The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-07
Absecon

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Walk and
daughter Kathryn and Mrs. Daniel
Conover have been spending the past
week in the Quaker City and National
Park, N. j., visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Mrs. Daniel Conover, Sr., is very
sick at this writing.
Miss Nina Conover, of the Quaker
City, visited her mother Sunday. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Conover and
son Clarence were Atlantic City vlsl-
tors this week. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Irelan and
daughter, of Frankford, Pa, were
guests of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Irelan, over the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Praster, who re-
Gently sold their property near Shore
Road, north Of Church street, to At
lantic City parties, are moving into
the T~aliaferro cottage on New Jersey
avenue .
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G Turner had
as their guests over the Fourth the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
G~osline, of Trenton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Elliff have
been receiving a visit this week from
their daughter, Mrs. Owens. and two
sons, of Philadelphia. Mr.. Elliff is
Just completing the addition of a mod
ern ~glass-encased sun parlor and front
porch to his residence, "Glen Cottage,
North Pitney venue
Charles M. Kesler has been very i'll
the last ten days from the effects OF
an operation which he recently under
went for an internal trouble.
Mr.. Charles Nelson visited relatives
at Alloways, Salem County. on the
Fourth.
Prof. Elijah D. Riley entertained his
brother, MI. John Riley, of Harrison
vile, N. j., last week. Prof. Riley
was at Mays Landing and in Camden
on Monday. The last of this week he
has been in the northern part of the
State on a business trip. Next week
Mr.. Riley will attend the convention
of school principals and superintend-
ents to be held at Ocean City in con-
nection with the opening of the New
Jersey Summer School for teachers.
The Atlantic County Sunday School
Executive Committee met in the First
, Baptist Church, Atlantic City, on Sat
urday, and arranged the program for
the County Sunday School Convention
to be held in the Port Republic M. E.
Church in the morning, afternoon and
evening of Wednesday, September
18th. The outline of the program is
along the line of the ten-point stand
ard of excellence. There will be nu-
merous talks, discussions and address,
es. Every Sunday School in the coun-
ty will be requested to send automo-
bile loads of delegates. IT'S said the
Port Republic people have already be-
gun to fatten the oysters, raise the
chickens and grow the vegetables with
which to feed the people On that occa-
sion.
Richard w. Morris left on Monday
for Havre de Grace. Md, to spend an
indefinite s~ojourn at the home of his
daughter.
Henry l.. Smith, John Crammer, of
Absecon, and Kenneth Smith, of
Smithville, brother of Mrs. Ira l.. Gil
berson, this city, enlisted last Satur-
day in Director w. Frank Sooy's At
lantic City volunteer artillery compa-
ny, and on Monday afternoon all three
passed the medical examination. They
expect to go into training at Sea Girt
some time this month and will be
taken to France in the fall.
Irving Riley, son of Assessor Will
ldIl d.. IllleN, was SuCCCoolully OpCldC-
ed on for enlarged tonsils and ade-
noids at the Atlantic City Hospital
last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Warren Tilton and
Mrs Anna Ludlam entertained last
Sunday the l~atter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. |. S. Woolston, of Somers Point.
The Sunday preceding they entertain
ed the formers college chum, Douglas
Johnston, of Philadelphia. All three
were recent guests of Mr.. Wilbur Til
ton and family at Hammonton.
Mayor and Mrs. Harry Mattson,
Harry Mattson, Jr., Misses Helen Lutz
and Leona Conover enjoyed a delight
fal automobile trip last Saturday eve
ming to ~Pennsgrove, where they were
guests of Mrs. Mattson's sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer
Shinn, Sr.. and the Mayors nephew
and niece. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Feath-
erer, at Pennsville. They went by
way of Elmer, Woodstown and Salem
and returned via Bridgeton, Shiloh
and Vineland. They called on numer-
Gus friends and relatives at numerous
places en- route and arrived home Sun
day evening, after having motored $50
miles without being delayed by any
cause whatever.
Wilbur Shovel. an employee in the
Pennsylvania Railroad freight depart
ment, and family. of Camden, have
been spending this week with his pa
rents, Capt. and Mrs. Daniel Shovel.
Miss Ethel Hammell was the guest
of friends at Freehold wei Sunday.
She accompanied Reuben L. Babcock
on a motor trip in his new sedan on
the trip northward on Saturday, but
returned horne bv train. Mr.. Babcock
nront 70 MorA Rr1ncuick 70 hrinn his