The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-12-27

$50 o'F - - 80 orr
! the Mems Bible Glass, of the NJ. E.
Sunday School, of which he is teach
er.
Councilman and Mrs. Alfred J.. Roy
er entertained at Christmas dinner at
t their residence, on New York road.
!, Present around the festive board were
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Binder, of Pleas
antville; Mr.. and Mrs. Roger, Alfred
Roger, Jr., Misses Ruth and Lillian
Roger, this city, and the latter's fan
ce. Mr.. Milton Hagerthey. of Seaview.
Mayor and Mrs. Harry Mattson, Mr..
and Mrs. Leon Conoyer, Miss C. c..
Black, Mrs. d. s. Tilton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph S. Tilton attended the
r%e-opening and dedication services in
Wesley M. e. Church, Pleasantville,
Sunday evening, and greatly enjoyed
the Christmas eantata, peace and
Good WILL" rendered by the choir.
Mr.. James Yelland, of Trenton, has
been visiting the family of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Townsend Shovel, on Ohio
avenue, this week.
Miss Nettie L.. Alexander, principal
of the public school, is passing the
holidays with friends at S%warthmore,
Pa, while Miss Freda Smith, the as
~sistant principal, is enjoying her vaca-
tion period at her home in Walkers
Vile, Md.
Fred C. Boice plans to engage in
the cement block manufacturing bust
ness on an extensive scale in the near
future. He intends to enlarge his
barn and convert it into a cement
block mandatory, drying house and
storage plant for raw materials. His
machinery will be electrically operat-
ed, and he will install an overhead
spraying system for the rapid drying
and hardening Of green blocks. Mr..
Boice has added a Ford truck to his
delivery equipment and expects to
buy still another, a larger one, at an
early date.
Real estate activity in the South
Absecon district still continues. Cap
tain and Mrs. D. Steelman Tilton hav-
ing sold 800 feet of their Shore Road
property, extending back to Tan
trough, otherwise known as Conoyer's
Creek, to Fred B. Audrey, this city,
and Edward w. Griswell. of Atlantic
City, South Absecon real estate pro-
moters, who plan to soon run a 40
foot street through the tract and to
open up desirable building lots for
home sites.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin
entertained at dinner last Friday eve
ming, at their Shore Road residence,
Counsellor and Mrs. Clarence L. Cole,
of Atlantic City, and the latter's
daughter, Mrs. Stuart Nixon, of Phil
lipsburg, N. j., who was formerly Miss
Myra Cole, of Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Woolbert entertain
81 81 f.,,1rnu dinnnr at thpjr homo on
Eighth street last Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin, this city;
DR.. and Mrs. Leroy Woolbert, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. P. Spoth and Mrs, Spoth, Sr.,
of Atlantic City. e
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mclaughlin
left on Christmas Day for Philadel-
phia, to spend several days with the
formers brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. William Mclaughlin.
Committees of the Ladies Bible
Glass Of the NJ. e. Sunday School, ap-
pointed two months ago., distributed
on Sunday and Christmas Day among
the shut-ins of Absecon large Christ
mas packages, containing variety box
es filled with homemade pound and
layer cakes, candies, handkerchiefs,
fancy calendars, cards, booklets, and
| a1IlCleS Oh ornament III . ~ nv
sick. Each package contained IN
box, neatly wrapped, tied and stamped
with Christmas seals, TO be opened
each day of Christmas week, the day
and date each box was to be- opened
being marked on the outside. The
several committees expended consid-
cradle labor, time and thought in pre-
pairing the different packages to best
IL u :l..1... nR@A n nd II iS 1rl-
ported, exceedingly good Judgment
was displayed in the selections n
assignments, for the recipients were
greatly pleased with their surprise
Christmas Cheer Boxes"
Absecon was treated to Community
Christmas carol singing from IL o.
clock midnight to 2.30 Christmas NOR
ming, by singers of both churches who
toured the city in three large ma
chimes, stopping principally in front
of the homes of the sick and shut-ins,
where these carols were sung: Joy
to the World" Silent Night and
while Shepherds Watched their
Floeks by Night" Starting at Cali
fornia avenue and working north, the
carol singers made IA stops between
that point and Miss Carrie Reeds
where they arrived at 2 O'Clock. Here
they were invited in to partake of hot
drinks and refreshments, which We're
much enjoyed after prolonged singing
in the damp, foggy midnight air. They
remained at Miss Reeds one-half
hour, starting for their homes at $50
a. M. In the carol singing party, Mr..
and Mrs. A. l.. Hammell and sons,
Ladow and Bertram, Mr.. and Mrs. f.
G. Turner, Mr.. and Mrs. Garnet Reed,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis w. Bowker, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Burns. Miss Hannah
Madden, Herman L. Madden, Miss
Mary Mitchell, Miss Ruth Reed, Stan
ley Mitchell, Jacob Reed and Durham
Boice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason and
son, John, and Mrs. Gustave Guenther
were guests on Christmas Day OF the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Mason, in Atlantic City.
Christmas Program Given
BY M. E. Sunday School.
Appropriate Christmas exercises
were rendered by scholars of the M
e. Sunday School at the annual enter
/, tainment given in the church last Fri.
day evening at s o'clock. The musical
{ selections were from the collection
tentitled Our Kings Birthday, A
Beautiful Christmas Service for sun
( day Schools" The program follows:
1, Singing, School, No. 1; 2, Prayer
Rev. J.. w. Wainwright; 8, Scripture
Reading, Page 8; A. Singing, School