The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-10

Harry Macaulay, Mrs. Reuben Bah
cock, Mrs. VIM. Wyand, Mrs. Fred.
Audrey, Mrs. R. A. Elwood, Miss Marie
Moffat, Mrs. John Lewis, Mrs. Floyd
Somers, Mrs. M. M. Townsend, Mrs. F.
G.. Turner, Mr.. T. D. Shovel, Miss
Hannah Madden, DR.. E. H. Madden,
Mr.. Herman Madden.
War Captain Visits Absecon School.
The teachers and pupils of Absecon
School were very much pleased to
have Captain Beerwork visit their
school on Monday morning. Many of
us who had viewed his exhibition of
war relics on the boardwalk felt that
he had many things of interest to tell.
The captain spent nearly two years in
France in the early part of the war
and had some wonderful and thrilling
experiences, a few of which he related
in the talk which he gave in the school
auditorium last Monday.
He enlisted and went over with the
Canadian troops, and for the first year
as an engineer supervised the con-
struction of trenches. Afterwards he
went into active service, which neces-
STATED his spending many weeks in a
hospital. He was gassed and struck
by a shell.
Of especial interest was his deScrip-
ton of the trenches, their construction
and the life of the soldiers in the
trenches. Every word was eagerly lis
tened to, and at the close of the talk,
teachers and pupils had many ques-
tions to ask. Then followed such a
hearty applause hat there could have
been no doubt in the mind of the
speaker how greatly he was appreci-
ated.
Orange ShoWer for Miss Alexander.
The pupils of the Grammar Grades
gave their principal, Miss Nettie Alex
ander, quite a surprise in the way of
an orange shower, on Tuesday after
noon.
Sometime during the day each pupil
had concealed in her desk a large
juicy orange.
AS o o as Miss Alexander had call
ed the school to order for the after
noon session, one of the girls stepped
to the front of the o on the pre-
tense of sharpening a pencil. She
then gave a signal and oranges galore
came rolling up the aisles toward the
teachers desk.
The look of surprise on Miss Alex
ander's face told the pupils that the
surprise was complete. We wonder
what will be next in the way of show
erS.
Honor Roll for April.
Grades 6, 7, 8: Esther Boice, Helen
Dobbins, Louise Draper, Emily Gas
kill, Dorothy Hammell, Kathryn Mil
1o, Mill Data D.,+L Dad TIs-oIA4l
Boice, Russell Elwood, Ladow Ham
nell, Lewis Johnston, Edmund Smith.
No. of pupils enrolled, 81; per cent of
attendance, 90. Nettie L. Alexander,
Prin. T. D. Shovel, Teacher.
Grades 4 and 5: Durham Boice, Earl
Dobbins, Carlton Giberson, Clarence
Hackett, Edwin Hackett, Bertram
Hammell, Jacob Reed, Charles Show
ell, Virginia Babcock, Ruth Barker,
Florence Hunter, Jennie Moore, Grace
Prescott, Jessie Shovel, Laura Sutton,
Lizetta Taylor. "a pupils; per cent of
attendance for month, 1913. Cordelia
Turner, Teacher.
Grades 2 and 8: Harlan Boice, Har-
old Coon, Albert Chappell, Walter
Hammell, Irving Riley, Leroy Taylor,
Frank Bird, Edith Chappell, Ada De
Haven, Martha Dobbins, Charlotte
Hammell, Clara Miller, Marie Moore,
Lillian Price, Angie Bird, Frances
Smith. Enrolment, 40; per cent of
attendance for month, 1873. Grace D.
Crosby, Teacher.
First Grade: Reuben Babcock, Ray.
mond Bird, Archie Hammell, Willie
Hunter, John P~ruchnicki Elizabeth
Bird, Irma Gaskill, Nora Miller, Freeda
Schoepfiin. Enrolled, SO; per cent of
attendance, 87.3. Carrie c. Reed, Tea
cher.
AbSecon Gains its Full Quota.
Absecon went we the top Thursday
night in the Victory Loan drive. When
Chairman Elwood Bartlett, Underwood