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FIUDAY, JUNE 18, 1000.
KEPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
JUSTICE OP THE SUPREME COURT
. Judge Robert Von Mosch.lsker,
of Philadelphia.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
A. E. SISSON,
of Erie.
STATE TREASURER,
Jeremiah A. Stober,
of Lancaster.
JURY COMMISSIONER,
W. II. Bullock.
Republican Committeemen for 1000.
Berlin 1 W. J. Barnes.
Berlin 2 H. H. Bunnell.
Bethany B. F. Blake.
Buckingham 1 James Hoag.
Buckingham 2 John A. Carey.
Buckingham 3 J. Barrett.
Canaan John Lockwood.
Cherry Ridge F. W. Compton.
Clinton C. H. Wilmarth.
Damascus 1 Frank Olver.
Damascus 2 Roy Beagle.
Damascus 3 Chas. Reynard.
Damascus 4 E. P. Decker.
Damascus 5 C. E. Boyd.
Dreher F. D. Waltz.
Dyberry E. H. Alberty.
Hawley A. L. Bishop.
Honesdale George P. Ross.
Lake Friend Black..
Lebanon Fred L. Gnger.
Manchester 1 A. Lester.
Manchester 2 A. L. Lawson.
Mt. Pleasant T. Payne
Oregon Fred Briinlg.
Palmyra Seth Brink.
Paupack Aaron Goble.
Preston 1 S. U. Woodmansee.
Preston 2 S. II. lllne.
Prompton Stephen Knglcr.
Salem H, F. Nicholson.
Scott 1 L. .1. Tarbox.
Scott 2 L. E. Ecker.
South Canaan Walter Curtis.
Starrueca A. V. I.anibee.
Sterling W. B. I.euher.
Texas 1 A. W. Eno.
Texas 2 F. W. Iiunnofl.
Texas 3 Josepli Stephens.
Texas 4 S. Lungendorfer.
Waymart 1. S. Hull.
STATE CONVENTION.
The Republican convention met at
Harrisburg on Wednesday, June 1C
1901). Convention was called to or
der by Stnte Chairman Andrews.
Roll was called by Sec'y Harry Ba
ker, who was later named as secretary
of State committee to fill vacancy
caused by deatli of Jno. It. Williams.
Senator W. E. Crow was nominated
and elected Chairman. After a short
address committees were appointed
and nominations called for Clark of
Erie in an eloquent address placed
A. E. Sisson in nomination for Audi
tor General. Nomination, was sec
onded, and made unanimous. M. G.
Schaeffer of Lancaster nominated
Jeremiah N. Stober for State Treas
urer. This was seconded and nom
ination made unanimous.
Judge Robert Von Moschzlsker was
seected the nominee for Justice of
the Supreme Court.
The committee on resolutions
adopted a platform Which was brist
ling with facts and truths which will
be a "red flag to the bull" for the
Democrats from now on until the
eelction, when the usual big Re
publican majority will act as a se
dative until another convention con
venes. ONE OF WAYNE'S YOUNGEST VET
ERANS BEAD.
Virgil L. Conklin, a veteran of the
late Civil War, died June 7. The re
mains were taken to Damascus, where
the funeral sermon was preached by
the Rev, Mr. Dennis, of Callicoon.
The interment was in Conklin Hill
Cemetery.
Virgil L. Conklin was born in Da
mascus, Wayne county, Pa., June 17,
1S49. He was a son of Horatio and
Elmira Conklin. His mother died
Dec. 2G, 1861, leaving a family of
12 children, six boys and six girls.
The baby, Benjamin Conklin, died
Jan 8, 1862, age 8 months. Since
then there has been no death In the
family of children. The father died
Jan. 8, 1879, being nearly 80 years
old. Virgil enlisted In the Civil war
in Feb. 1864, in Company F, 128th
Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, and was
honorably discharged in July, 1865,
being one of the youngest soldiers of
the civil war.
He married Elizabeth Dexter, who
died in February, 1892. No children
were born to them. He had since re
mained a widower and resided at
Lake Como. He had been a sufferer
for a number of years with asthma
from which he died June 7, as stated.
