The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-11-29

Mrs. Minnie Ireland and son Russell
are guests over the weekend of Mr..
and Mrs. F. Fraley Doughty.
Mrs. Martin Pitney has gone to
Scranton, Pa, to sojourn with her
mother for the benefit of her health.
Mrs. Charlotte Pitney is spending
an indefinite period at Harrisburg.
Arthur Conover, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Conover, who recently returned
home from war, has purchased the
wheelwright building and part Of the
lot on which it stands, on Adams ave-
nue., from John R. Steelman. The
building he is tearing down.
Mrs. John Boice has been at Camden
the last two weeks at the home of her
4 son, P. H. Boice, whose wife has been
j very i'll from erysipelas in the face,
: making her blind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hackett have
been entertaining their daughter and
}~son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Adds Holzer,
of Haddonield, this week.
MI. Edward Hackett is charging the
cellar under his Ohio avenue home,
preparatory to installing "a pipeless
heater.
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attention of local taxpayers to the fact
that Dec. 1st is the last day for the
payment of taxes before they become
delinquent.
Charles Kunkely, Mill Road, has bar
gained for the purchase of the property
: of Eben Mathis on New Jersey avenue,
it is reported.
On account of the illness of Pastor
Johnston, who was suffering from ton
msilitis, Mr.. Humphrey Scull, of Pleas
antville, conducted the service in a
very acceptable manner in the M. e.
4 Church last Sunday morning.
A. L. Hammell, of Absecon, and DR..
Conover, of ~Pleasantville, pass
u Sd last week on a cunning trip at
T%uckerton. They gunned for quail and
had quite good success. Mr.. Hammell
also shot a wild goose.
Ambrose Hammell and son Bertram
left on Thursday for Morattico, Va, to
spend a week with the family of his
brother Ansley. Mr.. Hammell expects
to employ his time in cunning for
quail and duck.
Mrs. Samuel Barton is slowly recov-
ering from her critical state of the last
two weeks, during which time she has
been confined in the Atlantic City Hos
pital.
Mrs. E. Carolus and daughter Flor
ence, of North Absecon, attended with
Atlantic City friends on Wednesday
the annual meeting of the Atlantic
City Branch, Needlework Guild, at the
Hotel Dennis.
Rev.. and Mrs. C. Long, of Cleveland,
Ohio, and sister, of Ventnor, were din
ner guests of Mr.. E. Carolus and fam
lily at North Absecon, On Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin re-
turned the first of this week from
Philadelphia, where they have been
staying with relatives the past month.
. On Monday they expect to go to the
Petty again, to remain during the most
! df December.
The Mite Society of the Absecon
PRESBYTERIAN Church will give an en-
tertaiNment in the school auditorium
Non Friday evening, Dec. 5th. There
Will be music by the P~leasantville
Ruartette, Aand a sketch by home tai
lent. In addition an elocutionist will
BE present to entertain. Admission,
ab cents. Ice cream will be on sale.
Gity Council TO Assume Control of
AbSecon Fire Company, Jan. 1St.
The November meeting of City Coun-
Gil was held last Wednesday evening
with these members present: Council
men Elmer Bates, Walter Bates, Mar
tin Fitney and Fred H. Henry, and
CLERK Samuel Johnson.
City Council plans to ~reorganize and
assnme jurisdiction over the Absecon
Fire Company, and passed on first
~ading an ordinance designed to car
y out these plans the first of the new
rear.
By the provisions of this new ordi-
nance creating, governing and regulat-
ing the fire company, which for almost
a year has been handicapped by the
division of sentiment among it's mem
bers, a Board of Fire officers composed
of three members to be appointed by
the Mayor will be organized the first
of the year. The duty of this board is
to pass on prospective candidates for
membership in the fire company. If
the certification is favorable, it then
goes before Council for approval.
Chief William Wyand, of the fire
:. company, was present and explained