen private cars of local service
dub members.
POLICEMAN ESCORTS CARAVAN
A committee of the Ewshange
dun, headed by Robert Davis, and
*••«* #vua utaas» i*a* IMUM*
—» -.,-. a banner provided by the
Exchange dub.
The young people found it necessary
to waif more than three hours
In the slowly moving line before they
could go inside the Freedom Train.
Their Inspection took about a half
hour.
CANDY BARS DISTRIBUTED
With the visit lasting long past
the lunch hour, their growing appetites
were partly satisfied with candy
bars distributed by the Exchange
and Rotary clubs. ,
Among exhibits drawing the most
Interest were the original draft of
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; the
rough notes of Francis Scott Key
from which the "Star Spangled
Banner" was bom: the draftof the
Constitution and the BUI of Rights,
President Roosevelt's appointment of
Oeneral Eisenhower and General of
the Armies for World War II. and
the Hag raised over Iwo Jima in
OPEN FRIgAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS
to notify Tba Ben.
' your ehance of ad.
t* 10'days before
N ehanfe can be
of any week. OCEAN CITY SENTINE^LI »? : >>
Welcome Neiw Jersey Annual Confei
The Methodist Church- 111th Annual
I—No. 21 Telephone 0304 or 0305 OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,1947
Now I know why
Ford Service
saves me
money if
y ,^—* PORD-TRAIN IB MECHANICS sun know
^Kjvtl They know Fords best. They're
' "THIIR FACTOBY-APPROVfD METHODS
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' * " . lower in cost,"
' • * . * • '
r
( QINUINE rORD PABTS they
, w^»o fit right,work right and last
"Jonfgr. Give me better service and
Mrifafi*'
"AND THIIR SPECIAL FORD*
EQUIPMENT has naturally
lowered costs on my Ford repairs."
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EDWARD G. KURTZ CO.
Av. between l*t & North Sts. Ocean City, N, J,
Keep this in mind as you
plan ypurjww home!
I**'
hile your h om e U la
the blueprint stage, de«
cide where you want
telephone,, LH^ room?
Wnlng foomf Kitchen?
Upstairs?
Then plan to hare j o
m
Jnulder place conduit—
•rdlaafjiroi
- the wall during
construction to conceal
the telephone wire „, j
carry then to the desired
locations. Installing telephone
condnlt after the
house la built U often
difficult and eipensive.
Oar Architect!' and
Builders' Serrlce irfll bo '
glad to asai»t yon without
charge In planning
for telephone conduit fat
jam new home OP the
one you are remodelling.
' Just call your telephone
business office
New Jersey
Bell Telephone
•Company
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Halleran Declares
Constitution Sermon
on Tolerance
Eugene E. Halleran. local school
teacher and novelist, spoke on. "Our
Constitution" last Wednesday night
ft a meeting of the Egg Harbor
Kiwartis Club,
As a commentary on present U. 8,
troubles, Uie speaker pointed out
that the American
Constitution
"really represents an agreement between
people who did not agree
with each other, but who were forced
together by necessity.'
Declaring that the whole Revolutionary
War was "a grand tribute to
Q0Orfe Washington.'' Mr. Halleran
classed the Constitution aj "the
finest sermon on tolerance ever
written."
The speaker was infroduced by
George W. Meyer, Octan City High
wool principal, and thanied b
'alter A, MJUer
ni f E
b
..alter A, MJ
Harbor school
, and thanied by
supen'isor of Egg
South Ocean City
By ETBELDfD C. ANDBESS
Mr. and Mrs. Stanlty Oushlng and
daughters, Deborah and Jane, ot
Balflmore, Md., were
week-Mil
Mla of Mrs. Cushlng's parentfc
..j. and Mr*. Fnnk Laune, MIS
Oentral av.
Dr. Horace O, Butlir. of Palmyra,
N. J., and SOth st. and Ajfiiiry jv.,
attended meetings of the American
RpentgenoIogicaJ flocitty in Atlantic
pity last week.
Mrs, Charles A, Carey and Miss
Helen M. Carey, of PhlUvdelphla, are
enjoying the week ends at their
wttafe on AsBUiy av.
The Ripples, of «th st. and Oentral
vs.. have returned to their home
In Merehantvllle.
Mr. and Mr*. Luke Moore enterained
Mr. and Mn, John Me-
Oloikey, of Stratford, N. J.. over the
week end.
The post-season iesslons of the
Sunday School of the Union Chapelby-the-Sea,
which are held each
year until late October, under the
direction of mm Linda De Annond^
arebelng well attended,
. . . , OvMheard In two South
Bid stores at the height of the
autumn Modus of summer resident:
•Wen, the Mand is biing given
lack tothe Indians."
