The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-14
HAWLEY.
Some Big Fish Taken From Pau
pack-One of Them Photo
praDhed


There is a general move cityward
these days, the vacation season being
nearly at an end. Only a few are
coming this way during the week
end.
There was a Labor day picnic at
the Bea grounds on the Paupack
Dancing was the principal diversion.
Music was furnished by Pearson and
Seaman.
The fishing continues excellent.
The best catches of the week were
a fve-pound bass caught near the
boat landing at Wilsonville and a
German carp weighing 12ia pounds,
29 inches in length, caught out of
the LackawaXen near the sand bar
Wednesday morning by Joseph Nc
Namara. He set his pole and line
the night before, hoping to catch an
eel In the morning when he went
to take up the pole he found a heavy
load at the end of his line, which he
with difficulty, assisted by his broth
sr by plunging into the water, tow
ed to land. The young mans de-
light can well be imagined and in
order to perpetuate his memory of
this unusual good luck the fish was
photographed by L. Hensel
Verna Drake went Thursday
morning to Adrian, Mich, where she
will become a member of the Adrian
college faculty as practice teacher
and in addition will study music.
John Ames, Jr.. has sold his Shet-
land pony and outfit to Mr.. Weisber-
ger of Scranton.
Mrs Jane Smith of Bellemonte
hill is visiting his daughter at Pitts
ton.
Emery and Harry Vaudeville
passed Sunday, Sept. 4, with their
parents on Atkinson street.
A X. Killam has had concrete
floors put in his barn.
Mrs. Albert Bray and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Decker and
Miss Hattie Decker are guests of
their parents on Bellemonte hill.
A twelve-pound boy arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Wright Thursday morning.
Mrs. Louise Soderberg of New
York spent Friday at Wilsonville.
Richard James of Wilsonville is
stopping a few days with Amos
Band. Mr.. James is another example
of the benefits derived from much
walking toward activity in old age,
he being well advanced in years but
still does his travelling on foot, COM
ing from the above place by a cir
cult route through Pike county to
Hawley, none the worse for the
journey.
Solomon S. Speers has purchased
of w. c. Knapp two building lots
bordering Fairview lake on which he
will erect cottages.
zabrisky, Tafton's wheelwright,
has built for Henry Won Frank a
large motor boat with a 12-horse-
power gasoline engine, "a feet in
length by 10 feet wide, with room
for 80 passengers. Its initial trip
was made on the Paupack Sunday.
Emery Branning of East Homes
dale was a Sunday visitor of his
brother, D. J. Branning.
James McCloskey left Monday to
resume his duties as principal of the
Jessup schools. Charlotte Gilpin
and Ellen Bishop left the same day,
the former for MaplewOod, the lat
ter for Orson, where they will teach
school.
Fletcher Bunnell and friends of
Honesdale, Joined by many Hawley-
ties, enjoyed a clambake up the
river" Sunday.
Five ducks were bagged on the
Paupack river Labor day and Nor
man Vandermart secured two Sat
urday.
Owing to lack of orders, nearly all
the departments of the box shop are
running half time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mauer of New
York have been visiting relatives in
town. The past week was spent
with Mrs. Mauer's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Sleezer of Lakeville.
Misses Keith and Miss Caroline
Purdy called on Mrs. Joseph Pennell
at Wilsonville Friday, enrOute for
Milford, where they motored with
their friend, Mrs. George S. Purdy
of Honesdale.
Miss Anna Meyer and her mother
spent Monday with Mrs. Casper I'm
ger on Bone Ridge.
Mrs Thomson, who occupies
suite of rooms in the Park View
hotel, returned on the Wednesday
evening train from a five weeks So
jOurn with her daughter in New
York While there she attended
the wedding of her grandson.
Henry Harder, Jr., enjoyed a
drive to Waymart Monday. He
spent the day with his brother and
sister. The former is one of the
stockholders in the knitting mill and
travelling salesman for the firm. His
sister, Annie, is also employed there.