The Pleasantville press., 1912-08-07
Doings Around Town
Local Happenings Gathered by Hustling
Reporters

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1t takes a lot to live-and it re-
quires house on the lot
The Christ C. M. Church will hold a
fair beginning Sept. 18, for the inter-
est of the church.
Harry S. Powell, husband of Rose
Powell and aged 48, died in Pleasant
vile last Wednesday.
A meeting of the Ladies Aid Socie-
ty will be held Friday afternoon, Aug.
9th, at the home of Mrs. Golf.
Collector Webster Price wishes US
to state that his office is at 100 w.
Park avenue, where taxes are paya-
ble
August IL has been selected as the
date for the picnic at Mays Landing
in which all the fraternal orders of
Pleasantville will unite.
D. W. Macmillan has been appoint
ed special agent for the Masonic Life
Insurance Co. of Buffalo for the Sou
thern part of New Jersey.
An important meeting of the Board
of Trade will be held next Monday
evening, Aug. II, at o'clock. All
members are urged to attend.
William Hauenstein has been reap
pointed a member of the County Board
of Elections for term of two years
just tribute to faithful party work
er.
One Of the valuable horses belong
ing to the Crew-Levick Oil Co. drop
ped dead while at the wagon on the
Old Turnpike, about Z o'clock Monday
morning.
Raymond p Thompson, Howard w.
Fox, Ernest E. Titreville and Edward
Helfrich have rented their houses fur
Tnished for the season, all to Philadel-
phia parties.
Pleasantville Regulars defeated the
strong Towanda A. A. team of Phil
adelphia last Saturday by the score
Cd. Next Saturday our rivals will
be Fairhaven.
George w. Smith is erecting new
dwelling on Greenfield avenue, ad-
joining the new bungalow of Captain
jeremiah Hackney, which he will occu-
py when completed.
George H. Muller is a candidate for
the District Court Clerkship, an
i $1,800 berth vacated by the resigna-
ton of Daniel H. V. Bell, recently ap-
pointed City Clerk of Atlantic City.
Judge Weeks memory did not fail
him as to who received the most votes
in Pleasantville at the last presiden-
tial election, and as a result he is now
the owner and wearer Of a high silk
hat.
An analysis Of the water being sup
piled Pleasantville was made by State
chemists last week, but no report has,
as yet, been made public 1t is stated,
however, that the water was found to
be of high quality.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian Church held their regular
meeting at the home of Mrs. Carton,
Wednesday, July oath. Nine mem
bers present The August meeting
will be held in the Chapel of the
church, August 28th.
A number of attempts were made
last week to raid the blacksmith shop
of John w. Kirkbride, and every indi-
cation is that the work was done by
town lads. They broke several win
dow panes, gained an entrance and
succeeded in securing some loose
change.
Osborne Ware is erecting a dwell
ing on the Boulevard, at the corner of
Lyons Court; Frederick G. Cooper is
building one on Hampden Court,
southwest Of the Boulevard, and a
party from Atlantic City one on
Hanpden Court, between Verona ave-
nue. and West Jersey.
The PleasantviIle Mutual Loan and
Building Association retired its 14th
series-that of 1901-with the July
payment. The series consisted of 156
shares and required IL years and
months to mature. This is an excep-
tionally good record and speaks well
for the present management.
The Ladies' Mandolin Club, Of
Pleasantville, added another success
to their entertainments, when they
played at the Auditorium in Ocean
City, on the evening of July 25th. The
entertainment was held under the
auspices of the First Presbyterian
Church of Ocean City, and was given
for the benefit of the Mortgage Fund.
Daniel E. Collins, of Mortified,
while passing along<a street in Flem-
ington last Friday, was hit with a
large stone, thrown by boy, which
broke small bone in the lower part
of his leg and also injured the large
bone Of the left leg, which had suffer-
ed a former break. Mr.. Collins is
now at his home and the broken limb
is mending as nicely as can be ex-
pected.
The Ladies Aid Society of S..
Marks Church offers to the people Of
Pleasantville very excellent enter
tainment for the evening of August
Fifteenth. Miss Florence Caldwell,
who is unexcelled in impersonations,
character sketches and dramatic mon
ologues, will surely please all. She
has received highly commendatory
press notices from the leading news
papers in all the cities and towns
throughout the states of New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, where she has Civ