The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-03-06
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told.

Briefly Told.
County officials of Camden count
visited the Atlantic County Asylum
and Almshouse on Thursday.
Mrs. Griffith Martin, wife of tn
pastor of Olive Branch Church, die,
at her home on New Road on Wee
nesday.
John B. Williams has received tn,
contract to build Walter Tonnes new
residence on South Main street anc
will begin the work at once.
H. w. Helfrich, who has disposed oil
his grocery business, has again re.
sumed the harness business and is To-
Gated at 9 E. Washington avenue.
The Pleasantville Choral Society
will give a concert Friday evening,
March II, in the First Presbyterian
Church, for the benefit of the church.
The Mems Bible Glass held an in
teresting Cottage Prayer Meeting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Ris-
ley on Chestnut street on Monday
evening.
Services at st. Marks Protestant
Episcopal Church, corner Verona and
Franklin avenues, Sunday morning,
Mar. 7, at II o'clock, to which the pub
lie is most cordially invited.
Earl L. Farr, Jr., the young son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl l.. Farr, of Pleas
antville, died last Tuesday morning,
March 2, at the Children's Homeo-
pathic Hospital, in Philadelphia.
Upon recommendation of Assem-
hlxypo N "hif&x1a A. 7 o14-. -
Tuesday appointed David D. Martz
and Nelson G. Holmes and Gilbert L..
Cake, of Atlantic City, commissioners
of deeds.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of Wesley M. E. Church will
meet Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. VIM. L. Naglee, Lake
Place, at 2.30 o'clock. Everybody
welcome. Mrs. Winfield Adams will
present the lesson topic for the month.
The Queen Esthers will hold their
regular meeting at the home of Mrs.
Charles Campbell, 10 North Main
street., Monday evening, March 9Th.
Miss Eva Collins will have charge of
he lesson study. All girls fourteen
years of age are earnestly requested
to be present.
The employees of the Atlantic &
Suburban Railway Co. were measured
for new uniforms by Halpern Bros,
proprietors of "The Hub" Atlantic
City, yesterday. The company allow
ed the men to decide where the pur-
chase should be made, and the vote
was unanimously in favor of the Hal
perm Bros. This firm enjoys a wide
patronage from PleasantYille and Vi
cinity.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Salem
M. E. Church held their annual meet
ing IN the church on Wednesday after
noon. The election of officers for the
coming year took place. The officers J
President, Mrs. W. H. Mathis: :.
Vice-President, Mrs. Thomas Tomp- I
kins; Secretary. Mrs. Charles Steb- {
pms; Assistant Secretary, Mrs: Mat Z
Tonnes. "@i'ei e
The Young Peoples Missionary Vol |
unteer Society held their first meet G
ing Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28th, in :
the home of Mrs. Fannie C. Seth, 11s 5
Brighton avenue. Officers were APP i
pointed and plans made Tor conducting '
the following meeting, to be held at {
the above address, Sunday, March 7tk 5
3.45 p. m. These meetings are for I
The purpose of studying the Bible.
Send your children. Everybody wei
.ome. I
ne mid-week service at the Salem
Church on Wednesday was a record
breaker. The attendance is recorded =
by a huge thermometer which regis ;
ters 13G. The attendance was 129, /
and next week it is expected that the y
attendance will break the thermome- I
ter, so that a new one will be required. {
new one will gladly be Forthcoming !
when needed. An informal talk was \
given by Mrs. Shoemaker, one of the :
in the Henry meetings in At I
.antic CITY. The prayer meeting next ;,
week will be conducted by the official 7
BOARD of the church.
A beautiful musical service was C
.endered on Sunday evening at Salem v
VI. E. Church, and enjoyed by a large il
md appreciative congregation, Am
ing the special numbers were several I
anthems by the full choir, a piano solo
by Miss Helen Collins, some of their
male choruses, some spirited
Billy" Sunday selections, and a r
address by the pastor, Rev. ',
Eckersley from Rev. XIV, !
verse 2: "And l heard a voice from !.
as the voice of many waters, =
and as the voice of a great thunder :
and | heard the voice of harpers harp !
ng on their harps". q
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