The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-21
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
WHO COME AND GO
Personal Chronicle of Doings,
Gathered About the City
and Surroundings.
WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENDAR

MS nome tnlS week Dy Illness.
Mrs. Richard Collins, of Port Re-
public, is the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Charles w. Blake.
Miss Gertrude Helfrich is spending
several days as the guest of Miss Lot
tie Frambes, of Chelsea.
Miss Mildred Boyer and Miss Gladys
Stebbins were dinner guests of Miss
Mida C. Blake on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Rice, of Phila-
delphia, are guests for two weeks of
DR.. and Mrs. w. J. Hudson.
Miss Marion Buchanan, of Texas, is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Mary
j. Buchanan, of Wright street.
Mrs. Laura Thomas has returned to
her home in Philadelphia, after spend
ing a week with relatives in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Holdcraft,
of Gloucester City, were visitors at
Wesley M. E. Parsonage this week.
Mrs. Phoebe Adams and Miss Eliz-
abeth Thomas are spending several
days as the guests of relatives in At
lantic City. =
Mrs. Frank Smathers, Frank Sma-
theirs, Jr., Miss Marion Wright and
James Ryon Jr., motored to Philadel-
phia on Wednesday.
Miss Verna Higbee, of Atlantic
City, has returned to her home, after
spending several days with her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard w.
Bowen.
Mrs. May North Crist and daughter
Marjorie returned home this week fol
lowing an absence of several weeks at
Gettysburg and other points in Penn
sylvania.
w. Claude Bailey leaves today for
Ce%ntreville, Maryland, where he will
join his family for a short vacation.
Mrs. Bailey and Miss Henrietta will
return with him sometime next week.
Joseph A. McNamee, City Clerk of
Atlantic City, has rented Charles T.
Aliens house, at the corner of Wright
and Chestnut streets, and with his
family will occupy it until sometime
in the fall.
Mrs. David R. Lake and Miss Mer-
tie Lake left early this week for New
York City, whence they are enjoying
trips to nearby places of interest.
They will probably be absent two
weeks or more.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c.. Tompkins,
Mrs. Arthur P. Ryon and Gerald
Tompkins motored to Mount Holly
and Burlington IN Thursday. They
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Rogers, of Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Stephenson
were called to Bristol, Pa, on account
of the death of the latter's brother,
Mr.. Harry Crosby, a well-known citi-
zen of that place, who had been chief
engineer at the Bristol Water Works
for the last 20 years.
Ross Williams, engineer on a large
ocean steamer, visited his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Williams, this
week. Mr.. Williams assisted in the
transportation of the first American
soldiers to France, and he gives most
interesting accounts of his experience
eS.
John ]. Bannigan, of Providence,
r. l., and friend from Boston, who
have just completed training in the
Aviation Camp near New York, were
guests of James Ryon, Jr., on Monday
and Tuesday. These two members of
the Aviation Corps will sail for France
during the e two weeks.
Their many friends will be sorry to
learn that DR.. and Mrs. w. G. Rock
are planning to remove from Pleas
antville with the purpose of making a
permanent home somewhere in the
mountains. This is caused by the
fact that the doctors failing eyesight
compels his removal to a higher eli
mate.
DR.. Halvor L. Harley and son Bob
bic" left this week by automobile to.
inin Mrs H9r1aU at MilnChIrO Da
where she has been spending several
weeks at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Robson. DR.. H. G.
Munro accompanied the Harleys part
of the way to his old home in Penn
%sylvania.
William Champion is working at
his trade as a carpenter at the pro-
posed camp at Wrightstown. He
writes that there is plenty of work at
good wages, about 1000 more men be-
ing required at this time, and board
nay be secured right at the camp.
This is an opportunity for any unem-
ployed men in our city.
S. P. Leeds, president of the Allan
tic City Chamber of Commerce, Coun-
Gilman Albert E.. James, Assembly
man Bertram E. Whitman, Arthur p.
EOh, l. IL OObLOhg w VI l.
Il Gand George M. Bates wade a tour
of Cape May County on Wednesday in
the interest of Pleasantville's cam
paign for the South Jersey Normal
} School. They met with much encour-
agement.
Mrs. Margaret Raglan and Mrs. Hat
tie Treen, of Atlantic City, Mrs. Villa
Merritt and Mrs. w. G. Penhallow, of
Pleasantville, %journeyed to Harmon
ton Tuesday evening ito visit Camp
No. SIS, P. o. of A, where District
President Mrs. Merritt assisted by
Mrs. Treen and Mrs. Raglan officially
installed the newly elected officers of
), the Camp. The ladies report a de-
T lightful auto trip, a hearty reception
and a pleasant evening with the sis
tiers of Camp No. SIS.