The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-18
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

Inc boy Scouts VIII meet tnlS (frl-
day. evening at the home of Noah
Eckstein, Third Street and Washing
ton venue.
Krewson's Ice Cream Parlors will
be located this year at 6 N. Main
street. and open today for the season.
See ad. on page 4.
Walter Richards is perhaps, the
first Pleasantvillian to pick ripe
strawberries from his own patch this
season, having done this last Satur-
day, May 18th.
The Pleasantville Free Public Lii
brary is open Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoons from 8 until 5, at
which time books may be taken out
by anyone asking for them.
Thursday evening, May %, the Lad
les Aid Society of Mt. Pleasant
Church will hold an ice cream and
strawberry short cake social in the
Church hall. Ice cream will be for
sale. Come and have a good time.
Queen Esther Circle of Wesley M.
E. Church will meet at the home of
Miss Pauline Wootton, e. Washing
ton Ave. Mrs. Cobb will present the
lesson in her delightful manner. All
girls IA and over are strongly urged
to be present.
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Week-neXt week-the A. & P. stores
will donate 1919 of their total sales
next Tuesday, May 21st, to the Red
Cross. The money from the sales at
the Pl%easantville store will go through
the local branch.
The Pleasantville Trust Co., as Exec
utor of Charles Fabien, has sold the
Fabien Farm, which lies partly in
P~leasantville and party in Mortified
City, to Jesse L. Risley, who contem-
plates laying it out in one-acre garden
plots and improving the same.
Mrs. James A. Gilkey has leased the
Walter Hickman lot, 50x200, at the
end of Brighton Place, and has begun
the tilling of same. Mrs. Gilkey is
probably the first woman in Pleasant
vile to answer the Governments call
to assist in the prosecution of the war
in this manner.
H. B. Boyer will mex week remove
his ice cream and confectionery bust
ness from SO N. Main street to 81 N.
Main street, where the Long meat
market was located. The move is
made to secure additional room, and
to add a lunch room to his other
lines of business.
Mortified is now proudly flying a
service flag containing twenty-five
stars from a flagstaff in front of the
public school. The flag was unfurled
at a public meeting held Thursday
evening, with an appropriate address
by H. Walter Gill, Esq, and there
was a splendid program in connec-
ton with the event.
Mrs. Hannah S. Hayday, widow of
the late George Hayday, Jr., and
daughter of the late Richard L. Som
ers, of Somers Point, died on Thurs
day after a two weeks illness, in her
62nd year. Two daughters survive
her. Funeral services from her late
residence, the old Somers mansion, at
1.30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and in
terment will be in P~leasantville GEM
etery.
On Tuesday evening the c. E. So
ciety of Mt. Pleasant Church held
their business meeting and social at
the home of Mrs. E. Adams, IA Leeds
Ave. 1t was voted that the C. E. So
ciety hold their meeting Wednesday
evenings instead of Sunday nights, so
more time can be given to the service
after the business session. Refresh
ments were served. The next meet
ing will be held at the same place.