Mei^s Pre-shrunk
PAJAMAS
3.95
Long-wearing pajamas ... cut full for extra comfort.
Elastic back* , , , drawstring waist*. Choose
the notch collar style or both coat and middy ityles.
MEN'S STORE . STREET FLOOR
todists Oppose Military
ling, 'Strong-arm' Methods
abstinence
J, New Step
irWftr
.'Gongloff Is
""•• d; Only Few
Nearby
GonglolT was
paitor of the
hodist Oiuroh of
(or a tiiird year,
ng BMiion of the
Conference here
Woman Jailed Year
asTrouble Maker
Accused of being a chronic
trouble maker, Mrs. Viola
Graham, of North
Wildwood
was eommUMKl to the county
jail for 364 days Friday by Hecarder
Henry 6. Lapidus.
The woman waj arrested for
a neighborhood dlsturhance, but ,
POIIM notated out that she paid
a Ȥo Sne a year ago for IUSorderly
conduct anf had been
brought to headquarters several
times since then for lUnikr
TAXI
ANNOUNCEM^T
CITY GAB
Has Resumed hi
WINTER
RATES
Come in,., tee the new That
AutoBiag/rGIadiron with your
own eyu. You'll know initantly
it's the postwar iroitcr
of your dreami,.. with fea.
tur« never possible before,.,
conveniences unheard of in
pre-war models,
CHICK THI5E FIATURIS
Itm com*in fora dtmowtnjHonl
f m
wth m Hugh b M nWro/.
$>mmd, and imm wklh fmi a jtwm,
kikm,
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GLADIRON 99.50
-HA itippd bniiin •kmt Hi ..t.. r 'i IMUI, ,., ,i. ( .
Worsted Suil
35.00
Here's great newt for the man who a i
Keeping Wc« Down",
Today, Stan,
Store offers the new 1947 FiJJ StylSL
Clipper Craft Woratad Suit, at tttrtpfifti
Single or double breasted model* in b
grey, AU have the muterful Clipper I
that makes the wearer stand out in a a
CLIPPER CRAFT TOI
CLIPPER CRAFT (
35.00
MEN'S STORE - GROUND FW0'
in pastorates were
marches In this vicinity
T*d P Corson, who left
r after reading the apt.to
begin a trip to the
Blp rebuild Christianity
Jupan, Korea and the
new pastors were asi
May County At the
church. Rev Morton
Rev Albert S
»»as transferred to Pen-
's Oreen Creek, Rev Carl
S new pastor in place of
Jrby, who was moved to
b Methodist Church, Mill-
[ PASTOR,
NDENT
rt J Smith, pustor for
of the State Street
n, was appointed sup-
• of the New Brunswick
b,*Uccced the Rev A. Cor-
"*""" > term expired The
' went to the Trenton
lifting places with lib
of pastoral changes
• the Conference averyears
The heaviest
UiTed in the Bridget
Ocean City is a
y-six district churches
' pastors on Sunday
a_ crowded session that began
~~" Uio Conference transamount
of routine
expressed itself forc-
,. iber of problems of the
MET TRAINING
387 churches ex-
Atlon to universal
try training and any
that would indimethods
in our
ibe rest of the world."
the report of the
'yah World Peace and
SO, which not only op-
Ipllon in peacetime but
r Congressional bills.
13 the Eaton bill to
American countries at
expense; the other
bill giving the presl-
In the world,
[did vote, the Gonferan
amendment which
.favored .conscription,
by fix former service
amendment held that
_ is vitally necessary to
I'eountry to live up to its
jnltmente and toInsure
i by a strong America,
DTAL ABSTINENCE
ence, as in other years,
ongly against the liquor
carried its program a
1 by approving a program
• total abstinence pledges
Jlnirch members. The first
VjMit, IMi, was fixed as
|nt Sunday," when these
1 be taken.
Jersey's liquor aitua-
11 he, Conference adopted a resoftaisored
by the Board ol
2nd In G)mmand of America's
Tough F.BJ. TeUs Fate of Boy
Who Spumed Sunday Schools
Regarded TTwrn as "Sissy" | Now He's in Alcatraz
Prison for Life; Churches Can Do Mote to Cut
Nationi Crime Bill Than F.B.I., He Declares
A strapping, six-foot specimen
of manhood, who could have been
a former Ail-American
football
player, but wasn't, used some
pretty plain language in the Music
Pier auditorium Saturday night.
