The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-06
Absecon

MIS-. LAURA n. Attu WILL 10 OdDut1 ldSI
Thursday to spend an indefinite sojourn with
her aunts, Mrs. Sallie Lee and Mrs. Hannah
Jackson.
mans Foreign Missionary Society of the M.
E. Church hold its regular January meeting
at her Shore Road residence on Tuesday af-
ternoon, Jan. 9th. at 2.30 o'clock. All men,
bers and friends are invited to be pres ent.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin Conover, Jr, of Ohio avenue, the Mon
day before Christmas. The wee Miss has
been named Dorothy Eleanor.
Mrs. James Conover, who was operated on
at the Atlantic City Hospital six weeks or
more ago, has suffered a relapse and is in a
critical condition at her home. She is con-
fined to her bed and is unable to retain nour-
ishment.
John r. Steelman has been seriously i'll
the last two weeks at his home, but latest
reports from his home indicated a slight i'm
provement. Heart trouble has been the chief
cause of his precarious condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Carton were guests
of relatives at Philadelphia and Westville.
n. j., the first of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Boice and daugh-
ters, Anna Lorine, Helene and Dorothy, Miss
Lorine Boice and Mr.. and Mrs. James B.
Townsend were guests last Sunday of Mr..
Townsend's daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Simms, at Ocean City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason and son John
entertained at dinner last Friday Mrs. Ma
sons sister, Mrs. Louis Kuhl, and children,
Louis, Jr, Marion and Walter Kuhl, of At
lantic City.
New Years Day Mrs. Mason and family
entertained at dinner another of her sisters,
Mrs. Alfred Warriner, and children Ruth.
Esther, Alfred, Jr., Walter and Charles War
riner, of Pleasantville.
The Burns Comedy Company will give an
entertainment in the public school auditori-
UNI on Friday evening, Jan. 18th, for the
benefit of the school auditorium fund. The
play it will present is entitled Bought and
Paid For" 1t is said to be well worth the
price of admission. Doors open at Z, curtain
rises at 8 p. N.
Fire Destroys Daoelling.
Fire completely destroyed the eoncrete and
frame dwelling built a couple of years ago
by Sheppard Keen on the county road at
clock last Wednesday night. How the fire
originated is a mystery, as the house had
been vacant for more than a month and was
wet all over on the outside from the rain of
the day and the frosty glaze that covered it
after shutdown. 1t is supposed by a great
many to have been of incendiary origin.
The flames issuing from the northwest cor
ner of the roof were discovered first by Ever
EFT and Leroy Hammell, sons of City Treas
urer Harry Hammell, who saw the blaze
from their home on Ohio avenue. Mr.. Ham
nell telephoned for the fire company. but as
the location of the burning structure was a
mile away from the fire house and as the
road leading thereto was wet and soft the
fremen were handicapped in reaching the
scene early with the fire engine and the hook
and ladder truck. Moreover the lack of wa
ter supply in that district proved a serious
interference.
AS the fire started in the northwest. corner
of the building and as the wind was blowing
from the northwest it famed the flames
through every room in the house, rapidly
devouring the whole dwelling.
Sheppard Keen and family moved up the
state several months ago, the house after
ward being occupied by the family of his
brother-in-law, John White, who also vacated
the same about six weeks ago, when they
moved to Berlin, N. ]. There was no furni-
ture in the house at the time of the fire.
December School Honor Roll.
Grades Six to Nine, J. w. Tilton teacher
Viola Shovel, Helen Price, Mae Bell Hates,
Ella Shovel, Carolyn Schoephin, Louise
Carly, Theon White, Leroy Mattson, Leroy
Hammell, Harry Conover, Roland Hates,
BENJAMIN Sutton. Attendance percentage,
1926 %.
Grades Four TO Five, Leona E. Hart teach
Banning, Esther Boice, Thelma
Giberson, Dorothy Hammell, Grace Libby,
Kathryn Miller, Edith Prescott, Ethel Price,
Ruth Reed, Jessie Shovel, Helen Ware, Adel-
ma Miller, William Dolqueist, Gordon Ora
per, Ladow Hammell, Lewis Johnston, Ed
ward Mccarthy, Clarence Moore, Edmund
Smith. Attendance percentage, 500
Grades Two and Three, Hulda l.. Tilton
teacher-Lazetta Taylor, Ada DeHayen,
Grace Prescott, Esther Overpeck, Anna Nc
Carthy, Jennie Moore, Emma Dolqueist, John
Reed, Joseph Price, Haines Johnston, Ber-
tram Hammell, Carlton Giberson, Ferdinand
Bruckler. Durham Boice, Harry Banning.
Attendance percentage, .87%.
First Grade, Carrie G. Reed teacher
Kathryn Smith, Maude Rider, Louetta Rider,
Clara Miller, Mary Dolqueist, Edith Chappell,
Leroy Taylor, Carl Hornbostel, Walter Ham
NELL, Albert Chappell, Harold Coon, Peter
Bruckler, Matthias Bruckler. Attendance
percentage, 1925 o..
Absecon Council Reorganises.
The Absecon Council met at noon on New
Years Day in the Council Chamber and
organized for the ensuing year. Present
were Councilmen Barton, Cheyney, Henry,
Craven, Hackett and Pitney and Clerk John
son. Councilman Carton was absent, as was
Absecons new mayor, Harry Mattson, Sr.,
who was confined to his home by an attack
of the grip. There is no change this year in
the personnel of the C~ouncilmanic Body,
Messrs. Hackett and Pitney having been re-
elected last fall.
his colleagues as chairman, after which Off
GERS were elected as follows:
City Solicitor-Alber c. Abbott.
Street Supervisor-Harry Mattson, Jr.
Fire Warden-Elmer c. Bates.
Board of Health-Samuel Johnson, 8 years !;
s. w. Giberson, 2 years, and T. D. Shovel,
l year.
City Engineer-Raymond P. Thompson.
p Janitor-Harry Conover.
Chairman Barton announced his commit
tee appointments for 1917 as follows:
Finance-Cheyney, Pitney, Carton.
Ordinance-Henry, Craven, Hackett.
Law and Rules-Craven, Carton, Cheyney.
Lights-Henry, Craven, Hackett.
Printing-Henry Craven, Pitney.
Streets-Cheyney, Hackett, Pitney.
Fire and Police-Craven, Hackett, Henry.
Wharves-Garton, Craven, Pitney.
Electric and Steam Railway-Hackett,
Craven, Henry.
Public Property-Hackett, Pitney, Henry.
License and Taxes-Pitney, Carton, Hack
EFT.
School Estimates-Pitney, Cheyney.
Water and Sanitary-Garton, Henry, Chey-
ney.
Drives and Walks-Pitney, Carton, Hack
EFT.
Following the organization meeting the
members of Council were guests of City Clerk
Samuel Johnson at dinner in the Adlor din
Ing parlor. The retiring mayor, J. Alton
Mitchell, also was present.
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