The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-01

remain at the postoffice here: Roy
s. Cutler, Warren Grey, Susie Hoff-
man, Chester Van Orden.
The county commissioners, at
their last meeting, appointed James
l.. Noble, of Hamlin, mercantile ap-
praiser for Wayne for 1918.
Senator Penrose has introduced
a bill that provides for one cent post
age within the territory of the post
office wherein letter is mailed.
Passenger trains on the Homes
dale branch of the Delaware and
Hudson railroad, stopped at the new
Farview depot for the first on Christ
mas Day.
DIR. and Mrs Mead Schenck and
son, of West Pittston, have returned
after spending the holiday season at
the home of the formers parents,
Mr. and Mrs. w. P. Schenck, on Ter
race street.
=" Christmas Gifts From All the
Nations" a cantata given in the
chapel of the Presbyterian church
Thursday evening by the Sunday
school pupils, was very creditably
rendered. After the program gifts
were distributed to the children.
"A Tolley reunion was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Whaite, Scranton, on Christmas.
Those present were Rev. and Mrs.
Samuel Tolley, daughter, Miss
Edith, of this place, George Tolley,
of Smithtown Branch, L. l., N. Y.
Every county in the state was
represented in the attendance at the
sixty-third annual State Educational
Association in Harrisburg from
Thursday to Saturday of last week.
From the Honesdale high school
Professors H. A. Oday and R. T.
Davies were in attendance.
announcements have been re-
ceived of the marriage of Prof. Ell
bert l.. Blakeslee, of the Hawley
schools and Miss Rosa H. Johnston,
which was solemnized in st. Johns
church at Brooklyn, N. Y, on Satur-
day, December %. Following the
ceremony there was a reception at
the home of the brides parents, Rev.
and Mrs. Levi Johnston.
The discovery of what is believ-
ed to be the real Mt Sinai of Holy
Script is reported to the Academy of
Science at Berlin by Prof DR.. Al
Musil from Damascus. Prof. Musil
believes that the extinct volcano,
Hala-l-Bedr, in the Hedja region of
northern Arabia, is the biblical
mountain where the Ten Command
ments were given to Moses.
Mrs. Mary Felter, of. Starrucca,
is the guest of Miss Margaret Perry
on South Terrace street. Miss
Grace Erik, of Seelyville, is the guest
of Mrs. Carl Roesiger of South
Wyoming street. ]. e. Tiff
fany and daughter, Helen, of Pleas
ant Mount, and Miss Minnie Tiffany,
of Pleasant Mount, spent yesterday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Kisp-
paugh of South Washington street.
-Carbondale Leader.
james Robinson, the popular
Main street pants manufacturer, has
purchased a lot S0x70 feet facing
West street of Kreitner Bros. who
have the foundation well under way
for a modern eight-room house of
the bungalow style. Kreitner Bros.
have had no trouble to dispose of
these valuable lots, having recently
Fifteenth streets to B. H. Dittrich,
The Citizen is always glad to
publish items of interest that peo-
pie may give from time to time. If
you have friends visiting you, or
are going away yourself, if there
is some party or other social func-
tion that you would like to see in
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dence of good faith.
The blowing OF many whistles
and gongs and the ringing of bells at
midnight tonight will mark the
close of the good old year of 1912,
for the borough OF Honesdale and
will likewise mark the beginning of
new year of promise for our town.
1t will mean step forward to be in
keeping with the times. Although
1912 has not been the biggest year,
the borough has made many ad-
vancements and the year has seen
many improvements in the town.
We hope that the new year just
dDOuI 10 open up 10 US Will De a
prosperous one for all of our large
family of subscribers and friends.
Having been used for 122
years, the old organ in Zion's Lu-
theran church, near Spring City, was
set aside recently when a new one
was dedicated with impressive ser
vices. The old instrument, how
ever, will continue to occupy prom
inent place in the church and will be
used once each year at special
service. 1t was constructed by
David Tanneberg, who emigrated
from Germany, and is said to have
been the first pipe organ built in
Pennsylvania of Philadelphia. Rev.
w. o. Fegely, pastor of the historic
Augustus Lutheran church, at Trap
pc, the cradle of the Lutheran faith
in America, preached the dedicatory
sermon and Rev. c. F. Dapp, pastor
! of the Zion's church, performed the
act of dedication of the, new organ
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