The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-17
HAWLEY.
Especial to The Citizen.)
Hawley, May 16.

The Juniors banqueted Tuesday
night in the |. o. o. f. Hall.
Lena Hausman, of Scranton, Is
visiting her parental home at Taf-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. d. j. Branning and
children spent the first of the week
in Scranton.
Rev d. S. Kellar will hold COM
munion services Sunday morning in
the NJ. f. church.
Marvin Tuthill, Jr., of Ashley, is
visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs Edgar Tuthill.
Alfred Oschman returned on Sat
urday from a sojourn with Brooklyn
and Newark friends.
An effort is being made to organ
ize a Mems Bible class in connection
with the Baptist Sunday school.
Henrietta Buck passed Sunday
with her friend, Anna Hausman, at
the Hausman farm near Tafton.
Bertha Finley of East Hawley,
recently spent short time with her
father and brother at Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Schlager are
expected soon to arrive from Panama
and will pass their summer here as
usual.
Lulu Cortright, of Hotel Denison,
who has been in poor health for a
long time, is spending some time in
Scranton.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. r. Cross, of
| Shohola, were in town over Sunday,
| the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
! Kohlman.
The young people of the Baptist
church realized $25 from an enter
| tainment held last Wednesday even
| ing in that edifice.
Lewis Phillips, jeweler, was
! stricken with apoplexy on Wednes
! day. His condition is somewhat i'm
! proved to-day. This is Mr.. Phillips
! first illness.
Ora Rollison entertained a party.
of young people at her home Mon
day night in honor of her Sunday
! school class of boys. A very de-
! lightful time was spent.
Gustave Buck, who is employed in
the D. e II. r. r. office in Scranton,
| is enjoying a spring vacation with
! relatives in town. Last week he
paid visit to his sisters, Olga, of
HaCkensack, n. j., and Louise, of
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Hoffman, of East Hawley,
will join her husband at Honesdale
as soon as rooms can be procured.
| Empty houses seem to be as scarce in
our sister borough as they are here.
Mr.. Hoffman was formerly employ
ed in the Maple City glass works.
Squire w. B. zimmerman has a
mother hen that without even any
extraordinary effort has the most
modern incubator beaten to a fraz-
zle. Mr.. zimmerman placed only 13
eggs under the bunch of mechanism
and she brought forth 13 live chick
ems with three unmatched eggs left
in the nest and no other hens were
allowed to sit on that nest either.
Watts delivery wagon was COM
pletely demolished in the runaway
that occurred the other day on the
Eddy hail. Homer Doty the driver,
was thrown out and pretty badly
dust-covered and injured, but when
coming to his real senses he started
in search of his team, finding one
in the Watts stable and the other in
the Baisden stable at the Eddy. They
for the one was a hired horse of Mr..
Baisden.
Denison & Mederer, our enterpris-
ing builders and contractors, seem to
be extending their line of business
farther and farther, having reached
FairYiew Lake, Hawley's most favor
ed summer retreat where several
new cottages are in process of con-
structiOn and many are being re-
modelled to better suit the tastes OF
their owners. This place bids fair
to be more attractive than usual the
coming season, its restfulness also
appealing to city people who wander
this way in large numbers from New
York, Philadelphia and Scranton, to
recreate beside this beautiful sheet
of water.
Mrs. Dan Tuthill, of the East Side
went to Ledgedale the latter part OF
the week to visit her parents, Vim
cent Runyon and wife, who will dis
pose of their household goods al
public auction on Wednesday. Ow-
ing to failing health Mr.. Runyon
will retire from active work and
with his wife and daughter will
come to Hawley to make their home
with Mrs. Tuthill. He has been the
faithful miller in the Ledgedale grist
mill for many years and was largely
responsible for that famous brand
of buckwheat -four so eagerly
! sought after by the housewife who
would make sure of having the bes
of buckwheat cakes for breakfast.
On Saturday c. S. Schardt sold tC
Fred Rowe his building lot which i!
on portion of the MaennerchOI
grounds. Mr., Schardt, when askeC
how he came to be the owner of 10
in that vicinity, said: Several year
! ago the MaernerchOr society pur
= chased the plot of ground for tn,
purpose of making a sort of resort
or as they called it then "a picni
, groundD wherein a considerable i'm
70 prOvement was made and eXpens,
e. laid out, but later when these othe
lake resorts, etc, began to attrac
S the attention of the young becaus
t of this being farther from thei
homes, and called for long eXcur
% sions by rail or by land with car
1 riage and QUITO, this pleasure grOunt
became unpopular and was deserted
, to an extent. The pavilion and 9th
t er buildings were sold and "a of u
e members who were shareholder
each took a strip of ground as ou
S part At that time these lots wer
g considered of very little value bu
K since HaWley's recent boom they ar