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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
Maurice Lake Will
Erect Large Market
Planning Addition to Present
Fruit, Produce and Fish EN-
pOrium-WOrk Starts Soon.

Maurice Lake, who conducts a large
fruit, produce and fish market on
North Main street, is about to add TO
his present store to take care of his
fast increasing business. He will
erect a large one-story building along
side of the present structure. The
new store is to have a frontage of 20
feet on Main street with a depth Of
100 feet. The present building is 25
feet front with a depth of 40 feet.
The concrete foundations have al
ready been put in and the work of
erecting the building is TO be COM
menced this week. The cement blocks
are already on the ground. The struc-
ture will be built with heavy walls
and strong steel beams so that in the
future apartments can be erected
above the store.
When completed fruit will be sold
in the old structure and in the new
part will be the fish market and the
vegetable and produce stands. Add
tional clerks will be employed, and
each n will have a separate stand,
cash register and wrapping counter.
There will also be stands where pa
irons can select their purchases, and
when all are assembled they will be
priced and wrapped by a clerk. This
idea is to be on the same plan as the
Piggly-Wiggly stores are operated.
Mr.. Lake also owns the adjoining
property, on which a large cottage
now stands. He said this week that
if his business kept expanding he
would also take in this property for
his store. He is a firm believer in the
advancement of Pleasantville, and in
building now is planning for the fu-
ture growth of the city.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
Linwood Poultrymen
Have Radio Concert
Musical and Literary Entertain
ment EnjOyed-Ass'n Enters
Vineland Poultry Contest.

Last Thursday night the members
of the Linwood Poultry Association
and a number of their friends enjoyed
their first radio concert.
The radio set, which is the property
OF Mr.. Sterling Hopper, a prominent
poultry raiser and member of the as
ISOLATION, was installed in the Borough
Hall, where the association holds its
meetings. The first place which Mr..
Hopper, who was operating the in
strument, picked up was the Westing-
house station at Newark. The latter
part of a concert which was given by
the Union League Club, of Brooklyn,
under the direction of Professor Louis
Mollenhauer, director Of the Louis
Mollenhauer Conservatory of Music,
and broadcasted by this station was
heard. After the concert the members
listened in on a literary evening con-
Quoted by the Outlook, Scientific
American, and Harper & Bro.
The next station tuned in" was a
plant which is conducted by the West
inghouse Company in East Pittsburgh.
This place was broadcasting a concert
given by Beeman's orchestra. The
music was greatly enjoyed by those
present, but because of the electric
storm which came up at this time sta
tic became so bad that the signals
became indistinct, and it was thought
best to let the speakers Of the evening
give their part of the program. A
very interesting talk was given by
Mr.. William Van Duzer, of Somers
Point, on the use of electricity for
brooding purposes. Ralph Bettz, a
prominent poultry man in this section
OF the county, gave the members Of
the association information regarding
the heating of water for the use of
chickens in the winter time. He also
spoke on grooming the birds for the
show at the Egg Harbor fair.
A large number of members pledged
themselves 10 enter their birds in this
show. The association has also enter
ed the Vineland poultry contest and
will have coops in this show for the
next three years.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in Borough Hall, Poplar
avenue and the Shore Road, on May
rs. Prominent men who will be an
nounced later, will be present and
address the poultry raisers. There
will also be refreshments served by
the ladies at This time.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
SOOY---MACKLlN.

A pretty wedding was solemnized
Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the
Salem parsonage by Rev. Thomas II.
Hicks, when Mr.. Elphra s.. Sooy, for
many years active in political and
church circles, took as his bride Mrs.
Anna /. Macklin, of Drexel Hill. Mr..
Samuel B. Sooy, son of the groom,
was best man, Mrs. Samuel b. Sooy
was matron of honor. The bride was
also attended by her daughter, Mrs,
James Warren, or DreXel Hill.
The bride was becomingly attired in
a dove gray canton crepe, deliberately
beaded, and wore a corsage bouquet
of sweet peas. The matron of honor
wore a handsome gown of changeable
taffeta, and also wore a corsage bou-
quet of sweet peas.
Following the wedding was a recep-
ton at the home of the groom on East
Park avenue. Among those present
were the bridal party, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elphra S. Sooy, Nj. and Mrs. Samuel
B. Sooy, Mrs. James Warren, Mrs.
Hanselman, Mrs. Ferdinand Stadler,
Jr., Mrs. George Attack, Mrs. William
Truitt, Miss Marion Sooy and Miss
Mabel Sooy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
|HUB|N HAS SOLD
THEATRE SITE
Wagenheim and Barab, of At
lantic City, Purchase Valu-
able Main st. Location.
Owners Will Improve

