The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-10-12
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Mr.. Thomas Draper spent several days
the past week in Philadelphia purchas-
ing machinery, tools and materials for
the Bethlehem Loading Company, Mays
Landing, with whom he has a response
BILE position, having charge of a large
machine shop which will be one of the
finest and most thoroughly equipped shops
in this section of the country. He also
made a hurried trip to New York on
Wednesday to inspect and purchase light
boilers to be used in the different units
for the loading of shells.
Miss Louise Draper, of Pitney avenue,
and Miss Elsie Grunow, of Pomona, were
among the pupils of Atlantic County who
wen to the Trenton Interstate Fair last
Thursday, chaperoncd by Miss Fornan.
The girls are members of the Atlantic
County Champion Demonstration Team.
These young aides also gave a demon
they won first honors.
Miss Florence Kesler, whose condition
was SO critical a week ago, has improved
considerably and she is well on the road
to recovery
Mrs. Arthur Conover was sick in bed
last Wednesday and unable to attend the
funeral in her own home of her Oldest
son, Leon. The Who'll family, except Mr..
Conover, has been ill and under the care
of a physician.
The Shore Road bridge over the Abse-
con Creek has been shut off to vehicular
traffic and to pedestrians and all travel
has been diverted to the new part recent
" constructed as the entrance to the new
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structed at this point for an indeterml-
nate period ranging from four to SIX
months while repairs and reconstruction
work are in progress
Mrs. Edward Hackett and children have
been i'll this week. E.
Mrs. T. J. Hamilton has been confined
to her home by illness.
Eugene McAnney came home from Am
atol sick last Sunday night and has been
compelled to remain within doors ever
since.
Mrs. Leon Conover, daughter of Mayor
and Mrs. Mattson, was reported on the
sick list this week.
E. j. McCarthy's family have also been
suffering from illness the past week.
The Absecon railroad station has been
painted on. the outside; so nave their
other buildings.
Clarence Hackett, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Zephaniah Hackett, has been very ill
this week with pneumonia.
The public school has been closed this
week as a preventative measure against
the spread of the influenza epidemic.
Her school at Chatham, N. j. having
closed for. a week on account OF the in
turned last Monday to the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. p. Hammell;
Mrs. Albert Yelland returned home last
Monday from a %sojourn with relatives at
Trenton. e,
A son was born on Sunday to Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Miller, occupants OF the
Station avenue side of the Sooy building.
The %youngster tipped the scales at nine
and one-half pounds and has been named
Horace Edison Miller, Jr., after his ia
Their. Dad says: He's some boy"
Mr.. John Hackett mas been ill this
week with heart trouble at his home on
New, Road. His grandson, Wesley Hack
EFT, has also been suffering from a heavy
cold.
Mr.. John S. Lewis, of Pitney avenue
was shocked last Tuesday evening by the
receipt of a telegram from Philadelphia
informing him of the sudden death from
pneumonia of his son, John e. Lewis,
aged rs, a prosperous. real estate dealer
who leaves a wife and two children, the
youngest of which is three months old.
Funeral services were held yesterday
(Friday) afternoon.
motored to Berlin last Monday and
brought home with them Mrs. Payne''s
mother, Mrs. Martha O'Neill, who is
spending a week at their home.
Leon Conover, aged 10, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Conover, of Conovertown,
succumbed early Monday morning. to the
rayages of pneumonia, which quickly de-
veloped from a cold, after he was thought
to be greatly improved and felt so much
better a few days before his death that
he went out doors. Subsequently he suf-
fered a relapse, took a decided turn for
the worse, resulting in the fatal termina-
ton. Leon Conover was a popular youth
and for the past year had been employed
at the Absecon station, first as freight
clerk and then as t~elegrapher. Funeral
services were held last Wednesday after
noon at his late home. Interment took
place III lllc IItoDN ldi tiliCIC
A son was born on Tuesday of last week
to Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Carton, for
merly of Absecon, at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus McKeen,
Atlantic City.
4 Ford delivery ear d]ispl9ying the
name of William l. Segal, produce mer-
middle of the causeway last Sunday. at
noon, while on its way to the Seayiew
Golf Club, it is said. The driver made a
sudden, quick turn out to pass another
Xrahialn and tho a nNppfl1rnpd according
to spectators. The arms supporting the
front axle were bent upward against the
frame of the chassis and the steering
spindle rods were bent and twisted.
Confused and bewildered by the red
lights hanging from the railing shutting
off travel at the north side of the Shore
to see the word Bridge in an electric
sign over the new bridge addition, Mark
Higbee, a farmer of Higbeetown, drove
his Ford truck loaded with tomatoes and
farm produce across the junction of the
two State highways up onto the sidewalk
on the railroad property at 4.S0 O'Clock
assembly received the brunt of the, i'm
pact with the street curbing which dam
aged the parts beyond repair and new
ones had to be installed. The fender
grazed an electric light pole as the ma
chine mounted the sidewalk.
Found Unconscious, Veteran Dies.
Found in an unconscious condition as
he lay on the dining room floor by ms
nephew, Daniel Scull, and family, OF At
lantic City, who just happened to drop
in at 5 o'clock last Saturday AFTERNOON;
Thomas Chew Joslin, aged "A, a Civil
War veteran, of Mays Landing, died at l
O'Clock on Monday afternoon, without re
gaining consciousness, at the home OF his
brother. Jonathan d. Joslin, South Abse-
son. Death followed from the effect of a
uremic CONFUSION.
How long HI had been unconscious
when found it is impossible to state as
the last seen of him out-of-doors by
.neighbors was the afternoon before, a
doctor was procured as soon as possible,
but upon the first visit no hope was given
of his recovery. Neighbors We're called
in and relatives here, at Atlantic city
and Mays Landing were notified; Some
came by rail; others by auto. Mr.. and
mrs. J. d. Joslin, who We're up in the
country visiting relatives, were phoned
for Saturday night and came home from
Bridgeport, N. j., Sunday morning, reach
ing here at noon.
The stricken mar. was brought from
Mays Landing the Monday preceding his
seizure, when his condition was appar-
entity normal, to look after the Joslin
home while they were away or a weeks
visit. They left on Wednesday, Oct. 2nd.
The remains were removed Monday
afternoon to the home of the veterans