The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-29
Lake Lodore opens on Memor.

! Lake Lodore opens on Memoir
ial Day.
The Honesdale banks will be
! closed Thursday, Memorial Day.
The Erie timetable goes into
| effect June 10. There will be some
changes in time table on the Homes
| dale branch, it Is rumored.
The fire plug at Leine's corner
Is out of commission but will be re-
| paired in a few days. In the event
of a fire ii should not be used.
Sunday was a great day for au-
tomobiles; they could be seen on
almost any street at all times of the
day. The number of autos owned
in Honesdale proves the town to be
prosperous.
The Scranton Tribune has dis
continued what is known as its
! Wayne County department, which
for the past year has been ably rep
resented by Frank p. Woodward.
Honesdale, however, will occupy
space in that paper.
With Hessling and Gregor pitch
ing on Memorial Day we may expect
quite base ball treat, when Homes
dale meets the strong Taylorites.
The locals have more and better ma
terial to choose from this year than
for some years past.
The surveyors for the new state
road which will connect Honesdale
with Susquehanna, have finished the
survey as far as Ararat. They ar
rived in Jackson last week where
they engaged board for at least two
weeks s-iSusQuehanna Ledger.
"A special Erie train left Homes
dale Sunday morning to convey the
funeral party of the late Posten
Cross, (mention of whose death ap-
peared in our last paper), from
Shohola to Hawley. The local train
returned to Honesdale at 11:55 a. m.
-"Hurrah for Towanda and the
Business Mems association" says the
Towanda Review That's the right
kind of talk. Hurrah for the paper
that boosts the home town, too
Scranton Tribune-Republican Sub
scribe for the Citizen, the home town
booster.
Denton. five-year-old son of DR..
and Mrs. p. b. Peterson, was taken
to the Hahnemann Hospital, Scran-
ton, Monday, where he was operated
ton always delighted in jumping off
direct cause of the injury.
The following local organiza-
tiOns will picnic at Lake Lodore up
on the following dates: Joint Sunday
Schools of Honesdale, except the
Methodist, July IL; st. Johns Catho-
lie church, August 3; Boot and Shoe
Workers Union, September 2. The
Business Mems Association have not
selected their date.
People in Canaan township,
Wayne county, are much annoyed by
malicious persons who have cut off
the heads of "a chickens belonging
to Benjamin Seely, leaving the de-
capitated fowls lying around the
premises. There have been frequent
raids upon turkey focks and hen
coops in various parts of the town
ship.
Every page of to-days Citizen is
brim full of news. Read pages 2, 3,
6 and Z. "Milady's Corner" on page
6 is a new department. To-day we
print a neat pattern for your little
girls dress. Appropriate Memorial
Day matter, story, county correspond
ence and miscellaneous reading fur
nishes the subscriber a treat for this
issue.
J. f. Richmond was the recip-
lent last yeek of a valuable piece of
real estate on Main street (the store
property of the late William Reed)
and occupied by Fred Lawyer, the
generous gift of Mrs. Richmond to
her husband, through the Scranton
Trust Company. Rumor says it will
eventually be donated to charity. A
fine location for Y. NJ. C. A.
Marshall w. w. Wood very
kindly asked for two Boy Scouts in
uniform to act as his mounted aids
in the Memorial Day parade. The
troop greatly appreciated the
thoughtfulness which prompted this
selection. The commissioned Off
GERS of the troop, however, after due
consideration, decided that while
the troop is always ready to help
with any public enterprise and are
especially anxious to honor in every
way possible the veterans, it would
be best to decline the invitation and
permit the boys to take their regu-
lar places among the classes of the
High school.
Councilman S. T. Ham has a fine
exhibition in the display windows of
his harness store, near the State
bridge, consisting of relics of the
wars of 1912 and 1861 and wearing
apparel of the Greeley Relief expedi-
ton; also a number of other relics.
Among the most historic is a car
bridge, consisting of relics of the
years old. Other interesting relics
are canteens, guns and sabres from
wars 1912 and '61. There is shown
pair of sealskin boots worn by an
officer of the Greeley Relief Expedi-
tion, bayonette picked up after the
attack on San Juan Hill, Cuba, and
various other relics. 1t is worth your
while to look at the display.
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