The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-07-01
Absecon

. celVlng a fresh coat OF paint.
! Mr.. and Mrs. j. Warren Tilton, o
/ Hammonton, called on numerous rela
. tives here last Tuesday.
! Patrons and friends of the FRS
! National Bank of Absecon are receiv
. ing beautiful fans with the bank
advertisement on the reverse side a.
the gift of that institution.
Franklin Mccarthy is spending al
indefinite sojourn in the Quaker City
Miss Laura Coon, of Ohio avenue, i.
visiting her uncle and aunt in Wash
ington, D. c.
Daniel H. Reed visited relatives il
Philadelphia last Sunday.
Edward Brandt's home has beer
newly painted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin
entertained over Sunday the family OF
his brother, William Mclaughlin. OF
Philadelphia.
Frank C. Hammell went to Chester
Pa, last Monday to see Reuben Ire
Ian, formerly of Absecon, who has
been confined to his bed there as the
result of an injury received some time
ago.
Miss Olive Hammell, whose school
at Chatham, N. j., closed last Friday
is now visiting a friend at Plattsburg,
N. Y. She is expected home some
time within the next three weeks.
Victor Wray has returned home
from a four months trip through the
New England, Middle Atlantic and
North Central States. He travelled
thousands of miles and sold thousands
of dollars worth of children's toys
manufactured by a Pittsburgh firm.
William Draper, of Baltimore, is
visiting relatives here.
Richard w. Morris is sojourning
with his daughter at Havre de Grace,
Nd, where he will remain until after
the Fourth.
Miss Marguerite Elliff, who has a
very pleasant and lucrative position
with a wealthy New York family
which travels extensively, visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Elliff, at
Absecon Highlands, from Friday until
Monday.
Rev. Daniel E. Clair, of Trenton,
pastor of the Absecon NJ. E. Church
from 1905 to 1908, who is a successful
conductor of long tours of many years.
experience, is planning a thirty-two-
day tour through the Colorado Rock
les, Pacific Northwest, Alaska and the
Canadian Rockies, which he will per-
sonally conduct, starting from Phila-
delphia or July %. A number Of Alb
secon people were among those who
made up several parties that went via
different routes to the Pacific Coast
while he was stationed here.
Ushers Union To Solicit Papers.
All residents of Absecon are reques-
ted to save all papers for which they
have no use, such as newspapers,
magazines, periodicals, leaflets, jour-
nails, etc., for the Ushers' Union COL
lectors who will canvass the town on
Thursday, July 6, for paper products
of all kinds, the sale of which will be
made for the benefit of the pipe organ
fund of the M. E. Church. 1t will be
a great labor saver and will greatly
expedite the work of the collectors if
our townspeople will arrange and tie
the papers in bundles of convenient
size for easy and quick handling.
Please search through your garrets,
cellars and closets for old papers that
have been stored away. Paper is
bringing a high price at the present
time and the Ushers' Union believes a
neat sum can be realized from this
undertaking.
w. F. M. S. Pageant A Success.
The Pageant" entitled "Glimpses
Along the Kings Highway, presented
last Friday evening in the Absecon M.
E. Church by the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society, was a decided sue
cess and was the first entertainment
of it's kind ever given here. Sixty
persons, each dressed in Oriental CO.'S
tune, took part. The church was
beautifully and appropriately decorat-
ed for the occasion.
The choir was very impressive as
they slowly marched in singing the
professional hymn, "The Church."
The women appeared in Grecian attire
while the men wore conventional
robes. The Egyptian women were
very clever and were true representa-
tives of their country. The India wo-
men presented an attractive appear
ance in their gay and many-colored
Sari. Burma women wore the same
gay and snowy clothing and by their
manner and cou%ntenances exhibited
their natural characteristics. China
was ably represented by the celestial
women who could not have taken their
parts more naturally. The Korea ma
tives attracted special attention by
their striking mannerisms. The three
products of our college in Seoul were
as typical and dignified as graduates
of our American Colleges. The Japan
scene was one of beauty and flowers
for which that country is noted. The
kindergarten children were an attrac-
tive feature with their red, white and
blue %parasols.
After the representatives of all ma
tons marched in in the closing scene,
led by Columbia as the Goddess of
Liberty, each carrying an American
flag, while the choir and audience sang
America, they gracefully grouped
themselves in front of the chancel rail
and platform and presented a tableau
long to be remembered. The Jubilee
Campaign song, "The Tidings," was
then sung by the company, after which
all marched out followed by the choir,