The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-25

James P. Riley, of Pleasant Mount,
was Honesdale visitor on Wednesday.
Percy Lyman, proprietor of the Mil
ford Inn, at Milford, Pike county, was
in Honesdale on Tuesday last.
Mrs. John Bauman and children
left on Wednesday for Scranton, where
they will spend Christmas with her sis
ter.
-Geline Alexander, formerly of Sher-
man, this county, now of Deposit, made
The CITIZEN sanctum call on We'd
nesday.
"A marriage license has been issued
in Lackawanna county to Harry Steven
son, of Hawley, and Miss Ella Teeter,
of Scranton.
Miss Anna Reed, who holds good
position as stenographer in Binghamton,
is spending Christmas at her home in
this place.
Louis D. Menner, of New York city,
is spending few days in town, at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
G. Menner.
Earl L. L. Crocker and Leon Ross
have recently purchased Ludwig pianos,
and Miss Ina Mitchell Mum piano of
w. ]. Mcintyre.
George F. James is expected in town
the last of the week, for brief visit with
his mother, Mrs. j. p. James, of East
Street Extension.
Attorney William H. Lee, with his
wife and daughter, take dinner to-day
with James G. Wentz, of Wilkes-Barre,
brother of Mrs. Lee.
Mrs. Nelson E. Bigelow has accepted
clerkship in the Wayne County Savings
Bank, a position for which she is we'll
fitted by experience. Her penmanship
is remarkably fine.
Ten members of the Carbondale
Conductors Club, wives of local rail
way conductors, spent Saturday at the
home of Conductor and Mrs. Nichols,
on 18th street.
Mrs. Noble A. Ray, of Chicago, is
visiting Honesdale relatives. Mr.. Ray
has accepted a position at Bowling Green,
Ohio, and the family will make that
place their future home.
Mrs. Duncan MacTavish, of Cliff st.,
was prostrated by an attack of heart
trouble, while shopping at Katz Brothers
store, on Wednesday evening last. She
was taken to her home and attended by
DR.. P. B. Peterson. The lady has been
a sufferer from heart affection for some
time.
Mrs. Raymond w. Charles, of New
York city, formerly Miss Marcia Allen,
of Honesdale,) and her bright little boy,
Martin Allen Charles, both of whom
have been suffering from unusually Sc
we're and protracted attacks of typhoid
fever, are slowly improving, with most
encouraging prospects of ultimate com
plete recovery.
I'm one of our pioneer families in Dy'
berry township to-day, there are George
E. Baker, aged 81 the 23d of next May
Mark VanDeusen, his brother-in-law
aged S6, the 4th of May next, and Mrs
(VanDeusen) Baker, n the20th of June
last. The combined ages of these three
ofWayne county searlyresidents amoun
to 250 years.
The annual dinner OF the New Eng
land Society of Northeastern Pennsyl
vania was given at the Hotel Jermyn, il
Scranton, on Tuesday evening last. Thos'
present from Honesdale were Homer
Greene, r. M. Stocker, A. T. Searle
Henry q. Russell and John D. Weston
The officers of the society are as follows
President. Colonel l.. A. Watres; Vic,
President, James G. Shepherd; Secre
tary, w. H. Jessup; Treasurer, Jane
Blair, Jr.; Chaplain, Rev. DIR. George E
Guild Historian, Homer Greene.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alpheus w. Gate
were united in marriage at Jackson
Susquehanna county, Dec. %, 1846, tn
,, ceremony being performed by the Rev
A. H. Fish. On Wednesday last the
celebrated their sixty-second weddin
> anniversary, at their home in Scranton
surrounded by their children and thei
children's children, including Quinc
Adams Gates, their Oldest child, borl
in Scott township, this county, wher
the family then and for years resided
: Dec. 10, 1847. Attorney @. A. Gate
; read law with Walters & Bentley, @
: Honesdale, and was admitted to the ba
/, Dec. 2, 1873. For many years he ha
: practiced his profession in Wilkes
Barre.
1 --Carbondale Council, No. 239, Knight
of Columbus, will give banquet in homo
of Judge-elect ]. ]. O'Neill, on Monda
: evening, January 4th. Judge O'Nei
was the first Grand Knight of Carbon
dale Council, and has always taken
lively interest in the welfare of the OF
ganization. Preceding the banquet ez
:. erciaes the newly alectad officers of th