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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05
lakewood

The members of the Peoples Pro-
gressiye Club of Cardiff gave a party
on Halloween at Mr.. John Coats
house, on Washington avenue, which
proved to be a very successful affair
both socially and financially. Many
kinds of games were played, and the
highest winner was MI. Charles Grit
fifth, who was awarded the prize,
which was a very useful article Ga rat
trap. Mrs. Edward Hilderbrant also
was a winner and received a prize for
her efforts.
The entertainment committee should
have praise for the way they worked
for the success of the evening. Great
credit is due to the lady members of
the committee for the delicious re-
freshments which were served.
Among the members and friends
present we're: Mrs. Gable, Mrs. Pouch,
Messrs. Max Shultz, Frank Cross,
Henry Yonkers, Charles Griffith, John
Coats, Arthur Steinhauser, Pat Gable,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Bolt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Bolt, MI. and Mrs. Edward
Hilderbrandt, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Bin
genheimer and others. Several pass
ers-by stopped in and spent a few en-
joyable minutes.
The club extends many thanks to
Mr.. John Coats for the use of his
house and the efforts he gave that
helped to make the evening a success
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05

and largest conventions since it was
held here before. All districts of the
county were represented except Buena
Vista and Weymouth Townships. Two
hundred and fifty-one delegates regis
tered, while fully fifty others did not
register.
The outside visitors were II. S.
Jackson, President of the State Sun
day School Association, and Mrs,
Jackson, of Asbury Park; Mrs. E. ],
Relyea, State Junior Superintendent,
of New Brunswick; Rev. Joseph APP.
pleby, State Secretary, Newark; Miss
Frances Hadden, Superintendent OF
Children's Division, Newark; C. A
Brown, State Superintendent of Adult
Division, Woodbury.. Prof. Harold
Lowden, musical director, of Linden
Baptist Church, Camden; Miss c.
Baldwin, Grace Baptist Church, Cam.
den; E. G. Searles, Chester, N. j.,
President of County Association, also
President of Chester Federation.
-Four prominent features of the con
vention were: The Community Sing
on the evening preceding the owen
ton, the presence of all the children
of the public school to hear Miss He'd.
den, the Veterans Period during
which the delegates spoke and the
great eats" furnished by the Ladies
Aid Society.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05

Present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Henry, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Y. Miller.
Misses Adelma Miller, Elizabeth Con-
over, Lena Robinson, Carrie Saalman,
Emily Reep, Mabel Bailey. Catherine
Morris, Ella Shovel, Ethel Giberson,
| Marguerite Elliff, Olive Smith, Mrs.
Townsend, Messrs. Herman L. Mad
den, Ephraim Mitchell, Ralph Bartlett,
| Alton Bowen, Mr.. Frazier, Harry
Weer, Allen Townsend, Edward York
and James Conover.
Mrs. Martha Clark has been visiting
the family of her daughter, Mrs. Har-
~ Collins, at Port Republic. the last
two weeks.
Miss Lillian Roger Entertains at
Masked Halloween Party.
Miss Lillian Roger gave a Masque-
rade Halloween Party at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Roy
er, on New Jersey avenue, last Satur-
day evening. The guests arrived in
disguised costumes of grotesque, ludi-
crous and comic appearance and rep
resented all kinds and sorts Of spooky
characters. 1t required some time to
reveal the real identity of those pres
ent.
The rooms were transformed into
typical Halloween scenes by clever
arrangements of appropriate decora-
lions, while a lighted pumpkin head
in front of the home denoted the spot
of Halloween merrymaking. The re-
freshments were in keeping with the
occasion and consisted of sweet cider,
ginger cakes, nuts, sweetmeats, etc.
Present were:f Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
| Oh. MI. II1IA- IL 81
Milton Hagerthy, of Linwood; Miss
Myrtle Wilson, of Upland, Pa; Mr..
and Mrs. Somers Leach, Miss Vanessa
Leach, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hanson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Truman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Fielder, Miss Mollie Fled
Ter, Miss Esther Draeger, Miss Esther
Sidell, Messrs. Walter Hamilton, Har-
~ Coombs, Carl Davis, Sidney Nor
ton, Leroy Frankenfield, of Atlantic
City; Miss Leona Conover, Misses Lii
liam and Ruth Roger, Alfred Roger,
Jr, and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Roger, of
Absecon.
Sunday School Convention Here At
tended by Large and Enthusiastic
Gathering of Workers.
The Fifty-ffth Annual Convention
of the Atlantic County Sunday School
Association, which was held in the
Absecon M. e. Church On Friday, Oct.
! %, was n of the most enthusiastic
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05
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SteelmanvilIe

