The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-20
Absecon

grove to work at the powder works.
Louis Griffith and family have taken
possession of their new home on Ore
gon avenue.
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Conover, of
Camden, has been passing several
days at her Conovertown home.
Peter Bird, who is employed on a
dredging machine at Bay Head, So
journed over Sunday with his family
here.
Mrs. E. j.. Austin was received into
full membership in the M. E. Church
at the service last Sunday morning.
Mothers Day exercises were render
ed by the younger scholars of the M.
E. Sunday School in the chapel, after
the regular session last Sunday.
Prof. E. D. Riley and Mr.. and Mrs.
William B. Riley and son motored last
Sunday to Landisville, where they at
tended the 108th anniversary exercis-
es of the Friendship M. E. Church.
Rev. Thomas S. Brock, formerly pas
tor of the Absecon M. E. Church, but
now of Vineland, delivered the after
noon sermon.
Oliver B. Johnson received word on
Wednesday of the death of his mother
in Camden.
William F. Banks, superintendent of
the Seaview Golf Club, has a new
Ford touring ar.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. James Hamilton
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. o. M. La
Rue, of Pennington, over Sunday.
Mr.. La Rue is the station agent at his
home town.
The election Of officers of the M. E.
Ladies' Aid Society was held last
Wednesday evening, when the follow
ing selections were made for the en-
suing year: President, Mrs. Gilbert
Conover; vice president, Mrs. James
Hamilton; secretary, Miss Flora Rob-
inson; treasurer, Mrs. j. w. Carton.
The Hill Dredging Company's steam
pile driver is moored just below the
Absecon bridge, where operations are
ready to be started in driving the pill
inc for the new bridge over the creek
at the entrance to the new boulevard.
Miss Ruby Cordery, of Atlantic
City, spent Wednesday with her aunt
and uncle, DR.. and Mrs. C. C. Allen.
Thomas Draper and family, of Leb-
anon, Pa, formerly residents here,
have taken occupancy of rooms on the
first floor of the Odd Fellows Lodge
OoiiblllS Oh SluICl oGIGtU. MI. IRA
per has purchased from the Board of
Education the old school building for
$3.50. This he intends to raze and re-
build as a bungalow on property on
the east side of Pitney avenue, which
he has just purchased from Elijah d.
Riley.
The Board of Education has elected
the following corps of teachers to
guide the educational system of the
Absecon public school for the year
1916-1917: Principal, Prof. E. D. Ri
ley, Absecon; teacher of Higher
Grades, J.. Warren Tilton; Fourth and
Fifth Grades, Leona E. Hart; First,
Second and Third Grades, Hulda L..
Tilton, all of Harmonious; Primary
Department, Miss Carrie C. Reed.
Thomas Nevins died last Saturday
night at the County Almshouse at
Smiths Landing and was buried on
Wednesday afternoon in the Absecon
Presbyterian Cemetery. He had lived
for some time up to within a month of
his death at the Hotel Rockingham,
but as his health broke down and he
gradually grew weaker he was taken
to the county institution, where he
failed rapidly. He was born in Ire
land about 55 years ago and came to
America and to Absecon between 25
and 30 years ago. He was hostler for
DR.. Kay Pitney for a number of years.
Later he served in a similar capacity
at the livery stable of Richard Dough-
ty until the death of the latter a de-
cade and a half ago, after which he
embarked in the livery business for
himself which he conducted for eight
or ten years. Deceased was not mar
ried; he had no relatives in this
try; he was not a member of anv
lodge, neither did he have any insur-
ance On his life. Public subscriptions
were taken to provide funds for his
burial.
Mrs. Peter B. Reed was hostess on
Wednesday afternoon to the members
of the Absecon Art Club at her resi-
dence on Main street. Her guests
were Mrs. E. A. Wilson and Mrs.
Towers Townsend, of Atlantic CITY;
Mrs. Leland S.. Madden, of Pleasant
vile; Mrs. R. A. Elwood, Mrs. Nav
Townsend, Miss Hannah Madden. Mrs.
William B. Smith and daughter Fran
ces, Mrs. A. l.. Hammell and daughter
Louise, Mrs. R. L. Babcock, Mrs. F.
Fraley Doughty, Mrs. Roger Williams.
Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin, Mrs. George
=: Conover, Mrs. j. w. Carton, Mrs.
Walter ~Borneman, of Absecon; and
Mrs. William Frymire, of Philadel-
phia.
Miss Josephine Cattani has recov-
cred from illness.
DR.. and Mrs. C. C. Allen are enter
tanning Miss Ethel Burns, of Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. Wallace Weyerman is visiting