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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

rural district. writes: We have not
Yet been organized a year, Yet have
about so members. We have met once
a month and interesting programs
along purity lines and moral training
Of children principally.
''We have purchased for domestic
science classes a sewing machine, a
basket bali for the girls, gave a musical
and made Sl4 toward new school
piano, and on The last day OF school
served 500 pupils to ice cream and
cake.
eve had been entertained and served
with light refreshments by the different
grades down to tho firth. and in turn
treated them. i was work but We
think Il paid. This year We arc trying
To do away with refreshments.
"Never have / seen more enthusi-
astic club
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Christmas exercises will be held by
the SUNDAY school at tic First Pres
bytcrian church today
The school will meet al 10 a. M and
a we'll prepared musical program will
be rendered andcr the leadership Of r
~ Zimmerman. musical director of tie
school. IL W. Arnold will teach the
Christmas lesson, \ large attendance
is expected and friends are invited The
average attendance SO far this quarter
has been nearly 3n0 Monday evening
at 30 will come the regular Christmas
cantata and the giving Of supplies for
the more unforsenate OF the commune
itN II Is hoped that there Will be a
large confirmation Each class in the
school ana many individuals III and
out Of the school will contribute for
this purpose Last YEAR tie gifts
amounted 10 nearly $1o0, and il is
hoped II viii be much larger this year
At this entertainment there will be
a treat FOR each member Of the school
Interested friends are cordially invited
IL both these programs
Last year it was fully eNemplified that
III is more blessed 10 give than 10 re-
eefyc. i IS hoped to make this a
giving, joyous ana happy Christmas 10
I All
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
The w Gather.

FORECAST FOR BOISE AND VI
#CINITY-Ifair today, and continued
cold.
DAILY RaPoRT-Tiighest tempera-
turc yesterday. IS. lowest temperature
this morning. 10 mean temperature
yesterday. T. Total precipitation for
the - hours. ending al n IN, o5 Of
an inch.
CONDITIONS High pressure over
lies practically the entire country this
evening, except the extreme south
west. where Il small depression exists.
Light snow occurred i'll eastern Ore
sen, northern Navada and southern
idaho Friday night and Saturday
morning. but clear weather is general
this evening Snow fllrfies also &C.
curred IL South Dakota and IN parts Of
the lake states While showers were
reported from Louisiana and southern
Texas Al Galveston, tile fab amount
ed To lilo inches Much cooler weather
prevails in the Dakotas, the Ohio and
Tennessee valleys. and III Louisiana
and southern Texas. elsewhere the
change has not been marked Owing
10 the area IF high pressure central
over Boise this evening, generally fair
and continued cold weather Is expected
i'm this vicinity om sunday
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
At Payette

Mrs. f. w. Madsen. president of TIL
Mother circle Of F'rnitland, a graded
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

On Friday AFTERNOON the ladies' II The
northern division Of the aid society Of
the congregational church met at the
home nf Mrs. II e Doolittle, l4fO
North Sixteenth street.
After a Bible reading by Mrs. Dea-
little and prayer by Mrs. Miller, bust
ness meeting was held. after which q
delightful luncheon was served.
Those present besides the hostess
nercs Mrs Merton Doelttle, Mrs,
Tfeffty. Mrs. l5pebtrch. Mrs. Curtis,
Miss =. MidalesWarth Mrs. $. smith,
Mrs Anderson. Mrs Jelleson, Mrs. u
6. Brown, Mrs. H. A. Wonieo, Mrs,
Altlicr frs Riedc. Mrs. MaXfield aud
Mrs shaw
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

We full line Of Ford such
installed
Monogram oils for Ford tires and yhlng Ford We
to with all will be glad
all Ford with the relative
line before buy and
the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
At Star.