A masquerade party was given at
the home of Mrs. Walter Wallace, in
Steelmanville, on Monday evening.
The house was appropriately decorat-
ed with orange and black crepe paper,
autumn leaves and corr stalks. Dan.
cling. singing and the playing of games
took up most of the time and furnish
ed great enjoyment for those present.
AT the close of the evening the future
of each one was handed the guests on
a leaf by a gypsy to be read at the
table. The table was beautifully dec
GRATED with a pumpkin doll illuminat-
ed by electric light, and fairly groaned
under its weight of good things. Pres
emf were: Misses Marattea Gordon,
Jessie Gordon, Margaret Gordon,
Blanche Sutton, May Soul. Madaline
Ireland, Lizzie Soul, Edith Sutton,
Anna Wallace, Edna Wallace, Laura
Wallace; Messrs. Earl Anderson, For
rest Conover, Raymond Lloyd, Ernest
Sutton, Jesse Hand, Sidney Gordon,
II. Gordon, Edward Brown; Mr.. and
Mrs. David Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Peters, Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Steelman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ireland. Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Foreman, Mrs. Lillian
Mathis. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wallace.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05
B. SMITH TRANSFERRED
TO WlLKES-BARRE.

c. B. Smith, Manager of the Allan
tic coast district since 1907 for the
Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph and
Telephone Company (The Bell Sys-
tenn with offices at Mount Vernon
and Pacific avenues, Atlantic City, has
lately been assigned to the position
of District Manager at Wilkes-Barre.
Pa.
Mr.. Smith was well-knOwn to the
| people of P~leasantville as a courteous
official who took a personal interest
in their telephone problems. This In
terest, coupled with a pleasing perso-
nality and genial manner made many
friends here for his company.
In the Years he held the reins of
management he substantially develop
ed the telephone system of the entire
district under his supervision. Mr..
Smith entered the service of the tele-
phone company as a messenger boy
and climbed the ladder of success to
his present position. Early in the
| spring of this year he was granted a
leave of absence due to illness and
| spent the entire summer in Maine,
returning to Atlantic City a few days
| early in October before going to his
new assignment.
Mr.. Smith carries with him TO his
new field the best wishes of the com
! munity for the same success that
marked his administration in the At
lantic District. He has been succeed
ed in Atlantic City by w. w. Britain.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05

D.. Riley's new white bungalow on
Church street. Mr.. Jones has been
employed in the company's baking de-
partment Is years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Furman Horner, who
recently sold their Shore Road prop
erty to Atlantic City parties, are on a
motor trip to Florida, where they have
planned TO spend the winter. They
are motoring leisurely along. stopping
at night wherever darkness overtakes
them.
Friends have received postcards
from Mr.. and Mrs. Steelman r. Lee,
Who left here on Thursday two weeks
ago for California, stating they arriv,
ed safely in Los Angeles the follow.
ing Monday, after crossing the United
States in four days and nights, accor
ding to schedule. The messages state
they are well and are having a fine
time.
The Absecon M. E. Sunday Schoo
has bought 100 new song books emit
tied Gospel Living Hymns" and used
them last Sunday for the first. The
books were brought here by Prof
Harold Lowden for use at the County
Sunday School Convention the proceed.
ing Friday. Most of the music con.
tanned in the new song books was
written by Prof. Lowden, who was
musical director of the convention.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E
Church cleared nearly $3.50 from serv.
ing dinner and supper in the chapel
to the delegates in attendance at the
County Sunday School Convention
held here on Friday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Joslin have beer
entertaining this week his brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Elias
Joslin, of near Asheville. N. C.
The Mite Society of the Presbyteri
an Church held its November meeting
at the home of Mrs. R. A. Elwood last
Wednesday evening.
A Masquerade Social was given by
the Junior Christian Endeavor Society
of the Presbyterian Church at the res
idence of Miss Hannah Madden last
Saturday evening. About 80 were
present and they We're bedecked in
costumes ranging from the ridiculous
to the sublime.
The Absecon Tennis Club gave q
Halloween Party Tuesday evening al
the home of Mrs. May Townsend or
Shore Road. The decorations and re
freshments were appropriate to the
occasion, as were the costumes worr
by most of those present who repre-
sented various Halloween characters
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05
NEWS

