The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-08-31
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN-
IcLED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

Mrs. I. G.. Adams, Mrs. Sallie Lee,
Mrs. Hannah Jackson, of Linwood, and
Mrs. Laura B. Reed were guests OF
Mrs. A. E. Conover at dinner last
Thursday.
Mr.. S. C. McCambridge and Miss c.
c.. Black entertained the following rel
atives and friends at their home the
past week: Mr.. and Mrs. William
Swindell and son William and Masters
:, Elmer and Sidney Swindell, Mrs. Ma
ch r 4 Ryder, of Philadelphia; Mrs.
'ssti 20 acrePuck, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
26Json Edwin, of Williamstown,
Ts.-.Yr. and Mrs. hartman and son
':7s"r I, of Pitman.
II [syncilman Joseph P. Cheyney and
w. sSIly have returned from Philadel-
phia and are occupying their residence
at Rose Hill again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steelman R. Lee have
been entertaining their aunt, Mrs. Jes-
Sc r. Wilson, of Clayton, N. j., for two
weeks.
Mr.. John Alexander has been conf1n-
ed to his home the last ten days with
a very painful right leg and an en-
larged ankle.
Frank Conover, of Conovertown, re-
ceived a letter a few days ago from
Charles Hammell, of the same place,
who has been on the other side three
months. He writes that he is we'll,
has plenty to eat and smoke and says
he expects to be home next winter.
Kenneth Smith has sent three let
& ters home since his arrival overseas
with the rest of the boys of Battery D,
couple of months ago.
e@4t the all day meeting of the Wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Society,
held in the M. E. Chapel last Tuesday,
all the former members were again
reelected for the ensuing year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence English, of
Philadelphia, have been s~ojourning
here, while on their vacation.
Prof. E. D.. Riley greatly enjoyed
sessions of the camp meeting at Ocean
F<Grove over Sunday.
Mrs. Cora Conover has returned to
Camden, after passing several days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Boice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Chamberlin en-.
tertained last week Miss Viola John.
son, of Port Republic.
William B. Smith, yardmaster at the
Penniman, Va, Government Plant,
made IN official trip north last week
n and visited relatives here.
DR.. Samuel Johnson has on his
premises a hickory nut tree on which
several weeks ago the leaves rolled up
and apparently died, but since then
new shoots have thrust forth and new
leaves have developed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Prescott have
received a postal and letter from their
son, Edward, Jr., since his arrival in
France several weeks ago.
Miss Alice MacIntyre, of Whining
ton, Del, is visiting Miss Hannah
Madden.
Edmund Madden, of Eddystone, was
home over Sunday.
Miss Jennie Murphy, of Philadel-
phia, recently passed several days with
MI. and Mrs. ]. w. Carton.
Henry Smith writes home to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Darius Smith,
that he is in a training camp neal
Paris. His letter states he was in a
detachment of his company thai has
been near the fighting front, but not
on the firing line as yet. He says he
is well and contented and that he
would not miss being where he is for
anything, so pleased is he with mill
tary life.
Martin Carly and Miss Gertrude
Metzner, of Camden, were guests last
Sunday of relatives at the home of his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Spokesman.
Mrs. John S. Lewis is recovering
from illness with which she has been
confined to her home IN Pitney avenue
the last fortnight.
Jonah Clark is helplessly i'll at the
home of Samuel Ashton, on Church
street.
Internal Revenue Collector Lafferty,
of Atlantic City, sat in the City Hall
here last Saturday night and collected
licenses and fines from owners of pas
senger motor craft and wal taxes and
fines from operators of motor cars who