At Star.
Mrs. 4. p. Carter Of star writes Of
the Parent-Tcacher circle there It
was organized ii October, 1910, and has
a mcmpe slip Of a.. Meetings arc held
monthly at the school house With vary
ing programs, including topics for dis
eussion pertaining to child-Welfarc,
The work of the committees -eXecu
tivf finance. program. school visiting
flower ana relief. and Iuneheon-have
dune much toward the success of the
circle.
They have raised BY entertainments.
socials and teas, 500 This money
has been expended for school benefits,
toward gymnasium, school yard inn
prevements such as lawns and flowers.
hitehing racks, screens for windows
parallel bars. giant-stride and athletic
ladder
They feel that the most beneficial re-
suits Of the parent teacher circle Of
that district IL the acquaintance Of
teachers with parents and tho CO.
operation for child-welfare.
At Payette
Mrs. +. W. Madsen, president OF thu
Mothers circle Of f'rnit1and, a graded
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

~ UR first carload Of Ford cars have arrived and
display At our show oon li2l West Main We are III
position talk regarding pleasure business
You can afford Ford and afford to we'll
with - actual horsepower ample room for passengers
fully equipped with windshield top
speedometer headlights side lamps and tail
lamp tools jack for only S695 delivered anywhere city
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
U'SOC.IEzz ~
Continued from Page Five,


issue, which VAS published in Tune.
met with sp much encouraged ent as 10
warrant lis continuance II is UNIQUE
in character as X touches ne club
news except that Of tie eli y II en-
auates from. Il takes no md ney from
The club treasury. but viii soon be
paving money into the building fund.
It's subscribers include no en- D women
save whore they voluntarily request
il, II is a home product, by bone wo-
men from 4 home club vet it win speak
entertainingly Of every part Of this
state through its able corpH Of wo-
men contributors. Il Is in 4act. only
one Of the many ACCOMPLISHMENT .,
the Columbian club ana II VI hte Wide.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
POST OFFICE TO OCCUPY CITY HALL AUG. |
This is the Intention of the Government---Fro-
posaI May be Signed by Council i'm Few
Days---Lease When Inspector Arrives---Town
to Receive $1,000 Rent Per rYear-.-Commttee
on Changes Active.

That the postofTice will be located
in the City Hall appears to be al
most a certainty. The town council
met with Postmaster NJ. B. Allen on
Monday evening of this week to fur
ther discuss the proposition and take
steps toward filling out a proposal
and signing lease, which in all
events will be done shortly.
Postmaster Allen sent the floor
plans prepared by Architect II. F.
Weaver to the postoffice inspector
of this district and they met with
his entire approval. The city hall
affords 20 per cent. additional floor
space over the present location of the
postoffice. When the Federal office
will have been transferred to the city
hall a rental of 81 900 per year will
be paid to the town, whereas now not
a cent is received from the building.
Architect Weaver was present at
the special meeting and estimated
that the cost, including the changing
of the vault, could be kept down to
$1,000. The greater part of the
work would be confined to the front,
where the brick partition would
necessarily have to be removed, and
the vault taken out, said Mr. Weaver.
1t would require three weeks to get
the building in shape.
Postmaster Allen stated that the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22

Government would like to accept the
city hall August 1st; that the lease
in the Foster building would be eX-
tended another month, allowing
ample time to make the necessary
improvements and get the city hall
in shape for occupancy.
The present outfit, the postmaster
claimed. would practically have to be
replaced with new equipment. The
Government will take furniture and
fixtures amounting to about $500,
the balance will have to be new.
Secretary Erik was instructed to
write to manufacturers of postoffice
fixtures from a list to be furnished
by Postmaster Allen.
President Martin Caufeld appoint
ed Councilmen w. H. Kreitner, T. j..
Caniyan and H. c. Rettew to work
in conjunction with Architect III. f.
Weaver to get an estimate cost of
making the change on an economic
basis as soon as possible. The COM
mittee will meet Wednesday morning
at o'clock of this week at the city
hall
The borough fathers are to be COM
mended upon for their view in the
matter. They have expressed a de-
sire to do what, in their judgment,
would be best for iHonesdale and
from reports their efforts are approv-
ed by the taxpayers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
WILL STATE AID BE GIVEN?
MCCarty and Penwarden i'm Harris
burg Soliciting State Aid for
HOneSdale Streets.

