The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-19
Absecon

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Mr.. j.. Warren Tilton was the guest
of DIR. Warren Wood, at Hammonton,
over the weekend.
Mrs. Warren Tilton spent the week
end at the Trenton Normal School, of
which she is an alumnus. XIII Isl
Mrs. Anna Ludlam visitedher aged
father, who is in poor health. from
Friday until Sunday. at his home in
Son4ers Point.
Mrs. Wallace Weyerman sojourned
at Delaware Water Gap part of last
week.
Mrs. Albert Yelland was a Philadel-
phia visitor on Monday.
The Woman's Civic Club met in the
school auditorium last Thursday after
noon.
Mrs. Arthur Eaton and children, of
Philadelphia, + visiting Mrs. Chas.
Carr.
Mrs. Alfred Shovel visited the
family of her son, Charles Henry
Shovel, in Atlantic City, last We'd
nesday.
Mrs. C. NJ. Kesler and daughter,
Florence. visited Linwood friends on
Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Adams attended the
meeting of a Normal School society
at Trenton on. last weekend. Miss
Adams was graduated from that
school last June.
Mrs. Ella Martin, of Philadelphia,
is sojourning with Mrs. Joseph Eng
lish.
Charles Adams, of the Quaker City.
has been paying a visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Weaver.
Mrs. Sylvia Johnson's condition was
very serious last Thursday morning
from the effects of a hemorrhage. For
a time her life was despaired of. but
afterwards she revived a little. New
ertheless she is still in a critical state.
The funeral of Clement Cordery, of
Atlantic City, a civil war veteran, was
held in the M. E. Church here on
THURSDAY afternoon at 2 o'clock. In
torment was made in the M. E. Gene
terry. Mr.. Cordery was 80 years old
and was a native of Absecon, where he
lived until a decade ago. He is sur
vived bv his widow and several chill
dren.
Postmaster T. D. Shovel, Police
Chief Thomas Hutchinson, Councilman
George Hackett and Bank Director
Christopher Hare motored to Frank
linville one day last week to inspect a
large poultry farm.
Mrs. Emma Goldecker. aunt of Mrs.
Steelman Lee and Miss Sara Mathis,
is visiting relatives at New Gretna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Loveland, of
New Gretna, are making their home
at Mr.. and Mrs. Mariner Smiths. MI.
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Sand Plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin S. DeHaven
and children left last Monday on a
ten-days' vacation. Stopping at Har-
risburg for a short visit with relatives
the remainder of their time will be
spent at Reed City, Michigan. Mr..
DeHaven is the Absecon station agent
and during his absence the office work
is being cared for by Nj. Marion
Evans, of Pithan.
Mr.. Thomas Irving, who travels eX-
tensively in the interests of automo-
bile accessories, s%ojourned with friends
here last week.
While working on the new boule-
ward at Carrots Ditch early last We'd
nesday afternoon, a piece of heavy
bridge timber fell on Joseph Chappel's
right foot, breaking his big toe and
infiictinp a painful and Gripping in
jury.
Reuben l.. Babcock has purchased a
new Chalmers Sedan motor car, ele-
gantly appointed and handsomely
equipped.
Freebooter F. Fraley Doughty has
purchased a new Ford-Smith Form-a-
Truck combination chassis, on which
he is having mounted a truck body for
hauling oysters and clans from the
oyster landing up the shore to the
railroad stations.
Absecon M. E. Church.
Sunday services:-
1870 a. M. Sermon: "The Precious
ness of His Presence"
2.30 p. M, Mems Bible-Class. Come
spend a profitable hour.
7.30 p. m.. Sermon: "a Foe in Camp
Friendship" Also address to chill
dren.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Mails arrive at Abseeon Post ONCE a
follows
From Philadelphia and West-7.3O and L
a. m. and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic City-6.3o a. n. and 34s
p. m.
Mails close as follows;
For Philadelphla-6.ao, 9.25 and e45 u
m. $50 and 625 p. m.
For Atlantic city-9.45 a. m. SIS p m
The Office opens daily except Sunday 2
9 ID a. m. and closes 7.15 p. m.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route Al
Z 20 a. m