The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-19
PRICE 2 CENTS
HAWLEY.
Especial to The Citizen)
Hawley, July Is.


Our most busy man is the ice man
as Hawley has been just sizzling
with the heat for the past week. A
lower temperature this afternoon has
brought relief. Closed blinds and
drawn shades denote that many have
went to their warm weather retreat
at Big Pond.
Dr. G.. T. Rodman and family
have closed their town house and are
comfortably settled in their summer
home at the above resort. The doc
tor has one of the finest locations
there is on the shore of that beauti-
full sheet Of water. The shore being
of the hard sort and underneath the
water is the gravel bottom so well
suited as a bathing place.
Mrs. II. V. Wickham and son.
Joseph, Mrs. Jos. Wickham and little
son, Vance, and Mr.. Voors comprised
a Scranton automobile party who
called on Mrs. Joseph Pennell Mon
day afternoon on their way home
from trip to Atco near Narrows-
burg.
The Philathea class of the Baptist
Sunday school will hold an ice cream
social on the church lawn Saturday
evening, July 20. All are cordially
invited.
Miss Jessie Branning has returned
to her home in New York City after
vacation spent with relatives at
White Mills, Honesdale and this
place, being the guest here of her
brother. D. J. Branning.
Bernice Dunn, of Beach Lake, was
a guest at the NJ. E. parsonage from
Saturday until Sunday afternoon.
Miss Dunn has been enjoying a va
cation trip through the rural dis
! tricts, spending some time enroute at
Ariel and Hamlin.
| Mrs. Artemas Simons and daugn-
| ter Nancy, are sojourning with rela-
tives in the Electric City.
VIM. Schardt had charge of the
! tonsorial parlors of Adolf Oschman
during the latter's absence on a busi-
ness trip to New York city. Mr..
Schardt was the right man in the
right place as he is an old hand at
| the business, having successfully con-
! Quoted barber shop on Main avenue
for many years.
A man by the name of Halleck
employed by the Erie company as a
painter, was prostrated with the heat
| Monday afternoon. DR.. Rodman gave
the case attention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Walker of
| Honesdale, were among other friends
who were entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Oschman at their home on
Chestnut avenue Sunday afternoon.
Thomas Dunn, of Meriden, Conn,
has been visiting his parents, Geo.
Dunn and wife. He enjoyed several
days fishing at Beach Lake, bringing
home a fine mess of fish.
S. Miller and Sons have purchased
Nhi Vr-ir h fah 20
port their summer guests, having
about 20 at present and more COM
ing. Their boarding house is at
Lakeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Finkelstein of
this place are among the twenty who
are recreating there at present.
Although these are dog days they
= are also snake days and before clos
ing my letter l must relate my first
snake story. AS Pearl and Mabel
Shook were walking along the tram
way between here and their home at
Wilsonville on Saturday afternoon,
the 9Th, they discovered a huge rat
l tier. One of the girls thought best
to give his snakeship the right OF
way and proceed onward but her Sis
ter thought that too tame, and al
I ways ready for an adventure bravely
4 attacked the reptile and killed it,
taking her trophy home with her
The snake measured nearly five feet
1 Clarence Pennell has finished his
l term of school at Washingtonville
y. Y, and is now spending his va
cation at his home at Lakeville. He
+ has been elected as principal of tha
school for another year.
c. d. Clugston, of East Waterford
agent for S. d. of j., is taking II
our town.
t The marriage of John A. Lyon
q and Myrtle E. Skinner, both of Haw
= ley, will take place in the near fu
u ture. Mr.. Lyons is an employe o
y the Keystone Cutting shop.
II DR.. Russell Wall, Scranton, pass
: ed Sunday with his parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. T. T. Wall on Penn avenue.
A considerable damage was dom
II in this vicinity by lightning during
f. the unusual hard shower that pass
is ed over this place on Saturday. Tn
Is house and also a shed owned b.
II Wall & Murphy on the Gardner farm
e was struck but neither being set ol
'e fire The heaviest loss reported wa
/ the killing of fine 3-year-old col
al belonging to William ID. Rowe
Winding Hill.
sr Mrs. d. G. Purdy. ofSchnectady
lie is visiting relatives here and at he
old home, Lakeville.
)f Mrs. Howard Killam and Mrs
r Chester Pennell, Ariel, were in tow
Ig on Saturday.
10 Edward Tuthill has been engage
or graveling and fixing up in fine shap
a the school campus preparatory I
id opening a school there on Sept.
lie 1912. Geo. Sinburg has also give
n the roof a good overhauling so ther
l. can possibly be no leakage,
d. COMING EVENTS.
N Thursday evening, July IS, at foe