The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-17
HONESDALE TO CELEBRATE
Affair to Take Place Latter Part of
August-Business Men and Fire
men Fathering Proiect-It Will
BE Wayne County Event.

One of the largest celebrations
Honesdale has enjoyed since Old
Home Week three years ago, will
take place the latter part of August,
commencing the 27th of that month.
1t will be the reawakening of the
town and the townspeople will glad
ly cooperate with the Business Mems
Association and Firemen of Homes
dale and vicinity TO make ii the event
OF the season.
a joint meeting of these repre-
sentative bodies was held last Fri
day evening in the town hall. W
w Wood, president of Protection
Engine Company No. 3, acted as
temporary chairman.
The matter of celebration was
discussed pro and con. 1t was final
ly agreed that a celebration, con-
sisting of a fireman's day, with
civic, automobile and floral parades,
take place. Temporary Chairman
Wood appointed the following com
mittees, which will be responsible
for the success of the undertaking:
Advertising, finance, entertainment,
privileges, music and transportation.
The various chairmen and members
of the different committees will be
assigned in a few days.
The general committee, comprising
seven members of the Business
Mems Association, and the preidents
of the five fire companies in Homes
dale and vicinity, follows:
S. I. Ham, president of the Busi
ness Mems Association; n. B. Spen-
GER, secretary of said association; c.
/. Dunning, c. +. Bates, II. G. Row
land, }. b. Nielsen, d. H. Maloney.
The fire companies are represented
on the committee by George Stenz-
horn, prsident of Seelyville company;
w. a. Sluman, Texas No. 4; Fred
Schort Alert Hook and Ladder COM
pany; Z. E. Williams, Hose Company
No. l, Honesdale, and w. w. Wood
of Protection Engine No. 3.
This committee will hold a con-
ference with the Old Home Week
committee on Tuesday evening of
this week to consider the financial
end of the proposed project There
is balance in the treasury of about
$500 left from the Old Home Week
celebration. In order to secure this
money, if the executive committee
of the Old Home Week affair deem
it advisable to use it, it is necessary
TO call the members together and as
certain Wnether 1t is the commit
tees desire that the balance in the
treasury should be used for this
purpose. j. d. Weston will preside
over Tuesdays meeting when this
matter will be presented and possibly
settled.
1t has been suggested, if the prop
osition meet with the approval of the
Old Home Weeks committee, that
an equal amount be raised by the
hotels, restaurants and wholesale liq-
uor dealers of the town, and then
raise the balance by popular sub
scription. We have been informed
that the different hotel and restaur-
ant keepers have their proportion
taken care of and are now awaiting
the verdict of the executive commit
tee of Old Home Week.
The Business Mems Association,
firemen interested and committees in
charge of the festivities will receive
the hearty cooperation of The Citi-
zen in making the proposed cele-
bration one of the greatest achieve
ments ever to have been given in
Wayne county. Its columns are open
to news articles and special con-
tributions that may be necessary TO
make the affair a success.