Editorial
Let's Not Be
Ostriches!
The world today la rushlnf
pell mell Into s third world war,
contemplation of which Is so
frightful that It tobeyond the
Imagination at Bun,
America, wealthy but weak,
will be tb* first object of attack,
because it was America that defeated
the aggressors In World
Wan I and II. In the forthcoming;
war, happy - so - lucky
America will have no tune to
leisurely rebuild I Is fighting
machine while its allies desperately
hold off the foe. Then
will be no warning.
• • •
Americans who still belle
that Russia's high command are
filled with sweetness and Ught
an simply refusln* to face facts.
Its screaming- denunciation of
America, which now has reached
a crescendo never before equalled
In world's history, U destined to
whip Its people Into a war
frenzy. It follows bat outdoes
the Hitler pattern. It calls up
frightening memories of Hitler's
screams of rage, Jnst before he
Hang his legions into Poland,
Russia has the greatest fighting
machine in world history,
the measure of Its might b >
secret, lodted behind the Iran
curtain. America—idealistic, optlmlitlc
America — has only a
jfcttotmi of the war —nf'iltf
which two short years ago represented
the strong-est flghUng
power on the globe.. Its army
and navy, its vaunted air force,
have all been reduced to pitifully
weak shadows—and Russia
knows It, even better than we
Indifferent Americans know it.
THI OAS RANGE WITH THI UFfflMl 1URNII
Omm^f
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AUTOMATIC.., ANY HEAT YOU WANT INSTANHYI
0105
Winter Office:
820 Aibury Ave.
Atcuraifiadiuis.
Buic hai cMtnl, No
in soft I!
black si
less Seen
to America
Facing Rub of
Civilizations
nee poard of Evangel-
' lukewarm in its report
In the field at winning
ts to the church through
of faith. In last week's
[the New Jersey Methodist
i report showed 253 Suni
with enrollment gains
year, but showed also
(Jew Jersey churches fell
" •' quote in obtaining
, > members. Seventeen
t"dld not win a single per-
' fit said, although
eriMI
wire 73 churohes with
urged Meh church to
1 of 10 per §tnt membership
" i the coming year. •
i wwWltona
"the report
"Spiritual an* an bomm
church altan. There U
f ual for the Lord's Hone.
Ybwil lov* th#m wirti y6ur"ilo«fc«. !»*•
VtklfU, your town do*Ml ^u)~wSh o,
tMml«H vamp and popular tltng &&
' churches do wt even
. tohold » weekly prayer
J the Mod of •ttuatloa in
\.0Mte not be Indllteent.
thin* the aoriy choroh
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The year 1947 will be the first mil
lion dollar year for building con
struction in Ocean Oity in more
than 20 years, it was indicated this
week by Building Inspector Henry B.
Cooper, Jr.
With three months still to be tabulated,
there had been 1980,894,70
worth of building work started in
the resort up to the end of September—mid
the fall. is normally an
extrenwly actiye season.
In September alone, the city hall
office Issued 123 permits for Improvements
estimated to cost $123,-
298,70, This compared with 7S permils
for 188,877' worth of work in
the same month last year,
14 NEW DWELLINGS
Inspector Cooper said that September
marked the start of 14 new
dwelling units, of which nine will be
from new construction and five resulting
from conversions of existing
property. One of the new buildings
is a two-family
apartment, and
Aeven are to be single family dwell*
(Pate*, MM)
9 From Here Drawn
for Petit Jury;
5 on Grand Jury
Nine Ocean Oity residents were
chosen for possible duty on the petit
jury for the fan tens of Oape May
County courts, Wednesday,
while
five others were drawn as members
of the new grand juiy panel.
Those drawn for the petit jury
were: Jacob o, Sohuff,
electrical
eontrartor; Helen B. Sharp, housewife:
Elizabeth J. Campbell, clerk;
WUliam O. Ooff, clerk:
Roberta
Cameron, housewife; John O. Peterson,
contractor; Harry H, Lake,
jeweler; Peter Oerruti, barber, and
J. William Morrison, realtor.
Drawn for the grand Jury panel
were Jack o. Jemee, captain of the
Ocean Oity Academy: WUliam f,
Powell, garage proprietor; John K.
AUen, mechanic; Boy Jeffries, postmaster,
and Clare P. Faust, merchant,
Toll Bridge
To Be Closed
On Monday
Can t Be Kept Half
Open During Five-
Month Repair Job
Starting Monday, motorists traveling
between Ocean Oity and Atlantic
City will be singing the song:
"The longest way round is the sweetest
way home". But it will take
longer.
