Town Descriptions- Liana Caez and Carina Gianinni

Royal Docks is a place where everyone goes to for a warm summer day. Each family in town owns at least one boat, and reserves their small couple of yards specifically for their family. Royal Docks was one of the first businesses to succeed in Pleasantville. Supervised by Mr. Paulin’s, the oldest generation of Paulin’s. His grandsons, Rex and Jimmy Paulins own both of the bars; drunks are usual in their family. With a funny, drunk, Mr.Paulins supervising the docks, and a bunch of smiling families, it creates memories worthwhile inside of this town.. Ice cream from the shoppe and fresh clean lake water, there’s always a packed crowd. Our lake, Kill Buck Lake, is one of the most famous lakes in the United States. Summing up the town families and the out of town folks, it creates and fun experience for Pleasantville.

Good grades pay! Mr. and Mrs.Olivey and their three teenage daughters, own the sweet shop in town. Their usual routine was to pass out free cookies to children after school on Fridays, but only if they brought in proof. Their story was always told as happy as any family can be. The shop got numerous customers per day, they made great income, and they were always smiling. Mr. James Olivey always told the story where they gave out cookies to their daughters every time a report card came. Then Mrs.Olivey had the bright idea to make it a thing for every family in Pleasantville. The parents of these children thought it was an amazing idea, which made them think that the kids will hopefully bring their grades up enough for the special occasion every week, They call it, ‘’Good Grades Pay!’’ because their grade pays for their cookies. It made a change throughout the town, but also made the kids extra hyper! For Halloween, they keep the shop open until 10:30pm, just so they could pass out free candy to the kids and even the adults. All in all, the ‘’Olivey Sweet Shoppe,’’ was a big success within this pleasant town.

Need supplies for DIY crafts? It’s just a second away in ‘’Mrs. Beckett’s Crafts & Things.’’ She personally owns the store, which started straight from scratch. She has her son help her out with the place and a couple employees from Travisville just five miles south of Pleasantville. Any wedding events and such things like that, Mrs. Beckett is your gal.

Eating is a pleasure within Pleasantville. If in the mood for seafood, go to Andrew's Seafood. In the mood for something more casual, Jenkins Steak & Fries is the local diner to be for burgers and other greasy treats. The rivalry between the two families are unbearable. They continue to fight for customers and host annual eating contests to advertise their restaurants in and out of town. Mr. Andrews Seafood's affordable and tasty as is Mr. Jenkins, making every one in Pleasantville seem, well pleasant .

Book and Bake Sale

The library will be having an old book sale from April 24 to April 26 to make room for new shipments coming in. Books from 1885-1950 will be on sale outside of the library from noon to 4 pm all three days. There will also be a bake sale to help support the library during the book sale times. No prices are set, but the library urges you to be generous to keep new books coming in.

Graveyard Flooding

The graveyard will be shut down until further notice due to flooding. Heavy storm rains last night pooled in the graveyard, as it is the lowest altitude in town. The Hunter family strongly advises people to stay out of the area as too much disruption on the ground combined with this much rain could disturb the ground and possibly unearth graves. The Hunters thank you for your cooperation. 

Church Volunteer Spots

There are new spots for children at the church. All work is volunteer.

 Usher Boy (Ages 7-12): Boys will be required to arrive 45 minutes before church starts. Formal dress is required- khaki pants, polo shirt, dress shoes, and hair combed.

Candle Girl (Ages 7-12): Girls will be required to arrive 15 minutes before church starts. Formal dress is required- dresses, skirts with sweaters, dress shoes, and hair combed.

Sunday School Supervisor (Ages 13-17): For both boys and girls. Supervisors must arrive 15 minutes before church/ Sunday school starts. Dress comfortably, as you may be doing anything from taking your kids to play outside to teaching Sunday school lessons.

Please contact Victor Shergold with any interests.

Church Reopening

The Shergold Missionary Church will reopen on Sunday, September 5^th, after 9 months of being closed due to a fire in December. The fire started in the chapels and spread to the Christmas tree and wreaths and enveloped the pews after a candle was unknowingly left burning after Sunday Mass. The Shergold family, who opened the original church when they moved to the town in 1906, has been working to get the Church back to even better than its original state. “We were saddened when the Church burnt down, but realized that this could be a chance to improve our Church and bring us closer to God” says family owner Lisa Shergold. Her husband, Victor Shergold, has lead mass in the orchard on Sundays while waiting for the renovation to be complete. Both wish to see you for the Grand Reopening. 

Job Hiring

Your mom did it, your dad did it, and all your grandparents did it. It’s hiring season, and Beckett Groceries is now accepting summer applications. Applicants 16 and up will be chosen to work at $1.50 an hour. We will be filling 10 new positions for the summer only. 

Crème Glacée

Long known by teenagers as the place to go after school, Crème Glacée is giving away 20% off on all ice cream sales to all children 5-18 who bring in their report card with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Crème Glacée was founded by the Olivey family in 1910 when they arrived from France. “Crème Glacée” literally translates into “Ice Cream”, the main food sold in the shop. In addition to Crème Glacée’s nine seasonal ice cream flavors, it also sells frozen yogurt, pastries and pies, and ice cream floats. Current ice cream flavors available for sale are pumpkin, honey walnut, cookie dough, mint chocolate chip, cinnamon swirl, raspberry, and butter pecan, as well as the traditional year round chocolate and vanilla.