The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-19

Dor City, has been elected to teach in
the Absecon school next term in the
place of Miss Catherine Morris, who
resigned to accept an offer in the
Pleasantville school.
Miss Thelma Giberson gave a party
to the graduates of the Absecon school
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Giberson, last Tuesday
evening, in honor of their success and
as a farewell to Lewis M. Johnston,
valedictorian of the class, who leaves
for his home in Bridgeton.
Miss Hannah Madden went to Col
lingswood last Thursday to attend the
commencement exercises of the Col
lingswood school. Her niece, DR.. The
ophilus Madden's daughter, was one
of the graduates.
Rev and Mrs. G. M. Johnston and
family, of B~ridgeton, and his sister,
Mrs. Fred Fitzgerald of New York,
have been visiting friends in town this
week. They were guests of C. M. Kes-
Ter and family, A. L. Hammell and
family and at Mr.. Gilbert Conover's.
Miss Mabel Pennington, school tea
cher at Pennington the past year., is
expected home mex Friday after visit
ing friends at P~lainfield a week.
Miss Florence Babcock, who has a
government position at Washington,
is expected home before the weekend
on a ten days vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Barton enter
tanned her son, of Washington, D. c.,
several days last week.
Alfred Shovel, Jr., eldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Shovel, was grad
uated this Friday as a member of the
1920 Atlantic City High School Glass
at the exercises held in Keith's The
atre on the Garden Pier. He took the
emmerciaI Course Alfred expects
seve the last Of this month for
(ern California to Join bits father.
kent West 9 month ago.
&George$D. Shovel is recover!
fr6m her Serious Illness of the
st two weeks.
Mrs. Andrew White returned home
lats Saturday from a two weeks visit
with relatives in Camden. Last We'd
nesday she attended the wedding of
her niece, Miss Myrtle Kelly to Mr..
Edward Fisher, at Cramer Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew White and son
Harry entertained over Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Forrest r. c. Kelly and son,
Forrest, Jr, of Camden.
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Daniel, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
land Shovel, at the morning service
in the M. e. Church last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel F. BROMLEY,
who have been living the last four
years in Philadelphia, where he was
employed as a skilled hand and super
visor at the Schuylkill Arsenal, have
returned to their North Absecon home,
where they expect to dwell perma-
nently. He has secured employment
in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Cora Conover, of Camden, came
down Monday night to s~ojourn indefin-
itely at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Boice. Mr.. Boice has
been very sick with erysipelas about
the head the last ten days.
All the principal highways have
been closed to traffic in the center of
Absecon by the Standard Bitulithic
Company, which has begun the IKE
cution of its contract calling for eX-
tensive grading and paving operations
at the conveyance of the four roads
at the Absecon bridge. South-bound
traffic from New York and Philadel-
phia must detour by way of Station
and Ohio to Shore Road,
thence via Reed Road to the Absecon
Boulevard. A lot of the sand and
gravel e~Xcavated from the forks of
the roads is being spread on Ohio ave-
nue., the side street, to help make it
Withstand the increased travel.
Much credit is due Walter M. Burns
for his initiative, perseverance and eff
ficient training of the children who
took part in the Children's Day exer-
cises in the M. E. Church last Sunday
evening, thereby making possible the
successful entertainment.
James Yelland, of Trenton, has been
visiting this week his son, Albert Vel
land, and daughter, Mrs. 7. d. Shovel.
Mrs. William Frymire returned on
Thursday to her home in Philadelphia
after convalescing several weeks at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. George
B. Conover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hackett, of
Philadelphia, former residents, have
taken occupancy of the dwelling
which they recently bought at Helios-
town.
Miss Winifred Hackett, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Z~epheniah Hackett, had
a narrow escape from injury or posi-
BILE death when she attempted to alight
from the IL o'clock north-bound trolley
at California venue last Sunday night.
Just as she undertook to step off an
automobile without lights whizzed
past at a %thunderous rate of speed.
Only the alertness of a passenger who
bad a %premonition of the imminent
danger, it is explained, prevented her
from taking the dangerous step by
grasping her arm.
Another near accident of the same
nature vas barely averted last Sunday