The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-11-11
Absecon

under the leadership of Mrs. Roger
Williams.
The Loyal Temperance Legion has
resumed it's meetings Wednesday af-
ternoonS.
Ushers' Union in the NJ. E. chapel
on Monday night.
The A. M. M. Q.-Absecon Metho-
dist Male Quartette-sang in the
church last Monday night, and there
have been many comments on the fine
: singing of these four men-A. l..
Hammell, T. J. Hamilton, Frank Tur-
ner, Walter Burns.
Rev. DR.. C. H. Woolston, of Phila-
delphia, will deliver his lecture, "See-
ing Truth, in the School Auditorium,
Nov. 10th, for the benefit of the Pub
lie School.
Chief-of-Police and Mrs. Thomas
Hutchinson, Jr., have taken occupancy
of the Gruener bungalow on Faunce
avenue.
Miss Clara Dumont recently So
j%ourned for several days with her sis
ter. Mrs. Tomlin, in Atlantic City.
Miss Josephine Cattani has returned
from an extended sojourn with rela-
tives in Newark.
Walter Adlor, of Pennsgrove, has
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j.. H. Adlor.
Paul Smith passed Wednesday and
Thursday at his home in Newfield.
Miss Marguerite Hawkins, of At
lantic City, has been the guest of
friends in town.
Postmaster and Mrs. T. D. Shovel
and Mr.. Wilmer Pedrick took an auto
mobile trip to Vineland last Thursday.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the NJ. E.. Church will
meet at the home of Mrs. Harry Matt
son, Sr., on Ohio avenue, on Tuesday
afternoon, Nov. 18th, at 2.30 o'clock.
Members and friends are cordially in
vited to attend.
Members of the Absecon Art Club
were guests of Mrs. May Townsend
last Wednesday afternoon. Those en-
joying her hospitality were: Mrs. A.
l.. Hammell, Mrs. R. l.. Babcock, Mrs.
George B. Conover, Mrs. Robert Nc
Laughlin, Mrs. Samuel johnson, Mrs.
R. A. Elwood, Mrs. Towers Townsend,
Mrs. L. S. Madden, Mrs. Edward Will
son and mother, Mrs. Rideout, Miss
Hannah Madden. They decided to
hold their annual luncheon for all the
members this Saturday at the Hotel
Dennis in Atlantic City.
On Thursday Mrs. M. M. Townsend
packed fifty jars of fruit contributed
by the women of Absecon for the
Children's Home Society at Trenton.
Mrs. Hosea Kendall and daughter,
Mrs. John Shaw, of Pittsburgh, are
enjoying frequent trips in their new
auto to different parts of this county.
Messrs. Raymond Carton, Fred H.
Henry, Christopher Hare, Townsend
D. Shovel, Samuel Barton, Albert
Yelland, Henry Shovel and a friend
motored to Vineland last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lightner have
returned to Tyrone, Pa, after spend
ing several weeks with her mother,
Mrs. S. A. Lutz.
Oliver Strong, of Ridley Park. spent
the week end with his wife who is
visiting her mother at the Absecon
Inn.
Mr.. William B. Smith, of Penns-
grove, is spending the week with his
family here.
Mr.. Edward Prescott, of Chester,
has been spending a weeks vacation
with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Rasmussen have
returned to Indianapolis after an ex-
tended stay at the Pine View Villa.
Mrs. Richard Morris is visiting rel
atives in Havre de Grace, Mr..
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Kesler en-
tertained at their North Absecon
home at dinner last Sunday Rev. and
Mrs. C. M. Johnston and sons, Mrs.
l.. L. Johnston, Mrs. Clara Smith,
Captain and Mrs. Wesley c. Smith
and family.
Headed by their leader, Mrs. Reu-
ben l.. Babcock, members of the Stan
dard Bearers, a young peoples mis-
sionary society of the M. E. Church,
canvassed the city last Friday even
ing and visited many homes where
they presented their mite boxes in the
interest of the society. They wore
masquerade costumes and collected
more than ten dollars.
Rev. Robert A. Elwood leaves the
last of this week for North and South
Carolina on a lecture tour.
Mrs. Anna G. Fleming left on We'd
nesday to spend three days in visit
ing relatives at Gibbsboro, Berlin and
Collingswood.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Tilton and mo-
Their, Mrs. Anna Ludlam. entertained
last Sunday at their home on Bolton
venue Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Woolson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Israel Woolson, Jr., and
son, Olan, of Wildwood, N. j.
Mrs. Elmira Addison is confined to
her bed in a serious condition as the
result of heart trouble.
Mrs. Harry Owen and children have
returned to their home in Philadel-
phia, after spending their vacation
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
]. Elliff.
Mrs. J. D. Joslin entertained the
members of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union at her home on
Shore Road last Tuesday afternoon.
Present were Mrs. A. c. Fleming,
Mrs. D. S. Tilton, Mrs. Fanny Bur-
rough, Mrs. Gilbert Conover, Mrs. E.