The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-09

daughter n son-in-law, MI. and Mrs.
George H. West, of Paulsboro, N. j.,
who motored here in their Buick car.
Mr.. and Mrs. West spent Saturday and
Sunday in Atlantic City, attending the
Shriners' Conclave and taking part In
the parade on Saturday.
Mrs. A. G.. Fleming leaves the last of
this week for a visit with relatives and
friends in Camden and Cape May
Counties.
Mrs. Laura B. Reed returned Tues
day evening to the home of her cousin,
Miss Lorine Boice, after sojourning
ten days with her aunts, Mrs. Hannah
Jackson and Mrs. Sallie Lee, at Cam
den.
With the District Superintendent,
Rev. Alexander Corson, presiding, the
second and third quarterly conferences
of the M. E. Church were held in the
chapel last evening, Friday, at 7.30.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason spent
the weekend at Trenton attending the
fair and at Merchantville, where they
visited relatives. They went in their
automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Lee are ex-
pected home the last of this week from
their automobile trip to Washington,
D. C.
Mrs. Townsend Shovel sojourned
with relatives at Trenton from Friday
until Tuesday.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the NJ. E. Church will meet
with the president, Mrs. P. B. Reed,
next Tuesday afternoon, Oct. II, at
2.30, at the Boice residence, Boice ave-
nue. and Shore Road. An interesting
talk will be given by Mrs. Alena Fisler,
of Camden, who was born in the city
of Shanghai, China, and who was con-
yerted in the Methodist Mission. A
cordial invitation is extended to all
members and friends.
Allen Townsend, son of Mrs. May
Townsend, and Everett Hammell, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hammell, left
on Thursday morning for Detroit,
Mich, the former to continue his
course, the latter to begin his studies
at the Michigan State Auto School.
They expected to arrive Thursday
night at Linwood, N. Y, where they
planned to remain until Monday. While
there they intended to visit Miss Ada
Logan, who taught school here several
years ago. While mere she boarded at
the Townsend home. The young men
planned to spend mex Tuesday at Buff
falo and Niagara Falls and to arrive
in Detroit the middle of next week.
AbSecOn School and Columbus Day.
Absecon School will observe Column
bus Day on Monday, the 18th, at 1.30
P. M. Following is the program
Nc ro1 CahA41. 4~- ~,ADs4 School.
Recitation, Story of Columbus in
Rhyme, Dorothy Giberson; Recitation,
Our Land, Erma Gaskill; Dialogue,
Eight Primary Boys; Recitation, Ed
mund Atkinson; Song, As Grades;
Recitation, Margaret Price; Recitation,
Discovery Day; Concert Recitation,
Dorothy Mancusa, Dorothy Berry, Dor
othy Giberson, Maude Mccarthy, Kath-
ryn Ray, Frances Reeves, John Clark,
Marie H%ornbostel; Exercise, Growing
Columbus, 4th and 18th. Play, Gram
mar Grades, Prelude, John Gilbride;
2, Song, Lightly Row; Scene l, Column
bus the Boy, Jacob Reed; (a) Column
bus Boyhood, Kathryn Miller; Obj
Recitation, THE Boy Columbus" Ber-
tram Hammell; Scene columbus the
Man, Emerson Shovel; (a) Story,
Mary Kenderski; (b) The Dreamer,
Dorothy Hammell; Scene 3-Colum-
bus Appearance Before the King and
Queen, (a) Attempts to obtain Aid,
Adelma Miller; Scene 4-Song, I'm
mortal Morn,' sung while Columbus
sails; (a) Columbus Recitation, Esther
Boice; Scene 4, "On Board Ship;
Scene 5-The Landing; Song, "The
Flag of SPAIN; Scene 6-The Return;
(a) Story. Edythe Joyce; (b) Slow
procession: Cd Two Guards, % King
and Queen, (3) Ladies in waiting, (4)
Churchmen, 90 Indians, co Noble
men, CD Page, (8) Columbus. List
of characters: Pictures-Columbus as
a Boy, Jacob Reed; Columbus as a
Man, Emerson Shovel; King, James
Ballentine; Queen, Margaret White;
Churchmen, John Beckley, lamar
Gramp; Sailors, Ferdinand Bruckler,
Bertram Hammell, Matthias Bruckler,
Sam Smith; Indians. Robert Reynolds,
Charles Shovel, Ernest Gramp, Carl
ton Giberson, Arthur Lake, Clarence
Hackett; Noblemen. John Gilbride,
Durham Boice; Page, Jacob Reed.
AbSecOn School Honor Roll.
Pupils neither absent or Tardye
Grades Z and s: John Beckley, Ferdi-
nand Bruckler, Russell Elwood, John
Gilbride, Bertram Hammell. Emerson
Shovel, Elizabeth Boice, Esther Boice,
Emily Gaskill, Dorothy Hammell,
Edith Joyce, Adelma Miller. Kathryn
Miller, Anna Mccarthy, Edith Precott,
Grace Prescott, Ethel Price, Jessie
Shovel, Laura Sutton, Lizetta Taylor,
Merlin Thomas. Pupils enrolled. 81;
perfect attendance, 21; percent of at
tendance, 97.S. Nettie L. Alexander,
Principal; Blanche l. Alderman, Teach
er.
Grade 6: Durham Boice, Matthias
Bruckler, Carlton Giberson, Ernest
Gramp, Clarence Hackett, Edward
Hackett, Arthur Lake, Jacob Reed,
Charles Shovel, Samuel Smith, Thorn
as Trusty. Virginia Babcock, Sara
Boice, Emma Dalquist, Florence Hun
ter, Anna Krieg. Catherine Mccarthy,
Sara Reynolds, Kathryn Weber. Pupils
ar ro1Iad Oe. narfont To-