The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-11
Absecon

A delightful surprise party was ten
dered Mrs. L. L. Johnston, mother of
Rev. Clarence NJ. Johnston, on Tues
day night. Mrs. L. l.. Johnston goes
to New York to spend the summer
with her daughter. There was a good
ly number present and all had a fine
time. Pitching quoits was the sport
of the gathering, and refreshments
were served al a late hour.
Ushers' Union will meet Monday
night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
G.. Turner.
Real uplifting services will be held
in the M. E. Church next Sunday. At
1870 a. m, sermon: "The Man of
Everywhere" Parents Day in the
Sunday School. 7.45 p. m, Lively
song-service and rmo "The De-
serter." Special object-talk to chill
dren.
Rev. Clarence M. Johnston makes
the address at the Minotola COM
! mencement on May IS. Mr.. Johnston
was the speaker there last veal also.
; Freebooter Edwin Robinson and
Rev. c. M. Johnston visited the Aims
house, Asylum and Tubercular Hos
pital, one afternoon last week.
Mrs. Lewis Clark has been entertain
ing her sister, DR.. Eva Lake, who has
been renewing friendships with "old
home folks" DR.. Lake was born and
reared in Atlantic County and still
feels that she belongs" right here.
Many of her friends entertained her
during her stay and she enjoyed a de-
lightful automobile trip through the
county.
Miss Esther Baker, of Atlantic City,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Mariner
Smith on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Chase, of Phil
adelphia, motored last Saturday to the
residence of Mrs. Caroline Smith,
where they spent the day.
Mrs. William North, of Pleasant
vile, spent Wednesday with the fami-
ly of Mrs. Russell Fenton.
The attractive residence of Mrs.
Caroline Smith on New Jersey avenue
has been given a coat of paint, which
has greatly improved it's appearance.
Mrs. James B. Townsend, of Long
! port, entertained the Absecon Art
Club last Wednesday afternoon at the
residence of her sister, Miss Lorine
Boice, on Shore Road. Present were:
Mrs. R. A. Elwood, Mrs. Samuel John
son, Mrs. May Townsend, Mrs. Leland
Madden, Miss Hannah Madden, Mrs.
John B. Smith, Mrs. A. L. Hammell,
Mrs. R. L. Babcock, Mrs. George Con-
over, Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin, Miss
Boice and Mrs. Townsend.
The regular May meeting of the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
will be held at the home of Mrs. A. c.
Fleming on Tuesday, May 14th, at 2.30
p. m. A full attendance is desired.
Edgar Freas has recovered from his
recent illness.
Harry H. Carton was confined to
his home last week with a severe at
tack of tonsilitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Steel and
daughter Roberta, formerly of Ham
monitor, have been guests the past
week of Mrs. Steel's sister, Mrs. Anna
Ludlam. and her niece, Mrs. J. War
Iren Tilton.
Edward Heinzer, of North Absecon,
has perfected a new style shock alb
sorber, also a quick detachable rim of
a new design for Ford automobiles
and has made application to Wash
ington for patents on his inventions,
the first of which he hopes to place
on the market in large quantities. He
expects to sell his detachable rim pat
ent to some automobile wheel manu-
facturer as his new style rim is de-
! signed for other makes of cars as well
as Fords.
A new pitcher pump was placed in
commission last Tuesday in the ". c,
T. U. pump house at New Jersey and
Station The old iron pump
taken out had rusted and worn out
Public spirited citizens will be appeal
ed to to help defray the expense OF
this popular public pump.
Mrs. A. E. Conover, of Philadelphia
called on friends and former acqualnt-
ances the first of this week.
Kenneth Smith, brother of Mrs. Ira
L. Giberson, and a member of Battery
D, Field Artillery, came home last
Friday from Admission, Ala, where he
has been in training since last fall to
spend a weeks furlough with his par
| ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Smith, at
Smithville. He was accompanied or
the trip north by two Atlantic City
members of the same Battery. The
trio started early yesterday (Friday)
morning on the return trip to Annis
ton. Kenneth looked fine, presented
a picture of health and ~ruggedness
and is anxious to see service on the
other side.
Herman L. Madden and Charles A
Hammell, of Camp Dix, were home
again last Sunday. Randolph Casio
of the same cantonment, was home
the middle of this week. He has beer
placed in the machine gun division.
Miss Leira Conover, of the Trenton
Normal School, who will complete heI
period of practice teaching in the
Texas avenue school, Atlantic City
next week, will visit her mother, Mrs.
Cora Conover, at her home in Cam
den, from Friday until Sunday night
Mrs. Conover moved a week ago from
Hammonton where she had made her
home for twelve years. Prior to that
she lived at Conovertown. During her
stay here Miss Conover has been So
journing with her grandparents, Mr.,
and Mrs. John Boice.
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