The Pleasantville press., 1912-07-31
ABSECON.


of their daughter, Essie, to Mr.. DAN
iel E. Steelman, of Absecon, the we'd
ding to take place in September. Both
parties are well and favorably known
here, Miss Strickland being sister
of Mrs. Harry Mattson, Jr., and hav-
ing spent much of her time at the
Mattson home Mr.. Steelman is the
son of Mrs. Jemima Steelman.
G. v. Draper was the over-Sunday
guest of relatives at Camden.
Edward Pennington is having his
cozy cottage beautified with paint.
Dr.. Effron and family, Of Philadel-
phia, are spending the summer at the
Blackman cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Biggs and fam
lily, of Atlantic City, are sojourning
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rawley, at
Mrs. Biggs' former home.
Mrs. Hannah E. Babcock is spend
ing an indefinite period with the fam
lily of her sister, Mrs. William Dickey,
at Pittsburgh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Rogers re-
Gently entertained Mrs. A. G. Christ
man and son, Miss Dorothy Albert
and Master Nevin Wike, of Oak Lane.
Mrs. George Speikerman and dau-
ghter, of Jersey City, are spending
their annual vacation with Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Spiekerman and Mr..
Samuel Slim.
Mrs. Fannie Mills and Mr.. Charles
Hopkins, of Camden, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Smith, Mr.. John
Suffers and Mr.. Harry Stillwell last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Hickman
and daughters, of Woodbury., Mrs.
Philip Knauf, of Camden, and Mr..
William Dougherty, Of Philadelphia,
have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hosea Kendall and daughter Mamie.
Samuel McCambridge and Miss G.,
c.. Black have been entertaining Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson A. Lands and child
ren, Ethel, Jennie, Samuel, John and
Alva, and Mr.. G. w. Black, of Phila-
delphia, Miss Millie Bennett, of Ocean
City, and Mrs. A. Crouch, of New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Prescott and
children, Mrs. Hattie Wood, Mrs. Rosa
Bryant, Mrs. Foote and Miss Laura
Justice accompanied the members of
the combined A. M. E. and Baptist
Sunday Schools, of Pleasantville, on
their annual picnic to Mays Landing
on Thursday.
John S. Weaver, of Pleasantville,
will speak and sing at next Sunday
evenings twilight service in the Meth
odist Church.
Miss Lydella Smith spent the week
end at Cape May City.
Assessor Henry Alexander is shing-
ling the sides of his Ohio avenue
home.
DIR. Barwis, of Trenton, spent Sun
day with his wife at the Pine View
Villa.
Mrs. Rebecca Donnelly sojourned
with her sister, Mrs. John Madden,
at Vineland, last week.
A bouncing twelve pound son ar
rived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
P. Harlan Boice on Tuesday.
Miss Alma Risley, of Atlantic City,
was the over Sunday guest of the
family of her sister, Mrs. Herbert
Pancoast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steelman R. Lee spent
Friday and Saturday with the latter's
father, Joseph X. Mathis, at New
Gretna.
Miss Edna Custis left on Thursday
for her future home at Lebanon, Pa.
While here she was the guest of Mrs.
E. G.. Mccarthy.
Rats have killed more than 300
chickens belonging to Mrs. Jesse
Shovel so far this summer, 81 being
slaughtered one night.
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South Absecon, have taken occupancy
of Joseph Alexander's new bungalow
on New Jersey avenue.
Mrs. William Currie and daughter,
Mrs. Harold Hornblower, of Camden,
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Mattson, Sr.
Miss Carrie Reed has returned af-
ter spending pleasant vacation at
Asbury Park, Long Branch and other
North Jersey coast resorts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Leeds and
granddaughter, Miss Anna Madara,
were over Sunday guests of their son,
Mr.. Willis Leeds and family, at Cam
den.
Mrs. George Reed and daughter Lu,
ra, of Trenton, who are staying at
LIE hcilJuChy IlOCcl, ACldiiIlC OiIy,
were entertained by Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph S. Smith last Friday
Miss Sarah Mathis returned last
week after spending three weeks
vacation with relatives in Philadel-
phia. She was accompanied by her
sister, Miss Bessie Mathis.
Rev. William L Reed, of Cambridge,
Pa, member of the Eastern Penn
sylvania Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence, visited his father, Obadiah Reed,
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartzell and
family have been entertaining Mr..
and Mrs. George Crawford and Mr.
Thomas Crawford, of Philadelphia,
Miss Fanny Bowers, of Fairton, Miss
Elizabeth Miller and Master Francis
Miller, of Salem.
After undergoing a delicate opera
tion at the Atlantic City Hospital,
three weeks ago, Mrs. Harry Lee was
brought to her home here on Monday.
Anxious friends are glad to learn that
her ultimate recovery now seems as
sured.
During the hard thunder shower on
Sunday a week ago, lightning struck
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