The Pleasantville press., 1912-11-20
ABsECoN.


agent, Howard w. Mcconnell, through
the Absecon agency The claim has
been adjusted and settlement made.
Sound companies, honest adjustment,
prompt settlement is Mr.. McConnell's
insurance slogan. adv. |
Palmer Cleveland is confined to his
home with illness.
Mrs. ID. S. Tilton spent Friday with
relatives at Hammonton.
Mrs. R. A. Elwood and son are Wis
iting relatives and friends at Ber-
nardsville, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Conover, of
Tuckerton, were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. r. Hammell on Thursday.
Louis Clark has handsome new
touring car.
Peter Babcock was brought on Sat-
urday from the Atlantic City Hos
pital to the home of his sister, Mrs.
Peter B. Reed, where he still con-
tinues to suffer from the effects of
his recent fall.
(. Don't forget the Pink Rose service
in the Methodist Church next Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Martha Clark was the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. Claude Sal
mon, in Atlantic City, last week.
Mrs. Cora McDaniels, of Whining
ton, Del, is visiting Mrs. Mary Bates.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bush moved
on Tuesday to Wildwood, where he
has been employed several months.
Mrs. Mary Bates is recovering
from an attack Of la grippe, with
which she has been confined to her
home for two weeks.
Mrs. Elizabeth Strang will leave in
a few days to spend the winter with
her niece, Mrs. Charles Fenton, at
Chelsea.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Mccoy, of
Longport, have been the recent Sum
day guests of. the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Irelan.
Miss Lena Robinson entertained
Miss Dorcas Conover, of Atlantic
City, over Sunday.
Freeholder and Mrs. Edwin Robin
son spent Sunday with relatives at
Port Republic
Councilman and Mrs. L. A. Bonfeld
and family have moved to Atlantic
City for the winter.
Mr.. C. A. Norton and sister, Miss
c. Norton, of Hartford, Conn.,, are
spending a couple of weeks at the Alb
secon Inn. Mr.. Norton is the father
of F. A. Norton, local agent of the
Gilbert and O'Callaghan Real Estate
Co.
Miss Lena Robinson gave Leap
Year Party at her home Saturday
evening in honor of the seventeenth
anniversary of her birth. The COM
pany consisted of seventeen members
as follows: Misses Dorcas Conover,
Elsie Hamilton, Ruth Adams, Helen
Strang, Mildred Smith, Alma Show
ell, Bertha Conover, Lena Robinson,
and Messrs. Leonard Showell, Milton
Parsells, Delbert Adams, Gilbert Raw
ley, James Vickers, James Lee, Henry
Smith, Percy Smith and Clarence
Conover.
A surprise party was rendered Cap
tain Josiah Smith at his North Abse-
con residence last Saturday evening.
He was nonplussed beyond measure
at first but quickly entered into the
spirit of the occasion with much
mirth and merriment. Those who
surprised him were: Mr.. and Mrs. En-
och Giberson, Miss Ethel Giberson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Giberson and
daughter Thelma, Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Conover, and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Conover and two sons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Giberson and son Carlton, Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Fairbrothers, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene McAnney and son, Cap
tain and Mrs. Daniel Showell and
daughter Viola, Mrs. Elizabeth Con-
over, Mrs. Edna Ristine, Mrs. Jane
Conover, Miss Nina Conover, Russell
Hammell and Captain and Mrs. Smith
Monday morning fire was started
by mischevious boys in leaves near
the lumber pile on the school proper
ty. 1t gained headway rapidly and
was blazing under the dry wood when
discovered by the Boy Scouts, who
extinguished it with difficulty.
Rev. Frank Haley, of English
Creek, spent Tuesday and Wednesday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Smith.
Messrs. Joseph Smith and Daniel
Reed are placing new roof on the
Strang residence on New Jersey ave-
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin C. Lee, who
returned three weeks ago from Paris
to Philadelphia, made business trip
to Absecon, their former home, and
called on friends on Saturday
Planned by his wife, the birthday
surprise party rendered Councilman
Harry Mattson by his many friends
last Monday evening was perfect
success in every detail. Not let into
the secret until the guests arrived,
the surprise was complete one to
him, but after rallying from his won
der at the arrival of so many, he en-
tered into the spirit Of the occasion
with much joy and pleasure. A very
pleasing collation. was served after
which the guests departed for their
homes. Those present we're Rev. and
Mrs. w. S. Ludlow and son Raymond,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lee, Mn and
Mrs. Harry Mattson, Jr., and son Lee
roy, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Conover and
daughter Leona, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Bar
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Steelman,
Mrs. Jemima Steelman and the genial
host and hostess, of Absecon; Mr. and
Mrs. Reuben Adams and son Delbert,
and Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Par
sells, of Pleasantville.