The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-05-29
Absecon

The regular meeting of the Wo-
mans Civic Club will be held in the
school auditorium next Thursday af-
ternoon. The Club announces it great
ly appreciates the special effort made
by the townspeople to rid their places
of rubbish and u%nsightly objects dur
ing Cleanup Week"
Mrs. William Frymire, of Philadel-
phia, who has been dangerously ill, is
better and is re~cuperating at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. George B. Con-
over.
ens Mrs. Laura p. Reed has returned to
Lorih8 Boics: &fter spending the win
ter wiib her auuts in Camden.
Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson, Jr., form
nIry Miss Charlotte S~choepfin, of At
c City, visited her father and SIS
" the Hotel Buckingham last
AM narsy Mattson went to
kdsfown last Wednesday and
tanotber lot of horses for use IN
very and sales business.
and Ms. Warren Horton, of
F~hiladelphia. rmer residents of Alb
secqh5s have 1ast returned from their
visitIan New York City to their apart
me1tlHnear Logan Square. Mr.. and
&@MfS. E1oEtUH recently moved 10 the
Quaker City. Mrs. Horton will be re-
membered as Miss Helen Price, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence E.. Pirce,
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams and
son Harold, of Philadelphia, entertain
ed at their summer home in Ocean
City on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Conover, Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Giberson,
Miss Ethel Giberson, Mr.. and Mrs.
James E. Sooy and Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Giberson and children. Ali had a fine
time.
Walter Conover had as his guest on
Sunday, Curtis Risley, of Atlantic City.
Miss Nettie Aydelotte spent Sunday
in Atlantic City.
A number of Absecon and Conover-
tow people went to Philadelphia IN
the excursion on Sunday.
About midnight last Monday en-
trance was gained, it is thought, by
means of a pass key, to the home of
Lewis Elberson on California avenue,
by sneak thieves, who made their a
to the second story, where they stole
$44 from a pocket book in a wardrobe.
City Council Wednesday night di-
rected the clerk to notify the sign COM
panies to either pay their mercantile
tax or remove their signs in 80 days.
Both the Presbyterian and Metho.
dist Sunday Schools are rehearsing
their annual Children's Day programs
to be presented respectively on the
Sunday evenings of June 6 and 10.
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. Walter Borneman on
NY D01f0a 1900 vu1na.
Mrs. Samuel Johnson, Mrs. James Bal
~lantine, Mrs. Thomas Draper, Jr., Miss
Hannah Madden, Mrs. Charles Irelan,
Mrs. Wallace Rogers, Mrs. Nicholas
and mother, of McKeesport; Mrs.
Thomas Simpson, Ocean City; Mrs. M.
M. Townsend, Mrs. Thomas Draper,
Sr.
While cranking his Maxwell touring
car a few days ago the engine kicked
back, breaking in two places the
right arm of Mark Reed, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Reed.
Alfred Roger is having his New
Jersey avenue home painted.
Everett Ambruster has bought the
Joab Sooy farm adjoining Richard
Sooy's, at Smithville.
City Council Awards Contracts.
City Council at its regular meeting
last Wednesday evening awarded to
Clark & Johnson, of Somers Point,
the contract for furnishing materials
n setting curb on both sides of New
Jersey avenue as far north as to in
clude the c. Hare property on the east
side and part of Mrs. Samuel John
sons on the west side at 81 per lineal
foot of curbing, Skis inches. Their
bid was the only one received.
Council also awarded IN the Pleas.
antville & Shore Electric Company
the ive-year contract for lighting the