The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-09-22
Absecon

Edward Brandt received his new
Ford touring car last Tuesday.
Nearly two thousand bushels of
white potatoes are being harvested on
the Bay View farm at North Absecon.
Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin returned
home Tuesday evening from her vaca-
ton spent in the State of Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Conover are
entertaining her father, William Fry
mire, of the Quaker City.
Several hundred bushels of white
potatoes are being dug on the Cham
berlin property south of Reed road.
The crop belongs to forty Atlantic City
employees of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
The condition of Mrs. Townsend
Shovel is still improving. She hopes
to be well enough to be brought home
from the Atlantic City Hospital the
first or middle of next week.
The Clark Lumber Company has
been improving it's property on Station
avenue. New lumber and coal sheds.
scale platform, loading protection roof,
new fence and a dormer window in the
main roof are some of the additions.
Percy Smith is confined to the home
of his grandmother, Mrs. Caroline
Smith, with scarlet fever. The house
has been under quarantine since Wed
nesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shaw returned to
their home at Freeport, Pa, last Sum-
day, after being guests of the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea Kendall,
he for one week and she for six weeks.
Mrs. Martin Woodrich, of Atco,
spent Thursday at the home of Mrs.
Josephine Adams.
Miss Leonora Lutts and Mr.. Clarence
Hedden, of Newark, have been spend
ing a weeks vacation with the form
er's grandmother, Mrs. Josephine Ad-
ans, and aunt, Miss Laura Adams.
Freebooter F. Fraley Doughty is
shipping large quantities of oysters
and CLAIMS to the Philadelphia and New
York markets.
Miss Mary Simpson and children
returned m Wednesday to Irvington,
N. j., after spending the summer with
the formers aunt, Mrs. Emily Rosse-
ter.
Mr.. James Henderson is painting his
residence on Ohio avenue.
Mrs. Anna c. Fleming was the over
Sunday guest of relatives at Haddon-
field.
Mrs. M. L. Munson, of Atlantic City.
has been spending a week at the Pine
View Villa.
Mrs. Joseph Ireland and children, of
Peabody, Mass, have been visiting rel
atives here the past week.
Extensive improvements are being
made to the residence and buildings
on the Bayview Farm at North Abse-
con by the new owner, Mary E. Zippler.
Edward Hackett, of Pomona, rail
road section boss here, has purchased
the Tweed property on Ohio avenue,
and with his family will take posses
sion in the neal future. Mr.. and Mrs.
| John Hates, the present occupants, are
: preparing to move into the dwelling on
Bolton emu recently owned by Dan
iel E.. Steelman.
Mr.. and Mrs. George V. Draper have
been entertaining the latter's mother,
Mrs. NJ. Rogers, OIL Camden. Their
guests for the next few days will be
Mrs. Diapers brother and sister-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. George Rogers, of
the same city.
Through the efforts of the Womens'
Civic Club. a public meeting was held
at the school auditorium last Tuesday
evening at which Mr.. Paul Tapkan.
/ yice-chairman of the Atlantic City
Chapter of the Red Cross, was pres
ent, and gave a clear outline of the
work to be done. Addresses we're
also made by Pleasantville and Abse-
con people interested in the work with
the result hat the assembly decided
to organize themselves into an auXil-
iary of the P~leasantville branch and
the following officers were elected
Chairman, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Townsend; vice
chairman. Mrs. Lewis Clark; seere-
tary, Miss Ethel Hammell; treasurer.
Mr.. Roger Williams. Those present
We're very enthusiastic over the new
organization.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Mails arrive at Absecon Post Office a,
follows:
From Philadelphia and west-7.3o and II
a. M. and 6.45 p. M.
From Atlantic City-6.3o a. m. and 3.4t
p. M.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia. 20, 9.25 and 9.45 a
n. $50 and 6.25 p. m.
For Atlantic City-9.45 a. m. CPS p. M.
The Office opens daily except Sunday a.
SIS a. m. and closes 7.15 p. m.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route a
20 a. m