The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-20
Absecon

Rev. Clarence NJ. Johnston has been
confined to the house with the grip
He was unable to preach last Sunday
but expects to be in his pulpit this
Sunday
Captain Daniel Shovel, aged "a, is
ill at his home at North Absecon.
The officers of the Absecon M. E.
Sunday School were reelected last
Sunday afternoon for another year.
Lewis M. Clark purchased last week
a new model, Country Club, four pas
senger Overland motor car.
After months of delay Council
learns that its orders to have the cleo
trio street light in front of Christie
pher Hare's, on the Shore Road, re-
moved to the opposite side of the
street will be carried out in the near
future. At the turn in the road where
this light is located its rays have been
greatly subdued by the high trees.
Mrs. j. Harry Adlor has sold out
her restaurant and ice cream business
to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson
Jr., who will now cater to the de
mands of the public. Mrs. Adlor has
shipped her belongings to New York
and with her son Betron she will take
up her residence there, where Mr.. Ad
lor is engaged in the stained glass
business.
Mrs. S. A. Lutz and daughter Heller
returned home last Tuesday, followin.
a months sojourn in Florida.
On account of the funeral service OF
Captain Wesley C. Smith this after.
noon, the cake and pastry sale an
na11naa1 fA- Tho ax, tf1.o 1o- H.
postponed by the M. E. Woman's For
eign Missionary Society until next
Saturday Jan. 27. at F. G. Turner's.
Resulting from Councilmanic agi-
%tation, Freebooter Fraley F. Doughty,
of the Second Ward, will be asked to
have the Board of Freeholders consid-
er the widening of the Shore Road on
the easterly side of the causeway,
particularly at the southerly end,
where the right hand side of the road
facing north abruptly terminates at
the intersection of Illinois avenue. A
large telephone pole at the point of
termination for months has been men
acing traffic. Several accidents and
accidents have occurred there re-
Gently. Last summer Council had a
green light placed on the pole; a
month ago it was changed to a red
light. 1t is now hoped to have the
pole moved and the road widened, Ell
Their ~diagonally from the starting
point or straight ahead, for the full
The Absecon Minstrel Troupe which
staged such a successful show in the
school auditorium for the benefit of
the Ushers' Union several weeks ago
is arranging to give another benefit
performance the latter part of Febru-
airy, in the interest of the Mems Bible
Glass of the NJ. E. Church. AS n
nounced, the show to be presented will
be replete with a full line of new and
entertaining song hits, sketches and
A meeting was held last Monday
evening to discuss plans for a munic-
ipal electric light plant. 1t is claim
ed by those back of the movement
that a saving of about 400 could be
effected in the cost of city lighting, as
well as in the present prices charged
private consumers, providing the pro-
posed enterprise could secure the con-
tract for lighting the new boulevard
now being built from Absecon to At
lantic City. In the event of failure
to induce the municipality to take up
the nrODOSitiOn. it is considered nroh-