The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-15
-Carbondale is to have a sewage
disposal plant.

-Carbondale is to have a sewag,
disposal plant.
A marriage license was granted
| Wednesday to Joseph Pfiffer anC
Merle Bryant, both of Cherry Ridge
The 18th annual convention o
the school directors OF Wayne coun
! ty is now in session in the cour
house.
Rev. w. II. Swift married Mis-,
Dorothy Henderson, of Bethany, ant
Bert Miller, of this place, at the
| Presbyterian manse on Wednesday.
The season for hunting deel
opens to-day. A number of Homes.
dale's sportsmen left Thursday so as
to be on the runway early Friday
morning.
The annual turkey supper and
bazaar of Grace Episcopal church
will be held in the Sunday schooI
rooms on Thursday evening, Nov
21. First table at $3.50 o'clock.
Mrs. Leon Ross fell while skat.
Ing at the Rink on Wednesday even
ing and fractured her wrist bone
Dr. Burns was called and dressed the
broken member and Mrs. Ross was
removed to her home.
ALI the plumbers, carpenters and
other mechanics are unusually busy
this fall. Many Honesdale people
are taking advantage of the exceed
ingly fine weather and are having
their properties painted and repair
ed.
An automobile containing a
banker, contractor, plumber and in
surance agent left Honesdale Thurs
day morning. 1t is not known
whether they had a house to finance,
build, repair or insure or went to
Scranton to trade"
Alton Packard, the cartoonist
and humorist, delighted a large au-
dience at the High school last Tues
day evening. Mr.. Packard made 13
pictures in fourteen minutes, at the
same time entertaining the audience
with stanza OF poetry about the
characters. He was rapid with the
crayon and apparently made a few
lines talk.
Lewis S. Partridge and f. J..
Varcoe motored to Moscow on We'd
nesday on business. While there
they called upon Rev. G. A. Place,
who recently fractured his hip
They found him as comfortable as
possible, and although physically dis
abled for the time being DR.. Place
told the Honesdale visitors he was
not sick at heart.
The committee that had charge
of the supper given by the ladies of
the Altar Society of St. Johns
church closed their accounts a few
days ago with this very satisfactory
result: $39S, total receipts; expen-
ses, S91.63; net profit, $3O6.37. The
candy table cashed in 5000.
About $50 were donated. The sup
per was a very grand success, and
reflects much credit on all who as
sisted in bringing about such grand
results. The committee wish to
thank all who attended the supper
and aided in making the event
very gratifying result
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Wilcox, of
Scranton, will celebrate their fif-
tieth wedding anniversary on Sat
urday when they will receive their
friends at their home that afternoon.
Fifty years ago Saturday, Nov. 10,
1862, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox were
at Madisonville by Rev. G.
E. Clark. In 1911 they settled in
Salem, this county, where Mr.. Will
cox drove a stage from Salem to
Honesdale. He drove the stage for
eight years and was known to every
person between those two places
They went to Scranton in 1888,
where they have since resided. Mr..
and Mrs. Wilcox are as hale and
hearty to-day as they were ten years
ago. There are many old residents
still living in Honesdale and Salem
who will remember them and wish
them many more happy anniversar-
les.