The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25

Der 81. All members are requested
! to be present.
The Delaware and Hudson sys-
| tenn has issued a new timetable
which became effective Sunday, Dec.
81. No changes are recorded for the
Honesdale branch.
Thomas Quincy of this place,
has purchased the Walter Miller
farm of 80 acres in Dyberry town
ship. The sale was made through
| the Fasshauer agency.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Wayne County Saw
ings bank will be held on Tuesday af-
ternoon, January 13, 1914. Direc-
tors will be elected at this meeting.
The Honesdale Maennerchor,
met at their hall Sunday afternoon to
discuss the observance of the Christ
mas season. A Christmas tree and
services will be held Friday evening
for the children of the members.
BE a town booster-use Board
of Trade envelopes. Printed at The
Citizen office. One concern has
used nearly 10000 envelopes within
the past six months Ask for Board
of Trade envelopes: They cost no
more than standard grade.
Fire destroyed the Pittston High
school building early Sunday morn
ing, entailing a loss of $150,000. A
valuable library was consumed. The
building was one of the finest in the
city and contained 26 rooms.
"A meeting of the policyholders
of the Keystone Guard, a five-year
insurance company, was held Monday
evening in the city hall. Attorney
C. P. Searle was retained to act in
the policyholders' interest. Another
meeting will be held in the near fu-
ture, when something more definite
may be learned about the distribu
ton of funds.
Among our exchanges which is
sued special Christmas editions are
the Honesdale Citizen and the Daily
Record of Stroudsburg Both papers
got out extra-large editions, we'll
printed and containing a large
amount of seasonable reading matter
| besides a liberal amount of we'll ar
ranged advertisements of the local
| business houses.-Hawley Times.
At the Lyric Thursday and Fri
day, Dec. 25 and 20, with a matinee
on Thursday (Christmas) afternoon,
a rare treat is in store for the stu
! dent, sensation seeker, the curious,
lovers of spectacular, and the world
at large, when the stupendous pro-
duction of the Battle of Waterloo"
in five reels will be the attraction.
This issue of The Citizen is
strictly Christmas. There is local
reading matter and Christmas adver-
tising upon every page of to-day's
twelve-page paper. We especially
call attention to pages 2, 3, 6 and Z.
Local, county, national and general
news matter is written in an inter-
esting and condensed form for quick
readers. If you miss page you will
miss something good.
The final audit in the Gilon es-
tate was conducted in the office of
Kimble e Hanlan on Tuesday morn
| ing. Claims to the amount of $192.-
| rs were presented and not contested.
The distribution of the funds will be
made after the filing of the report of
the auditor, F. P. Kimble, at the jan
uary term of court. Those included
are one brother, three sisters and
heirs of the decedent's deceased
brother, A. D. Van Driesen.
During the past week several
excellent Christmas editions of our
valued exchanges graced our edi-
torial desk. The different num-
bers, geographically, were the best
we have seen. They contained
liberal amount of advertising, Christ
mas stories and town boom matter.
In this class we mention the Les
-. l.; oct
Stroudsburg Morning Press and JEFF
fersonian, Bellefonte Watchman,
Archibald Citizen, Deposit Courier,
and Carbondale Leader.
Mrs. E. Histed gave a stag sur
prise on last Friday evening in hon
or of her son, Histed's 21st birthday.
Games were INDUCED in and Wilbur
Bodie carried away all honors. Mr..
Histed was presented with many
beautiful and useful gifts by his
friends, which will long be remem-
bered as mementos of the occasion.
Delicious refreshments were served
and all report fine time. Those
present were: Albert Krantz, Robert
Heft, Vincent Carroll, Jacob Breith-
aupt$ John O'Hara, John Sleupner,
Wilbur Bodie, Clarence Bodie, Will
liam Pethick and Harland e. Histed.
Speaking of Christmas editions
of papers upon it's exchange list the
Monroe Record, Stroudsburg, con-
tanned the following: Other editions
specially arranged. for the Christmas
tide and are a credit to their pub
fishers, which have been received by
the Record are those of the Lehigh-
ton Press, Carbon Advocate, the
same place, and the Honesdale Citi-
zen. The people of the towns,
where published should feel proud
of them and give them the honest
support due newspaper, which does
so much to boost it's community.
Stroller, in the Tribune-Repub-
lican, of Scranton, says: 81 see that
r. M. Stocker of Honesdale, has an
earnest plea for the farm in a recent