The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-12-07
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN-
IcLEp BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

Leroy Shovel, of Fort Howard, near
Baltimore, spent Thanksgiving with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George ID.
Shovel.
Freebooter and Mrs. F. Fraley
Doughty spent the weekend at New
York City.
Mrs. George A. Coon and daughter
Laura passed Friday in Philadelphia.
Collector and Mrs. F, G.. Turner
made a business trip to Philadelphia
last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Kesler and
daughter visited Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Strahan and sons, at ~Collingswood, on
Thursday and Friday of last week,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin
entertained his brother William and
family, of Philadelphia, the latter part
of last week.
MI. and Mrs. Lewis M. Clark had as
their guests over Thanksgiving Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Elliott, of Philadel-
phia, who motored here in their auto
mobile.
Miss Salome Bradshaw, of Philadel-
phia, sojourned with DR.. and Mrs. c..
C. Allen last week.
Captain and Mrs. Daniel Shovel en-
tertained on Thanksgiving Day their
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Estella Shovel,
and granddaughter, of Verona, N. j.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
of the M. E. Church will be held at
the residence of Mrs. Charles M. Kes-
Ter, North Absecon, next Tuesday eve
ming, Dec. 10th, at 7.30 o'clock. Mem
bers and friends are cordially invited
to attend.
Mrs. c. M. Johnston returned home
the first of this week from a fortnights
s~ojourn with her mother, Mrs. Edward
Johnson, at the Mullica Hotel, Allan
tic City.
Former principal of the Absecon
school, W. Kelton Evans, of Camp
Meade, Admiral, Md, called on friends
Thanksgiving Day and remained over
night at the home of Reuben L. Bah
cock. Mr.. and Mrs. Babcock also en-
tertained over Thanksgiving her broth
er, DR.. William O.. Roop, who came
from Washington, D. c., and left for
New York.
Mr.. n Mrs. A. L. Hammell and
children and Mrs. Ida Babcock had as
their guests Thanksgiving Day MI. and
Mrs. r. L. Babcock and family.
Mr.. A. L. Hammell returned home on
Thursday from a cunning trip up he
coast. Most of the time he was in the
company of Walter Sapp, in the vicin-
ity of Tuckerton.
Herbert and Robert Giberson, sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Giberson,
have been very ill this week with the
influenza.
The monthly meeting of the Presby-
terian Mite Society was held last
Thursday evening at the home of Mrs.
r. A. Elwood
Red Cross meetings are still held
from 2 to 4.30 o'clock every Friday af-
ternoon, at the residence of Miss Han
nah Madden, on Church street. Less
interest has been manifested since the
outbreak of the influenza epidemic and
a special invitation is extended to all
women who car to meet at Miss Mad
denis every Friday afternoon. The
Absecon Red Cross is now sewing in
the interest of Belgian Relief Work as
well as other worthy causes.
Mrs. May Townsend entertained at
a family reunion at her residence on
Thanksgiving Day. Present were Mr..
and Mrs. Hosea Madden, of TuckahOe;
Mrs. R. A. Elwood and son, Miss Han
nah Madden, Herman l.. Madden, AL
len Townsend and DR.. and Mrs. Le-
lane S. Madden and son.
Mrs. Hannah Bowen, aged So, died
at her home at North Absecon last
Tuesday at 5 p. m. She had been bed
fast three weeks and suffered exceed
ingly toward the last. During the last
three years she had declined in health
and steadily grew weaker. She is sur
vived by two children, Mrs. Harry
Miller and Philip Bowen, and two
grandchildren. Funeral services con-
Quoted by Rev. C. M. Johnston will be
held at her late residence tomorrow,
Sunday, at l o'clock p. m. Interment
in Absecon M. E.. Cemetery.
Horace Miller, who lives in an apart
ment on the second floor Of the Sooy
Building, has been very ill the past
week.
William Schoepfin, Jr., a first class
horse sheer, has opened a blacksmith
snop on the Townsend property, north
of Station on New Jersey venue
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D.. Joslin were guests
of Mir. and Mrs. John S. Lewis last
Sunday.
Percy w. Smith, of Camp Humph-
reys, Accotink, Va, was home last Sun
day.
Sergeant Herman L. Madden return
ed to Camp Dix last Sunday evening,
after visiting relatives here five days.
AS he is a member of the 153rd Depot
Brigade, which it was announced
would be retained until the other di-
visions had been d~isbanded, it is i'm
possible to state how soon he will be
DISCHARGED, although indications are
more favorable for his return before
the end of this month.
One of the causes of the high tax
rate, SO OF, which the majority of tax
payers are wrought up over, is an APP
preparation of approximately $1,000,
demanded by the State Auditor of Mu-
nicipal Accounts to be raised this year
and applied to the credit of the School
Bond Sinking Fund. The appropria-
ton arbitrarily demanded by the State
authorities is in excess of the sinking
fund requirements for that purpose at
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