The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-29

A meeting of the Hospital
Board will be held in the Town
Hall Tuesday afternoon at p. m.
The State Surveyors Corps are
now at Honesdale enroute to Haw-
ley in the interest of the new State
highway.
The Bible class of Rev. w. H.
Hitler recently sent two tons of
chestnut coal to Miss Jennie Green,
Seelyville.
A number of out-of-town young
people are expected to be in attend
ance at the Amity ball on Thanks
giving eve.
Owing to press day falling on
Thanksgiving the weekend issue of
The Citizen will reach it's patrons
few hours later than usual.
There will be a chicken supper
at the Rileyville Presbyterian
church Thanksgiving evening. Pro-
ceeds for the church.
Owing to the death of his faith
er, Edward Fasshauer has relin-
quished his position at Hancock, N.
Y, and returned to his former home
in Honesdale.
Circulation to the extent of
$15, 200, is being distributed, in the
cashing of checks ETC., to the GUS
toners and friends of the Honesdale
National Bank.
Secretary of State Robert T. Nc
Afee has ruled that the justices of
the peace elected November will
serve for term of six years and one
month instead of the regular term of
five years.
DR.. F. w. Powell has purchased
the John Hewitt farm in Cherry
Ridge township. The property con-
sists of four acres of land. There
is a house and barn thereon. The
doctor intends to raise chickens on
an extensive scale.
w. L. Burnard and Edward
Hampstead have formed firm and
have purchased the livery business
of C. w. Elmdorf conducted in the
Hotel Wayne barn. In connection
with this the new firm has acquired
the bus line operated by Mr.. Loomis
of the same hotel.
In the list of school directors
who attended the annual convention
of the Wayne County School Direc-
tors Association at the Court House,
November II, the name of J. E.
Haley, who has been treasurer of the
Prompton School Board for three
years, was inadvertently omitted.
The role of Jocqueline in
Madame X" which was so beauti-
fully portrayed here on Monday
evening by Miss Adelaide French,
was created at the New Amerterdam
Theatre, New York, by Miss Dorothy
Donnelly who was seen here three
seasons ago in The Lion and the
Mouse"
The sermons by the Mission
airy Father at St. Johns Catholic
church during the Forty Hours De-
votion, are masterpieces and are lis
tened to with close attention. The
beautiful edifice with it's innumer-
able electric lights and its myriads
of candles presents of Undesirable
splendor.
Emerson w. Gammell, while
touring northern Wayne on Monday
got 'stuck" in snow drifts between
Poyntelle and Lakewood. After go
ing five miles, Mr.. Gammen was
compelled to return and take a diff
ferent road to come home. He said
it is surprising the amount of snow
and drifts that are still in that part
of the county.
Miss Grace Hall, formerly of
this place, daughter of Mrs. Stan
ley Hines, of Orson; and Archibald
Hines of that place, will be married
this (Tuesday) evening at s O'Clock
by Rev. w. H. Swift. Miss Char
lotte Bullock will be maid of honor.
Others to attend from Honesdale
were Mrs. Grant Tallman, daughter,
Miss Alice and Miss Laura Bullock.
The old abandoned pond site on
Willow Avenue, south of Alert Hall,
and owned by Dexter Lambert &
Co., has been mutilated by mischiev-
Gus boys in hacking the willow trees
which make a dense underground.
The Improvement society should Sc
cure the privilege of making park
suitable for rest and private picnic
parties, threby covering expense of
park improvement.
When you hear man sneering
at the local paper because he claims
it is not as newsy as the daily pa
pers you can safely bet he does not
squander any of his wealth in as
sisting to make it better and that
generally the paper has done more
for him than he has for it. The man
who cannot see the benefits arising
from local newspaper is about as
much value to town as delin-
quent tax list.
Hancock, West Virginia, con-
tains about 80 square miles with an
estimated apple crop of 100000 bar
rels for 1911. A sudden drop in the
temperature caught many big apple
growers with fruit not picked.
The apples frozen are the Willow
Twig and the variety that brings big
spring prices. G. e. Brenneman,
uncle of R. B. Brenneman, who
visited at Honesdale last fall lost
about 1000 barrels.
Friday evening about $50 as
David Many, wife and daughter,
were driving to their home in Beth
any, near the Grimstone homestead,
the horse stumbled and fell with
such force as to precipitate the oc-
cupants over the dashboard, Miss
Many being thrown headlong. The
bank at this place is very high and
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