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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
Alvin ?. Risley Takes Happy
View of Business Situation
Declares We Did Not Hit the Bottom as Hard as We Might
and Sees Reasonably Satisfactory Volume of
Business Ahead

Alvin P. Risley, president of Lake
& Risley Co, and vice-president of
the First National Bank of Pleas
antville, declares his faith and con-
idence in business conditions in
Pleasantville and on the Mainland.
I'VE hear talk about a slump in
some quarters" says Mr.. Risley,
''and perhaps conditions are not
quite as lively as they have been,
but | would like to say that we
have not hit the bottom as hard
rs l thought we would.
For a time we were riding on
the top of the wave | don't know
what people are expecting, or what
they could expect. Things had to
moderate and approach a more nor.
NAL state of affairs.
I'VE have seen the worst. Things
r not too bad right now. 1t may
be that there will not be any grea.
improvement or any noticeabl,
speeding up for six or more month.
but it will come and business vii
be all that we can reasonably ex
pect.
1--WE are not as bad off as we
might be and think we ought tc
feel pretty thankful that everything
is going along as smooth as it is
Mr.. Risley, as president of the
Lake & Risley Co., one of the larg
est concerns in the State of New
Jersey. supplying all materials fol-
building operations of every de
scription, is in close touch with
contractors and everybody else in
the building trades. He is one o.
the first men to reach the offic,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
MISS AGNES M. VICKERY NAMED
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE HERE

Miss Agnes NJ. vickery, of West
Port, Mass, has been secured as
nurse for the local public health
nursing service, succeeding Miss
Alta brow, who resigned the
position several weeks ago. Mrs
Montgomery has in the meantime
acted as a substitute will continue
to do so until August s, when Miss
vickery will assume charge.
Miss vickory vas born in Aylori
Scotland, and comes here highly
recommended as a public health
nurse. She is a graduate of a high
school in London and also a gradu
ate of a commercial college. She
has been active in several hospitals
in South America and served as 9
war nurse in footing, England.
Mrs. Scott Nj. Long is acting
chairman of the local public health
nursing service owing to the illness
of Mrs. E. G. Shreve. chairman.
The following nurses report was
given at a meeting of the chapter
at the home of Mrs. Dorsey S. lie
Compile. West Atlantic City, Mon
day night. There were ia nursing
visits made during the past month
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Mrs. Mary M. R. Fish, mother of
DIR. Clyde M. Fish, who organized
the Atlantic County Historical So
| ciety, and worked with ~unceasing
| effort for the establishment of a
free library in the city, died at the
home of her son, 7 w. Washington
avenue, at midnight. She was SO
years old.
Mrs. Fish had been i'll for sew
eral days, the end coming as a
shock to her countless friends in
the county, who were unaware of
her grave condition. During her
residence here, since 1900, her
kindly interest and tireless energy
in all things beneficial to the COM
munity had won her many staunch
friends and admirers.
Survived by Son and Sister.
Mrs. Fish is survived by her son,
DR.. Fish, one of the city's oldest
physicians in point of service, and
a sister. Mrs. Jackson Fleming, of
New York City.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Monday night at $50 o'clock
from the residence. at 7 w. Wash
ington avenue. Interment will be
private at Bath, Pa, where she was
born, and passed the early part of
her life.
Organized Historical Society
1t was on the wide porch at her
sons home that a group of inter-
ested people who had made a study
of Atlantic County's early history,
and desired to form an organization
which would promote such a study,
as well as keep documents and
things of historical Importance
where they would be safe, organic
ed. Mrs. Fish, who had worked for
the formation of such a society, was
elected its first president and took
an interest in it as is prospered
with the passage of years.
Mrs. Fish also believed in the
establishment of a free public Ii
brary, and it was through her work
and interest that the library which
is conducted at the present time in
the high school, was opened soon
after that building was completed,
about ten years ago. She has also
taken a great interest in the libra
ry and has been an active member
of it's board since it's organization.
Was D. A. r. Member.
The deceased was also a member
of the Research Club and of Lafay-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
ROADS WILL BE
SURFACED
Twenty-Two County Roads
to Receive Treatment
New Gravel Road

