The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-05
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN-
IcLED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

and pleasing. The games and refresh
ments were in keeping with the spirit
of All Fools Day and all present thor
oughly enjoyed themselves. An atten-
dance of thirty was noted.
The March meeting of the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary Society
of the Absecon Presbyterian Church
was / Id on Tuesday afternoon of last
week. It the home of Mrs. R. A. Ell
wood, Pitney avenue. "The Indians
was the topic for discussion and one
of the most interesting features of the
meeting was the exhibition and exami-
nation of a collection of Indian relics
from the Indian Reservation. The at
tendance was quite large and the in
terest taken in these monthly meet
ings is increasing.
Edward Gosline's Railroad Career.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gosline have
gone to Trenton, their home city, for
several days, but expect to return soon
to the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Franklin G.. Turner, where they will
spend a considerable time, Mr.. Cos
line having been retired with pension
by the Pennsylvania Railroad the first
of this year, following a lifetime of
efficient, faithful service to the COM
pany. Mr.. Gosline was listed for re-
tirement last October, but because of
wal conditions he consented to remain
until labor tension relaxed.
Mr.. Gosline at the time of his retire
ment was a foreman in the mechanical
engineering department Of the Pennsy
shops at Trenton, and had under him
a force of 40 men who regretted to see
him retire from active service.
In his early days of ~railroading Mr..
Gosline was a locomotive engineer on
this division and piloted trains
through here daily. Subsequently he
was advanced to the drafting and me-
chanical engineering department in
both an advisory and assignment ca
pacity.
When the present electric power
house was planned for Atlantic City,
Edward Gosline was selected to draw
the plans and specifications for the
electrical and mechanical equipment
and was deputized to place the order
for same, which he did, and when the
machinery arrived and was installed,
it is declared, each and every part of
the complicated mechanism could be
assembled and adjusted with perfect
accuracy as to fit.
When the Westinghouse airbrake
system was developed, Engineer Cos
line was sent to Pittsburgh by the P.
R. R. to study it's construction and
means of operation. Upon his return
that system of a~ir-braking vas adopt
ed as standard train equipment for the
Eastern Pennsylvania lines and he
was placed in charge of instructing
other enginemen in the details of its
maintenance.
Twenty years or more ago when the
water feed tank for supplying locomo-
tives was enclosed in the top of a bull
ding located on the corner diagonally
opposite the Absecon station and col
lapsed without warning, he was sent
here to determine the cause and to
make recommendations for the replace
ment of same. A larger improved tank
was then built on the lot east of the
tracks and south of the station.
At that time Mrs. Turner, her Miss
Cordelia Gosline, was the primary tea
cher in the public schools here and
boarded at Mrs. F1eming's. Her "a
rents were then residents of Camden.
Exercises at School Much Enjoyed.
Special exercises were held in the
AbsecOn School auditorium Wednesday
morning at 9 o'clock. The program
follows: Star Spangled Banner; Flag
Salute; Scripture Lesson; Lords Pray
er; Song, Beautiful Springtime; Dia-
logue. Mrs. Hooligan's New Spring
Hat" Marion Price. Myra Kesler, Ed
mund Smith, Rufus Booye; Song,
Spring is Coming; Dramatization,
First Grade; Memory Gems, First
Grade; Song, BILLY and Me-; Dia-
logue, Lets Haste to the Wedding"
Pupils from Grades 4 and 5; Dramati-
zation, 1.-THE Little Birds" Pupils from
3rd Grade; Dramatization, His Word
of Honor" Pupils from 9Th Grade;
Song, Foolish Old Hen" First Grade.
The school was favored with a Four
Minute Speech on, Taking Care of the
Health" given by Miss Cullen, of Bar
gaintown. Other visitors present gave
short talks, all of which were enjoyed
by the school. These auditorium ex-
ercises are conducted by each teacher
in turn, and are a ouree of profit and
enjoyment to the pupils.
Honor Roll for March.
Grades 6, 7, 8-Nettie L. Alexander,
Principal; Townsend Shovel, Teach
er: Esther Boice, Violet Conover, Thel-
ma Giberson, Dorothy Hammell. Kath-
ryn Miller, Ethel Price, Marion Price,
Ruth Reed, Russell Elwood, Ladow
Hammell, Clarence Moore, Emerson
Shovel.
Grades 4 and 5, Cordelia G. Turner,
Teacher: Durham Boice, Earl Dobbins,
Carlton Giberson, Clarence Hackett,
Edward Hackett, Bertram Hammell,
Jacob Reed, Samuel Smith, Ruth Bar
ker, Florence Hunter, Anna Mccarthy,