The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-05-08

9 ABSECON. .

Master Emerson Shovel is recover
ing from an illness of two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Bird are receiv-
ing congratulations over the birth of
a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Parker, of At
lantic City, were guests of the latter's
mother, Mrs. Sarah j. Steelman, last
Sunday.
Mrs. A. L. Hammell and Mrs. r. A.
Elwood attended the spring meeting
of the Alumni of Darlington Semi
nary, of which they were former stu
dents, in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
In her 10Th year Mrs. Charlotte
r. Conover, widow Of the late James
A. Conover, died on Wednesday after
noon at the home of her son John
Conover, at Conovertown. Funeral
services will be held in Absecon NJ.
E. Church this Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock. Interment in the M. E.
|. Cemetery. She is also survived by
another son, Harry B. Conover, and
by several grandchildren.
Benjamin Conover, Jr., has purchas-
ed an Indian motorcycle.
Mrs. E. J. Austin has returned from
Newark and the Oranges where she
sojourned with relatives and friends
during the winter.
Samuel C. McCambridge and Miss
c. c. Black have moved from the Ad-
kisson dwelling on Bolton avenue and
have taken occupancy of part of the
McMullen villa on Shore Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vickers gave
a planked shad dinner last Saturday
to the teachers of the Starr School,
of Camden, of which Mrs. Vickers
was formerly a teacher, at their home,
orner Lindley avenu and Shore
Road.
Rev. Edward Jordan, the supply of
the Absecon Presbyterian Church
pulpit during the last two years and
who will be graduated from Prince
ton Seminary next month, has re-
ceived notice of his appointment as
chaplain in the United States Navy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo P. Leeds
moved last Thursday into their new
cottage on Lindley avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Garrett, of
Philadelphia, have opened their cot
tage at Heliostown for the summer.
A meeting of the Standard Bear
ers will be held at the home of Mrs.
Reuben L. Babcock this Saturday af-
%ternoon.
Mrs. Annie Babcock, of Haddon-
field, was the over Sunday guest of
Mrs. Ida Babcock and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Hammell. This week she is
so%journing at the home of Mrs. Han
nah E. Babcock in Atlantic City.
Next Sunday afternoon will be OBJ
served as Mothers Day in the M. E.
Sunday School. Each member is re-
quested to be present and a special
invitation is also extended to the par
ents and friends. Appropriate Moth
ers' Day exercises will be rendered.
Mr.. Frank Carton and son, of Fox
Chase, Pa, were Sunday guests of
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ananias Carton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason and
son John and Mrs. Walter Briggs and
son John motored last Sunday to the
home of relatives at Tuckerton.
Samuel Smith, 3rd., has been very
sick the past week.
Harry ~Irelan, oldest son of Joseph
Irelan, is confined to his home with
a broken right leg, the result of a fall
at the plant of the Absecon Sand and
Gravel Company where he was an
employee.
Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin entertain
ed the Art Club members at her home
last Wednesday afternoon. Present
were Mrs. R. A. Elwood, Miss Han
nah Madden, Mrs. George Conover,
Mrs. William Frymire, Mrs. A. l..
Hammell, Mrs. R. L. Babcock, Mrs.
Joseph Cheyney and Miss Lorine
Boice.
Honor Roll of Public School.
Honor roll of Absecon public school
consisting of pupils neither absent
nor tardy during month of April is
as follows: e
Upper Grades-Lureta Scheuren,
Teacher-Gertrude Draper, Mabel
Pennington, Viola Shovel, Eunice
Risely, Ella Shovel, Blanche Ham
nell, Adelaide Carly, Joseph ~Irelan,
Alfred Irelan, Franklin Davis, Ken
meth Lutz, Theon White, Leroy Ham
nell, Fred Carly.
Fourth and Fifth Grades-Viola
Boysen, Teacher-Helen Ware, Caro-
line Schoeffiin, Edna Stellar, Josephine
Glowka, Anna Glowka, May Bell
Hates, Ethlyn Davis, Lillian Cittani,
Edward Mccarthy, Leroy Mattson,
Emerson Ireland.
Third Grade-Ada Logan, Teacher
Emily Gaskill, Dorothy Hammell,
Thelma Giberson, Edith Prescott, Jes-
sic Shovel, Ruth Reed, Ethel Price.
Walter Irelan.
First Grade-Carrie C. Reed, Teach
er-Lovella Rider, Grace Prescott,
Anna Mccarthy, Kathryn Mccarthy,
Kathryn Miller, Jennie Moore, Ada
DeHaven, Esther Boice, Durham
Boice, Walter Hammell and Jacob
Reed.
Absecon M. E. Church.
At 1890 a. m. Sunday, Rev. Clar-
ence NJ. Johnston will preach on, Joy
full Praise and Sweet Contentment."
In the evening at 7.30, special Moth
er's Day sermon on, "The Lesson of
the White Carnation."
ORDINANCE NO. IL.
AN ORDINANCE to provide for the amount
of taxes to be levied in the City of Abse-
con, in the year 1915, and to make appro-
,rlo4spnc and limit fhe pxnaD1iturpS of