Twenty-Five Atlantic County
roads will be surfaced with lignin
binder, including the Oyster Creek
road, 4 miles; Moss Mill road, l
mile; Egg Harbor and Green Bank
road, 5 miles; Hammonton-Pleas
ant Mills road, l mile; Cologne
Port Republic road, IL miles. Bids
will be received Aug. 10.
The Board of Freeholders will
also invite bids on building a gravel
road from the Egg Harbor and
Green Bank roads to the end of the
Lower Bank bridge,the route known
as the old Lower Bank road.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
THREE FIRMS BID
CLOSE ON BIG JOB
Less Than $500 Sepa-
rates Them-Ventnor
Ave-, Longport

Less than $1,000 separated the
highest and lowest of three bids re-
ceived by the Atlantic County Fres-
holders Wednesday for reconstruc-
ton and resurfacing Ventnor ave
nue., Longport.
The bids were: Standard Btu
lithic Co., s110,933.95; Union Paw
ing Co, $112.2 9s 40; C. H. Earle
Co., $112,3S6.30. The bid of tht
Standard Bitulithic Co. a accep-
ted.
The specifications call for sheet
asphalt on concrete base for the
full width of the road.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
Bonnie Hoffman
Gets 3 Years
Found Guilty of Receiving
Stolen Goods-Companions
Also Sentenced
WALKER CASE

Benjamin Hoffman, formerly an
employee in a drug store In this
city, was found guilty of having
received stolen goods by a jury at
Mays Landing Tuesday, and was
sentenced to three years in stats
prison by Judge Smathers In
special sessions court.
Hoffman. it was declared, had
received the goods from Samuel
Yarmon. who turned states evl-
dence, admitting that he had taken
$1,000 worth of jewelry from the
Peikin shop. in Atlantic City,
where he was employed, and
turned it, over to Hoffman. Morris
Shuster and Herman Mitchell
Yarmon was sent to the state r.
formatory at Railway to serve ~
indeterminate sentence.
Hoffman. while working in the
city, became well known because
of his excellent manner of dressing.
Both his companions, Shuster and
Mitchell. received terms of tikree
years also.
Sentence was deferred In the
case Of william Walker. found
guilty of breaking and entering :
house in this city. who is beInS
held as a material witness n eny
other case.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
Trustees Attend
District Meeting
Kiwanians Guests of Dover
Club at Lake HOpatcong
Yesterday
PLAN QUOT TOURNEY

Kiwanis club members motored
to Lake Hopatcong yesterday
morning where, as guests of the
Dover club, District Trustees and
other officers from the fiftysix
Kiwanis clubs of New Jersey met
in the Third Quarterly District
meeting. Following the luncheon,
a business session was held, open
ing at $50 o'clock in the after
noon, with Gov. Will t. Bingham
presiding.
Local members returning came
home last night. They extended an
invitation to the district president
to attend a luncheon and meeting
of the club here.
Plans for a quot tournament be-
tween the local and Ocean City
clubs were discussed Tuesday by
Thomas c. Tompkins, chairman of
the inter-club relations committee,
and President Amos Hall. The
tournament will be staged in
Ocean City at a date which will
be announced later. Arrangements
are also being made for a series
of meetings with the Atlantic City
Kiwanis club.
Richard Wood, of Philadelphia.
was the principal speaker, giving
a talk on peace conditions in
Europe. The weekly attendance
prize was won by Warren C.
Marshall.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
Tipsy Driver
Loses License
Fined $500 and Held Under
$4,000 Bail Following
Crash
WI PEOPLE INJURED

James M. Lee, Al, an iron worker,
of % S. Virginia avenue Atlantic
City, arrested as a drunken driver
by local police following an acci.
dent in which two people were in
jured yesterday morning, on the
Albany avenue boulevard, at West
Atlantic City, was held under $4,000
bond by Police Recorder William
B. Stephens yesterday afternoon
to await the outcome of injuries
sustained by occupants of the
machine which ne struck.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Flowers, of
$40 E. Mulberry avenue. Lancaster,
Ohio, were taken to the Atlantic
City hospital suffering from LAGER
ations and bruises following the
accident which occurred at 10
o'clock. Earl w. Clark, $40 East
Mulberry street, Lancaster, Ohio,
and Hugh w. Conrad, 1872 jenkins
avenue, Columbus, Ohio, other
occupants of the machine were
not injured enough for local police
to take them to the hospital. The
injured couple, local police de-
clared, were not seriously hurt.
Police Recorder Stephens, hold.
ing an early morning session of
court yesterday at 1.30 A. M, had
Lee examined by a physician, who
declared him intoxicated. He was
fined 5000 and his license was re-
voked for two years.
According to Edward Russo. a
resident of Third street, this city,
Lee passed a car he was in on the
right travelling on the gravel. and
then zig-zagged across tie broad to
crash into the Ohio car, on its way
from Atlantic City.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
Reject All
Proposals For
Borough Hall
General Contracting Esti-
mates Considered Too High
For LinwO0d
TWO LOW BIDDERS
TIE AT $4,000
Retain Plumbing, Heating and
Electrical Bids-Issue Call
For New General Bids

