The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-12-07
LOCAL MENTION.

Rev. A. L. Whitaker will hold
services in White Mills, Sunday,
Dec. IL, 8 p. IN.
Mail Carrier and Mrs. Herbert
H. Hitler, j., Church street, are
rejoicing over the advent last Sat
urday of a baby daughter.
DIR. Louis B. Nielsen, last We'd
nesday evening, entertained the
medical fraternity at dinner, all of
the Honesdale physicians being pres
ent.
Nineteen marriage licenses were
issued in November by Prothono-
tary NJ. j. Hanlan, a decrease of two
compared with the same month last
year.
Pleasant Valley w. c. T. U. met
with Mrs. Carrie Walter on Thurs
day, Dec 1, and the senior L. T. l..
met there on Saturday afternoon
Dec. 8.
Judge Charles E. Terry, Tunk-
hammock, Wyoming county, will hear
the tax appeal cases in Honesdale,
commencing December %.
The barn dance given by the
ladies of East Honesdale last Friday
evening for the hospital fund was a
decided success financially and So
cially. -
Many Wayne countians will eX-
hibit birds at the sixth annual show
of the Scranton Poultry and Pet
Stock Association held in Scranton,
January 16 to 21.
The Reverend Leighton W. Eek
ard, D. D., of Philadelphia, will make
the address at Grace Episcopal
church next sunday evening, Dec.
II, 1880 p. m. Morning service at
1O:5U; Sunday school at II NJ.
Richard IA. Brown was unani-
mously elected Chief Engineer of
the Honesdale Fire Department,
fifty votes being cast for him at the
special election held in Town Hall
Monday evening.
Prof. John NJ. Dolph, formerly
principal of Honesdale public schools
from 1878 to 1884, is reported SER
iously sick at his home in Port Jer-
Wis, where he has been principal OF
the Port Jervis school since leaving
Honesdale.
A teachers institute will be
held by the teachers of No''~+ Pleas
ant township Saturday, December
10. The new course of study will be
the chief topic of discussion. Pa
irons and friends of the schools are
invited to be present.
The officers and teachers OF
Grace Episcopal Sunday school viii
entertain the parents of the scholar:
of the school Tuesday, 1880 p. m.
in the Sunday school room. 4
"track-meet will be held, which
promises to be very amusing.
While the census shows {
healthy gain in the state as a whole
the detailed figures show that there
has been a falling off in many coun
ties. These are mostly in the north
ern tier, in Bradford, Forest, Full
ton, Juniata, Mexican, Montour
Perry, Pike, Potter, Sullivan, Sus
quehanna, Union, Wayne, and Wyo
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Greene
1852 Main street, received the start
ling news, last Friday night, of th
dangerous illness of their daughter
Miss Margaret, who is attending 81
Agnes school, Albany, n. Y. Tn
surgeons wired Mr. Greene than al
immediate operation for appendi
citis was imperative. Mr. Green
lNll DaAuiAhs lA'oA iAiA5 IVA @hiSNAS
E. p. Kingsbury was last Frida
night elected treasurer of Unio
Lodge, No. 291, Free and Accepte
Masons, for the forty-eighth consecu
tive time, exceeding the record 70
continuous service among the Mason
of this state, if not of the entir
country. Mr.. Kingsbury was elect
ed first in 1862 after having serve
l.; - 10 inf f,,1 acta
term.
County Chairman B. f. Killan
of Paupack, states the annual farm
ers' Institutes for Pike county wi
be held in the Hemlock Grow
church, Greene township, Jan. 4 an
5, and in the Paupack NJ. f. churcl
January and Z. The speakers wi
be j. T, Campbell, Crawford couI
ty farmer, who has been exception
ally successful in poultry culture;
II. McCallum, farm and garden 81
perintendent of the state asylum
Wernersville, Pa; S. Woodman, wi
is engaged in general farming, fru
growing and market gardening
Bucks county.
Last Friday, Rev C. C. Mile
the popular pastor of st. John
Evangelical Lutheran church, recei
ed the sad intelligence of the deat
of his brother-in-law, Charles Gt
ham, which occurred Thursday. NJ
Gillian, who is a married man of
years, was taken with pneumon
last Monday. He was a clerk in Il
Keystone National Bank, Readin
A wife and three children survi
to mourn his untimely end Re
and Mrs. c. c. Miller and so
Franklin, left Sunday morning
attend the funeral services, whi
were held Monday in Reading.