The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-03
CONCISE NEWSLETSs
ABOUT THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

a. Rev. ]. Kulp is holding extra servi-
!. ces every night at Central Church,
Linwood.
st. Margaret's Guild will hold a
Cake Sale on Saturday afternoon, Feb.
10, in Crawford's Drug Store.
The Mt. Pleasant Progressive Club
met. at the home of Miss Sadie Ennis
this week and spent an enjoyable
evening.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of Salem M. E. Church will
meet Monday afternoon at the home
'lof Mrs. Charles w. Blake, South Main
street.
Rev. w. I. Shoemaker will be the
special preacher in the evangelistic
campaign now in progress at Bethany
M. P. Church, Somers Point, on Mon
day evening next.
The home being erected by MI. and
Mrs. Paul Bailey, at Main street be-
low Edgewater avenue, is nearing
completion, and will be among the
prettiest homes in town.
A jury at Mays Landing this week
convicted George Leeds of assault and
battery upon George Bryant, colored,
dJ Ills IOIlG ucdI ADSCCO1l. LcSQo
claim was that he had been attacked
first.
1t is rumored that there is to be a
merger of five big chain grocery
stores. Of those involved three have
stores in Pleasantville, viz: Childs,
Acme Tea Co., and Dunlap. Unnec-
essary stores will be eliminated and
the expenses of operation reduced.
The Strand Theatre under the eff
ficient management of Cal. thinner
man, continues to draw large crowds
by furnishing its patrons the best line
of photo plays yer shown in this city.
Read the list of attractive offerings
for today and all next week appear
ing on page 5 of this issue.
The Legislature in joint session on
r Tuesday elected Newton A. K. Bugbee
to be State Comptroller. His term of
office begins February 20 and extends
over three years. When Mr.. Bugbee
assume office, both financial depart
ments of the State Government will
be under Republican control.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church
on Lake Place will hold their Sabbath
y School this Saturday morning at 10
I o'clock and church services from IL
to IL. On Sunday night at 7.3O, Song
Service followed at 8 o'clock by church
services. Elder Perez, of Atlantic
City, will preside at these services.
Pequod Tribe, No. At, 1. O. R. NJ,
on Friday night presented to Arthur
H. Stiles an %engrossed set of fesolu-
tons in appreciation of his thirty
five years service in the order Us cap
tain of the degree team. Mr.. Stiles
is also chairman of the Orphans
Board of the State of New Jersey,
with 1876 orphans under their care at
this time.
Assemblyman Bertram E. Whitman
introduced in the House of Assembly
this week a bill designed to clarity
the existing confusion surrounding
the ~pensioning of firemen. 1t pro-
{. vides for municipal administration of
= all the various funds and gives mu-
nicipal sanction to the system, with
an obligation to meet any deficits that
may arise.
Bible topics to be presented at the
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Lake
Place, ~Pleasantville, on Sunday nights,
beginning February 4th: World
History" "Christ, Second Coming"
"The Millennium" Mature of Man."
Nature OIL AHSelS OtdCe Vi IlS
Dead" "Home of the Saved" "Seal
of Cod" "Mark of the Beast" All
welcome; bring your bible.
In the Orphans Court at Mays
Landing on Wednesday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael DAILY, of Pleasantville, adopt
ed Elizabeth Agar, daughter of How
ard and May Agar. The child was
placed in the care of the petitioners in
October, 1914, when her parents sep
arated, the father going to Tuckerton
and the mother to Vineland. The
child consented to the adoption.
A. w. Petit, of Riverside, has C
ceeded Robert G.. Bredin as manager
of the H. j. Dennis & Co. Pharmacy
in this city, Mr.. Bredin being trans
ferred to the Wright Pharmacy in
Atlantic City. MI. Petit comes to
Please willie with highest recommen-
dations as a pharmacist, is a young
man of pleasing per nality, and will
doubtless be highlS successful in his
new position.
Miss Fannie Buchanan was found
dead on a sofa at her home in Oak
hurst on Monday morning by Master
Thomas Wright, who went to deliver
a paper to her. She was about so
years of age and lived alone. She
Vas a woman of some means, and
statements published in city papers to
the effect that she had not received
proper attention are without founda-
tion in fact. She had contracted a
cold, but not considering her condi-
ton serious, she had declined to have
medical aid.