The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-28
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

st. Margaret Gullu Will meet dt
the home of Mrs. Hickok, Blenheim,
on Thursday afternoon, August 2.
A farewell party was held in Leeds
Point hall in honor of Kenneth Smith,
who left for Sea Girt, on Wednesday.
Persons having magazines which
they are about to discard are requested
to bring them to the Red Cross head
quarters any day between 8 a. m. and
IL m. or 1.30 and 5 p. M, and they Will
be forwarded to our soldier boys.
The Pleasantville Public Library
wishes to to its subscribers,
that should it become necessary to
send a collector for overdue books,
after three consecutive notices have
been mailed, an extra charge of Is
cents will be added to fines.
The P~leasantville Press was pre-
scented this week with an odd curios-
ity in the flower line in the form of a
bouquet of dahlias green in color.
They came from Herman Kirscht, who
is an expert with flowers and grew
them at his Pleasantville home.
Raymond A. Ireland, son of Alfred
ireland, contractor and builder, who
for the past seven months has been
employed at the Acme store, has been
transferred to the management OF
their store at 2514 Atlantic Avenue.
Atlantic City, and assumed his new
position July %.
Magistrate w. D. Speese and his
constable, Daniel Half, both of Egg
Harbor Township, were arrested near
Cardiff and taken to Atlantic City on
Thursday charged with conspiracy
and extorting money from autoists.
There are four counts against the
magistrate and two against the con-
stable.
The first Parcel Post mail sent to
the Pleasantville Boys who enlisted in
Battery D, of Atlantic City, was depos-
tied in the local postoffice ten minutes
after the patriotic lads left for Sea
Girt, Camp Edge" This consisted of
a package of Liberty" envelopes and
writing paper for each of the Is SOL
diers, a donation from T. George Mid
dleton, our Main street Printer.
Prof. w. NJ. Dickens, the dean of
Morgan College, Baltimore, Md, will
lecture at Asbury M. E. Church next
Tuesday evening on Fifty Years EN-
ancipation of the Negro" Prof. Dick
ems is noted as one of the most bril-
liant orators of the race, and this is
an opportunity that all should avail
themselves of. Such a rare treat will
probably never again be offered and
he should be greeted with a capacity
house.
The Atlantic County Christian En-
deavor Society will give a moonlight
sail lex Thursday evening, Aug. End,
starting from the Inlet wharf on the
yacht Chalfonte promptly at 8 O'Clock.
Members of the county executive COM
mittee are requested to meet at the
wharf at 7.15 that evening for the dis
cussing of important business. 1t is
hoped that there will be representa-
tives from as many of the Societies
as possible. A good time and some
thing good to eat is promised.
The Queen Esthers met at the home
of Mrs. C. A. Campbell last week with
IL present and their president presid-
ing. They decided to have a pastry
sale in Crawford's drug store, Satur-
day, July 28th. Committee appointed
on same are: Hannah Godfrey, Eva
Collins (president), and Ellen Blake.
Proceeds for benefit of their scholar
ship. They also decided to visit the
Steeplechase pier, Atlantic City, at the
time of their regular meeting, the
third Monday in August. Mrs. Chas.
Stephenson delighted them with one of
her delightful talks.