The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-01
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Oliver B. Johnson and family are
suffering with the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Smith have
been confined to their home by illness
the past week.
Mrs. Emily Rosseter is spending the
winter with friends at Montclalr and
the Oranges.
Captain and Mrs. Peter B. Reed
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. |. G.
Adams at Linwood on Christmas Day.
Mrs. Ida Risley is sojourning dur
ing the holidays with friends in Hav-
re de Grace, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Morris and
Mr.. Aaron Albertson have been vic
TINS of the grip for several days.
Mrs. Annie De Haven, of Harris
burg, is visiting the family of her son,
M. S. De Haven, on Bolton avenue.
Mr.. Luigi Cattani and family are
entertaining during the holidays his
son and family, of Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira l.. Giberson are
recovering from illness with which
they have been confined to the house.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ards, of Phila-
delphia, are here as the guests of the
latter's parents, MI. and Mrs. Samuel
Smith,, Sr.
Mrs. Cora Conover and Miss Leira
Conover, of Hammonton, have been
spending Christmas week with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Boice.
Mrs. Lavinia L. Johnston accompa-
MED by her son, Rev. C. M. Johnston,
and grandson, Lewis Johnston, is Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. Fred. B. Fitz-
gerald, and family in New York,
where she expects to remain during
the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. Audrey are
spending the holidays with relatives
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin
were guests of relatives in Philadel-
phia over Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Reed spent
Christmas at the home of their son,
Joseph Reed, in Atlantic City.
Louis Guenther, of the U. S. Naval
Station at Newport, R. l., spent
Christmas with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gustave Guenther, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Guenther,
ST., spent Christmas Day with their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Guenther, in Atlantic
City.
Mrs. Sarah Stout, of Berlin, has
registered at the Pine View Villa, the
residence of her sister, Mrs. A. C.
Fleming and Miss Emma Collins, for
a two months %soiourn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason and
son John and Mr.. Harry Mason were
entertained on Christmas at the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mason, in Atlantic City, and on Sun
day they were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Guenther.
Mr.. Fred. C. Boice and Miss Lorene
Boice entertained at dinner last Sat
urday at their Shore Road residence
relatives as follows: Mr.. and Mrs.
James B. Townsend, of Longport; Mr..
and Mrs. Simms, of East Orange;
Mrs. John B. Smith and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry B. Boice and daughters, Anna
Lorine, Dorothy and Helene.
Mrs. James Johnson, Mrs. Harry
Lee and Miss Lena Lee have been sick
with the grip the past week.
Captain and Mrs. Wesley C.. Smith
entertained on Christmas Day the
family of their late son, Edmund S.
Smith.
At the last regular meeting of the
Absecon Council held last Wednesday
evening, an ordinance was passed on
second, third and final readings gran
ting unto the Delaware and Atlantic
Telephone and Telegraph Company a
50-year franchise for the use of any
or all of the city's streets, alleys, lanes
and highways for the extension of its
lines. The ordinance was passed by a
vote of a to 2. Messrs. Barton, Chey-
ney, Pitney and Carton voting in the
affirmative and Messrs. Hackett and
Henry in t negative.
Mrs. Ar.a c. Fleming was the
guest of Nh. and Mrs. James l.. Risley
in Pleasantville on Tuesday.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Mails arrive at Absecon Post Office as
follows:
From Philadelphia and West-7.30 and 10
a. m. and 645 p. m.
From Atlantic City-6.3O a. m. and 3.45
p. m.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphla-6.20, 9.25 and 9.45 a
m. $50 and G % p. m.
For Atlantic City-9.45 a. m. 6.25 p. m.
The Office opens daily except Sunday a.
6.15 a. m. and closes 7.15 p. m.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route al
$50 a. m