The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-13

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John COnover, who was sent TO
Camp Dix a month ago, and afterward
transferred to Camp Meade, Admiral,
Md, was home last Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Turner and MI.
and Mrs. Edward Gosline motored on
the Fourth to Cape May and On Sun
day to Woodbury.. They brought a
friend home with them from the latter
place.
X Mrs. Lemuel F. BROMLEY returned
"YPhiladelphia last Monday, after
passing several weeks at her North
Absecon home.
Mrs. Cora Conover, of Camden, has
been sojourning with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Boice, this week.
William Schoepf1in, Jr., and family,
of Atlantic City, have leased Mrs. Jas.
B. Townsend's property on New Jersey
avenue.
Miss Esther Boice is visiting her
cousin, Miss Leira Conover, at Cam
6en.
Mrs. Harry Shull and children, of
Philadelphia, are visiting her mother,
Mrs. Jennie Freas, and other relatives
here.
Mr.. James Yelland, of Trenton, visit
ed the past week the family of his
daughter, Mrs. Townsend Shovel, and
his son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Yelland.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the M. E. Church will hold
their picnic mex Tuesday, July 18th,
on the premises of Mrs. E.. CarOlus
and daughter, Miss Florence, at North
Absecon. The members and their
friends will leave here about 1870 in
the morning. They are requested to
take a box lunch with them and to
prepare for a general good time.
Miss Olive Hammell left on Satur-
day for Washington, D. c., where h
probably will remain for an indefinite
period. She expected to be met there
by Miss Leona Hart, a former Absecon
school teacher, who is now doing gov
eminent work.
Mrs. Franklin G.. Turner has been
C1CCICu LCdCnCl VI II lOoAt III III hlth
grades in the Absecon school for the
fall term as the successor to Miss Leo
ma Hart. :
Mrs. Emily N. ROsseter
Bride of Mr.. John s. LeWiS.
A very pretty wedding ceremony was
performed last Saturday evening, July
{ 9th, at the residence of the bride on
Pitney avenue, when Mrs. Emily M.
= Rosseter, of Absecon, became the char
ming bride of Mr.. John s.. Lewis, of
Philadelphia. Rev. Clarence M. John
ston, of the M. e. Church, performed
the ceremony.
Following the ceremony a bountiful
collation. was served. Individual ia
vors were accompanied by appropriate
card drawings from the pen of the
groom.
happy couple were present as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Davis and Mr..
and Mrs. M. R. Davis, of Newark; Rev.
C. M. Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D.
Joslin, Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Ham
nell, Professor e. D. Riley, Rev. and
Mrs. Robert A. Elwood and son Rus
sci, of Absecon, and Rev. Ralph Schro-
der, of Atlantic City.
The ~newlyweds will make their
home here. They have the congratu-
lations of a host of friends for a happy
and blissful career.
Judge Payne Motors to Camp Dir.
\ Judge and Mrs. Howard Payne, their
laughter Marie, of Absecon, and Mrs.
1 Payne's sister, Mrs. Ellsworth Martin,
of ~Pleasantville, motored by way of
THammonton and Medford last Sunday
ITO Camp Dix to see Mr.. Payne's broth
fer Frank, who spent the winter here,
and Mrs. Martins husband, who also
lhas been at the cantOnment only a few
fweeks.
Frank Payne, who helped his brother
Yin his barber shop last winter, was
k;ent to the Jersey camp a month ago
talong with a large contingent of Mass
lhchusetts draftees. He hailed from
/ Worcester. He is a member of the
\t369th Battalion, but is awaiting a dis
charge from active combatant prepara-
Etions because of defective teeth. How
ever he believes he will be retained at
Camp Dix for guard duty or some sim
liar assignment.
, Ellsworth Martin, of Pleasantville,
is assistant cook of Regiment 346, In
fantry, Company l, Camp Pike, Arkan-
sas. He expects to be sent across in a
short time, as soon as his overseas
equipment is ready.
Judge Payne's family walked two
miles, after reaching the camp, before
they found the boys they were in quest
Of. Lack Of time prevented them from
locating more local men, several of
whom were still in quarantine.
After lunch they spent a short while