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THURSDAY - MARCH 9 - 1'tfiO
< Clouting Will Be Muted
t(, lanky Henry Y. Cloutinjj — the man whoso
countenance ha« always offered an interest-
in expression—is Ruing to step down from his
Up on the Board of Chosen Freeholders
jit don't envy the successor of thi« officer who hai
loathe Board longer than any other of its pie.sent
mn. He'll find it hard to fill Henry's shoes
t. Clouting has heen county director of chanties
since the memory of man runneth not to thi-
(jr.- He has been * hard-workinff member of the
Welfare Board ever since it was established.
i OOUqty almshouBe has been under hi.i direction,
I taken an intense interest and pride, not only
tlon, but in the welfare and happiness of eiuh
»bly nobody but Henry himself will ever know
,»ny families in diatrass he has helped, not only
j»lly but by hit) personal intereKt in their w< If.ui-
Henry Clouting will be missed
Yesterdays
In Ocean City
ONI TEAS AGO
Aaembljman N. C, Smith on.
nouneed introduction of tt bill spon-
sored by leaihore countiM to post,
pone for six monihf the effective
date of the hotel Ore safety law,
• * • , ,
Irvln Johnson, chief of the Urn
department for 11 yean,, announced
his Intention to retire on April 1
lifter 30 yean' lorvlce,
Most radio receivers in the city
were "blacked out" by static for 21
hours. untiUon Electric Co. trouble
shooter found the cause of the dis-
tiirbance in n defective transformer
at 10th st,
* * *
Munleipal Judge Howard Warren
posted a .schedule of standard fines
for o variety of motor vehicle ami
other offenses in his court,
• * *
The variety show "LBIT It Off 1 ' was
ready to open at the hitch st'hnnl, in
the wake of the iinniiul KxchnnHe
Ciuh minstrels
riVF YEARS Ar.o
Pulue hild IB ihililnn rmjiii
fit m thrtt- tit Mirt jtar*- ijf »it< i
(unnttttnn v, nh tht inti-ring J
Imitinj! of tttu bii.irdu.ilk prnptrtH
tumult and the shouting have died, but the
about high taxes will go on a» usual.
YOVR Chamber of Commerce
;/tW membership eampiiign of Ocean City's new
j^n^-ireeded Chamber of Commerce is now under
J«)in now and have a voice in this important organ-
i relatively few business and professional men,
»f a fair erogji-sertion ot the community, or-
"It, but they want YOU to step in and help to
tito activities. They want your suggiBtions, you^
r,Hnwi and your willingness to work with them f
rarfjvancement of the city,
?rif» YOUR Chamber of Commerce!
Cuntractx totjilini; $240,520 wirp
given condltiopiil approval by the
rommissiuniTs for ifbuiliilnij bourc!.
walk ramps, repairinir biilkhiads.
BravelinM streets and huihiinx ncsy
stone jetties • » •
The OPA nrnniinenil a lijht(?nin(!
of reifulatififts for the replacement
ill lost food ration books, rcqulrinij
a longer waitinji period.
Girls dffcBted buys in a ' 1 Batt!r> uf
the Sexes" quiz program staled at
the hii!h si'huol by the junicir tlass.
Pfe Juhti P. Fries. Jr.. received two
citations fur outstanding service with
the/7th Armcired Division atfainst
ibf Naiis,
Oman Ocean City's Memory Lane
Soulliwurd Ho 1 oould hiivf b«n the chant ef these Mnp
uorkmrn »v lhf> irr.lfd iiiothfr rlfrlrlc polf on the ««n Hide
uH lr.l .v Vboul 51.1 st. The time -,»s -h.rtly before l«»
l,,e »,,uslun VW-. Hie InsUll.U.n >•' »"^ "• rl.r P-«" l« the
»l,l "looMrvllIf >r«llev ' line thJl i.n l» IlKlh ,1. for ni«i.y y,.rK.
