The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-06-14
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN-
IcLED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Miss Hannah Madden entertained the
family of her brother, DR.. Theophilus
Madden, of Collingswood, from Satur-
day until Sunday evening.
On account of the illness of Rev. C..
M. Johnston, Mrs. A. c. Fleming con-
Quoted the mid-week prayer service in
the M. E. Chapel last Wednesday eve
ming.
Miss Lizzie Adelung is making her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Cordery
and daughter at the Cordery home
stead on Shore Road. Miss Adelung
lived here for many years with Mrs.
Lucy A. Cordery until the latter's
death in February, 1911, when she
took up her abode with Mrs. Hannah
A. Babcock, with whom she remained
in Atlantic City until the latter's death
last March.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Carly, of Wood
lynne, spent the weekend as guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Spokesman, their
! grandparents.
Lewis Conover is quite i'll at his
Conovertown home.
Clarence Hackett's one room club
house at the foot of California avenue
was burned to the ground last Friday
evening. 1t together with it's contents
which also were destroyed was valued
at 800. He had built a fire in the
stove and then left for a few minutes
but a hole in the bottom of the stove
caused some glowing embers to drop
down underneath setting fire to the
building.
Mr.. John Simpkins, a resident on
Faunce Landing Road several years
ago, came here on Thursday from Can
ada to look the place over again.
Mrs. Walter Burns, accompanied by
Mrs. Leslie Golf, of Pleasantville, took
her M. E. Sunday School class in her
parents machine on a pleasure party
and picnic on Wednesday to Egg Har-
Dor City, where they passed the day
at the park. Those of her scholars
who went were Misses Virginia Bah
cock, Charlotte L. Hammell, Martha
Dobbins, Edith Freas, Clara Miller,
Elizabeth Thomas, Elizabeth Booye
and Frances Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Lee received
a visit last Wednesday evening from
their s~ister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret John
son, of Somers Point, formerly of Alb
secon, and late of the tuberculosis
Hospital at Mortified. Mrs. Johnson
and Mrs. Walters, dietician at the hos
pital, have embarked in the boarding
house business and will manage the
Boulevard Hotel, Somers Point, this
summer.
Mrs. Andrew White has been visit
ing the family of her daughter, Mrs.
Robert Hill, at Glendora, since last
Sunday. On Wednesday Mrs. White
n her daughter attended the we'd
ding of friends, Miss Sarah Jane
Neilds and Mr.. Carl Lasse, at the Ger
mantOwn Lutheran church.
The Strawberry Festival held in the
Council Chamber last Friday evening
was a grand success and the Mite Soci.
ETY. of the Presbyterian church, under
whose auspices it was given, is greatly
pleased with the results. The net pro-
ceeds in hand is $81.03. The commit
tee sold 800 tickets at 20 cents each,
served at least 300 plates and during
the evening disposed of 65 quarts of
ice cream, a large amount of strawber-
ries, cakes, candies, nuts, lemonade,
etc. The festival lasted until 1870
and the room was thronged all the eve
ming with interested patrons. The
Mite Society thanks the public for its
interest and generous response.
Mayor Harry Mattson went to
Woodstown last Tuesday and bought
five more horses for use in his livery
business.
DR.. and Mrs. J.. B. Derrickson and
daughter Mary, of Frederick, Del, have
been guests this week of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Hammell. The Doctor has been
attending the American Medical Soci-
ETY. Convention in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard A. Payne mo-
tored to Berlin last Sunday and took
their daughter Marie, who will be
away several weeks on her vacation.
Returning home that evening they
brought Mrs. Payne's mother, Mrs.
! Martha O'Neill, with them. On Tues