The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-11-22

A large Bus capable of seating so
passengers slowed up at the corner of
Main street and Edgewater venue
and two young men jumped out and
stood on the corner, as the BUS" pro-
ceeded on its way to SOmers Point.
They gazed in wonder up and down
the smooth macadam street for a few
moments and finally n of the men
remarked, well, Tom, can you realize
such a wonderful change could have
taken place in Pleasantville since we
left in 1924?" Tom Jones slowly
shook his head and admitted to his
companion, Bill Brown, that he had
the surprise of his life" Just think,
Bill, when we left the old town six
years ago the Suburban was running
up and down the street; now the
tracks are all torn up and behold the
beautiful paved streets | heard some
, of the passengers remark it vas this
way from Absecon to Somers Point,
and thirty Buses were in operation to
insure good service"
"Pleasantville SURF has woke up"
| Bill replied. Il noticed all the side
| streets we passed were paved, and
look at the big crowds of people you
| see everywhere you look, and all the
new buildings that have been erected
since we went away. / car recall the
last day we were in Pleasantville,"
Bill continued. I'VE were both sitting
in the Base Ball Park at Floral ave
nue., watching the Pleasantville Regu-
lars trim the Hammonton Peaches, 4
| to 0, for the Atlantic County Cham
pionship for 1924"
ooh, Boy! that was some game"
said Tom, and now l see by the pa
lpers everyone of the old 1924 Pleasant
vile Regulars are major league play
ers and an honor to the major league
teams they are playing with"
The two young men whom we have
introduced were both Pleasantville
boys who went to Chicago in the fall
of 1924 and had been working at their
trade in the big western town since
but seeing by the papers how wonder
fully PIeasantville was growing, they
decided to come back to their home
town, as they were assured by a big
Pleasantville contractor whom they
wrote to before they started, that he
could give them plenty of work. They
were also anxious to get back in time
to take part in the big celebration, as
! the papers throughout the country
were making it known that the last
week in October, 1880, was to be a
| gala week in that thriving city, and
one of the greatest attractions that
was to be staged on the last day was
a game of Base Ball by all the famous
major league players who graduated
| from the P~leasantville Regulars.
~ Gnr1nnnran oannnd-
| ed by their energetic mayor, Frank
| Hubin, had decided to set aside the
last week in October, 1880, as old
home week, and an elaborate program
| was to be staged every day, and, as
| stated above. a Base Ball game be-
| tween all the old famous Regulars.
| And there was no doubt Pleasantyille
would turn out In force to welcome
| the boys who SO ably helped in plac-
| ing Pleasantville on the map, n as
/. the proceeds of the game was to be
placed 1t the disposal of the trustees
| of the Old Folks Home, corner Main
| street and Edgewater avenue, to help
maintain that worthy institution, there
| could not be the least doubt a record
breaking crowd would be present to
witness the game.
Pleaeantville IN l930 was a wonder
fully fast growing city. The popula-
ton was 10000, a growth of fully
1000 in the past six years, and as
every vacant lot in the town seemed
to be bought, there was no doubt Plea
santville would soon be the leading
city In South jersey.
Mayor Frank Hubin did everything
in his power to make old home week a
huge success, and worked with his ac-
| customed energy in assisting the
Chamber of Commerce. headed by the
popular banker, Mr.. LeCompte, in
making the affair M long to be re-
membered.
Thousands of American Flags were
stretched across the streets from one
end of the city to the other, and every
house In the city had flags. bunting
and Japanese lanterns displayed from
the windows and every part of the
house where a display was possible.
II surely was a great credit to the
citizens OF ~Pleasantville to show their
patriotism for the old town and to CO.
operate with Mayor Frank Hubin and
the committee In charge. in making
old home week an affair that would be
the talk Of the whole country. The
who ware IN ~pleaaanfvflla