The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-15

Will give a dance at the Lyric hall
on Friday evening, May II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McGinnis
of West street, are the happy par
ents of son born to them on Fri
day morning, May 10.
Freeman Egan, of Dyberry,
while playing with his dog last Sat
urday was bitten by the canine. DR.
f. w. Powell cauterized the wound.
"A little daughter has been born
TO Mr. and Mrs. Amos Rockefeller, of
| Binghamton. The mother was form
eriy Miss Lou zimmerman, of Homes
dale.
If possible attend the Sunday
school convention in the Seelyville
Chapel on Wednesday of this week.
An excellent program has been pre-
| pared.
e. p. Decker, of Damascus, has
extended the time of contract to
| w. j. Barnes and E. O. Barnes, Of
that place, for the removal of lum-
Der from his lands.
-Hawley now has an organized
base ball team. The new manager.
| Frank Mcdonald, says that they are
TO have one of the fastest teams the
town ever had this year.
About one hundred and fifty
young men under the age of twen-
ty-one took the pledge to abstain
from the use of liquor on Sunday
evening at st. Johns h. c. church.
The following letters remain
unclaimed at the Honesdale post
office. When inquiring say advertis-
ed: Mrs. Clark Branning, Miss Leona
Weaver, Jonas Westfield. Miss b. E.
Wolfe.
William Matthews, of Goulds-
boro, was married in Scranton on
Saturday, to Miss Edna l.. Ritten-
house, of Scranton, by Rev. George
Wood Anderson, pastor of the Elm
Park church.
Fred Finch, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. |. Finch, of Terrace street, who
was operated upon at DIR. Burns
hospital at Scranton some time ago,
was brought home on Friday very
much improved.
The Seelyville school closed on
Monday. A. A. Hopkins and Miss
Alma Schuller have been reelected
for another term. The former
signed to accept a position in the
Honesdale schools.
Mr.. Garfield Brundage and Miss
Nellie Walker, of South Gibson, were
united in marriage by Rev. A. c.
Oliver at Honesdale on Thursday,
May 8. They will go to housekeep-
ing at once on their farm near
South Gibson.
john Ryan, who was held under
$500 bond last Thursday before
Squire Robert A. Smith, was releas-
ed from jail on Saturday, his brother
having gone on his bond. Ryan took
the pledge before Father OToole
for five years.
Miss Elizabeth Lowe was pleas
antly surprised at her home on Main
street on Thursday evening last by
party of her friends in honor of
her birthday. A delightful evening
was spent by all present and during
which refreshments were served.
Rev. c. C. Miller, pastor of St.
Johns Lutheran church, has secur-
ed a number of subscriptions toward
the installing of a new two manual
pipe organ for the church. He says
that Andrew Carnegie has pledged
himself to pay half the sum neces-
sary for the new organ.
The alumni banquet of the
HOnesdale High school will be held
in the school auditorium on the
evening of June 13. The banquet
will begin at 1880. Speakers will be
chosen from the members of the |
alumni Excellent music will be
rendered. Mrs. Briggs, caterer.
Mrs. Margaret Som died at the |
home of her son, Peter, at Seelyville, |
on Saturday, May IL, at the age of |
eighty years. The funeral services |
were held at the house on Monday |
afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. c. c. |
Miller officiating. Interment was
made in the German Catholic ceme-
terry.
A petition is being circulated |
asking the State Highway Commits
sioner not to change the route laid |
out for the State road between |
Honesdale and Scranton by the way
of Hoadleys, passing over Terrace |
street in Texas township from the |
borough line, it having been under
stood that a movement had been |
made to have the route changed to |
one further south over the Sander
cock road.
AT a meeting of the Homes
dale school board on Thursday even
ing a committee was appointed for
the appointing of the teachers for
the next school term. All of the old
teachers were reappointed with the
exception of Miss Baird, who re-
signed. Miss Grace A. JadWin, a
former teacher of the Honesdale
school, who had been teaching at
SeelyVille, was engaged to fill the va
rancy left by the resignation of Miss
Baird.
The serpentine confetti dance
at the Lyric last Friday evening was
unique and entirely new for Homes
dale. The affair was given by Mrs.
Ida Heft Reichenbaker's dancing
class and was enjoyed by about 1875
young people. The confetti was in
the form of ribbons. Each dancer
was given a tape and as the couples
danced they threw the ribbons over
wires that were placed in different
forms in the room. The various col
)rs made a very pleasing effect un-
Ter the incandescent lamps.