The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-09
. ABSECON. i.
Arrival and nona.. r NIL

From Philadelphia and west-7.so and 10
a. M. and GAS p. m.
From Atlantic City-e.so a. m. and 3.45
p. m.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-6.20 9.25 and 9.45 a.
NJ; $50 and 6.25 D. m.
For Atlantic City-9.45 a. m; 6.25 d. m.
The Office opens daily except Sunday al
6.l5 a. M. and closes It's p. m.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route al
$40 a. m.
Mrs. Anna G: Ferry and son Roland
have moved into the McMullen villa
on Shore Road.
A meeting of the Absecon Ushers'
Union will be held in the M. E. Chap
Ell on Monday, January 11th., at 8
o'clock P. NJ, at which time the
young ladies of Absecon will be in
vited to become members.
James Smith, of North New Jersey
avenue, has gone to Philadelphia to
spend the rest of the winter.
Mrs. Franklin G. Turner went to
Camden last Saturday to spend sever
al days with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Reed enter
tanned on New Years Day the famil-
les of their sons, Joseph and Mark
Reed, of Atlantic City.
MI. and Mrs. Louis Kuhl and chill
dren Marion, Walter and Louis, Jr.,
of Atlantic City, were guests last
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ma
son and son John.
During the absence of the pastor,
Rev. c. NJ. Johnston, Rev. H. F. Par
ker, of Pleasantville, a former pas
tor of Salem NJ. E. Church there,
preached both morning and evening
in the Methodist Church last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Nolan have
moved to Marion venue Pleasant
vile.
Miss Reba Mason and Miss Blanche
Dilks, of Atlantic City, were week
end guests of Mrs. Charles Mason.
John o. Morris, of Swedesboro, mo-
tored to the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Morris, on Shore
Road, last Sunday.
The regular quarterly meeting of
visitors of the NJ. E. S. S. Home De-
partment will be held on Saturday of
~ternoon, Jan. 9th, at 3 o'clock, at the
home of the superintendent, Mrs. AL.
Hammell.
At the last meeting of the old
Council held the last evening Of De-
cember, Ordinance No. 8, providing
for the opening of an 80-foot street
or road for the building of the pro-
posed boulevard from Absecon to At
lantic City, was passed on third and
final reading.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Shaw have re-
turned home from a visit to Mrs.
Shaw's parents in Wilmington, Del.
NJ. Peter Emmons, of Princeton
Seminary, delivered the sermon in the
Presbyterian Church last Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Josephine Adams entertain
ed last Sunday her son, Walter C. Adj
ans. Miss L. B. Hughes, Miss H. L.
Beckett, of Atlantic City, and Mrs.
Howard Channels, of Pleasantville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, Jr.,
entertained the following relatives at
their home on New Years Day: Mr..
and Mrs. C. P. Hammell, Miss Ethel
and Miss Olive Hammell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Darius Smith, Miss Lydella
Smith and Henry Smith, of Absecon;
Mrs. William Sixsmith and daughter
Elizabeth, of Ashland, Pa.
Aged 70 years., Mrs. Susanna De-
lancey died suddenly last Thursday
after a days illness at the home of
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Asenath Ire
ldllQy Will MifOIi liz IidQ USCI llNlIlS
for several years. The funeral was
held at the house last Sunday after
moo at 1870 o'clock and interment
was made in the M. E. Cemetery.
Mrs. Joseph A. Lightner, formerly
Miss Marguerite Lutz, left last Sat
urday for Tyrone, Pa, to make her
future home with her husband at that
place. Mrs. Lightner made many
warm friends by reason of her cleri-
cal position at the Absecon post-of-
flee the last two years, all of whom
regret to learn of her departure. Mr..
and Mrs. Lightner were secretly mar
ried in Maryland one Sunday two
months ago. Their nearest relatives
did not know about it at the time but
public announcement of their marri-
age was made a short time afterward.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Lee and
daughter entertained at a 6 o'clock
dinner New Years the following
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Friend
Itch, Miss Margie Wagner and Mas
ter Roy Frendlich, of Pl~easantville,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron Frendlich, of
Park Ridge, N. ].
Harry Y. Hammell was badly in
iured last Tuesday afternoon while
working at the Davis sand plant.
While he was trimming up a tree
which had been feled a few minutes
before two other men were cutting
down another tree a short distance
away. This one fell without any
warning, the top limbs and branches
striking him over the head, shoulders
and back and bearing him down to
the ground. He was picked up, TIA
ken home and a doctor was summon
ed. 1t was thought that no bones
were broken but the extent of his in
juries could hardly be as~certained.
Council Met New Years Day.
The new Absecon Council met at
noon on New Years Day and organ
lied for the ensuing year. Present
were Councilmen Samuel Barton, Jo-
seph C~heyney, Samuel Giberson, Fred
H. Henry, Martin Pitney, George
Hackett and Harry Carton, Mayor
j. Alton Mitchell and Clerk Samuel
Johnson.