The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-10
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN
lcLED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

A Bazaar for the benefit of the Wo-
mems Republican Club of Absecon will
be held at Hurd's drug store by Mrs.
Louise Larsen on February 10, 20 and
q. Everybody interested is solicited
to make donations, and the public is
cordially invited to attend.
Miss Lena Robinson, Pleasantville
Press correspondent, would appreciate
any news items. She can be reached
by phone 121-R or P. o. Box 112.
Freebooter G. M. Kesler and wife
spent Sunday with friends at Ceilings
wood.
Miss Margaretta Kesler is spending
the week with friends in Germantown.
Miss Myra Kesler entertained
friends from Hammonton on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Arthur Anderson, of Absecon
Highlands, was buried Wednesday af-
ternoon. Interment in the M. E. Gem
etery.
I John Loos and family, from Egg
Harbor City, have moved into the fiat
over the Barber Shop. Mr.. Loos is
employed by Smith & Rider, contrac-
tors.
Mr.. Edwin York was appointed
Vice-Commander of the American
Legion, Mainland Post, 81, at their
meeting on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Mary Schrider, of Millville, is
visiting at the home of the Misses
Robinson.
Owing to the bad weather Tuesday
evening, the Mite Society of the Pres
hyforion ohttroh noefpD-al a. -zz+
ing for a month.
Mr.. A. L.. Hammell was a Millville
visitor on Wednesday,. While there
he visited Rev. Daniel E. Clair, a for
mer minister of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Riley are So
journing in Florida. Letters have
been received by their friends from
Jacksonville, and numerous other
places.
The Absecon Tennis Club will hold
its regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. M. M. Townsend on Tuesday eve
ming, Feb. 10. Miss Catherine Morris
will be hostess to the club.
Mrs. c. c. Allen and children, Doro-
thy and Clifford, are planning a trip
to Florida. They expect to spend a
month touring in the sunny south.
Mr.. Samuel Shower, of Atlantic City,
visited his brother, Howard Shower,
and family on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Strickland, of
~Brooklawn, are receiving congratula-
tons on the birth of a son. Mrs.
Strickland will be remembered as
Miss Sara Mathis, a former Absecon
girl.
Miss Dorothy Morris, of Bolton ave
nue., is able to be out, after being con-
ined to her home by a serious attack
of bronchitis.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, Jr., ex-
pected to occupy their new home on
Shore Road this week, but owing to
the illness of their little daughter
Eleanor, may be unable to do so.
Mr.. John Berry, of New Jersey ave-
nue., has broken ground for the cree
ton of a new home, adjoining the
property of Lawrence Beckley.
Mrs Horace Miller, of North. Abse-
con-, is confined to her home by ILL
ness.
The school children enjoyed the
first skating of the season Tuesday
afternoon on the pond adjoining Nc
Carthy's.
Miss Anna Mccarthy, a student in
the Atlantic City High School, is ill
with tonsilitis at her home here.
Alletah Tribe of Red Men are MAX
ing big preparations for the celebra-
ton of their anniversary on March g..
A committee is busy completing plans
for this event.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w. Smith have
returned to their home on Mill Road,
after an absence of a month, visiting
relatives in Cedar Brook.
HammelI Elected President.
A. L. Hammell, recently appointed
to succeed himself as a member of
the Board of Education, by Mayor
Harry Mattson, was again elected
President. Mr.. Hammell has served
the Board faithfully for the last fif-