The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-27

Mrs. Arthur Holstein, Dyberry Place,
on Friday.
Landlord Barlow, of the Wayne
Hotel, is spending a few days in
New York state.
The w. c. T. U. met at the home
of Mrs. Fred Keen. Jr, on Court
street, on Friday evening.
-Kreitner Bros. are laying hard
wood floors in the new home of J.
s. Brown on Park street
Chester Elmore, of White Mills,
who recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis in a Scranton hospi-
tai, is recovering nicely.
The following unclaimed letters
remain uncalled for at the postoffice:
Geo. A. Deaper, Master Earl Stevens,
Mrs. ID. l.. Timmons, j. ID. West.
The T. B. G. club met with Miss
Elizabeth Polt on Willow avenue on
| Thursday evening. Cards were
played and delightful refreshments
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Hartman
have taken up their residence in the
Weston house on Main street. oppos-
ite the Wayne Hotel having moved
in on Monday.
Rev. James p Ware, Rector of
st. James Church, Drifton, Pa, will
be the special preacher at Grace
Episcopal church Wednesday, March
81, 1880 p. m.
Jenkins band will give a con-
cert at the Lyric on Tuesday even
ing. On Friday afternoon they gave
concert in the auditorium of the
High school building.
Theodore Day, the weather man
of Dyberry, reported 4 degrees below
zero on Saturday. He states that it
is very unusual to have zero weather
after the 15th of March.
The Port Jervis Water Com
pany has announced that it will plant
20 acres of the water shed of that
city with white pine trees. Middle
town is going to plant 80 acres with
trees.
DR.. Reedy, of Scranton, per-
formed a very critical operation on
n. j. Spencer's eye last week Tues
day. Mr.. Spencer has been in DR..
Burns hospital receiving treatment
from DR.. Reedy for some time.
E. w. Gammell gave a demon
stration of the Pyrene Fire Extin-
guisher near the city hall on Friday
evening. A pile of boxes were ignit-
ed and rapidly eXtinguished by
Pyrene. The demonstration attract
ed quite an audience. The eXtin
guisher is to be used principally for
interior fires.
Elsewhere in to-day issue of The
Citizen is published a true report of
DR.. Cooks recent lecture in Copen-
hagen. 1t is copied from " Dagen's
Express" Copenhagen, of October 25,
1911. DR.. Cook has entered suit for
damages against the New York
Times for 100000 for that papers
report, which is claimed to be untrue
by DR.. Cook.
George R. Westgate, a popular
young man of Forest City, and Miss
Helen Stoutenberg, of Lake Como,
Wayne county, were united in mar
riage, in Binghamton, several months
ago. The bride is residing with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Stauten-
berg, at Como. The marriage was
quiet one, there being no attendants,
and many friends of the bridegroom
are but Just learning of the nuptials.
Forest City News.
Rev. A. l.. Whitaker returned
Monday from busy week. On Tues
day of last week he preached in
Trinity church, Binghamton; We'd
nesday evening at West Pittston;
Thursday, Plymouth and Sunday ex-
changed pulpits with Rev. H. Brown
lee Smith, rector of Stroudsburg
Episcopal church. On Wednesday of
this week he will preach in st.
Marks church, Mauch Chunk and on
Thursday evening in Montrose.
The funeral services over the
remains of the late Mrs. Lavina Peth-
ick were held at the NJ. E. church
at $3.50 o'clock on Sunday afternoon,
Rev. w. H. Swift officiating. Inter
ment was made in Bethany. Deceas-
ed was the victim of pneumonia, and
was born in England, being II years,
8 months and days old at her
death. Many relatives and friends
attended to pay their last respects to
a beloved friend and neighbor.
The members of Hose Company
No. call upon the public only once
year for any outside aid-that time
being Easter Monday. This year the
date falls upon April at which time
the boys will conduct their second
annual ball and entertainment in the
armory Tickets, 81. Fire Chief
Oday will give the opening address
followed by Chaplain J. w. Balta of
the Hose company who will also ad-
dress the audience. Dancing will
begin at $50. Mrs. Emanuel Free
man will have charge of fhe supper.
On Friday afternoon pupils of
the fifth, sixth and seventh grades
had a spelling contest. One hun
dred words out of the five hundred
in the County Spelling Contest were
pronounced to the pupils of the
above grades. The following pupils
did not miss a word; Antoinette
Rickert, Edwin Councilman, Edna
Roe, Natalie Richards, Edith Kars-
lake. Three pupils each missed one
word: Helen Groves, William Spen-
Ger, Frances Oakes. Four pupils
each missed two words: Nellie Nc
Cabe, Marion Eberhardt, Helen Nc
Guire, Adelaide Rupert. This was
written contest and in a short time
they will have an oral contest
The Citizen is In receipt of a
postal card from Andrew Thompson,
who is spending some time in Flor