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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
Fraternal
Social
Church

tertained Mr.. and Mrs Geice, of
Philadelphia, over the weekend.
On Friday evening the Ocean
City Kiwanis enjoyed smoker at
the Ocean City Country Club at
Somers Point. A program was
given including vaudeville and
music. followed by dancing.
Winfield Stephens, of Sixth and
Connecticut avenues, who was
operated on for appendicitis in the
Atlantic City hospital is reported
to be improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis B. Matthias,
of Delaware avenue, had as their
guests, Billie and Jack Haffert,
their grandsons, who are students
of Waldron Academy at Merton, Pa
All the county firemen from both
companies are planning to 50 to
Germania. where the Atlantic
County Firemen's Association
meets on wednesday evening.
The Baptist Sunday school will
give their Christmas play Oh Tues
day evening, December 27, at the
church.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
Baysiide
City
Notes
MRS. CANNON IS
CIVIC CLUB HEAD
S0mers Point Group Elects
aOficers--Plans Made for
Christmas Activities

The Civic club held its regular
meeting in the Volunteer Fire
House at New York avenue, Thurs
day evening. Election of officers
for the year of 1928 was held as
follows: president. Mrs. Laura Can
non; first vice president, Mrs.
Aida Thompson: second vice presi-
dent. Mrs. Margaret Drake; flnan-
cial secretary, Mrs. Carrie Shade;
recording secretary, Mrs. Margaret
Middleton; treasurer. Mrs. Frances
Matthias; directors. Mrs. Margaret
Hare, Mrs. John Olive and Mrs.
Alice Adams.
The auditing committee was APP
pointed as follows: Mrs. Minnie
Gilvey, Mrs. A Saburn and Mrs.
Alvina Blackman; the sick COM
mittee. Mrs Nan Curtain, Mrs.
Mertie Jorden and Mrs. Anna
Craig. The social committee for the
next three months are: Mrs. Marie
Grice. Mrs. Eugenia Shea, Mrs. A
Blackman and Mrs. Warkman, and
Mrs. Anna Endriss for publicity.
Seven of the ladies celebrated
their birthdays by contributing to
the birthday box and each made a
speech. During the year, 1927,
ninety were admitted to member
ship. "A donation was voted to the
Children's Seashore Home in Allan
tic City, and delegation of ladies
will go to visit the Home on Wed
nesday afternoon. On Christmas
Eve there will be carol singing by
the members of the club. The at
tendance prize was won by Alyina
Blackman After the meeting Santa
Claus appeared and had a present
for each member, after which re-
freshments were served The next
meeting will be held Thursday
January 5, 1928.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
PERSONALS

Mrs. Roy S. Lewis and daughter.
Leila, and Miss Viola Bradford
motored to Maryland and spent the
weekend with relatives.
George Downs, after suffering
from injuries received in an auto
mobile accident, is able to be out.
Miss Minnie Dessinger, of Della
ware avenue, is home after being
confined in the University Hospital
with a severe illness.
Mrs Frank Stretch, of Rhode
Island avenue. who is in the Attain
tic City Hospital, is recovering
rapidly.
Margaret Birch has fully re-
covered from an attack of tonsiliti:
and resumed her duties at Atlantic
City
Miss Lena Wright. of Rhode
Island avenue, has given up her
position in Atlantic City and ac-
cepted one at Haddon Heights.
The D. D. Club was entertained
Friday evening at the home of
Miss Catherine Meisle of the Shore
road.
Charles B Roberts spent the
weekend with his family at Somers
Point.
While attending to her household
duties on Saturday, Mrs. Sadie A.
Wood met with painful injury,
crushing one of her fingers.
The residents of the Point are
urged by the Postmistress TO mail
their parcels early and avoid last
| minute rush.
meeting of the Beta Chapter
of the Sigma Theta Psi sorority
will be held on Tuesday evening
at the home of Miss Amanda Ben
ner Rhode Island avenue.
The Christmas bazaar which was
held at the home of Mrs. Anna
Endriss on Friday and Saturday for
the new Grace Lutheran church
was a success.
The Daughters of America,
Columbia Council No. 81. will meet
for nomination of officers for the
coming year on Tuesday evening
in Mechanics hall A box lunch
will be held
reported good following an oper-
alton in the Atlantic City hospital
for appendicitis
Mrs. Emma Bremen entertained
at cards on Friday evening. Her
guests were: Mrs. Emma Pratt
Mrs. Bertha McCurdy and Mrs
Celia Champion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Huff, OF
Atlantic City, spent Sunday with
Mrs Deborah F. Howard, of the
Shore road.
Mrs. Sadie A Wood attended the
Christmas party given by the Pleas
tantville w. c. T U. at the home oil
| Mrs Oscar Bennett.
| Richard Van Sykle spent the
weekend at Somers Point.
! Charles Clement and Edward
Whisky. of Fairview, spent Satur
day and Sunday with Mrs. Charles
Clement,
! Mr. and Mrs I. K Bremen en-
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Marjorie Crist, of Florence avenue
who are attending school at Briar-
cliffe, N. Y, will return home on
"Wednesday foR the Christmas hol-
idays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wagner and
son, of Genoa avenue, motored to
Philadelphia over the week end.
Miss Marjorie North and Miss
Ida Ma Williams, of Cordova ave
nue., spent the week end in New
York.
Mrs. Samuel Ireland. Mrs. D. S.
LeCompte ana Mrs. d. B. Edwards
attended the bridge party given by
Mrs. Henry Lewis, Pleasantyille.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20

