Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1911-09-20
Doiings Around Town
Local Happenings Gathered by Hustling
Reporters

Pleasantville's schools open to-day.
Sugar has also joined the high flyers.
Primaries next Tuesday. The candi-
dates are getting busy.
The Macmillan Studio is open every
day (Sundays excepted) between and
). Call and examine their samples.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet this
"Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 at the
home of the president, Mrs. George Zip
pier.
Arrangements are being made for a
rally of the Sunday School and Epworth
League of Salem NJ E. Church on Sun
day, Oct. s.
A cottage prayer meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Rachel Fish on Tues
day night under the auspices Of the Ep-
worth League of Salem NJ. Z. Church.
Strawbridge & Clothier have arranged
to continue their delivery service wagon
in Pleasantville. L. Zentmayer will be
in charge, and has employed Mr. Sneider
to look after the details of the work.
Rally Day and Roll Call at the Pres
byterian Church next Sabbath for Sun
day School and Christian Endeavor So
cieties. All members and scholars are
expected to be present. Specially inter
esting services may be looked for.
The Atlantic City and Suburban Rail
way Company is made the defendant in
a suit in tort, filed by Robert Dorsey, Of
Pleasantville, in the District Court.
Plaintiff says one of the defendant com
l.,
Pleasantville on August l, throwing him
out and damaging his wagon.
A handsome gift has been presented
to the First Presbyterian Church in the
form of three pulpit chairs, table and
beautiful Bible They were presented
by Mrs Wheaton in memory of her sis
ter, Miss Candy. The gift adds much
to the beauty of the church and is great
ly appreciated by pastor and congrega-
tion.
In the absence of any orders to the
contrary from Justice Kalisch, Sheriff
johnson on Tuesday of last week drew
the regular panel for the October term
of Court, which includes: Absecon, j.
Towers Townsend; Egg Harbor Town
ship, Charles L. Smith and John 7.
Davis; Northfield, Ernest A. Lord; Pleas
antville, George f. Martin, Henry S.
Swenderman, John F. Ryon, John R.
Price, John H. Collins; Port Republic
Clark A. johnson; Somers Point, George
Middleton.
Frank Hnbin, old Snowman and known
as the big hearted Elk, who has endeav-
ored to give Pleasantville real, first
class up-to- the minute theatre, with all
the elaborate, decorations of the charac-
teristic Muse, found his hopes to please
the theatre going public shattered when
the w. G. T. U. workers put in an objec-
tion. The big-hearted man has caused
to be erased from his attractive1building
the pictures to which objection was
made. Frank took the matter good-na-
turedly and was ready to con1ply-Sun-
day Gazette.
1t is rumored about town that three
well known young men are arranging to
challenge three others to debate the
question of abandonment of the Pleas
antville High School. whether it is for
or against betterment of the town. 1t
would be their intention to secure three
impartial judges, have judges give, with
out any choice of the debaters the affir-
native and negative sides Of question to
them, give reasonable time to prepare
and then have public debate, which
would bring out all the points from a
practical standpoint. The Press believes
such a debate would be for the public
good, and hopes it may be given.