The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-19
PECKVILLE.


The mum social to be held at the
home of Mabel Bells tonight promises
to be an event of the season. You are
not expected to keep mum the time
you arrive until you go home, but you
Will be highly amused. Something en-
tirely new. A very fine programme
Will be rendered, consisting of violin
duets, piano solos, recitations, etc. Miss
Grace Winchell, of Green Ridge, will be
the elocutionist. Mary l.. Peck, pianist,
of Scranton, and Mr. r. Calender, vio
llnist, Will participate. Remember 1t
is tonight and you and all your friends
are invited.
On Tuesday afternoon occurred the
funeral of Mrs. Lucinia Bowen one of
the Oldest residents of Blakely borough,
and doubtless the one who spent more
years in Blakely township than anyone
else ever did, having survived her
brother, the late Stephen Calender,
esq, by nearly year and half. She
was the last representative in this vic
unity of the second generation of the
descendants of Samuel Calender, of
Revolutionary fame. in honor of whom
the Calender reunion was organized
in 1889, through the efforts of Rev.
Nathan Calender, himself a grandson
of the old soldier. At that time there
We're ten of that generation. five of
whom We're residents of Blakely Now
there are but two, one a brother of the
deceased Rev. Newell Calender, of
Clarks Green, Pa; cousin, Monroe
Calender, esq, of Clifford. Mrs. Bowen
survived her husband, Dean Benjamin
Bowen, for more than twenty years, and
although not strong in her youth, hav
ing no expectation of a long life, in her
late years maintained a good degree of
health and strength of body and mind
until nearly four score. Last June she
fell and dislocated her shoulder 1t
was thought at that time that the
shock would be too much for her, but
she recovered from that so as to be
around again and was at the last CAL
lender reunion Sept. IL, 1896. Sept. 20
she fell again, this time fracturng her
hip. and has fingered in perfect help
lessness since that TINE. Mrs. Bowen
had three daughters, two of whom sur
vive her, Mrs. d. ]. Williams and Mrs.
f. A. Parker, of Waverly. Mrs. Will
liams removed to her mothers home
in September, SO, for the purpose of
caring for her mother, who had steadily
refused to leave her home and neighbor-
hood, where she had lived since 1919.
| Mrs. Bowen was born in Greenfield
| township, March 8, 1914, and removed
| here at the age of five to live in a
| log house situated where the house of
| Fremont Ferris now stands Mrs. Bow
en- frequently related to her children
| her memories of the wilderness, which
| this place was in her childhood, and of
| helping her brother, Stephen Calender,
| tend sugar camp on the Mott flats and
| of her narrow escape from being de-
| voured by a wolf She was a woman
of sterling qualities and being converted
| in early youth lived a Christian life fol
seventy years. Mrs. Bowen was the
| last charter member of the BlakelS
| BAPTIST church, her sister, Mrs. j. b
| Kenyon, having passed away just five
, weeks sooner Rev. Ellis conducted the
| funeral services at her late home
preaching from Psalms, Xvii:l5.
The following programme has beer
| arranged for the social on Friday even
ing at Maple Bells: Piano solo, Miss
| Mary Peck; recitation, Miss Grace
| Winchell; violin duett, Howard Brund-
| age and Ed. Calender; recitation, Miss
| Grace Hughes; piano solo, Miss Mary
| Peck; vocal duet, Gertrude and Fannie
| James; recitation, Miss Grace Winch