The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-15
Absecon

weeks with her daughter and son-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Shaw, Jr, of
Freeport, Pa.
Mrs. Louise We're Yates is stopping
with her sister, Mrs. E. B. Heneks, at
the Haverford Apartments, on Vir-
ginia avenue, Atlantic City, for a few
weeks.
On July 18th, Mrs. Hosea T. Kendall,
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Shaw, Jr., and
Mr.. Harry Mattson, motored to Som
ers, Point, Ocean City, Sea Isle City,
Corson Inlet, Avalon, then through
Bargaintown home.
P. Harlan Boice spends the latter
part of each week in Philadelphia in
the interests of his oyster business.
Miss Ruth Adams was a member of
a party of Normal School girls that
was the weekend guest of Miss Bes-
sic Morse at Mays Landing.
John F. Berry, of Clearview avenue,
this citv, has been awarded the con-
tract to care for the Atlantic City
Lighthouse grounds for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Giberson, Jr.,
who have been living at Somers Point
since last fall, have returned and tax
en- rooms in the Ferry building on
Shore Road.
Jacob Yearicks, turnkey at the
Mays Landing jail, is still confined to
his home on California avenue with
neuritis of the limbs, from which he
has suffered intensely.
Edward Prescott, ST., and sons, Ed
ward, Jr., and Theophilus, have re-
turned to Chester, Pa, where they are
employed at a large dye factory, fol-
lowing a weeks vacation spent at
their home here.
Henry Smith went to Pennsgrove on
Thursday to work at the powder mills.
Thomas Hutchinson, Jr., resumed his
duties on Thursday as Chief-of-Police
following a weeks absence on account
of injuries received in a motorcycle
accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Horner, proprie-
tor of the Maryland House, Havre de
Grace, Nd, brought their father, Rich
ard W. Morris, to his home here in
their automobile last Sunday. Mr..
Morris had been visiting them for two
weeks. Returning home the next day
they went via Wildwood, whence they
were accompanied by their daughter
in-law and grandson.
The Bourgeois property on Shore
Road recently purchased by New
York parties by the name of Van Ho-
gan is being thoroughly improved.
Repairs and renovations are being
made to the interior and exterior of
the residence which is being papered
and painted. The stone retaining wall
fronting the property has been newly
cemented; the front fence has been
removed and the general appearance
of tho nrOnoyfu nraot1u ohonnoI
Christopher Hare is experimenting
the work.
Peter Bird, of Bay Head, spent last
week with his family here.
Elmer c. Bates sojourned with rela-
tives at WilliamstoWn over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Effron and chill
dren, of Philadelphia, are spending
on Faunce avenue.
Signaled to by Constable James
Hamilton to slow up at the main cor
ner of the town, New Jersey and Sta
ton avenue, a Pennsylvania automo-
bile stopped suddenly last Saturday
afternoon at the corner while proceed
ing down the Philadelphia road, and
as the result another car bearing a
tag of the Keystone State crashed in
to the real of the standing auto which
was only a few feet ahead of the sec
ond machine when the driver observed
the signal. The second machine was
more damaged than the first, both
head lamps and the rioht fender being
bent and smashed. In addition the
chauffeur stopped so suddenly that he
locked part of the mechanism of the
car in such a am that more than
an hour was consumed in making adj
justments necessary to continue the
trip to Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Rasmussen have
returned to their home in Indianapo-
lis.
Mrs. Samuel Reed is on the sick list.
Her friends hope for a speedy recov-
cry.
Taylor Simpson, of Philadelphia, is
so%iourning with friends in Absecon
and Atlantic City.
Charles T. Sempers, of Faunce ave-
nue., is visiting relatives and friends
in Cambridge, Md.
Mrs. William Sixsmith, of Ashland,
Pa, is soiourning with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Darius Smith.
Gustave Guenther, Jr., and sons,
Oakley and Harry, of Trenton, were
guests last week of the family of his
sister. Mrs. Charles Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Mason recently
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Briggs and sons, John and Walter,
Jr., of Wilmington.
Nh. Lewis Wyand, of Newark, and
Miss Marion Kuhl. of Atlantic City,
are enjoying a pleasant %sojourn with
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Guenther, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Reed and
daughter Helen. of Atlantic City, are
spending the summer with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Reed.
Mrs. Charles Guenther and Mrs.
Porter, of Atlantic City, were guests
of Mrs. Charles Mason on the Abse-
con NJ. E. picnic at Mays Landing last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Hammell motor
ed to Hammonton last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Emmons went
on their MOTORCYCLE last Sunday to