The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-10-26

morning from double pneumonia at
her home on Nevada She
had been ill about a week and for a
\ couple of days before her death arti-
, fetal means of respiration had been
employed in a vain effort to ave her
life. Her father, a conductor on the
~ Pennsylvania railroad, died a year ago.
In addition to her husband she is sur
vived by her mother and a sister, Mrs.
Bradley, of Philadelphia. Rev. R. A.
! Elwood conducted the funeral service
at the house at $50 o'clock Tuesday
! afternoon, interment being made In
J Absecon Presbyterian Cemetery.
Frank Mason, aged "a years, died
early Saturday morning at the home
of his brother-in-law, Ellie Lang, at
\ Oceanville, from pneumonia which de-
kveloped from influenza. He was ill
.tabout a week. He was a familiar fig
ure about town and at the railroad
station where he regularly delivered
for shipment oysters and bay products
which he hauled from up the shore.
He was the son of Mrs. G~eorgeanna
Price, who survives, and was a former
South Absecon resident. Burial took
place at Linwood on Monday after
noon.
Miss Joanna Doughty, who passed a
pleasant summer at Thousand Islands
and returned home the first of this
month, visited relatives here the last
. Vt last week.
John Hackett and family have NOV
ed from New Road to Heliostown.
Mrs. Annie e. Conover went last
Saturday to Philadelphia to spend two
weeks with the family of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Eugene Klein.
/. Mrs. M. M. Townsend received two
letters last Tuesday from her son Ed
mund in France. His letters were
written a month ago. In them he said
he was well and contented.
Miss Olive Hammell returned last
! Thursday to Chatham, after spending
two weeks with her parents here.
Mr.. C. P. Hammell sold 20 baskets
of Keefer pears last Saturday.
J Leonard Shovel, aged 26, youngest
J son of Captain and Mrs. Daniel Show
ell, of North Absecon, died at noon on
ATuesday in a hospital at Pennsgrove
he had been working in the du
~ hbnt powder works for a couple of
Wears or more. He was removed to
shhe hospital late Friday night soon
4 after his parents arrived at his home.
lie was ill two weeks. Complicated
q ailments with pneumonia as. the eli
max resulted in his death. He was
born and raised here. In addition to
his parents he is survived by his wife
and II months old daughter and by
several brothers and sisters.
Mrs. William Farr, of Ple%asantville,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Wyand, on Monday.
The Absecon Art Club met at the
home of Mrs. George B. Conover on
Wednesday afternoon.
John. j. Elliff and family have been
confined to their HON 'Glen Cottage"
this week, with illness.
Miss Mabel Pennington, who has
been critically i'll with pneumonia for
1.-TWO weeks, is conyalescing.
. A competitive examination for the
selection of a postmaster to serve at
lAbsecon will soon be held. Appli-
cants, both men and women eligible,
must be actual residents within the
M1eliyery of the office; must be citi-
= zens of the United States and between
lie ages of 81 and 65. The salary of
/ . local office is $1260 per annum.
Arthur T. Butler has been visiting
hi. mother. Mrs. E. H. Madden, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford Townsend
have been confined to their beds with
illness the past week.
Paul James Elwood, son of Mr.. n
Mrs. Thomas Elwood, of the Brighton
apartments, Atlantic City, and a ne
YpheW of Rev.. Robert A. ElWood, ADSe-
! con, died last Friday night from pneu-
monia resulting from influenza at a
theological seminary at Cedarv1lle,
Ohio. where he was preparing for the
Presbyterian ministry. He was ill just
a week and had attained his 2lst
birthday anniversary on the Sunday
preceding his death. His father was
at his bedside when the end came,
and brought the body home the hrst
of this week. The funeral service was
held at Atlantic City on Wednesday
afternoon, interment taking place IN
Absecon Presbyterian Cemetery.
After spending the summer in the
Gruner bungalow on Faunce avenue,
Assessor Walter McDevitt and family
have returned to their home in Attain
tic City.
Il Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Guenther have
closed their Shore Road residence and
gone to P~leasantville to spend the
winter at the home of their daughter,
Mrs. Elmer Weaver.
Sergeant Herman L.. Madden, of
AdlID LIN, 90 VI AOAA A'C
It'll Wednesday afternoon. The middle
last week he commanded a COM
Z pany of men taken from Camp Dix to
Fort Niagara, N. Y. Three divisions
of men were moved to the Western
4 New York Training Station, Harry
Weer, Of ~Pleasantyille, being one OF
the number. After returning from
Fort Niagara he had several days OF
and spent his furlough with relatives
here.
Lewis Griffith passed the weekend
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hammell re-
ceived last week a letter from their
son Charles who is with he Medical
Corps abroad and close to the firing
line. He writes the American boys
are certainly driving the Huns back
toward Berlin.