The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-12-16
CONCISE NEWSLETS
@ THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

Miss Laura Horn, of Williamstown, has
accepted a position in The Weaver Store.
The Christmas holidays in the Pleasant
willie schools will start Friday, Dec. 23d, and
end Monday, Jan. LIST.
The Ladies' Aid of the First Presbyterian
Church will hold a Cake Sale in Crawfords
Drug Store on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10th.
Sheriff Joseph R. Bartlett slipped on the
ice in Atlantic City last Tuesday morning,
sustaining injuries TO the ligaments of his
right foot.
The fremen nave purchased a piano
for the fire house, and this is expected to
add greatly to the pleasure of our fire
fighting ladies.
Mrs. Isabella Coffey, wife of Charles W.
Coffey, died early Monday morning, Dec. II,
at her home, 314 n. Main street, in her 57th
year, The funeral was from her late resi-
dence on Wednesday afternoon.
The fremen of Pleasantville are ar
ranging for a masked ball to be held in
the Fire House on the evening OF January
first. d. S. LeCompte is chairman of the
same.
Mrs. A. NJ. Oliphant. of sharptown, n. j.,
died suddenly last Sunday morning. Mrs,
Oliphant was the mother of Mrs. J. w. Nick
The funeral was held on Wednesday last at
her late home at Sharptown.
Speaker Schoen, of the House of As
sembly. has named the committee to ar
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Edge on January 18th next. Assembly
man Bertram e. Whitman, of Pleasant
vile, is a member of the committee.
The Allen H.. Brown Bible Glass of the
First Presbyterian Church will have a Parcel
Post Social on the evening of Tuesday, Dec.
10th. Packages to be sold at auction. Also
Cake and Ice Cream to be sold. Proceeds for
Mortgage fund. No admission to be charged.
DR.. G. F. Starr, of Ocean City, has rented
offices in the Pleasantville Trust Company
building and will open a parlor for the prac-
tice of dentistry here next Thursday. Watch
next weeks issue of The Pleasantville Press
Alonzo NanSaun, thirteen-year-old boy
of LinWood pulled the trigger of a re-
Volver, not knowing it was loaded. caus-
ing the bullet TO enter his head above
the right Aeye. He was operated upon
at the Atlantic City Hospital and is re-
covering.
The guarantors of the Pl|easantville Ly-
ceum Festival are requested to meet at
the Pleasantville High School building on
Wednesday evening next. promptly at 7.30
o'clock, for the purpose of completing
important business.
Edgar r. Baker will have charge of the
services at the Atlantic Rescue Mission this
Saturday evening at $50 O'Clock. The pub
lie is cordially invited to be present. Solos
by well-known artists, addresses by prominent
Christian workers and testimonies by con-
verts will be features of the evening.
THE Eats Committee of the Wesley Ush-
efS Union met at the home OF Mrs. Guy b..
Wilson on Wednesday evening, Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Higbee, Miss
Helen Naglee, Mr.. George Reed, Mr.. Wilbur
Reed. Mr.. Fred Fenton, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy b..
Wilson, Master Claud Higbee and Miss Agnes
Wilson.
The Queen Esthers of Wesley church con
Quoted the services last Sunday evening.
The program was well rendered. On account
of sickness and lateness of knowledge of
same, some of the important numbers were
omitted. The Queen Esthers meet in regular
meeting Monday evening, Dec. 18th, place of
meeting to be announced from the pulpit.
Pleasantville Troop, No. /. Boy Scouts of
America, will take the 1.25 Shore Fast car
this Saturday afternoon, to participate in
the Soldiers and Sailors Monument exercises
in Atlantic City. Every member of the
to be present. In view of the inclement
weather, the boys are urged to wear over
shoes and sweaters, and to wear their Scout
suits over their school clothes.
The Atlantic County Principals Asso-
citation will hold a meeting in the Pleas
antvllle High School ON Monday eve
ming, December IS, when the following
subjects will be discussed: l. Socializing
the Recitation; =. The Junior High
Schools; 8. The Annual County Spelling
Contest. Messrs. Whitney. Steller, Hum
mel and Rohrbach have been asked to
take part in the discussion of these top
les.
Communications were received by the
Board of Freeholders at THEN meeting
last Wednesday from the Oranges of
Mays Landing, BargaintoWn, AbSecOn and
Cologne, asking them to continue the APP
preparation for the services of the County
Farm Demonstration Freebooter Hansel-
man said that if demonstrations are to be
given, they should be made by the dem
onSrator on the county farm at Smiths
Landing. Definite action will not be TAX
en- until next month.
The lecture al the Pleasantville High
School building on THURSDAY evening
Whitney was ATTENDED DN a REPRESENT Ia