The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-04-23
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN
IcLEp BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.


Mclaughlin, Mrs. Samuel Johnson,
Miss May Cordery, Mrs. Lewis Clark,
Miss Ethel Hammell, Mrs. Leland
Madden, Mrs. j. e. Nicholas, Mrs. John
McMullin, Miss Alice MacIntyre, Mrs.
r. A. Elwood, Mrs. M. M. Townsend,
and the hostess.
Aged II years Mrs. Elmira Adkisson
died from general complications at the
home of her son Zachary, on w. Bolton
avenue, on Friday morning, at 7.30
o'clock, following a long illness with
heart trouble. She is survived by the
following sons and daughters: Zachary,
| William, Samuel, Charles, Fred n
, Mrs. w. j. McElroy, of this city; John
Adkisson and Mrs. William j. Pretty
man, of Philadelphia. The funeral SER
! vice, conducted by Rev. r. A. Elwood,
was held at the residence of her son
last Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
! Appropriate hymns were sung by Mrs.
/ NJ. NJ. Townsend and Miss hannah
Madden. Interment was made in Abb
| secon Presbyterian Cemetery.
William Kelley, of Atlantic City, has
purchased the property of the late
Samuel Barton at North Absecon and
will move his family there in the near
future.
Councilman and Mrs. Fred Henry
entertained his sister, Mrs. Flora M.
Risley, of Pleasantville, last Wednes-
day.
Harry V. Miller has bought two lots,
50X150 fl. each, on East Bolton ave-
nue.. He eontemplates erecting a thor
oughly modern bungalow on each lot.
He has already dug the cellar for the
first one, which will be 24X3S1a #. in
size. 1t will be of ornamental design
and will be constructed of cement,
wood and stucco.
Miss Ella Shovel and brother
Charles were over Sunday guests of
relatives in Philadelphia
A separate contract will be awarded
by the County Freeholders for the
cement cutters to extend on both sides
of the 20-foot concrete roadway con-
Meeting it with the curbing on New
Jersey avenue, th%ree-quarters of a mile
north from the post office. This work
should be well under way by the first
of June, PROBABLY sooner. 1t is neces-
sary to draw up plans and specifica-
lions and award a separate contract
for the cement cutters because the
road paving contractors were disin-
clined, it is alleged, to perform this
service on account of the loss ofxrime
and money they have already sus hin-
ed in executing sthefgrQ9or+NRvfH{RSoN
!! :
Of %' ssagll Sss fsIiss e. the ef sieSs
we're elected: ~ fesf1ent,a Clyde Dough-
erty; first vice-presideht ESTHER Boice;
second, Ruth Hartzell, third, Francis
Hartzell; fourth, Florence Hunter;
secretary, Anna Mccarthy; treasurer,
Laura Sutton. Mrs. j. w. Wainwright
is the superintendent. Forty-three
children were present Wednesday af-
%ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wick, of Phil
adelphia, have reopened for the sea-
son their summer home, on Church
street, which they purchased a year
ago from Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend
Shovel.
After spending six weeks at the
home of their aunt, Mrs. j. d. Joslin,
on Shore Road, Mrs. V. d. Peer and
illdilb hduSlltl, VI oulllilllt, N. D., dllu
her sister, Miss Mamie Sheets, of
Bridgeport, N. j., left on Saturday for
the latter place to visit relatives two
weeks, after which Mrs. Peer and child
will return home. She has not been
well several months and has been So
journing in South Jersey for the ben
eft of her health.
Smith and Rider, Absecon builders
and contractors, are executing a $780,
600 contract for Walter McDevitt, of
Absecon and Atlantic City, who is hav-
ing stores and cottages erected at Mas
~sachusetts avenue and Boardwalk, At
lantic City. The Absecon contractors
also have been awarded the contract
to build a $4,000. cottage for Richard
b. Morrell, of Philadelphia, at Jackson
avenue, Chelsea. Recently they have
completed several big jobs on Absecon
Island, which have been a big recon-
mendation.
Miss Leona Conover entertained her
friend, Roland Boyer, of Atlantic City,
last Sunday.
Miss Eunice Risley, who is staying
at Pine Rest Sanatorium for the bene-