The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-28

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City, delivered the morning sermon,
while at the evening service the pull
pit vas occupied by Rev. R. A. Ell
wood, of this city.
Miss Joanna Doughty returned to
the home of her brother, F. Fraley
Doughty, the first of this week after
spending the summer at points of in
terest in five different states, Vermont,
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvan-
ia and New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Borneman and
son Walter moved last Monday to Mill
vile, where they will make their
home. Mr.. Borneman accepted two
months ago the superintendency of the
Menantico Sand and Gravel Co., whose
plant is ear that place.
Mr.. Willard F. BROMLEY and Mrs.
Melvina Streckfus, of Baltimore, are
visiting their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lemuel F. Brownley, at their
North Absecon home.
William Irelan and daughter return
ed to their Philadelphia home last
Monday after spending several days
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Irelan, on New Jersey avenue.
Harry H. Carton and family motored
last week to Deer1eld, where they Wis
tied his wife's uncle.
Townsend D. Shovel returned home
Saturday at midnight from Southern
California, where he spent the sum-
mer. He was five days en- route.
Emerson Irelan, youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Irelan, has been suf-
fering the past week with blood pois-
oning in his left hand as the result of
a slight scratch received several days
before.
After living the past year in the
Stevenson cottage at Shore Road and
Lee avenue, Frank Clement and family
have moved to Roanoke, Va, where he
has secured a position.
Mrs. Elmira Adkisson, accompanied
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. J. McElroy, last Sunday to
Philadelphia, where she will make
her home with them for an indefinite
period.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marry Rawley, of Hon.
olulu, where they have a dairy farm,
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Henry. The Rawleys formerly
lived at North Absecon.
Miss Josephine Cattani is expected
home in a few days, probably the last
of this week, from Newark, where she
was operated on for appendicitis three
weeks ago.
Francis Miller, of Coaldale, Pa, a
former resident at Shore Road and
California avenue, was a visitor here
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Irelan, both
aged and inf1rm residents of Ohio ave-
nue., are seeking the help and influence
of their friends in an effort to obtain
the release from the U. S. Navy of
their grandson, James Gaunt, who
Joined four months ago without their
knowledge or consent. At present he
is at the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station. Young Gaunt was reared in
their home and now they are striving
to have him released on the ground
of needing his support. Mrs. Irelan
has been taking local and hospital
treatments for cancer for several
months, while her husband is in a
greatly weakened state.
Miss Charlotte S%choepfin spent
Wednesday with relatives and friends
in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson, Jr., of At
lantic City, visited her father, William
~Schoepfin, Sr., and other relatives
here on Wednesday.
Richard Liebert, of New York City,
sojourned at the Hotel Rockingham,
over the weekend.
Miss Matilda Buchover, of Philadel-
phia, was recently the guest of the
%Schoepfin girls at The Rockingham.
Council Petitioned For Two More
Street Lights.
At the August meeting of City Coun-
Gil last Wednesday evening, a petition,
signed by the residents of New Road,
requesting Council to erect two cleo
trio street lights on that highway be-
tween California avenue and the
bridge over Absecon Greek, was read.
The petition was laid over until the
first of the year when the new appro-
priation budget will provide for addi-
tional expenses that are deemed nee
essary.
City Clerk Johnson was instructed
to prepare a list of outdoor advertising
signs located within the city limits, to-
gether with the anne of their owners,
and to forward same to Solicitor Alb
bolt, who was requested to take up
with the sign owners the matter of the
payment of mercantile tax at $25 per
sign as specified in the city's mercan-
tile ordinance.
Councilman Fred Henry reported
that Contractor Edward Goehler, of
Pleasantville, had made the necessary
repairs and requirements to the ce-
ment curbing and sidewalk in front
of the John D. McMullin property in
accordance with the provisions of his
contract. The curbing and sidewalk
were laid late last fall and in places
the cement mixture was affected by
the frost and freezing temperature,
Notwithstanding precautions were tax
en- to prevent it.
The City Clerk announced that only
one property wner on New Jersey
venue north of Center street had re-
imbursed the city for cement curbing
laid a month ago on city contract on
that avenue. 1t was reported others
would pay their eurbing bills