The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-06-21

Walter P. Roberts, formerly connect
ed with the Atlantic City National
Bank, has beer appointed cashier Of
the Absecon National Bank. Mr.. Rob-
erts answered the call to arms when
the United States entered the war, and
was only recently honorably discharg-
ed. He began his new duties this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace E. Miller, of
the Bank Building, spent Sunday as
guests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Sahl, at Port Republic. At
the Sunday morning service in the M.
E. Church their infant son, Horace
Edison Miller, Jr., was baptized by
Rev. w. Burch. the pastor there.
William B. Riley received his new
Model go, Overland touring car, last
Tuesday.
Ge vge B. Conover is having a new
garage built on the rear of his Shore
Road property.
Mrs. Walter Burns is taking pipe
orgy 1 lessons with the expectation of
BEG ming organist of the M. e. Church.
Miss Sara Mathis is visiting her bro
Their at Lewes, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steelman r. Lee have
had the interior of their home newly
pdpereC ana Vafn1SneQ.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred C~hamberlin, of
Camden, have reopened their summer
residence at Shore Road and Bolton
avenue.
Mrs. Lewis NJ. Clark entertained the
Absecon Art Club members at her
Church street residence last Wednes-
day afternoon. The time was spent
in artistic needlework, after which
HnjnfU rnfroChrn Mt xrarA 0-xv1l
Present were Mrs. Laura B. Reed, Miss
Lorine Boice, Mrs. George B. Conover,
Mrs. Reuben L. Babcock, Mrs. William
B. Smith, Mrs. Samuel Johnson, Mrs.
R. A. Elwood, Mrs. M. M. Townsend,
Miss Hannah Madden and the hostess.
Mr.. G. Morrow and a party of
friends, of Philadelphia, motored from
Atlantic City to North Absecon last
Sunday, to visit Miss Florence Caro-
1uS.
Prof. E.. D. Riley returned home last
Saturday from his 400 mile automobile
trip through North Jersey. He motor
ed alone and visited all the important
cities, called on friends of former days,
drove his car owe the steepest hills
w1thou mishap of any kind, combined
business with pleasure and had a very
enjoyable trip. He spent one night
with Rev. and Mrs. w. S. Ludlow, for
merly OF Absecon, at Keansburg, where
Mr.. Riley reports Rev. Ludlow is hav-
ing marked success as pastor of the M.
e. Church.
Mrs. John Sibley, of Swedesboro,
spent the weekend with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Alexander.
Mrs. A. l.. Hammell and children,
Ladow and Charlotte Louise, expect to
return home this Saturday from a visit
of four days with the family of Mrs.
Clarence Nourse, formerly of Absecon,
Z who live OF a large farm heal Wash
lhgton, D. c.
Mrs. Experience Conover spent sew
eral days last week with her niece,
Mrs. Carrie Kraft, at Bargaintown,
and enjoyed an abundance of large
luscious strawberries.
Mrs. William Wyand is recovering
slowly from her nervous breakdown of
recent date.
Mr.. and Mrs. John s.. Lewis attended
services at the Boardwalk Church last
Sunday morning and report that Rev.
R. A. Elwood, the pastor, delivered an
inspiring, spiritual sermon before a
large, attentive audience composed of
people hailing from all over the United
States.
= Miss Florence Babcock, assistant
postmistress since last fall, who took
the Civil Service examination several
months ago., has been notified by the
government of her appointment to a
clerkship at Washington, her assign
ment to take place about July LIST. She
has written to her sister, Miss Annabel
Babcock, who has been teaching school
several years at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
to return to Absecon to stay with her
mother, Mrs. Frank Babcock, during
the summer, but had not received a re-
ply up to the time this was written.