ll.r r»lls for Khlrh h»d ulr^dv beer. Uld. \»U h»l the troll,v
«r.,l tu llie suiitl. fnd uf the I-U»d rlflit Ihrouth the Hud dunes,
even before tlirre »as mi iiulomubllf roadway. One or two or
l...isf i-lon.-, l..n,r,. Ih.ii vlrtuallv If. thr „lldfrnev,. ure Mill
Home Rule for Hometown
Explanation of Changes Proposed by Faulknpr
City Govprnrrn-nt Plan
County Press Ocean City a la Carte
Opinion, Condensed
,Higher pay for the commissioners probably is juati
t Then they'd be able to afford tho.se boxing (flnve
y've needed all these months.
City** '30-Year War'
'tm't there a 30-year war somewhere back there
Commissioner Henry Rower, Jr., thinks that
IB VBABS AOO
King A, Porter. Ffitiretl rantraitor
and former lie plant operator, died
at i2
« * •
Ocean City i, :h's basketball
championship aspiratiorji we re
rudely dumped when PennsKrove
eliminated the resiirters from the
South Jersey tournament, 40 lo 19.
* * *
Frank Sannirio, Charles Selby and
Winnie Myers emeried as city table
tennii champions in their respective
divisions, in a tournament with 3i
contestants staged at Convention
Hall.
•i/tj&eiMl City has had a 80-year war of its own and that
1,'Jrptita reason for the record-breaking tax rate of 1060,
1." He contends that set-backs suffered by the com-
' during the past 30 yearshave had a cumulative
He cites the real estate boom, the big fin of
,,, .% erosion, Worid War II, erosion, the hurricane and
1 ;«mrUnued erosion as the roots of our fiscal woes.
t^ Ty *'l coat a frightful amount of money. A large
'•""••' tofjhe coat was financed with b6nds. The principal
it d i d ff if r t f t
Sears, Roebuck and Co. adver.
tiled in The Sentinel.Ledger a sale
of iS.foot electric refrigerators for
$89 95.
* * i
The city commissioners condemned
and ordered the demolition of a
cluster of ,U small wooden shacks,
known as Cramer's Village, because
they did not comply with building
or health codes.
iptcteat drained off a painful pioportlon of pur tax so VIARS ADO
"jet*, leaving an insu"fBofent amount for main. Mrs. r Leroy Howe ^as eie
mi. So maintenance suffered. No progressive
dan Ion; afford to permit maintenance to be
So now we must catch up or lose out in the
,__ jtt, rmee.
"it probably alio is true that the public, imbued
ipk prodigal spending policy of Washington, is
tttflng more nervices for which, of course, the
! must pay.
tile Red Cross is playing it smart this year, if
can't nick your pocketbook for cash they'll settle
your veins for a pint of blood.
W*r* Wm Poor Gueuers?
j\\. Ocean City's voters, a couple of years or so ago,
tMrfttjd down a referendum that proposed the levying
111* "service tax*'—-a name that sounded a little sweeter
I "Juxury tax" but that meant the same thing.
Thte tax would have been paid by all of u», but
icjpally it would have been paid by the summer
who enjoy an unusually large amount of free
-here.
voters apparently feared that the tax, once
&d, would be with ua always. Perhaps they
correct. But in view of the super-duper tax on
estate called for toy the 1950 budget, it might be
^hey didn't guess right.
j Hnt was ele
president of tht Parent-Teacher
sociation to sucreed Mrs T J Qlrev
ttho rtsifned bemuse of ill hialttl
• i #
,,Har\ey Murcy 917 B3> a\ suf
fered 3 frietured leg and other m
juries when he fell three stones i* a
scaffold broke while he \*a= paint
in£ an apartment rmuse
• • #
Four test piling 45 feet long virrp
sunk at the site of the new rmmiLipal
trajh and garbage ineinei-ater in
preparation for lUrting found itmn
work
• * a
Resort physicians pledged their en.