Mrs. M. S. De Haven was operated
upon at the Atlantic City Hospital or
Tuesday of last week. If she contin
ues to improve at the present rate il
is believed she will be we'll enough tc
leave the institution about the middle
of this month. Her friends wish hei
a speedy recovery.
Miss Lillian Roger entertained owe
the weekend Miss Myrtle Wilson, oil
Upland, Pa, formerly of Atlantic City
Mrs. P. B. Reed, the president, will
entertain the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of the M. L. Church
on the occasion of their monthly meet
ing at the Boice residence on Shore
Road, next Tuesday afternoon, Nov
Sth, $50 O'Clock. Members anc
friends are cordially invited.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Harlan Boice enter
tanned their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs
John Wadsworth, of Paoli, Pa, last
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Prettyman
Jr., have moved back to Philadelphia
after spending several months in
Charles Adkisson's cottage on W. Boil
ton avenue.
Charles H. Earle, the New York
Road paving contractor. expects to
finish laying the concrete base from
here to Smithville this week. The
contractor has made rapid progress
with the excavating and paving opera
tions by reason of unusually favorable
weather conditions. If the present
rate of progress continues, it is stat
ed, the road will be entirely finished
early in December.
Mr.. j. H. Jones, connected with the
Freebooter Baking Company, Atlantic
City, has taken possession of Prof. E
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05
MISSING.

John w. Egan, farmer, has been
missing from his home at Villa Nova,
Pa, since Monday afternoon, October
18th.
He left home to go to QuakertOwn,
Pa, to make certain farm purchases
and has not been seen since.
Mr.. Egan is 40 years of age; mar
ried; is five feet ten and a half inches
tall; weighs $50 pounds; has dark
brown hair; short worn teeth; hazel
blue eyes; wore a dark gray suit with
service ribbon in coat lapel. and a
brown felt hat when last e
He is an ex%-soldier, having served
with the Canadian army during the
wal and is a Canadian subject.
Will anyone seeing a mar of the
above description kindly advise his
home at Villa Nova, Pa, either by
letter, telephone or telegraph. Tele-
phone number, Bryn Mawr, sow.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05
A NEW CLUB FOR
THE HIGH SCHOOL

The organization of the M. A. c.
took place on the first day in Novem-
Der at midnight. The charter mem
bers are all students of the Senior
class of Pleasantyille High School and
are young men of commendable char
aCter.
When the clock struck twelve all
were on hand and swore allegiance to
the very complete and constructive
constitution. Bylaws were made and
officers for the coming semester elect
ed, after which the New Grand Scribe
took the chair and business proceed
ed in rapid order. 1t was decided to
hold a regular meeting the first OF ev-
cry month ~(provided it does not fall
on Sunday or a holiday.
The members of the club wish to
let the people of this city know that
a very elaborate dance is being plan
ned for the neal future and will be
announced as soon as the date IA be
definitely fixed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05
M Measurements.

A two-foot rule was given to a
laborer in a Clyde boatyard to meas
ure an iron plate. The laborer, not
being we'll up in the use Of the rule,
after spending considerable time re-
turned.
Now, Mick" asked the platter,
what size is the plate?"
well" replied Mick, with a grin Of
satisfaction, "it's the length Of your
rule and two thumbs over, and this
piece of brick and the breadth of my
hand and my arm from here to there,
bar a finger."-Everybody's.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05
officer, Read This!

"Oh, please, ma'am," gasped the
nursemaid, 1--WE lost little Moral"
Gracious, girl! Why didn't you
speak to a policeman"
Il was speaking to n at the time,
ma'am!"-Tit-Bits ~(London).
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05
Not Expecting Too Much.

She accepting him)-"But, dearest,
| hope you won't expect me to cook"
He-"No, darling-only TO try to-
Waco Daily Times Herald.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05

Let the Cent-a-Word column of The
Pleasantville Press sell, rent, find or
supply your wants. Its results are re-
markable.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-11-05

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
PAPER FROM VENEER WASTE
Hitherto Been Considered to Be
Without Value.

