The Pleasantville press., 1913-07-23
ABSECON.

ldoI SATURDAY dlleIHOOn Ill honor Ol
Miss Anna Belle Babcock, popular
school teacher of Cheyenne, Wyom-
ing, who is home on a summers fur
Tough. One of the novel entertaining
features was the perfecting of plans
for vacation trip by each of the as
sembled guests who were asked to
answer such questions as, "How,
where, when and why will spend
my vacation, by clipping suggestive
pictures from the latest magazines
and pasting them in book especially
provided. A green and white color
scheme was carried out to the minut-
est detail. Refreshments terminated
the event. Mrs. Elwood's guests
were: Miss Anna B. Babcock, Miss
Ethel Hammell, Miss Olive Hammell,
Miss May Cordery, Miss Sara Con-
over, Miss Hannah Madden, Miss
Florence Babcock, Miss Carrie Steel
man, Mrs. A. L. Hammell, Mrs. R. L..
Babcock, Mrs F. G. Turner and Mrs.
Samuel Johnson.
Miss Helen Beth has returned to
her Philadelphia home, after being
the guest of Mrs. R. L. Babcock.
Mrs. Hosea Madara has been on the
sick list.
Miss May Davis, of Woodbury., is
visiting the family of J. T. Townsend.
Miss Kate Steelman, of Philadel-
phia, is spending the summer at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Charles Til
ton.
Miss Louise Hassel, of Trenton, is
guest at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Gustav Guenther, Jr., on Leeds ave-
nue..
Master Milton Wike, of Oak Lane,
Pa, is enjoying a visit with his aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Rog-
erS.
Mrs. Elizabeth Conover and Miss
Sara Conover have opened their home
at Conovertown for the summer. Dur
ing the past ten months they resided
in Camden, where Miss Conover
taught in the public schools.
Mrs. Alfred Fish, of Pleasantville,
was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Es-
ther Shaw, and sister, Mrs. P. Har-
Ian Boice, last Thursday.
George D. Conover is newly deco
rating the interior of the rooms on
the first floor of the Hotel Rocking
ham by liberal application OF paint,
varnish, etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Miller and
children, Ruth, Gladys, Helen and
Richard, of Philadelphia, are spend
ing a pleasant sojourn with the fami-
ly of the formers sister, Mrs. Frank
E. Hartzell.
Miss Emma R. Conover has rece1v-
ed a collection of beautiful scenic
post card views of California from
her sister, Mrs. Tomlinson, who with
her husband and son, is spending a
year in the southern part OF that
State.
Robert Chew, of Camden, was the
guest of Herman L. Madden over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wadsworth, OF
Paoli, Pa, are spending their annual
vacation with the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Parker Tilton.
tic City, was the over Sunday guest
of her father, William Cramer, and
the family of her brother, Chester
Cramer.
Moderator H. R. McClelland, pastor
of the Pleasantville Presbyterian
| Church, received Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Smith, Jr., Mrs. Marion Price,
Edward Risley and Oscar w. Smith
into the Absecon Presbyterian church
as full members at the morning SER
vice on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Lands and
children, of Philadelphia, are guests
this week of Samuel C. McCambridge
their father and grandfather.
To brush away mosquitoes while
out. driving with her cousin, Miss NIL,
lie Benner, of Ocean City. several
days ago, Miss C. C. Black broke of
a sumach branch from which she con-
tracted bad case of poisoning, her
hands and arms having been swollen
to twice their normal size.
Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Johnston and
family are entertaining Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Thompson and family, of
Camden, at the M. E. Parsonage. Mr..
Thompson is choirmaster of Asbury
Methodist Church, Camden, OF which
Mr.. Johnston was pastor before COM
ing to Absecon.
J. Towers Townsend met with a
very painful accident in Camden last
Wednesday, when in the act of crank
ing the automobile in which he and
his son-in-law, Edward u. Harris, had
been riding. The engine kicked,
breaking his right forearm just above
the wrist.
Sparks from a passing locomotive
set fire to the roof of an outbuilding
adjacent to, a barn filled with hay on
the Alexander premises last Wednes-
day about nine o'clock. Noticing
smoke issuing from the building nei-
ghbors Investigated and upon learning
the cause Immediately spread the al
arm that brought bucket brigade,
who succeeded in short time in ex-
tinguishing the blaze. An opening
four feet in diameter was burned IN
the roof.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Barker
and family, of Ventnor, have opened
their South Absecon cottage for the
summer.
From seed secured from the county
school authorities for the purpose of
participating in the prize growing
contest, Prof. E. D. Riley has small
area of corn, which, planted in a fer