The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-13


kins Friday. July %, the proceeds
to go to the Sunday school.
The Association of Rebekah
Lodges. l. o. o. F., composed of FIVE
counties in northeastern Pennsyl-
vania, will meet in Honesdale Sat-
urday at 2 and 7.30 p. m. Violet
Rebekah Lodge will welcome all
visitors of the degrees.
Friday the 1925 D. & H. train
took a party of 39 women and three
men from Honesdale to Waymart,
where the AZ happy pilgrims ate
a splendid dinner at II. c. Ensign's.
Mrs. William G. jenkins arranged
the outing, which was thoroughly
enjoyed by all hands.
The Crown Cut Glass company
has been granted a charter. This
plant has a capital OF $4,000. The
incorporators are r. f. Fasshauer,
T. N. Walsh, Peter f. Weidner, w.
d. Bonear, Honesdale, and William
Hensey, Seelyville.
The Merry Heart club returned
from an enjoyable week at Packem
Inn, their camp at Elk Lake, on
Friday. The following were the
campers: Tom Prosch, DR.. Dick
Bishop, Harry Krantz, Jackie Ref,
Billie Ward, Tackle Hawken, Trixie
Charlesworth and Jimmie Jacob.
The following are camping at
Elk Lake this week: Misses Marie
Bracey, Margaret Donnelly, Lillian
Barberi, Frances Demer, Helen
Oaks, Mae McGraw, Hortense Nc
Kenna, Vera Tuman of Scranton.
They are chaperoned by Misses
Alice McKenna, and Essie Kelly.
On Sunday they entertained Misses
Name Demer, Marie McDermott,
Bessie Kelley and Elizabeth Bar
beri.
William Weaver, whose health
is not what his numerous Wayne
county friends could wish, returned
Tuesday to Middletown, N. Y. He does
not walk downstreet, but, by the
advice of his physician, remains in
his room much of the time and gets
plenty of sleep and freedom from
business bother. Everyone who
knows Mr.. Weaver will be glad to
see him restored to his old-time
robustness and vigor.
Fred c. Hand, past exalted
grand ruler of the Scranton lodge
of Elks. has denied the story that
the Elks would construct a 10-story
building, for some time at least
There has been no meeting of the
committee" he said, "and nothing
has been done about it and won't
be for at least a year. When the
thing is decided bids will be adver.
tised for, but the size of the building
or the material has not even beel
discussed"
In Maennerchor hall Thursday
night Fred Foster, formerly OF
Honesdale, now of Scranton, will
wrestle Miles Fitch of Carbondale
for $50. Both will weigh about
1870. Old Honesdale and White Mill!
friends of Foster will, they say, be
on hand to howl for him, and Car
bondale will send down a Fitch del
egation. There is considerable in
! terest in this match. Both men are
clever on the mat, and there has
been some betting in both places
at even money.
-Scranton's new and larges
hostelry, Hotel Casey, is expected tC
be opened for business by Oct. Is
present indications are that it will
not come before Oct. Is. The fur
nishings have all been ordered anC
are ready to be delivered on {
couple of days notice. They are
among the finest ever put into no
tel and will cost about 100000.
-Scranton's handsome Hote
Jermyn will be closed for at leas
three months, beginning the first
| day of February. The lease of the
present lessee, F. S. Godfrey, whC
has run the hotel since it was open
ed years ago, expires April l. In
asmuch as the Jermyn estate declines
to take any of the hotel furnishing
or stock off Godfrey's hands, he ha
decided to have an auction salt
! from February l until April l
There are 204 bedrooms in the no
| tel, a number of parlors, bar room
| billiard room, dining room, etc.
which cost about SIS, 900 to furnish
when the hotel was first opened.
is understood in Honesdale, and i
is not generally denied in Scranton
that the Jermyn has been a losint
proposition.
The first game of the Homes
| dale-White Mills series arranged
Friday by Capt. Kupfer and thu
White Mills management at a meet
ing in the latter place will come
Saturday afternoon at and viii
be played here. The teams are
matched for S25 side. The
Honesdale captain wants his home
folks TO turn out that day and give
the visitors to understand Homes
dale is a ball town where fast games