The theatre property owned by
Frank Hubin on North Main street
has been sold. The purchasers are
Charles Wagenheim and Morris Barab,
of Atlantic City. 1t was reported that
the sale price for this valuable bust
ness location vas $22,0 00. The lot has
a frontage of 80 feet on Main street
with a depth of 100 feet. A moving
picture house is at present occupying
the property. The theatre has not
been open for business for a long time
and the front part has been occupied
for several months as a fruit and
produce store.
1t is said that the new owners on
template making two stores on the
floor, one to be operated as a furni.
ture house and the other as a meat
market. Additional floors are to be
added to the building, and the upper
stories will be made into living apart
ments. Wagenheim is one of the
brothers of that name who operate
meat markets in Atlantic City, and
Barab is the owner of a grain and
supply house there.
Hubin said a few days ago that he
had also obtained a purchaser for a
fine country residential site he owns
at the corner of Park avenue and
South Main street. He expected that
deal to be closed in a lew days. These
real estate transactions are only a
few of the many that are now con-
stantly taking place in this city. New
people are constantly making inquir-
les and many enterprises will be
started here during the balance OF
this year. Pleasantville is enjoying a
real estate and business boom that
has never before been %equaled, and
the property values have increased
away beyond what many of the older
residents ever expected to live to see.
The new electric lighting contract re-
Gently entered into by City Council
promises to give better lighting for
the city streets. The house number
ing and sidewalk improvement is only
a forerunner to a free city delivery of
mail, and, taken altogether, there is
an era of prosperity dawning thatewill
carry Pleasantville away beyond what
it is to-day.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
Leek Wins Trophy
At Crescent Traps
Captured Tanned Deer Hide In
Percentage Club Match
Saturday Afternoon.

With a mean wind blowing over the
range of the Crescent Trapshooting
Club last Saturday afternoon, there
was a club match held, with the win
ner to be decided on a percentage
basis. 1t was settled before the match
that the contestant coming nearest to
SO per cent. in a total score could take
the trophy, a tanned deer hide. At
the finish there were three contest
ants who were very close to the win
ming figure. Leek nosed out with a
percentage of SO. Clark Adams was
very neal the limit with a percentage
of SO and Is per cent. Cummings
came next in line with a percentage
of SO and q per cent.
Dory Hackett, the winner of many
matches, shot better than ever on
Saturday, but he broke so many tar
gets that his percentage was away be-
yond the winning number. He made
81 per cent. Resell also did some
good shooting, as he shattered 81 blue
rock targets. Powers was close be-
hind Resell with 80 targets punctured.
The scores were as follows:
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
REPUBLICAN CLUB DANCE.

The members of the local Women's
Republican Club have completed ar
rangements for a dance, which is to
be held this Tuesday evening at the
Atlantic City Country Club House, at
Mortified. Several specialties and
exhibition dances will feature the pro-
gram. For the entertainment of
those who do not care to dance a
committee will arrange for card play
ing to amuse them.
The next regular meeting of the
club will be held in the local Red
Cross rooms, On East Washington
avenue, on Monday evening, June II.
At that meeting the principal speaker
is to be Mrs. Mary North Chenoweth,
of Somers Point, who was one of the
organizers of and a past president of
the Somers Point Women's Republi-
a Club. She is a very interesting
speaker.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
TEACHER GOES TO NEWARK.

Mrs. Henrietta C. Steelman. one of
the public school teachers, a member
of the teaching staff of the Woodland
Avenue School, is oon to give up her
residence in this city and take a posi-
ton as teacher in the public schools
of Newark. Mrs. Steelman has a
large number of friends in this city
who unite in wishing her every sue
cess in her new field of work.
Mrs. Steelman visited Newark some
time ago and took the necessary e
animation for the new position. 1t
was only recently, however, that she
was notified of her appointment. In
the new position she is to receive a
salary of $4,000 a year. Several teach.
ers have left this city because of the
better salaries being paid for com
petent teachers by other municipal.
ties.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
Municipal Records
Are Safely Stored
City Clerk Reports Fire Would
Not Destroy Vault Even If
Building Burned Down.

