The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-08-18

According to schedule the Absecon
public school will reopen on Tuesday,
! September 4th.
Mrs. Cora Conover, of HammontOn,
came home last Wednesday to spend
several days with her parents, MI. and
Mrs. John Boice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Conover and
daughter, Leona, and Mrs. Harry Matt
son, ST., motored on Thursday of last
week to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
mer Shinn, at Pennsgrove. The May
or went up later in the week and re-
turned home with his family in their
car on Sunday. They report having
had a very pleasant time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry V. Miller and
daughter, Adelma, Mrs. Hannah Bow
en- and Mrs. ]. Alton Mitchell enjoyed
a delightful automobile trip to Cape
May last Sunday. They went by way
of Ocean City and returned via the
Tuckahoe route. They motored in Mr..
Miller's new touring car and covered
Ill miles.
Miss Clara Conover is spending her
vacation with the family of her broth
er, DR.. Howard Conover, at Barnegat.
Her aunt, Mrs. Mary Massey, also is
there for several days.
MIS-. EnOCn GlDeTSOu, Vhloo GInCl
Giberson, Mrs. James E. Sooy, Mrs.
Ira L. Giberson and daughter, Doro-
thy, Mrs. Frank Conover and sons,
Ralph and Stanley, Raymond Conover
and Master Carlton Giberson enjoyed
a full days outing at the seashore last
Wednesday,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Spokesman,
Miss Adelaide Carly and brother Fred
entertained the past week their neph-
ew and cousin, Mr.. Joseph Cation, Of
Chelsea, Mass.
Miss Helen Ware left last week for
Pennsgrove to visit relatives until
school re-opens here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fox, of SomerS
Point, formerly of this place, are hav-
ing a cottage built on West California
venue
Councilman and Mrs. George L..
Hackett motored to Ocean City last
s. Sunday.
Christopher Hare has placed his or
der with the Pleasantville agency for
a new Ford touring car, which he. ex-
poets to receive in about a week.
Irwin Rider is experimenting the
work of building the fence along both
sides of the new boulevard to Atlantic
City. Other Absecon men working on
the same job are Messrs. Daniel Reed,
Harry Carton, Nicholas Duley, Fred
erick Sutton and Frank Conover.
Miss Cordelia Black is spending sew
eral of her vacation days with relatives
and friends at Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Flatt, of
Egg Harbor City, were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Reed accompa-
MED their son Mark and his three
children on a delightful automobile
trip to Vineland last Sunday.
Mrs. Ann Johnson, who makes her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Clark,
has been spending this week with rela-
tives at PortRepublic.
A Christian Endeavor Social was
held at the home OIL Miss Gertrude
Draper last Thursday evening.
Members of the Presbyterian Church
formed a Steeplechase Party that en-
joyed the amusements on that pier in
Atlantic City last evening, Friday.
Mrs. Martha Clark entertained her
daughter, Mrs. R. F. Rankin, and
grandchildren, Viola, Jesse and Gene
We've Rankin, of Mortified, last We'd
nesday.
The North Absecon Tennis Club met
at the home of Miss Elizabeth Como
yer, at Conovertown, where they had a
jolly social time last Tuesday evening.
Miss Ruth Adams was the guest OF
Miss Della Smith, at Tuckerton, last
week. Part of this week she has been
visiting Mays Landing friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Valester
nave as their guests the latter's moth
er, Mrs. w. Davenport, and a relative,
of Brooklyn.
Mrs. M. M. Townsend received a
week ago the third letter from her son
Edmund, who is somewhere in Nor.
thern France. He writes that the
country is wonderful and most beauti-
full and that he does not blame the
French for fighting to save it. At the
time of his writing he was about ready
to start forth with a company of Off
GERS in his Cadillac car on a 400 mile
trip. Rigid censorship prevails over
all matters of correspondence, both in
coming and outgoing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Chamberlin, Of
Camden, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Smith over night last Tuesday.
While here Mr.. Chamberlin negotiated
for the purchase of the Margaret John
son property, formerly owned by Ed
win C. Lee, at Shore Road and Lotion
avenue
Miss Rachel Reed, aged rs, died last
Saturday morning from general debil-
ity incident to advanced age. Funeral
services were held at the residence of
her sisterin-law, Mrs. Harriet Reed,
last Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
were in charge of Rev. w. l.. Morton,
pastor of Mt. Pleasant NJ. P. Church,
P'easantville. Interment took place in
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Mrs. Laura B. Reed entertained the