The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-14
Absecon

You are cordially invited to attend
the twilight. service of song and gos-
pei in the M. E. Church IN Sunday,
$50 P. M. The pastor will speak on
"Old Wives Fables" Come out and
bring the family. You need the
church and the church needs you.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. P. Thompson,
of Camden, were recent visitors at he
M. E. parsonage. Rev. DR.. j. B.
Haines, of Camden, vas also a visitor
upon Rev. C. M. Johnston this week.
Rev. J. w. Rose, of Keansburg, N.
J., assisted in the M. e. service Sun
day morning.
Rev. c.. M. Johnston attends the
funeral today of Rev. S. w. Lake at
Ocean City.
When the New York express train
made a special stop at Absecon last
Tuesday evening to discharge passen-
gers, it was unable to proceed to At
lantic City because of a leak the size
of a lead pencil in the under side of
the locomotives boiler. After forty
minutes delay an engine dispatched
from the resort pulled the train to it's
destination.
Miss Olive Hammell returned home
on Wednesday evening from a fort
nights visit with friends at Platts-
burg, N. Y, to spend the summer with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. p Ham
nell.
Suffering from uremic poisoning,
John Praster was taken to he Allan
tic City Hospital last Wednesday NOR
ming. He has been in a critical condi-
ton.
Miss Ruth Adams has been enter
tanning this week Miss Elizabeth Ad-
kinson, of Paterson.
Miss Laura Coon is expected home
this Saturday from Scranton, where
she has been spending the past fort
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tozer, of Mill
vile, were guests of Freebooter and
Mrs. Edwin Robinson, from Saturday
until Monday.
DR. and Mrs. C. c. Allen entertained
the first of this week Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Newell, Of Pemberton.
The Van Hogan family, of Prince
ton avenue, Atlantic City, are occupy
ing their residence, Shore Road at
Illinois avenue for the summer
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Joslin had as
their guests from Saturday until Tues
day, Miss Helen M. Sheets, of Bridge
port, and Miss Ethel Rork, of West
Chester, Pa.
Miss Reba Mason, of Atlantic City,
is visiting her brother and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Mason and son John.
DR.. E. H. Madden and family receiv-
ed a visit last week from his brother,
Mr.. Hope Madden, of the State Capt.
tai.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Guenther, of the
Quaker City, were over Sunday guests
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gustaye
Guenther.
Mr. and Mrs. George L.. Hackett en-
tertained last week their former
neighbor, Mrs. Harry Camp, of Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ards, of the
Quaker City, were over Sunday guests
of the lattcr's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Smith, Sr.
A very pretty, yet quiet wedding
was solemniZed on Saturday, June
Both, at the parsonage of Christ M. P.
Church, Atlantic City, when the pas
tor, Rev. C. d. Sinkinson, united in
marriage Miss Claytina Higbee, for
merly of Absecon and daughter of the
late Clayton Higbee of this place, and
Mr.. Edward Thomas Martin, of New
York City.
Mr.. C. A. Gelbke and family, of De-
troit, Mich, are beginning building
operations on their Absecon Highlands
property, which they purchased ten
years ago. They left Detroit on Mon
day, July End, in their Ford car, and
arrived here the following Thursday
They would have reached here on the
Fourth they say had they not spent
Sauna fipno of Gottuchuro ond CQUpro1
more places of historic interest en-
route. They expect to reside at Abse-
con Highlands.
William H. Adkisson, of Philadel-
phia, visited his mother, Mrs. Elmira
Adkisson, and brothers on Bolton ave-
nue. over Sunday.
Roland and May Belle Hates return
ed home last Tuesday from a pleasant
visit with relatives at CollingSwoOd.
Several carloads of small self-dump-
ing sand and gravel cars and several
\ hundred sections of track arrived the
first of this week and have been moved
to the new boulevard near the Absecon
entrance. This equipment will be u.s.
ed in hauling sand and gravel for the
surface fill and dressing for the trans
meadow boulevard. 1t Is understood
the track will be laid on Delilah Road
to large gravel beds, a couple of miles
west of the Shore Road, which will
supply the requisite quantity.
While playing with a half dozen boy
companions on these small cars at the
boulevard entrance last Tuesday I'VE
ming, Peter Bruckler, thirteen year
old son of w. Bruckler, of Station ave-
nue., fell between two of the cars
tearing the flesh ON the side of his left
leg below the knee for a distance of
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