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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
HURT ON WHITE HORSE PIKE.

William Blumenstein, 20, of 2123 S.
Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, is in
the Egg Harbor City Hospital, with
little hopes for his recovery, the result
of an accident at Dead Mans Curve,
on the White Horse Pike, near Abse-
con, early Monday morning, when his
motorcycle with side-car, was side
swiped by a large touring car driven
by Albert Rupp, 20, of Egg Harbor
City.
John B~lumenstein, his brother, is
also in the hospital with injuries about
the head; these, however, are not con
sidered serious. Both the motorcycle
and the automobile We're but slightly
damaged. Rupp placed both men in
his automobile and rushed them to the
office of DR.. Boysen in Egg Harbor
City, where they were given first aid
and then taken to the hospital.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
HEAvY TRAFFIC.

Sunday was stormy, but despite that
fact there we're thousands of automo-
biles on the White Horse Pike. In
coming home from Schwenksville,
Sunday night, George Zippler, Jr.,
Webster Price and Elwood Huckle
made a count of the automobiles they
passed between Berlin and Absecon.
They passed 791 machines in that dis.
lance, the majority of which were
passed between Berlin and Harmon.
ton. This was between eight and nine
o'clock. Earlier In the afternoon OF
evening that count would have been
vastly exceeded. The Egg Harbol
City Chamber of Commerce is trying
to have the White Horse Pike widened
and the actual figures of traffic seem
to bear out their contention that it is
~overcrowded with traffic.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
JUNIORS START
NEW BUILDING
GROUND BROKEN MONDAY NIGHT
FOLLOWING STREET PARADE,
AND GRAFTON BY REV. ELWooD
To Cost About $4,000

Monday was a proud day for the
members of Excelsior Council, Junior
Order American Mechanics, of this
city. At that time the starting of
their new hall and stores at the cor
ner of Decatur Avenue and Main
Street was made with imposing cere-
monies. Many yexatious delays have
occasioned the postponement of this
project but now the work will be car
ried to an early completion.
Early on Monday evening, headed
by the Junior Mechanics Band, the
members of Excelsior Council formed
at Red Mems Hall and paraded
through the city. The line of march
was down Washington Avenue to
Main Street; up Main Street to Adams
Avenue; countermarch on Main Street
to Wright Street; countermarch to
Decatur Avenue. Here the band play
ed a selection and Councillor Floyd
Collins then introduced Rev. Robert
Arthur Elwood, who made an eloquent
address on Home" and what it stands
for.
Following the address Councillor
Collins took up a decorated spade and
turned the first spadeful of dirt from
the lot on which the new building is
to be erected. Following another Sc
lection by the band the exercises came
to a close. This week the active
building operation will commence.
The new structure is to cost about
$4,000 and will contain, beside a spao-
ious hall, two stores fronting on Main
Street and apartments in the rear.
Excelsior Council now has about
four hundred members. 1t is one of
the oldest fraternal orders in the city.
The first meetings were held in Ryon's
Hall, corner of Park Avenue and Main
Street and later the Council removed
to Red Mems Hall. 1t has been the
aim of the Council for many years TO
own a home and now the ideal has
been practically reached
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
Schools Will Open
September Eleventh
Work Progressing Rapidly \On
New Twelve Room Building
On West Decatur Ave.

The public schools of this city will
open for the 1928 term on Mon
day, Sept. 18th. The Board of Educa-
ton has selected the teaching staff for
the ear and everything is now in
readiness for the beginning of the
term. Notwithstanding the fact that
the Board has decided to have only
local pupils in the High School this
year, there will not be much spare
room, as there will be about ninety
pupils to enter the High School from
the several eighth grade classes of
the city.
Work on the new twelve room grade
school on West Decatur venue is
progressing rapidly and the founda-
lions have been almost completed at
this time. This building will be com
pleted early in January of 1928, and it
will then afford relief for the other
grammar grades, which were so much
overcrowded last year. They will still
be greatly overcrowded until the new
building becomes available. If all the
houses which + to be erected in the
First Ward this fall and winter are
occupied. as it is expected they will
be, the proposition of a new grade
school building in that section will
face the Board of Education before
another school year around.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
Red Cross Active
In Raising Funds
More Money Is Needed, However
To Carry On Work Of Public
Health Nursing.

