The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-17
Absecon

T. ]. Hamilton and P. Harlan Boice
have been appointed on the official
board of the M. E. Church.
Revival meetings are being held in
the M. E. Church with increasing at
tendance and interest.
Rev. c. M. Johnston and a few Ep-
worth Leaguers of Bayview Chapel
held a cottage prayer meeting at the
home of James S%chrepper, Wednesday
afternoon. Mr. Schrepper has united
with the M. E. Church.
The Absecon Art Club members
were guests last Wednesday afternoon
of Miss Lorine Boice at her residence.
There was a good attendance and
those present enjoyed themselves in
social intercourse and artistic needle
work, following which refreshments
were served. Present were: Mrs. r.
A. Elwood, Mrs. May Townsend, Miss
Hannah Madden, Mrs. Lewis Clark,
Mrs. Samuel Johnson, Mrs. William
| Smith, Mrs. r. L. Babcock, Mrs. A. l..
Hammell, Mrs. F. F. Doughty, Mrs.
George Conover, Mrs. Robert Nc
Laughlin and the hostess.
Mrs. Emily Rosseter left on Monday
for Orange to spend a month with
friends.
Miss Ethel Hammell was the guest
of her sister, Miss Olive Hammell, at
Chatham, N. j.. from Friday until
Monday.
The monthly meeting of the Wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Society of
the Absecon M. z. Church was held
last Tuesday afternoon in the chapel.
Nv, uo.-r, AI1or, a~l Gov pa+ror
of New York, formerly of this place,
Mattson, Jr., from Saturday until
Monday evening.
Captain Pitney Blackman returned
home Monday evening from Baltimore
where he visited his brother, Enoch
Blackman, who recently underwent
three operations for an internal inju-
ry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Mr..
Blackman reports his brother is get
ting along nicely despite his critical
condition.
Magistrate Howard A. Payne has
made several changes the past month
to the barber shop property at New
Jersey and Station avenues, Absecon.
He has had the place newly painted on
the interior, moved his barber shop to
the real of the building and added a
nicely fitted, up-to-date ice cream par
lor to his business. He also has pro-
vided a private entrance to barber
shop for ladies' who bring their chill
dren to his tonsorial parlors. He has
fixed up his Magistrates Office and
now carries a full line of confection-
cry and tobacco. We must give the
Judge credit for having a clean, up to
date place and wish him every success.
Miss Marie Schoepf1in has gone to
Raymond Hill, Long Island, to visit
friends for a week.
John Elliff, of Long Branch, an en-
ployee of a large golf club there, is
spending a ten days vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Elliff,
at Absecon Highlands.
Mrs. Wesley C. Smith has been i'll
with a severe attack of pleurisy the
past week.
While assisting in the freight de-
partment at the railroad station last
Wednesday, Wallace Weyerman had
several toes injured.
Tax Collector Jesse S. Shovel is
confined to his bed with an affection
of the throat and lungs. His daugh-
ter Edna also is in a serious condition
from pulmonary weakness.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Kesler were Wis
itors here the middle of this week.
Mr.. Kesler has sold his interest in the
Changers Market, Atlantic City, and
now he will devote more time to his
wholesale produce business in that
city.