The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-12-02

this position during the entire pro
%prietorship of more than twelve years
of the present publishers, and even
prior thereto. His work has been
most conscientiously and satisfactory
ly performed, and it is with much re.
Eret that we part with his services
For the present, and until other con
nections can be made, we request our
Absecon friends to forward direct by
mail any news items or other matters
they may have for the paper, or call
the office by phone 40, and they will
receive proper attention,-Editor.
While police officer William Schoep.
fin, Jr., was away on his trip TO Mich.
igan last week, his official position
was filled by Charles Fox, Sr.
Since officer Schoepflin moved
from his New Jersey avenue home,
which he sold to Samuel Crowley, to
the Hare Building, farther north ON
the opposite side of the same street,
he has twice notified the Telephone
Company TO transfer his phone to his
present home, but it has failed to do
so, according to his report to City
Council Wednesday evening, SO, on
motion of Councilman Reilly, the City
Clerk was instructed to notify the
company to move the phone from the
Chiefs former to his new place of
abode.
Only one session of school was held
last Wednesday, the day before
THANKSGIVING, in order to give the
teachers time to return to their re-
spective homes for the holiday yaea-
ton. 1t, however, did not close until
! o'clock, on account of the Thanks
giving exercises being held in the
SHOOT auditorium Immediately preVi-
Gus. School will open again next
Monday morning.
Tomorrow, Sunday, afternoon will
be the time for the regular meeting
of the Missionary Society in the M.
e. Sunday School. The president,
Miss Ethel Hammell, always presents
some interesting form of instructive
service pertaining to missions at these
monthly meetings.
Harry Hutchinson has bought n
new Chevrolet heavy duty truck.
Harry M. Owens has made numer-
Gus improvements to the Evans
dwelling on New Road, which ne and
his family recently took occupancy Of
He, also, has built a garage on the
premises, and has bought a new Ford
touring car.
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Kline have
just had a new electric water pump
installed in the well on their Adams
avenue premises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Furman d. Homer,
formerly of Shore Road and Lee ave
~ ha uo hpr1uhf from GnnppN I
Myers the jackson House, on Main
street, Mays Landing. which they plan
10 open as a frst-class boarding
house. They have had wide expert
ence in the hotel business, having
conducted such establishments for
many years in different parts of the
East.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Cordery are
having a kitchen added to the north
side of their Shore Road residence.
Mrs. Franklin G. Turner planned to
visit friends at Woodbury. from Friday
until tomorrow, Sunday, evening.
Mrs. J. Alton Mitchell has been Wis
iting relatives in Philadelphia for sew
eral weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Pennington
motored to Jamesburg, N. j., to spend
he Thanksgiving holidays with their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles C. Smith, nee Miss Mabel
Pennington, formerly of Absecon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith live on a large
farm, where he is in charge of the
dairy department. Mr.. Smith is a
scientific farmer, having taken an
agricultural course at Rutgers Col
lege.
MI. AMI Mrs. Earl Keeper enter
tanned Mrs. Albert Irwin, of Bridge
ton, at their Shore Road home last
week.
Mrs. Edward Prescott, ST., has been
badly crippled with rheumatism since
summer. She is not able to walk eX-
cept by assistance.
Mrs. Gustave Guenther visited the
family OF her daughter, Mrs. j. l..
Purzner. at Pomona, the last two
weeks.
Mayor and Mrs. Harry Mattson, Sr.,
went to G%ibbstown, N. j., last Satur-
day to attend the funeral of his only
surviving uncle on his mothers side,
William Seaman, aged 81, a Civil War
veteran. The funeral "a held at the
home of MI. Mattson's sister, Mrs.
Ashton, with whom deceased had
made his home for a number of years.
Interment took place at Bridgeton the
following day.
Messrs. A. L. Hammell and Harry
Y. Hammell are enjoying a two weeks
cunning trip at Morattico, Va. While
South they are sojourning with the
family of the formers brother, Ansley
Hammell. according to annual custom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Burd motored
TO Philadelphia last Sunday in their
Chevrolet sedan.
Mr.. John J. cliff spent Thanksgiv-
ing Day with the family Of his daugh.
ter. Mrs. Henry Owens, in Philadel-
phia.
Chief-of-P Police William %Schoepfin,
Jr., James Mosca and Stanley Kin
dust. of Absecon, were members of a
party of seven men, the rest being
from Atlantic City and ~Pleasantvillei
who went. TO Flint, Mich, on Tuesday
of last week, to drive Buick cars from
the factory to Atlantic City for Hall
& Gravatt, Buick dealers there. They
arrived here late Tuesday night Will
the cars, having been gone eight
DAYS. They lost time in Western
PENNSYLVANIA on account Of the snow
encountered in the mountainous dis
%tricts, which made them a day late IN
making the return trip.
Union Thanksgiving service was
held in Absecon M. r. Church at Il
o'clock Thursday morning, with Rev
Thomas M. Simanton, pastor of the
Pleasantville Presbyterian Church
, IL. nloxIr,n.asna, or~,1