The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-12-09
Absecon

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The Fourth Quarterly Conference of the NJ
e. Church was held Tuesday night, Rev. +
A. DeMaris, the District superintendent pre-
siding. The reports showed the church t
be in its best condition in every respect, o
its history. There was a large attendance
of the conference and a unanimous invitation
was extended Rev. Clarence NJ. Johnston Il
return for the fifth year.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Fraley Doughty are spend
ing several days in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Lavinia R. Townsend, of Atlantic
City, is spending several days with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Earl Fairbrothers.
Miss Ruth Adams, who has been i'll with
scarlet fever the last three weeks, Is said tC
be eonvalescing very nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Fairbrothers and daugh-
ters, Edna and Maisie, spent Thanksgiving
Day with the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
D.. B. Fairbrothers. at the st. Regis Apart
ments, Atlantic City.
were over Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Fairbrothers. The afternoon WIS spent
in a delightful pleasure trip in Mr.. Fair
brothers new Ford touring car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Freas entertained at a
delicious game dinner last Sunday evening
at their home. Those who enjoyed the splen-
Jr, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Fairbrothers, Mrs.
Jennie Freas, Alton, Edyth and Mildred
Freas, Edna and Maisie Fairbrothers.
Mr.. J. Harry Adlor, proprietor of the
of this week for New York City, where his
New York wholesalers, The George Bergfeldt
Company, demand his immediate presence in
properly presenting and extending his line
of manufacture of stained glass products.
| Mr.. Adlor is an artist whose ability has long
! since been recognized. His products are III
use in all parts of the country. Part of his
equipment was shipped to New York earlier
in the week. Mr.. Adlor expects to be home
at Christmas.
Fred H. Henry, who conducted the Minis
trel show entitled IAN Automatic Door-mat",
which was given last Thursday evening in
the school auditorium under the auspices of
the Absecon Ushers' Union, was ably assisted
by Mr.. Charles B.. Burns, the renowned en-
tertainer, his son Walter, and nephew, Mas
ter Theon White, who contributed largely to
the successful production of the show. Prof.
Herman l.. Madden was the musical direc-
tor, who ably directed the musical part of
the program.
Messrs. Raymond Carton, Fred H. Henry,
Christopher Hare, George L. Hackett and
Toward Payne enjoyed a motor trip in the
formers Ford car to Toms River last Sun
day, where they visited the Toms River Poul-
try Plant, at which place Messrs. Hare and
Hackett each purchased a fancy cockerel at
ten dollars a head. While en- route they saw
a Cadillac limousine break through a bridge
near New Gretna. The broken half of one
of the decking planks flew up staving an
opening in the costly cars crank case.
The condition of Mrs. Ida Risley. who was
operated on for appendicitis several days ago
at the Atlantic City Hospital, where she has
been critically i'll the last three weeks, is
reported as being improved. Although not
out of danger, she is said to be convalescing
as rapidly as could be expected.
Large family vaults are being built in
the Absecon NJ. E. Cemetery, one for ChaS.
NJ. Kesler and family, the other for = the family
of the late William Bowler. Both vaults are
located in the front of the cemetery, the for
mer being close to T.. D.. Showell's property
line, while the latter is near the vault be-
longing to the family of the late James S.
Robinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea Kendall and Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Valester and two children
motored last Sunday to Atlantic City, Long
port and Somers Point. On Tuesday Mrs.
Hosea Kendall and Mrs. Hannah Caste en-
joyed a pleas ant trip in the formers car to
Port Republic, Chestnut Neck, Germania and
Pomona.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Hammell entertained
their daughter, Miss Olive Hammell, of Chat
ham, N. j., during her Thanksgiving vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Adkisson are re-
ceiving congratulations of friends upon the
birth last Friday of a daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Smith entertained at
their North Absecon residence last Sunday
Misses Florence Rogers, Mary lister, Helen
J. Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w. Smith,
all of Hammonton.
Mr.. NJ. S. DeHaven, Absecon station agent,
received on Wednesday a letter from Super
intendent James Buekalew of the West Jersey
and Seashore Railroad, in answer to his let
ter of Nov. goth in reference to same, stat
ing that "as suggested by you we will, effee-
tive Monday, December 18th, have daily ex-
cent Sunday train No. 1882 make an Fl"
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street express leaving Atlantic City
at SIS p. m. daily except Sunday will stop at
Absecon at 5.25 on notice to conductor or
agent to discharge as well as receive passen-
gers. This ruling practically makes Abse-
con a regular stopping place for this eve
ming train from Atlantic City in case any
one wishes to get on or off otherwise the
train will pass through without stopping.
Agent DeHaven is a live wire and since
he was stationed here he has brought about
changes and improvements of ben
eft both to the railroad company and the
public.
Funeral services over the remains of Cap
tain Peter B. Reed, aged "A years, who died
at his spacious Shore Road residence last
Saturday morning, following an illness of
nearly a month, were held at his late resi-
dence last Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
They were conducted by Rev. Clarence NJ.
Johnston, pastor Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of Abseeon, of which the deceased
had been a member and an official for a
term of years, who delivered the funeral
address in AN impressive manner. Rev. W.
S. Ludlow, formerly pastor of the church,
offered the opening prayer, and Rev. David
H. Schock, of Pitman, read an appropriate
passage of scripture. The floral tributes
were many and varied and consisted of many
designs. The funeral was largely
attended by many relatives and friends, tes-
tifying to the high esteem in which the de
parted one was held. Interment was made
in the family vault in the NJ. E. Cemetery.
In accordance with the request of Mrs. Reed,
wife of the deceased, the men of the church
surrounded the vault and sang In the
Sweet Bye and Bye. The Masonic ceremo-
MES were observed in a fitting manner,
Captain Wesley C Smith delivering the fun
eral Grafton at the place of interment. Cap
tain Reed is survived by his wife, Laura A.
Reed, two sons, William and Theodore Reed,
and four grand children, of New York.
November School Honor Roll
Grades Six to Nine, j. w. Tilton, teacher
Blanche Hammell, Viola Shovel, Helen
Price, Mae Bell Hates, Ella Shovel, Eunice
Risley, Carolyn Schoephin, Violet Conover,
Evelyn Lear, Louise Draper, Marion Price,
Edna Steller, Ella Emmons, Fred Carly, Har-
old Barker, Theon White, Walter Borneman,
Leroy Mattson, Leroy Hammell, Everett
Hammell, Harry Conover, Rudolph Stark,
Emerson Irelan, Harry Thomas, Roland
Hates, Herbert Giberson, Benjamin Sutton.
Grades Four and Five, Miss Leona Hart,
Banning, Esther Boice, Lillian
Helen Dobbins, Emily Gaskill, Thel-
ma Giberson, Mary Glowka, Dorothy Ham
nell, Grace Libby, Melissa Libby, Kathryn
Miller, Ethel Price, Ruth Reed, Carolyn
Smith, Jessie Shovel, Gladys Weber, Mary