The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-06-17

town school near h railroad station,
Mays Landing.
Miss Lareta Scheuren, teacher of
upper grades in the Absecon school
the last three years, returned on
Wednesday to the home of her pa
rents at Collegeville, Pa.
Don't forget the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society's Pageant" enti-
tied "Glimpses Along the Kings
Highway" to be presented in the
Absecon M. E. Church next Friday
evening, June 23rd, at 8 o'clock for
the benefit of the foreign missionary
cause. The title of the production
has been taken from the mission study
text book by the same name and the
story of that book will be portrayed
in a very characteristic and able man
ner. Thorough and repeated rehear-
sails have been held regularly the last
two weeks, thus insuring a very clev-
er, interesting and instructive enter
tainment. Every one is invited to be
present.
A meeting of the Anxious Club will
be held this Saturday evening at the
home of Curtis Parish, Linwood.
Miss Viola Boysen, one of the local
school teachers, has returned to the
home of relatives at Egg Harbor City
for the summer.
A Christian Endeavor Social was
held at the home of Mrs. May Town
send last Thursday evening and all
present had a very enjoyable time.
Mr.. David Van Dyke, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, returned on
Wednesday from New Brunswick,
where he went on Monday to attend a
banquet at Rutgers College.
Miss Hannah Madden left on Mon
day to spend a week at the home of
her brother, Hosea Madden, at Tuck
ahoe. From there she will go to Port
Elizabeth to visit friends for a few
days.
At a meeting of the newly-formed
tennis club held at the home of Miss
Lena Robinson last Tuesday evening,
Herman L. Madden was elected presi-
dent and Miss Flora Robinson, treas
urer.
A parlor meeting will be held in the
Absecon NJ. E. Chapel next Thursday
afternoon, June 22nd, at go o'clock,
by the ladies of the Absecon Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. Miss
Elizabeth Goodwin, of Greenwich, n.
j., a State Lecturer of the Young
Peoples Branch, will be present and
address the meeting. Refreshments
will be served and a basket offering
will be taken. All members and
friends of the society are especially
invited to be present.
Losing control of his Ford delivery
car by reason of the ~playfulness of a
dog seated beside him, Fred. H. Henry
had a narrow escape from injury last
Monday morning, when the machine
mounted the curb and ploughed down
the embankment into the meadows
100 feet south of the intersection of
Ohio avenue and Shore Road on the
causeway. A dozen or more helpers
and another car succeeded in drawing
it back to terra frma, after which
Fred cranked the engine and sped on
his way rejoicing.
The meeting of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society of the NJ. E.
Church held at the home of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Peter B. Reed, last Tues
day afternoon, was a very successful
one. Great interest is being taken in
the work of the society and new mem
bers are being enrolled at each meet
ing. Ice cream, cake, strawberries,
sailed nuts and bonbons comprised the
refreshments. Mrs. Reeds guests
were Mrs. Harry Mattson, ST., Mrs.
Leon Conover, Mrs. James Hamilton,
Mrs. Steelman Lee, Mrs. Joseph
Smith, ST., Mrs. R. L. Babcock, Mrs.
A. l.. Hammell, Mrs. Elizabeth Bah
cock, Miss Florence Babcock, Miss c.
C. Black, Mrs. D. S. Tilton, Mrs. Chas.
Mason, Mrs. j. H. Adlor, Mrs. Robert
Taylor, Mrs. F. G. Turner, Mrs. Ed
ward Gosline, Miss Carrie Steelman,
Mrs. George Draper, Mrs. James Con-
over, Mrs. E. J. Austin, Miss J. Davis,
Mrs. E. H. Madden, Mrs. A. c. Flem-
ing, Mrs. Edward Pennington, Mrs.
George Shovel, Mrs. Edwin Robin
son, Miss Flora Robinson, Miss Lena
Robinson, Mrs. Carlous, Miss Carlous
and Mrs. Rebecca Tilton.
Children's Day Exercises.
The following Children's Day pro-
gram of music, recitation and SON.
was we'll rendered by the Absecon NJ.
E. Sunday School in the church last
Sunday evening in the presence of an
audience that was surprisingly large
considering the wet night. The plat
form, chancel rail, etc, were profusely
decorated with garlands of verdant
greens, buds and blossoms. The pro-
gram:
Singing, School, No. 1.
Responsive Reading, led by DR..
johnson.
Prayer.
Singing, School, No. 6.
Recitation, Bertram Hammell.
Song, Primary Room.
Recitation, Marie Payne.
Song, Dorothy Allen and Reuben
Babcoek, 3rd.
Recitation, Clarence Moore.
Song, 3 classes of girls, No. A.
Recitation, Helen Ware.
Concert Recitation, 3 children.
Motion Song by Miss Mathis class.
Recitation, Dorothy Allen.
Exercise by Miss Hammell's class.
Recitation, Wesley Smith. Jr.
Concert Recitation, 8 children.
Song, Virginia Babcock.
Recitation, Lizetta Taylor.