The P~leasantville Committee on
Nursing Activities of the Red Cross
reports that only 1853 has been re
ceived from the recent appeal for
funds for the maintenance of the Wis
iting nurse. This includes the amount
realized from the card party of Aug.
23rd in Mortified.
The sum needed by the committee
for h current expenses for the next
six months is $500, and it is hoped
that all those who have not already
responded to the appeal will do so at
an early date.
The great need is the service OF a
clerk to take messages and calls dur
ing the absence of the nurse from
her duties. This would promote great
er efficiency of service and would ena-
BILE the nurse to respond to many more
calls which she would otherwise not
receive.
Since the beginning of the nursing
work in September, 1919, the nurse
has cared for over $50 patients-more
than 500 of whom were residents
within the limits OF the city of Pleas
a~ntville, and 1870 of the total number
have been within the boundaries of
the ~Pleasantville Branch of Red Cross
from Port Republic to Linwood, and
the 25R in the nearby communities.
1t is the earnest hope of the COM
mittee that the people OF Pleasantyille
and. vicinity will rally to the support
of this service, whose value to the
communities served has been proven
many times during the past three
years. The P~leasantville chairman,
Mrs. II. C. Munro, the County Chair
man of the Nursing Committee, Mrs.
L. G.. Shreve, and the members of the
committee are anxious to place the
service on such a basis that lack of
funds will not be a handicap to rem
dering the nos worth while and eff
cient service tc communities needing
and calling on the help of the nurse.
The Nurse in charge, Miss Mary
Reddig, r. N, may be reached by
phone EFT, or may be found in office,
No. 2 f. Washington avenue, every
morning until 9.15. from IL noon to
100 D. m, and after $50 p. m. She is
ready to respond to all calls and TO
help in emergencies whenever posi-
BILE.
Mrs. Munro or any member of her
committee will gladly answer ques-
tions or receive contributions towards
the support of the nurse.
The ~Pleasantville Nursing Commit
tee includes Mrs. II. c. Munro, Chair
man; Mrs. Sherwood Risley, Mrs.
Scott Long, Mrs. Robert L. Race, Mrs.
Victor Jagmetty, Mrs. James G. Scull,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
kIWANIS ACTIVE.

The local Kiwanis Club is enjoying
a season of great activity, and hot
sultry weather is not interfering with
their business whatever. Secretary
Andrews announces a big time this
Tuesday afternoon with new stunts
The local Kiwanians will join with
the Atlantic City Kiwanis Club. Rota
ry Club and Lions Club on Thursday
evening, at $50 o'clock, in a big meet
ing to be held by the Egg Harbol
Kiwanis Club at Aurora Hall. This is
expected to develop into a very large
evening.
On Friday and Saturday, September
10Th and Both, the Fourth Annual Con
vention of the New Jersey District
Kiwanis International is to be held al
Haddon Hall, Atlantic City. Ladies
are to be invited to attend this con
vention.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
Regulars Come Back }
As Season. Advances
Gegan's Team Now Tie With
Egg HarbOr City In Race For
County Championship.

The Pleasantville Regulars, starting
out with a poor brand of ball early in
the season. are now coming back
strong and it begins to look al though
pionship in the newly formed Atlantic
County League. They lost the first
game to Egg Harbor City, but on Sat
urday they defeated that team, and
the honors are now even between the
leaders. Hammonton and Germania
are bringing up the rear with percent
ages which put them out of the run
ming for the championship.
In Saturdays game Dump" Adams
was in fine form and gave Egg Harbbr
only five widely scattered hits. He
was never in danger of being scored
on throughout the game. as the great
fielding of the locals saved him at
various times during the game, when
the visitors threatened to score.
Lew Bauers, the big Egg Harbor
right handler who opposed Adams on
the rubber, also was in great shape,
but his teammates failure to hit
Adams at opportune moments caused
his downfall.
Asstsne susdey games were interior.
ed with because of the rain, the pres
emf standing of the clubs in the COun-
ty League is as follows:
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
Railway Express Co.
Will Open Office
To Begin Business About Sep.
TENDER LIST Adjoining Lakes
Produce Market.

