The Pleasantville press., 1913-07-09
IDLEWOOD.

IL mas been sometime now since
school closed at lakewood. The clos
ing is worth mentioning, however,
marked as it was, by fine exhibition
of the work done by our scholars dur
ing the past year. There were speci-
mems of sewing, carpentering work,
holiday cards, drawings, etc., and the
increasingly popular raffia weaving.
Miss Early had every reason for sat-
isfaction in her school season, as she
started on her homeward vacation in
Reading, Pa. The school bell funds,
which were procured through her eff
forts, is expected to be placed in the
school building when other improve
ments are being made during the
summer months. Before leaving for
her own home, Miss Early entertain
ed a few friends at a very pleasant
little supper. Her guests were Mr..
and Mrs. H. Sheele, a school teacher
friend, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Walker, their
daughter, Mrs. Laurie McCloskey and
her two sons, Mrs. John ]. McDevitt
and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mcmahon, the
latter in turn entertaining Miss Early
at dinner the night before her depart
ure. The prospects are that Miss
Early will be Idlewood's teacher next
term, which is testimony enough OF
her competency. The only lack in
her school life here, was the limited
parent interest in the closing school
exhibit and this it is trusted will be
overcome next time, by at least every
parent appreciating their child's edu-
cation to the extent of taking that
one particular look on the future ex-
hibition day.
Another item of interest of little
while ago was the marriage of Miss
Nellie Siers, second eldest daughter of
Mrs. Siers, to Mr.. Isaiah Styles. The
ceremony was performed at Pleasant
vile and was celebrated by congen-
ial gathering of friends at Mrs. Siers'
home upon the return of the young
bride and groom. We believe it is very
safe to say that lakewood joins in
wishing the utmost happiness for
these two young people.
After the petition for the regular
stopping of the lila P. M. train at
Cardiff had been duly presented at
the Superintendent's office and its ac-
knowledgement had been received,
came an anxious wait, and then came
the inevitable but courteous refusal
Next a personal letter was written
asking that at least later train than
the o'clock train be given US, and
the IA train is the result. A very
sincere letter of thanks was written
the Superintendent and this is the re-
ply:
Dear Madame: Acknowledging
yours of May in regards to stopping
one of the evening northbound trains
out of Atlantic City at Cardiff, we un-
derstand from your letter referred to
above, that if Cardiff is made a regu-
lar stop for the 500 P. M. northbound
train from Atlantic City daily, that
this accommodation will entirely sat
isfy yourself and our other petitioners
and patrons in that town, and with
this understanding we will arrange
for this stop, effective with the Sum-
mer time table. This accommodation
is of course considered as additional
and not in any way affecting the train
service now given our patrons at
Cardiff. Yours truly,
This train has been a wonderful
convenience in a number of ways al
ready. Here is one big convenience
as an instance,-the writer missed the
p. M. train from PHILADELPHIA and
was wondering if she would have to
delay another day or go plead her
cause at the electric train office for
the possible stopping of the next
train, when she discovered that
shortly train would leave for Allan
tic City and that connection could very
easily be made at Pleasantville for
the 8.14 train. Others have\ since
made use of this particular convent
ence, too. Cardiff's movements are
forward ones-always. We feel rath-
er important when the usher at the
City station announces, "Next