The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-01

w. L. Burnard has announced him
self as a candidate for the Republican
nomination for tax collector of the Bor
ough of Honesdale.
ID. A. Locklin. of Lakeville, was
caller at THE CITIZEN office on Wednes
day. He is the owner Of the Hemlock
Hollow Lake, which is one of the great
attractions of Lakeville in the summer
time, and in order that visitors may
have full benefit of the fishing there he
positively prohibits tip-up sport in the
winter.
Rev. VIM. F. Hopp, of st. Johns
Lutheran church, of Honesdale, will Of
ficiate at the re-consecration of the Lu-
theran church, Hawley, on Sunday
next. AS there will be no morning serv-
ice in Rev. Mr.. Hopp's church here,
such of the congregation as may like to
attend the services in Hawley will have
an opportunity of doing SO without in
terfering with their home church obli-
cations.
The new parsonage of st. Johns
Lutheran congregation will be occupied
by the pastor, Rev. w. L. Hopp, and
his mother, in about three weeks time.
1t is handsome two and half story
brick structure, with stone and concrete
foundation and stone trimmings, and
its interior is not only conveniently ar
ranged but elegantly finished. Theo-
dore Dreyer, of the vestry, who had
personal supervision of the work, dis
charged his trust with rare fidelity and
judgment.
Much trouble having been expert
enced by our firemen on occasions when
they have been called out recently, in
finding the proper wells in the river for
their suction pipes, the authorities have
had them all located and cleared out to
proper depth, and stake erected at
each to indicate its exact position. This
work has been carefully done by John
Fisher, and all persons when skating or
crossing the river, are cautioned against
misplacing or removing the stakes.
The Baptist Sunday schoorwill open
next Sunday under entirely new circum-
stances, and all former scholars, together
with any new ones, are urged to be in
their places and ready for aggressive
work. The new board of officers are /:
Mr.. Trask and Mr.. Minch, Superintend-
ents Miss Leila Ridd and Mr.. Carey,
Secretaries Miss Nellie Kimble, Libra
rian; Miss Bertha Plume and Miss
Gladys Mantle, Organists ; Miss Maud
Ridd and Mrs. Minch, Superintendent
of Primary Department.
"A congregational meeting for elec-
ton of officers was held IN the Sunday
school room of St. Johns Lutheran
church on the last Sunday in the year.
Through the death of John Riefler the
office of president of the vestry had be-
come vacant, and Edward Welsch OF
Seelyville, was elected president. The
other vestrymen were elected as follows:
Theodore Dreyer, Secretary; G. Reesch-
lau, Treasurer L.'Schuetz; E. Fass'
hauer N. Steagner Z; Frank Iloff; all
with the exception of Mr.. Iloff being re.
elections.
An Old Year dance was held at the
Lyric Wednesday evening, Messrs. GILES
Greene, Robert Patterson and James
Mumford acting as masters ofceremonies
There were present Messrs. John Morgan
and John Newton, from Carbondale, Mr.
and Mrs. Silas A. McMullen, Messrs
OlafM. Spettigue, Jr., Norman G. Farm
ham, Walter M. Whitney, Henry R
Menner, Frank A. Jenkins, and T. Frank
Ham, Mrs. Josephine B. Whitney and
the Misses Mollie and Dorothy Menner,
Marguerite Dolmetsch, Marietta Russell
Florence Wood, May Wood, Antoinette
Durland, Mollie Parker and Grace M
Salmon. Excellent music was furnished
by the Beck and Katz Orchestra.
Theodore Klein, of Lake Ariel, ar
officer in the State Grange, and promi.
nent in the councils of the local organiza.
tions in this county, is interesting him.
self in securing the meeting of the State
Convention in Scranton next December
To this end he called on Secretary Marx
X. Edgar, of the Board of Trade of that
city on Monday last, and solicited the
aid of that body in the project, receiv-
ing Mr.. Edgar's assurance that he viii
bring the matter before the board at its
next meeting. The Grangers of the STATE
recently met in Altoona, attracting 1,2Ot
delegates from all sections of the State
and 5000 visitors. The next convention
will be held from Dec. 14th to Dec. 18th
inclusive, and the convention seat mus
be settled upon by May.
The New York and other city dailie
have been regaling their readers with |
special dispatch from Honesdale, de
r failing the remarkable experience of |
; lad named Frank Sherman, who, &C
cording to the telegraphic account, oI
: Thursday last, "Coasting down Terrac
l street, at a rate of little less than
3 mile per minute, shot between the BIZ