The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-15
Absecon

The Ushers Union of the M. E..
Church will give a Mock Trial in the
chapel, Tuesday evening, April 25.
Tickets will be TWENTY-FIVE cents, and
the entertainment will be funny and
well presented.
Rev. F. A. De Maris, district super
intendent has invited Rev. Clarence
NJ. Johnston to speak at the Stewards
Meeting in Haddonfield, April 9th, on
"a House-to-House Revival"
Several men OF the town raised
money the other day to repair and
paint the w. C. T. u. house, where the
people can get a drink of water.
A congregational meeting was held
in the NJ. E. Church on Wednesday
night, at which time it was the opinion
that the church ought to install a pipe
organ. 1t was a very enthusiastic
meeting, and a committee was appoin-
ted to investigate the matter.
A "Seamen's Service" will be held
in the M. E. Church Sunday night.
Several men who have sailed the sea
will be expected to give a bit of expe-
rience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mariner B. Smith cele-
brated their 22nd wedding a~nniversa-
ry on Sunday with a family reunion.
Their guests were: Ira S. Fenton, wife
and family, formerly of Savannah,
Ca; Russell M. Fenton, wife and
child; George S. Adams, and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Stuard, of Mortified.
Mrs. Sylvia Johnson has been i'll the
past week at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. James Hamilton.
Co@Ao,, o-l AJ.7 n @ mill
tanned on Wednesday Mrs. Jacob
Frendlich and son Roy and Miss Mar
gle Wagner, of Pleasantville.
Mrs. Ada Sooy, of Atlantic City, has
returned home, after spending two
weeks at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Enoch Giberson, at Conover-
town.
After spending the winter in Tuck
erton, MI. and Mrs. John Allen return
ed home on Thursday.
Extensive Improvements have been
made the last few weeks to the Abse-
con railroad station. The plaster has
been torn off of both the walls and
ceiling and has been replaced with
wainscoting. New seats have been
installed and paint has been applied
to the interior and exterior. A brick
walk has been laid on the track side
of the station and a new wooden
freight platform has been erected on
the opposite side.
Martin Carly has gone to Camden
to work for a grocery firm.
Harry H. Carton has been in Wash
ington, D. c., for several weeks.
Captain Pitney Hammell broke
a bone in his right arm last Monday
while cranking his motorboat engine.
DR.. E. H. Madden and son, DR.. Lee
land s.. Madden. attended on Monday
in Trenton the funeral of the formers
brother, Thomas B. Madden, keeper of
the State Prison, who died suddenly of
pneumonia the preceding Thursday.
The April meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the M.
E. Church was held last Tuesday af-
ternoon in the chapel. Present were
Mrs. A. C. Fleming, Miss Florence
Babcock, Mrs. R. l.. Babcock, Mrs.
Harry Mattson, ST., Mrs. Harry Matt
son, Jr., and son, Mrs. D. S. Tilton,
Miss Carolyn Steelman, Miss c. c.
Black, Mrs. Edward Pennington, Mrs.
]. Harry Adlor, Mrs. Emily Rosseter,
Mrs. James Conover, Mrs. Joseph
Om1Cn, Or, MIS-. OCeelman Lee, MRS.
Carlous and Miss Carlous.
AbsecOn M. E. Church.
Services Sunday as follows:
10.30-Sermon: "The Desert of Ro-
ses."
2.30-Men's Bible Class.
1870 Sermon: "Vessels in The
Homeward Track"
Arrival and Denartura of Ma;ls
Mails arrive at Absecon Post Office a!