The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-06-03
CONCISE NEWSLETS
O THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

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A Strawberry Festival for the ben
eft of st. Marks Church, will be held
in the basement of the church on June
7th. Tickets Is cents.
Frank B. Hubin has granted the
free use of his Theatre to the Munich
pal Republican League of Pleasant
vile in which to hold their meetings.
Joseph F. Weeks received notice
this week of the death of his mother,
Mrs. Joseph NJ. Weeks, which occur
red in Philadelphia. She was rs
years of age.
Our local Give wire" real estate
agent and investment man, Jas. C.
Vickers, reports that he is getting
twenty-nine miles to a gallon of gaso-
line in his new Ford ear.
Services at st. Marks Protestant
Episcopal Church, corner Verona and
Franklin avenues, Sunday morning,
June A, at II o'clock,to which the pub
lie is most cordially invited.
The headquarters of the County Vo-
cational Schools have been removed
to School No. 2 at Smiths Landing,
where the director, Prof. Robert D..
Maltby, will hereafter have his office.
Camp 81, P. O. of A, of Pleasant
vile, will hold a strawberry social
on June 9Th in their lodge room yer
the Strand Theatre. Tickets 15c, in
Guiding Strawberries, ice cream and
cake.
Hon. Emerson l.. Richards, former
member of the Assembly, has an
nounced his candidacy for the State
Senate to succeed Senator Walter E.
Edge, who is a candidate for the gu
~bernatorial nomination.
Doctor Fish is busy attending to
his numerous duties at this season of
the year and is making good use of
his new Ford touring car as a depend
able and efficient servant which en-
ables him to do about twenty hours
work in twelve.
Memorial Day passed quietly in
Pleasantville. The several cemeteries
were visited by members of Joe Hook
er Post, G. A. R., Sons of Veterans,
Spanish War Veterans and Excelsior
Council, Junior Order U. A. NJ, and
the graves of their deceased were
strewn with flowers.
A new musical organization known
as the Philharmonic Society was
launched last evening friday I'M
der the direction of Madam wager
and Mrs. Ezra A. Lake. The meeting
was held at the home of Mrs. D. w.
Macmillan. officers were elected and
plans of work formulated.
The annual picnic of our local High
School will occur on Monday. The
young folks will make merry at
Stony Creek. Efficient committees,
who have acquired a reputation in
that line, are working over time ar
ranging "eats" to assuage the pangs
of hunger for the various classes.
Mrs. Jennie Gouldy is getting a fine
Ford car from the local agency. 1t is
to be equipped with electric lights and
starting system, demountable wheels,
ETC., and will be frst-class in every
respect. We are confident she will de-
rive a great deal of pleasure from her
car and no doubt her example will be
followed by other women who like the
outdoors.
The members and friends of the
Gamma Sigma Pi Sorority will give
their annual picnic at Mays Landing
on Saturday (today). The members
are: Miss Mildred Boyer, Miss Mida
C. Blake, Miss Gertrude Torrens, Miss
Elizabeth Gray, Miss Hilda Smith,
Miss Edna Morris, Miss Marjorie
Thomas, Miss Mae Gaskill, Miss Ad-
die Ford.
Captain Mark w. Blake can be seen
about town in his new touring cal.
This is the third car Captain Blake
has owned and the new one, like the
first one, is a Ford. Probably the
Captain was entirely satisfied with
the car that was not a Ford, but for
right down low cost of upkeep and
simplicity of operation his first choice
no doubt is the Ford.
Mr.. G. S. Piercey reports the sale
of seven cars in the last week. Mr..
Piercey was in Philadelphia two days
this week trying to get more Fords to
fill his June and July orders. Indica-
tons point to a shortage of cars in
the very neal future and the continu-
Gus advance of materials will no
doubt compel an advance in the price
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