The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
Absecon

Next sunday Will De AuUumndl-Ddy
in the M. E. Church. The church will
be decorated with vegetables, fruits,
flowers, etc. Everybody is cordially
invited to come out to the special SER
vices. In the morning Rev. c. M.
Johnston will preach on: Trailing
Home to God" In the evening a spe-
cial service will be held. The men,
bers of the Mems Bible Glass are in
vited out; in fact all men will receive
a hearty welcome. The pastor will
preach a sermon especially to men on:
"The Soldier-King's Lost Crown" All
children are invited, for the minister
will give them an object-talk on "The
Good Little Messenger-Boy." Every
body listen for the church-bell and
come to the services-you will receive
benefit.
Rev. Clarence M. Johnston attended
the Mobilization conference in Phila-
delphia on Thursday. Bishop Berry
called all the ministers together and
great meetings were held in Arch st.
M. E. Church and the Academy of Mu-
sic.
Mrs. Leo Carpenter, of Camden, WIS.,
tied the M. E. parsonage last Monday.
Miss Clara Conover, of the Trenton
lldl oChOOi, oPCit Ii WYNN hN
with her parents.
Rev. DR.. A. H. Lucas, of st. PauIs
M. E. Church., Atlantic City, was a
visitor pon Rev. c. M. Johnston the
other day.
DR.. C. C. Aliens residence is being
beautified with paint.
Kenneth Lutz, of Collingdale, Pa,
passed a pleasane weekend vacation
with ra1ofiuaC OF tho rocidannQ nf his
mother, Mrs. S.. A. Lutz.
The annual meeting and exhibition
of garments of the Absecon branch of
the Needlework Guild will be held in
the M. E. Chapel on Thursday after
noon, Oct. 25th, at $50 o'clock. Mem
bers and friends are invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Morris enter
tanned the latter's sister and brother
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice StrattOn,
of Vineland, part of this week. Mrs.
Norris planned to accompany them
home for a short visit, after which she
will s~ojourn with friends at Bridge
ton.
Walter M. Burns, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Burns, of Absecon High
lands, was the guest of his parents
over Sunday. Walter enlisted last
May in the Naval Coast Defense Re-
serve, but was not called until Thurs
day of last week, when he reported at
the Cape May training station, togeth-
er with "a other young men of Atlantic
City and county who will receive their
primitive instructions there.
Mr.. H. Kobler, of Colorado avenue,
is working as a carpenter on the can
Torment buildings at Wrightstown.
Miss Ethel Hammell enjoyed her
visit with her sister, Miss Olive Ham
nell, at Chatham, N. j., from Thurs
day until Sunday.
The residence of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Carton is being beautified with paint
on the exterior and interior. New
wallpaper is also adjoining their
rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Conover enter
tanned their daughter, Miss Clara Con-
over, of the Trenton Norma School,
from Thursday until Monday. On
Sunday a family reunion was held at
their home, all their children and
grandchildren being present, as fol
lows: DIR. and Mrs. Howard Conover
and children, of Barnegat; Mr.. and
Mrs. George B. Conoyer and Miss
Clara, this city.
The postoffice building is being
DdIIll6u ny Nl6O0lo D.. oLOnCil oiio AAtHA
nell.
Mrs. George Crawford and daugh-
ters. Grace and Ruth, of Gloucester,
N. J., we're guests the first of this week
of the family of her sister, Mrs. Susie
HartZell, and of another sister, Miss
Carrie Miller.
Harry V. Miller has exchanged his
new touring car for a new Grant Six
Sedan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mattson, Jr.,
entertained Mrs. Henrietta Adlor, Of
Pennsgrove, last week. On Sunday
they received a visit from Walter Adj
lor and Mrs. Mattson's brother, Leroy
Strickland, of P~ennsgrove, both OF
whom are employed at the Dupont
Works. Another of her brothers, AL
bert Strickland, who has been work.
ing as a carpenter on the government
buildings at Cape May without miss
ing any time since Decoration Day,
visited the Mattson home the past
week.
The many friends of Mrs. Townsend
D. Shovel will be pleased to learn
that on Thursday last she had so far
recovered from the effects of her re-
cent severe illness as to be well en-
ough to walk from her home dow to
the post office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Guenther, of
Atlantic City, and parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gustave Guenther, of this place,
motored on Columbus Day to the home
of the latter's daughter, Mrs. j. l..
Purzner, at Pomona.
MI. and Mrs. Gustave Guenther have
closed their Shore Road residence and
have gone to ~Pleasantville to spend
the fall and winter at the home Of