The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-09-24
Absecon

Mrs. Anna Fleming spent Sunday as
the guest of the family of DR.. John R.
Fleming in Atlantic City and attended
the morning service in the Boardwalk
| Church, of which Rev. r. A. Elwood
is the pastor.
DIR. and Mrs. L. A. Effron and chill
dren have returned to Philadelphia,
after spending two months at their
summer home near Faunce Landing
Road.
Fred c.. Boice is laying a cement
sidewalk in front of his Shore Road
property.
Mrs. Emma York is sojourning with
her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Ramsey, at
Smithville.
Joseph Flynn received a visit on
Thursday from his mother, who came
over from Atlantic City.
Mrs. Julia Fenton entertained on
Thursday Mrs. Raymond Nelson, Mrs.
Lawrence Brewer n Mrs. William
Knauff, of Pleasantyille.
The Finley family has returned to
Atlantic City, after passing the sum
mer at their country home on Shore
Road, between Bolton and Lee ave-
nues.
Miss Ruth Adams returned home re-
Gently from a fortnight's visit to her
cousins, Mrs. Otto Erbacher and Mrs.
Clarence Hedden, at Newark.
Miss Ruth Adams entertained Miss
Abbie Sanders, of Linwood, last Sat
urday.
C. H. Hedden, of Newark, N. j.,
made a business trip to Absecon on
Wednesday.
Raymond Ludlow, of Keansburg, has
planned to s~ojourn over Sunday at
Mrs. May Townsend's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steelman r. Lee en-
tertained over Sunday her father,
Joseph X. Mathis, of New Gretna.
The September meeting of the Wo-
mans Home and Foreign Missionary
Society of the Presbyterian Church
will be held at the home of Mrs. Law
renee Beckley text Tuesday afternoon.
The annual meeting and exhibition
of garments of the Absecon Branch of
the Needlework Guild will be held in
the chapel on Thursday afternoon,
October 20.
Quite a delegation of members and
friends, representing the Absecon w.
c. T. u, attended the annual county
convention of that society in Central
M. e. Church, Atlantic City, last
Thursday.
Harry V. Miller has sold the bunga-
low which he recently built on e. Boil
ton avenue, together with the lot ON
which it stands and the adjoining lot,
to Norman Rose, of our city.
While reaching down into a barrel
last Monday, Fred c.. Boice gouged
his eye with the end of a stick stand
ing upright in the barrel. Fortunately
the obstruction missed the pupil, but
it scraped the eye ball, requiring pro-
fessional treatment.
At the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce last Tuesday evening Presi-
dent Etris appointed a committee COM
posed of It. ID. Shovel, r. A. Elwood,
S. e. Crowley and William Wyand to
accompany the committee of the At
lantic City Chamber of Commerce on
their tour of inspection of the water
shed and local property of the Allan
tic City Water Department, probably
the latter part of next week. AS the
result of the lack of water pressure
from the fire hydrants when it was
badly needed during the mill property
fire last week steps will be taken, it
is said, to have arrangements made
with the Atlantic City Water Depart
ment whereby connection can be made
by the Absecon pumping station with
the local water main, so that water
pressure will be assured in case of
fire here.
Miss Mildred Smith resumed her
position in the First National Bank
the first of this week, after being abb
sent several days on account of ILL
ness.
Under the direction of the County
Road Supervisor, School street, direct
ly connecting New Jersey avenue and
Church street north of the school
house, is being improved and widened.
Soon it will be opened to traffic, which
will use 1t as an important link In the
detour routes while the New York
Road is being hard surfaced. AL
though narrow and sandy, the road
heretofore on private property has
been used considerably all summer.
Adjacent property owners have given
the ~right-of-way, it is said, thereby
making possible the public improve
ment, which should be of great benefit
to the travelling public.
Miss Hilda May Elliff has returned
to her home at Long Branch, after
spending the summer with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. J.. Elliff, at
Glen Cottage.
Ransford Abbott, son of Capt. and
Mrs. James Abbott, left ON Wednesday
for Rutgers College, New Brunswick,
to pursue his final years course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garnet Reed, of Bee
vile, Texas, have taken apartments in
the Burns Building on New Jersey
avenue. Mr.. Reed has secured a posi-
ton with the Buick Motor Agency in
Atlantic City, it is understood. Mrs.
Reed is the sister of Mrs. Fred Henry,
this city. She formerly was a teacher
in the school here.