The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-10-21

William Keys took the Civil Service
examination in the Atlantic City post
office one day last week for the posi-
ton of r. f. d. carrier from the Abse-
con post-ofice.
The October meeting of the Wo-
mems Home and Foreign Missionary
Society, of the Presbyterian Church,
will be held at the home of Mrs. Will
lam Keys, Absecon Highlands, next
Tuesday afternoon, Oct. "a, at 2.45
o'clock.
Mrs. E. Carolus and daughter, Flor
ence, were dinner guests of Mrs. Dial
zell, of Germantown. on Thursday.
They also visited DIR. F. Chambers and
family at Mt. Airy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben L.. Babcock
have been enjoying a weeks motor
trip through Pennsylvania, visiting
Harrisburg, Gettysburg, and many
other places of picturesque and his
toric interest.
Mrs. Joseph Tilton returned home
last Thursday from Bloomingdale,
Passaic County, where she visited rel
atives two weeks.
Halloween Party.
A Halloween party will be given in
the Absecon school auditorium on Fri
day evening, October 81, at s o'clock.
Prizes will be given for the best dress
ed boy or man, and the best dressed
girl or woman, also for the most ri
diculous costume. Refreshments will
be for sale. Admission, 10 cents.
Everybody is invited.
Visiting Niagara Falls.
Mrs. James E. Sooy and sister, Miss
Ethel Giberson, left last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Cramer and pa.
rents, of Atlantic City, on a ten-day
trip to Niagara Falls. They went in
Mr.. Cramer's new Buick sedan. Cards
received since their arrival at the
Falls indicate they are greatly enjoy
ing the scenery. They are expected
home the last of this week, or the
first of next week.
NeedIework Guild. E.
The Absecon Branch, of the Needle
work Guild, of America, will hold it's
annual meeting and exhibition of gar
ments in the M. E. Chapel at 2.30 O.
clock on Thursday. Oct. Goth. The
meeting will be addressed by Mrs.
Cairns, secretary of the Welfare Blu
reau, Of Atlantic City.
Hacketts Take Trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zephaniah Hackett
and son, Walter, took a trip last Sun
day with their elder son, Robert, and
his family in the ~latter's car to Cape
May County to spend the day with
the family of the formers daughter,
Mrs. Murphy Weldon, who lives near
Leesburg. They motored on sched-
uled time and had a pleasant ride,
covering 100 miles on the round trip.
Edwin Robinson.
In his 68th year, Edwin Robinson,
a lifelong resident of Absecon, died
at 8 o'clock last Sunday night at his
North Absecon home, following an ILL.,
ness of several months, during which
he suffered with Bright's disease,
which caused his death. He put up a
gallant fight, and was ambitious to
the very last.
Freebooter Robinson, as he was
generally known, he having served as
a member of the County Board of
Freeholders as the representative of
the First Ward, of Absecon, for nearly
twenty years prior to two years ago,
was born ear the site of his present
home on Jan. l, 1855, the son of the
late James S.. and Rebecca b. Robin
son. He possessed a sunny DISPOSE
ton, and was generally liked by all
who knew him. and his acquaintance
was wide.
Mr.. Robinson was a member of Allie
tab Tribe, No. 1923, /. o. Re- M, and.
Atlantic Circle, No. 5, B of A., of Alb
secon. He always took a deep inter
est in any movement designed to pro-
mote the best interests of the people
of this city, and of the county in gen.
eral. During his long period of SER
vice as an Atlantic County Freebooter
he served on most of the important
committees, and always was a con-
scientious public official.
Deceased is survived by his widow,
Annie Shovel Robinson, one sister,
Mrs. Abbie Alexander, and by five
nieceS.
Funeral services were held in the
Absecon M. e. Church at 2 O'Clock
last Thursday afternoon, and were
under the direction of Rev. j. w.
Wainwright, the pastor. The opening
prayer was made by Rev. j. A. Smith,
a relative of Mrs. Robinson's. Mrs.
Garnet Reed presided at the organ,
and the music was rendered by the
male quartet of the church. The
wealth of floral tributes strongly at
tested to the high esteem in which
the deceased was held. Relatives and
friends from various parts of the
County were present in large num-
bers. Interment was made in the M.
e. Cemetery, beside the vault of his
deceased parents.
Burds Enjoy Motoring.
Mr.. Harry Burd, who has a position
at the Absecon Pumping Station of
the Atlantic City Water Department,
has been off duty the last two weeks,
during which time he and Mrs. Bufd
have been enjoying their new Chevro-
let sedan to the utmost, taking a trip
in it to a different place each day.
On Tuesday of last week Mr.. and Mrs.
Burd and Mrs. Alonzo Leeds motored
to Ocean City, Wildwood, Anglesea,
and returned by way of Tuckahoe,
Corbin City, Estelville, Mays Landing
and ~Pleasantville. On Thursday three
cars, containing Mr.. and Mrs. Burd,
Mrs. Alonzo Leeds, Mrs. Susie Hart
Zell and daughter, Dorothy, Charles
Nelson, Isaac Nelson and family, En-
IA Connolly and Archie Connolly and
family, went to Millville, Bridgeton,
Quinton and Salem. They stopped at
Quinton to call on Mrs. Hartzell's sis
ter, Mrs. Elmer Pedrick; her mother,