The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-17
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

The Boy Scouts will meet this Fri
day evening at 228 N. Main street. A
full attendance is requested.
Mr.. Preston B. Adams has just been
notified by the local agency that his
new Ford Sedan touring car is ready
for delivery.
Edgar F. Baker will be in charge of
the services at the Atlantic City Res
cue Mission next Tuesday evening.
Everybody invited.
Douglass E. Weaver, a newspaper
reporter who formerlyslived in Pleas
antville, died of typhoid fever at the
Atlantic City Hospital last Monday.
On Tuesday evening, March 18th,
the Mt. Pleasant Progressive Club
met at the home of Miss Jennie Bow
en-. A large number of members
were present and all enjoyed a very
pleasant evening.
The annual Sewing Contest will
take place at the Pleasantville High
School on Wednesday afternoon, Mar.
18th, from 2 to 5 o'clock. The public
are cordially invited. The judges are:
Mrs. Robert L. Race, Mrs. 7. H. Smith
and Mrs. Charles A. Campbell.
The combined vaudeville and NOV
ing picture show of the Municipal Re-
publican League at the Strand Thea
tire on Wednesday evening attracted
an audience which completely filled
the large building. Those present
had a most enjoyable evening.
The Women's Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church will meet on
Wednesday, March 21st, with Mrs.
McClelland, at the Manse, at 3 p. m.
Mrs. Hopf will speak. Her topic,
Latin America of Today. All in
terested are cordially invited to be
present.
A special meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce of Pleasantville will be
held at the City Hall this (Friday)
evening at 7.30 o'clock, when the pro-
posed Normal School for South Jersey
will be discussed. Representatives
from adjacent municipalities will be in
attendance.
Alexander Fish, well-known oyster
man. died Thursday morning about 8
o'clock at his home, 1854 S. Main street,
aged u years. His wife, Sarah J..
Fish, survives. The funeral will be
from his late residence at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon and interment in
Salem cemetery.
Through the efforts of Mrs. Robert
D. Maltby, a concert is being arranged
for the benefit of st. Marks Episcopal
Church, to be given on April eleventh.
Prof. Henry Quincy, of Philadelphia,
and other prominent artists, will be
upon the program, full details of
which will be given later.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church
on Lake Place will hold their Sabbath
School this Saturday morning at 10
o'clock and church services from II
to II. On Sunday night at 7.30, Song
Service followed at s o'clock by church
services. Elder Perez, of Atlantic
City, will preside at these services.
DR.. w. J. Hudson has replaced his
old Ford runabout with a new one re-
Gently purchased from Mr.. Piercey,
the Ford agent. DR.. Hudson has stat
ed in no uncertain terms his prefer
ence for the "little" Ford, which has
/ always stood by him when he had
somewhere to get to and the roads
were "bad".
Phil Kearney Lodge, No. 60, K. of
P, observed Past Chancellors Night
last Saturday. The meeting was at
tended by a number of Past Chancel-
lors, including visitors from Philadel-
phia and Connecticut. Speeches Civ
ing "reminiscences Of the order were
delivered, after which all adjourned to
the Rodney Hotel, where a banquet
was served.
Since March LIST quite a number of
Pleasantvillians have joined the Ford
ranks as follows: DR.. w. j. Hudson,
Atlantic County Water Co., Mr.. S. F.
Barnett, Warren W. johnson and Mrs.
L. L. Somers, while Mr.. Oscar Mich
OILS, of Somers Point, Mr.. John j.
Blackman of Linwood, Mr.. Jonathan
D. Joslin of Absecon, and Mr.. Joseph
Read of Mckee City, have also shown
their approval of the Ford by entering
their orders.