spent part of Sunday with Mrs. b.
Nickles and with Mrs. Jennie Hill
William Hill and Gilbert Hill ana
friends from Ocean City, went deer
hunting on the Plains, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. clifford entertained
James Scull on Sunday.
Mrs Abbie Abel, of Ocean City,
lis taking care of her sister, Mrs.
Robert Smith, who is improving
after a serious illness.
Mrs. Emily Madden, of Somers
Point, motored to Scullville anc
took Mrs Edythe Nickles and son,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Little Jimmy went with his mo-
Their to stay with an aunt in the
country, and his mother was very
worried as to how he would behave.
But, to her surprise, he was an
gelic during the whole visit, always
did as he was told and never mis-
behaved.
As soon as he got home, howev-
er, he was his natural self again.
"Oh, Jimmy" she said, you were
so good while you were away; why
do you start behaving so badly
now?"
What's home for?" asked Jimmy
in panied surprise.
wind is blowing in the right direc-
ton.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20

Other things that would please
her are a chaise longe, bed or
boudoir lamp, an artistic table or
bridge lamp, sewing cabinet,
graceful. comfortable char, golG
thimble or expensive perfume. Pos
sibly her watch is old-fashioned
and she would like an up-to-the-
minute wrist watch. A dinner ring
set with her favorite stone would
always be a lovely gift.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
DINNER DANCE

The West Atlantic City Fire De
partment is looking forward to the
dinner dance to be held on New
Years eve. The committee IN
charge has arranged for Il good or
chestra, plenty of noise makers and
some fine entertainment. The ia
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
SCHOOL BOARD MEETS
School Holidays Begin On Friday
At Noon

The Board of Education held its
regular meeting in the library of
the school on Thursday evening.
John Strang presiding. The holidays
for the children will start on Fri
DAY, December %, at noon, and
school will not reopen until Tues
day, January 8. DR.. John Whiticar,
of Ocean City, was appointed as
school physician for another year
at salary of 5000. The reappoint-
rent of Mrs Marv North Cheno,
weth was requested of Mayor
Harris for the term of five years.
Her present term expires December
81 of this year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIANS TREE

The Christmas tree in front OF
Benjamin R. Fox's nome on the
boulevard is lighted with several
hundred bulbs and may be seen ioT
several miles across the boulevard.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
aII.QAY MEETING

There will be an all-day Prayer
Meeting on January 5, at the home
OF Mrs. Sadie A Wood, First street.
conducted by the Dr.. Eva Lake
Union. of Pleasantville. The meet
ing is called for 10 O'Clock. At
noon a pot luck dinner will be
served.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20

Anyone in existing conditions
who tries to fly over the. Atlantic
is quite obviously mad He may be
very valiant maniac. That does
not come into competition with my
thesis-Lord Birkenhead.
Thrift carried to excess may be
a personal vice. but it cannot fail
to be a social yirtue-Sir j. A. r.
Marriott, NJ. P.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
PERSONALS