In the wood waste from veneer fac
tories the United States forest prod
ucts laboratory sees considerable raw
material suitable for the manufacture
Of high grades of paper. The cores of
many kinds Of veneer logs, now used
in a large part for fuel, would make
excellent pulpwood. In addition, a
large part of the clippings could be
turned into pulp stock with profit.
Among the veneer woods whose
waste has paper-making possibilities
are red gum, yellow poplar, cotton
wood, birch, tupelo, Eastwood and
beech. Many veneer factories cutting
these species are already within ship
ping distance of pulp mills. In certain
other cases veneer factories are so
grouped that they might furnish pulp
wou4 enough to warrant the erection
Of Z centrally located mill Other
economic factors being favorable, such
q mill could probably operate on
daily supply Of veneer waste eQuiva-
lent to so cords Of ordinary Dulp-
wUod.-Scientific American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
MADE STUDY OF FISHES
Eminent Naturalists Who Gave Good
Service to Humanity, and to
the Finny Tribes.

1t Is reported that when DR.. Frank
auckland, the great naturalist. was
in his last sickness, he said to an anx-
ious friend that he could not believe
Almighty God would be very hard up
on one who loved His fishes and 9TH
er living things as much as he did.
Another friend of the fishes, Sir
Charles Edward Fryer, knight, died
not long ago at Wa1ord, near Lon
don. England.
His whole life since he began active
work was devoted to the promotion u
knowledge of fish and fishes, in rela-
ton TO the service of mankind. There
was no higher authority. He was
awarded endless medals and honorS
by e1positions and societies for his
monographs and annual and other re-
ports.
He was one Of the first to define the
international regulation Of fisheries OF
the high seas, and was leading mem
Der Of many fish congresses and com-
missions.
He was the final authority, with the
last deciding word to say on all mat
tiers relating to fish and the fishing
industries.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
Earth Is Slowing Down.

Happily for our convenience. the
process is extremely slow, but all the
same the fact is that the days are
getting longer.
This does not refer to hours or
daylight increasing with the advancing
year, but to days as timed by the
revolution Of the earth on its axis.
The earth's power of rotation. saws
a writer in the Popular Science
'lonthly, is growing weaker and as
result its revolution on its axis is
slowing up. Which means, of course.
that the day is frightening.
An epoch must eventually arrive
when the day will be equal in length
to the year; that is, to the time it
takes for US to revolve about the sun.
Then the earth will always turn the
same face toward the solar luminary,
just as the moon now always turns the
same face toward US, and one-half of
our planet will have sunshine all the
year, while the other half Is in total
and permanent darkness.
That is, If the sun still is shining.
1t may become dim and chilly orb
before then.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
Electric Air Purifier.

How many places there are where
the natural air circulation is made
quate, Restaurants, for instance!
How often one enters them with q
wee bit of appetite, only to have that
wee bit reduced to none at all, by the
close and stuffy atmosphere of the
place. Not only that, but the cook
ing odors are all too apparent. In
other words, the place is so smelly"
that appetite dwindleS instead of be-
ing whetted. and even though the food
is good, the appetite is lacking. Is
there any remedy for the close and
stuffy conditions of so many restau-
rants?
There Is the electric air purifier
that costs no more to operate than
an electric fan, and it removes air i'm
purities and approximates outdoor con-
ditions, SO there is pleasant, stimulat-
ing tang in the atmosphere. 1t is valu-
able in Kitchens offices, easements,
smoking rooms and theaters-wherever
the air conditions are apt to be bad
and inadequate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
Sea Appropriately Named.

The name by which the Hebrews
knew the Red seattle Van Suph, or
sea of weeds of sedge-Would appear
TO give little indication Of the reason
for the title which has been applied
TO this body of water in later years.
But, as a matter of fact, two terms
have a common origin. Unlike the
beautiful Blue Danube" which is
really a dirty yellowish brown, the
Red sea is really red-the color being
due to the prevalence of minute
bright red plant, a kind of seaweed.
This plant is said to be so small that
25.000,0O0 can live and thrive within
a single cubic inch of water. There
fore. instead of being mottled with
red, the sea appears In many cases
to be Of q scarlet shade. A red dye,
which tradition says was used hun
dreds Of years ago, is made from this
weed, but, in the places where 1t Is
not found. the waters of the PED sea
are as blue or green as those of any
other body of water.-Youth's Com
panion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
Plant Impales Insects.