He is survived by an adopted son
Lafayette Geer; by four brothers and
six sisters: Amzla, of Jonesburgh,
Mo.; Nelson, of Damascus, Gilbert of
Lookout, Wlllard of Prompton, Pa.;
Mrs. J. B. Conklin, Mrs. Laura Simon
ron, of Lake Como, Mrs. J. Wlnand,
of Preston Park, Pa.; Mrs. A. Thorp,
of Readburn, N. Y.; Mrs. F. L. Brush,
and Mrs. Henry Klein.of Callicoon.
The High School
Class Night Exercises
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
"CLASS CHRONICLES"
By Flossie Polly.
Four years ago last Septem
ber about forty scared fresh
men entered the magnificent
old high school room. This
was very different from the
small, quiet room we had Just
left, but thinking it wise to
keep on the "sunny side" we
sat like good little children
humming the tune "You May
Look and You May Listen, but
M-U-M Is the Word." We or
ganized our class with Hillary
Osborne as president. But he
was soon forced to leave school
on account of illness, and vice
president Alice Kimble assumed
the presidency. Wilbur Bodle
was chosen treasurer and
Maude Colwell secretary. How
ever, freshmen are too young !
and Insignificant to be very j
prominent so we diligently i
studied our dally lessons and I
paved the way to success, lay
ing the foundation for the fol
lowing years.
At the beginning of the next
eventful year we were greeted
by some new faces. Among
them was a certain precocious
young fellow, who, because of
his brilliant, witty ways soon
became known as Frey, the
child-wonder. He advanced
a new theory as to the meaning
of education. His idea was
this: "Education is the abiltty
of a man to use words of four
syllables or more. He whose
vocabulary is composed of
words shorter than four sylla
bles is Illiterate and ignorant."
The advocates of this theory
were few, so we, his classmates,
did not loose all hope of obtain
ing an education. The sopho
more class selected new offi
cers. Col. Lemnitzer, Presi
dent; Alice Kimble, Vice Presi
dent, Wm. Freund, Treasurer;
and Helen Beck, Secretary.' Our
treasurer became worVied and
troubled with the responsibil
ity of so much capital that he
resigned this honored position
nnd Wilbur Bodle condescended
to again fill the ofllce. During
the winter we made our debut
at a dance given in honor of the
Seniors. All enjoyed a pleasant
evening and enjoyed ourselves
equally as well at the dance
with which the Seniors honored
us. For a farewell meeting of
the sophomore class a picnic
to Beach Lake was planned. It
rained on the dny appointed so
the affair was postponed until
the next Saturday, two weeks
after the dismissal of school.
The members had already scat
tered for their summer vaca
tion and only a few were able
to attend. The girls said they
had a good time, but is it any
wonder? The party was nearly
all boys. Snapshots are usually
little tale bearers, at least of
this picnic. There she sits on
the end of the pier, shaded un
der a large "Merry Wdow,"
with her feet leisurely dangling
in the water, spooning in a can
of baked beans.
Our junior year, we came
back with a strange feeling
which I hardly know how to
describe. A feeling of, intense
sadness mixed with curiosity
and anticipation. Sad, to re
turn and not be greeted with
that familiar smile of welcome
' from Mr. Churchill; curious to
see the new vice-principal.
From his appearance one
would think him very jovial,
but well perhaps the
strenuousness of the class of
1909 was too much for his jov
ial countenance. This year
our class was increased by live
promising members from Texas
High shool, whom we all strove
to initiate into the responsible
position they had assumed upon
becoming members of the jun
ior class of Honesdale High'
school. We kept the same of
ficers as our second year; how
ever, Wilbur Bodle left school
and the everchanglng treasury
vacancy was filled by William
Freund. Alice Kimble, a form
er resident of Carbondale, be
came tired of Honesdale, its
schools, scholars and Coleman,
and returned to her childhood
home leaving us without a
vice-president. It was now
time to choose colors. The
class was divided, half preferred
maroon and gold while the
others jealously fought for
corn color and green. Several
disputes and arguments follow
ed but no decision was reached.
At last the colors were chang
ed and we decided to havo
blue and gold. Our jaunty
little class pins were also se
lected. This was to be a se
cret, because It is unusual to
have classpins In junior year,
but somehow, someway, some
body found it out, November
1st we all enjoyed a party given
by our aimable classmate, Wil
bur Bodie. We had a "flash
light" taken that evening but
evidently only two were good
so only their heads were print
ed. This year we were obliged
to work very hard so that school
might be closed early in order
to begin the new high school
building, consequently there
was but very little time for
amusement.