Mrs Eugene Tallman visited
friends in Somers Point Saturday
Miss Eta Somers spent Saturday
with her mother, Mrs. Garrison, al
Somers Point
Mrs. NJ. E Madden. Miss Ada
Madden, of Somers Point; Miss
Mary Snyder. of Atlantic City,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20

The one thing that hurts more
than having to pay income tax is
not having to pay income tax
Lord DeWar.
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WEST ATLANTIC CITY NEWS



Tom Fox the 81 ~
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20

O'Clock. The Sunday school of
Asbury M E. church will also give
La Christmas .cantata, From
| Heavens Throne
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
HURT IN FALL

Dorothy Smith Narrowly Escapes
Serious Injury.
Little Dorothy Smith, daughter
of David Smith, of Shore road,
narrowly escaped serious injury
when she fell off the landing of the
cellar steps to the concrete floor
below. She was rushed to DR..
Whiticar's office at Ocean City,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20

bles will be arranged around the
dance floor and the affair will lie
the only one of its kind to be held
at the Casino.
The West Atlantic City Fire De-
partment missed the presence of
Roy Sands. who, owing to cold,
has been convalescing for the past
week.
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SOMERS POINT EVENTS
By r. VAN sYCKEL.

where it was found she had a slight
concussion. Her condition is fair.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-12-20
PERSONAL NOTES.

PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Edwards, Of
Florence avenue, entertained MI.
and Mrs. J. NJ. Penn and children,
OF New York, over the week end.
Miss Gwen Edwards and Miss
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21

by other businessmen had just
done considerable work on the
roads through the Southside bot
tom land. Business men subscrib-
ed $3.50 for the work.
The Montana Automobile Asso-
citation a inaugurating a plan to
boost Montana as a state of scenic
beauty with a view to attracting
tourist travel.
Cattle rustling was giving off
GERS of the law considerable troub-
lie.
]. E. Knapp and ]. G. Johnson
had opened a second bakery in
Wolf Point.
Water had just been turned in
to the mains of the new city water
system.
A Red Cross Society had been
organized at Sand Creek with 10
members.
A. l.. Homrighaus and Frank
Schott arrived from Sumner, Iowa,
with a carload of goods. Mr..
Schott bought a half section and
Mr.. Homrighaus took a home
stead.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21
Twelve Years Ago
From the Files of The Herald of
October is, 1915)

From the Files of The Herald OF
October IS, 1919
In a county option election in
Richland county (including Nc
Gomez the drys carried the elect
ion by a good majority. Lambert
was wet by five votes.
O. F. Todd and Vida Nefzger,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. c..
Nefzger, were married by the Rev.
Chester Constant.
A school bond election was be-
ing called for Oct. 81 for the pur-
pose of raising funds to complete
the new school building.
John Fr~ederickson, Ray Mcneil
and John Bell were among the
Southsiders who were called to
Sidney on jury duty. They made
the trip by train.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. S. Bruner were
in from their homestead near
Hamblin.
T%hreshing was delayed by heavy
rains.
j. H. Coffey delivered a Dodge
sedan which he had sold to Oscar
Shipstad at Scobey.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21

to the larger Office of the prophet.
As he had learned to pillow a
straight furrow so his new task
was characterized by a simple di-
rectneSs of purpose.
So also Amos brought from the
fields a deep and wide range of
vision.
The true spirit of the prophet
is revealed in the profound sense
of duty that moved all three OF
these men. We find it empha-
sized in their great individuality,
in their lack of all pretense, and
in their emphasis upon the pro-
phetic purpose rather than upon
the mere outward Office and any
supposed distinction that might
be attached to it.
Moreover. the spirit of the
prophet is emphasized in the di-
rectness with which they Obeyed
the call as it came. 1t is one
thing to hear a call even from
God. 1t is quite another thing to
obey it. The prophet never stands
'orth in effectiveness until having
heard the call and having sensed
he need, he replies in humility
is well as in courage Here am
J.; send me-"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21
800

