m ? - l.tbi in y ■nil t Each resident is a cog in the ma­ chine which helps a community toward greater growth, increas­ ed prosperity, and making it a |e Coast Slfoiuetiiscr ; betw place in which to live. ol. 46; No. 30. BELMAR, NEW JERSEY, FRIDAY, NOV. 15,1929. SINGLE COPY, 4 Cents T O CURB CHAIN 1930 AUTO PLATES SWORN IN AS RED CROSS DRIVE WILLIAM RITTER O’BRIEN STORE SYSTEM' ARE READY COUNTY CLERK IN FULL SWING INAUGURATED SHERIFF Chamber of Commerce to Early Application Must Be McDermott Takes Oath at Irving Strauss Leads Off Seek Legislation Against Made this Year to Avoid Simple Ceremony Before with $100 G ift; Captains Judge Steinbach Administers Oath of Office Business Monopoly Trouble Many Friends Appointed In a talk at the monthly meeting of Automobile license plates for 1980 For the eighth time, the seventh for A house to house canvass for mem­ a full term of five years, Joseph Mc­ bership enrollment in the American Happy Crowd Witnesses Ceremony Amid Forest of Flow­ the Belmar Chamber of Commerce in will be available to motorists at all agencies throughout the state tomor­ Dermott, of Freehold, took the oath of Red Cross is being made in Belmar. -Grosse's Restaurant, Wednesday eve­ row. office as County Clerk, Wednesday. The enrollment commenced on Armi­ ers in Old Courthouse i ning, I. N. Williams stressed the need The plates, which have srnoke-gray Judge Jacob Steinbach, Jr., adminis­ stice Day and ends on the 27th. of some action to curb the growth of hued background and white numerals tered the oath. The following are the captains in the chain store system. charge: Mrs. W. L. Babcock, Mrs. C. and letters may not be used until De­ After taking the oath of office, Mr. Amid a veritable forest of chrysan­ office and continue during my ternr If the Chamber could but put across J .Markus, Mrs. William H. Helm, Mrs. cember 15th. McDermott expressed his pleasure to themum blooms, before a crowd of well as Sheriff, or until such time as they one outstanding movement a year it A. S. Rosen, Mrs. Anna Coeyman, Mrs. Driver’s licenses, which may be pro­ the many friends who had supported wishers that packed to capacity the resign or have been dismissed from ■would stamp its usefulness on the James Buckle, Mrs. Frank Moyer, Miss cured at the same time, do not become Freeholders boardroom in the Court the service for good and proper rea­ minds of business men and its mem­ Ernestine Giunco, Mrs. Wm. Murray, valid until December 31st. House building at Freehold, and block­ sons: Under Sheriff or First Deputy bership would surely increase, Mr. Wil­ Mrs. W. W. Pearce, Mrs. Carhart New­ Motor Vehicle Commissioner William ed all avenues leading to it, William Sheriff, Mr. Charles Tate of Asbury liams told the members, who were man, Mrs. Herbert Ehrlich, Miss Mary L. Dill urges car owners and drivers Ritter O’Brien of this Borough was seeking ways and means of bringing DuBois, Miss Willena DeHart, Mrs. make application for their plates and sworn into office as Sheriff of Mon­ 'I about that very purpose, Clarence Ribble, Mrs. James Redmond, licenses as early as possible to avoid mouth County Tuesday morning at j Mr. Williams impressed upon his Mrs. Clarence Hoagland, Mrs. Eliza­ congestion at the agencies. 11:45. hearers the danger that lurks in the This cannot be too strongly stressed beth B. Heller, Mrs. Saul Seltzer, Miss chain store octopus which is reaching Agnes Henderson, Mrs. Carl Schonger, County Judge Jacob Steinbach, Jr., this year as the new liability law will administered th£ oath of office to Mr. out to crush the individual tradesman. Mrs. Adolph Fisher. require much additional questioning of O’Brien and his aides, congratulating If allowed to spread as it has within applicants as to their records and fi­ Strauss Leads with $100 the last few years it means that indi­ Last year Irving R. Strauss became each one of them with a warm shake nancial responsibility. o f the hand as he handed them their viduality and ambition will be crushed Last minute applicants will be out of a Patron member of the Association. out completely. This year he has been so impressed certified credentials. luck New Year’s Day. Practically every office holder of im­ Instead of owning a business of his License bureaus will be open between with the activities of our county chap­ own with an incentive to provide the ter’s work on First Aid and Life Sav­ portance in the county was present at November 15th and December 5th from the ceremony, and political lights of best and compete for a worthwhile 9 A. M. till 5 P. M., and from the