The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-12-29
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A very fine service was held in the
M. e. Church last Sunday night. About
so bows and girls lined up before the
altar and Rev. C. M. Johnston present
ed each one with a Khaki New Testa-
ment. The children have attended
church Sunday night for two years.
This Go-To-Church Band presented the
pastor with a fine silk umbrella. May
or Mattson made the presentation
speech.
An interesting service will be held
next Sunday evening in the M. e.
Church. The pastor will give an illus
trated sermon: 1.-THE Early Days of
Christ" A number of lantern slides
will be used.
The Mems Bible Glass of the M. e.
Church gave their teacher, Rev. G. M.
Johnston, a purse of money for Christ
mas.
Martin Carly and Raymond Gatchel,
of Camden, were guests of the form
er's grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin Spiekerman, his sister Adelaide
and brother Fred, from Monday until
Christmas night.
Miss Olive Hammell is home from
Chatham, N. j., to spend the holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. T.
Hammell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Johnson, resi-
the last three and a half years, moved
to Atlantic City last Monday.
Mrs. Minnie Ireland and son Russell,
of Collingswood, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. F. Fraley Doughty over
Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Steelman and
daughter Kathryn, of Pennsgrove, Wis
tied his aunt, Mrs. Rebecca Tilton, on
Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Strong and
Kenneth Lutz, of Collingdale, Pa, are
spending their holiday vacation with
their mother and sister, Mrs. S. A.
Lutz and daughter Helen.
Albert and Leroy Strickland, of
~Pennsgrove, were Christmas guests at
the home of their sister, Mrs. Harry
Mattson, Jr.
Vincent Lake, Benjamin Conover
and Melvin Adkisson left last Friday
for Hog Island, to work at the gov
eminent ship yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Conover have
been spending the past week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Fry
mire, in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Anna Ludlam and Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Warren Tilton nave entertained
since last Saturday the formers sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob.
ert Steel, and daughter Roberta, of
Clarks Summit, Pa. Their guests in
addition, on Christmas Day, were the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Israel
S. Woolston, of Somers Point.
Two futile attempts were made, one
last Saturday night, the other early
Sunday morning to break the lock
which fastens the door at the entrance
to the chicken roost on the Rocking
ham Hotel property. The first time
he was frightened away; the second
time he was given a chase to the creek
and there rounded to.
Mrs. Jennie Freas entertained over
Christmas her daughter and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shull and chill
dren, Esther, Gladys and Elva, OF
Philadelphia.
The right cylinder head on the loco.
motive drawing the eleven o'clock pas
senger express through here last Sun.
day morning blew off with a violent
percussion, audible for nearly a mile
within twenty feet of the Shore Road
crossing. Twenty or more passengers
who had just alighted from the II o.
clock Suburban trolley were standing
outside the gates. They experienced
a feeling of danger and were, together
with the 1agman, nearly deafened by
the report. The train came to a stop
a half mile further down the line and
had to be drawn across the meadows
by another engine from Atlantic City.
The cylinder head landed on the road
bed. This is the second time an acct
dent of this kind has happened at the
same crossing. A couple of years age
n blew off only a few feet beyond
where the fiagman was standing. AT
that time it did not drop down, but
was hurled out into the meadows.
Relatives here received word from
William B. Smith, P~ennsgroye, last
Saturday, that his mother, Mrs. Sarah
Smith, formerly of this place, was
critically i'll n in a precarious con
dition. His aunt, Mrs. James Hender-
SON, FASTENED to their home. Notice
of her death was received Wednesday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea Kendall received
a message from the home of their
daughter, Mrs. John Shaw, Freeport,
Pa, comforting upon them the title of
grandparents n announcing the
birth of a daughter, Ruth, on the 21st
inst.
Chicken thieves paid a visit Christ
mas night to the premises of Pitney
Blackman, but their efforts were not
crowned with success. as'"Capt. Pit"
sneaked out of doors in the role of a
gum shoe man, and with his double
barreled shot gun dispersed the intru-
ders at close range.
Mrs. Myra Cole Nixon. of Phillips
burg, N, j., was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs, Robert Mclaughlin last Thurs
day,
Mr., and Mrs, Robert Mclaughlin
went to Philadelphia yesterday. Fri
day, to spend several days with rela-
tiyes,
Fred C., and Miss Lorine Boice en-,
tertained the Following relatives at
Christmas dinner at their Shore Road