The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-06-02
Absecon

Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Carton enter
tanned the middle of this week Miss
Jennie Murphy. of Philadelphia.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gosline, of
Trenton, were guests over Decoration
Day of their daughter and son-in-law,
. Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Turner.
Mrs. Townsend Shovel, Mrs. AL
bert Yelland and Miss Leona Hart
motored in the formers automobile
last Tuesday to Trenton, where they
remained over night and returned
home the following day.
Mrs. Josephine Adams and Miss
Laura Adams had as their guests last
Tuesday Mr.. John E. Adams and FAM
lily, of Philadelphia, and on Wednes-
day, Mrs. Martin .Woodrich and
daughter, Blanche. of Atco.
Nh. Charles Stellar is still in a very
critical condition at his home on New
Jersey avenue, where he has been
confined for several months suffering
from Bright's disease. He has not
been able to lie down since Easter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stellar's three daugh-
tiers, who live out of town, were home
last week. They are Miss Chrissie
Stellar, of Wilmington; Mrs. Grover
Doughty, of Oceanville, and Mrs.
Frank Thomas of Riverside, N. ].
Mr.. Thomas was here also.
Edmund Townsend, son of Mrs. May
Townsend. who had been a student
and artificer at the Cadillac Automo-
bile School and Factory, Detroit, since
January, 1916, enlisted in the Marine
Corps and reported last Sunday at
Washington, D. c., for duty. He has
been assigned to the position of driv-
ing a Cadillac car for a group of Off
GERS. He expects to be home for a
few days before leaving for France.
Edmund will be accompanied by a fell
low mechanician in the Cadillac Fac
tory, both of whom are thoroughly
equipped to drive, repair or build a
Cadillac chassis.
Herman L. Madden entertained at
"a Hecker's Party at his home on
: Church street last Wednesday eve
ming. True to the significance of the
term most of those present were garb-
ed as country folk. Everybody had a
good laugh, a thoroughly happy time
and enjoyed themselves immensely.
Present were Misses Florence Draper,
Hannah Madden, Leona Hart, Flora
Robinson, Ethel Hammell, May Cor
derv Bessie Irons, Mr.. and Mrs. T. D.
Shovel, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. Audrey,
,sMessrs, 7. D. Carey, Walter Conover,
Fred. Henry and the host.
MI. and Mrs. Harry Mattson, Jr.,
entertained during the week ending
last Wednesday, the latter's sister,
Mrs. Daniel Steelman, and daughter,
Catherine, of Pennsgrove.
Mrs. Warren Ridgway, of Atlantic
City, called on Absecon relatives last
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Joslin motored
last Tuesday in their new coupelet to
Bridgeport, N. j., where they were
guests of relatives until Thursday.
The John Doughty cranberry bog at
Northwest Absecon was swept by fire
last Friday. 1t destroyed the plants
had been drained two weeks before
and was as dry as land the day it
was burned. The fire also burned
quite an acreage of young sapling
timber and a young peach orchard be-
longing to Mr.. j. Herbert, of Atlantic
City, superintendent of the bog. The
fire had been raging for a couple of
days and had destroyed many acres of
young cumberland before it was final
ly extinguished, after it had laid
waste to the cranberry bog which, ac-
cording to the superintendent, will
have to be turned over and reset with
plants before it will produce again.
This bog has been quite productive in
the past, especially the last few years.
The annual Children's Day exercises