The Pleasantville press., 1912-07-24
ABsECoN.


Miss Margaret Reed, of New York,
is visiting her grandparents, Capt. and
Mrs. Peter B. Reed.
Mrs. Carl Voelker and daughter,
Mrs. Hill, entertained Miss Clara Boy
sen, of Egg Harbor City, at their bun
galow over Sunday.
Mrs. William H. Frymire and grand
son, William H. Frymire, Jr., of Phila-
delphia, are spending the summer at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. George
Conover.
The contract for the new frame
school building, size 24x36 feet, to be
located beside the old one at Conover-
town, has been awarded to James
Somers, Of Oceanville.
After conducting grocery business
in the former Carton store for thirty
four months, Charles G. Eldridge dis
continued same on Tuesday and left
with his family for his former home
at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Councilman and Mrs. Harry Matt
son entertained over Sunday the for
mer's brother, Mr.. Thomas Mattson,
whose daughters, Misses Hattie and
Elsie, of Swedesboro, together with
Miss Edna Feather, of Gibbstown, are
spending ten-day sojourn at their
Ohio avenue home.
Mrs. Edmund Madden, who has
been very sick, is again able to be out.
Mrs. Charles Mason is spending
weeks vacation with relatives at Will
mington, Del.
Members of the Laetus Club went
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on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs George v. Draper and
family entertained Miss Ella Egbert,
of Camden, last week.
Miss Myra Smith, of Smithville, was
the guest of the family Of her sister,
Mrs Ira Giberson, last week.
After visiting her parents at Cam
den for a fortnight, Miss Helen Strang
has returned to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. F. G. Turner.
DIR. C. C. Allen was called to Bridge
ton on Saturday to see his brother
Herbert, who was stricken i'll very
suddenly.
Raymond Ludlow, who spent coup
lie of weeks with friends at Camden,
returned last week and was accompa-
uicu ny Hlo IIlCilu, 11OWdiu AehiuoOii,
who remained at the M. E. Parsonage
until Saturday.
Messrs. John Lancaster, Robert
Chew, Russell Fenton, Walter Como
yer, George Draper, Raymond Carton
and Benjamin Conover went on>a fish
ing trip to Great Bay in the latter's
power boat on Saturday and returned
with Sc weak fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Roche and
children, Edward, Harold and Dorothy,
of Germantown, Pa, and Nj. H. w.
Watts, of Cincinnati, Ohio, have been
spending their vacations at the home
of Mrs. Jacob Erisman and Mrs Lou
Use Yates
Messrs. Charles Mason, Charles
Brown, Mark English, Edward Som
ers, William Oakley, Gustav Guenther,
Jr., and Aaron Albertson, left Monday
morning in power boat for weeks
fishing and cunning cruise up the
coast, hoping to reach Bay Head be-
fore their return.
Capt. William Hammell, aged go
years, the oldest resident in this city,
died at the. home of his son, Frank C.
Hammell, early Saturday morning, of
infirmities due to advanced age He
had been blind for number of years
and had lived at North Absecon until
last fall, when he and Mrs. Hammell
went to live with the captains son.
The funeral was held at the house on
Tuesday, interment being made in
Pleasantville cemetery. In addition
to the widow he is survived by the fol-
lowing children: F. G. Hammell and
Mrs. ]. G. Townsend, of this city; Mrs.
Crawford Miller, of Camden; Mrs. Sa-
die Cox and Mr.. William Hammell, Jr.
Speeding down New Jersey avenue
at 10 o'clock Saturday night, a Ford
touring car containing four occupants
collided with the runabout belonging
to William Wyand, local garage man,
who was driving it, in front Of the
Frambes store Both machines were
damaged, but fortunately no one was
seriously injured. Mr.. Wyand drove
up the street on the railroad property
and had just turned down the avenue