The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-31

dinner Saturday evening to a few
intimate friends.
The Lords Supper will be cele-
brated next Sunday morning at the
Baptist church.
Rev. A. l.. Whitaker will hold
services at White Mills, Sunday,
April 2, at 8 p. m.
The Honesdale base ball team
will line up against the Taylor Reds
of that place Saturday, May 20.
The w. C. r. U. will hold its
missionary meeting Thursday, Apr.
6, at Mrs. Richard Penwarden's
house.
Louis Kelsey and Miss Nancy
Knapp, Starrucca, were married Mon
day by Rev. T. F. Hall at Carbon
dale.
The Halfway House, Victor E.
Meszler, proprietor, was sold We'd
nesday to Frank T. Bishop. Consid-
Grafton private.
-Scrantonians who spent Monday
in Honesdale were Miss Genevieve
McLane, Messrs. e. G. Simons, p. j.
Conroy, ]. ]. Sampson, r. w. Luce,
w. II. Wheeler.
The fact that eight box cars of
freight come to this place each
day is strong evidence that the town
isn't going to rack and ruin as some
declare it is.
The special preacher at Grace
Episcopal church Friday, March 81,
Stewart U. Mitman, Chaplain of Le-
high University, South Bethlehem.
Grace Protestant Episcopal church,
was out for the first time Wednes-
day, after being housed up for near
ly a week with a severe attack of
laryngitis.
Word was received Wednesday
of the death at Philadelphia from
typhoid pneumonia, of Harry, the
fifteen-months' old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Egleston, former resi-
dents of Honesdale.
The annual business meeting of
the First Baptist church will be held
Monday evening, April 3, at 1880
o'clock, at which time five trustees,
| two deacons, one clerk and other Of
ffcers will be elected for the ensuing
year.
The Bell Telephone company
have 5,7S2,719 stations inclusive of
1,S52,O51 Independent companies
operated in connection with the Bell.
They have 100000 miles of wir-
ing.
Services at Grace Church, Sun
day, April 2, 10:30 a. m, Holy Com
munion and sermon on the fourth
word from the cross, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?''
Sunday school at IL NJ; evening
prayer and sermon, "The Hidden
Spiritual Depths" at 1880.
First Presbyterian church, Rev
w. H. Swift, d. D., pastor. Morning
service at 1920 o'clock, Sunday
school at 12 NJ. Christian EndeavoI
at GAS p. m. Topic, Lessons From
Great Lives-Joshua." Prayer
meeting, Wednesday evening at 1880
o'clock; subject, Home and Foreign
Missions"
The annual report of the Bel
system shows that the gross revenue
collected from the public in 1910 fol
telephone service, not including the
connected Independent companies
was $165, 100000; an increase o
nearly $16,000,000 over last year
OF this operation consumed $54 900,
900; taxes $S,000,000; current main
: tenance, $25, 5,700,000; and provision
> for depreciation, $25,200,000. TIL,
surplus available for charges, etc.
: was $51 900, of which $11, $50,
900 was paid in interest, and $25,
= 100000 was paid in dividends to tn
public.
Winning nine games, LOSING
three and tieing one, is the record t.
date of the Hawley high school team
claimants of the Wayne county schol
astic basketball championship, sine
Seelyville refused to arrange a decid
ing series. The Hawley team ha
; against 206 made by it's opponents
The team has not suffered a defea
on it's home floor and will try to en-
the season with clean slate in thi
: respect Saturday when the Lacka
: wanna Business college five, of Scran
ton, will be the opposing lineup. Th
team had only three veterans at tn
beginning of the season and it re
. quired effort on part of the coache
before they uncovered winning pal
in Green and Schultz. Gilpin an
Switzer, the forwards, were the lead
:, ing point winners for the team, tn
= latter leading with a total of 15t
- The players were awarded thei
: school letters at recent meeting.
[. At the regular monthly meetin
n of the Honesdale Improvement Al
sociation held Monday at City Hal
p the report of Bernard M. Rifkil
r Wilkes-Barre, the tree expert, wh
=, recently visited the Maple City, an
II made suggestions as to the preservi
Is ton of the naples and elms in Gel
J. tral and Riverside Parks, full a
" cOunts Of which anneared in recel