The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-31

ave-, received his new -FOfQ SEDAN sew
eral days ago.
The February meeting of the Abse-
con w. c.. T. U. will be held next
Tuesday afternoon at 8 o'clock, at the
home of Mrs. Gilbert Conover on
Shore Road. All members and friends
are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Giberson have
been spending the past week with
their daughter and s%on-inlaw, Mr.. and
Mrs. James e. Sooy, in Atlantic City.
Mr.. John Conover has returned to
his Conovertown home after visiting
the family of his son Benjamin, at
Westville, two weeks.
Mrs. Earl Fairbrothers has been
confined to her home with the grip
this week.
Herman L. Madden is expected
home from Detroit, Mich, any day.
Mrs. Walter Borneman entertained
the Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-.
'sionary Society of the Presbyterian
Church at her Bolton avenue home
last Tuesday afternoon. The topic for
discussion was China" Present
we're: Mrs. R. A. Elwood, Mrs. NJ. M.
Townsend, Miss Hannah Madden, Mrs.
Thomas Draper, Jr:, Mrs. Charles Ire
Ian and the hostess.
Mayor Harry Mattson took a trip
through Salem County last Wednes-
day and bought Is horses for his
spring livery business. They will be
shipped here by freight this Saturday.
Captain Daniel Shovel, of North
Absecon, is quite ill at his home. He
had a fall in his yard recently and
hasn't been well since. In a few days
he will be 81 wears of age.
Slipping and falling on the ice sur
rounding the pump in front of the
Rockingham Stables on Friday morn
ing of last week, Street Supervisor
Harry Mattson, Jr., dislocated his left
wrist and broke his arm between the
elbow and wrist.
Walter j. Roberts, cashier of the
Absecon Bank, received last week his
new Ford sedan with latest equipment
and accessories.
The writer received on Friday a
post card of the Hotel Ponce De Leon,
st. Augustine, Fla, from Prof. e. d.
Riley, who is visiting the important
cities and resorts of the P~eninsulaT
State. Dated two days previous at
st. Augustine the card bore this mes
sage: Game here today. Having fine
time. Enjoying great sights. Attend.
ed the M. E. Conference sessions at
Jacksonville. Listened to address OF
V~ice-President Marshall Saturday eve
ming and heard Rev. J. Ward Gamble,
of the New Jersey M. e. Conference
preach. l meet a familiar face every
day"
Mrs. A. L. Hammell was hostess to
the Absecon Art Club members at heI
Shore Road home last Wednesday af'
ternoon. Present were Mrs. R. L
Babcock, Mrs. George B. Conover,
Mrs. M. M. Townsend, Mrs. Samuel
Johnson, Mrs. R. A. Elwood. Miss Han.
nah Madden, Miss Lorine Boice, Mrs
L. S. Madden, Mrs. James B. Town
send, Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin and
Mrs. Hammell.
Services will be held in the Presby-
terrain Church tomorrow, Sunday, as
follows: 9.45 a. M, Sunday School;
1915, Preaching service, conducted by
Mr.. Joseph Stewart; $50 p. M, Junior
Christian Endeavor meeting; 7.30,
Senior Christian Endeavor service.
After considerable discussion re-
specting the school salary question at
t~he>meeting of City Council last We'd
nesday evening, it was decided to give
each of the five teachers a bonus of
800 for the remainder of the school
term, with the principal, Miss AleXan-
der, receiving an additional $50. The
salary of the school janitor, Harry
Conover, was advanced from $35 to $50
a month.
Mr.. Leon Conoyer entertained a
number of relatives and friends on the
occasion of his natal days anniversary
at his Shore Road home last Wednes-
dow oyopinn Good Yo11cio oOO5 oafc
and a jolly good time were enjoyed by
all. Present were: DR.. Clyde Fish,
DIR. and Mrs. Charles Conover and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Adams,
Mrs. William B. Parsells and son Mil
ton, of P~leasantville, Mayor and Mrs.
Harry Mattson, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
Conover and daughter Leona.
Josiah Smith Dies Suddenly.
Captain Josiah Smith, of North Abb
secon, aged 70, died suddenly of heart
trouble after eating his dinner, which
he .%relished, at l o'clock last Monday
afternoon. He had just finished his
midday meal and vas sitting in his
rocking chair in the sitting room when
his wife came in from an adjoining
room and found him dead. He occu-
pied his usual sleeping posture and
died without a murmur.
Captain Smith had beer in declining
health for several months, suffering
from heart and kidney trouble, with
which he had been confined to the
house for several weeks. He took an
entimistic view of his condition, how
ever, and hoped he would soon be out
again. Ambitious to the last he hoped
to soon be able to resume work.
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