operation to the Chamber of Com-
meree in an effort to establish 0
sanitarium hire to help provide a
ILar-arnunil pairoll and visitor
Larry Imbesi scored 12 points to
lead the Postofike quintet to a 10
20 victory over the Pire Department
in the pla)ntt series for the "cinnil
half of the Industrial L
Editor's Note— This, is Ihf tirM
ii! y MTii-H :>( sis iiriitlt^ !>ri-
pnri'i! by tin- New .tiu^r.v Cum-
mission f.ri Mu/iiciiiiii UiAi-ri,.
mrnt uiiil dislribiiliMl thrmiMH
tycjlitK,^ uf Ihi 1 Nt'W JiTNt-y
Prf'^i Assucmtiun H* dLSLU^s j,ub-
tidy thu pfit|4rii!fi uf munif!rj;ii
Kuvornrm-nt U1ipru\ emeni i,'r.v
l.iTuri' the Stall' Li't^liiluri'
Ntv Ji'Mpy rnuiiii iptilitii-i, ii.ulri
M-ctiri' "the £rv;iU'>,l pij^ii- ul lyrui
ii'll-iiijviTnimTll i-unsisti-ni wllh II.i-
Ci.hstituliun nf thi' Mtiilt " under i,rn.
liOSiilH finw bi'liiH- the mile It-::',.
idtUre,
Hfi-iimmendrfi b y t h o S t a t i>
iFauIknpri Ciiirnr.imiun fin Mur.iri-
(,al fiiniirniiliiH after mcirc tirnr.
Uii yi-arf; i : Mufiy and iunyuii.ihun
Ihi- bill!, IA-I0, A.II. A-12i 1., n-
Viitnp and irn>diTm/i.< IIK-III ^nM-rn,
mi-nt hiivr> been introdurt'cl ni iin
St.:jte Li^isliitur*' by AhM'iHhK
Siifhki'r Percy A Miller. Jr.
OM'RRK S NKW Pi,ANN
The legisliitioh IIITITS thi' Mill
BUH municipalities thri'e new B
efn !'"•»• "' ''-•
[nlincil-ITinnaKcr. miiyor-cimiii'il and
ii form designed usini-ially fur small
munifi|ialitlus. Numerous variuiinf.
of these thrvii basic forms nhv tin
zens a brood chime as tu the (ii'tail,
of their municipal oris.imziitiiiii and
administration
Any municipaliiy ndnplinn nr». nf
'modern Inim« is immi-diiiiily
nted "hcimi' rultV puwers it never
jnyed Ijefare Tin- mimiiipaiiK
would have full iH.wer ti, urfitviU'
ond regulate its IntiTnul aflairs. and
to estahiisli, alter onri abolish offiivs.
puM'lions iind emplMynH'iils ami ii,
di'ltllo lunptlun.1, liuwiTs ami flulli'x
thereof iind IIs tli.ir u-rill, II-IIUIT
and eornpensation , , . exercise pow-
ers of condemnation, uiirrnwinis an.I
taxation in the manner ph.vidi-d bv
Rener.il law."
C'lTlKBNS I>Ft;Inl!
TII iirinpl (me (it the i-.i'W fin-ins
nf Incal t;uvi.rnmi-iil, the rniniiin.
sion has [irovidefl vnti-m nilli in-ii
methods: ill Kletliun ul a i-hi,rti-i
inmiiiisMiiii which may ri'i-iimiiifhil
line nf the varintnins of the tlin-f
prupnsi'd furniji tii lie put nn rufi.r.
l-nriilm ur I2i by plaeliiR one of Ihe
forms on referundiim b| jietlliuii In
eilhcr caso the voters themselves
finally decide if nne of the m.\v
inrms is tu be adopted.
