The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-06-28
Absecon

Everything pertaining to a Ford car
at Payne's Goodyear Service Station
tires, tubes at lowest prices, genuine
Ford parts for sale. Stop in and look
us over; at you service at all times.
Gas, oil and e Howard A. Payne,
Prop.-adv.
Mrs. Baker Bowen, of Leeds Point, spent
Wednesday as the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Darius Smith.
Miss l.. Agnes Griffith, of Philadelphia, re-
turned home on Wednesday, after enjoying a
pleasant weeks vacation with Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Borneman, on Bolton avenue.
Alonzo Cordery and daughter. of Florida,
arrived here on Tuesday to spend an indef-
mite period with the family of his brother,
John W. Cordery. Several years have elaps-
ed since they were here before.
Miss Florence Babcock and Miss Olive
Hammell expect to leave next Monday for
Washington, D.. c., to take up government
work. Miss Babcoek's sister, Miss Annabel
B%abcock. Is expected home about July Fourth
from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the West,
where she has been teaching school the last
eight years.
Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin returned home
Wednesday evening from Philadelphia, where
she sojourned three days with relatives.
Mrs. j. L. Smith attended the funeral of
her sister, Mrs. Henrietta Rogers, at Ham
monitor last Sunday.
Messrs. Edgar and Alton Freas have been
confined to their home this week with the
mumps.
Mrs. Jennie Freas entertained Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Fairbrothers, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Freas, of Abseeon, and Mrs. Emma York, of
Pleasantville, last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Joslin entertained from
Sunday until Tuesday, the latter's brother,
sister-in-law and nephew, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Sheets and son Albert, and Mrs.
Jennie Katt, of Bridgeport, N. j., who mo-
tored here in their touring car. While here
they enjoyed several auto trips to Atlantic
City and to other nearby places.
Mrs. Gilbert Conover and sister, Mrs. Ma
ry E. Massey, went to Trenton last Wednes-
day to attend the graduation exercises on
Thursday of the State Normal School,. The
formers daughter, Miss Clara Conover, and
Miss Elizabeth Conoyer, room-mat at the
Normal, received their diplomas during the
exercises.
Margaret NJ, five months old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hard Harker, of Smithville,
was baptized by Rev. c. NJ. Johnston at the
service in the NJ. E. Church last Sunday
evening. Before her marriage Mrs. Harker
was Miss Clara Dumont, of this city.
Miss Olive Hammell, who has been teach
ing school several years at Chatham, n. j.,
returned home last Friday evening, but on
Monday she left for Asubry Park to attend
the American Library Convention. Next
week she expects to resume the position she
held last summer in the Congressional Libra
ry at Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Boice have both
been i'll. His condition has been worse than
hers. but they are convalescing slowly.
Zephaniah Hackett, gate tender at the
Main street crossing, has been off duty the
past week on account of illness, but is now
convalescing at the home of his son Robert,
at Morrisville, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin enter
tanned over Sunday his brother and niece,
Mr.. William NJ. Mclaughlin, Miss Rita Nc
Laughlin. and a friend of the latter, of Phil
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Pitney expect to open
their ice cream saloon, cake, candy, soft
drink and tobacco store adjoining Wyand's
garage this Saturday.
Walter Roberts, elected cashier of the
Abseeon National Bank a fortnight ago, is
mn - 1900 II. -~-- III A. 1T
of this week. Since Mr.. Stevenson termi-
mated his connection with the bank on June
18th, Reuben L. Babcock, the president, has
been acting cashier.
Fred c. Boice expects to have tomatoes
ready for market in a week or ten days.
Seeing a vine in his patch the first of this
week that looked unusually productive he
made a closer observation and to his sur
prise he counted on the one plant At green
fruit of various sizes.
Mrs. Jennie Freas was a Mortified visitor
on Wednesday,.
Stereopticon Lecture Tomorrow Night.
A rare treat will be afforded the people of
Absecon in the NJ. E. Church tomorrow, Sun
day, evening. when an illustrated address
on From Cannibalism to Christianity" will
be given by Mr.. Alfred Foster, world trav-
eler. retired business man and a very clear.
forceful, wideawake speaker.
He was present at the Ushers' Union stere-
opticon lecture Monday night and exhibited
a number of his slides which were decidedly
interesting. All of his lantern slides are of
English make and have the most exquisite
coloring. Mr.. Foster offers $500 if they can
be duplicated in color blending. harmony.
rarity, etc. He will throw on the screen
tomorrow night over 100 pictures.
One slide shows a Cannibal wearing a
necklace composed of several hundred whole
teeth, each tooth representing a man who
had been killed and eaten. Each one of his
stereopticon views has a true story of deep
human interest surrounding it. His views
show the dress, habits, homelife. religious
fallacy, etc, of the native in his Cannibal
state compared with his characteristics, mode
of living and his religious ideas after he has
been converted to Christianity by the ardu-
Gus, careful, persevering work of the Chris
tian missionaries.
Mr.. Foster lived in the Fiji and South
Sea Islands and knows whereof he speaks.
Come out tomorrow night to the NJ. E.
Church. Come see and hear for yourself.
The speaker can hold you spell-bound.
City Council Holds Regular Meeting.
The June meeting of City Council was held
in Council Chamber last Wednesday evening
with these members present; Councilmen Ell
mer Bates. Walter Bates, Fred H. Henry,
and Martin Pitney, Clerk Johnson. Collector
Turner and Solicitor Albert Abbott.
Mr.. Henry's motion, duly seconded, in
structing the clerk to notify John D. Nc
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