The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-11-08
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRON-
IcLEp BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

Halloween one Shore Road property
owner lost his front gate. The follow
ing noon the loss was reported to OFF,
Ger Schoepf1in, who in less than two
hours time had found it back of a
clump of bushes a half mile farther
down the Shore Road in Pleasantville.
William Wyand has moved his gar
age business from New Jersey avenue
to. the blacksmith shop on Church
street. Councilman Martin Pitney will
continue the sale of gas and oil from
his property on New Jersey avenue
just vacated by Mr.. Wyand.
Last Sunday was Autumnal Day in
the M. e. Church. Products of the
garden and farm were on display and
numerous bouquets of s~easonable flow
ers decorated the platform and chancel
rail. A monster pumpkin, the gift of
Gilbert Conover, occupied the center
table. The vegetables on display in
cluded sweet and white potatoes, cab
bage, tomatoes, peppers, beets, beans,
ETC., apples and cranberries. Other
gifts included canned fruit, canned
milk, canned mustard, two pounds of
sugar, %jellies, a one dollar bill, ETC., a
hen from S. w. Giberson, and a large
goose from the Kesler family.
Morrell Van SAINT, husband of Flor
ence Blackman Van SAINT, this city,
and John Blackman, her brother, of
Somers Point, formerly of Absecon,
have positions on a merchant collier
of $500 tons, now on the ocean bound
for France from Newport News, Va,
with a cargo of coal. The former is
mate, second officer, on the cargo car
rier, while his brother-in-law is ships
carpenter. Officer Van SAINT enlisted
at the outset of the war in the Mer-
chant Marine, in which he made peril
Gus, long and adventurous voyages to
distant parts, once being grounded on
a Cuban Coral Reef with a cargo of
sugar. John Blackman gave up his
plumbing business of Is years stand
ing to embark as a vessel employee.
Joseph Smith, Jr., Elected First Ward
Assessor.
In practically the only local political
contest at the general election last
TUESDAY, Joseph S. Smith, Jr., Demo
crat, was elected Assessor of the First
Ward over his Republican opponent,
Thomas Draper, Jr., by the vote of SO
to 46.
Another First Ward surprise came
in the election of Vincent Lake as JUS
tice of the Peace. For this office he
received Is votes; E. D. Riley, q; Ira
Lake, 2, and w. B. Riley, 1.
The vote in the First Ward was as
follows: For Governor, Edward 1. Ed
wards, D., Al; Newton A. X. Bugbee,
R., 40. State Senator, Charles D.
| White, R., so; Lafayette j. Brown, D.,
AZ. Members of Assembly, Louis G.
McCorkle, D., 81; William A. Blair, R.,
So; Albert A. F. MCGEE, D., SO; Joseph
A. Corio, R., As. Councilman-at-Large
e. C. Bates, R. and D., SO. Council
man for three years, Martin Pitney,
D., so.
Second Ward results: For Governor,
Edward l. Edwards, D., IT; Newton A.
K. Bugbee, R., rs. State Senator,
Charles d. White, R., II; Lafayette ].
Brown, D., %. Members of Assembly,
Louis G. McCorkle, D., 81; William A.
Blair, R., II; Albert A. F. MCGEE, D.,
Is; Joseph A. Corio, R., 72. Council
man-at-large, E. C. Bates, r. and D.,
SO. Councilman for three years, Geo.
L. Hackett, R. and D., SO. Assessor,
Fred b. Audrey. R. and D., 88. JUS
tice of the Peace, George B.-Conover,
R., 8.
AbsecOn School Honor Roll.
Nettie l.. Alexander, Principal.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy for
month of October:
Grades 6, 7, 8&Blanche l. Alderman,
teacher: Helen Dobbins, Emily Gaskill,
Thelma Giberson, Dorothy Hammell,
Anna Mccarthy, Kathryn Miller, Ethel
Price, Edith Prescott, Grace Prescott,
Ruth Reed, Jessie Shovel, Anna Stae-
ling, Margaret Staeling, Laura Sutton,
Lizetta Taylor, Kathryn Weber, Gladys
Weber, Ferdinand Bruckler, Earl Dob
bins, Raymond Giberson, Ladow Ham
nell, Bertram Hammell, Haines John
sion, Edward Mccarthy, Edward
Smith, Thomas Trusty. No. Enrolled,
40; No. Present, 26; Percent of atten-
dance, 80.
Grades 4 and 5-Mrs. Cordelia Tur-
ner, teacher: Matthias Bruckler, Jacob
Reed, Charles Shovel, Leroy Taylor,
Virginia Babcock, Ada DeHaven, Edith
Freas, Charlotte Louise Hammell,
Clara Miller, Maria Payne, Luetta
Rider, Elizabeth Thomas. No. Enroll
ed, So; per cent of attendance for
month, rs.
Grades 2 and 3-Cathrine Morris,
teacher: Edward Balentine, Frank
Bird, Robert Prescott, Albert Zibfel.
Marvin DeHaven, Walter Hammell,
Archie Hammell. Roscoe Harrington,
John Gramp, Irving Riley, Joseph
Price. Wesley Smith, Elizabeth Bird.
Angie Bird, Martha Dobbins, Edna
Fairbrothers, Catherine Fox, Nora
Miller. Frieda Schoepfiin, Katherine
Smith. Irma Gaskill. No. Enrolled,
as: per cent of attendance. 1871.
Grade Carrie c. Reed, teacher:
Harvey Chappell. Jane Chapman. Hat
tie Chappell, Mary Phillip. No. Fin