The Pleasantville press., 1913-11-05
Borough Newslets
OF The Past Week
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told.

Mrs. Catherine Madden, formerly of
Tuckahoe, died in Trenton on Monday,
aged 92 years. She was the mother
Of Dr. E. H. Madden, of Absecon.
Mayor Charles E. c. Steelman, of
Somers Point, was acquitted at Mays
Landing last week of election bribery
on an Indictment returned by the els
or Grand Jury.
Judge Weeks gave Albert Davis six
ty days at Mays Landing for being
drunk and disorderly while returning
on a Suburban car from Atlantic City
one night last week.
Clarence A. Green, of Shippensburg,
Pa, has taken the position of book
keeper for the Pleasantville Water
Co., succeeding A. D. Keller, who was
transferred to Waynesboro.
Edwin Woolbert desires us to state
that there is absolutely no truth in
the article published in the Sunday
Gazette that he had entered suit "a
gainst Judge Weeks for a sum OF
money.
The family of the late Peter B. Ris-
lev have donated one hundred hym-
nails and kneeling cushion for the
altar to Salem M. E. Church. Mrs.
John P. Ashmead has donated the
chairs for the Sunday School room.
William z. Adams has purchased
the restaurant business of Fred. Par
sells at Z S. Main Street, and has
made many alterations and improve
ments in same and proposes to run it
in thoroughly up-to-date manner.
Judgment for $396.59 was returned
by a jury in the case of Howard E.
OFT against the Shore Real Estate and
Investment Company in Circuit Court
before Judge Carrow last week. There
was no defense entered and the jury
remained in their seats while render
ing the verdict.
The official ballots for Pleasantville
had to be reprinted because of an
error in the name of George Zippler,
Jr one of the Democratic candidates.
The County Clerk sent his name to
the printer as George Zippler, Sr., !"
and all the ballots-sample and Off
cial-were printed before the error
was discovered.
Joe Cantes, who for more than
eighteen months has resided in Pleas
antville, returned to Atlantic City last
week. Mr.. Cantes came to Pleasant
vile for the purpose of building the
Peoples Theatre building. He recent
ly disposed of the property to Mr.. S.
NJ. Braunstein and decided to return
to Atlantic City.
Never before was Halloween so
universally celebrated in Pleasantville
as last Friday night. Hundreds of
people of all ages, from youngsters
four years old to adults who had top
ped out sixty years, were on the
streets, and attending the various par
ties. Everybody seemed to be enjoy
ing the event.
At clay pigeon shoot held by the
Pleasantville Musical and Athletic
Association, Schuyler Adams, who is
said to be the best local rifle shot,
won first place by breaking twenty
two out of twenty pigeons. Other
marks were Louis Zentmayer, 20; Ne
hemiah Andrews, IS; Irwin Adams,
10; Clark Adams, 20; Clarence Harris,
3.
Sunday, November the ninth, has
been designated as Fathers Day at
st. Johns M. P. Church, when servic-
es in morning will begin with Love
Feast; preaching by several we'll
known pastors from out of town.
Special services at $50 for the old
folks, followed by mortgage burning
in the evening, with a special sermon
by the pastor. All are cordially in
vited.
The Union has announced awards
in its recent contest to Pleasantvilli-
ans as follows: Mrs. Ezra Lake, bed
room furniture; Mrs. Paul Wootton,
parlor set; Miss Viola Lee, ladies'
writing desk; Mrs. Robert 0. Bricker,
mahogany rocker; Miss May Cramer,
upholstered parlor chair. Also pic
lures to Miss Mary Hendrickson of
Mortified, and Fred. Larned, of Alb
secon.
Alfred Ireland, Susan Ireland and
Hosea Ireland, father, mother and son
respectively, were acquitted on the
charge of assaulting Constable T. J.
Hamilton, of Absecon, by a jury at
Mays Landing last week. The trio
We're characterized by States witness
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their faces was Haunted former con-
viction and sentence for melting riot
on trolley car.
A large number Of shore residents
were in Atlantic City on Saturday ev-
ening to attend the opening lecture of
Free Public Lecture Course in the At
lantic City High School. The first
course is series of six lectures by
Thomas Whitney Surette on Wagner.
The subject last Saturday was Lohen-
grin, and was enjoyed by large and
aDpreciative audience. Lecture II will
be Die Miestersinger. The hour for
beginning is 8.15.
ST. Marks Protestant Episcopal
Church (Mission) on Verona avenue
is much encouraged by the interest
taken in its spiritual as well as fnan-
cial welfare, by Pleasantville and At
lantic City friends. The Church gives
one service of worship, praise and