The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-21
Field strawberries are plenti-

lul.
Born, to MIR. and Mrs. Ray
Vaughn, Ridge street, last Tuesday,
daughter.
Three recruits were received in
to Company e, Thirteenth Infantry,
on a recent drill night.
DIR. Samuel Dixon of the State
Health commission, says he is not
worrying about race suicide in Penn
sylvania because in 1910 there were
2O9,636 births recorded in the state.
as against 119,771 deaths.
Arrangements have been COM
pleted for the holding of the annual
picnic of Grace church Sunday
school and Parish at Lake Lodore,
Friday, July 2S, with Trinity church,
Carbondale, as last year.
-Confectioner Fred Rupert add
ed to the attractiveness OF his Main
street place of business, Monday, by
having large plate glass windows put
in the front of his store. John
The Scranton city council call
ed its first meeting on Friday at 4
o'clock p. IN. Only three commit
tees are necessary to conduct the
business of the city, namely, f.
nance, public works and public
safety.
The Ever-Faithful class of the
hold an ice cream social in the
Grange hall at Calkins on Friday
evening, June 23. Proceeds to be
applied tc the funds for painting
the church.
The Presbyterian church of
Bethany will have an old-fashioned
celebration on July Fourth. There
will be a chicken pie dinner, a band
in attendance, an excellent speaker
and in the evening there will be
heard an elocutionist and the band.
Ice cream and cake will be served.
&C. c. Lozier, manager Of the
Aldenville cut Glass company,
claims that their shop has 32
frames cutting glass and owing to
the rapid increase of their output
an addition 24X4S feet, one story,
is being placed to the original build
ing. Business is good and the shop
is running on full time.
The willows along the Lacka-
waXen in Riverside Park weep no
longer, since the tree doctors have
given them proper treatment. The
credit of the improvement belongs
largely to Miss Tillie Weiss, who
made a personal appeal to the men,
bers of the Town Council, and sue
ceeded in having them appropriate
$25 towards defraying the expenses
Of the work.
The annual meeting of the
Northeastern Telephone company
was held last Thursday at Forest
City. Seventy-five stockholders
we're present and 709 were repre-
sented by proxy. Hon. William c.
Norton, Clinton, presided at the
The following directors
we're elected: E. H. Ledyard, G. A.
E. X. Lee, F. j. Osgood and
E. H. Ridgeway. j. ]. Walker was
reelected a member of the board of
and c. f. Whitney was con-
,inued on the election board.
Plans for the annual Red Mems
excursion which this season will be
1t Luna Park, Scranton, are to be
more elaborate than ever before
One of the features will be a grand
'eunion of all the tribes in Scranton
md vicinity with their brother Red
Men from this side of the Moosics,
the lodges of Honesdale,
dawley and Maplewood. Invitations
nave been extended to the various
ribes and have been accepted. The
lay promises to be an eventful one
or Red Men and friends.
The present membership of the
improved Order of Red Men in
Pennsylvania is SO,S33. The aver
lge membership per tribe, 1853; fl |
lancial standing per tribe, $3,2S6;
received by tribes, $74S,-
Il 4.43; expended for relief of mem
oers, $253,0S3.S6; expended for
members funeral benefits, $62,65O.-
'5; wives funeral benefits, $16,-
,23.75; for other purposes, $780,
$3.50; wampum in tribe belts. |
l 3,291.96; value of paraphernalia. !
'2O1, ,45O.56; increase, $15S,41O.79.
The 1912 convention will be held in |
"A crowd of ,Honesdale young
,eople enjoyed jolly strawride last |
NN-'SA i'SSii ~ ililCy Nlllt, where
hey were entertained at the home |
Il Miss Anna Doherty. Dancing and
music were enjoyed. Dainty re-
reshments were served. The par
1cipants We're: Miss Edith Swift. |
haperone, e. Murtha, Marie Bracey, |
Florence Sluman, Gertrude Arantz, |
agnes Carr, Julia Storms, Anna Kill |
oe, Sarah Menner. Pearl Bennett, |
nary Bracey, V. Carroll, R. Dibble, !
I. Hagaman, Clarence Bodie, Martin !
5autield, C. O'Neill, c. Marshall, |
:. Lemnitzer, Joseph Jacobs, j. |
<ilro, and X. Uglow.
District Attorney Myron e. ST.
mons, Honesdale, has been appoint
ID United States commissioner in
Wayne county to take the place of |
9. G. Mumford, who refused to
erve after having been appointed !
ONE time ago. Judge Archibald |
While judge of the court in the
middle district of Pennsylvania,
lamed Mumford. Judge Wilmer re-
moved him Friday morning and /
made the new appointment. 1t will
'e Commissioner Simons' duty to
Sive persons arrested for United |
states offenses in his district a pre-