The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-21

~lHlueuZd, Wulle dDOdTu LIS lug EuIe-
ka, and that he had been sent ashore
Sunday or Monday to the Government
Hospital on Staten Island. For 20
years Sylvester Smith, formerly of Alb
secon, has been chief engineer on the
tug Eureka, in the service of the Sta
Piles Transportation Company, of Fall
River, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Ireland received
a letter last week from their nephew,
Walter Naylor, in France. His letter
dated since the armistice was signed
stated he was well and all right. He
was the first local selective service
man called to the colors fifteen months
ago.
Henry l.. Smith wrote to his parents
here, Mr.. and Mrs. Darius Smith, and
to his sister, Mrs. Baker Bowen, at
Leeds Point, that he, Kenneth Smith
and John Cramer, all local volunteers,
arrived at the fighting front the day
after the firing ceased, after having
been hard in training a year and four
months. He wrote all three were we'll
and seeing great things.
Miss Olive Hammell is expected
home the last of this week from Chat
/ ham, to spend the holidays with her
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Miss Clara Conover and Miss Eliza
beth Conover, of the Trenton Normal
School, are expected home next Tues
day, to visit their parents and other
relatives during the holidays.
A black and white bird dog was
killed by the 2.40 northbound express
at the Station avenue crossing on
Wednesday afternoon.
SaUaro1 onopnOtiUac on tho Donncu
line through here have been equipped
with powerful, penetrating electric
headlights, which light up the tracks
ahead for several hundred yards and
enable the enginemen to see clearly
where they could not see at all with
the old style oil lamps. Current is OBJ
tanned from a generator attached to
the forward part of the engines. All
the locomotives, it is said, will shortly
be provided with electric headlight il
Elimination, which is a decided i'm
provement and an efficient safety
First" measure.
J Chief of Police and Mrs. Thomas
Hutchinson, Jr., have given up their
quarters in the Sooy Building and are
making their home at the Hotel Rock
ingham.
The Presbyterian Bible School will
give their Christmas entertainment in
the church next Monday evening, Dec.
23rd, at 7.30 o'clock, to which all are
invited.
Luigi Cattani, the barber, has been
confined to his bed the past week gem
orally i'll over the loss of his son Louis,
who died in France the first of last
month, the announcement of which he
received a fortnight ago from the
War Department at Washington. For
seven years prior to being drafted last
spring he had held a position as ma
chinist in a steel plant at Newark, N.
j. His employer regarded him highly
for his efficiency, skill, faithfulness
and dependability and told him his
position would be open to him upon
his return. He was also a musician
and gave instructions in the evenings
on both the piano and violin. Young
Louis spent three days here with his
parents last Christmas, which makes
the loss seem doubly hard to bear at
this time.
Mr.. n Mrs. Leonard Rogers enter
tanned last Sunday at their residence
IN Hammonton in honor of their first
wedding anniversary. The table was
beautifully decorated and a fine seas
enable dinner was served. Present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Fairbroth-
ers, of Atlantic City; Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Fairbrothers, Miss Cornelia Fair
brothers, Edna, Maisie and Stanley
Fairbrothers, of Absecon; Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas, of Cedar Lake; Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Chew, Sr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Chew, Jr,, Miss Annie Chew.
of Newtonville; Mr.. Frank Dudley,
Miss Alice Martin, Mrs. Charlotte L.
Rogers and Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Rog-
ers, of Hammonton. Mrs. Rogers was
formerly Miss Lavinia r. Risley, OF
~Pleasantville.
Miss Helen J. Smith visited friends
at Hammonton last Sunday.
Miss Maisie Fairbrothers is spend
ing a few days with Mrs. L. G.. Rogers
at Hammonton.
Mrs. Jennie Freas is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Harry c.. Shull, at Phil
adelphia.
Mrs. Jennie Freas, Mrs. Earl Fair
brothers and Mrs. Edgar Freas spent
Tuesday in Atlantic City.
On Thursday noon a deer supposed
ly driven down by dogs from his clan
destine haunts in the woods passed
down Faunce Landing Road heading
for the creek, which it is believed he
swan across. The f1eet-footed traveller
passed across Joseph Smiths front
yard and turned toward the creek near
the Blackman barn. About 4 o'clock
that afternoon tracks of same descrip-
'tion as left by the animal here were
seen in the vicinity of Jonathan's
Th%oroughfare.
During the fog and rain last Satur-
day morning a Dodge touring car driv-
en- by an officer at the Amatol Loading
Plant, and containing two men and
two Women crashed headfrst into the