The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-08-25

Pier, Atlantic City, last Friday. Those
composing the party were Mrs. Sadie
Smith, Miss Hannah Madden, Misses
Florence and Louise Draper, Lena
Lee, Gertrude Draper, Adelaide Carly,
Marie Schlachter, Kathryn Smith, Mr..
Thomas D. Carey, Allen Townsend,
Samuel Smith, Valentine ~Schlachter,
Gordon Draper, Emerson Shovel,
Fred Carly, Samuel Smith, 3rd, and
Edward Mccarthy.
Miss Helen Lutz received in Tues
day mornings mail a large cocoanut
sent by parcel post by her father,
Samuel A. Lutz, from Long Beach,
Florida. The cocoanut was sent
through the mail in it's original hull
just as it had been plucked from the
cocoa palm, the address and stamps
appearing on the outside as any ordi-
nary package.
A lawn tennis tournament in which
about sixteen players will participate
will be held on Mr.. and Mrs. A. L..
Hammell's court On Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ananias Carton have
been entertaining the past week the
family of their son, Mark Carton, of
Westville, N. J. On Sunday a week
ago they received a visit from another
son, Frank, and his two sons, of Fox
Chase, Pa.
During the last two weeks several
hundred perch fish have been caught
with hook and line by children and
adults from the sides of the Absecon
bridge and along the banks of the
/ creek. The popular pastime is prov
ing great sport for the children.
Misses Ruth and Frances Hartzell
are entertaining their cousin, Miss
Mabel Miller, of West Philadelphia.
Local Parties Motor to Sea Grit.
Three local automobile parties mo-
tored to Sea Girt last Sunday to spend
the day with Henry L. Smith, Ken
meth Smith and John Crammer, the
three local youths who enlisted in the
Atlantic City Battery and have been
in training there the past month pre-
paratory to being removed to a south
ern training camp. Postmaster Town
send Shovel took his two sons, AL
fred and Emerson; his father, Alfred
Shovel, and Messrs. Joseph Smith,
Sr. and Jr., in his car. Ira L. Giber-
sons auto contained his family and
his wife's uncle, Thomas Scull, of
Leeds Point. Kenneth Smiths pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Smith; his
| sister, Miss Myra Smith; lis brother
Gilbert and Albert Tally, of Smith
vile, composed the third party. They
found the boys well and fairly well
c~ontented and getting accustomed to
army life and rations. They witness
ed the dress parade at 4 o'clock, the
saluting of the Flag and listened rapt-
ly to the martial music of the bands
as they dispensed military airs and
played the Star Spangled Banner in
an emotional and significant manner.
The parking spaces outside the camp
| site were packed with a solid mass of
automobiles from all parts of the
, State. The local motorists left here
at 6 o'clock Sunday morning; Smith
vile at $50, and arrived at Sea Girt
three hours later. Leaving Sea Girt
at $50 they arrived at Smithville at
$50 and reached home an hour later.
The Shovel party continued their
trip to Asbury Park and Bradley
Beach, and travelled nearly two hun
dred miles during the day. The trip
was made in Ford automobiles and
was without accident of any kind. All
declared it to have been one of the
best days they had ever passed. The