September, 1908, wo assem
bled as Seniors. The eigh
teenth we met and chose now
officers. Fred Osborne, presi
dent; Florence Hlller, vice
president; Earnest Dudley,
Treasurer, nnd FlosBle Polley,
Secretary. Our class number
ed 23, making the skldoo class
of old H. H. S. Unfortunately
we lost one of our members
since mid-year. Juniors, al
though It Is not my subject I
wish to give you a scrap of ad
vice: Choose your motto ear
ly. Remember, a motto is a
short suggestive expression of
a guiding principle. If it is
not chosen until lnte the class
Is destitute of a guide and are
very likely to be led astray.
May 4, we selected as our motto
"Labor omnia vlncit," labor
conquors all thngs. January
1 nth, the Juniors royally enter
tained us at a dance given at
Lyric hall. Soon after came
raid-year examinations. Our
marks were there reckoned up
nnd we were proud to congratu
late Coe Lemnitzer as validic
torian nnd William Freund as
salutatorlan. Friends, this
ends the history of the last
class to be graduated from old
H. H. S. and although her walls
will soon be torn down the
memory of her and the happy
days we spent there will ever
be fresh in our minds.
THE ALPHABET
By Susie McUraw.
It was one of those bright
summer days of May. Ths sun
was illuminating all nature, ex
cept human nature. The only
visible sign of illumination in
the High School was that which
came at four o'clock.
On this particular afternoon
my shallow vein of seriousness
seemed suddenly to have deep
ened; for when the usual wel
come sound of the "last bell"
came, I was loath to leave the
building, but looked forward to
the quiet that would follow the
glad rush down stairs. Even
the teachers left early, so I soon
found an opportunity to let my
thoughts wander on in that
trend which seemed to keep
them within the limits of our
four years in High School. I
was beginning by a line mathe
matical process to make a list
of the things which had brought
us the greatest good. Such was
my serious mood, when I heard
a peculiar disturbance near me
in the dictionary's corner. Un
mistakably it was a voice
hoarse and uncertain, but with
each succeeding word became
more firm, and then I heard
my own name distinctly spoken,
followed by this surprising
statement:
"I wonder if you know that
here upon my perch, I have
learned the alphabet of your
Senior class. I know you are
curious to hear it, so I will be
gin." Not in set rhetorical
phrases such as we would ex
pect from a dictionary were
these secret thoughts revealed,
but in the ordinary intelligible
language of the High School
pupil.
A is for Abbie, first in the
alphabet, latest at school; B is
for Beck, who will not disclose
her reason for the admiration
she always feels when she sees
a "new field." Two of your
"Brilliant Seniors" belong to
C. Both Clara and Clark
should begin with B. D. is for
Dein, the girl with the beauti
ful "Marcelle Wave." E Is for
Ernest, "On summer eves, in
pensive thoughts, he gathers
"shell" In heedless sport. F.
contains two opposltes, Frey
the philosophic, Friend, the
jovial. G is for Gerry who likes
a "Storm." H is the general
panacea, Harris cures the phy
sical, and Hiller the spiritual
diseases of the school. I is
for "Ice," a temperature with
which the old building was ac
commodated during most of
your senior year. J is for
"Justice" which some of the
members demand upon the sub
ject of "child labor." R. is for
Krantz, reputed authority on
Arnold's essays. L Is for
Laura, languid, lively and love
ly. M is for Murrman, one mem
ber loyal to the class colors.
N is for "No," a word the seni
ors never used when asked to
write a paper. O is for Os
borne who is apt to say "Hello"
when he means "How do you
do." P is for Polley, who has
a tendency to establish "Mills."
R is for Romaine, the great
oracle of advice. S is for Soete
who thinks that "ladles' man
tles" should be somewhat modi
fied. T Is for Turnborger, the
great translator. U Is for
Unity, which your class possesses
V is for your valdictorian, al
though smallest, ho is not least
as you all know, and people will
overlook his fears of the dark
shadows on Ch. street at night.
W what you are and what
the Juniors aim to be. There
are two whole pages of X's but
not one of them belong to you.
