The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-17
TIL COUN TY
HAWLEY.
Especial to The Citize /,

Ofr, En- pOflum, a., is SpenulnS
some tune with her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Keary, of the
Mountain view farm.
Charlotte klmDle was with friends
at Gravity on sunday, May Z.
On Wednesday the Baptist Aid
society met with their pastor, Rev. .
c. F.. Smalley and his wife at their !
pleasant home on the East Siue.
CHARLES Lang, Brooklyn, n. Y, j
was visiting friends here the lat
ter part of the week
William Watts and R. F. Warg, .
with their wives, enjoyed an auto
tripjto the Delaware Water Gap on
Sunday, May Z.
H. V. Wickham, Scranton, regis !
terea at the Eddy Hotel on Thurs /
day. He delivered a valuable horse !
which he had sold to Joseph Basch |
on.
The solemn Baptismal rites were
administered to seN eral candidates
in the Baptist church sunday even
ing.
The high school children took
their first practical lesson in agri-
culCUre during the past week The
plot OF ground given to the school by
n. V. Atkinson was cultivated by
hoe, Orisht and new, iaDoriously
worked 10 get the ground ready to
plant their first garden. Lettuce,
peas, beans, onions, radishes, ETC.,
were planted and the fruits of their
work is anXiousiy looked for. Judg-
ing from the merry peals Of laughter
coming from the heId Of toll it must
have Deen a very amusing task.
Mrs. kessler, brooklyn, n. Y,
who spent several weeks of the win
ter in town with her sister, Mrs. AL
bert Oschman, was recently serious
ly injured in an automobile accident.
AS soon as she is able to leave her
bed she will return here in hopes
that the salubrious climate of Haw-
ley may hasten her recovery.
Friends of Mrs. Anna Swingle are
pleased to know that she is recov-
ering nicely from her operation in
the State hospital fortnight ago.
Mrs. j. d. Ames and son, Wilson,
motored to Carbondale and return
Saturday.
The class meeting and prayer
meeting at the NJ. E. church will be
held Jointly during the Sum-
mer months on Thursday evenings.
The class formerly met on Tuesday
evenings.
Mrs. Thompson is visiting rela
tives in New York City.
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ E.
church will meet on Wednesday at
the home of Mrs. Byron Edwards.
Mrs. L. P. Cook, who has been
confined to her bed by illness since
her return from the South, is now
able to be about the house.
The Sunday school convention of
the Hawley district will meet on
Thursday, May Is, in the P. o. S. of
A. Hall at Gravity.
Prof. Mark Greasy visited the
schools of Montclair, n. j., last
week.
Twenty-Five barrels of oil have
been ordered for oiling the streets.
Immediately on its arrival guam
tity will be used on Main avenue
and keystone street to lay the dust
which has been dreadful for the past
week
Mr. and Mrs. J. o. Christian have
moved into Frank Majors house on
the East side.
Mrs. All De Groat, aged 60 years,
died at her home at the Eddy Satur-
day, May 8. She is survived by her
husband and five children. The fun
eral services were held at the house
on Monday, conducted by Rev. c. F.
Smalley of the Baptist church. The
burial was at Paupack.
The first fire alarm in some time
sounded on Saturday forenoon, caus-
ing quite an excitement. The peo-
pie ran in every direction and by
the time some of them could ascer-
tain where the fire was located, our
tiremen had the fire hose turned on
the burning building and in just
three minutes had it under complete
control. 1t proved to be a barn on
River street owned by Mr.. Keleher.
The building was badly damaged but
not destroyed.
The Paupack Power company has
forbidden trespassing on its property
along the Paupack river. The peo-
pie of Hawley and Wilsonville had
last season six motor boats and about
thirty row boats on the river at
Wilsonville for the accommodation of
the many pleasure seekers who fire.
quented that place for the purpose
of taking a sail up that beautiful
stream. Whether the owners of
their boats will be compelled to re-
move them from the water they
have not yet learned, but they will
be deprived of the use of the many
beautiful picnic grounds located on
the banks of that stream. The COM
pany claim the order was given on
account of the danger of forest
fires
Peter Bishop has had new
shingle roof put on his house.
Frank B. Pennell, Uswick, was in
town on Saturday, also A. Goble
Lakeville.
Miss Christiana Miller is spending
some time with Scranton friends.