That the trend of bids for gen
eral contracting on the proposed
new Borough Hall in Linwood was
too high was decided by the coun-
cilmen at a special meeting held
Tuesday night in the old Borough
Hall on Poplar avenue.
The bids called for were sup
posed to conform to specifications
furnished by the building commit
tee, of which Councilman Cunning
ham is chairman. The building
plans called for all municipal
offices on the ground floor, and a
large auditorium on the second
floor. The building would contain a
police court, Jail, housing for fire
apparatus and a dormitory for fire
men. The approximate size called
for is As by 80 feet, making it the
largest and finest administration
building on the mainland.
Tie On Bids.
The Ingersoll Contracting Co,
and P. G. Hannum were lowest on
the general contracting bid, both
deadlocking at $4,000. Other bid
ders and their estimates we're:
George WI Shaner, of Palmyra,
$53,797; Joseph G. Champion,
Ocean City, $4,000.
For the electrical contract, the
bids of the Gruen Electric Co., of
Atlantic City, and the Longport
Electric Co. were retained. These
bids were: Gruen Electric Co.
S1,292, Longport Electric Co.
s1,075. Other bids r. H. S
Stockinger, Jr.. s1,371; j. Howard
Blackman, $1,535.
Plumbing bids were retained
from Richard H. Johnson Co., OF
Ocean City, s1,039 and Benjamin
LaBeau, 1892. other bids were:
Frank Walsh, Atlantic City. $1.532;
J. R. Van SAINT, $1,339; Walter Van
SAINT, $3.50.
Receives Heating Bids.
Heating bids were received both
for steam and no. water heat. The
two low bidders and the amounts
were: Richard H. johnson Co.
Ocean City. steam, 1920, hot
water. 1881; Walter Van SAINT
steam $3,436, hot water, 1885
Other bids, Frank Walsh, steam,
$500. hot water, $500; Benjamin
E. LaBeau. steam, $500, ho'
water. $4,000: John R. Van SAINT,
steam, $3,945, hot wafer. ~$3,794.90;
John H. Moore and Son, steam
1882, hot water. $3,761.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
LETTING A MOToRIST
IN ON A SECRET

A car stopped on Washington
avenue Wednesday afternoon
and a tired motorist beckoned
to a bystander.
"How far is it to Egg Harbor
from here?"
Fourteen miles up that
way" was the answer.
Good night! How far is it
from there to Atlantic City?"
the motorist asked again.
"Bout 81 miles, but I'll let
you in on a little secret. You
just follow this street down a
little ways and you'll hit a road
to Atlantic City that me and an
other fellow found that'll get
you tliele in about ten minutes
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
BOARD ORDERS PAY
OF SCHOOL SITE FUNDS

The Board of Education author
lied payment of ST., 500. half the
sum which will be expended on
the new high school site at Ansley
park, at its meeting Tuesday night,
The price of the entire site is
$4,000.
City Solicitor Louis Champion
was ordered to make a check on
the fill which has been placed on
the tract by the Seaboard Develop
ment company, owners of the new
Ansley park tract. Payment of the
first half of the purchase price is
to be made following the verifi-
cation of this check-up.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
POSTPONE MOVIE BENEFIT

A movie benefit which has been
planned for the benefit of the Lin
wood Firemen's band at the Rialto
theatre will take place Monday
and Tuesday nights, July 25 and
rs, instead of Monday and Tuesday
nights coming, as had been plan
ned by the sponsors of the affair.
Tickets which are dated for the
coming Monday and Tuesday nights
will only be accepted on the dates
first mentioned, when "The Fire
Brigade" will be the feature.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEES on 15oth Anniversary of
Battle Of Red Bank.

