The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-12-13
ABSECON NEWS

being confined 10 her home two weeks
by illness.
Mrs. Gilbert Godfrey, of w. Bolton
avenue, was confined to her bed by
illness last Friday and Saturday.
Joseph Whitman. proprietor of the
"Caddy House." Absecon Heights, has
a new Ford sedan.
George ~Schoenleber and family, OF
Atlantic City, are occupying a dwell
ing on E. Church street. Mr.. Schoen-
| leber is a painter in the employ of
Councilman Crawford Townsend, this
city.
Mrs. Stewart Whiffen and son., Stu
art, Jr., of Asheville, N. c., formerly
of Hammonton, visited relatives here
last weekend. She and her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Joslin, are desir-
Gus of coming North and locating in
this vicinity.
The Senior Epworth League Society
of the M. f. Church will give a social
in the chapel on Friday evening, Dec.
10, to which all are invited, whether
members or not. Although recently
organized, the society is growing in
interest and in religious and social
influence. New recruits are being
sought to the League membership list.
By the plan of episcopal visitations
for the 1923 spring conferences in the
United States, adopted by the Board
Of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in recent assembly, Bishop A.
w. Leonard was assigned to preside
over the coming sessions of the New
Jersey M. e. Conference, TO be held
at Asbury Park on March 18th next.
Since Bishop Leonard was a Penning-
ton Seminary student with many
members of this conference, the an
nouncement of his assignment will be
hailed with very general satisfaction.
As the second in the series of
events recently planned in the inter-
est of the Absecon Women's Republi-
can Club, a bazaar is being held each
day and evening this week in the par
Tor of the Absecon Inn, Ohio and Sta
lion avenues, with Mrs. Neil Larsen,
this city, in charge. Numerous arti-
Giles of varied kinds have been con
spicuously arranged and the general
public is urged to inspect the exhibit
and make their annual %pre-holiday
purchases. One of the donations was
a Pomeranian puppy, which will be
CHANGED off. The great majority of
gifts on display consists of fancy, or
naaental and useful articles, many of
which would make ideal Christmas
presents. One of the features of the
bazaar is a daily rummage sale, dur
ing which miscellaneous articles are
disposed of. The object of the Wo-
mems Republican Club in arranging
the series of finance producing events
is to accumulate funds with which TO
erect a Community Building, in which
the club would have it's executive Off
ces. Social recreation and reading
rooms, also, would be provided, it is
stated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Conover, of
Camden, who have been making their
home since June in an apartment on
Shore Road, near Walnut avenue,
P~leasantville, have moved into their
new bungalow on West Oregon ave
nue.. MI. Conover is a plumber and
steam-itter employed at present in
Ocean City.
Mrs. Henry C%onover, of E. Leeds
avenue, is still unable to see with her
right eye, the muscle of which she
strained while coughing nearly a
month ago. Mrs. Conover will submit
to an operation the last of this week,
since the other eye is being affected
also.
Miss Lizzie Adelung has returned
from New York, where she visited the
family of her sister, who recently ar
rived from Germany. Miss Adelung
had not seen her sister before since
she, the former was 81 years of age,
so the meeting was an affectionate
one
Rev. J. w. Wainwright is quite an
aquatic sportsman. His marksman-
ship is of the best, and during the last
week he has had remarkable success
shooting black ducks and blue bills.
Richard Van Syckle, Sr., and family,
residents the last three years at Sta
ton and Railroad avenues, have NOV
ed to Pleasantyille.
Martin Spokesman left recently to
visit relatives and friends in Philadel-
phia, Jersey City, New York and Bos-
ton for ten days or two weeks.
Mrs. May Townsend recently sent
to the New Jersey Children's Home
Society at State and Warren streets,
Trenton, the barrel of canned fruit
and vegetables prepared by local
housewives as a gift to that institu-
ton.
The many friends of 7. James Ham
ilton. who was critically i'll during the
summer and fall months at his home
On Ohio avenue, are much pleased to
see him out again, after his long peri
cd OF confinement. He has bought an
Essex roadster and has been taking
daily trips in it for the benefit of his
health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Binder, their
son, James, of Pleasantville, and
daughter, Mrs. Alfred J. Roger, of this
city. motored to Philadelphia recently
in the formers Maxwell sedan.
Walter M. Burns has purchased
lots on f. Lee avenue, in the vicinity
OF the Ocean Boulevard, and plans to
build there at an opportupe time.
The former Thomas Clark property
on the westerly side of Shore Road,
south of Mayor Mattson's, was recent
ly bought by Reuben L. Babcock, Geo.
B. Conover, f. Fraley Doughty and
Frank B. Off, for the purpose of pro-
noting the development of a fine
tract of land for residential purposes.
Bach &c Gaskill, Atlantic City real
tors, who recently bought the G. F.
Hammell premises fronting on Abse-
con boulevard, are having the under
brush cleared from the land, a consid-
cradle of which, il is understood, they
already have disposed of. Mayor
Mattson some days ago bought the
house in which Mr.. Hammell formerly
made his home. This in turn will be
sold again soon. The Hammell prop