The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-03-25

Mrs. F. Fraley Doughty will enter
tain a number of her lady friends at
Five Hundred next Saturday after
noon, April first.
Miss Florence Kesler, of Atlantic
City, spent Sunday with a number of
local girl friends.
MI. and Mrs. Leland Shovel, of
P~ennsgrove, were over Sunday guests
of relatives here.
Harry 7. Evans, of Philadelphia,
has been appointed superintendent of
the Absecon Sand and Gravel Compa-
ny.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Rasmussen, of
indianapolis, are sojournino at the
Pine View Villa for an indefinite peri
cd.
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Adams and son,
of Atlantic City, were weekend
guests of Mrs. Adams parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. J.. Hamilton.
MI. and Mrs. Oliver Strong, of Will
mington, Del, are guests for a few
days of the latter's mother, Mrs. S. A.
Lutz, and other relatives here.
Paul Lutz, who is in charge of an
electrical railroad signal tower at
Trenton, %sojourned at the home of his
parents here several days last week.
Mr.. d. P. Smith spent the weekend
at his home in Newfield.
Mrs. Charlotte Pitney, of Atlantic
City, visited her home here last Mon
day.
Mr.. G. A. Coon and family, of Falls,
Pa, will soon occupy the Charles
johnson dwelling on Ohio avenue
William Wyand, Jr., recently pass
ed several days at Glassboro.
Mrs. Hosea Kendall has been dan
gerously i'll with pneumonia for sew
eral days, but is now slightly improv-
ed.
Nh. and Mrs. Samuel w. Giberson
were guests of Captain and Mrs. Jas.
Abbott at Port Republic last Sunday.
William Wyand, ST., and William J.
Prettyman have been engaged for sew
eral days in mechanical construction
work at the Absecon Sand and Gravel
Company's plant, which is being re-
built. The present plant will be prac-
tically fireproof it is understood, so as
to prevent a repetition of what hap-
pened two months ago when the for
mer plant was destroyed by fire.
Mr.. ]. Harry Adlor returned home
on Wednesday from a weeks s~ojourn
in New York.
Samuel Addison is recovering from
an injury received recently as the re-
suit of a fall which confined him to
the house for several DAYS.
The residence of Harry Mattson,
Jr., on New Jersey avenue, is soon to
be enlarged and improved. Part of
the material is already on the ground
and work on the addition and i'm
provements will be started in a very
short time. A bath room together
with n or two more rooms, a hot
water heating system and all modern
conveniences are included in the plans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fox, of South
Absecon, have leased the former drug
store building at the junction of the
New York and Philadelphia roads and
will take occupancy as o as repairs
and renovatlons now being made to
the building are completed. During
the summer they expect to conduct a
restaurant and ice cream parlor, hav-
ing for sale in addition a full line of
cakes, candies, cigars, tobacco, soft
drinks, etc.
Fire COmpany's Growth.
Renewed interest is being taken in
the affairs of the Absecon Volunteer
Fire Company. The present members
are in dead earnest to promote the
growth in membership of the company
and to this end are waging a member
ship campaign. Ira l.. Giberson and
William Wyand, ST., have been run
ming a race in their efforts to procure
new members, with the result that the
following prominent citizens were en-
rolled at the meeting held in the fire
house last Monday evening: Harry
Mattson, Sr., Harry H. Carton, How
ard w. Payne, Henry Smith, William
Schoep1in, DR.. C. C. Allen and Charles
Fox.
At the next regular meeting to be
held on Monday evening, April 3rd,
ten or twelve more new members will
be received. All members are urged
to attend this meeting, as a jolly So
clal hour is to follow the reception of
new members. Refreshments will be
served.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Mails arrive at Absecon Post Office as
From Philadelphia and west-7.3o and 10
a. M. and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic City-6.90 a. m. and 3.45
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-6.2o. 9.25 and 9.45 a.
m. $50 and rs p. III.
For Atlantic ty-9. a. M. 6. 25 %. m.
The Office opens daily except Sunday at
6.15 a. M. and closes 7.15 p. m.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route at
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