Borough Solicitor C. A. McCarty
and George w. Penwarden, chairman
of the street committee for the bor-
ough of Honesdale, left via. Della
ware and Hudson 6:55 train Monday
morning for Harrisburg, where they
held a conference with State High
way Commissioner Bigelow Tuesday
morning at 8 o'clock. The town
officials went to the State Capitol in
reply to a communication received
from Mr. Bigelow last week con-
cerning receiving possible State aid
to apply toward the proposed paving
OF Main street as recommended by
the Greater Honesdale Board of
Trade.
Outside of general information,
which the committee was versed up
on, 1t took to Harrisburg a copy of
The Citizen of May 10, which con-
tanned a complete and concise report
of town councils special meeting
at which time the matter of paving
Main street was discussed in detail.
The article told of the approximate
cost, proposed width of street, cost
per square yard, measurements, in
fact everything that the committee
desired to know about the PROPOSE
tion was told in the article.
The borough fathers evidently
place considerable reliance in what
appears in The Citizen, otherwise
they would not use it to present
matters in detail to the highest
State Highway official Read The
Citizen for accurate news. Subscribe
now
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
LAST MEMBER OF THE
GRENNELL FAMILY DEAD.
Myron G .Grennell, "a Former Resi-
deHt Died in Geneva, \. V, on
Monday.

Myron G. Grennell died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. George
Shepardson, in Geneva, n. Y, on
Monday, May 13. The funeral ser
vices were held on Thursday. The
deceased was about seventy-eight
years of age. His early life was
passed at his birthplace in Clinton,
subsequently removing to the State
of Delaware.
He is survived by two sons and
three daughters. He will be remem-
bered by many who knew him dur
ing the time he was a resident of
our city.
He was the last member of the
Grennell family, who were prominent
and respected residents of Clinton,
Wayne county, being among the ear
ly settlers of that place.
His great great grandfather, Mich
ael, a Revolutionary soldier, was in
his one hundred and sixth year at
the time of his death. His grand
father, Deacon Rufus Grennell, lived
to be over eighty. His father was
Virgil Grennell, who also was a resi-
dent of Clinton for many years, be-
ing honored in filling the offices OF
associate judge and treasurer of
Wayne county; also other positions
of trust.
These progenitors, as also the de-
ceased, were active and influential
members of the Baptist denomina-
n.-Carbondale Leader.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
FIRE WRECKS BUILDING
Gas Plays Havoc in Wilkes-Barre
Store This Afternoon-SiX In
jured.
Especial to The Citizen.) }

Wilkes-Barre, May PA terrific
explosion wrecked and set fire to the
Bennett building occupied by Ben
esch Bros, furniture dealers shortly
after noon today. The building was
soon in flames. Six persons were
injured. The explosion was caused
by an accumulation of gas in the
large display window of the store.
Madaline Lyons, aged II years, was
standing in front of the store when
the explosion occurred. She was
hurled across the street at a dis
tance of 80 feet and was badly in
jured She was removed to the hos
pital.
Martin Freeman was also badly
bruised and cut about his person.
He was also removed to the hospital.
The walls of the building fell
shortly after l o'clock. One fire.
man was injured by the tumbling
bricks. He was rescued but is in
an unconscious condition in the hos
pital.
Four other explosions followed the
first. 1t is feared that adjoining
buildings will burn. A general fire
alarm was sent in.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
Death of Robert Horton.

Robert Johnson Horton died at the
home of Mrs, Emma SecOr on Sunday
morning, May 10, at about half past
eight o'clock, after a long illness,
which he bore patiently and uncOm-
plainingly.
He was born at Brooklyn, n. Y,
on July |, 1887. For many years
before his recent Illness he was
manager of the American Union
Telephone Company at Gettysburg
Pa, and later was transferred to
Hagerstown, Md, where he was
forced to give up his position on ac-
count of failing health. During his
stay in Honesdale he made many
friends here who deeply regret his
untimely death. He was a most
exemplary young man of sterling
habits.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Blanche Secor on May IS, 1911. He
is survived by his wife of this place;
his father, Lewis Horton, OF Phil
adelphia; one brother, Charles S.
Horton, of Ephrata, and one sister,
Viola Horton OF Holler, Long Island.
The funeral services will be held
on Wednesday and will be conducted
by Rev. w. II. Swift at the Secor
home at 10 o'clock a. m. The fun
eral will be private for only the I'm
mediate relatives and friends.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
JUDGE INSPECTS
SCHOOL BUILDING.
Hon. A. 7. Searle, of Wayne County,
Visited the High School, High
ly Complimented the Local
District.

