The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-24
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told.

st. Margaret's Guild will meet at
the home of Mrs. Clifton Lake on
Hampton Court, Thursday afternoon,
April 29th, at 2.30.
Nh. William M. Golf, our local vio-
linist, who has furnished al orchestra
for the Cake Walks on the Steel Pier
for the past fourteen years, opened
his fifteenth season Monday evening,
April 18th.
Next Monday evening Somers Point
Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, will be
formally instituted and the officers in
stalled at Bay View Hall by District
Director William Schilling, of Allan
tic City.
Leo Guenther fell and injured his
head while feeding a press in the Re
view office. He was rushed to the At
]antic CITY Hospital, where The receiv-
ed treatment, and he is now recuperat-
ing at his home in Pleasantville.
Owing to the illness of the guardi-
an, Mrs. D. w. Macmillan, there was
no meeting of the Camp Fire Girls of
P~leasantville on Friday, April 16. All
members are requested to be present
at the meeting this Friday, April %,
at the home of Mrs. Macmillan.
On Sunday morning, April %, at
II o'clock, Rev. M. J. Hoffman will
oficiate and preach at st. Marks
Protestant Episcopal Church, corner
Verona and Franklin enu Sun
day School at IL o'clock. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
The Ladies Aid of Bethany M. E.
church will hold a dutch supper in the
church parlor Wednesday, April 20, b
%. m. Tickets 25c. They will also
present "The Country School" May 3,
at 8 .. m. Admission 15c. Ice cream
for sale on both occasions. Come and
have a good laugh.
The funeral of Mrs. Georgia Reeves
Collins, widow of the late Steelman L.
Collins, occurred from her late resi-
dence, 913 S. Main street, on Friday
afternoon. Mrs. Collins passed away
on Tuesday after a brief illness, at the
age of 81. Mrs. Collins has a large
number of family connections along
the shore, and will be sorely missed.
Capt. and Mrs. Charles Wesley
Blake have purchased the York prop
erty on South Main street opposite
fremont avenue and will take up their
residence there in the near future.
The old home will be moved to the
rear of the lot, and Capt. Blake is hav-
ing plans submitted for a large hand
some residence to be erected on the
Shore Road frontage.
Exhibiting Gods Presence sub
iect of morning sermon at Presbyterl-
an Church next Sunday, and "Test-
ing the Lord" evening subject. Sun
day School 2.30 p. M; Christian En-
deavor 6.45 p. m. Prayer Service
Wednesday, 7.30 p. m. 1t is expected
that, the Session and Trustees will
have charge of the meeting. All well
come to all services.
A dangerous forest fire has ragged
this week in Egg Harbor Township,
just beyond the city limits of Pleas
antville. Acres of forest land were
devastated and left blackened areas of
ashes and s%mouldering tree stumps.
Fire Warden William Hauenstein had
an army of men employed in the effort
to check it. They did manful service
and got it under control after four
days burning.
The contract to erect the new Leech
building at the corner of Main street
and Washington avenue, in which the
new postoffice will be located, was
awarded by Mr.. Leech on Thursday to
James Yates. The exact figures could
not be obtained, but it is understood
they are in the neighborhood of $780,
900. There were two other bidders,
and there was not as much as 500
difference in the bids of the three.
Edward Doughty was fined by Mag
istrate Weeks $25 for polluting a
stream and was given Is days in
which to abate the nuisance at his
farm in Egg Harbor Township. 1t
was alleged that Doughty maintains a
nuisance by allowing more garbage to
accumulate around his farm than his
pigs can eat. 1t was also alleged
that he allows the water from the
feeding troughs of the hogs to escape
into a creek which flows into the body
of water from which the drinking wat
er of the surrounding neighborhood is
drawn.