The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-12-11
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told.

Another Chestnut: "Do your Christ.
mas shopping early"
Many a wise man is considered a
fool by his n%eighbors.
Extra! Extra! Ten minutes of
quiet on the Rio Grande!
st. Margaret's Guild will meet next
Thursday evening, Dec. 16, 7.30 o.
clock, at the home of Mrs. Clifton
Lake.
Somers j. Adams, of Mortified, has
been elected a director of the Pleas
a~ntville Trust Company, to fill a va
cancy.
The United States Custom House,
which for years has been located at
Somers Point, will be removed to At
lantic City on January LIST next.
The Boy Scouts will meet this Fri
day evening, Dec. 10th, at the home
of Mr.. Charles D. Thompson, corner
Main street and Windsor e
The supper to be oiven bv the Mems
Bible Glass of Salem M. E. Church
will be held Friday, Dec. 18th, in the
dining room of the church. Kindly
note the date.
Mrs. A. R. Wilson was found dead
at her home in Ocean Heights. She
was formerly an actress, her stage
name being Ethel Lynton. The re-
mains were taken to Philadelphia for
inteament.
Mrs. Frank Rheinhart, of Cologne,
who with her husband was a regular
visitor to Pleasantville where they
disposed of berries and truck, and vas
we'll known here, died suddenly at the
age of So years.
An interesting Faculty Meeting of
the teachers of the city "a held in
School No. 1 on Monday afternoon.
After the routine business, a Round
Table discussion was held on "Types
of Teaching" by Ida B. Earhart.
Louis Littman, of Pleasantville, and
Louis Steel, of Atlantic City, were ar
rested in Philadelphia when they pre-
sented 10 steer hides for pawn. They
are accused of having stolen them
from the abattoir on the meadows.
A football contest for the County
championship between Mays Landing
and P~leasantville at the county seat
on Saturday last resulted in a victory
for the former by the score 10 to O..
Though defeated, P1easantyille put up
a good game.
If every one of our delinquent sub
scribers would pay up between now
and Christmas, Pleasantville would
have a record equaled by no other
town in the United States. And who
wouldn't cough up a dollar or two for
a rep. like that?
Japhet Price, Mark Shrimp and Her.
bert F. Stetser were Pleasantville
members of the party which accom-
panied Congressman Bacharach to
Washington this week upon the occa-
sion of him taking his seat as the rep
resentative from this District.
On Sunday morning, Dec. 18th. at
II o'clock, Rev. M. j. Hoffman will
o~fficiate and preach at st. Marks
Protestant Episcopal Church, corner
Verona and Franklin avenues. Sum-
day School at IL o'clock. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
Fire on Thursday completely wip-
ed out the residential portion of the
great ammunition producing town of
were rendered homeless and the loss
VI pIOpcIIy SACCSuS Po ,OOO,UOO Lie
powder works of the Dupont Co. were
uninjured. The origin is attributed
to German spies.
Mrs. Sophia Price, wife of Christie
pher Price, of Mortified, is improving
slightly after being run down by a
motorcycle last Saturday night, on the
Zion road, neal Tilton road, as a result
of which she sustained a broken
right leg above the ankle, back and
left arm badly bruised, and several
bruises on the head and face.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Collins en-
tertained at a six o'clock dinner on
Wednesday. The guests were: Mrs.
Charles Wesley Blake, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leroy Collins, Mr.. and Mrs. John G..
Thomas, Miss Flora Robinson, Miss
Louisa Collins, Mr.. and Mrs. Job C.
Stebbins, Miss Gladys Stebbins, Miss
Pearl Stebbins, Misses Marjorie and
Ada Thomas, Floyd Collins.
Among those who attended the
Home Making and Corn Growing Con-
test at Mays Landing on Saturday
were: Mrs. Preston B. Adams, Miss
Kathryn Fleischer, Miss Flora Rob-
inson, Miss Mae Cordery, Mrs. Sam
uel Johnson, Miss Molly Cox, Miss
Frances Garrison, Prof. H. w. Shin
er, Prof. F. H. Budd, Walter Mac
Dougal, Mrs. Martilla Ketchum and
many others.