Judge A. 7. Searle, of the Wayne
county court, who was here Oh the
bench last week, took occasion dur
ing his stay here to visit the new
Stroudsburg High school building,
having been escorted there by n. A.
Frantz, manager of the Record, and
shown through the building by the
accommodating janitor, J. S. Slut
ter.
His Honor was delighted with the
building in it's entirety and the gen
eral arrangement of the same. He
complimented the school board on
the excellent judgment that had been
exercised in the plans and believed
that it was one of the best buildings
for the money he had visited. The
Judge is interested in the public
school system, as a man in his Of
fetal position might be expected to
be, and therefore, his estimate plaC-
ed on the new structure, the pride
of the people of the Borough of
Stroudsburg, will be pleasing to
them. The Judge is making more
and more friends with each succeed
ing visit to the Monroe county seat.
Monroe Record.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

GTOl. II. L. Davies and class in
Agriculture, consisting of 21 pupils,
recently visited the farms of T. b.
Clark, A. w. Emo and Fred j. Avery
for a knowledge of the practical end
of their study. T. B. Clark's farm
was first visited. The class found
him and his men busily engaged in
setting out an orchard of 1000
yearling apple trees. The method
pursued being the most modern and
satisfactory being the
agency employed to dig the holes.
One-third of a stick of this power
full explosive was used to prepare
the ground. After the ground had
been measured one man thrust down
a crowbar into the soil and he was
followed by a second man who plac-
ed the dynamite in the hoIes, tamped
the earth around it and applied the
torch. The men kept far enough
ahead of the exploding dynamite so
that it did not interfere with their
work. Mr.. Clark explained to the
class the advantages of using dyna-
mite, how it loosened the soil, i'm
proves the drainage and kills the in
sects. Yearling plants were set out
and cut back. as the tree grows il
will be pruned so as to throw out low
branches and make it more easy to
gather the fruit and allow it to rip
en-. Every 40 feet a Baldwin tree
was set out, between which were
placed Nonesuch and other filters.
They are short lived and will be cut
down in a few years, giving all
nourishment of the soil to the Bald
wins. The orchard is on a gentle
slope to the east. Mr.. Clark inform
ed the class that he intended dyna-
miting around the roots of the old
trees in the apple orchard, which
would allow the roots to spread out
| The trees are free from pests and
are in good condition.
From Mr.. Clark's the class visited
F. J. Avery's farm. Here they
watched power potato planter in
operation. The potatoes had been
cut and placed in a hopper. The
motion of the machine caused a disk
to revolve and in this disk there were
! openings through which the pota
toes dropped at intervals. They
were covered by two disks at the
rear of the planter as it passed ovel
the ground.
A. w. Enos farm was next visit
ed. Mr.. Emo took the class through
his large three-story barn; explained
the workings of the various labor
saving farm implements, etc. HI
also took great pride in showing thu
boys his prize herd of Ayrshires
discussed the points of a good dair!
COW and explained the feedin.
methods. The class returned in tn,
evening enthused over their tril
| which proved to be highly eduCa
tional
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
JOHN KERL A HERO
Rescues Miss Elizabeth Stegner From
DrOwning-Receives Reward
From Family.

John Kerl proved himself the hero
of the day last Tuesday when he res
cued Miss Elizabeth Stegner of 332
Grove street from the rushing wa
ters of the LaCkawaXen river.
Miss Stegner was crossing the riv-
er over a footbridge, which had been
recently built opposite Florence silk
mill, where she is employed. She
and other young women and men
were returning to their respective
homes for dinner when the accident
occurred. The railing had not been
placed on the bridge and Miss Steg-
ner became dizzy and consequently
fell into the river.
John Kerl, who saw Miss Stegner
fall, ran down the stream about a
hundred feet, waded out in the river
and rescued her from drowning
Miss Stegner's only injury was a
bruised knee, which came in con-
tact with a rock in the river bed
when she fell. She was removed to
her home on Grove street.
Mr.. Kerl has since received $40
in money which was accompanied by
an excellent letter of gratitude and
thanks from the family of Miss
Stegner.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
TROUBLE ON LADYWOOD LANE.

On Monday afternoon William
Roberts was brought before Squire
Ham to answer charges preferred
against him by Mrs. Lille Gillette,
of River street. Roberts was releas-
ed on 500 bond to keep the peace
but on Monday evening Mrs. Gillette
withdrew the charge and William
was consequently released from
bond and was dismissed after pay
ing the costs which amounted to 80.
A disturbance at the home of Mrs
Gillette on Saturday night, where
considerable gun play was in pro-
gress, called Officer Canivan to the
scene The affair promised to be
somewhat melodramic and serious
results were probably prevented by
the appearance of Officer Caniyan
who lodged Roberts in Jail. By
the Withdrawing OF the charge the
case was dropped, but how about
the future safety of citizens? This
sort of thing ought to be stopped
once and for AL and the proper au-
thorities should go deeper into the
matter for the common welfare OF
the taxpayers of both Honesdale and
Texas.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
GRACE EPISCOPAL INSTITUTE.
sunday School Institute at Grace
Church. HOncSdale.

