The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-11-15
NEWS
By LENA ROBINSON.

Miss Louise Draper, a senior at Glass
Draper.
Miss Olive HammeIl returned to West
held on Tuesday. after pending a few
days at her home here.
Several local people attended the recep-
ton rendered State Teachers at the Am
bassador. Saturday evening. Among those
attending were: Misses Ethel and Olive
Hammell. Flora and Lena Robinson, Net
tie Alexander. Clara Conover. Elizabeth
Turner. Mrs. Leona Reed, Messrs. Town
send Showeil, Herman Madden and Leo
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cook visited Mrs,
Emily. Hewitt, who is in the Methodist
Hospital, Philadelphia, this week.
Mrs. Eiber and Mrs. Core are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Crowley.
]. Edward Nicholas has returned to his
nome. after being called to the bedside of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Shovel have been
entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Charles vennel,
of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Benjamin Risley and daughter
Tuesday.
Leo Hewlett is visiting relatives in Phil
adsIphia for a fey days.
ford, visited at the Robinson home. Tues
day.
Mrs. Samuel Oaks and son. of califor-
ma. we're guests of Mrs. A. w. Klinger
this week.
Mrs. Georgia Frings entertained Wilbur
Harrison, of Atlantic City, Saturday.
Mrs. John McMullin is confined to her
home by illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hammell have re-
v vnshed A srom n Ham a ana and fa Mhsse they
The regular monthly meeting of Civic
Club will be held at the home of Mrs.
will start promptly at s o'clock, as a pro-
gram is arranged for each meeting. The
delegates to the p. T. A. Convention in
Haddon Hall will make a report of that
meeIlnR.
The Senior Christian Endeavor held a
masque social in the M. Il. Chapel. Satur-
day evening. The room was beautifully
decorated with autumn leaves and flow
ers. Games and music which had been
arranged by the committee composed of
Virginia Babcock featured the evenings
entertainment At a late hour there were
refreshments of c%rullers. nuts and punch.
Mitchell. Mary Mitchell. Gertrude Healy,
Ruth Barker. Ruth Reed, Laura Sutton.
Marion Dilks. Anna MCCARTHY, Catherine
Hammell, Elizabeth Thomas, Marguerite
Hewitt. Merlyn Thomas, Lizetta Taylor,
William Frymire. Jacob Reed. Louis Off,
Stanley Mitchell, Bertram Hammel and
Many of the younger children of the
public school are il with chicken-pox,
Joseph Stretton. of Mill road. is maxi
ing repairs to his house.
Hewlett & Kurtz, local realtors, are
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near Church street.
The regular weekly meeting of the Civ
itan Club was held at the home of Mr..
Plans were made for a community Xmas
tree, to be placed in the . plot y at the inter- inter-
pike. If possible. William B.. Smith, Geo.
Kuhl and Ralph Bartlett were appointed
a committee to look after this project.
The Women's Republican Club will hold
their regular meeting at the home of Mrs.
Walter Roberts. Friday evening. Nov. 81.
Mrs. Frank Blackman, Mrs. Millie Ris-
ley and Mrs. Elwood Adams spent Tues
The ladies of the Foreign Missionary
Society met at the home of Mrs. A. l..
aammell on Tuesday afternoon. A new
port was given of the bazaar recently
held. The proceeds will be used to sup
bort the Bible women in India.
Misses Emily Reep and Estella Bailey
spent the weekend with their parents in
Wayne. Pa.
Ing in the P~leasantville schools. Mrs.
Mitchell. before her marriage. was Miss
Bailey and was a teacher in the above
mentioned schools.
Arthur Hunter, State trooper stationed
here for some time. has been sent to
Deerfeld to act in the same capacity.
Cards have been received from James
conover, Raymond Conover. Edward Nc
earthly and Charles Kueseck. from Jack
sonville, Fla. The young men made the
trip by machine and expect to spend the
winter in the south.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Ladies Aid was held Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Leon Conover. After
: a short business meeting, a social hour
was enjoyed by the following ladies: Mrs.
Mary Hamilton, Mrs. Carroll Hoagland,
Mrs. NJ. A. Hoagiand, Mrs. Alonzo Leeds,
Mrs. Nora Burd, Mrs. Sallie Carton. Mrs.
Margaret Dilks, Mrs. Annie Robinson,
Miss Marie Robinson and Mrs. Elizabeth
Carroll Hoagland and daughters, Marion
and Helen. are spending some time in
Pennington. their former home.
Mayor Harry Mattson entertained at a
6 O'Clock dinner. Tuesday evening. at his
home on Shore road. The affair was Civ
en- in honor of his birthday, his children
brate. Present were, MIR. and Mrs. Harry
Mattson, Jr., Miss Charlotte Mattson. Ed
gar Mattson. Howard Cloud Mattson, Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Mattson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon Conoyer. Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Boyer
and Mayor and Mrs. Mattson.
Mrs. Mabel Smith, who has been quite
Mrs. Edward Pennington. has recovered
and returned to the Trenton Normal
School.
Members of the Absecon Garibaldi Club
held an important meeting in the Club
room. Tuesday night. Refreshments We're
served and a social time enjoyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Collision have
closed their home on Faunce Landing
road for the winter, and have taken up
their residence in Atlantic City.
, The regular monthly business and $50
cial meeting Of the Christian Endeavor
Society of the Presbyterian Church will
be held Friday evening. Nov. 21, at the
home of Russell Elwood.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Townsend. chairman of the
local Red Cross drive, has appointed the
following solicitors: Mrs. James e. Sooy.
Miss Carrie Reed, Mrs. Bess Babcock.
Mrs. Kathryn Mclaughlin. Mrs. Irene
Smith, Mrs. Sadie Smith, Mrs. emma
johnson and Mrs. Gussie Lee. Absecon
is an Auxiliary of the Pleasantville Chap
ter.
CouneiI Meetino.
On Wednesday evening, a special meet
ing of Council was held, when Boulevard
avenue, a private street overlooking the
bay, was ordered to be graded and grav-
eled. A petition had been previously sent
in by the residents along this thorough
fare requesting the street to be fixed.
Prior to the ordinance. the street was
kept in repair by private individuals, but
will be kept in repair by the city in the
future.
Boulevard avenue is one block. back
from Shore road and runs parallel with
that t~horoughfare. By the building and
repairing of this street. another way VIII
be made available to reach Pleasantville
and it is hoped will relieve some OF the
congestion of traffic on the Shore road.
When extended it will join Franklin ave-
nue. in Pleasantville.
Councilman Alfred }. Roger, in his re-
marks said, IA boulevard running from
Absecon to Somers Point, overlooking the
bay, would be one of the prettleSt drives
in Southern Jersey and would. attract
ton" Although no official action was
taken, ii is thought the name OF Boule-
ward avenue will be changed to Franklin
avenue.
No action was taken ON the school
question.
Atlantic County Chamber of
The members of the Absecon Chamber