The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-02-14
Absecon

Johnston attended a dinner for 300
Methodist Men in Scottish Rite Hall,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening.
Bishop Berry presided.
There will be services in the M. E..
Church next Sunday. There are but
three Sundays to Conference. In the
morning the pastor will preach on
"The Worlds Greatest Message" In
the evening on "The Rose Out of The
- Desert-Road."
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
was held in the M. e. Church last Sat-
urday night. District Superintendent
Alexander Corson took supper with
the pastor and family.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Absecon w. C. T. U. was held at Mrs.
Gilbert Conover's Shore Road resi-
dence. Following the devotional and
business period refreshments were
served by the hostess. Present were
Mrs. A. G. Fleming, Mrs. R. A. Elwood,
Mrs. May Townsend, Mrs. Anna John
son, Mrs. John S. Lewis, Mrs. Jonathan
Joslin, Mrs. Sarah Stout, Mrs. D.. S.
~Tilton. Mrs. J.. S. Tilton and Mrs. Como
yer.
Herman L. Madden has returned
home from Detroit, where he sojourn-
ed for three months.
Hosea Ireland, of Detroit, writes to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Ire
land, that the Ford Factory where he
works now employs $4,000 men; pro-
@duces more than 5000 cars daily and
pays out monthly for wages $4,000 900.
Carpenters and painters have been
busy making alterations and repairs
to and white enameling the interior of
the Wedderburn Shore Road residence
purchased a fortnight ago by Harry
- Cook, of the Seaside Hotel, Atlantic
City.
Mrs. Mark Reeves, of Mortified,
visited her mother, Mrs. Martha Clark
Monday of last week.
Rev. R. A. Elwood has returned from
his lonth's lecture tour through the
st, IS of Michigan, Indiana and Ken
lucky.
The highest tide in years entirely
broke up the thick ice on the bay on
\ Wednesday and Thursday of last week
land piled high the huge cakes on the
meadows and upland. Boats of all
4 sizes and kinds cut loose by the ice
, foes, were carried up and down the
stream and onto the marshes by the
eapricious ebbing and flowing of the
tides, influenced by the moon and lash
ing northeast gales. Timbers, nine
>inches square, to which boats were
fastened, were snapped off like match
sticks by the weight of the ice. We'd
nesday night the tide and wind lifted
the oyster house of Samuel Giberson
at the foot of Church street off its
foundation and carried it up the creek.
Thursday morning the peak of the
: oyster house roof was visible in the
creek at a point east of the McMullin
property. On Thursday the tide was
more than knee deep on the causeway,
preventing for several hours the troll
ley from going north of the turn at
Babcockstown. Water extended down
the Shore Road nearly as far as the
Lewis property. Pedestrians used the
railroad and Illinois emu to get to
and from South Absecon and the troll
ley.
Overcome by sewer gas while help
ing build a cofferdam for the laying of
the foundation for the addition to a
beachfront hotel at Atlantic City, Vim
cent Lake and Leon Thomas, of Abse-
con, were moved to the Atlantic City
Hospital. OF the two, Lake was by
far in the worst condition and the
work of resuScitation was difficult. 1t
is said he would have lost his life had
he remained in the excavation one
minute longer. Thomas remained in
the hospital only a few days. Lake
was there three days. He has resum-
: ed his work as usual.
Andrew ]. Craven is out again, after
being confined to his North Absecon
home two weeks with a severe cold.
Indisposed for several months, Rich
ard w. Morris, of South Absecon, has
not been as well as usual the past
week.
Mrs. Gilbert Smith, of Smithville,
: was the weekend guest of the family
of her daughter, Mrs. Ira L. Giberson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Conover have
recovered from their illness of the
past week resulting from colds.
John w. AydelOtte, of Linwood, is
preparing to manage and operate the
Bayview Farm at North Absecon, the
: coming season.
w. B. Entris & Co. is the successor
to the Clark Lumber Company at their
established place of business, Station
and Ohio avenues, Absecon. Mr.. En-
iris came here last fall from Mt. Holly
and was identified with the Clark
Company until recently, when he as
sumed control of the business.
Rev. Clarence M. Johnston is closing
up a very successful seven-years' pas
). torate at our church at Absecon. Dur
ing this longest pastorate in he his
tory of the church it's membership has
been greatly increased; many improve
ments, including a new pipe organ
have been made, and the salary has
been increased fifty per cent, so that
this is now a very desirable shore APP
pointment. The town is growing and
many fine residences have been built
and a fine future is before the church.
l.. -NeW York Christian Advocate, FEB.
10, 1920.
Miss Ethel Hammell has been on
fined to her home this week with a
cold.
The monthly meeting of the Wo-