The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-01-26
Absecon

bring one or two friends, each person
to bring some small trinket to add to
the Notification of the occasion.
D. M. Hendry leaves today for Port
Jefferson, l.. l., where he will enter the
employ of O'Connor, Bennett Co., Inc,
and be engaged in the building of
barges for the Government.
Miss Marguerite Elliff, who is pur-
suing a business course at a Philadel-
phia Business College, came home last
Friday to spend several days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Elliff,
Glen Cottage, North Pitney avenue.
Mrs. John Hates, of Newfield, a for
mer resident, called on Absecon friends
last Friday.
Mr.. w. Kelton Evans, of Oxford, Pa 4,
the new principal of the public school,
is making his home with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Warren Tilton, on Lee avenue. Pre-
vious to coming here he taught for
two years at Oak Road, Buena Vista
Township.
Raymond Stevenson, of the Second
National Bank, Atlantic City, recently
appointed acting cashier of the Abse-
con Bank, assumed the duties of that
position last Monday:
Mr.. Martin Spokesman went to New
York last Tuesday to visit his son
George and to attend the New York
Motorboat Show.
Misses Leona and Lillian Hart, tea
cheers in the public schools, are resid-
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Carton,
South Absecon. They changed their
headquarters two weeks ago.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church will hold a cake and pastry
sale on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 2.30 to
4.30 p m, in Mrs. Howard Payne's ice
cream parlor, adjoining the barber
shop.
Miss Adelaide Carly entertained
friends in honor of her seventeenth
birthday anniversary, at the home of
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Spokesman, last Friday evening.
Pleasures and pastimes of the evening
consisted of music, games and merry
making. Refreshments were served
by the hostess. Her guests wished her
many happy returns of the day. Pres
ent were: Misses Edna Hackett, Ger
trude Draper, Alma Shovel, Laura
Coon, Leona Conover, Fred Carly, Alb
secon; Armenia Risley, Ida Collins,
Regina Coulter, Curtiss Adams, Her
man Schiller, Pleasantville, and Ray
mond Gatchell, of Camden.
Leona Conover and Leroy Mattson
were guests of their friends, May Bell
and Roland Hates, former residents,
at Newfield, last Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. John Alexander is ill with la
grippe.
Mrs. A. c. Fleming has been confined
to her bed the past week seriously ill
with congestion of the lungs. Her sis
tiers, Mrs. Ashley Cake, of Port Repub-
lie, and Mrs. Sarah Stout, of Berlin,
have been attending her.
Mrs Fanny Burroughs is slowly re-
covering from her sever illness of the
last two weeks.
w. Bruckler and family are pre-
pairing to move to New York in the
near future.
John Gaskill, who was taken to the
Atlantic City Hospital a month ago
with an acute attack of blood poison
ing in his arm, was relieved by the
employment of heroic means; has re-
turned home and is feeling quite nor
NAL again, although weak from his
narrowing experience.
Several automobile accidents have
beer narrowly averted of late by local
drivers after night, as the result of
teamsters and other wagon drivers not
displaying lights as required by law.
One of the Absecon Councilmen nearly
ran into the real of an open wagon
driven by a local citizen a few nights
ago from this cause. This violation
of the law is punishable by a fine and
is a nuisance which autoists in gen.
eral have to contend with, despite re-
peated warnings given to various Of
tenders by officers of the various mu-
inequalities. The "no-light practice is
one that should be broken up speedily,
before damage to vehicular property
and possible loss of life result.
At a meeting held in the study of the
First Presbyterian Church, Atlantic
City, on Saturday, Jan. 10, attended by
the President of the Atlantic County
Sunday School Association, DR.. H.
Merle Mellen, and Corresponding Sec
rotary, e. D. Riley, of Absecon, it was
decided to have for the slogan for the
year 1918, "Raise the County Standard
of Excellence" "a correct report and
contribution from each school for
County and State work" 1t was plan
ned to hold nine district meetings be-
tween April Is and May Is, three
meetings to be held in Atlantic City
to be conducted by President Mellen,
three meetings to be held on or near
Shore Road to be conducted by Secre-
tary Riley, three meetings to be held
in western end of the county to be
conducted by Ex-President Roberts, of
Egg Harbor City.
Arrival and Departure Of Mails.
Mails arrive at Absecon Post Office as
follows:
From Philadelphia and West-7.3 and 1o
a. m. and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic City-6.30 a. III. and "a.
p. m.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-6.20, 9.25 and 9.45 s.
m 40 and Is o. nj,