The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-03

Frazier.
Three more new members were pro
posed for initiation this Friday eve
ming into the local /. o. r. NJ. Lodge.
Those candidates passed on were:-
Garnett Reed, William McElroy and
Alfred Roger, Jr.
Absecon 3. & L. Meeting.
The February meeting of the Abse-
con Building &-Loan Association will
be held next Monday evening in. the
Council Chamber, the Associations
regular meeting place. The new sec
rotary, John NJ. Bewley, will assume
the duties of the position, recently re-
signed by Walter J. Roberts on ae-
count of increasing BUSINESS at the
First National Bank, of which he is
cashier. For the convenience of stock
holders of the Association, Mr.. Bew-
ley will sit in the Bank during bank
ing hours mex Monday to receive
dues.
Rileys Enjoying Florida.
The following letter has been re-
ceived from Prof. E. d. Riley, who.
with Mrs. Riley, is spending two
months in Florida:
Jacksonville, Florida,
Jan. %, 1923.
Dear Mr.. Tilton:
IN compliance with my promise |
will write you a few lines. We are
well and having a fine time. The lin
terests" are so varied and so much is
going on that time goes rapidly.
1.-THE first ones to greet us on our
arrival were Rev. and Mrs. John w.
Morris, who are stopping at The Park
Hotel, where we are staying. DIR.
Morris has had two paralytic strokes
and is in poor health.
Mrs. Caroline Smith, of Absecon, is
see often in the Park. She is well
and happy.
ION Saturday l met V. E.. Costello,
who married Captain Davis daughter
Edith, of Pleasantville. He has a po-
sition with the Clyde Steamship Line;
takes care Of incoming freight here.
| gave him a copy of my P~leasantville
Press, which pleased him much. He
said they would read every word in
it, including the advertisements.
captain and Mrs. w. J. %Falkenburg,
of Tuckerton, are with us. They
drove down in their machine.
MI ohiI liz 10 q OiOlHtI vi
Mrs. Riley. resides here, where he is
the adjuster of claims for the Sea
board Air Line Railroad. He gave an
evening party in our honor at his
home on Friday evening,
1.-The State is crowded with visitors.
THE weather is fine"
Memorial Meeting.
The annual Frances E. Willard Me
mortal Meeting of the Absecon w. c.
I. U. will be held at the home of the
president, Mrs. Anna Fleming, at the
Pine View Villa on Shore Road, mex
Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 6, to which
all members and friends of the society
are invited. An appropriate and pleas
ing program in honor of the memory
of the founder of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union in the United
States will be carried out.
The National w. c. T. us 1929
Memorials to Frances E.. Willard are
set forth in the following list of posi-
bilities which the officers hope will be
fully realized before or by the end oil
this year.:
First-Million members gained and
new territory organized.
Second-Millions of women citizens
awakened and trained to civic respon
sibilities.
ThIrd@Millons OF pages of free lit
erature sent out to promote w. c. t
U. activities.
Fourth-Millions of young people
enlisted for total abstinence and Law
observance:
J Fifth-Millions of negro citizens en-
lightened on prohibition and interest
ed in law enforcement.
Combined Bible Glasses
Meet in M. E. Parsonage
The monthly business meeting anC
social of the Mems and Women's Bible
Classes of the M. E. Sunday Schoo
was held in the M. E. Parsonage las
Tuesday evening, Rev. and Mrs. j. w
Wainwright being the host and host
ess, which parts were played in a very
clever and pleasing amer
The meeting opened with singing
which was followed by prayer by Pas
tor Wainwright. Next anne the roll
call, to which each one present re
sponded with a verse of Scripture
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved, and reports
of the Flower and Visiting Commit
tees showed that considerable worl
had been done. The vice-president o.
the Willing Workers, Mrs. Howard
Hogan, was appointed a committee tt
secure names of new members TO the
Birthday Book. Members turned il
seven dollars as commissions on Nc
Call subscriptions. The treasurer o.
the Ladies' Glass reported 1888 in the
treasury. A committee IA appointed
TO consider the ~adVisability of estab
fishing regular correspondence with
some registered Foreign Mission Field
to which any member of the Sunday
School could write on matters of mis-
sionary interest. A very interesting
letter from Prof. Riley, teacher of the
Women's Glass. was read and in an
swer to same, instead of having the
secretary send a formal reply, each
member present wrote a short person
al message, which will be forwarded
in a group to Jacksonville. An inter
esting reading was given by Miss
Ethel Hammell, and others, after
which the business session was
brought to a close. During the social
period which followed refreshments
were served.
Present we're: Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
w. Bowker, Mrs. Charity Bowker
Mayor and Mrs. Harry Mattson, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Smith, Sr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Pennington, Mr. and Mrs
Peter Gramp, Mr.. and Mrs. Steelman
R. Lee, Mrs. Leon Conover, Mrs. J. w
rortan Afrc Arthur Cnnnrnr Mice