The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
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LOCAL NEWS
Get vaccinated.

-Get Vacclnated.
Next week-the big celebration
and big crowd will be here.
An Otisville, n. Y, farmer shot
crane a few days ago and 1t cost
him s24.O5.
Married by Rev. Will H. Hill
Ter at the Methodist parsonage,
Honesdale, Pa, Friday, August 16,
Herbert c. Curtis and Rachel Shat
fer, both OF Gravity.
The Citizen received an order
for 220 Spelling Contest books on
Monday. Sent to any address upon
receipt of &C or sc if called for at
this office.
The following unclaimed letters
remain in the Honesdale postoffice
for the week ending August 19:
Master Fred Bauernfriend, William
Hick, Mrs. Della Seamer, F. c.
White.
The old gravity railroad work
ers will hold their annual outing at
Nay Aug park on September 7. The
outing will include representatives
from almost every community be-
tween Pittston and Hawley.
The 39th annual Grangers pic
August 26-3l. At this exhibition
the greatest display of farm ma
chinery, household and agricultural
implements in the world will be
made.
Seymour Newkirk, a Schuyler
Lake, Otsego county, farmer, died
last week from an injury sustained
to his finger which was mutilated by
Ia hpv
seriously he was injured and con-
tinued to work about the farm after
he was hurt.
Two children of Rev. ]. j. Ran
kin, Carl and Marjorie Rankin, of
Scranton, will leave soon for China,
where they will enter the mission
field Rev. Mr.. Rankin formerly
lived in Hawley and upon several
occasions has occupied the Presby-
terian church pulpit in Honesdale.
The Tunkhannock borough
council has passed strict measures
against the noisy automobile. No
horn of the siren or screaching type
will be tolerated and drivers must
keep their mufflers closed while
within the borough limits. We Won
der who woke Tunkhannock up so
ludl luty lOuuu Oul luGIG Nd5 5uCu
noise producing instruments.
Bernard Rifkin, of Wilkes-Bar-
re, landscape gardner and tree eX-
pert, who visited Honesdale last year
and introduced improved methods in
tree surgery, is gaining national
recognition. Last Monday he was
elected member OF the National
Park superintendent Association
which was in session in Boston. The
organization is composed of park su-
perintendents from different parts OF
the United States. Mr.. Rifkin is an
ardent worker and gives considerable
OF his attention to the preservation
OF park and shade trees. His work
in Honesdale last year undoubtedly
saved many of our beautiful maple
trees from an untimely death and
was highly cOmmendable.
In order to make the Wayne
county celebration the success that
the executive committee hope,
all parties, grangers, fraternal or
ganizations and others are requested
10 do what is asked of them. Prizes
have been offered and will be given
TO the participants, hoping that by
doing so it would have a tendency
10 bring out a large number of So
cieties. 1t is especially desirous that
the Grangers turn out in good num-
Der. The special prize offered out
side of the grand cash prize ought
TO be an incentive for every progress
sive grange in Wayne county to turn
out. Grangers who have not ex-
pressed their willingness to parade
on Civic Day would confer it favor
II they would correspond with Chair
man C. Z. Bates regarding the mat
ter. Time is getting short. Better
act quick.