In a report covering the condition
of storage of municipal records in the
cities, %boroughs and townships of New
Jersey, made by the Director of the
Public Record Office OF New Jersey, 1t
is stated that as to the cities vaults
which are sufficient for the storage
and protection of all records, the most
satisfactory answer comes from the
City Clerk of Pleasantville, who
writes: 4 am personally advised by
the architect that should the building
burn the vault would stand erect with
the records intact"
The report shows that the public
records of Absecon are missing from
1872 TO 1896, as also they are in At
lantic City from 1854 to 1865 and from
1877 to 1879. In Margate City, for
merly South Atlantic City, the records
are missing from 1885 to 1890. Some
of the early records of Margate City
were lost by fire about twenty years
ago, while others are reported as haV-
ing been lost or stolen"
The report also shows that five
county clerks have their records in
buildings supposed to be fireproof, but
in every case the building is a struc-
ture originally erected thirty-five years
or more ago. One OF these counties
is Atlantic, in which the structure
was built in 1887. The same thing
also applies to the records of the Sur
rogate of Atlantic County and the
erection of his office.
In counties it is reported that the
clerks of Boards of Freeholders are
worse off than city and county clerks.
In Atlantic County the board rec
ords are reported as missing from
1897 to 1885. The safe, in Atlantic
County, is reported as non-fireproof.
The. city of Mortified reports that the
safe or vault is inadequate for the ac-
commodation. AID protection of all the
records. The Office is not in a fire
proof building. In LAG townships of
the State records are missing. In At
lantic County the townships named,
with the dates, are: Egg Harbor,
1693-1794; Galloway, 1774-1818; Ham
ilton, 1S13-1S65; Mullica, 1S3S-1S85;
Weymouth, 1798-1916. In the case of
Mullica Township the records were
reported as destroyed by fire.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
FAREWELL RECEPTION.

On Thursday evening at 8 O'Clock
there will be a farewell reception ten
dered to Rev. Gregory Moran, rector
of st. Peters Roman Catholic Church,
at the Parish Hall. All the p%arishion-
ers and friends Of Father Moran are
invited to attend the affair. Father
Moran, who has been rector at st
Peters for about thirteen years and
even before that was connected with
the parish as an assistant to Rev.
Father Petri, has been transferred to
Ventnor City, and will assume his
new position as rector of st. James
blythe Sea on Saturday.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED.

At a congregational meeting at
Wesley Church last Friday evening
the proposed renovation of the church
and organ was discussed at length. A
motion was carried to recommend to
the Official Board of the church the
carrying out of the plan of improve
ments as outlined by that body, which
includes painting and decorating the
inside and outside of the church, re-
constructing and charging the organ,
%eXcavating the basement to accommo-
date a social room, Sunday School
ROOM, rest room, kitchen and toilets.
The cost is to approximate $4,000.
A special meeting of the Othelal
Board will be called shortly to con
slider ways and means for the church
improvements.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
JUNIOR MECHANICS WILL
ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICE

Excelsior Council, Junior American
Mechanics, will attend divine service
at Wesley Methodist Church on Sun
day, May Twenty-eighth. AT this SER
vice Rev. w. l.. Shaw will preach a
special memorial sermon and all civil
war veterans will be invited to attend.
The members of Excelsior Council
will provide automobiles to take the
veterans to church and back home
after the service. All veterans desir-
ing to attend should notify Clarence
Daugherty, Secretary of Excelsior
Council, who will see that automobiles
are .DroYided for them.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
FIRST QUARTERLY CONFERENCE.

The first Quarterly Conference of
Wesley NJ. E. Church was held Mon
day evening, with District Superin-
tendent Alexander Corson presiding.
Encouraging reports were submitted
by all departments of the church,
showing that gratifying progress is be
ing made. The superintendent spoke
in highest terms of Rev. W. L. Shaw,
the new pastor on the charge. and
said he felt assured that the work
here would make a remarkable show
ing the coming year. Pastor Shaw's
report showed that he is alive to the
situation here, and is rapidly becom-
ing acquainted with conditions so that
he may be able to in%telligently deal
with them.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
PocAHoNTAs LODGE MOVES.

