The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-06

Charles Balcom, of Dyberry,
sold a dressed hog to c. w. Dein on
Thursday that tipped the scales at
400 pounds.
The Five Hundred Club will
enjoy a straw ride this Friday even
ing to the home of Miss Margaret
Rose at Cherry Ridge.
james Curran, of East Homes
dale, is extra trainman on the
Honesdale Erie passenger train dur
| ing Philip Deans absence.
"A marriage license was issued
on December to John E. Avery of
Notch. Pike county, and Miss Lucin-
da Hazen, of Notch, Pike county.
Born, a daughter, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Matthews, of Dalton.
| The mother was formerly Miss Sue
Hubert, of Philadelphia, and later
| Scranton.
In Wilkes-Barre a few days ago
the city council ceded ten feet of
coal street to the Delaware and Hud-
son company in return for $4,000
worth of paving.
There will be a chicken supper
at the NJ. +. parsonage, Bethany, on
Wednesday evening, Dec. IL. Free
conveyances from Honesdale. Chill
dren 25 cents; adults 35c.
Miss Ruth Mackey entertained
a number of friends on Wednesday
J evening. The evening was spent in
| playing pinocle and at a seaosnable
hour a light luncheon was served.
The funeral of John Ordnung,
of Seelyville, was held on Tuesday
| l., t. 1pN
o'clock. Rev. c. c. Miller, pastor of
the German Lutheran church Off
ciated. The members of the l. o. o.
F.. Lodge had charge of the services
at the grave. The pall-bearers were
! Joseph Schiessler, Albert Eberhardt,
! William o. Burke, Daniel Piel and
John Kack.
-Drunich Kuroch, the seven-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Kuroch,
of Jermyn, was burned to death, and
Mrs. Kuroch and her three-year-old
! baby barely escaped a similar fate,
while others were obliged to jump
for their lives in a fire early Tues
day morning which destroyed their
residence in that city. An explosion
of lamp is believed to have been
the cause of the fire.
The Fourteenth Annual Meet
ing and Seventh Annual Corn Show
of the Pennsylvania Livestock Breed
ers' association will be held at Har-
risburg, January 21, % and 23,
1913. The country's leading stock
men will be present. The corn will
be judged, the prizes awarded and
the winning specimens sent on to
the National Corn Show, there to
win higher honors for our exhibitor
Edward Franklin Van Reypen
formerly of Indian Orchard, lately
of Aldenville, died at the Memorial
, Hospital, Susquehanna, Tuesday
Dec. 3, at $3.50 p. m, of typhoid
pneumonia, after a very brief i'll
ness. He leaves a mother, Mrs. VIM
H. Johnson, of Aldenville, better
known to her many friends all ovel
the county as Mrs. Louise Case, fol
, many years nurse; and two broth
ers, John Case of Aldenville anC
Warren Case of Narrowsburg, N. Y
Prayer will be said by Rev. A. L
Whitaker of Grace church at th,
= residence of Mrs. Johnson in Alden
: Vile, Friday, Dec. 6, at 1890. TIL,
= funeral service will be held at Chris
church, Indian Orchard, at $3.50. Tn,
interment will be in the Indian Or
chard cemetery.
a The monthly meeting of th
l Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary society of the First Presby
terian church was held at the hom
; of Mrs. John Boyd on Thirteenth
street Tuesday evening. About six
e teen ladies were present. A very in
d teresting talk was given by Mrs
r Richard Brown whose subject wa
r "China's Break From the Past
r Delicious refreshments were served
: The mission society was organize
e here in 1886 and much good wor
t has been done by it. The officer
are: President, Mrs. w. B. Holmes
q vice-president, Mrs. Andrew ThomI
[ son, Mrs. c. F. Rockwell, Mrs.
:. Foster, Mrs. w. w. Weston, Mrs. "
= eral secretary, Mrs. F. S. Merritt
s foreign missionary treasurer, Mis-
p Mary Webster; secretary of foreig
G literature, Mrs. C. H. Rockwell
: home mission treasurer, Miss JAG
+ win; secretary of home literature
i Mrs. Judson Yerkes; in charge c
il music, Mrs. w. II. Swift.
d The tenth anniversary of tn
3 Home Missionary Society OF tn
Methodist church was observed Las
e Tuesday evening in the church pa
g lors. Mrs. w. n. Bass was the prir
If cipal speaker. She told of the 81
e ciety's work in America and whS
e amount of good the home mis3ionaT
e workers are doing. Her addres
IS was very instructive. Mrs. Chare
d S. Seward read a paper giving
T., report of the work accomplishe
e here during the past decade. Ia tn
e period of time the Honesdale societ
Y, has lost only two members tn;
l. have been claimed by death. III
d Central Glee club rendered thrC
2, selections, which were warmly r
IS ceived. Refreshments were afte
e, wards served. The Home Missional
ID Society is one of the most active o
le CARNATIONS in the Methodist churc
e Besides giving local help, sever