The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-02-22
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN-
IcLED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

&AF As - 1OS0
tor preached two stirring sermons. In
the morning the official board gathered
about the. altar, and a very spirited
meeting was held. In the evening two
men came forward to the altar. Every
body is invited to come out next Sun
day, as it is expected that there will
be interesting services. The Metho-
dist Male Quartette will sing morning
and evening, and Walter Burns will
Asing a solo. In the evening the pastor
will speak to children, and a special
sermon on: 1.-THE Crimson Spot" (The
story of Macbeth).
Ushers' Union will meet mex Mon
day evening at Mrs. T. D. Showell's.
The Union will have a banquet in the
Chapel, Friday evening, Feb. %. There
will be several after-dinner speeches,
and al address by a visitor.
. Rev. Clarence M. Johnston has been
2taving a strenuous week, preaching
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
nights in English Creek, Thursday
night in First M. e. Church, Atlantic
City, and this Friday evening Mr..
Johnston goes to the English Creek
sPublic School entertainment to give
his talk, "a Trip to Wonder-Town",
illustrated with magic, objects, etc.
We are glad to state that Miss Flora
Robinson, a recent victim of the flu,
is again recovered.
Mr.. Walter Burns has taken a class
of Junior boys to teach in the M. e.
Sunday School.
Lewis M. Clark, of Philadelphia, Wis
tied his home here over the weekend.
Mr.. G. A. Coon has been visiting his
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Mr.. George V. Draper has been So
journing with relatives in Camden the
past week.
Miss Viola Shovel has secured a
position in Woolworth's 5. and 10 cent
store on Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City
Franklin Mccarthy, oldest son of E.
j. Mccarthy, who has been surveying
Since last summer neal Charleston, s..
c., where the government is building
an immensely large dry dock, is ex-
pected home in the neal future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Shields, of
East Bolton avenue, have gone to Col
lingswood to visit at the home If their
daughter, Mrs. H. McQuilkin, l. ten
days.
The Christian Endeavor Social of
the Presbyterian Church was held last
evening at the residence Of Miss Han
nah Madden.
Rev. r. A. Elwood was a New York
.visitor on Thursday.
Mr.. Elwood returned home the first
of this week from a two weeks eva
gelistic tour of the State of Georgia.
He reports the influenza is still very
bad down there.
Jonah Clark, who has been in failing
, health for q year, is in a YER weaken
ed mental and physical condition at
the home of Samuel Ashton on Church
street.
Presbyterian Bible School meets ev-
cry Sunday morning at 9.45; preaching
by Mr.. Stuart at 1915. Junior Chris
tian Endeavor meeting is held at Miss
Hannah Madden's Sunday afternoons
at $50. At 7 o'clock in the evening
the Senior E%ndeavorers hold their SER
vice at the home of Mrs. May Town
send.
Red Cross meetings are still held
every Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Miss Hannah Madden's. The sewers
and knitters are making garments for
the Belgian Refugees. AS Belgian re-
lief work is very important and the
demand for the garments is still great
Miss Madden requests the Red Cross
workers and Absecon ome in gener-
al to meet at her home as regularly
as possible.
Mayor Harry Mattson, ST., went up
last Monday to Woodstown, where he
purchased 10 horses and had them
driven down by two men from there.
He spent Monday night with his moth
er at Auburn.
Herman l.. Madden, of Camp Dix,
, was home over Sunday.
= Samuel Giberson has been suffering
from an attack of rheumatism in his
shoulder and arm.
Mrs. Samuel Giberson has been con-
fined to her home on Shore Road by
illness.
Mr.. Gilbert Conover expects to take
a trip to Virginia next week to pur-
chase seed oysters for spring planting.
A meeting presided over by Reuben
L. Babcock was held in Council Cham
Der last Tuesday evening in the inter
est of procuring a congressional appro-
priation for the dredging and deepen
ing of the Absecon waterway. The
meeting was attended by 20 boatmen,
oystermen, clammers and fishermen,
users of the waterway n shippers of
bay and sea food products. 1t was de-
cided that each shipper should write
Congressman Bacharach a personal
letter setting forth the amount of bust
ness done, volume and value of ship
ments, etc., for his personal use in
crying to convince the Congressional
committee of the need and justice in
granting the appropriation sought.
George KendalPs COW gave birth last
Tuesday to two perfectly developed
calves which were marked exactly