The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-01

New subscriptions to The Pleasant
vile Press, renewals, advertisements
and news items are solicited by JOS
eph S. Tilton, Absecon Correspondent.
How can you afford to do without
your W local paper when it's price is
so small compared to it's value? Give
yourself the benefit of a second
thought and have your subscription
entered at once for a year through
the local representative.
While working in his garden last
Monday afternoon D. Tilton Boice
came across a land turtle bearing on
it's reverse shell his initials, sd. T. B."
and the following date, Aug. 25,
1914" Engraved thereon by his peck
ct knife that day.
Mrs. Martha Clark has been visiting
the family of her son Walter, in At
lantic City for several weeks.
Mrs. Daniel e. Steelman and daugh-
ter Kathryn, of P~ennsgrove, have
been spending this week with her SIS
ter, Mrs. Harry MattSon, Jr., and 9TH
er relatives here.
George A. Coon and son Raymond,
who have been engaged since b first
of this veal in mechanical operations
at Bristol, Pa, %sojourned over Sunday
at their home here.
After passing the winter with her
aunts, Mrs. Hannah Jackson n Mrs.
Sallie Lee, in Camden, Mrs. Laura B.
Reed is again making her home with
her cousins, Miss Lorine Inc Fred G.
Boice.
Augustus Young, American Store
manager here since last November,
was transferred last Monday to Pleas
antville, and Leroy Shovel, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George D. Shovel,
North Absecon, formerly in the COM
pany's employ in Atlantic City, has
been placed in charge of their inter-
ests here.
Raymond Carton, rural mail carrier
since the establishment of the route
in 1912, has resigned, and William
Leeds, son of David Leeds, has sue
ceeded him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Carton have
moved to Atlantic City, where he has
been given employment in the post
office. His father, Ananias Carton,
has gone to Westville to spend the
summer with another son, Mark Gar
ton.
When payment for their labors was
made last Saturday to the men en-
ployed in concreting the foundation
supporting the railroad bridge over
the creek the contractor, Edward l."
Bader, captain of team No. II, Allan
tic City Branch asked his dozen men
on the bridge job mere for a contribu-
ton to the Red Cross n as the re-
suit S5O.5O was given. The bridge job
is expected to last a couple of months.
Ira L. Giberson has been appointed
night Waterman.
Samuel Mozambique and Miss Cor
della Black moved last week from
the Atkinson residence on w. Bolton
avenue to Oscar P. JohnsOn's cottage
at the other end of the same street.
Joseph Smith, Jr., a former railroad
employee here, was appointed last
week an extra station agent at Ell
wood. -
Relatives here have received WORD
of he safe arrival in France OF Wal
ter Naylor, the first Absecon draftee
called to the colors, ..
Miss Mabel Pennington entertained
Miss Millicent Thompson, OF Pleasant
Vile, last Sunday.
Mrs. John Morrison, formerly or
Philadelphia, is i'll at her nome Ihe
Smith cottage, on Ohio avenue.
Mrs. Sdll1e Lee, VI SdhiuOh,
visiting relatives along the shore since
the middle of this week, sojourning
most of the time with her sister, MIS-
Anna M. Adams, at Linwood.
Mr.. Ebenezer Adams, of Philadel-
phia. was the guest OF Mrs. Josephine
Adams and Miss Laura Adams the MID
die of this week. He also visited reia-
tives at Port Republic on Memorial
Day.
Following a two weeks visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. George A.
Coon. Mrs. J. H. Brown and son, Al
bert. returned yesterday tFrfday) to
their home in Washington, d. c.
]. Magno and family. Of Newark, are
passing an indefinite period with the
family of Luigi Cattani. on New Jer-
sey avenue.
Magistrate Howard Payne fined
the driver of a high speed Marmon car
$50 last Sunday for violations OF the
Motor Vehicle Laws and the Trafnc
Act, and for trying to convince users
Of the White Horse Pike, especially
State Inspector Mines, that the road
was made %purposely to gratffy his
speed mania. Complaint was made by
the Inspector, who learned this was
the second offense. he having had the
same Marmonite taken before a Jersey
Justice at Ancora for the same offense
last summer hence the stiff fine.
Ira L. Giberson's highly priced bird
dog Sue, a white and brown English
Setter, which he says he would not
have taken 800 for, died last Wednes-
day. The bitch was one of the best
scenters of birds in woods, field or cove
L. L. Q-.-1 ln 4b1 AAt.ntru ond xxro q IN
stantly thrilled to action by the sight