The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-11-17
CONCISE NEWSLETS
O THE CITY
interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

L OllitLOhSpol pOulCfdl0.
State Senator James P. McNichol
died Wednesday morning at the home
of his son in Philadelphia.
The Board of F~reeholders have de-
cided to replace the barn recently de-
stroyed by fire by a temporary shed to
cost $500.
st. Margaret's Guild will meet at
the home of Mrs. John T. Hewes,
Woodland Avenue, Thursday after
noon, Nov. %.
At a meeting OF the Wesley M. E.
Sunday School Board it was decided
to hold their Christmas entertainment
on Christmas night.
Three Atlantic City families are oc-
cupying houses this winter in Oak
hurst, which previous winters were
idle, showing that Oakhurst is coming
into its own.
The Barnett family are still occupy
ing THE Cables, and so love our
good air that their large house in Cam
den bids fair to remain empty all win
ter this year.
The Queen Esther Circle of Wesley
M. E. Church will meet Monday eve
ming, Nov. 10, 7.30 o'clock, at the
home of Miss Blanche Lore on East
Washington Ave.
The trustees of Christ c. M. Church
will give a Sauer Kraut supper on
Thursday evening, Nov. %, for the
benefit of the church. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
st. Margaret's Guild will have a
pastry sale in Crawford's Drug Store,
on Cn%,-Ioxy offA,n@o, AT1x@,,nkA- II
Members will please send their dona-
tions for same to the Drug Store by 2
o'clock.
Through the kindness of Mr.. Ezra
Lake, Mr.. Calvin Burns was able to
plant on shares enough seed to supply
him with potatoes for winter, and he
is very grateful to Mr.. Lake for the
ground loaned.
The Board of Freeholders have de-
cided to place pom all bridges incapa-
BILE of carrying with safety motor
trucks exceeding ten tons in weight
signs calling the attention of the trav-
cling public to this fact.
Mrs. Fred. Wright's home, even at
this time of year, continues to be as
attractive as any bungalow with so
well planned surroundings. The well
trimmed hedge against the rich dark
bricks, making a lovely contract.
The Standard Bearers of Salem M.
E. Church will hold a business and
social meeting on Monday evening at
the home of Mrs. Charles w. Blake,
612 S.. Main street. 1t is hoped that
each of the young ladies be present.
The semi-monthly Card Party of the
Rosary Society will be held on next
Wednesday evening at Washington
Restaurant, 120 N. Main street. There
will be refreshments served free gratis.
Everybody invited. Game to start at
8 o'clock.
The pulpit of the Salem M. E.
Church will be filled both Sunday
morning and evening by Rev. Alexan-
der Corson, of the Broadway M. E.
Church, Camden, who will exchange
pulpits with his father, Rev. Penning-
ton Corson.
Five popular senior girls of our
high school are seen each Monday at
ter school doing their bit at the head
quarters of the Red Cross. The girls
are: Misses Armenia L. Risley, Ida
Collins, Hannah Rainear, Regina Coul-
ter and Adelaide Carly.
The Atlantic City Commissioners
last Thursday rejected all bids receiv-
ed for the city's entrance to the Abse-
con Boulevard. The lowest bid was
S153, 900, and it is proposed to revise
the plan believing that a saving of at
least $4,000 will result.
The mainland has exhibited great
interest this week in the Y. M. c. A.
campaign to raise $35, 100000 for war
work. Pleasantville and the other Off
Shore towns have responded nobly to
the appeals made and are doing their
part in raising Atlantic County's $780,
900 allotment.
By directing Solicitor Higbee to
confess Judgment in the certiorari suit
instituted by Henry Wiederhold, of
Atlantic City, the Board of Freehold
ers on Wednesday killed the project
for erecting a memorial arch owe the
Absecon entrance to the new boule-
ward to Atlantic City.
Navajo Tribe, No. 275, of Ventnor,
held a class adoption in their Wigwam
on Wednesday sleep. Present on this
occasion were Past Great Sachem Ar
thur H. Stiles, Deputy Great Sachem
AL. Mccoy, Vi ulSLIlCL NO. 20, OdCllclh
Chas. Lutz and Jr. Sycamore Sol.
Mason, of Kinnewaugha Tribe, No. As.
A decree of divorce was granted by
Vice Chancellor Leaning to Mrs. Sadie
Luderitz, of Pleasantville, who charg'
ed her husband, former Patrolman
William Luderitz, with being unduly
intimate with Mrs. Sarah Freed, a di
vorced woman, in whose home he lived
in four different sections of Atlantic
City.
The Soldiers and Sailors Relief
League met on Thursday afternoon il
the Sun Parlor of the Willis residence
on e. Verona Ave. The League is still
prepared to supply knitted sets tc
New Jersey soldiers and sailors. Re
quests have come from Jersey boys as
far away as the Aviation Station, Pen
sacola, Florida.
The Seniors of the Pleasantville
high school held their business meet
ing Friday after school. The officers
nracant wore. President Mr. Herman