The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-10-09

o ABSECON. .


Henry Smith, of Pennsgroye, is visiting
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Darius Smith.
repair business to DR.. Madden's dwelling,
opposite the post office.
Rev. William l. Reed, of Long Branch, is
the guest of his father, Mr.. Obadiah Reed,
and sister, Miss Carrie c. Reed.
Osborne Ireland, clerk in the grocery store
of Harry V. Miller the last two years, left
last week for Boston to Join his father. JOS
eph Ireland, who is employed at a large sand
plant there.
Mrs. E. ]. Mccarthy entertained the Pres
byterian Mite Society at her home on Tues
Mrs. Wesley C. Smith and niece, Mrs. A..
L. Brogden, started on Monday morning for
Mandarin, Florida, where they will remain
William F. Davis, Harry Mattson, Jr., and
John J. Elitf attended the Trenton Fair on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Chamberlin. of
Camden, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Smith, ST., on Thursday. They motored
down in their new Cole car.
Clarence Pierce and family, of Atlantic
City, have taken occupancy of a dwelling on
Faunce avenue. Clarence is a former Abse-
con boy who has just secured a position at
the local Childs store.
The annual meeting and exhibition of gar
ments of the Absecon branch of the Needle
work Guild of America will be held in the
Absecon M. e. Chapel on Thursday afternoon,
October 21, at 2.30 o'clock.
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the following relatives Mrs. Jennie e. Der
rickson, of Swedesboro; Mrs. Jennie Plat
and Mrs. Margaret Sheets, of Bridgeport, N.
j. I'd.
Miss Clara Dumont and mother, Mrs. H.
Earl, are enjoying an extended sojourn in
Atlantic City.
Mr.. AL. Jacoby and family have returned
to Atlantic City, after spending the summer
in J. w. Cordery's former home on Adams
avenue.
Accompanied by Miss Nina Smith and
Miss Mildred Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend
Shovel motored on Friday to Trenton, where
they spent the night. On Saturday they
were Joined by Edmund Smith and son Stan
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Carton, and the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Nc
Keen, who also motored to Trenton in their
machine to witness the Fair. Mr.. and Mrs.
Shovel continued their trip to the Delaware
Water Gap, from where they returned home
by way of Philadelphia on Sunday night.
William b. Smith, of Pennsgrove, visited
relatives and friends here over the weekend.
William H. Addison has taken the local
agency of the Adams Express Company. sue
ceeding John j. Nolan, who has held the po-
sition for six years.
Rev. C. M. Johnston, Prof. E. D. Riley, DR..
Samuel Johnson, Mrs. A. L. Hammell, Mrs.
R. A. Elwood, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Townsend, Miss
Hannah Madden, Mrs. Enoch Giberson, Mrs.
James Sooy, Miss Ethel Giberson, Mrs. d. S.
Tilton, and Joseph S. Tilton, attended the
County Sunday School Convention held at
Mays Landing on Thursday.
Flouer Exhibit At School.
The Absecon Public School held a flower
exhibit in the school auditorium last Friday.
The announced reception to be held that eve
ming for the parents and teachers was post
poned on account of the storm.
The list of exhibitors numbered 81 and is
as follows Mrs. Jerry Carton, choice dab
lias Carolyn Smith, Lewis Johnston, Lillian
Cattani, Melissa Libby, Carolin Schoepfin,
Eunice Risley, Mary Pernetsky, Mae Bell
Hates, Bertram Hammell Edith Freas, Lii
zetta Taylor, Samuel Smith, 3rd, each dab
lias Walter Borneman, double marigolds
Margaretta Kesler, patience plant Ella
Shovel, begonia Viola Shovel. geranium
May Bell Hates, marigolds and cannas Ed
die Prescott, Boston fern Mrs. Nicholas Du-
ly, rose geranium Marie Schlachter, aspar-
agus fern Mrs. Charles Irelan, double cox
comb Edna Stellar, sweet alyssum Theo-
dore Prescott, green fern Edith Prescott,
plant; Emily Gaskill, sweet peas: Haines
Johnston, May Glowka, Esther Boice, Lula
Agar, wild flowers Norma Miller, cosmos,
and Lewis Kesler, patience plant.
Honor Roll of Absecom School.
The honor roll of the Absecon Public
School for the month of September is COM
posed of the following list
Upper Grades, Lareta Scheuren, Teacher
Mabel Pennington, Lena Lee, Blanche Ham
nell, Mary Prentski, Margaretta K%esler, vi
ella Shovel, Eunice Risley, Ella Shovel,
Rose Price, Anna Glowka, Mae Bell Hates,
Helen Price, Marie Schoepfin, Stokes Carri-
gan, Robert Strahan, Stanley Smith, Daniel
Ireland, Ralph Ireland, Kenneth Lutz, Theon
III dLiC diht 1OlOy I'LL "
EFT Hammell, Walter Borneman, Leroy Matt
son.
Grades 4 and 5, Miss Viola Boysen, Teach
er-Edna Stellar, Carolyn Smith, Ruth Reed.
Marion Price, Myra Kesler, Josephine Glow
ka, Lillian Cattani, Violet Conover, Helen
Dobbins, Thelma Giberson, Ladow Hammell,
Charles Hartman, Emerson Ireland, Edward
Mccarthy, Eddie Smith.
Grade 3, Miss Ada Logan, Teacher-Esther
Boice, Kathryn Diemer, Emily Gaskill, Mary
Glowka, Dorothy Hammell, Edna Hutchinson,
1000, 49, n - a.
peck, Grace Prescott, Ethel Price, Mary Ken
drerski, Jessie Shovel, Betron Adlor, Earl
Dobbins, Willard Hartman, Walter I%relan,
Haines Johnston, Edward Kendrerski, Daniel
Lake, Emerson Shovel.
First Grade, Miss Carrie c. Reed. Teach
er-Ada De Haven, Kathryn Mccarthy, Al
bert Glowka, Bertram Hammell, Walter
Hammell, Jacob Reed, Charles Showell and
Samuel Smith, Bird.
Absecon M. E. Church.
ence M. Johnston on 1.-THE Mountain of Spir-
itual Delight" 7.30 p. m, cheerful song
service and sermon by the pastor on ga
Woman's Will and Right-The Vote" All
women and men are cordially invited.
Autumnal services will be held in the M.
E. Church Sunday, Oct. 18th. The people
make a great display of fruits and vegeta-
fine rally in the afternoon.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Mails arrive at ADsecon Post once as
follows:
From Philadelphia and West-7.3 80 and 10
a. m. and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic City-6.30 a. m. and 3.45
p. m.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-6. 30, 9.25 and 9.45 a.
m. $50 and 6.25 p. M.
For Atlantic City-9.45 a. m. 6.25 p. m.
The Office opens daily except Sunday at
6.15 a. m. and closes 7.15 p. II.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route at
$40 a. m.