The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-15
The county seat shops will be
pen every night next week.


Farmers coming to town report
The roads at places almost impassa-
BILE.
Warren Smith broke his arm in
the = Ugh school gymnasium Wednes-
day evening.
Single admission to Mrs. Salo
Friedewald's reading, Saturday after
noon, at the High school, soc.
"A marriage license was granted,
Thursday afternoon, to Casper Sam
son, Ariel, and Caroline Stermer,
Ledgedale.
"A years subscription to The
Citizen to that far-from-home son or
daughter makes an ideal Christmas
gift. Think it over.
Charles MacMullen, proprietor
of the Maple City Garage, has sold
out to Edward Charlesworth, who
will take possession shortly.
The Helpers of the Baptist
church will serve vegetable soup at
the home of Mrs. George P. Ross
Friday morning from 10 o'clock to
12.
BY order of the president a
meeting of the East Honesdale I'm
provement society will be held in
Alert Hall, Monday evening, Decem-
Der 18.
Due largely to the efforts of
Prof. A. H. Howell, a free reading
room has been opened on the second
floor of the White Mills Fire Com
pany's home.
The Alumni of the Honesdale
High school met last Tuesday even
ing and decided to hold a banquet
some time next June. Another meet
ing will be held in the near future.
Mrs. Ellen Stephens, relict of
| Holloway l.. Stephens, suffered two
strokes of paralysis recently. She
now resides with her eldest son,
Charles H. Stephens. of Lorraine, O..
Among those who were named
| by the Master of the State Grange
at Scranton, this week, was Mrs.
Edward E. Kinsman of 1889 Wayne
grange Mrs. Kinsman was ap-
pointed on the committee on educa-
tion.
The many friends of Miss Maud
Rehbein, who is pursuing a special
musical course in New York city
with Mrs. Virgil, will be glad to learn
| IudJ BIC Ids dluOoI ShIll ely lCCONCl
ed from recent severe spell of sick
ness.
Prof. Wells will appear at the
Rink Friday and Saturday nights and
Saturday matinee. The Rink opens
Thursday night at o'clock owing to
basket ball practice. Friday night
the Seelyville Quintet will play the
Roller Rink.
How about the slogan for
Honesdale? Who will win the IS
gold piece offered by the Board of
! Trade? Out of town parties are af-
ter it, Will the townspeople allow
it to go out of Honesdale? You
have chance of winning. Try.
The new letter boxes to be
adopted throughout the United States
are to be so constructed that, in
stead of the postman having to open
the box and remove the contents by
handfuls, the act of opening the box
will cause the contents to discharge
into the collectors sack.
"A. w. Long, one of the engineers
of the State Highway department,
headquarters in Scranton, spent
Thursday in Honesdale looking after
the interest of the surveying corps
that is working between Honesdale
and Milford. Mr.. Long says the
State has three corps working in the
| interest of the new road. Each corps
he says, cost the State $1,000 pei
month.
The express companies desire
shippers of Christmas packages tC
send their gifts as early as possible
so as to avoid delay in delivery
Special labels inscribed "Do not open
until Christmas" have been furnished
the public by the local express com
panies. This will give opportunity
for the package to reach its destina
ton before Christmas and give the
additional pleasure to the recipient
of the gift of having it on Christmas
morning.
With Northeastern Pennsylva
mia adapted in soil and climate, ac
cording to expert authority, as the
best apple growing section in the
United States, there should be an in
ducement to raising this best of al
the year around fruit, when oranges
brought from Florida and California
with the cost of freight, handling
etc., added, are selling in our home
market at lower prices than charged
for fine apples. This is worthy o
consideration.
Mrs Salo Friedewald will pre-
sent William Butler Yeats play
THE Playboy," at her recital, Sat
urday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock IL
Miss Browns room at the Honesdal,
High school. This is the play, i
will be remembered, which created
so much disturbance at Maxine Eli
otis theatre, New York, recently
The audience hurled eggs and vege
tables at the actors by way of show
ing their disapproval of its character
iZations of the Irish race.
, School directors, supervisors ant
! overseers of the poor should eX
! anime the list of names of thos,
against whom taxes have been re
turned, and if any of the properties
mentioned is located in their town
ship or borough, they should attenC
to the filing of liens against same
otherwise the taxes will be lost. TIL,
county commissioners are responsi
BILE only for the collection of th
county tax and will file liens TO
same. The local boards must fill