The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-02-16
Absecon

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the chapel next Sunday. Two live
meetings of song and Gospel will be
conducted by the pastor at 1870 A. M.
and 7.30 p. M. Sunday-school will be
held at 2.30 P. M. All come out to
church this Sunday; help and be help
ed.
ceiying congratulations of friends upon
the birth of their third son, whom they
have named Raymond.
Miss Ethel Hammell went last Satur-
day to Trenton to visit a friend. This
week she has been the guest of her Sis
ter, Miss Olive Hammell, at Chatham.
All persons having bills against the
City of Absecon must present them to
the City Clerk at least three days prior
to the regular meeting of Council, SO
the finance committee will have an OPP
%portunity TO inspect and approve same
for passage, otherwise the bills will be
held over until the neXt meeting.
Walter Burns, a member of the Ma
val Coast Defense Reserve in training
at the W~issahickon Barracks, Cape
May, spent Saturday afternoon and
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles B.. Burns. .
After sojourning in Philadelphia the
last two months, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred B.
I Audrey have reopened their bungalow
on Eighth street.
Miss Laura Coon entertained the
members of the Absecon Ushers Union
at her home on New Jersey avenue
last Monday evening. A larger num-
Der than usual was present, all Of
whom greatly enjoyed the social hour
which followed the business session.
Each one was requested to bring some
small, odd or amusing article. These
were collected, each one being tied to
! the end of a string and then hidden
from view. Bids were offered for the
various strings and drawings were
made, which created much merriment.
Games and music were INDUCED in and
refreshments were served.
Mrs. Sarah Rutherford, aged Sc, died
at her home on Adams aVenue last Sat
urday night at 1890, as the result of
a stroke of paralysis which she suffer
ed two weeks before. She lived alone
and was dependent upon neighbors
and friends for care and attention.
Mrs. Henry Conover, who lives next
door, stayed with her nights, and 9th
er members of the Conover family
looked after her during the day. The
! body was removed last Sunday to the
establishment of William B. Parsels &
Sons, Pleasantville. Repeated efforts
have been made during the week to get
word to her son William, who has
been in the Navy for a period of years,
and to locate her sister, who lives in
Philadelphia.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. Frank
Babcock on Tuesday, Feb. 10Th, at 2.30
P. M. A full attendance is desired,
this being the last meeting before con-
ference.
Absecon School Notes.
At a meeting of the Absecon School
Board in the school building Thursday
for the veal 1888 as follows: Prin-
cipal, w. Kelton Evans, oxford, Pa;
Assistant. Miss Lillian Hart, Mans
field, Pa; Fourth and Fifth Grades,
Miss Leona Hart, Mansfield, Pa; Sec
ond and Third Grades, Mrs. Hulda Til
ton. Absecon; Reception and First
Grades, Miss Carrie Reed. The salary
OF each teacher was increased. The
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nell, President; Rev. Clarence John
ston, Vice-President; DR.. Samuel John
son, District Clerk; Harry Lee and
Samuel Barton.
A fine new American Flag has been
purchased for the schools and will
swing to the breeze for the first time
on Washington's Birthday.
Work in the girls sewing classes
nnHor tho dirontiOn of Misc Frances
r. Forman, assisted by Miss Lillian
Hart, is progressing rapidly, and it is
expected that one outfit for a Belgian
baby will be completed in a few days.
This outfit consists of twenty-six pie
ces, made according to the Red Cross
prescribed regulations, and represents
many hours of painstaking effort both
on the part of directors and pupils.
The next objective of the sewing
class is the making of the School SER
vice Flag, which will contain fifteen
stars and be displayed in the audito-
rum. The State Commissioner of Ed
ucation has requested that service
flags be displayed and that the making
be done by the pupils. The Absecon
schools are particularly fortunate in
having the County Vocational expert,
Miss Forman, to direct this work.
Owing to the bad weather conditions
the adult classes have not been well
attended during the past three weeks,
but it is hoped that all the ladies en-
rolled will come to the remaining
meetings. Miss Forman being obliged
to be out of town, the adult classes will
meet Tuesday evening and Thursday
afternoon only of next week.
In the girls cooking classes, made
have to be-, | never go away from the
island at night Cimpossible). What