The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-22

No need of writing R. F. D.
any more. Drop the F. which stands
for Free" and merely write r. D.,
by advice of Uncle Sam.
A. T. Searle having taken the
oath of Office before Deputy Regis
ter and Recorder Crago, is now
Judge of this Judicial District.
Monroe Weiss, of New York
City, presented the High school with
a fine picture of Anthony Wayne,
after whom this county was named.
The Lady Maccabees of Homes
dale Hive are to have their annual
rally Thursday evening, Sept. %,
1909. All members are requested
to be present.
The Business Mems Association
of Honesdale have decided to have
an annual floral parade, similar to
that in the civic parade of Old
Home Week.
The annual convention of the
Honesdale District Home Missionary
Society will be held at the Metho-
dist church on Thursday, Sept. 49,,
beginning at 10 a. m.
"A party consisting of Mes
danes Josephine Whitney, B. B.
Petersen, F. S. Merritt, Judson
Yerkes, Charles Brady, Edith Hull
and Misses Louise Hardenbergh,
Mollie Menner, Dora Conger, and
Mrs. F. w. Suydam, Jr., of Hawley,
held basket picnic on the Walla-
paupack on Saturday.
Senator Penrose, Senator VIM.
G. Sproul, H. F. Walton, Judge B.
T. Holland and others made a fly
ing visit from Philadelphia to the
Farview Hospital last Saturday to
see how the work was going on.
They stopped at the Jermyn in
Scranton Sunday night where they
met Fred w. Fleitz, former Deputy
Attorney General.
The flower and vegetable show
held by the primary department of
the Honesdale school, was a decided
success. The show was held in
large rooms of the new building.
There was a good attendance and a
goodly number of exhibits. Mrs.
G. NJ. Betz, Miss Carrie Weiss and
Mrs. E. A. Penniman were the
judges. The prizes were awarded
as follows: The first prize, most per-
feet bouquet, consisting of a va
riety of flowers, Miss Gieseke; Sec
ond prize, the prettiest bouquet on
one kind of flowers, Master Arthur
Dunn; third prize, the greatest va
riety of flowers raised by one per-
son, Alilda Proch. First prize for
best quality of vegetable, George
Koehler; second prize for greatest
variety, Thelma Markey. The
prizes for the girls were pearl pins
and the boys, pocket knives. Great
credit is due Mrs. Dix, Miss Lee and
Mrs. Oday for their efforts in max
ing this affair a success.
Miss Marvin, the teacher of voice
building and of artistic singing, who
is succeeding Madame Timberman-
Randolph in Scranton, has just re-
turned from Paris, where she spent
the summer, under the personal
supervision and instruction of Ma
dame Mathilde Marchesi, one of the
worlds most renowned teachers OF
voice. Beside the professional help
received, Miss Marvin found delight
and stimulation in the companions
ship of this grand woman, with whom
she spent many hours, outside OF
! lessons. Miss Marvin is the pos
SCISSOR of an attractive personality
work; being the pupil of such mast.
ers as Richard Ward Calthoupe, OF
| Syracuse, n. Y, Monsieur Nouflared
| head-teacher in the John de Reszke
| School, Paris, and of Madame Mar
chest, Paris. For the past three
years Miss Marvin has been the prin.
cipal of the voice department in the
Washington Seminary, Washington
Pa, which position she resigned tc
come to Scranton. She also taught
in Western Maryland College, be.
side having private classes. The
Citizen bespeaks success for her in
her new field.
The new High school at New.
foundland in Dreher township, was
dedicated on Saturday, Sept. 18th
1903, with appropriate exercises
The building is splendid structure
and the rooms are nicely arranged
for school work. The four recita.
tion rooms, by a system of folding
doors, can be thrown into one large
assembly room. This room was
packed with people, who showed 6
good spirit by their keen interest in
educational matters. Rev. Mr.
Francke opened the exercises by
prayer. DR.. A. ]. Simon gave ar
address in which he related the his
tory of the school in a manner thai
was very interesting to those pres
ent. He was followed by Supt. ]
j. KOehler who smoke on ths