The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-23
ON Thureday evening, April IS,

bara Frietchie, the Frederick Girl,
a very beautiful southern play in
four acts will be presented by an
exceptionally capable cast of local
talent. The drama is being re-
hearsed under the direction of Mrs.
Eleanor Kimble Dittrich, who is
Programmed to play the title role
Barbara Frietchie,' and Benz. H.
Dittfich, Manager of the Lyric, is
staging the production. Besides
the large cast of nineteen, many
ether people will be used as citi-
zens, soldiers, ETC., making the COM
pany number about fifty. This will
be the first play, by local talent, to
take place in the Lyric Theatre,
and, as the Amity boys have always
given our people the best of amuse-
ments, even under the most dis
couraging and disadvantageous con-
ditions, in the past; we naturally,
now look for them to surpass any
thing that they ever heretofore pre-
sented to the public Seat sale starts
at the box office at a. m. Wednes-
day morning, April 28th. All tick
cts purchased before that time must
be exchanged for reserved seat
tickets.
Freedom Lodge, No. S8, l. o.
o. F., Of Honesdale,. will observe
the ninetieth anniversary of the
Order as follows: On Sunday even
ing, April 25th, all members of the
Order will assemble in Freedom
Hall at o'clock sharp, to attend
services at Grace Episcopal Church,
Rev. A. L. Whitaker, Pastor. On
Monday evening, April 26th, the
annual banquet will be served from
$50 to 700, followed by a musi-
cal and literary programme and
social intercourse. Each member
is entitled to bring but one lady (no
children) because of the limited
seating capacity. Outside invita-
tions will be restricted to clergy
men and representatives of the press
and their wives.
The Carbondale Leader of
last, among it's "One Min
ute Interviews" has the following
which seems to cloud the claim of
priority of Mr.. Kenworthy as
Honesdale-Carbondale stage driver:
I'm the Leader of April 10th
noticed an article stating that VIM.
Kenworthy, of Honesdale, was the
only surviving driver of the Homes
dale stage. From reliable source
am informed that Mr.. Kenworthy
commenced driving the stage on
this route in 1875, succeeding Mr..
Townsend. Issacher Heacock, at
present resident of Carbondale,
commenced driving on this same
line Nov. 12, 1857. This would
make him IS years older in that
line of business, than Mr.. Ken
worthy" Mr.. Heacock's son is
now the Office clerk of the Allen
House.
Under the auspices of the w.
G. T. U. there will be Silver Medal
Oratorical Contest in the Presbyter-
ian Chapel on Tuesday evening,
April 27th, to begin at eight o'clock.
Miss Ruth Kennedy has trained the
class and will have charge of it.
The contestants are: Coe Lemnit-
ger, Albert Krantz, Roy Leinbach,
Emeline Wells, Bertha Garrett, Ma
tilda Curtis, and Florence Hitler.
Miss Kennedy will also recite. The
recitations will be interspersed with
fine music. Come and enjoy a de-
lightful evening for only twenty
five cents.
AS Memorial Day, this year,
falls on Sunday, the usual exercises
of the day will be held on Monday,
May 31st. The 30th will be OBJ
served as Memorial Sunday, by
sermon commemorative of the war
and its results. In our borough,
both days will be observed substanti-
ally as in the past.
Central park is undergoing it's
annual cleaning. Several men are
engaged this week putting the
grounds in shape for the summer.
"A gang of linemen, under the
supervision of Foreman McHugh,
are rebuilding the Pennsylvania
telephone company lines at this
place. The company expect to make
a number of improvements about
their plant in Honesdale.
W. F. Lotus, an employe in the
'ffice of the county commissioners is be-
ng doomed for Carnegie medal by B.
{. Jayne, of Scranton, and Frank Nc
)ermott, of Carbondale, as the result
If an heroic act performed by him Sat-
lrday in saving Charlotte Stiles, a daugh-
er of Christopher Stiles. The three men
we're fishing in the Lackawaxen at
Jreamton, Wayne county, when the
,irl fell into the river. Lotus dove right
n after her and caught her in his arms.
The child struggled so fiercely that the
'oung man was all but drowned him
'elf. He finally got her close to shore
md the other fishermen helped him
struggle to the bank. Scranton Repub-
lcan.
An Equinunk correspondent
of the death of Hon. H. A.
Farley of that place, says that he
had been attending to his duties at