After several years Pleasantville is
again to have a local Office for hand
ling express matter. The local office
was abolished during the World War,
when the United States took over the
railroads, and since that time all ex-
press business for ~Pleasantville has
been handled through the Atlantic
City office of the American Railway
Express. The local Office is to be To-
Gated in a front room of the cottage
adjoining Maurice Lakes produce
market on North Main street, and will
begin business about Friday OF this
week. Delay has been occasioned by
several matters; first, it was impossi-
BILE for a time to get a local express
agent, and then it was also impossible
to get the necessary supplies for the
office. Now that both these questions
were settled, then it was found that a
suitable location could not easily be
obtained. The present selection was
made until such time as a more suit
able place can be had.
The agent in charge of the local
Office will be Uriah Paulsworth, of
Absecon, father-in-law of M. s. De-
Haven, the local Electric road agent.
The Office for Pleasantville was OBJ
tanned mainly through the persistent
efforts of E. K. Biggard, of the Peer
less Hosiery Dyeing Company. He
started the movement in the interest
of his company, which does a large
amount of express business. He made
efforts to have business men generally
assist in getting the local office, but
there was a. general apathy displayed
in the matter, so that Biggard went at
it practically alone and finally accom-
plished the result.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
MANY OFFICES
To Be FILLED
This Years Election Very I'm
pOrtant One in State, County
and City.
C.E. jackson for Mayor

The coming primary and general
elections are very important ones
nationally, as well as to the state
county and city of P~1easantville
Nationally there is a United States
Senator and Representative in Con.
gress to be elected, with Senator Ere
linghuysen as the Republican Senate
rial candidate and Governor Edwards
as the Democratic candidate. For
Representative, the present incum.
bent, Hon. Isaac Bacharach, is the
Republican candidate, with Charles S
Stevens, of Cumberland, backed by the
Democrats.
The State offices to be filled include
Governor, Senator, two A%ssemblymen
The County offices include Surrogate
members of the Republican and Demo
cratic State Committee from the Coun.
ty, County Committeeman of each
party.
The City officials to be chosen in.
clude Mayor, Councilman-at-Large
Chosen Freebooter for First Ward
Chosen Freebooter for Second Ward
one member of Common Council foi
the First Ward, n member of Com.
mon Council for the Second Ward
one Justice of the Peace for the First
Ward, one Justice of the Peace fol
the Second Ward.
AS the time for the election ap.
proaches the interest in candidates is
increasing. The Republican County
Committeeman and Executive Com.
mittees of the Mainland Republican
Club and the Women's Republican
! Club held a meeting on Friday night
and agreed upon the following candi
dates:
Mayor, Charles E. Jackson; Coun
cilman-at-Large, Guy Wilson.
First Ward Chosen Freebooter
Clark Adams; Council, James Rey
nolds tthis selection-beiag anaasleupar
ticularly because the Oakhurst and
Blenheim section have not had a rep
resentative in Council) County Com
mittee, First Precinct, Frank Trum
bore, Mrs. Mabel Chattle; Second
Precinct, George w. Biggs, Mrs. AL
bert Bossler; Third Precinct, Walter
w. Whitman, Mrs. Lewis r. Smith.
Second Ward = Chosen Freebooter
Robert M. Willis; Council. Charles M
Peck; Justice of the Peace, Carrie M
Lippincott; County Committee, First
Precinct, Japhet Price, Mrs. Carrie M
Lippincott; Second Precinct, Charles
H. Hill, Mrs. Cora Tucker Washing
ton.
The Democrats of Pleasantville are
to hold a meeting this Tuesday night
for the consideration of n candi
dates they will bring out for election
this fall. 1t is surmised that they will
endorse some of the people already
agreed upon by the Republicans.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
DOG FANC|ERS
WILL EXHIBIT
Prize CANNES To Be Shown At
Atlantic City September 80
and October l.
Many Handsome Prizes

