The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-18

MI -. I1dlIlIuell spent TUESDAY In
Philadelphia on business.
Councilman A. J.. Craven has been
i'll the past week.
Vincent Lake and daughter, of West
vile, spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Doughty enter
tanned their sister, Miss Joanna
Doughty, of Ventnor, part of this
week.
Raymond Ludlow, of Keansburg,
visited friends here the middle of this
| week.
After being closed four years the
A. M. E. Church on Pitney avenue
was opened last Sunday and services
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Reed, of Phila-
delphia, were held there at IL a. m.
The former members were rallied and
visiting delegations were present. 1t
is planned to hold regular services
there.
Mrs. Earl Fairbrothers was the
guest last week at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Harry Shull, in Philadel-
phia. She was also the guest for a
few days of Mrs. Lavinia R. Rogers,
at Hammonton.
Miss Helen j. Smith, of Harmon
ton, visited her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Josiah Smith, at North Absecon,
last week.
Herman L. Madden has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of Corporal at Camp
Dix.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gosline, of
Trenton, were over Sunday guests of
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. G. Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin So
journed over Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Nixon, at Phillipsburg, N. ].
Mrs. Nixon was formerly Miss Myra
Cole, of Atlantic City.
Augustus Young, American Store
Manager here, and family, vacated the
Hare property on Bolton avenue last
week and moved into the dwelling at
Shore Road and Lee avenue, formerly
occupied by Oliver Johnson.
Agent DeHaven had a day off last
Monday and his place at the station
was filled by George Reed, of Pleasant
vile.
Mrs. Jacob Seiferman spent Tuesday
with relatives and friends at Egg Har-
Dor City.
Several carloads of wooden blocks
have been unloaded at the railroad
station this week and hauled to the
Mullica River bridge, where they are
being used in its reconstruction.
Messrs. Harry B. Conover and bro
Their John planted a load of Eastern
seed oysters the first of this week,
which were brought here in the sloop
c~aptained by Lewis Adams, of Atlantic
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Hall, of Middle
town, Conn.,, spent last Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Draper.
Mrs. Thomas Draper, of Richmond,
Va, is visiting her daughter, Miss
Ethel Draper, and sons, Thomas and
Jesse Draper, at their homes on Pit
ney n
Mrs. Clara Smith spent Thursday at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Charles
F. Adams, at Pleasantville.
Arthur Wilmot, of Glassboro and
Philadelphia, spent Sunday at the Alb
secon Inn, where he made his home
while a railroad employee here some
time ago.
Mrs. Hattie A. Sacks has returned
to her home in Atlantic City after
spending a week with Mrs. Samuel
Lutz and daughter, Miss Helen, at the
Absecon Inn.
H~ouseholders having rubber door
mats at their front doors are warned
to be on the lookout for thieves who
are stealing them.
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Sooy, who
have been passing the winter in At
lantic City, returned on Wednesday tC
their home at Conovertown, where
they have planned to spend the sum
mer.
The Conovertown public school, Miss
Eva Risley, principal. closed last Fri
day, but several of the scholars took
the State examinations this week a.
the Smithville school.
Martin Keane, proprietor of the Ho
tel Rockingham several years ago
died on Monday. May 9Th, at the home
of his daughter at Little Rock, Arkan
sas, where he resided. Funeral ser
vices were held on Thursday, May 9th
in Philadelphia, and interment was
made in New Cathedral Cemetery, tina
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Faul anC
daughter Catherine, of the Quaker
City, were guests V e Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Christopher Hare.
Mrs. Emily Rosseter entertained
last Sunday Mr.. Jonn >. Lewis D
Philadelphia, and Mr.. and Mrs. iona
than Joslin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ziegler, of Ab
secon Heights. have returned from
weeks s%ojourn with relatives ant
friends in Philadelphia.
Arthur T. Butler. of Detroit, visited
his mother, Mrs. E. H. Madden, par
of this week.
Edward Prescott, Jr., at Camp Dil
since early last fall, is expected t.
spend the weekend with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Prescott. H
wrote home that he thoroughly enjoys
Army life: likes to be in the service
of Uncle Sam and is anxious to SCI
France.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel F. Brownley
of Philadelphia, former residents, ar
expected down this Saturday to spenC
several days at their North Absecor
home.
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