The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-15
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT THE CITY
interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

Charles w. Ingersoll has Joined the
rank of Notwithstanding purchased
a Ford sedan.
The Bethany Sunday SCHOOL, picnic
will be held at Mays Landing next
Tuesday, June 18th.
The Pleasant Villa is again open
for business under the proprietorship
of Miss Iona Bush, of Atlantic City.
The Pleasantville Public Library
will be open during the summer
months on Friday afternoons only,
from 2 to 5 o'clock.
1t is hoped that all the members of
Salem M. E. Sunday School, with
their entire families, will attend their
annual picnic at Mays Landing on
June 21st.
w. NJ. Rice, a boss carpenter en-
ployed by the Bethlehem Loading Co.,
at Mays Landing, has leased Mrs.
Lydia Gandy's house on N. Fourth
street for a year.
The Standard Bearers of Salem M.
E. Church are rehearsing a pleasing
playette entitled, "The Girls Over
Here, which will be given in the
church on the evening of June 2Sth.
Richard H. Lee was injured in a
crash between a trolley car and a
moving van in Atlantic City last We'd
nesday afternoon, and is in a critical
condition at the Atlantic City Hos
pital.
The increased rates of fare went
into effect on the railroads last Mon
day, the fare to Philadelphia on the
Reading, including war tax, one way,
being $1.6S, and IN the electric $1.56.
No round-trip tickets are sold.
This week was designated by City
Council as Cleanup Week, and al
though Pleasantville citizens gathered
together their rubbage as requested
in many cases it is still at the curb
line, teams having failed to collect it.
Acting upon instructions from the
State Board of Education and the
Fuel Administrator, the Board of Edu-
cation of Egg Harbor Township has
passed a resolution to close the schools
at English Creek and Steelmanville
next year and the pupils will be trans
ported to the S%cullville school.
Miss Geneva Lake was awarded the
Gold Medal for having the highest av-
erage for the year in science in the
Pleasantville High School, by the sci
ence teacher, Professor Milton Sher-
man Harper. Miss Lake is a daughter
of Frank S. Lake, residing at 81 Adj
ans avenue, and is a sophomore.
While driving his car up the Shore
Road, Coroner Albert E. James stoop-
ed to pick up some books when he lost
control of the steering wheel, running
the car into a telephone pole and sus-
tanning painful injuries to his right
hand and right leg. He is now recov-
ering.
H. B. Boyer this week removed his
ice cream and confectionery business
one door south of his former location
to No. 81 N. Main street. He has
added light lunches to his other lines
of business, and is now prepared to
serve o with anything in his line.
The celebrated Breyer's Ice Cream
the only place in town where you can
secure it.
A Measuring Social combined with
a Patriotic Service will be given in
the Church Hall, Reading Ave-, Tues
day evening, July 2, by the Loyal Wo-
mems Bible Glass of Mt. Pleasant M.
P. Sunday School. Come and "do your
bit" for your country by listening to
patriotic recitations and songs and an
address by Lawyer Theo. w. Schimpf.
Ice cream and other refreshments will
be for sale.