The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-29

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Louis Griffith is erecting a dwelling
on Oregon avenue, South Absecon,
which will be occupied by himself and
family.
Harry Camp has resigned his posi-
ton with the Pennsylvania Railroad
here to accept one with the Packard
Automobile Company in Philadelphia.
Robert Mclaughlin is having his
Shore Road residence renovated both
on the interior and exterior. A hot
water heating system is being install
ed and paint is being applied with a
lavish hand.
Mr.. John F. Weaver, of Princeton
| Seminary, preached in the Presbyte-
| rian Church last SUNDAY morning and
in the evening at Leeds Point.
Leo Turner, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leek Turner, of Collingswood, and
Miss Rebecca Gauller, also of that
place, we're quietly married by Rev. C..
M. Johnston, pastor of the M. E.
Church, at the home of the formers
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G..
Turner, on Wednesday a week ago.
Aged Sc years, Mrs. Sarah Jane
Steelman, widow of the late Zephani-
all Steelman, died at her home at 3
o'clock last Sunday afternoon, follow
ing an illness of two weeks. She was
one of the oldest members of the M.
E. Church, in which the funeral SER
vice conducted by Rev. C. M. Johnston
was held on Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock. The surviving children are
Miss Cornelia Steelman, John R.
Steelman, of Absecon; Mrs. Joseph
Parker, Mrs. Ezra Conover and Mrs.
Arvilla Collins, of Atlantic City.
Daniel Conover, of North Absecon,
has been confined to his home by i'll
ness the last FORTNIGHT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Guenther, ST.,
have gone to Atlantic City to spend a
couple of months with their children.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. G. M. Johnston in the M. E.
Church last Sunday afternoon at l
o'clock over the remains of William
Hackett. aged 55 years, whose death
occurred on the preceding Wednesday
in the Atlantic City Hospital, where
he had been taken three weeks before.
Interment was made in the M. E.
Cemetery.
Officers of the Absecon M. E. Sun
day School were elected last Sunday
for the ensuing year as follows: Su-
perintendent, DIR. Samuel Johnson;
assistant, Prof. E. D. Riley; secreta-
ry, Joseph S. Tilton; treasurer, Dr..
Johnson; organist, Miss Florence Bah
cock; chorister, Mrs. Reuben l.. Bah
cock; assistant organist, Miss E. Ham
nell; superintendent of Home Depart
ment, Mrs. Ambrose Hammell; super
intendent of Primary Department,
Miss Carrie Reed; organist and assis-
tant, Mrs. A. l.. Hammell; second as
s%istant, Miss Mabel Pennington; pres
ident of Missionary Society. Miss Eth
ell Hammell; secretary, Mrs. F. G..
Turner; treasurer, Mrs. D. S. Tilton.
Mrs. George B. Conover and Miss
Sara Mathis were appointed as new
teachers.
The "Willing Workers" mixed adult
organized Bible class of the Sunday
School has elected these officers: Pres
ident, Mrs. Gilbert Conover; secreta-
ry, Miss Carolyn Steelman; treasurer,
Mrs. Harry Mattson, Sr.
An all day meeting of school teach
! ers of various parts of the county was
| held last SATURDAY. in the newly fur
nished auditorium of the new Absecon
school house. Prof. E. D. Riley, prin-
cipal of the Absecon school, presided.
The attendance was large and the as
sembling together was productive of
much good. The teachers of the Alb
secon school provided lunch for TWEEN
ty cents, proceeds to be applied to the
auditorium fund.
The morning program was as fol-
lows: Singing by the Absecon Public
School Glee Club; Invocation, Rev. C.
M. Johnston; Presidents address,
progress, E. D. Riley; Readings and
addresses were given on BEST Meth
ods-Normal School,, Miss Emolita
Galloway, of Cologne; can Efficient
Rural School,, Mrs. P. Johnson, Port
Republic; Suggestive Hints for the
Grade Teacher, Prof. H. w. Sinner,
~Pleasantville.
Afternoon session.: "The Hustling
Teacher" Prof. Samuel Myers, Pleas
%antville; CORAL English" Prof. Leon
ard, of Atlantic City; Domestic Sci
ence," Miss F. R. Forman, assistant
in Domestic Science of Atlantic Coun-
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