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dent should so honor them by this mention of appreciation, for 

 as the Great Master of us all has said, "Greater love hath no man 

 than this, that he layeth down his life for his friend." (Ap- 

 plause. ) 



FrEsidknt Meyers — At this point, in order that the business 

 may run along in its usual form, I will appoint the following 

 committees : 



Committee on Nominations — Robert F. Engle, Henry H. 

 Brinkerhoff, Lewis W. Brown, William Porter, Frederick W. 

 Becker, Walter R. Hudson, Richard G. Savoye, Andrew J. 

 Rider. 



Committee on Resolutions — Edward W. Jackson, Reid 

 Howell, Thomas M. Donnelly. 



Auditing Committee — Abram H. Cornish, Watson A. Bogart. 



Ladies and Gentlemen : It gives me very great pleasure to in- 

 troduce to you, Mr. Robert F. Engle, a past president of this 

 association. Mr. Engle has been working hard with the same 

 object in view that we all have, and his heart is in his work. Mr. 

 Engle will talk on 



Resort Development as a Result of Mosquito Control. 



When the first health and recreation seekers began to flow to 

 the coast of New Jersey I do not know. The shell mounds 

 found along the coast is positive evidence that the Indian made 

 pilgrimages here, where he caught clams, oysters and fish and 

 cured a great deal of his provision for the winter. 



The white man naturally seeks the seaside for pleasure, cool- 

 ing breezes, and health-building properties, and though, no 

 doubt, many longed for the experience, no express fliers, or 

 automobiles made the journey easy in those days and the sea- 

 shore visitor was a persistent pioneer. 



The first resort to attract Philadelphians was on Long Beach 

 about twenty miles above here at the Mansion of Health situated 

 near the middle of the island, and this dates back to 1822. Later 

 Lloyd Jones had a place a little farther down which he sold to 

 Thomas Bond, a New York jeweler. In .1851 he enlarged it 

 and called it Bond's Long Beach House and it probably had 

 about 25 rooms. Atlantic City came into being in 1853. As 

 late as 1873, however, there was not much in the way of accom- 

 modations except what was to be found here, and you may be 

 sure the assessed valuation of the. whole was not very much. 



We can all remember the ''astounding development" as it was 

 called, of the various seaside resorts between 1890 and 1900. 



