The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-07-19

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friends at Trenton from Saturday until
Monday.
The Hill Dredging Company has sold
its eight miles of narrow gauge rail-
road track to Warren Moore & Co.,
and is shipping it to Farms Valley,
Kean County, Pa, where the latter is
building a highway. The Hill Dredg-
ing Co. used the track the past year
for it's gasoline engine trains, which
hauled the gravel from West Pleas
antville out onto the new meadow
boulevard, which has been entirely
graveled.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Borneman are
entertaining at their home, his sister,
Miss Elsie Borneman, of P~ottstown,
Pa, for two weeks.
Jonathan Joslin, who has been ill
since the middle of last week, is on
the road to recovery.
Mrs. D.. S. Tilton and Mrs. ]. S.
Tilton entertained Mrs. Leslie Golf, OF
P~leasantv'lle, at dinner last Wednes-
day.
The regular meeting of the Ushers'
Union was held last Monday evening
at the M. E. Parsonage.
John Leeds has traded his truck for
an Oakland touring car.
Henry Hornbostel, of Absecon High
lands, has purchased a new Acme
motor truck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Chamberlin, Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. Carton, Mrs. Elizabeth
Babcock and Miss Annabel Babcock
enjoyed an automobile trip to Bridge
ton on Wednesday of last week.
Panama is the title of the second
of the series of illustrated missionary
educational lectures to be given in the
M. e. Church next Monday evening
under the auspices of the Ushers'
Union.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Spokesman
returned to their home in New York
the first of this week after spending
their vacation of 10 days with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Spieker-
man.
Joseph X. Mathis, of New Gretna,
.~sojourned last Monday and Tuesday
with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Tteelman R. Lee.
Miss Leona Conover, assistant plan
list of the M. E. Sunday School, has
assumed the duties of pianist now
that Miss Florence Babcock, the reg
ular performer, is away.
The First National Bank of Absecon
has purchased DR.. e. H. Madden's
property at New Jersey and Station
avenues and in due course of time
will erect a suitable bank building of
concrete or stone on the corner where
now stands the barber shop building
owned by Elmer c. Bates.
Miss Olive Hammell has been elect
ed a teacher in the public school at
Ardmore, Pa, and has accepted the
position.
Joseph Chapel and Talbert Maxwell
employed here on the Absecon bridge
rebuilding operations the past year,
took a trip last week and visited Will
mington, Essington, Eddystone, Phila-
delphia, Camden. Hog Island and sew
eral other places. They were away
four days.
When Edward Hammell, one of the
party that captured the 100-lb. sea tur-
tie in Absecon Bay a month ago, stood
on the ~terrapin's back the monster
walked off with its load with ease, and
Edward weighs ITS lbs.
Mrs. Gilbert Conover has been visit
ing the family of her son, DR.. Howard
Conover, at Barnegat, this week.
Peter Lashley, mail and newspaper
carrier between here and Port Repub-
lie, is driving a new Chevrolet touring
car.
During the storm on Sunday light
ming struck the chimney on the house
of Charles @. Barker, South Absecon,
and stunned Mr.. Barker's mother.
DR.. and Mrs. C. C. Allen have been
entertaining Miss Salome Bradshaw,
of Philadelphia, the last two weeks.
Edward P. Timmons, wholesale oys-
ter and sea food dealer of Philadelphia,
, visited the shippers along the shore
last Monday for the purpose of getting
some of the famous "Absecon Salts"
and incidentally called On his old
friend, John B.. Frambes, twice that
day.
Mrs. Franklin G. Turner went to
Woodbury. last Saturday to spend a
couple of weeks with DR.. and Mrs.
Underwood, for the benefit of her
health. Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Under
wood have been close friends since
childhood. Both grew to womanhood
in Camden.
Fred Fearn and family, of Philadel-
phia, recently took possession of a
property on Pitney Road at Ridgewood
avenue, Absecon Highlands.
Absecon Art Club members were
guests of Mrs. Leland Madden at her
P~leasantville home last Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Thirty-one children and their par
ents went on the annual picnic of the
Junior Christian Endeavor Society of
the Presbyterian Church to the
Steeplechase Pier, Atlantic City, last
Tuesday.
The Senior Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the Presbyterian Church, held
it's regular business meeting and So