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

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members are urged to come out and
have a good time.
Mrs. William Sixsmith and daugh-
ter Betty have returned to their home
1T Ashland, Pa. after sojourning fer
two months at the home of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Darius Smith.
Benjamin Covert, of Trenton, spent
the first half of this week as the guest
of the family of T. d. Shovel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mattson. Sr.,
entertained over the weekend their
nephew, Mr. Enoch Shinn, and friend,
Mr.. Walter Callahan, of Pennsgrove.
Miss Margaret Maier has returned
to her home in New York, following a
visit of three weeks in this city.
Misses Ethel Cunningham and Reba
Mason, of Atlantic City, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason last
Wednesday.
Peter Bird, who is employed on a
dredging machine at work up the
coast, s~ojourned with his family here
over the weekend.
Misses Helen Lutz and Mildred
Smith entertained .Messrs. Enoch
Shinn and Walter Callahan. of Penns-
grove, at their home last Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Shovel, of
Pennsgrove, were guests over Sunday
of his parents. Captain and Mrs. Dan
lei Shovel.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Shovel and
sons, Alfred and Emerson, and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Yelland motored to
Trenton last Sunday in their new Ford
car and report having had a fine trip.
All women of the place who are
willing to fill jars with fruit and veg
etables for the Children's Home Soci-
ETY. at Trenton are asked to call at
Mrs. May Townsend's to procure the
containers.
William Clifford, Jr., of Philadel-
phia, formerly an Absecon resident,
was a visitor here last Sunday for the
first time in nine years. He says both
of his parents are living, but are quite
feeble especially his father, who can
scarcely get from one room to the
adjoining one.
Messrs. Richard Morris, Aaron AL
bertson, John Mason, Sr. and Jr., and
Charles M. Mason motored to Winslow
on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Adams, Miss
Elsie Hamilton and Mr.. Percy Smith
passed Monday in Mays Landing en-
ioying the boating on the lake and
the many diversions of Lenape Park.
Samuel C. McCambridge and Miss
c. c. Black are entertaining Mrs. May
E. Besselivere and grandson, William
Swindell. of Philadelphia.
MI. and Mrs. ]. Harry Adlor enter
tanned the past week MI. and Mrs.
George Kindt and children, Margie,
Dorothy and Donald, of Jersey City,
who motored here in their new Dodge
touring car.
Large catches of perch have been
made the past week by local anglers
from the banks of Ine Absecon Creek.
Mr.. George F. King has gone to
New York, after spending a prolonged
s~ojourn at the home of Mrs. Louise
Yates.
Opening of the schools of Galloway
Sept. 9TH to 25th. This action will
therefore affect the Absecon High
lands school.
Mrs. Louise V. Yates returned home
on Thursday evening from a delightful
weeks s~ojourn with the family of her
sister, Mrs. E. B. Heneks, at the Hav-
erford Apartments, Atlantic City.
Joseph Smith. ST., has sold the prop
erty on Ohio avenue owned by Will
lam Wilson and occupied by the fam
lily of G.. A. Coon, to his brother-ln-
law, James Henderson, formerly a
member of the Philadelphia police
force, who with Mrs. Henderson will
occupy it as a home at some future
time.
Captain Daniel Shovel is visiting
his son and daughter-in-laW, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Shovel, at Pennsgrove,
Freebooter and Mrs. Edwin Robin
son entertained at dinner on Sunday
Captain and Mrs. Daniel Shovel and
daughter Viola, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Shovel.
The County Surveyors have been
engaged the past week in making a
preliminary survey on the New York
road for the proposed hard surfacing
of that highway from the Absecon
bridge to the Leeds road just north
of the Seaview Golf grounds.
Misses Flora, Marcia and Lena Rob-
inson enjoyed a visit last week with
Mr.. and Mrs Augustus Hickman at
lantic City by trolley and took the
alton. Returning home Mr.. Hickman.
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there, took them by boat as far as
Port Republic, whence they boarded
an automobile for home, thus ter
minating a delightful outing.
Captain and Mrs. Wesley c. Smith
are entertaining his sister, Mrs. Sarah
English, of Philadelphia. They mo.
tored last Sunday morning to English
Creek, their former home, where they
attended services at Asbury NJ. E
Church.
Harry Mattson, Jr.. took Mr.. and
Mrs. Hosea Kendall and daughter
Mrs. John Shaw, to Barnegat in his
automobile last Sunday. They were
Joined there by Mr.. Shaw, of Free
port. Pa, and all excepting Mr.. Ken
dali are spending their vacation al
Barnegat Pier. He returned home
with Mr.. Mattson.
A basket of fine free-stone peaches
grown in William F. Davis Glassboro
peach orchard has been on display the
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