The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-17
NEWS

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Westield, N. j..
Mrs. NJ. S. DeHayen and family en-
tertained her cousin, Miss Emma
P~aulsworth, of Atlantic City. last Sun
day.
Mayor and Mrs. Harry Mattson, Sr.,
are having their Shore Road residence
newly painted.
Mrs. Walter ]. Roberts has been
Bolton avenue, with the grippe the
past week.
An all-day meeting of the Home De-
partment of the Presbyterian Church
will be held at the home of Mrs. Law
renee Beckley on Thursday, Jan. Is.
The mid-week prayer service of the
NJ. E. Church will be held this We'd
nesday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. F. G. Turner, or New Jersey
avenue. Members and friends are in
vited.
Mrs. Reuben L. Babcock will be
hostess to members of the Absecon
Art Club at her Illinois avenue resi-
denee, this Wednesday afternoon.
With District Superintendent Alex
ander Corson presiding, the fourth
and final quarterly conference of the
conference year was held in the Abse-
con NJ. E. Church last Monday eve
ming. Rev. John W. Wainwright was
unanimously invited to return as pas
tor for the third time.
p. T. A.. Meeting.
Under the direction of the Women's
Civic Club, the quarterly meeting of
the Parent-Teachers Association will
be held in the school auditorium to-
morrow, Thursday, evening at 8 o.
clock. A talk on Character Building"
will be given by Miss Cora Schaible,
the county helping teacher. Stereop-
ticon views will be shown with the
school lantern and musical selections
will be rendered. A profitable and
pleasant time is promised for that oc-
casion.
Reed Homestead Sold.
Daniel H. Reed, a lifelong resident
of this city. has just sold his home
stead property, at East Absecon, north
of the boulevard, to Dr.. Walter c.
Sooy, of Atlantic City, a former resi-
dent and Councilman, who is an eX-
tensive local real estate owner north
of Absecon Greek. His latest pur-
chase takes him across the creek, the
Reed property, containing about SO
acres of upland and meadows, being
situated on the south side of that
stream. 1t has valuable creek and
bay frontage. Mr.. Reed has reserved
one acre of the tract for himself. On
this he will erect a small home.
Sunday School Officers.
,,z1+s-- ae Al. C,,l,-r CoIAAI
Board, held at the close of the regu-
lar session in the church last Sunday
afternoon, the following officers of the
Absecon NJ. E. Sunday School were
elected for the ensuing year by unan-
imous vote; Superintendent, DR.. Sam
uel Johnson; assistant superintendent,
Prof. E. d. Riley; secretary, Joseph
S. Tilton; active assistant, Mrs. F. G.
Turner; treasurer, Dr. Johnson; plan
list, Miss Leona Conover; assistant,
Miss Ethel Hammell; chorister, Wal
ter NJ. Burns; assistant, Mrs. Reuben
L. Babcock; President of Missionary
Society, Miss Hammell; secretary,
Mrs. Turner; treasurer, Mrs. D. S.
Tilton; Superintendent of the Home
Department and Cradle Roll, Mrs. A.
L. Hammell; Superintendent of the
Primary Department, Miss Carrie
Reed: assistant superintendent and
organist, Mrs. A. L. Hammell.
In accepting the SUPPLEMENTARY
for this year, DR.. Johnson stated he
had previously thought he would step
aside and let meon else take his
place, but. since being nominated and
elected, he believed, health and
ef-o-r4I, n1rposI+f4- ha would frxr 70
round out this year, he said, but feels
he must retire at the next annual cleo
ton, which will mark his t~wenty-fifth
anniversary as superintendent of the
school. During his long period of
service as head of the school he has
not missed 25 Sundays, except on &C
count of illness or unavoidable deten-
ton.
The workers voted to give $40 to
the Absecon Band of Mercy, which
supplies both local churches with
flowers each Sunday, and also sees
that they are distributed among the
sick of the community with weekly
regularity. They also decided to send
a remittance of $50 to the Near East
Relief Fund. Included in these am
cunts will be the offering received at
the Christmas entertainment, $3.50,
which, by previous action of the Sun
day School Board, was ordered divid-
ed equally between the worthy causes
above referred to-. The balance will
be taken from the Sunday School
treasury.
The school is in a prosperous condi-
ton in a number of ways. The re-
ports and records for the year 1922
were very encouraging and denote
that added interest was taken in the
work. The superintendent requests
the assistance and cooperation of all
in an effort to make this the best year
in the schools history.
A Mr.. Cook, representing the Allan
tic City Y. M. C. A, was present last
Sunday afternoon and spoke before
the school. At the conclusion of the
session he had a free distribution
made of the pocket edition of the
Gospel of st. John among all present.
Each n receiving a copy is request
ed, after reading this Book daily for
one month, to send his or her name
and address, together with the fy-leaf
of the pocket edition, to P. o. Box S44,
Atlantic City. In return for this sim
pie act a new pocket Testament will
be forwarded to the sender free of
cost. This movement on the part Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. is to encourage and
stimulate the reading of the Word of
God by both adults and children. The
announcement of this free distribu-
ton created considerable interest am
Ong members of the gcbool last Sun