There is in Cuba a curious grass.
cenchrus echinatus, which bristles
with tiny sharp-pointed spikelets upon
which multitudes of insects are i'm.
paled by night as well as by day.
The wings Of the victims are pierced
and entangled by the barbed spines,
SO that the most Of them are unable
to get away, and thus perish miser-
ably.
Even a large, luminous swapping
beetle, which is SO strong and active
that It can with difficulty be held In
the hands, falls a victim to these
vegetable bayonets. It has been Oh
served, however, that two species Of
insects. large bug. oebal4s, ana an
earwig, readily tree them1 olives from
the spines. Minute inse1h ars not
caught. The grxss does ptsappear q
0oE1ve any nourishgpent ~ ~ -.
b = 1eand el y - -
1I1 sssSssss
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27

The head is the big factor in the
measuring up of business. Many a
fellow has learned routine that puts
him In a class by himself when 1t
comes to doing things. But to meas
ure up In the fullest sense one must
not only meet routine but forge ahead
and do that which is new. Here Ii
where the head comes in. II helps a
fellow manage himself and put his
best into the job. When he can do
this he can manage others and get
them doing better than they have ever
lane before. This self-mastery is the
best asset in directing affairs that
require several hands. Instinctively
they learn to respect the leader who
manages himself and they find it to
their interest to stand by him. The
head is the big thing in making team
work effective
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
SIMPLE REASON FOR THRIFT
Be Margin of Production Over
Consumption.

Is 1t not mere caddishness for one
who can afford to buy and does buy
silk skirts and silk stockings and
automobiles, and who freely admits
that he wastes money, but who justi-
ties himself somewhat belligerently
by saying that he can afford to waste
money, and that 1t is nobody's bust
ness, to object to other people doing
the same sort Of thing only because
he thinks the other people cannot
afford the expenditures? Right down
In our hearts we know that the con-
Germ is not all with the welfare Of
those other people who are wasting
their money; it is really matter Of
jealousy and Of class distinction
based on clothing-a feeling that
these people have committed social
miseemeanors, as when the cook du-
plicated her mistress hat. And any
one who breaches thrift to people on
the ground that they should not have
what they like for their money is
simply preaching nonsensical cant He
IS really preaching revolution.
II, then, thrift has no virtue In It.
self, If every person within the limits
Of the law is entitled to spend what
he can earn, and more than he can
earn II he can get away with 1t, IL
there any immoral reason for thrift
The reason for thrift Is plain. It
is not necessary to talk about moral
lty. It IL simply that II We do not
have thrift we shall not mave Z mar
gin = production over consumption
that =. Ne shall not have capital. II
We d net have capital we cannot have
progf0s. for 10 shall have - nsans
wherswith 70 maks Improvements n *
listing Alcllliiee Tor productien. there
4 - dnngr q sx1nyasancs. And
4 - so1yls1l daua CIow-
- r. 80 lI - no{tes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
Hebrides Not All Gloom.

Occasionally there is sun in the
Hebrides, writes a traveller. Then the
highlander sees beauty. The wild
coast grass Z brown-green, its sea-
birds a snowy white and the ocean
with its innumerable waves sparkling
blss. And on summer nights, when
the fishermen 60 forth, the phosphores-
cent glow offers a splendid sight. "A
stream II IRE ran of each side from
the bows" says MacCulloch, ''and the
ripple Of the wake was spangled with
the siowworms Of the deep. Every
or dropped diamonds, every fishing
line was line Of Light, the Iron cable
went down n torrent sof fame, ana
ths plunge Of Tho 4ncilpt resemblsd
- ap1o1icu q llShln1n9s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
Kept 1t Up Too Long.

One day at a community sing
we We're instructed to sing a round
AS this was the first round I had ever
sung 1 had great difficulty in carrying
the tune with my sex, To make it
easier, put my i..-ers in my ears
so that l wouldn't hear the other di-
visions singing. Imagine my embar-
rassment when, taking my fingers from
my ears. / discovered l had been sing
ing about q minute after the others
had stopped, and that they were all
sitting there laughing at MEEK
change.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-05-27
May Combine Lanauaaea.

1t viii be of interest not only =
students of philology in general but -
anyone who has wondered why MOI.
way. Denmark and Sweden waste -
much time through having three dinsR.
ent languages to know that Adolf Ne.
reen, long professor of philology =
Upsula, has started a movement -
bring the three languages more Close
ly together. His task is stupendouA
but since he is philologist himself ~
may usher In the day when q drama
written by Dane can be played In
Stockholm without being translated.