The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-06-21
Viz Every NAM and Woman shoId See LLOYD in TIC MdTdlnOn
REAL Vaudeville ACtS--

bert Smith, Miss Myra Smith, Mr..
Kenneth Smith, Mr.. Thomas B. Scull,
of Smithville, Mr.. Gilbert Smith of
Hog Island, Mr.. and Mrs. Jonah 4.
Higbee, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Emmons
of Atlantic City, Mr.. and Mrs. l. L.
Giberson and children, Dorothy and
Carlton.
Under the direction of the Absecon
Ushers Union a Missionary Education
al Lecture will be given in the M. e.
Church mex Monday evening. 1t will
be a ~stereopticon lecture designed to
show where, now and for what purpos-
es money contributed for foreign mis-
sionary work is used and should be of
interest to everyone. Eastern and
Southern Asia" will be the title of the
lecture and rs beautifully colored I'm
derwood slides will be shown. They
have been procured from the M. E.
Centenary Headquarters in New York
City for the nominal rental of 50,
which, together with the expressage on
same, makes the expense of the slides
approximately SO. This stereopticon
lecture is not for the Ushers Union
only, but is for everybody and the
public in general is invited to attend. A
silver offering will be taken.
Mr.. and Mrs. William "A. Cannon, of
Lansdale, Pa, formerly Absecon resi-
dents, received a few days ago the
Testanent, fountain pen and a few
other personal effects of their late and
only son Arthur, who was killed last
fall by the bursting of a German shell
as he lay asleep in a dugout in France.
He volunteered as an ambulance driv-
er more than a year before he was
killed and rendered efficient, unselfish
service for several months bearing
the wounded to the base hospitals.
Councilman Pitney A Benedict.
Councilman Martin Pitney, of Abse-
con, and Miss Victoria Gruener, of At
lantic City, formerly of Absecon, were
quietly married by Rev. j.. A. Johnston,
of the Presbyterian Church, at the
home of the groom, corner Shore Road
and Chestnut street, n of the land
marks of Absecon, at $50 o'clock last
Tuesday evening in the presence of
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Charlotte Pit
ney, and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry V. Miller.
The bride was beautifully attired in a
lavender silk dress and presented a
charming appearance. Following the
ceremony an elaborate dinner was
served. The rooms were appropriately
decorated with flowers. The newly
weds will make their home at his
Shore Road residence but much of
their time will be spent in the new
store and ice cream saloon which he
is having erected on New Jersey ave
nue..
Walter Conover Writes To Father.
Harry B. Conover received last Fri
day the first letter his son Walter has
been able to send personally since he
was nearly burned to death a couple
of months ago when the submarine
chaser on which he vas ~voyaging to
Seattle blew up at San Diego, Cal,
when an explosion occurred while the
I crafts 1~000-gallon gasoline tank was
being refilled.
Walter could not have written the
letter with pencil, but by using the
hospital chaplain's typewriter he filled
two large sheets of paper. 1t was
only possible for him to do this, how
ever, by the use of his two forefngers.
! The reason his hands were so badly
burned was because his only venue of
escape after the explosion was by
climbing a red hot ladder. He de-
scribes himself as being a f%ire-eater.
He has greatly improved every way
the last two weeks, during which time
he gained nine pounds. He takes
daily automobile rides, with several
companions who shared his fate, in the
chaplain's car, and with other friends.
He writes the people of San Diego are
very kind and hospitable and the coun-
try roundabout is so picturesque and
beautiful. He say they have been so
miles from the hospital, motoring over
the hills and down in the valleys. His
letter stated their next drive would
probably be to the famous Yosemite
Valley. He tells his father he has
greatly enjoyed numerous chicken din
ners through the kind he~artedness of
friends in a strange land and has
equally enjoyed an abundance of lus-
cious cherries plucked from, mammoth
orchards. Only recently he celebrated
his birthday anniversary. Friends
there presented him with a birthday
| cake. He also received n from home
which reached him in good condition.
In addition he received Sc postcards