An Institute was held under the
auspices of the Sunday School Com
mission of the Diocese of Bethlehem,
at Grace church, Honesdale, Pa, Fri
day, May Il, and Saturday, May Is,
which for excellence of instruction
and moral effect is rarely surpassed.
On Friday evening Mrs. John Lo-
man, Field Secretary for Elementary
work in the Diocese of Pennsylvania,
spoke feelingly and practically on
Religion in the Home; and in the
address of Principal NJ. Alton Rich
ards of the Central High school,
South Bethlehem, there was the same
note of earnest practically. On Sat
urday morning Mrs. Loman gave an
address on The Value of Illustra-
tions (Stories, Pictures, etc.) in
Sunday School Teaching" and Prin-
cipal Richards gave a lecture on
Hand Work in the Sunday School, us
ing a helpful syllabus and showing
and explaining a very unique series
of models mounted and colored
drawings and cut out figures, etc,
which displayed great originality and
ingenuity on his part. His deftness
in craftsmanship stands him in good
stead in his making of models. He
vel ' Btutl OuSlN ltll oS llhbl anu
models with the teachers in attend
anCe.
In the afternoon Mrs. Loman gave
one of her inimitable talks on the
catechism, whereby it was made to
live, and the teachers were shown
how it might be made a living IN
stead of a dead language. The in
stitute was closed by an address by
the Rev Steward L. Mitman, Phi. D.,
President of the Sunday School Com
mission of the Diocese of Bethlehem
and Department Secretary of the
General Board of Religious Educa-
ton of the Church in the United
States. who spoke along general
and inspirational lines. DR.. Mitman,
remaining till the next day, gave at
the morning service a scholarly ad-
dress on The Permanent Value of
the Bible" which clearly brought out
the superiority of the Sacred Scrip
| tures over any other literature, and
in which the prophecy was impress
lively made that the Bible instead of
| having survived its usefulness. and
! at the beginning of a period in
which it would certainly become bet
| ter known and understood than ever
| before.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
Wayne County Medical Society Meets

On Thursday afternoon the Wayne
County Medical Society met at Hotel
Allen in regular annual meeting.
The purpose of the meeting was to
elect officers for the coming year
but owing to the absence of the nom
mating committee the election was
postponed until July.
Those present were: DR.. Rodman,
Hawley; DR.. Catteral Hawley; DR..
Lobb, Hawley; DR.. Mullen, lHamlin;
DR.. Smith, Shohola; DR.. McCOnvill,
DR.. Powell, and DR.. Nielsen, of
Honesdale; Or. VanSickel, of Oily
phant.
The meeting was presided over by
DR.. Rodman, of Hawley, and much
routine business was transacted. Dr..
NanSickle, the Councillor of the
Medical Society of Pennsylvania gave
a brief talk on the state and county
medical society and their relation to
the general practitioner
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-22
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION TO
ORGANIZE.
Membership to Include Owners of
Cars in Wayne County.

Editorially and by special articles,
The Citizen has advocated the organ
ization of an Automobile Association
for Wayne county. We learn, with
much qualification, that our sugges-
tion has met with the approval of
automobilists and that an association
of this character will soon be organ
lied in Wayne county. Its purpose
is to organize with 200 members,
about IS of whom will be represent
ed by Honesdale citizens, who are
owners of machines. Organization
will be effective after a charter has
been applied for. The proposed as
sociation will work for better roads
in the county, the placing of dis
tance and guide boards and the elm
ination of waterbars in rural roads.
The Citizen extends congratulations
to the instigators of the association
and sincerely hopes that the mem
bers of the proposed organization
will succeed in the accomplishment
of their intended plans. The farm
ers of Wayne county ought to feel
elated over the prospects of improv-
ed roads. 1t will not only enhance
the value of their farms but will en-
able them to get to the county seat
without plowing through several
inches of mud. This alone Is rea-
son enough for giving hearty thanks
to those who may be instrumental
in bringing about means for better
traffic.