If voters i-hoose a cliartor cum-
missinn, herc-s what the CummiBSinn
can do: (1) recommend for ado|)ti.in
one of the three new forms of local
Movernment; or 121 recummend thai
the municipality's ttoviTIiiiiK |,0,|v
pelilinn the I.ejiinlatine fur
! ,.f a spei,
Mllm-lld tbat
i rrm; in u
hiirliT, »r i.'I
unn .,! i',\ en
irt
|H'A |,|:,,,|,lk prrmmrd lj
iii A In slrci,nthi-n the lm-
ir.i i:f ami make it inure <
a! 'iM'ftieii'f.t
1 OllMiSSION IlKtlllKH
In
riot
IMr fivr.meinb!
the c=:Ii
With {leterrn,ninM
the j/m errunei
lity iimhl h
to ilii- i
ii!fi tf.uUi
(he
ireritlhiTU-i
si\e nr kH
nr v. lii-
re tu-un
ii 1 ha
i-i
ui
The chari
ulil jaihhr
utthe luruiii
li5
hea
The Nut Bowl ^£^"L15i
Our Florida vacationist* are now strapfrling back
Ji>« the national American Legion.
. iff for the contest, each student was
M".to a lot of Americanigm. This was the pur-
|>fe' TOaW is DOthinr much more militantly "TTien Wedneiday'i cloie enough,
n than the American Legion. And the teflon "T i f«"h Mp "(m «*, *A' nl - " Ain *
to Iwil bwt to wmbat the iniidJoM Innuence no trains hen m smnf ^
Ltamg on the minds of young people.
CONDITIONED
He was a difnoult customer. One
of the two partners In the cloihinK
store had ihown him every suit in
Slock but one, helping him into each
one and pointini out the virtues of
each garment. With tach suit, he
would turn the man around and
around in front of the mirror,
' Finally he despaired of
eultomer anythlni. Just then
partner Itepped up and showed the
customer the remaining suit. He
bought it immediately.
"You see, Sam," said the success,
ful partner later, "what good sales,
manship It takes to sell a tough
customer like that. You nottced 1
sold him on the first try?"
"Sure," Mid the other, 'hut who
got him diiiy""
* « •
WHAT S THE BUSH?
Breathless from running, the sales,
man asked the small town station
agent, "Quick, what time is it?"
The agtni answered, "Hound about
WedneMtav, I guess,"
"No, no," gasped the salesman,
"what hour? 1 have to catch a
trsln!
rinjjs anil j-iiunmr
t must provide 'tht
'U-.it iiiwsibli- inlurniiitlnn and di«-
^M(j!i re^pi'iiiny the [uirjinses and
iilii'iw (if its wink " It must n-
it its ilndin^s and reennimenila.
In the fiti?ehs uf the mur
" v w" 1 "' IIIMHI';'fl
KIVIIIK widest imssiblu puliln-i'y
io Us report
Thus tin 1 Ii-Miiiliiliun QfTeis modern
lulnis nf Incal sovirnment with ruin.
iriniBi mteitii'iMiie by the legislature
The tieeisiun \VMiiltl In" left lu !he
MUM'S Hii'ni. rule wtmlfl be an
:u!uabiy.
Forum and Agin' 'Em
From One Resort Hotel
Proprietor to Another
EdiK.ru Noli.—Aliss Surah E.
Mayberry, )irii|irl(-l»r of an
Uiean City hotel, ollered some
iiiMstruetlu. criticism for Ocean
City in n letter published ill this
tleiiartmeiil two weeks ago. In
it she ejqiresscd the bupe thai
tin- new Chanil.iT (if Commerce '
wcilllii iiriiinote eivle liPltcrmtMit,
Aniilhi.r hotel |iro|irietor. Kv-
ii'i'lt 1, Ci.|ie. rin>siilen( nf ihe
Chaiiilur, has wntti.n thi- In!,
h-ttlhii lelter to hi-r, and ha«
(!i\i-n Tin- SHiliiii-|.|,1.|li!i-r a
ii.py nf ii i
'•Di-iir Miss Mayberry:
'it is with a great deal nf iiloas.
lire I have read yniir words 1,1 en-
i nuraxement to the • newly.formed
ChsmbiT lit Commerce of Oucnn
C:ly in last week's issue of The
Neiilinel.Ledger.
