The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-08-13
Absecon

Mr.. Francis j. Hasselbraek and Mr..
Henry Reardon, of Boston. Mass, are
! visiting the formers uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Spokesman.
A daughter, who has been named
Sallie Day, was born Tuesday night to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wood, South Abse-
con.
One auto upset on Shore Road and
two were overturned on the Absecon
Boulevard last Wednesday. They con.
tanned colored motorists who were on
their way to or from Lily Lake Park,
where there was a monster gathering
of Colored Elks that day and evening.
Miss Mae Cordery was hostess to the
Absecon Art Club members at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Samuel John
son, last Wednesday afternoon. Pres
ent were Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin, Mrs.
William B. Smith, Mrs. M. M. Town
send, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. James Ballan-
tine, Misses Olive Hammell, Hannah
Madden, Alice MacIntyre and the host.
ess.
Raymond Ludlow, of Keansburg, reg
istered at Mrs. May Townsend's over
Sunday.
Mrs. May Townsend entertained over
the weekend at her Shore Road resi-
dence Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Johnson, of
Camden.
After spending several weeks here
as the guest of Miss Hannah Madden,
Miss Alice MacIntyre returned last
Thursday to her home at Wilmington.
George r. Clark, who has been in
falling health the last two months, was
removed last Tuesday to the county
institution at Smiths Landing by Chief
of Police William Schoepflin and Har-
ry Mattson. Jr. He was so weak and
emaciated he couldn't stand alone and
had to be carried from his home to
the waiting auto and from the ma.
chine to the institution.
Harry Mattson, Jr., has sold his cor
ner property at Pitney and Mill Roads
TO Joseph Lingelbach, who is having
a cellar dug under the dwelling, which
has been turned around and is being
improved in numerous ways.
Mrs. C. C. Allen has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Newell at Penn
berton, the past week.
Friends here received on Thursday
from Mrs. Sara ConoVer Klein at Mil
waukee picture post cards stating:-
w e are spending a week here before
going farther on to Yellowstone Park,
Estes Park, Denver, Salt Lake City,
ETC. Mrs. Klein, now a Philadelphia
resident, was formerly Miss Sara Con
over. of Conovertown.
After spending ten days with her
friend, Miss Leira Conover, at the
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Boice. Miss Mary Skinner
returned on Wednesday To her home
at Hammonton.
George r. Clark has been very i'll
the past month at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Martha Clark, on Church
street. He has been bed fast and help
less. His condition is said to be crit
ical.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Taylor, of
Conovertown and Atlantic City, are
occupying apartments in the basement
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Conover's
Shore Road residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Carton are en-
tertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cham
berlin, of Camden, former residents at
Shore Road and Bolton avenue.
Harry V. Miller has been building a
garage for Mr.. and Mrs. Mariner
Smith this week.
Hosea Madara and Ezra Leeds have
resigned their positions at the Abse.
con Pumping Station Of the Atlantic
City Water Department, where they
had been employed a number of years
Both have Vim motor trucks and are
buying and selling produce.
Mrs. Laura B. Reed is spending an
indefinite s%ojourn with her aunt, Mrs