lat­ ing and the Diasaster Relief setup livelihood, the private business man which has been been made this year, both the Republican and Democratic ter date till the end of the year they parties were in attendance, numerous will in the near future be simply an will remain open until 6 P. M. that he has contributed $100 to the employee of the chain system, and his cause of this worthy charity,—a splen­ as flies about a honey pot. children practically revert back to did lead-off for Belmar. Good humor pervaded the old build­ serfdom. MANY MOURN In making public the Red Cross bud­ ing as political party hardshells, in­ Mr. Williams’ talk made a decided get requirements, Judge John Barton surgents, past opponents and district impression on the members and Sec­ LO SS O F T . COLL Payne, National chairman says there leaders galore swapped handshakes retary Charles Keiderling was author­ are four reasons why an increasing and yarns of past performances. ized to take up the subject with the POPULAR EMPLOYEE OF IRVING membership is required: first, to make Among those who diffused a spirit of State Chamber of Commerce and see STRAUSS PASSED AWAY YES­ Jo s e p h m c d e r m o t t possible expansion of the program and jovial welcome among the crowd, Har­ ry N. Johnson, the retiring sheriff, if it would be possible through legisla­ TERDAY MORNING Who took the oath of office as services of the national organization tion to stop the monopoly by chain county clerk Wednesday for the consistent with increasing chapter ex­ stood out prominently. As a loser Mr. stores of business in small communi­ Many will mourn the loss of Timo­ eighth time. pectations; second, to provide from the Johnson displayed a spirit of true ties of 15,000 or less. thy Coll, 58, of 610 Ninth avenue, who h:m in the last election. annual income an appropriation for dis sportsmanship worthy of emulation. passed away yesterday morning fol­ ‘I promise,” said Mr. McDermott, “to aster relief equal to the average ex­ Before the stroke of the noon hour Sheriff O’Brien set about the work of CHAMBER OF COMMERCE lowing a lingering illness. continue the same service that has penditure from general funds for that SHERIFF ' WM. R. O’BRIEN MONTHLY MEETING Mr. Coll was a popular local resi­ been given the public for the last 31 purpose; third, to provide for the con­ reorganizing the working system of his Park; second deputy sheriff, Mr. Carl dent and had been employed by Irv­ years.’ tinuation of the work for ex-service office, and the new machinery was op­ Grossinger of Middletown; first clerk, The Belmar Chamber of Commerce ing Strauss for tHe past twelve years. Mr. McDermott gave a bond for $25,- men as reserves set aside for this pur­ erating as smoothly as though nothing Mr. Robert M. Holmes of Avon; second held its monthly dinner-meeting in Funeral arrangements are in charge 000 for the faithful performance of his pose become exhausted, and fourth, to had happened, before the day was over. clerk, Mr. Cornelius Barkalow of Free­ Grosse’s Restaurant Wednesday even­ of Undertaker Reidy of Asbury Park. duties. The bondsmen, a number of replace iri : es.t on reserves as those At the conclusion of the ceremonies hold; warden of the County Jail, Mr. ing. It was well attended. The funeral will probably he held Mon­ whom were present, include C. Asa reserves become less. Sheriff O’Brien made the following Isaac Woolley of Long Branch; ma­ The president, Charles J. Markus, day, and interment will be in St. John’s Francis, Bryant B. Newcomb and Pie­ statement: tron of the county jail, Mrs. Isaac “The key word of my conduct of the was empowered to appoint the follow­ cemetery, Orange. tro Toma ini, of Long Branch; Lewis S. Woolley of Long Branch; stenegraph- ing committees: Attendance, Street Mr. Coll was a member of St. Rose’s Thompson, cf Brookdale Farm, Lin- FIREMEN THANK office of Sheriff of Monmouth County er, Mrs. Hazel S. Russell of Farming- lighting mercantile licenses. Church, the local Holy Name Society, croft; William B. Conover and Frank shall be SERVICE, and, in making my dale; jail physician, Dr. G. G. Reynolds The light committee will consult K. of C. of Asbury Park, Belmar Fish­ Scott, Middietown;. Robert P. Wood­ COMMISSIONERS staff appointments in the Sheriff’s Of­ of Freehold. with electrical experts in regard to a ing Club, Belmar Yacht Club and the ward, Upper Freehold Township; Will­ fice, I do so with the distinct under­ Sheriff O’Brien’s bond for $20,000 standing on the part of each appointee lighting system among the store keep­ Loyal Order of Moose.