w. Preston Crook, Ventnor;
Clark Adams, Pleasantville; Viii
liam Mueller, Egg Harbor, and
Clarence Dixon, Northield. World
War Veterans, all members of the
Atlantic County Board of Freehol-
ders, have been appointed a COM
mittee to act in conjunction with
Judge Higbee, county solicitor, in
participation with the Gloucester
County Board of Freeholders in the
one hundred and iftieth anniver-
sary of the Battle of Red Bank on
the Delaware river Saturday, DC
tober %.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

On the evening of Oct. IL, at the
Royal Palace Hotel. Atlantic City.
will be the greatest demonstration
ever held in the county under the
direction of the Past. Councillors
Association in the formxpf a ban
Quet, when representatives of 321
Councils, representing $4,000 mem
bers of the Order. will be enter
tanned. All arrangements have not
yet been completed, and further an
nouncements will be made at later
dates.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
POSTMASTER WHITMAN
MAKES PROGRESS
Is In Arizona on His Way
to California-Finds
Roads Poor
POSTMASTER

POSTMASTER =. +. :. 5000.
Postmaster w. w. Whitman,
who left PleasantviIle by motor for
California on June %, has been
advising friends and the members
of his family of his progress.
Information received yesterday
was to the effect that helwas leav-
ing Albuquerque, N. NJ, and would
soon be in Arizona, the last lap
before his destination. He said
the roads were poor and the
weather hot. making travelling
slow.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
XN@
A WITH BRIDGE
Chelsea Heights citizens~ Express
Appreciation.

Residents and property owners of
Chelsea Heights + delighted with
the improvement which is being
made in their section by the new
Albany Avenue Boulevard bridge,
which the county is building. In a
communication to the Board of
Freeholders they express their ap-
probation of the pontoon bridge.
which is in use during the con-
struction Of the Albany Avenue
bridge. They also say that they
believe their section of the city
will be greatly benefited by the i'm
provement.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
Protest
Against
abandonment
Oppose Action of State Dept.
on Road Mile and a Half
Long in Absecon
is PART OF
WHITE HORSE PIKE
Abandonment Would Put Cost
of Upkeep on City of Alb
secon or County--Is State
Trunk Line

The State Highway Department
has notified the Atlantic County
Board of Freeholders of its inten-
ton to abandon that portion of the
original White Horse Pike in the
City of Absecon which is now par
alleled by a "cut off" recently com
pleted.
This intention was conveyed to
the Freeholders in a communica-
ton read before the board Wednes-
day. Naturally, if this very impor-
tant strip of highway which ar
ries fifty per cent of the traffic to
and from the shore, is abandoned
by the State, the maintenance of
the road will become either a
charge upon the City of Absecon
or the County of Atlantic.
In the discussion which took
place after the communication was
read, Freebooter A. J. Roger
brought out several points in sup
port of his contention that the
State Highway Department should
not abandon the original portion of
the White Horse Pike in Absecon.
Mr.. Roger explained that through
traffic is so heavy that the people
and business houses of the City of
Absecon cannot use the street as
one of their W and impose park
ing and other restrictions which
would be favorable to the people of
vAbsecon. The conditions require
extra police protection for local
school children.
The stated object of the "cut-
off built by the State was to
shorten the distance to the shore,
but Mr.. Roger expressed the opin-
ion that it did not shorten the dis
lance. Nor does it eliminate dan
gerous curves. In fact a dangerous
curve is created at the upper end
of the "cut off,. Equally danger
Gus conditions are existing at the
connecting ends at Station Avenue
and Shore Road, Absecon.
Mr.. Roger pointed out that while
the shore bound traffic may use
the cutoff lore than it does the
old section of the White Horse
Pike, the traffic from the shore,
bound toward Philadelphia, uses
the old section of the Pike, which
keeps traffic bearing naturally to
the right and therefore the old sec
ton of the White Horse Pike re-
lieves traffic congestion at its grea-
test height, which comes with the
evening or afternoon rush out OF
Atlantic City.
The amount of highway which
the State Highway Department
proposes to abandon is a strip one
and one-half miles in length. With
the increase in volume of traffic,
this part of the pike is just IS i'm.
portant as a State road as it ever
was.
Freebooter N. F. Parker, of Vent
nor, related the practical exper.
fence of motorists outbound
through Absecon. He said it is
very difficult to get in line in Alb
secon to enter the cutoff and this
cause a traffic jam.
John R. Tomlin, chairman of the
road committee. proposed that the
board go on record in opposition
to the abandonment of the road
and moved that the question be re.
ferred to the roads committee in
conjunction with Judge Higbee, so.
%iicitor. and A. H. Nelson, county
engineer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
vAcATEs PUBLIC RIGHTS ONLY