"It is (jratifying to know that our
HibManlial residents (mil business
pccinle realize the need uf a Cham,
her nf C'olnlileree and the |iro"re»
Fair II, flfilse
HUNK BACKS FERRY, AND
MISSES THE BOAT
(< ape May County (iitelte)
Having read, anil written, news of
•hi [jrojelied Cape May.L+wwi ferry
t',r innfe than iti years, (irit! havmM
li.iiiid Irum the old Oazi-lte tiles
th;4 the propiisal ^as discussed as
ii.rili as 50 years iieu, |)erba|)Si we
h.ay be esruMMl if. eiirrentiy. we
hiiM. fuund it dinicult to (jet up a
luil head uf steam over the sunpes-
linn that ihe lerry service mlisht b,.
layriched a* a link in a New jersey-
li* UiWure ir.ter-.latt- highway system.
But we are aboul to change our
tf.iiikir.i!. It could be thiil Ci.n
j.i : e^!niial,aspirant Flmer Wt-iu- has
M,ii;e insuie infurmaiinn tii eyuie
! un In lit-lifvi- that the ferry pin,
tret will be consummated If it were
a mere hiihh!e in his eyes we are
ii ihned to think lie woulfi hau 1
hesitated tu u«e it ai his Mrs! step.
pitiH Mone in the campaign which
will ciintiiuie until nest November
^^hen he will o(i[iost' Congressman
T. Millet Hand lor ii seal in the
HniiSe uf iii-piesentatives.
rriirn a purely political_vifwjiulnl,
luiwever. if Mr! Wehe contemplated
nu votes ihroujih his advent into
the terry picture, he may have
blundered. There slill are farmers
in Cape May and Atlantic counties,
and possibly some in Cumberland,
who don't like the ferry idea at all.
Hereabouts, .there are farmers who
lonH have held thai the furry svoiikl
injure them by glutting our markets
with i-arlier and cheaper produce
fi'i.lil Delaware, Maryland and other
Males Ht-condly. the Vinelaiui man's
siiMiji'Stii.n that it might be fuund
fi-asibln lu operate the ferry only sis
months of the year will not be |ion-
uh,r with those in this section who
are enlhusiaMicallv arivucalirm the
priijecl.
NO ROOM FOR CiAMBI.KRR
nVildwBud Lfaierl
Tile other week the Cpunty Prose-
cliu.r accimpanieil by State.atid lo.
•'ill police of inn County eornrnun.
ibis raided two places and arrested
iwu inch on charKes of cundurlinii
liainblinjj activities The authorities
Slnteti that evidence of (jamylinii ac.
tivilies in numbers antl illegal horsi-
race beltini; was found with both thi-
arrested men.
Il is to he hoped that the Prnsn.
culiir and the other law enrorcinjj
assents will continue their efforts
The resorts of Cape May County
cannot afford lo become the kind of
Places they will become it gombliir"
activities are permitted to exist iir^
miilested.
'Who Do They Think They Are!'
A shell time anil as everyijoily kinrivs. « i!ri)ii|) of fjennn Cilys
well known business and profesi-iunal men «ot ti.tsethi-r unit oraan.
IIH! a new Chamber of Commerce.
The curbstone comment that lias followed that achievement has
been typical of comment that !(,,,.« with ailytbiiiM that anybody or
ITnup starts in Ibis nimmunitj
A friend uf ours sidled up to us. lie louked over his shouldir,
then askeii suspiciously in low tones, out nf the corlienof his mouth;
"Hey. what dyu think of this Chamber of Cominerce?'
(You'd huve ihduBhi that he was taikiut! abullt somebotly down
in Ihc r.exl block who was suspciii-d of beinij a commie I
'1 think it's a line thina for Ocean City." we replied "It should
have bteri oriunized a lunii time ugn,"
'Yeah, yeah! That's just what I w;,« Ilunkifiii: " b- replied hastily.
Bill he slill looked doiihlfiil.
