The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-12

Saturday.
"A daughter has been born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Helfrich of Will
low avenue.
Allen, young son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Boyd, of Thirteenth street,
is quite Ill.
pointed supervisor of Sterling town
ship in place of Louis Butler. re-
signed.
Francis Weeks, of East Homes
dale, moved his family to Promp-
ton Monday where he will act as
saver for Frank Hollenback.
Mrs. Salo Friedewald, Scranton,
will give one of her delightful in
terpretative recitals Saturday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock in Miss Browns
room at the High School Auditor
ium.
Edward Doney was elected first
! lieutenant and Thomas Gallagher
second lieutenant of Company E,
18th regiment, n. G. p, at the arm
ory, Monday evening. The election
was conducted by Major Conrad of
Scranton
Services will be held in st.
Johns Ev Lutheran church next
Sunday morning at 10:30. Subject
of sermon, "Deide Meme Loeminer."
In the evening at 730, what Shall
! We Have Therefore," Services at
White Mills. at p. m.
H. Scott Salmon, cashier of the
| Wayne County Savings bank, has
started the 41st year in the employ
of this institution. The bank was
| incorporated 40 years ago. This is
a remarkable record and one few
men have the pleasure and honor
of enjoying.
Saturday night all the electric
| lights in town were eXtinguished for
a period of 10 to 20 minutes caused
| by the blowing out of the fuse on
| the main line, causing great incon-
venience to many stores that were
! open that night that depended sole
| ly on electricity for lighting pur-
| poses.
Lake Lodore will be the scene
! of much activity next week when
| 80 men will be employed in harvest
| ing ice for the Lake Lodore Improve
ment company. The ice is IL inches
| thick. About 10000 tons will be
! harvested and during the cutting sea-
| son about 800 carloads will be ship
| ped by rail.
The directors of the Wayne
| County Agricultural Society met in
! the Allen House last Tuesday morn
| ing and elected the following officers
! for the ensuing year: President, w.
l.. Ferguson; vice-president, E. p.
! Jones; treasurer, V. P. Starnes; sec
retary, E. w. Gammell. The fair
next season will be held the first
week in October.
State Lecturer, E. B. Dorsett,
Mansfield, Pa, will give a lecture at
the Union church, Calkins, Friday
evening, January 10, 1912, under
! the auspices of Labor Grange. All
are cordially invited to attend. This
! is the first of a series of lectures to
! be given by this Grange and is not a
money making scheme. A small ad-
mittance will be charged in order to
partly defray expenses.
The Wayne County Savings
Bank elected directors Tuesday as
| follows: w. B. Holmes, A. T. Searle,
| H. S. Salmon, w. F. Suydam, F. p.
Kimble, T. B. Clark, H. j. Conger, c
j. Smith, ]. w. Farley and Z. w.
Gammell. This bank is starting in
on it's 41st year of business. Dur
ing this period the Wayne County
Savings Bank has advanced to 3Sth
position in the United States and
10th in standing in Pennsylvania.
Neal Hitler, cashier at the Della
ware and Hudson freight depot at
this place, has been promoted to
agent at Green Ridge, where he will
have charge of the company's sta
ton. Neal has worked in all
Dbble and is fully qualified to per-
form his new duties. His position
will be filled here by Jacob Bales,
who is now registering clerk. Ray
Dibble will succeed Mr.. Bales as
registering clerk and Herbert Male,
who has been on the platform will
take Rays place. Neal is a son OF
Rev. and Mrs. w. H. Hitler and is
an exemplary young man. He leaves
Monday for Green Ridge. His many
Honesdale friends wish him unbound
ed success in his new field of labor.
The name Mason and DiXon's
Line" has been pOpularly applied tC
the whole diyisory line between free
and slave soil, but properly it be-
! lOuBS only " Iut SOulH DOuuudIy VI
Pennsylvania, surveyed by Charles
Mason and jeremiah Dixon, 1763-67
For over 100 years this line was q
bone of contention" and England
finally sent Mason and Dixon to the
colonies to make an official survey
which was to be final. At the enc
, of every fifth mile of this line {
stone, brought from England, wa:
= placed, engraved on one side with the
coat of arms of Lord Baltimore, anC
p on the other with those of the
; Penns; while the intermediate miles
were marked by smaller stones, II
inches square and Is inches high
bearing a large letter NJ on one sidt
and p on the other. The line is 2S(
miles long.