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Threshing is just about done in
this part of the county and haul
ing grain to the elevators is in
full blast. There is hardly a day
passes but that a person can find
n or two trucks stalled along
the road.
S. ]. Kaniewski is just about
finishing his new barn.
w. c. Hayden's truck broke
down while he was on his way to
town with a load of grain.
The ladies' of 500 gave a party
in honor of Mrs. A. Bertelson.
Mrs. Ernest DeTienne has re-
turned home from Bowbells, N. D.,
after being away for a year.
Victor DeTienne returned from
Van Hook, N. D., where he was
attending to business matters.
The Canning boys are cutting
their flax with two combines.
HERALD ADS GET RESULTS
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21
PONT[RS

1t never rains but it pours. st.
Louis, instead of a world series,
got a tornado.
The village blacksmith has all
most disappeared. But we know
where to find him. He winds the
clocks in the preXy's Office at some
university that is bidding for foot
ball hOnors this year.
AS we went to press they were
still trying to get the low down
on the higher-ups in Indiana.
A prohibition agent who ran q
saloon in New.York must pay his
own expenses, the comptroller
general rules. What we fail to see
is how a man could lose money on
a saloon in New York.
The National Safety Council re-
ferred to mother as the safety en-
gineer in the home. Probably
sometimes because she has to
throttle the youngsters.
Organized dentists are consid-
ering ways and means of making
themselves more popular. Prob
ably planning retirement.
The ladies are just as smart as
the men, they say, but we know
a girl who slapped a doctor be-
cause he said she had acute indi-
gestion.
Speaking of the fair sex, who
remembers the good old days
when you couldn't see their vac
eination marks?
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21
CALL OF THE PROPHET

The international Uniform Sunday School Lesson for Oct 23
The Call of the Prophet.-I Kings 10: 10, 20; Amos 2: H. loi
Isaiah 6: is. {
SO he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat who was
blowing with twelve yoke of ken before him, n he with M tWeHtn:
and Elijah passed by him. n cast his mantle upon him.. t
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, n said, Lep me, L pray
thee, kiss my father and my mother. and hen l VIII follow mes n
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, / was n prophet neither
more fruit:
unto me, Co. prophesy unto my people Israel, ..
In the yea that King Uzziah died / saw also n Lore SITTING p
a throne, high and lifted up and his train filled the temple, .- :.
Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain M
he did fly.
And n cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
of hosts: the whole earth is full o. his glory.
And he posts o. h doc moved at h voice II nm tina CRIED anu
the house filled with smoke.
mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
Then flew of the seraphim unto me, having, a i've IN ms
which ne had taken with the tongs rom o II the altar:
And he laid it upon my mouth n said, Lo, this hath ,touched tiny
lips; and thine iniquty is taken away, ad thy sin purged-
Also / heard the voice # the LORD, saying, Wnom snail l SEM N
who will go for us? Then said J. Here am D: send me.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21
CLOSE-UPS NssTHE
NATIONS CAPITAL
(By Stephen James)

The coy and bashful manner
that has marked the attitide o.
those most prominently mentioned
for the Republican nomination fol
the presidency may now be ex
pected to disappear. Recent events
have about convinced them that
President Coolidge meant what he
said when he made his famous
choice" at Rapid City, South Da'
kota, last July T..
No sweet young thing at her
first party could have been more
demure and reticent than Messrs.
Hoover, Hughes, Dawes and Long
worth and others who stand for
the moment at the forefront OF
their party as prospective nomin-
ees.
Their timidity has been actual
" painful, not to say embarrassing
to their boosters and friends who
have sought to have them accede
at least to the time-worn state
ment that "The nomination is an
honor no man can refuse" Their
actions spoke more plainly than
words, their hopes, or was it their
fears, that Mr. Coolidge was
speaking in riddles. There was a
lingering doubt that he wanted to
be urged.
Even his close friend and politi-
cal adviser, former Senator Will
lam NJ. Butler, chairman of the
Republican National Committee,
who ought to have known better,
spoke vaguely in the press Oh
drafting the President again.
Now Mr.. Butler has seen and
talked with the President. Also
he has met with numerous RepuD-
lican committeeman, and the very
general impression is abroad that
the next Republican nominee will
not be Mr.. Coolidge. In the mean
time, the President positively re-
fuses to amplify his statement. in
timating that he said all that he
intends to say on the subject.
Perhaps, however, there was
more than consideration for the
Presidents feelings involved IN
the refusal of Mr.. Hoover, Mr..
Hughes. Mr.. Longworth ana
others to permit their friends to
begin an active campaign in their
behalf and with their sanction.
Frank o. Lowden, one time gov
arnor of Illinois, who felt no obi
cations to respect Mr.. Coolidge's
preferences, has failed to gain IN
public sentiment as much as his
friends and ~adherents had hoped.
Active opposition from rival
amps may now possibly breathe
he breath of life into the Lowden
DOM.
/
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21