Silver Moon Council, Degree of Pc
cahontas, has moved its meeting place
from Mechanics Hall, Linwood, tC
Knights of the Golden Eagle Hall
Somers Point. The first meeting il
the new quarters was held last Friday
evening. Many of the members of the
Council reside in Somers Point and il
is believed the membership list vii
now grow with the change in location
The Council has already arranged fol-
some benefits in the near future Il
provide funds.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
STANDING OF DISTRICTS
FOR MONTH OF APRIL

The four districts which have prac-
tically maintained first place in At
lantic County for attendance, and
among whom there has been consider.
able emulation, have a standing as fol
lows for the month of April: Somers
Point takes first place with a per
cent. of $500, Buena Vista Town
ship ranks a close second with
$3.50, Egg Harbor City third with
$3.50, and Hamilton Township takes
fourth place with a per cent. of 92.3%.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
TO ORGANIZE CLUB.

There will be a meeting on Wednes-
day afternoon for the organization of
the Woman's Republican Club of
Galloway Township at the home of
Gertrude Peoples, Sixth avenue and
the White Horse Pike. All Republi-
can women of the township are invit-
ed to come and join.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
a WEEKLY

In this issue of The P~leasantville
Press there appears a sketch of the
life of Tax Collector Webster Price.
Next Wednesday the subject of the
special feature will be City Clerk
Nehemiah Andrews. Each week there
will appear an article giving a short
history OF some prominent citizen OF
Pleasantyille. Be sure to read this
feature. II will be Interesting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
FINED BY WOMAN JUDGE.

The following persons were fined on
Sunday by Judge Gertrude Peoples,
Absecon Highlands: VIM. F. Jones,
$50 Dock street, Philadelphia, $1,000;
Abe Cohen, 1868 South Sheridan
street., Philadelphia, $500; John
Boyle, Philadelphia, $1,000.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
HOME FROM HOSPITAL.

The many friends Of Miss Matte
Higbee will be glad to learn that she
returned to her home OF Sunday from
the Atlantic City Hospital, where she
went under a very serious operation
four weeks ago.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
MURRAY-B ELL.

Last Saturday afternoon, at five o.
clock, Miss Irene Marie Bell, aged 10,
of this city, and Mr.. Arthur Murray,
aged 20, of Mortified, were united in
marriage by Justice of the Peace
Richard G. Brown, at his residence or
Church street.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
ALLEQUIPPA COUNCIL WILL
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY

Allequippa Council, Degree of Poca
hontas, will be one year old in July
Plans are already under way for a eel.
ebration of the first anniversary on
July Fourth. All the Great Chiefs and
members of South Jersey Councils
will be invited to participate in the
coming event.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
ROBERT KNIGHT ENTERED
PLEA OF NON VULT.

For his shooting of Police Magis-
trate Richard G. Brown, Robert Knight
entered a plea of non vult when
brought before Judge Robert H. Inger-
soil at Mays Landing this week. He
will be sentenced at a later date.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
OLD HOME WEEK
BEGINS JUNE )
Chamber of Commerce Has Posi-.
lively Set This Date-Big
Carnival as Entertainment.
Will Decorate The CITY