After a lapse of five years the Ken
mel Club of Atlantic City will again
have an annual bench show. Arrange
ments have practically been complet-
ed for the show which is to be held
on the Steeplechase- Pier on Septem.
Der Both and October LIST. The exhibit
is to be held in the interest of charity
and the proceeds are to be donated to
some charitable institution yet to be
named, but probably the Atlantic City
Hospital.
Prizes %aggregating $1,000, both in
cash and handsome cups will be
awarded tho winners as they are judg.
ed to be the best in their respective
classes. Among the donors of cups,
costing $25 each, are the Ritz Carlton
Dennis, Observation-Disclosures and
Ambassador Hotels.
1t is predicted that the Forthcoming
show will attract 100 different breeds
of the foremost CANNES in America,
Approximately 1000 entry blanks have
been sent to dog owners and breeders
in the United States and Canada.
Atlantic County residents are ex-
pected to participate extensively in
the show, a number of them being
prominently identified as dog fanciers.
Special prizes will be awarded in
classes for local dogs.
Among the well-known County own
ers and breeders are: George Lallou,
owner of "Dal," Russian w%olfhound;
Mrs. Martin Link, owner of the cham
pion Pom, "Razzle Dazzle; Harrison
Cook, owner Of the bull terrier "Cy";
Mrs. Leonard Agar, owner of the
Scottish terrier, "Scotty"; Mrs. Char
lotte Blake, owner of a string of Pek-
ingese; Walter w. Whitman, owner
of the English Bull, "Buddie Kuehn";
James Reynolds, owner of a pair OF
German Police dogs; Edward Gala
CHER, owner of a string of Spitzes;
Mrs. Joseph Moss and Mrs. May Mil
her, Great Danes; Houston Miller,
West Highland white terriers; Mrs
Betty Wilcox, Russian wolfhound; DR..
Webster Bell, Sealyham terrier; DR..
Otis Stickney, settlers and pointers,
and Judge William H. Smathers, set
tiers.
officers of the Kennel Club of Allan
tic City, under whose auspices the
event is to be held, are: Ralph Stew
art, president; J. Sargent Price, vice
president; Bailey Wilson, secretary,
and Chandler Bernard. treasurer.
The bench show committee compris-
es: e. G. Griswell, chairman; Herbert
Greenwood, Adolph Nelson, James A.
Reynolds, Linton B. Arnold, Leonard
D. Agar, Mayor Edward l.. Bader,
Commissioner William S. Cuthbert,
Commodore" Louis Kuehnle, Edison
Hedges, Gordon Annear and Charles
]. Johnson.
DR.. Charles J. McAnulty is the vet
erinarian of the show. Entry blanks
may be obtained from DR.. McAnulty
or from any member of the commit
tee.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
Athletic Field Is
Again Being Doomed
Fraternal Societies and Civic
Clubs Backing Proposition
With Legion.

With the American Legion leading
the way, the matter of a municipal
athletic field is again being doomed,
and civic bodies and fraternal organi-
cations are backing the proposition to
the limit this time. Naturally the
baseball clubs and High School Ath-
letic Association are strongly in favor
of the municipal field, but in addition
the Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Com
merce, Pleasantville Athletic and Mu-
steal Association, Mainland Republi-
can Club, Salem Mems Club, Board of
Education, Pleasantville Alumni Asso.
citation, Boy Scouts and Camp Fire
Girls are preparing to back the move
ment, as well as the following frater-
nal organizations, Red Men, Patriotic
Order Sons of America, Junior Order
American Mechanics and Knights of
Pythias.
Sometime ago, the matter was
brought before City Council in the
form of having an athletic field as a
suitable memorial to the soldiers who
served in the World War. At that
time, after discussion, the matter was
referred to a committee composed of
Councilmen Edward T. Stephenson,
Albert E. James and Charles M. Peck.
This committee has not rendered a
report as yet. Several times the mat
ter of a soldiers Memorial has come
I'D in Council, but action is each time
deferred. The organizations. above
referred to will now ask hat some
definite line of action be pursued and
will centre on an athletic field as the
proper memorial to the soldiers, 1t
being the one thing above all others
that Pleasantville seems to need at
this time, and one that will be entirely
suitable to the soldiers themselves.
Baseball, football, and all field and
track events will suffer if a field OF
some sort is not soon provided, and
unless action is taken soon there Will
be no field to provide anywhere in the
city limits that would be at all con-
venient to the people. Every available
tract is being taken up for building
operations with surprising rapidity,
and soon the cost of a suitable field
will be prohibitive.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
Drowning. Of Scout
Caused Worry Here
RumOrs Of Fatality To Local
Boy Came Friday Night But
Later Was COntradicted.

There was considerable excitement
here among the parents of the Boy
Scouts who are camped at Camp Fra
linger, on the Perkiomen Greek, Pa,
IN Friday night, when the news came
that one OF the campers had been
drowned. 1t was later ascertained
that the boy who was drowned was
George Hess, OF 1914 North Meryine
street, Philadelphia. He was camping
with other Scouts on the opposite side
of the Perkiomen from the local
Scouts.
According to DR.. Ronald Moore,
Hess was swept off the top OF a dam
by the heavy flow of water caused by
recent rains. His head struck on some
rocks at the foot of the fall and he
did not come to the surface.
Atlantic City Boy Scouts in Camp
Fralinger, across the river, searched
for the body for several hours before
finding it jammed beween two bould-
ers in a deep pool.
Saturday and Sunday a number of
local people visited the Scout Camp.
The boys were more than pleased to
see the folks from home, and two bas-
kets of peaches presented to them by
George Zippler, Jr., Elwood Huckle
and Webster Price disappeared in rec.
ord time. Besides the above other
Pleasantville people visiting the camp
included Stanley Zippler, Mr.. Buckley,
Mr.. Middleton, MI. and Mrs. Robert A.
Robertson, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gas
kill, Mr.. and Mrs. Westcott.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
MANY MATTERS
AWAIT ACTION
Next Meeting of Chamber of
Commerce Will Be Busy One
For Members.
New Postoffice Needed

