The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-02-05

pny Slclan VINO temporarily set and
bandaged the fractured wrist. On
Thursday he was taken to Atlantic
City, where an X-Ray picture of the
wrist was taken. Afterward the bones
were permanently set and the wound
dressed.
Funeral of John Alexander
This Saturday Afternoon.
William John Alexander, aged 73
years last August, succumbed at 10.45
last Wednesday morning at his home
on Ohio avenue to the ravages of the
disease which had been reducing his
vitality for a year. Employed for 25
years at the Absecon Pumping Station
of the Atlantic City Water Works, he
was loyal to his work there until last
summer when by reason of declining
health he was forced to %relinquish ac-
tive service. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Talitha Alexander, and
one brother, Joseph Alexander, of Alb
secon, also by a step-daughter, Mrs.
John Sibley, of Swedesboro. Funeral
service will be held at his late home
this Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Relatives and friends also Water Work
employees and Alletah Tribe of Red
4lth, " SDoCCOA, L nNlItd 1lltl-
ment will be in the family plot in the
Absecon Presbyterian Cemetery.
! Absecon School Notes.
Miss Hamilton and Miss Will, the
two Chautauqua Superintendent, ar
rived in Absecon on Wednesday. Feb.
2. Miss Will visited the Abescon
School late Wednesday afternoon and
organized the Junior Chautauqua. The
children were very much interested
in the stunts and songs that they are
to perform this Saturday evening. The
guarantors had to stop the sale Of
tickets on Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock because the auditorium would
be taxed to its capacity to care for the
purchasers of tickets.
On Jan. II, the 4th and 9Th Grades
of the Absecon School organized a
Health Crusade Club to be known as
the Germ Chaser Club" The follow
ing officers were elected for the term
of one month:-Captain, Mitchell
Smith; Lieutenant, Walter Hammell;
Herald, Louise Hammell; Health In
spectors, Dorothy Allen, Frank Beck
ley, Frederick Fox, Florence Haber-
stroh, Lillian Price; Thermometer In
spector, Leroy Taylor; Window In
spector, Michel Smith; Door Inspec-
tor, Charlotte Ray.
ABSECoN SCHOOL HONOR ROLL.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy during
January were =
Grades 7 and 8, Nettie L. Alexander prin-
eipal, Blanche |. Alderman assistant James
Ballentine. John Beckley. Bertram Hammell,
Emerson Shqwell, Clyde Dougherty. Esther
Boice, Anna Mccarthy, Ethel Price, Jessie
Shovel. Laura Sutton, Lizetta Taylor. Per
| rent Of attendance Oh @
Grade 6: Durham Boice, Carlton Giberson.
Jacob Reed. Charles Shovel, Samuel Smith,
Carl Enstron, Virginia Babcock, Florence
Hunter, Anna Krieg. Percent of attendance,
go. 35. Nettie l.. Alexander, principal. and
Blanche l.. Alderman, assistant, teachers.
Grades 4 and 5: Frank Beckley. Frederick
Fox, Charles Carton, Walter Hammell, Lewis
Kreig, Mitchell Smith, Leroy Taylor, John
Eafferty. Dorothy Allen, Ada De Haven,
Mary Dolquest, Louise Hammell, Helen Ken
derski, Lillian Price, Wilhelmina Schoephin,
Catherine Van SICKLE, Frances Smith, Luetta
Rider. Percent of attendance, 900. Corde-
liza G. Turner. teacher.
Grades 2 and 3: Reuben Babcock. Walter
| Bergman. Harlan Boice, Harvey Chappell,
Marvin De Haven, William Hunter, Norman
Lake, Archie Hammell. Natalie Kreig. Jennie
Van Syckle.. Percent of attendance, S6.6.
Carrie Saalman, teacher.
Grade l: Elmer Taylor. Clarence Price,
Henry Smith. Margaret Price, Marie Horn
hostel. Percent of attendance, 90.