The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-13
Absecon

John j. Elliff, of Absecon Highlands,
took a trip to Bridgeton last Sunday.
Patrick Powers, of Absecon High
lands, received his new Ford touring
car the middle of last week.
Mrs. Emily Rosseter and Mrs. Abram
Davis were entertained last Wednes-
day by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. JosHn.
Franklin G.. Turner sold his auto
mobile last Saturday to Mrs. Emma
Shovel and received his new Ford
touring car the anne day.
Messrs. Arthur Conover and Walter
Smith, the local conscripts at Camp
Dix, Wrightstown, were home again
last Sunday.
The quarterly meeting of the M. e.
Sunday Schools Home Department
visitors was held last Thursday after
noon at the home of the superintend-
ent, Mrs. A. L. Hammell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Davis, of New
arb were guests of his sister, Mrs.
En- = Rosseter, over Sunday. Mr..
DAVIS returned home the first of this
week, while his wife will remain here
for an indefinite period.
Mrs. J. Ross Natter has returned to
her home in Altoona, after spending
a fortnight's vacation at the Absecon
Inn.
Mr.. Joseph Lightner, of Tyrone, Pa,
will s~ojourn during the next few days
with his wife, formerly Miss Marguer-
tie Lutz, at the residence of her moth
er, Mrs. S.. A. Lutz.
Edward Hackett, of Pomona, local
railroad section boss who recently pur-
chased the Tweed property on Ohio
avenue, moved his family here last
Wednesday.
Thieves entered the sweet potato
patch belonging to Richard Giberson,
at North Absecon, last Sunday night,
and dug 100 hills in the center of the
patch.
Steelman R. Lee, head of the signal
department of the railroad in this dis
trict for a number of years, has been
transferred to Hammonton. He will
have supervision over the maintenance
and condition of the signal system be-
tween Magnolia and Atco. Mr.. Lee
will commute back and forth daily
until the last of this month, when he
will move to Hammonton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Shinn, of
Ventnor, last Sunday.
GIutrin, the liquid road binder, is
being applied to the county roads lead
ing north from Absecon. A special
large auto tank car belonging to the
Glutrin Road Company automatically
loads itself from large railroad tank
cars on the siding and distributes the
preparation over the road surface with
surprising rapidity. This road binder
prevents the surface of gravel roads
from diSintegrating and forming deep
ruts during severe winter weather.
Harry V. Miller has purchased a new
oliver typewriter.
Mrs. Jonah Clark has been very i'll
the last two weeks suffering from a
paralytic stroke.
Tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 18th, will
be "Go-to-Sunday-School Day" in the
M. e. Sunday School. This slogan was
adopted for the purpose of rallying all
the workers and forces and with the
view of gathering in many new men,
bers and lose for a long time absent.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Mails arrive at Absecon Post Office a.
follows:
From Philadelphia and West-7.3O and II
a. m. and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic City-6.30 a. m. and 3.4s
p. m.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-6.20 90, 9.25 and 9.45 q
N. $50 and 6.25 p. M.
The Office opens daily except Sunday al
6.15 a. m. and closes 7.15 p. nj.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route al
go a. m.