The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-26

The next holiday is Memoria
Day.
Mrs. William Hauser suffered
paralytic stroke Sunday evening a
the home of David Manning, Sr.
Bethany.
Miss Martha Comstock has re
signed her position at the Hote
Wayne, and returned to Scranton last
Saturday
The Ladies' Aid society of the
First Baptist church cleared $7E
from their Easter supper last Thurs
day evening.
A marriage license was issued
Thursday, to William c. Dirlam
Honesdale, and Miss Name b. Down.
ing, Beachlake.
Rev A. l.. Whitaker will hold
a special service in the Indian Or
chard school house Friday, April
2S, at p. m. All are invited to be
present.
Collections will be taken next
Sunday in the local Roman Catholic
churches for the benefit of the wild
ows and orphans of the seventy-six
miners killed in the Pancoast mine
disaster.
State Armory Inspector Captain
George M. Hume, Philadelphia; !;
Architect Fred Mccormick, Wilkes
Barre; Contractor II. j. Woelkers.
G. M. Gould, Samuel NJ. Grifiths,
Scranton, were in town Monday look
ing over the new $4,000 Park
Place Armory
Captain and Mrs. Carroll J..
Kelley returned home Sunday even
ing from an extended honeymoon
tour covering points of interest in
D. c., Philadelphia and
other cities. In Washington they
attended session of Congress, and
saw Vice President Sherman, Champ
Clark and Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Applications for State roads
were filed at the State Highway De-
partment from the following coun-
ties Thursday: York, Chanceford
township, 1850 feet; Washington,
Hanover township, $500; Greene,
Gilmore township, 26,4OO; Wayne
county, Honesdale, 6,540; and Mer-
Ger county, West Middlesex, $3.50.
Two weddings were solemnized
in st. Mary Magdalena's R. C.
church to-day Wednesday, by Rev.
rather j. w. Balta, the contracting
parties being John Wasman and
Mary Brauch, both of Honesdale,
who were married at a. m, and
Thomas Brown and Vera Null, both
Ot Honesdale, whose nuptials took
place in the afternoon at :45 d. IN.
Sunday afternoon at Heumann's
'estaurant, Father Balta gave a ban
luet to the visiting singers and to
he trustees and choir of the church.
those present were: Trustees, JOS.
t'isch, Ed. Deitzer, Robert Murray,
Ir. Choir, Catherine Risse, Flor
ence Pult, Carrie Nonnenmacher,
Catherine Weidner, Mary Demer,
Winnie Rose, Frances Demer, Lor-
eta Rickert, Eva Huck, George
'chwenger, John Dorbad, John Sch
muck, William Kupferer, julius
ioll, julius Pult, Joseph Hessling.
Judging from the advance sale
# tickets for the Base Ball Min
trels at the Lyric Thursday, April |
z, they will no doubt be greeted |
With a capacity house. All prepara-
ions have been completed and we
re assured of a finished performance |
n Thursday evening. The produc-
ion is being staged by Benz. H. Dit
rich, assisted by John Carroll and |
os. A. Bodie, Jr. The stage set
lngs, scenically and in electric eff
ects, Will surpass in splendor many
1 the professional attempts made
ere. The vaudeville acts are all
eW and clean cut, each one being a
eature in itself. The entire COM
any will be composed of about for
people, being above the usual
lumber of performers in similar pro-
uctions. Help Honesdale to have a
ood base ball team this summer by
urchasing a ticket or two for this
Not many years ago it was
lought anybody could be a farmer
ut now it is quite thoroughly un-
erstood that only scientific farmers
re successful. The art of planting
nd caring for trees is undergoing
he same transformation. The
'hool directors were very wise in
le planning of their school grounds.
hey did not feel that they were
ompetent to lay out the grounds
nd yet were not able to hire a land
APE gardener. There are few peo-
lie who can tell what kind of trees
'e best adapted for certain places
nd why other ones are better in
'me other corner. Bernard M. Riff
IN Is an authority on the subject.
you fail to hear him you are do
g yourself and the town an in
Istice. His lecture at the High
hool next Friday night will give
III much information on this time
topic. The lecture will be illus
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