"Aw. the Ciiamber of Commerce ,s just a fronl fur the Repub.
lu:,n machine," M.id another "Look at the nameu uf Ihi' itirectnr, "
"Have YOU looked at them' 1 ' v,e uske.l
'Sure'
"Will unre when has'Frcnch I.uveland been a nepllblicali""
"r'n-ncli Lovi—hey. it- he a ttireclor""
'•Diiili'l you lead Ihe 1-,-t in The Rentinel-U-di'fr' 1 "
"I thnuaht I did . . Well. Ill be ilfirni'il' '
Arid another curbstone cnmphiiner:
'•Win. du those isuys think Ih.-y uri-" Win,I ri;-ht hiive niEY to
organi/e a Cbynibt-r uf L'uuimerct'.'"
"Perhaps they aot bred waiting for you and the rest of Ocean
that n Chamher of CommercF
~t*tty
is neeried?"
"Yeah. 1 Riiess so."
"Well, somebody had to start it. That's all the nrisanijers have
done. Personally, we think that they're a pretty able and represent,
alive (jroup u^citizens. Bui ii'you think that others can do a better
job. join the Chamber and vole 'hem out of ufticc when their terms
expire. Don't just beef about it "
And so it jjoeS: There's nolhiilK new about this altitude. Ocean
City people seem In like to "heel ": just as the boys in the Arttiv
liked to gripe. It's the most popular winter inclnnr and outdoor
sporl. heri.abuiits.
But in this casi.. we do hcipe that the beefers will confine their
Kripes and suspicions to the gin rummy Kami's in (be back rooms.
Tlus^ Chamber of Commeree is important lor every person in
Ocean City, The amount of benelH that each will derive from it
will depend upon how unanimously the community (jets into the
Chamber. It will depend upon how many men—and women—will
join the Chamber, roll up (heir sleeves and work eonscientiouslv
on its committees.
Reunion in Havana
Before Art Watkins leit town to serve as assistant cruise director
cm the Holland.American liner Veenclam. on a southern trip he
leiitalively ananaeri for an "Oiean City Heiiniiin Dinner' in Havana
The steamship hue HHHIRM ii a lireat idea and told Art he i-oulcl
Mo the limit. He did. He arranged a large table— (lowers- .decora.
lions, even iiholtiiiraphers. Bui An was the only one present
All or Ocean City's southern sisilois a! the- time had coiiHict.
mi; dates and couldn't make it
Looking Ahead
L
Ocean City's Fatal Weakness: We
Just Can't Seem to Get Together
"That's not the way in handle it,'
snid The Gen,tleman from Philadel-
phia when we (old him some
Texas Goes Independent
If CEOEGE 8. BENSON
Fruldtnt Btrdlti Collcft. Btutf, ArktMM
; A CHANfiE! A jiroup of Tesas farmers have made some refreshing and en-
and W»v>) couraging news. At a liiianclal sacriflce to themselves, they have
ill rf r nn M --. srnl a healthy slice of fuderal t'overnmeni cash back to Wnshlngtr.n
Wualilta throughout wllh ° nole '" " le V S Treasury which" said, in eiteel, "lltrcNi y»ur
lulMlilie!, throughout „,„„,,,_ By strujjHnj » m i t hlfdfr ,„„ pinehlnt m t pfnBitn, we
ran |et by without It,"
Newspapers and farm journals sent up hoiwihs; nnd ev
Solurday Evening Post wrote glowing editorial praise. Tt
solicited return of federal funds to the U S. Treasury esn
nii.kes nmuts r,i ^ .;,- i •'
ciations. Has any one of them n civic
policy? They listen tn talks nn Tiuw
•"" AHtn sa >"' n B they intended to jet rid
° of their Oeenn City real estate on
neeount of the record. hreoklns
budget. "Tl)nt kind of petulant
prallle shows just what is weiiken-
ing your thonccs of tVer (iiakiiiij
your city what it oiiuM lu be. and
that is the model for all Jersey's
shore resorts.
"Your fstiil weakness," lie went cm,
"is that you can't jet together