The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-05-14
this vicinity.

MISS Iulln OOytC 10 Nipieiho hNi
grandparents at Frankfort, Del.
Percy Smith has bought a Chalmers
automobile.
Mr.. ]. Roch, of Newark, is stopping
at the Seldom Inn for an indefinite
period.
A humorous lecture for the benefit
of the public school rest room and
piano fund was to be delivered by Rev.
Robert Arthur Elwood in the school
auditorium last evening, Friday. Ad-
mission, Csc for adults; 15c for chill
dren. The tickets displayed this line:
"If you don't enjoy a good laugh don't
come"
Mrs. Edward Nicholas and Miss
Hannah Madden represented the Chris
tian Endeavor Society of the Presby-
terrain Church at the County Christian
Endeavor Convention at Linwood last
Thursday afternoon and evening.
Owners of AUTOMOBILES and bicycles
are warned to be on the lookout for
suspicious looking persons, seen in
numbers of late, passing through town
after dark. It's advisable to have a
care for the machine or wheel left I'M
guarded since several of these deni-
zens of the road have been seen to be
particularly interested in motor cars
parked at night in the vicinity of Pit
ney Road and Church street.
Stricken suddenly ill while at school
in Atlantic City last Friday Miss Dor
othy Morris, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
! William Morris and granddaughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Shields, e. Bolton
avenue, this city, was removed to the
Atlantic City Hospital, where she was
| successfully operated on for Appendix
citis the same night. 1t is said her
condition has been steadily improving
since the operation was performed.
Mrs. Valdemar Edwards and chill
dren, of Bridgeton, motored here a
week ago in their Ford sedan, and re-
manned several days with her brother
and sister, Fred. C. and Miss Lorine
Boice.
Mrs. Charles ADHESION has been suf-
fering with throat trouble the last few
weeks.
Mr.. C. P. Hammell is having paint
applied to his home on Shore Road.
Harry Mattson, Jr., has bought a
Holmes a~ir-cooled touring car.
Alonzo Leeds has sold his w. Leeds
avenue property and has bought, it is
reported, the two lots at N. e. corner
of Shore Road and Nevada avenue. 1t
is understood he expects soon to begin
the erection of a home on the second
lot from the corner.
Mrs. George B.. Conoyer accompanied
to Philadelphia last Monday her moth
er, Mrs. William Frymire, who return
ed home after visiting her daughter
here several weeks.
Miss Leira Conover, of Camden,
spent the weekend with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Boice.
Charles Tuscano has a new Ford
one-ton truck.
Aught Ford delivery car containing
more than a ton load was driven, one
day last week by a resident of Absecon
Highlands from Atlantic City to his
home. The car was equipped with new
rear tires inflated to double the nor
NAL air pressure.
After reaching the Mill Road inter-
section, the White Horse Pike paving
contractors ceased laying the cement
mixture in a n%orthward direction from
here. Last week they moved the hard
%surfacing equipment north TO a point
opposite Sixth avenue, Absecon High
lands, and are now working toward
w PtOplll tOlICI cue 1llAeIS
and %spreaders are in operation between
Pomona and the city line with about
one and one-half miles of paving yet
TO be laid. 1t is predicted the road
will be finished about the first of June
if the weather is favorable.
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Shreve has sold
her W. Bolton avenue property to
Wayne, Pa, parties by the name of
Bowen, who will make it their home.
u. q. Sunday School Observes
MotherS' Day-1S7 Present.
Last Sunday was a Red Letter Day
in the history of the Absecon NJ. e.
Sunday School, 1877 being present. 1t
is believed the attendance was the lar
gest ever recorded at a single session.
1t was Mothers Day and the exercises
were held in the church instead of the
chapel. The home department was
well represented and a number of Wis
itors were present.
Prof. e. d. Riley gave a general ex-
position of the lesson from the front
of the edifice. DR.. Samuel Johnson.
superintendent of the school, gave the
address of welcome, while Mrs. A. l..
Hammell, superintendent of the home
uCpdi tHlcllI, opOhe vi ldClS HSureS
pertaining to that branch of the school.
The program at the close of the lesson
address consisted of songs, recitations
and exercises. Mrs. Julia Fenton rem
dered a solo entitled: Tell Mother I'll
Be There; Misses Ruth and Frances
Hartzell sang a duet, and members of
the different classes responded with
Rotations or readings as the names
were called. Glass songs were sung by
the primary department, while all
members occupied the platform. Little
Dorothy Giberson gave a recitation en-
titled: There's Only One Mother The
Wide World Over"
The audience took keen interest in
the events of the afternoon; many said
they were well paid for coming. Quite
a list of names of new members is
being recorded each Sunday.
Reception To Primary Scholars
OUer Success attained In Contest.
A reception and social was given to
he boys and girls of the primary de-
partment of the M. E. Sunday School
by the members in general in the
chapel last Monday evening in honor
of the success they attained in the
auto contest by increasing the attend
ance, membership and collections OF
HT| and all
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