The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31
Mondays rain saved the black

MONDAY RAIN saved the Dlack-
berry crop.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Demer, a son. Sunday, on Church
street.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Myers, of Texas township, a daugh-
ter, on Saturday last.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. George
Gibboney on Thirteenth street, a
daughter on Thursday last.
Born, a son. to Mr.. and Mrs
George E. Spencer, of Eleventh
street, on Monday. Their family now
consists of three sons.
Patrick Murray, for many years
section boss on the Erie tracks,
died at his home in Hawley Sunday.
The funeral was held Tuesday morn
ing.
The merchants of Honesdale
and Carbondale will have an outing
at Lake Lodore on August Z. Ar
rangements are being made for a big
time on that date.
The Mitchell Hose company of
Carbondale, has accepted from Hose
Company No. l of this place to be
the home company's guests on Fire
mans day at the Wayne County Gel
ebration.
William Baker, an employe, re-
ceived a painful injury to one of his
feet on Saturday while at his work
in the machine shop Of the Gurney
Elevator company; in some way
large sheave weighing about 800
pounds fell upon his foot.
The Erik building which suf-
fered great loss in the recent fire,
and which has been under the pro-
cess of reconstruction since last win
ter, is nearing completion. The large
plate glass front has been put in
and the interior decoration has
been started.
The Baptist Sunday school pic
mic was held at Divers Grove on
Saturday and about one hundred
children and members of the church
enjoyed day of complete rest and
enjoyment. There was plenty of
amusement for the little ones and
games of all kinds were INDUCED in
by all. A big dinner was spread on
the grass at noon.
Among Honesdale persons who
ate dinner at the Central House,
Lake Huntington, N. Y, Sunday,
we're: Councilman c. Harry Rettew,
wife. son Charles, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
j. Ferber, Mrs. John Riefer, two
sons and two daughters, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. w. Gammell, Mrs. Edward
Ward, Ernest Dudley, Fred Hattler,
Henry Tingley and George Lees.
Jesse Barlow, of Monticello, N.
Y, who for nearly year has been
a lessee with Charles w. Elmendorf
of Hotel Wayne, transferred his in
terest in the business to the latter
on Saturday last. Mr.. Elmendorf as
sumed control of this popular
hostelry on Sunday and will here
after be in charge. He has had sew
eral years of experience and ought
to make a success of the venture.
The Honesdale Boy Scouts are
to serve ice cream and cake this
(Tuesday) evening on the river
bank near the Baptist church. The
Scouts are anxious to add to their
camp equipment and this social is
held for that purpose. early half
of the troup are sleeping under tents
on the hills now and if they can Sc
cure equipment it is noped that the
entire troup and many other boys
can be accommodated. The troup
is going to camp for a week at Lake
Ariel and this additional equipment
will be needed.
DR.. c. r. Brady dispatched a
four-foot rattlesnake, which had
nine rattles, in Pike county Sunday
The doctor and w. F. Suydam were
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their return from Milford. When
marked to Mr.. Suydam to look at
across the road. The automobile
ran over the reptile and crippled
him. The doctor stopped and after a
short time dispatched the "old
timer" He brought it to West
brooks, where it is now being tan
ned for the doctor.
Mrs. E. T. Smith and Mrs. John
Boyd entertained at 800" at the
home of the former on Monday af-
ternoon in honor of their guest, Miss
Barr. A buffet luncheon was serv-
ed and a most enjoyable time was
passed by all present. The follow
ing were present: Mrs. William Bad
er, Mrs. Jos. S. Fryer, Mrs. Harry
Richards, Mrs. Harry Weaver, Mrs.
Shumway, Mrs. George Ross, Mrs.
Leon Ross, Mrs. George Spettigue.
Mrs. Chris. Bergman, Mrs. Frank
Erik, Mrs. Thomas Baker, Mrs. John
Krantz, Mrs. f. Powell, Miss Emma
Brown, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Fred E.
Lawyer, Miss Anna Seaman.
On Sunday evening at st. Johns
r. c. church a special choir COM
posed of about sixteen boys, rem
dered special music for the evening
service. The boys have had very lit
tie choir experience but their rem
dition was a very creditable one and
won for them much applause from
the audience. Under the direction
of Miss Reardon, of Scranton, the
new organization was perfected and
brought to its present standard. The
boys comprising the organization
were: James Murray, Francis Nc