There having been no meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce this month,
the next session of that body will be a
lengthy and important one Several
matters have piled up that will claim
the attention of the members. One of
the important things to be considered
will be the changes in the bylaws
which are to be recommended by the
committee named to revise them. In
stead of monthly meetings the COM
mittee will recommend two meetings
a month. 1t will also be recommended
that women shall be allowed member
ship in the Chamber. This latter
change is expected to pass unanimous
ly and as soon as 1t does there will be
a number of applications for member.
ship filed by leading women of the
city. This is expected to put new life
into the organization, as the women
have taken a great interest in all pub
lie matters since they were given the
right to vote.
Another important matter that will
be brought up for discussion is the
need of a Federal building for this
city. With the lacking on to the local
post office a rural delivery route on
September LIST, with two rural carriers,
and free city delivery coming Novem-
Der LIST, with at least six carriers need
ed at the start, Postmaster Obert
claims that the present post office is
too small for the volume of business
to be transacted. The present Post
master General is in favor of Federal
owned post offices, rather than paying
large rentals for suitable buildings.
Now is the recognized time to start
the movement to get al government
owned post office. Even if started
Immediately it would take some time
to get the matter in shape for an ap-
preparation for the purpose. The
Chamber of Commerce will be asked
t5fnamea ~cornsfittee to confer with
Congressman Isaac Bacharach relative
to the matter.
The question of a hospital for Pleas
antville will also be again discussed.
Some members have been considering
this matter since it was first taken up
and will have some interesting facts
to present to the meeting.
The Chamber will also take up the
matter of having an athletic field pro-
vided for the city. The body has al
ready endorsed the proposition, but as
no definite action has been taken,
there will be an endeavor made to
push the project to q completion this
winter.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
RAIN INTERPRETED.

Owing to the hard rain on Sunday
afternoon, it was deemed unwise to
begin sending trucks to Mortified, to
bring those who desired to come, to
st. Johns Sunday School. However,
despite the rain, one truck load came
up from Mortified and brought very
optimistic reports for the starting of
the work. If weather conditions per
nit, trucks will leave MarshalPs store
on the New Road, Mortified, next
Sunday afternoon, at 200 o'clock, and
can be intercepted at any point as
they come UP the New Road.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-30
Five Game Series
Has Been Arranged
Pleasantville Regulars and Som
ers Point Will Play Sunday
Afternoon Games.

Arrangements have been made for
a five game series of baseball which
will prove intensely interesting to
residents of Atlantic County. The
series is to be played between "Bill'
Gegan's P~leasantville Regulars and
Frank Harris Somers Point team. The
first game is to be played on Sunday
afternoon, September 3rd, at Somers
Point, and thereafter games are to be
played every other week, the series
extending well into October.
In the first game the pitchers will
both be former members of Connie
Mack's Philadelphia Athletics. Bob
by" Collins will start for the Somers
Point team, and wild Bill" Pierson
will be on the mound for the Pleas
antville Regulars. Pierson is home
for two weeks, having been suspended
from playing with the Chester team
for that period for a difference with
an umpire.
Besides Pierson the Regulars will
have Mclean, Dump Adams and
Dixie" Davis to depend on for the
series. To replace Collins, if neces-
sary, Somers Point has Tommy
Hentz bill" McDevitt, Mark Car
mack, of Georgetown University, and
Bob" Williams, a Swarthmore College
right handler.
, Two brothers will oppose each other
in the coming series, as Jimmy Car
mack, former Atlantic City High
School star, second sacker, will play
at that post for Pleasantville, while
his elder brother, Mark, will play in
the outfeld and pitch for the Pointers
in the coming games.
Somers Points, especially Bobby"
Collins, is anxious to beat the veteran
Adams on the mound in at least one
game of. the series, because of the
fact that the old-timer pitched a no.
hit game against the Pointers in 1921.