The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03

last Sunday, and on New Years Day
the family of another daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Bowen, of Pleasantville.
Mrs. John Ards, of Philadelphia, has
been visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Smith, ST., the past week.
Mrs. Sarah Stout, of Berlin, has been
the guest of her sisters, Mrs. A. c..
Fleming and Miss Emma Collins, at
the Pine View Villa, during the holt
days.
Mrs. Rebecca C. Tilton and Miss
Kate Steelman, of North Absecon,
spent Christmas Day with relatives
and friends in Atlantic City.
Miss Esther Boice, of Camden, came
down last Monday to spend a week
with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Boice.
Edward p. Prescott took his chill
dren, Rosa, Edith, Grace and Robert,
to Philadelphia the day before Christ
mas, to see the many things on display
that delight the Juveniles.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Prescott had at
dinner in addition to their immediate
family on Christmas Day their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Whitehouse Prescott, and the
latter's ~eight-year-old son, Russell
Jackson.
Miss Leona Conover, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Leon Conover, has recovered
from her. attack of the measles which
made it's appearance Christmas Day. $
Miss Marie Payne is getting around
again, after suffering for two weeks
with a severe cold. She was confined
to her bed several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. D. Joslin entertain
ed Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Lewis at din
ner New Years Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard A. Payne have
been entertaining the past week her
mother. Mrs. Martha o'Neill, of Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sibieys IL Swsde
boro, were guests on Christmas Day OF
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Alex
ander.
Charles Alloway, of Philadelphia, a
former resident, called on friends here
on Sunday.
Santa Claus this Christmas was tru-
ly beneficent and muniflcent, for It's
whispered no less than three local
damscls received good sized sparklers
as Christmas gifts. Doesn't it look as
if Santa had Travelled with Dan Cupid
in his Pierce Arrow car?
Miss Florence Babcock returned on
New Years Day to Washington, d.. c.,
after spending three weeks at her
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lee had the
pleasure of greeting the following rel
atives on Christmas Day at a delicious
Xmas dinner: Mr.. Thomas S. Lee, Mrs.
Sarah Scull and daughters, Hannah
and Lillian, of Atlantic City; Mrs.
James H. Johnson and Mrs. Mary e.
Martin, of Pleasantville, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter M. Burns. of Absecon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bird expect to
move at an early date to Bayhead,
where he is employed on a dredging
machine. \
Mrs. John Alexander had a fall the
first of this week which blackened her
eye and bruised her hand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter M. Burns are
spending the weekend in Cape May.
Absecon Protests Water Rates.
At the meeting of City Council last
Wednesday evening the Solicitor was
instructed to prepare an ordinance Gre
ating a Volunteer Fire Company.
Ardent protest was made against
paying the quarterly bill of $409 to
the Atlantic County Water Company
for fire hydrant and street main ser
vice. The former charge was $425 a
year. Payment of the present four
fold amount authorized by the State
Public Utility Commission appears to
be mandatory. This levy it is claim
ed by the city authorities, is excessive,
unfair and unbearable.
Charges were made by representatives
of the different parts of Absecon that
the city water is not fit for USE, on
account of Absecon being on the dead"
end of the line, and because of the all