The Ocean Ctty-Longport toll
bridge will be closed to traffic on
that day to permit extensive alterations
and repairs to be carried out
by the Brann and Stewart contracting
firm, of Philadelphia,
O, Fred Oroneeker, chairman of
the Cape May County Bridge Commission,
lays the span will be closed
five months, until March 6, unless
the contemplated general overhauling
will require less time than Is
now estimated.
During that time,
motor traffic will be obliged to detour
via Somers point, increasing
the distance between here and Atlantic
Oity by about five miles.
ROAD RESURFACED
The only consolation is that the
formerly rough county read extend
ing from Somers Point toward Long
port has just been resurfaced.
The 1825.000 toll bridge repaii 1
contract already is in progress. It
includes complete resurfacing of the
bridge, "shimming" up certain parts,
reconditioning the piling, overhaul-
Ing the dmwspan machinery, wiring,
railing, etc,
Lawrence B, NicKerson. supertatendent
of the bridge, said Monday
that the bridge commission had con
fsrred with engineers as to the pbs
siblity of keeping half the bridge
open to traffic during the overhauling,
but the engineers decided this
would be Impossible,
TOO LONG AMD EXPENSIVE
"We naturally didn't want to lose
the revenue from traffic during the
period the bridge will be closed," he
said; "but it was pointed out that
the bridge could not be resurfaced,
one half at a time, and that settled
parts could not be raised if traffic
were passing over constantly."
He added that if this plan could
be worked out, the repair work would
require three or four times as long,
and the expense would increase in
proportion,
Employe* of the bridge, who man
the toll house .and draw span, will be
on duty as usual while the bridge is
closed,
Commissioners
Boardwalk from
SfVi
Ocean City to Observe
20th Anniversary of Fire
That Cost it $1,500,000
Window Paeper
Is Sent to Jail
For 90 Days
A young man who allegedly peered
through the window of a home and
made Indecent remarks to the lone
woman occupant, was sent to the
county Jail for 90 days on a charge
of disorderly conduct,
Robert H, Monroe, 28, of SM4
Asbury av., was arraigned before
Judge Howard Warren in police
court on complaint of Jessie V,
Brttton, 2249 Asbury av.
She said he rapped on the window
at night and made Insulting suggestions
that she admit him to the
house. Instead she called the police.
In another case, Marcilis Glenn,
44, negro, of 300 West av., forfeited
$1S bail for not appearing on a
drunk and disorderly charge.
Negro Admits Armed
Robbery of Hotel
Gerald Porter, 31, negro porter at
the Kanscom Hotel, entered a plea
of guilty before Judge A. J. Oafiero
to Cape May County court Wednesday,
on a charge of armed robbery.
Porter and another negro, Joseph
Baker, who is still a fugitive from
justice, allegedly assaulted and
000 personsiwho StOk, with much of, bound Arthur Withy, hotel clerk,
the Increases in recent yean having and robbed the hotel desk of $243 in
the early morning of September 2,
Baker escaped with the money,
which Porter said In a signed confession
they wanted to pay for
their schooling this winter.
Judge Cafiero deferred sentence
of Porter for two weeks.
High School Teacher
to Go to Maryland
The resignation of Miss Ann Wilson,
a te|oher in the Ocean Oltv
High School-for 17 years, was announced
this week by Superintendent
Frank P. Bogle.
The Board of Education has accepted
her resignation to enable her
to transfer to another teaching position
at Glen Burnle, Md. The resignation
was effective October 1.
Miu Wilton has -taught both
French and Spsiiiah in the local
school,, but.to the new post «he will
teach Reach only.
Adams Appointed
Postmaster Aide
Succeeds Late
Somers C, Young
T. Lee Adams, an employe of the
Ocean City pestofflce since 1925, has
been appointed to the position of
assistant postmaster, as ot October
1 by the Postofflce Departmeat In
Washington, Postmaster Leroy Jeffries
announced Tuesday,
Mr, Adams succeeds the late
Sbmers O. Young, who died May 27
after having been assistant postmaster.21
years.
The new assistant
postmaster
entered the postal service as a dispatcher
and later became a clerk.
He has be«n acting assistant postmaster
since last April when Mr,
Young became ill, During World
War il he served with the Navy in
the Pacific and also was an instructor
at the Cape May Base for
some time.
New Police Officers
Take Over Duties
New offioers in the Ocean Olfr
police and fire departments took
over their duties Wednesday as a
Msuit of recent civil service nninations
in which they qualified for
promotion,
New permanent sergeants in the
police department are Lewis Qraham,
Oerrill 8, Berry, Hairy Housand and
Edward Rotan.