In the issue of July S, in a story
dealing with the vacation of an al
ley dividing two properties of the
st. Peters R. C. Church, The Pleas
antville Press wishes to correct any
false impression that might arise.
The alley was vacated to the gem
eral public by Council, but remains
open to the property owners whose
lots abut it.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

and plant in the morning and
knows every man OF his large num-
Der of employees and his customers
from far and near by their first
names.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
Enjoy PICNIC

A number of local folk Joined the
party of picnickers OF Zion M. e.
church OF Bargaintown at Mays
Landing Thursday afternoon. The
group included Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea
Price, Miss Lillian Jarman, Mrs.
Margaret Brown, Thomas Barnes,
Wesley Burke. Curtis. Burris and
Robert Price.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Lake 4 Risley Co, supplies. lumber
hardware. paint and Coal Phones II
and l3.-sdv.x
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

FOR QUALITY, WEIGHT Salts
FACTION ALWAYS-Phone ffe-
ParseIs Coal Co.--adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Open under new management f<9&S
sonable prices. 3 BARRIERS at ynur H&f
vice. Pieasaiitvifle Barber SHOP 81
N adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Lake & Risley Co. supplies lumber,
hardware. paint n coal Phones IL
and lS.-advs
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Coal yard or rtuoson Cement g. Sup
ply Co. may be reached by phone day
or night. Phone At. Orders ct night
receive prompt attention following
morning. Building supplies. too.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

LOST-Brown and white female dog
Reward il returned to Starr KNITTING
Mills.-ady.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
City To Receive
$4,000 More
For School Use
State Appropriation Larger,
Due to Increases i'm At
tendance and Rate
A TO GIVE CITY
FOR 1929, S104 742
Increase i'm School Attendance
is 50,509 More Days, Supt.
Horstick Reports to Board
of Education Members

Pleasantville will receive from
the state of New Jersey approxi-
mately $4,000 more this year to
use for educational purposes than
it received last, according to a re-
port made by Supt. S. NJ. Horstick
when the Board of Education met
in his offices in the High School
building Tuesday night.
The increase is the result of
greater attendance, and a larger
appropriation macs by the state
this year.
According to Mr.. Horstick, the
state appropriation on the basis Of
attendance is 24.4 per day At this
rate, he states, the State appropri-
alton on the basis of attendance
win amount to s96,57s. The total
State appropriation for next year.
counting the money coming from
all sources amounts 10 sivf, e.
Total Last Year
State appropriations last year
amounted to s~75,s4s-6S. This, the
Supt- states, makes an increase q
approximately $4,000 which y
saved taxpayers Of this communify
Attendance for the past three
years has been as follows, MT
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

1T Does Make ! Iffxes snc&
Coal Company. Marine 7soa.-s
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

LA6e Z disIey CO.. supplies. lumber.
hardware. paint ana coal Phones y
and 13.-adv.x
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Clark LUMBER Co.. lumber min work
and builders supplies. Phone 2S7.-adv
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Clark Lumber Co.. sumpcr. mill work
and builders supplies. Phone 9s7.-adv
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Always 1000 lbs to a ton.
Every ID good, clean coal
BARTLETT & HOLZER
Phone ssh -adv. Northneid
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Clark Lumber Co., lumber. mill work
and builders supplies. Phone as7,-adv
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15
SIGNS AND LETTERING


OF every description.
NJ. A. Frltsch. 10 w. Decatur Ave.--nf
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

Matchmaker and Jeweler
z East West Jersey Ave.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

guaranteed. Irelan J.. Doughty. Jewell
er, IL S. Main st.. Pieasantytiie---adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

VIM. r. Mathis. Plumbing and Heat
ing. - d. West Jersey Ave.-adv.x
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

PHONE NIGHT OR pAv
victrolas repa'-ea by experts. Shultz
1874 South Main St--adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-15

COAL or QUALITY.
HyGIENIC ICE C COAL co.
Call $50. adv