The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-13

The price or admittanCe to the
Spelling contest at the court house
Wednesday afternoon is 10 cents in
stead of 10 cents, as given us last
week
The people OF Honesdale will
give thanks in a union meeting,
which will be held Thanksgiving
Day, Nov. 2S, in the Presbyterian
church.
1t is expected that services will
be resumed in the auditorium of the
Methodist church about December
1st. The decorators have finished
their work.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Baptist church will serve clam
chowder in the chapel on Tuesday,
Nov. 19. Serving will begin at IL
o'clock in the morning.
The Helpers of the Baptist
church will serve vegetable soup at
the home of Mrs. Geo. p. Ross, Dy-
berry Place, the first Friday of every
month during the winter.
The funeral Of ]. F. Salber, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Salber, of
West street, was held from the home
on Sunday afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
berry cemetery.
Patrons day at the different
schools in the county have been
designated as December 20 and Feb
ruary IA. Special programs are be-
ing prepared and special invitations
are extended to patrons to attend.
On Monday morning Squire
Robert A. Smith united in marriage
Conrad Graebner and Miss Nancy
McNeely, both of Callicoon, n. Y.
The ceremony was performed in his
Office in the court house at ten
o'clock.
The expense account of the
trial of Marsden A. Hubbard for
the murder of Thomas Dolphin at
Keen's on July 2S last, was made
out by District Attorney M. E. Sim
ons on Saturday last and approved
by the county commissioners. The
bill of costs amounted to $131.65.
The linemen and other employ
ees o: the Honesdale Consolidated
Electric Light, Heat and Power COM
pany are very grateful to Superin-
tendent F. H. Eisele and also the
directors of that company for chang
ing Iueir pay day from monthly
and placing it on semi-monthly
basis.
While employed at the home of
Fred Weidner, Cliff street, last Fri
day, Miss Martha TeaChman, pro-
fessional nurse, in some manner fell
from a chair and injured her right
knee cap. 1t is not known
whether the bone is fractur-
ed or not. Miss Teachman went to
DR.. Reed Burns hospital, Scranton,
Monday to have an X-ray picture
taken of it.
Mrs. Irene l.. Greeley, who for
the last four or five weeks has been
the guest, first of relatives and then
of friends in Scranton, will leave this
week for visit in Stroudsburg, Pa,
but will later return to Scranton.
She will also visit Honesdale and
two or three points in New York
state before returning to her home
in Los Angeles. Ray Greeley, who
in late August accompanied his
mother east, will return to Los An
gees at the close of the week.
Monday morning while E. H
Cortright was attempting to crank
his automobile in his garage on
Main street the carberater missed
fire causing a small blaze. The fire
! alarm was sounded but the trouble
/ was soon averted. The only dam
age to the car was a few burned
| wires. For some reason the alarm
was turned in wrong and the fire
company went to the Odd Fellows
I building. By the time they were
aware of the mistake and arrived al
the garage the fire was out.
M. A. Wall, of Philadelphia, a
retired employe of the Standard Oil
company is spending the week in
Honesdale. Mr.. Wall delivered the
deed of the Anthony Wall estate in
Damascus township on Monday to
Verneigh Keesler. Mr.. Wall, for Is
| years travelled in this and foreign
countries in the interest of the
Standard Oil company. He spent
one year in Japan. Mr.. Wall is a
brother of Theodore Wall, of Haw.
| ley. He was born in Honesdale
this being his first visit here in 81
years. Mr.. Wall may make his fu.
ture home in Honesdale.
The literary contest of second
! class high schools of the Middle Dis,
| trict was held in the High school au,
| ditorium Friday night. Waymart
| Texas, Aldenville and White Mills
schools were represented. The win
ners of the contest were Miss Alice
| Hileman, of Waymart, and Ray
mond Bried, of Texas township
! Those who competed were: Boys
Texas, Raymond Bried; Waymart
Maurice Wilson; White Mills, Har
old Down; Aldenville, Lynn Arnold
Girls-TeXas Madeline SchWernly
| Waymart, Alice Mileman; White
Mills, Esther Gill; Aldenville, Dora
| Bodie.
Assistant State Engineer J. /
Reigel, of Scranton, Pa, who is il
charge of the highways to be taker
over and improved by the State o.
Pennsylvania in the counties Of
Lackawanna, Wyoming, Susquehan
ma, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, com
prising 470 miles, on Friday in com
pany with Representative Alfred
Marvin of Pike county, and
] chauffpur i'm charpp of Mr. RaiUa1i,