THE passages chosen for our les
IL son reveal to US much more
than the circumstances of the cal
of three different men to be
prophets. They may be said
rather to suggest or typify the ma.
ture of the prophetic impulse and
the way in which the call comes
to men in general.
In two instances OF the three
the circumstances are not dissimi-
lar. The call came to Elisha while
he was blowing with oxen in the
field. To Amos the call came when
he was attending to his duties as
a herdsman and a gatherer of
fruit. In the case of Isaiah the
call to the prophetic function
seemed more in accordance with
what we might expect. 1t came
while he was at worship. in a
vision that corresponded to his de-
votional mood.
The Call
These indications of the way in
which God called men to great
prophetic service in the past are
exceedingly important for today.
We might be disposed to say that
those who have been accorded q
distinctive place in the record of
the worlds great prophets were
surely specially prepared for their
task.
One might eve lay a certain
stress upon the identification in
ancient Israel of prophecy with
vigorous out-of-doOrs life in field
and vineyard. How often eve in
the cities. where men eongregate,
the really prophetic voice has
come from the country or from
the wilderness, 1t is out in the
open spaces where men feel some
thing of the vastness of the uni
verse and the greatness of God; it
is in the elemental experience of
daily living as men produce the
means of life from the soil; that
they come to real and clear per-
ceptions of value.
1t was some such rugged clear
ness Of vision with a power to see
without sophistication and
corruption that Elisha was E;
brought from his driving of oxen
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21

Coincident with the beginning
of the social season in Washing
ton, a new officer of ceremonies is
taking up his duties at the White
House and the state department.
He is James Clements Dunn, re-
Gently secretary of the American
Embassy at Brussels, Belgium.
MI. Dunn, who will be both lit
orally and figuratively the last
word on what to say and wear and
do in polite circles, succeeds j.
Pierrepont Moffat, who surrend-
ers the post which MI. Dunn takes
inn 10 become secretary of the Le'
cation at Berne, Switzerland. Mr.,
Moffat for years has been the
court of last resort in matters of
diplomacy and of etiquette in Off
cial circles.
Harrassed matrons have implor-
ed him to tell them how to seat
their guests at this function ana
that tea. and he has had more
m do with the selection Of dinner
mariners than even the individuals
themselves. He knows the precise
social and diplomatic rank OF
every person of major and minor
inheritance in Washington, and
can tell you whether the Congress
man may be seated nearer the
center of the table than the First
Secretary.
This writer, once sponsoring
a semi-public function at which
several official guests were invited
TO attend. in his gross ignorance
allowed the guests to be seated IN
the order in which they arrived
having first taken the precautlon
to Mace the speakers next to the
postmaster. What a his chag-
rim. therefore, to find that a MIN
ister of one of the smaller Latin
Republics was taken suddenly III
inst as the photographer was about
TO touch a match to his flashlight.
Solicitous inquiries developed
the fact that a mere Charge d Al
fairs was seated some two OF
three chairs nearer the toast
master. and while he, the Minis
ter. cared nothing for the matter
personally, he could not allow him
self to be photographed in such
a humiliating position. He out
ranked the Charge d Affairs, and
the dignity of his country would
suffer if he were photographed IN
a subordinate position.
There are a few classic examp-
les of misplaced guests at distin-
guished functions which are told
and retold from time to time. Mr.
Dunn will try to avert them in the
future.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-21
Ten Years Ago

From the Files of The Herald of
October, IL, 1912
Two men were killed and two
others seriously injured and an
engine was wrecked by an explos-
ion of steam. Those killed were
S. Pitman, engineer and Sylvester
Sheppard, fireman. G. w. Hoppe.
head brakeman was terribly scald-
ed and died later as a result of
his burns. Joe Maravis, a student
fireman, escaped with only a brok-
en- leg.
Chas. Stille of the Southside re-
ported a yield of 20 bushels of
wheat to the acre.
The Commercial club, backed