The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-01-15
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The basis of business is confidence
and the basis of confidence is under
standing.
The Board of Education has appoint
ed Frank Guenther to assist Pardon
Adams as ~janitor at No. l school.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet on Tuesday afternoon at 3.45
O'Clock in the w. C. T. U. Hall. All
welcome.
Rev. Gregory Moran was on We'd
nesday elected a member of the Board
of Governors of the Atlantic City Hos
pital for a ~three-year term.
The house occupied by George l..
Parsels at IA w. Washington avenue
is being improved by charging the
front rooms and building a bay win
dow.
A Package Party will be given by
st. Margaret's Guild at the home of
Mrs. Walter w. Whitman. so E.. Wash
ington avenue, on Wednesday evening,
Jan. 18th.
the home of Fred. Boice on N. Main
oIiCCI. 1hC IL COMPANY AdoC a
quick spoons and the fire was ex-
tinguished with but little damage.
The Girls Club of Salem M. E.
Church, will hold a cake and pie So
cial in the basement of the church on
Saturday, Jan. %. Come and patron
ize the girls by buying a cake or pie.
County Superintendent of Schools
Henry M. Gresham has been elected
president of the Egg Harbor CONNER
cial Bank. The capital stock of this
institution was also increased at the
annual meeting from $4,000 to $780,
900. .
All Boys over II years of age de-
string to affiliate with Troop No. 1
are requested to report at the Pres
byterian Chapel this Friday evening
at 7.39 o'clock. 1t is the policy of
Scoutmaster Davis to discourage
transfers from other Troops.
There will be a Charity Card Party
given for the benefit of the Needle
work Guild in Red Mems Hall on Tues
day evening, Jan. 10. All games will
be played. Tickefs Sc. GEtl6
members and eX
charity cordially
Rollin A. Ca14
news of the death q Hi 411E<4[4
B. Gale, of Jersey City, with whom he
had been closely associated prior to
coming to Pleasantville. For many
years the deceased had been Inspector
of Lighters in New York harbor.
A meeting of the Executive Board
of the Atlantic County Historical So
ciety was held at the home of Mrs.
/ Cono1o1 Tnhncon of Ahcnann on Wad-
nesday evening. Arrangements were
made to hold the next regular meet
ing of the Society in the Atlantic City
Library.
Mr.. Norbert Melville, of Lehigh Uni
versity, gave the first of a series OF
fifteen lectures on Measurement of
Nativity Capacity of the Mind" in the
P~leasantville High School auditorium
on Monday night. There vas a large
attendance of teachers from Pleasant
vile and the adjoining municipalities.
The Gamma Sigma Society of the
State Normal School, Trenton, on Fri
day evening. Jan. Ia presented an op-
eretta, THE Persian Princess" in the
auditorium of the school. The follow
ing young women from P~leasantvllle
had part in the caste: Virginia Risley,
ElodIOE 11GllIlCH anu htOlOlC 1hCy Oio'
The Atlantic County Christian En-
deavor Society will hold a Rally at
Chelsea Baptist Church, Atlantic City,
on Thursday evening, Jan. 20, at 8 o.
clock. Rev. John Macmillan will be
the speaker and he will tell of his re-
cent experiences in Ireland. There
will be a meeting of the Executive
Committee at 7 o'clock.
The Union E~vangelistic Campaign
will be carried through the week in
Wesley M. E. Church. The pastors of
Salem, Wesley and Bethany Churches,
also Central of Linwood, are in turn
conducting the services. aided by the
United Choirs. Very encouraging SER
vices, despite the storms, have been
carried on this week in the Linwood
Church, and the Harvest is near. S
The Board of Health of Pleasant
vile met on Thursday evening and
organized for the year by the election
of Max H. Kirscht as president, &C. H.
Conover vi~ce-president, Jesse Bowen
secretary, Neil Campbell registrar of
vital statistics for a ~three-year term,
w. J.. Hudson medical inspector, and
Edward G. Helfrich plumbing inspec-
tor. Other members of the Board are
William L. Anderson, Pardon Adams
and Guy Wilson.
The sewerage system is being push
ed rapidly to completion along North
Main street and at the present rate
of progress should reach the terminal
at Lorraine Ave-, in about two weeks.
Pipes nave already been laid on the
side streets between Park and Lo-
raine AYES, and the contractors are
at work on the disposal plant. 1t is
thought that the entire system will be
ready for operation by the middle of
the coming Summer.
The first mixed jury to hear a Ease
in Atlantic County was drawn at Mays
Landing tsThursday and consisted
of five women and seven men. Mrs.
Geneva Bossler, of Pl~easantville, was