Manager Robert A. Josselyn, of the
Matthew J. Riley Shows, has given
the Chamber of Commerce the date of
June 5 as the time when the "Old
Home Week" is to open here. The
committee has been ~endeavoring to
get a date as late in June as possible
SO that weather conditions would be
the more favorable and the time from
Monday, June 5, to Saturday, June 10,
is very satisfactory to all concerned
This is to be a big week for Pleasant
Vile.
Efforts are to be made to have a
welcoming arch erected at the inter
section of Main street and Washing.
ton avenue, which will be brilliantly
illuminated at night, announcing to
the thousands of people who travel by
automobile that "Old Home Week" is
being held. Every resident of Pleas.
antville is urged to write their rela-
tives and friends who live in other
cities to come home that week to see
the old town and the many improve
ments that are being made. This is
to be made a yearly event now. Every
merchant will be urged to decorate
his place of business for the week,
and even the private residences will
be asked to display at least a flag dur.
ing the "Old Home Week"
AS entertainment for the thousands
of visitors who will be attracted here
the Matthew j. Riley Shows will ex.
hibit their many attractions the en-.
tire week. With a solid train of 20
cars and 800 people connected with
this aggregation there will be amuse-
ment for people of every age and in
clination. There will be band con.
certs, high diving, animal shows, vari-
Gus kinds of rides, a minstrel show
and other entertainments continuously
for the entire six days.
The Chamber of Commerce is anxi'
Gus to make this week a successful
one, so that the Riley Shows can be
booked for another season at the
close of this one. "Old Home Week
will be a permanent yearly event
hereafter, and everybody is invited tc
join in the boosting that Pleasantville
is now receiving at the hands of the
Chamber of Commerce and other citi
zens. United effort is called for this
tins. and the odd Home Week" is
the aE1nlured Is an ennual event
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17
MEMORIAL FOR WAR VETERANS IS
AGAIN CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL

Peck and UmbineN Named as Special Committee to Interview Former Soldiers and
Report Back to Concn-New Stree Signs to Be Erected Soon Fire Sire Installed at Main
Stree and Washington yenue-New Parking Ordinance Will Be PASSED to Be Enforced
THROUGHOUT All he Yen-New Sidewalk Specifications
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17

SHARPLESS MILK, large can, only
sc. j. Shilling, Fourth st. and Wash
ington Ave, Pleasantyille.
-adYertlsement.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17

P1~easantviffe, or who have Uved here
in the past, are now scattered through
every section of the United States,
and some in foreign lands. When
they come home for the week they
will have a revelation presented to
them that will take them completely
off their feet in amazement. Now is
the time to begin preparations for
this big week and with united effort
it can be made one that will " be
forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-14
Seminary Entertains
 Alumnae Association
By MIGNoN HALL.

Girls and young women who for merly attended the Birmingham seminary. and those who belong to its alumnae association celebrated the twenty fifth year of the insti- tution's life yesterday at a beautiful reception rendered them by Miss Hattie Morton. principal and owner of the school.
 Several hundred women, dressed in pretty afternoon frocks. were pres ent.
 This years senior class presented the seminary with brand new per- gola. which was dedicated. and in which corner stone bearing the seniors names was laid. The alum Miss Morton and the seminary beau ware in honor of the anniversary
 Lovely refreshments were served.
 Officers Named
 The Alumnae association elected officers during the afternoon as follows:
 President. Miss Barbara Ransom; corresponding secretary Miss Carrie Lee Pugh Recording Secretary, Miss Erin Holcomb; Treaurer, Miss Nell Maddox.
 Seven vice presidents were elected as follows: First, Fannie Dobbs Me- Donald: Second. Ellen Spears Har- ris: Third. Sarah Southall; Fourth, Virginia Brockman Evans; Fifth. Sarah Van Hennigan; Sixth. Kath- crime DeBardeleben Hunter; Seventh. Nena Cartwright Preston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-14
SHEFFIELD
 IN MERGER TALK Stock Has Advanced Nine and
 Half Points in Past ! Three Days

Following extreme activity in the shares of industrial corporations on the New York stock exchange yester- day, merger rumors became rampant and wires transmitted some of them to Birmingham, among others being that associating the Sloss sheffield Steel and Iron in a merger with Bethlehem Steel.
 s-Sheffield stock was at 4S as late as Thursday, butAon Friday ad- vanced to 49% on sale of 1000 shares. Yesterday the stock made new high of 52is, an advance of 9ia points in two days. The stock closed Saturday at 511a, which is S1a points over the Thursday quotation.
 J. W. Mcqueen, president of the loss-Sheffield company, was out of the city yesterday. Other company officials said they knew of no merger plans affecting the Sloss Sheffield.
 Speaging of the stock market yes- terday. the Associated Press says: s'Foremost in the speculative activity in steels were Sloss- Sheffield. Gulf States. Nova Scotia, Midvale, vanad- jun, Republic and Reologle with sev- 6fal other issues which owe their comparative prominence to merger rumors."
 Rumors that Sheffield was considered in merger plans often come to the fore and none is surprised on account of the company's strong position in raw material and irons producing capacity.