The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-06

%sojourned over Sunday with relatives
and friends at the Clarendon Hotel,
Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea Kendall motored
to Hammonton last Sunday in their
automobile. They stopped at Egg
Harbor and look along with them Mr..
and Mrs. Eben Kendall and two chill
dren.
Mrs. Joseph Lightner, of Tyrone,
Pa, formerly Miss Marguerite Lutz, of
this place, came home last Friday to
spend an indefinite sojourn with her
mother, Mrs. S. A. Lutz, and sister,
Miss Helen Lutz.
Mrs. Ambrose Hammell is recovering
from illness by which she has been
confined to her home the last two
weeks.
Jack Levy and family, of Illinois
%avenue, moved last week to Charleston,
w. Va. Report of the sale of their
property, formerly owned by w. H.
Speakman, to Mr.. Clark, of the Clark
Lumber Company, is being circulated.
Thieves entered a building on the
premises Of David Getz at Shore Road
and Leeds Road last Monday night and
stole eight baskets of white potatoes.
Vegetable thieves operating in Ocean
vile and vicinity are said to be dig
! ging up sweet potatoes, cabbage and
turnips in gardens and on farms I'M
der cover of darkness.
The Absecon boys at Camp Dix, Ar
thur Conover and Walter Smith, were
home over the weekend and reported
being quite well satisfied with life at
the cantonment.
Councilman Samuel Barton has sold
his North Absecon residence and prop
erty to Councilman Fred Henry, of
Bolton avenue. Mr.. Barton reserved
a LOT abutting the Shore Road south
of his residence, where he is having a
bungalow built by Irwin Rider, which
he and Mrs. Barton will occupy when
completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Boice, who re-
Gently sold their farm on the Shore
Road to Atlantic City parties by the
name of Tripician, have given up pos
session, and have moved into the home
of her brother, Warren P. Tilton,
where they expect to live. The farm
contains 100 acres and will undergo
numerous improvements and changes
in the nea future.
Mrs. Reuben L. Babcock and daugh-
ter Virginia have gone to HARRISBURG,
Pa, to visit relatives. They also *
pect to visit an aunt down in Mary
land before they return.
Mrs. Josephine Adams, Miss Laura
Adams and Mr.. Walter Adams went to
Newark last Monday, to attend the
wedding of their granddaughter and
niece, Miss Leonora Lutts, daughter of
George B.. and the late Annie Lutts,
formerly residents here, and Mr.. Clar-
ence Hamilton Hedden, an extensive
hat manufacturer, of Newark. The
ceremony was performed in the West
Presbyterian Church, of which the
bride is a member, and was witnessed
by relatives and friends. The groom
is an active church worker and has
been an elder and deacon in the Memo
rial Presbyterian Church, of Newark,
for several years. After spending their
honeymoon on a tour of the New Eng
land States they will go to housekeep-
ing in a fine new residence, which has
just been completely furnished in New
ark.
Naval Officer Visits Relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Berry entertained
at their home on Pitney avenue the
first of this week the latter's brother,
w. H. Mccormack, Warrant Officer at
the Philadelphia Navy Yard when not
on board ship.
Mr.. Mccormack is "a years old. He
Joined the Navy twelve years ago as a
stoker and was repeatedly promoted
until now he holds an important and
trustworthy position and commands a
fine salary. He had not been here be-
fore for two years and was pleased to
have the nance to spend a few days
in AbSecOn,
Recently he was a gun pointer on
the U. S. s. Stewart and won a prize
of $50 in gold and the letter "E" for
expert shot and craftsmanship accu-
racy, when he hit the mark three out
of four times at moving target prac-
tice on rough sea while aboard a u. S.
torpedo boat destroyer. He has been
in all parts of the world and has two
navy suits, n blue, the other white,
the sleeves of which are covered with
insignia of merit and badges of honor
for exceptional ability and fidelity to
duty.
Absecon Presbyterian Church.
Services Sunday, Oct. Z:
9.45 a. M, Bible School; classes for
all ages.
10.45 a. m, Regular meeting. Ser
mon by Robert Arthur Elwood. Spec
ial music. ~Sacraments of Baptism
and the Lords Supper. All members
of this Church and friends invited to
attend.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Mails arrive at Absecon Post Office a.
follows:
From Philadelphia and Vest 80 and IL
a. m. and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic City-6.3o a. m. and 8 Az
p. m.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-6.20, 9.25 and 9.45 4
m. $50 and 6.25 p. m.
For Atlantic city-s.45 a. M; e.25 p. m.