The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-01-28
NEWS

IL 1 DOoShs
Mrs. Charles Adkisson has been
quite sick the last ten days at her
home on West Bolton avenue.
Miss Emma Reed is having her
Shore Road home newly painted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Conover, Of
Oregon avenue, South Absecon, are
receiving congratulations over the ar
rival of a son, who was born one day
last week in an Atlantic City SAM
forum. The youngster has been
named Lewis, after the grandfather,
Lewis Griffith.
Mrs. Samuel Johnson was hostess
to the Absecon Art Club members at
her New Jersey avenue home last
Wednesday afternoon. Following the
needlework period refreshments were
served. Present were: Mrs. r. l..
Babcock, Mrs. A. l.. Hammell, Mrs.
William B. Smith, Mrs. II. A. Elwood,
Mrs. f. +. Doughty, Mrs. M. NJ. Town
send, Miss Hannah Madden. Miss Mae
Cordery and the hostess.
The January meeting of the Wo-
mans Home and Foreign Missionary
Society of the Presbyterian Church
was held at the home of Mrs. May
Townsend last Tuesday afternoon.
The subject for discussion was
Korea" Present were: Mrs. James
Ballantine, Mrs. Samuel Johnson, Mrs.
j. e. Nicholas, Mrs. r. A.. Elwood,
Miss H. w. Madden, Mrs. Lawrence
Beckley and Mrs. Townsend.
Mr.. A. Freedman, of Absecon High
lands, will return soon to his business
at Bloomfield, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mattson, Jr.,
and children motored last Sunday to
Brooklawn, where they visited her sis
ter and brother-in-law, MI. and Mrs.
Daniel E. Steelman. and other rela-
tives.
The following committee of the
Band of Mercy has been appointed to
see that the churches are supplied
with flowers each Sunday, and that
they afterward are given to some sick
or shut-in of the community: Frances
Hartzell, Thelma Giberson and Flor
ence Bowker.
Mrs. John khune, of North Absecon,
died on Friday of last week at the
tuberculosis Hospital. Pleasantville,
where she had been a patient two
months. She is survived by her hus-
band and six children, the three-year-
old boy George having died a month
ago. The mother died without know
ing about the death of her youngest
child. Mrs. Khune's funeral service
was held at her late home last Mon
day, interment being in the Absecon
Presbyterian Cemetery.
Rev. Clarence M. Johnston, of
Bridgeton, visited friends here last
Monday and Tuesday. Upon his re-
turn home he was accompanied by Mr..
Gilbert Conover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason enter
tanned at a party Wednesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kuhl, of Atlantic
City; Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Warmer
and~ehiIdreus Qf LesaERqinta~Mraa1d
Mrs. william Guentfief, or Atlantic
City; Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Weaver and
son John, of Pleasantville; Miss Julia
Purzner, of Pomona; John Mason and
Mrs. Gustave Guenther, this city.
Mrs. Phoebe Turner, of Ceilings
wood. has been sojourning with rela-
tives here the past week.
Eunice RisIey, Aged 10, Dies After
Lingering Illness; Popular in Society.
III fourteen months, i%lunice, aged Is
years and nine months. daughter of Ida
and the late Edward Risley, died of tu-
herculosis at the home of her mother
about noon last Wednesday. She spent
several months at the tuberculosis Hos
pital. pleasantville. but, at her request
she was brought home last fall, since
which time she had been in a state OF
gradual decline. Prior to her illness she
took an active part in social events and
had a host of friends who regret TO learn
Of her demise. All things being well she
would have been a member of this years
graduating class of the Atlantic City
High School. Funeral services viii he
held in the Absecon Presbyterian Church
at 2 O'Clock tomorrow, Sunday. afternoon,
and viii be in charge of Rev. G.. NJ;
Johnston, of Bridgeton. Interment will
be in the Absecon Presbyterian Cemetery.
Ira L. oiberson IGNORED On
18th Birthday Anniversary.
In honor of his 3Sth anniversary n
birthday party was rendered Ira l.;
his New Jersey avenue home on Thurs.
day evening of last week. The mirthful
occasion was pleasantly passed in games,
music and story telling. after which ice
cream and cakes We're served. Those
who made merry were Mr.. and Mrs.
Enoeh Giberson. Mr.. and Mrs. L. l..
Giberson and children Carlton and Dor
othy, Mr.. and Mrs. James IL. Sooy. Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Fairbrothers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Conover, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Jennie Freas, Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Con-
Eover. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace E. Miller, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank B. Conover, Misses Ethel
Giberson, Myra Smith Edith Freas, Vir-
ginia Fairbrothers. Mildred and Norma
Freas and Esther Conover, Stanley Con-
over, Edison Miller and Mr.. Harry Lacy.
Mrs. A. J. Craven Dies Suddenly.
interment Thursday at Tacony, Pa.
Mrs. Andrew j. Craven. wife of the
president Of City Council and superin-
tendent of the Bayview NJ. T.. Sunday
School, died very suddenly at the close
of the service in the NJ. Il. Church last
Sunday evening. On her way with her
husband from the church steps to their
auto, which was parked only a few feet
distant, she lost herself and sank toward
the ground. Mr.. Craven called to a
friend to help him steady her, but she
collapsed and was carried into the par
sonage, where she expired in a few mo-
ments without regaining consciousness.
Death was. caused by a stroke of apo
plexy. Only a minute or two before.
While i'm the church yestibule, she re-
marked to another woman, in answer to
an inquiry, that she felt better than she
had for a long time.
The funeral service in charge Of Rev.
J. w. Wainwright was held at her late
home on Shore Road, North Absecon, at
10 o'clock last Wednesday morning. He
spoke from the text: There is but a
90. 3. During his remarks Mr.. Vain
wright stated she taught her Sunday
School class as usual last Sunday after
noon and that, after supper, in response
to the question by her husband, did she
want to go to church that night. she
replied: Yes, as long as am able"
Following the service here the body was
taken to Tacony, Pa, where another
service was held on Thursday and where
interment was made in Magnolia ceme-
terry. Residents here IL years, they for
merly lived at Tacony. where a number
of relatives are located.
City Council In Regular Session; $1,000
Deficit Explained; Fire Co. Heard.
Wednesday evening with the following
members present; Councilmen Roger,