The new captain of the flre department
Is Carl Shaw, He has
been placed in charge ot Engine
Company No. 2, at the 8th st, station.
Sandberg Indicted
on Assault Charge
John Sandberg, proprietor of a
guest house on Ocean av.. at 11th
st,, was indicted by the grand Juiy
last Thursday on a charge of atrocious
assault and battery, He entered
a plea of not guilty before
Judge A. J, Caflcro,
Wednesday
this week.
Sandberg is accused of having
swung an iron pipe over the head of
P»u! Welnfield, 88, of Havertown,
Pa., whom he encountered In the
dark outoido his property while to
searsh of a prowler, Welnfield was
a guest at the house.
Deflation? It's Here,
in Paper Collection
Deflation hit the scrap paper
collection this week.
The official city truck-gathered
only 2,800 pounds when it
made the rounds Monday—only
a little more than half the 5.000
pounds contributed last week.
Norman V. Sargent, scrap
paper salvage chairman, said
that If this state of affairs continue*
It probably will be necessary
to change the collections
back to every-other-weefc basis.
The truck will be mound early
next Monday jnornlng, however.
STOP FIRES
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
OCTOBER — "
Fire Prevention Week to Be Tied in
With Expensive Lesson it Taught;
To Stress Fire Safety in the Home
Ocean City will have its annual observance of Fire Prevention Week
from Sunday to the following Saturday, October II, coincident with the
20th anniversary of the "big flre" which wrought $1,500,000 worth of
damage here October 9, 1M7, - , •"
Although the memory ot thai holocaust has * _
mind some extensive repair'*
the boardwalk's narrower
south of 13th st. but they i
the uptown section
portant tobe dona In
.*
County Beach
Survey
A county-wide survey of ]
designed to disclose '% m#
halt beach erosion, at an-iitU
cost of $50,000, was
fMH
d t th fh
department itself, through periodic fvj
Inspection, has brought about good
safety
conditions in hotels and
ether large public buildings.
MOST CAN BE PREVENTED
According to National Board of
fire Underwriters Statistics, about
M per cent of all Arts can be prevented
by exercising common sense
precautions.
In Use with this, toe local flre department
Is spreading the gospel of
(Fan %
$,
nesday to the freehoiaerrWr
•or Clyde W. Struble and Oftr{
missloner Augustus* 8. Gteta^
The propofal iound JUfrrY;
the freeholders, and It
nounced that a meeting of I
pal officials and the tree'
may soon be called to discuwj
The cost estimate wm**:
gineer, in a letter to Mr. <
Freeh strongly
survey, which would be't
aerial photography.
Special study would be
the most badly eroded
Conference Lauds Sentinel-Ledger
For Supporting the Restrictions
The Sentinel-Ledger and Ocean
Oity governmental authorities were
officially commended 1iy the New
Jersey Methodist Conference In a
resolution adopted Saturday.
The resolution was presented by
Rev, Purman A, DeMarlg, one of
the Conference's best known clergymen:
Rev. A. Lynn Gongloff, pastor
of the Ocean City church, and Rev.
W. Elwell Lake, president of the
Ocean City Tabernacle Association.
It read:
"Whereas, Ocean
City was
founded as a Christian seaside
resort by Methodist minjsters,
and whereas, It has maintained
as such, through the years, a
fine observance of the Christian
Sabbath and the prohibition of
the liquor traffic, and,
"Whereas, this character Is
based fundamentally upon covenant
restrtcttons and reaervmtlona
placed in all deed* by the
founders,
"We, therefore, as a Conference
express our appreciation of
every effort made by the local
authorities for enforcement of
these restrictions arid approve
the splendid support given them
by The Ocean City Sentinel-
Ledger, and heartily endorse all
efforts made by the Ocean City
Tabernacle
Association . to
strengthen . these
restrttttans
and stop an aggression against
them."
The resolution evoked a comment
from Bishop Paul E, Bdartm, id
Little Bock, Art, who wjpftttdbv
pro tern, that Ocean City la .the
only community to, hte knowledts
which closes 1U motion picture
theatna on Sundays and natf fbemV
instead, for church serriMb - .-'
Ocean City,
Iste
Harbor, North WUdwood i
May.
CRAIG SCHKK
ATTENDING BADIO 1
Orala-
C. Scheroerhorn, II
has left for Botton-I
tending the Leland'l
of Radio.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
Oentral av., left Tuesday \
to Boston, Mav.
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