The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-06

aunt, Mrs. Charles Mason, and Harry,
who has been with another aunt, Mrs.
Elmer Weaver.
The April w. c. T. U. meeting was
held last Tuesday afternoon at the res
idence of Mrs. A. C. Fleming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Conover enter
tanned their children last Sunday at
their residence. Present were DR.. and
Mrs. Howard Conoyer and children, of
Barnegat; Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Con-
over, this city; and Miss Clara Como
yer, of the Trenton Normal School.
Mrs. Charlotte Pitney returned home
last week from Trenton, where she
made her home during the winter.
Mrs. Ida Babcock has been spend
ing several days in Philadelphia the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben l.. Babcock
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Seeber, of
fredericksburg, Pa, over Easter.
Mrs. George B. .Conover %sojourned
with relatives in Philadelphia part of
this week.
After spending the winter with her
parents in Atlantic City, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Mason are occupying their Shore
Road bungalow opposite Water Works
Drive.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Smith and
children, former residents, of Penns-
grove, were guests Of relatives here
over Easter.
, Raymond Ludlow was the guest Of
Miss Ruth Adams last weekend.
Mrs. Walter Sapp and daughter, of
Tuckerton, were guests of MI. and Mrs.
"A. L. Hammell and Mrs. Ida Babcock
over Easter.
Mr.. Thomas Irving, of Trenton, is
sojourning at the Pitney residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Joslin passed
Wednesday with relatives at Mays
Landing.
Samuel w. Giberson went to Bridge
port, Conn, last Monday to purchase
seed oysters.
Mr.. Gilbert Conover has received
two cargoes of Eastern seed oysters,
| which have been strewn on his plant
ing grounds.
On Easter Sunday Ruth Kendall
Shaw, infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John L. Shaw, of Freeport, Pa, was
baptized at the home of her grandpa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Kendall, by
Rev. c. M. Johnston. The house was
decorated with ferns, potted plants and
cut flowers.
Mr.. John L. Shaw, of Freeport, spent
the weekend with his wife and daugh-
ter.
, Mrs. H. T. Kendall and Mrs. ]. l..
Shaw and daughter spent a few days
with relatives in Camden and Phila-
delphia.
AbSecOn School Notes.
Ella Shovel and Marion Price, with
Walter Borneman as alternate, will
represent the Absecon School at the
annual County Spelling Contest at
Mays Landing on Saturday.
The winners of the handsomely en-
grayed certificates offered by the U. S.
Government for Four Minute Speeches
on the subject of Thrift Stamps were
as follows: Sixth Grade-Lewis John
ston; Seventh Grade-Louise Draper;
Eighth Grade-Walter Borneman. EX-
cellent arguments were brought out by
all the speakers, and it is hoped the
/ sale of Thrift Stamps will be increased
through their efforts.
These pupils won prizes of Thrift
Stamps in the Local Spelling contest:
End Grade-Charlotte Hammell first,
and Edith Freas second; 9rd Grade
Jacob Reed first, and Virginia Babcock
second; 4th Grade-Anna Mccarthy
first, and Lizetta Taylor second; 5th
Grade-Raymond Giberson first, and
Emerson Shovel second; 9th Grade
Charles Booye first, and Lillian Cattani
second; 18th and Sth Grades Ella
Shovel first, and Rose Price second.
Mrs. A. L. Hammell and Mrs. Seeber
, carried off the honors in the adult con-
test in which a dozen ladies of the city
took part.
Following is the School Honor Roll
for the month of March, consisting of
So m This is more than Is of the
enrolment of the entire school, the av-
erage attendance for the month being
nearly ninety per cent.
9th, 7th and Sth grades-W. K. Ev-
ans, principal; Miss Lillian Hart, tea
cher: Leroy Mattson, Ladow Hammell,
Benjamin Sutton, Ella Shovel, Eunice
Risley, Rose Price, Helen Dobbins,
Asenth Lake, Ruth Reed, Myra Kesler.
4th and 18th grades Miss Leona
Hart, teacher: Ferdinand Bruckler,
Earl Dobbins, Bertram Hammell, EN-
erson Shovel, Haines Johnston, Es-
Their Boice, Emily Gaskill, Dorothy
Hammell, Anna Mccarthy, Adelma
Miller, Kathryn Miller, Jennie Moore,
Merlin Thomas, Edith Prescott, Grace
Prescott, Ethel Price, Jessie Shovel,
Margaret Petri, Florence Hunter, Hell
en- Becker.
End and 3rd grades-Hulda L. Til
ton, teacher: Matthias B%ruckler, Dun
ham Boice, Harold Coon, Carlton Gil
berson, Walter Hammell, Jacob Reed,
Chas. Shovel, Martha Dobbins, Ada
De Haven, Edith Freas, Charlotte
Hammell, Ethel Libby, Clara Miller,
Luetta Rider, Elizabeth Thomas, Vir-
ginia Babcock.
LIST grade-Carrie C. Reed, teacher:
Harlan Boice, Peter Bruckler, Archie
Hammell, Robert Prescott, Willie Hor-
ner, Barbara Bruckler, Edna Fairbro-
theirs, Lillian Price, Irma Gaskill.