The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-02-28
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN-
IcLED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

Prof. E. D. Riley returned home the
first of this week from his Florida
trip, which he reports having thor
oughly enjoyed in view of the balmy
weather experienced during his travels
in the Southland.
The March meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be
held at the residence of Mrs. A. C.
Fleming, on Shore Road, next Tuesday
afternoon, March 2, at 8 o'clock.
William B. Riley bought a new
Oakland Sensible Six" touring car
last week.
Miss Hannah Madden has been visit
ing relatives and friends this week at
Wilmington, Camden, Riverton and
Collingswood.
The monthly meeting of the Wo-
mans Home and Foreign Missionary
Society of the Presbyterian Church
was held last Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Samuel Johnson.
The monthly Presbyterian Christian
Endeavor Social was held at the home
of Mrs. Samuel Smith, Jr., on Friday
evening.
Absecon Art Club members were
guests of Mrs. Samuel Johnson last
NC0ilCOdoJ oltCl llOOll, at z hOillC VI
New Jersey avenue. Present were Mrs.
Robert Mclaughlin, Mrs. George B.
Conover, Mrs. F. Fraley Doughty, Mrs.
A. L. Hammell, Mrs. R. L. Babcock,
Mrs. Lewis Clark, Mrs. Leland Mad
den, Mrs. May Townsend, Miss Lorine
.Boice, Miss May Cordery and the host
less.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Yelland went to
Trenton on Friday to visit relatives
over Washington's Birthday. They
were accompanied to the State Capital
by her sister, Miss Rose Hatmacher,
.kof hat city, who had been their guest
Mere a month.
horse belonging to Mark Higbee
sAdropped dead in the shafts at Higbee-
Town last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Boice and chill
f1dren, of Camden, former residents, Wis
tied relatives here over the weekend.
They were guests on Sunday of the
family of her sister, Mrs. Alfred Fish,
lat Pleasantville. The rest of the time
they sojourned with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Boice.
<t8Gapt. and Mrs. D. S. Tilton and Mrs.
Joseph Tilton entertained at dinner
last Wednesday Mrs. Jacob Frendlich
and son Roy and Mrs. Leslie Golf, of
Pleasantville.
Mrs. Fred B. Fitzgerald and chill
dren, of New York, were guests the
first of this week of her mother, Mrs.
L. L. Johnston, and the family of her
brotker, Rev. C. M. Johnston.
Rev. and Mrs. r. A. Elwood have
been in Philadelphia this week cele-
brating the twentieth anniversary of
their marriage.
Samuel Elliott, of Atlantic City, who
recently purchased the John Booye
property at South Absecon, is prepar-
ing to open the residence next week.
Isaac Stone purchased Mrs. Caroline
Smiths %boathouse on the creek front
between Ohio avenue and railroad
bridges and had it removed to his
North Absecon premises the first of
this week.
All officers, teachers and scholars of
the M. E. Sunday School are requested
to be in their places mex Sunday af-
ternoon, when the final session for this
conference e will be held. 1t is
very important that all who have made
pledges to the Sunday School Cente-
nary Fund shall be present and COM
plete their payments. The final mis-
sionary offering for the conference
year will then be taken and all inter-
ested in the success of the Centenary
Movement in the Sunday School should
not fail to be present next Sunday af-
%ternoOn.
DR.. and Mrs. Elmer Hancock, of
Pleasantville, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin Somers, of Philadelphia, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason
at tea last Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Warmer and
children, Ruth, Esther, Alfred, Russell,
Walter and Robert, were weekend
guests of the family of her sister, Mrs.
Charles Mason. Former residents of
Pl%easantville, Mr.. and Mrs. Warmer
and children are now living on a farm
which they recently purchased al
Leeds Point.
Plans are being made for a big meet
ing at the New Jersey M. e. Confer
ence at First M. E. Church, Atlantic
City, for WOman's Foreign Missionary
Day, Thursday, March 4th, at 2.30 o.
clock. Miss Jennie Hughes, American
Missionary, and DR.. Mary Stone, two
forceful speakers, will be present. No
n Interested in the work should miss
the opportunity of hearing them. DR..
Stone has charge of "Danforth Memo
rial Hospital" Kiukiang. She was
born of Christian Chinese parents.
Neither she nor Miss Hughes needs