The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-30
Absecon

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lAbsecon, spent several days in Phila-
delphia and Narberth visiting friends,
and had a delightful time.
Bright, cheerful and helpful Easter
services will be held in the M. e.
Church on Sunday. In the morning
1.-THE pastor will preach an Easter SER
mon. In the evening there will be a
HAPPY service of song and pictures.
lQuite a number of ~stereopticon slides
will be shown; hymns sung in the
dark, and the meeting will lift you a
hit" Everybody come along to church
next Sunday.
Miss Clara Conover is home from
the State Normal School on her Easter
vacation.
A very enthusiastic reception was
rendered Rev. Clarence M. Johnston
Hast Friday night upon his return to
the M. E. Church for the sixth year..
The members of the official board made
fine speeches, and the Peach-Blossom
Ladies entertained with a number of
songs. Ice cream and cake were serv-
ed.
A surprise birthday party was ten
dered Lewis M. Johnston at the parsOn-
lage the other night. There was a large
CloWu dLo liz DOyo dLo 6iAAo hdo a
tgOod time.
The ladies of the Ushers' Union
cleared $3.50 on the recent Peach Bios
som Minstrels. Through an uninten-
ltional oversight, no newspaper mention
has been made. But the affair was the
finest ever given in Absecon. Every
member of the cast deserves high
praise. The singing was exceptionally
lfpo Tho cohOol onditOrium was mack.
ed and people had to stand. Much
credit is due the Blossoms" for their
hard work and the excellent results
obtained.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S.. Smith enter
tanned last Wednesday Mrs. William
Nolan and son, of Pleasantville.
Mrs. Fanny c. Henry, mother of
Councilman Fred Henry, has been crit
ically ill the last two weeks, but is a
trif1e better at this writing.
Miss Elizabeth Conover, of the Tren-
ton Normal School, is visiting her ia
Their, Harry B. Conover, and other rel
atives here during her Easter weeks
vacation.
Miss Lorine Boice will be the guest
of her aunts, Mrs. Sallie Lee and Mrs.
Hannah jackson, and of her cousin,
Mrs. Laura 3. Reed, at their home in
Camden for a few days.
Miss Olive Hammell, of Chatham,
has been spending her Easter vacation
of nine days at the home of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Hammell.
Mrs. Leland Shovel and daughter,
Ida, of Pennsgrove, have been guests
for several days of relatives at North
Absecon.
Mrs. Emily Rosseter is expected
home the last of this week from New
ark and the Oranges, where she has
been passing the winter with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mariner Smith enter
tanned Mrs. Anna Brown, of Philadel-
phia, and Mr.. B. D.. Utter, who has just
returned from a trip to Cuba, at their
home over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Warren Tilton and
the latter's mother, Mrs. Anna Ludlam,
are the guests of friends in Philadel-
phia during their Easter vacation.
Mr.. Walter COnover, son of Harry B.
. Conover, of Conoyertown, who has
/ been employed at the Atlantic City
y postoffice for several years, has enlist
h ed in the Navy. and expects to leave
( next Tuesday for Portsmouth, N. H.,
: to report for duty.
h Members of Alletah Tribe, l. o. R.
( NJ, entertained delegations of visiting
y members of the order from Pleasant
|, vile and Egg Harbor City at a pow
I WOW in their hall, last Friday evening.
! Addresses were made by several of the
\ local and visiting members, refresh
\ ments were served and a general good
! time was INDUCED in. About 35 were
\ present.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Hendry, for
! mer residents, motored here from Long
\ Island the first of the week and have
\ been spending several days with rela.
! tives and friends.
\ Miss Leira Conover, of Hammonton,
\ a member of this years graduating
: class of the Normal School, has been
Y spending this week with her grandpa
\ rents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Boice. She
: expects to begin her period of expert
. mental teaching In the Texas avenue
h school. Atlantic City, next Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert McLaughlin en-
y tertained on Friday Mrs. Clarence
h Cole and Mrs. Ella Woolbert, of At
/ lantic City, and Miss Conover, of
Y Tioga.
\ Mrs. Caroline Smith and ~grandsons
/ Percy and Wesley. returned home last
! Wednesday night from Jacksonville,
\ Fla.
/ Mrs. Josiah Smith has been confined
! to her home by illness the last 10 days.
\ The Absecon Schools observed Good
\ Friday as a holiday. and Principal w.
! Kelton Evans spent the weekend with
\ his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James P.
: Evans, Oxford, Pa. This Saturday Mr..
Evans speaks on "War Gardens in At
lantic County, at the annual Conven-
l ton of Home and School Leagues of
l Chester County, Pa, held in Kenneth
Square.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Fenton are re-