Your class never looked at the
twenty-fourth letter of the al
phabet. Y is for "Youths of
Wisdom" synonymous with the
class of 1909. Z is for zero
you never felt its meaning, your
zest of study
Just then a page of this com
municative old book was blown
to the floor, and as I replaced
the loose page of W's I caught
a glimpse of these words: "True
wisdom heareth readily," and
without assuming any more than
the truth, I felt that the quota
tion was appropriately applied
to me, and therefore to our re
nouned class.
"HEADS AND HANDS"
By Clara M. Saunders.
Being one of the members of
the Senior class of 1909, I have
been chosen to foretell the fu
ture of "Our Boys." While in
the Literature class one day
I noticed that most of the boys
had protuberances on their
heads, and having some knowl
edge of phrenology and palmis
try, and wishing to put into
practical use my theoretical
knowledge, I decided to proph
ecy their future in this way.
Phrenology teaches us that
large protruding eyes Indicate
an excessive development of
language. Persons possessing
this faculty readily remember
words and learn by heart with
great facility. The physical
marks of this character are very
highly developed in Mr. Frey
which leads me to think that 'in
some future time he will pub
lish rhetoric or perhaps a dict
ionary to define the meaning
of the large words which he
uses occasionally. After study
ing the lines of Mr. Lemnitzer's
hand for some time, I finally
turned him over to Helen Beck.
She later sent me her report
which said, "It is no wonder
he won first honor as he es
pecially is endowed with hearti
ness, and on account of his
strength and size, he was able
to study without decreasing his
weight." While watching Mr.
Romaine in class one day, I
discovered a slight enlargement
in the neighborhood of his tem
ple. This indicates a highly" de
veloped appetite. A noted phe
nologist tells us that it is very
difficult to restrain this propen
sity and to keep our appetites
in check; we should "eat to
live, rather than live to eat."
Mr. Romaine lias an enormous
appetite. Crackers form his
chief diet as they do not tend
to produce flesh. Mr. Healy's
life line is very plainly marked
and without a break. He can
look forward to many years of
usefulness. Don't look so sol
emn as your worrying is over
for I have found that you will
have good health for many
years to come.
You are all, no doubt ac
quainted with Chester Gerry,
the genial carrier of the Inde
pendent. I find that he has an
enlargement on the.crown of his
head which argues that his or
gan of ambition is unduly de
veloped. He is so energetic:
that he has looked ahead far
enough to get a lease to run
Stevens's milk wagon and de
liver the Independent for twenty-five
years. The organ of
comparison is denoted by a
prominent forehead. One pos
sessing this faculty has the pow
er to argue, compare and to
draw inferences. Mr. Osborne
is master of these powers and
has striven to cultivate them
by studying logic, chemistry, and
mathematics. In time to come
we hope to see him win as much
fame as Webster. One day
about a month ago a represen
tative from the Elevator Works
came to the High school and
asked the teachers to recommend
a boy for them. The former
had noticed Dudley's clever
ness and recommended him for
the position. I determined to
ascertain if he showed the
characteristics necessary and
found upon applying my phreno
logical tests, he had cultivated
the talent for construction by
writing and drawing. On ex
amining Mr. Harris's hand I
found that his love-line was
broken in many places which
indicates that he has had inany
affairs of the heart.
The bump on Mr. Soete's head
revealed that he has a strong
literary taste and in time will
become a great author, In fact,
"Out-Witman Whitman." Mr.
Krantz was next on my list.
I surely thought that he as well
as Mr. Osborne would be an ora
tor but, I was mistaken as his
most prominent organ seemed
to be that of color which Is de
tected by the finely arched
eyebrows. This faculty gives
Albert the power to distinguish
"Brown" from every other color.
The last but not least on my
list is Mr. Freund whose faculty
is represented facially by the
projection and breadth between
the eyebrows, and the down
ward curving of the ratter at
their inner corner; locating the
presence of the organ of Individ
uality. Mr. Freund is a keen
observer and has the powers of
drawing striking personifica
tions. Of course the boys will refuse
to take this prophecy serlous
ously; they will greet it with
unconstrained mirth, such is
the reward of a good Samaritan
like myself while endeavoring
to live up to an entirely unsoli
cited reputation. But let them
take heed of my sage remarks.
"THE GLASS ADVERTISER."
By Walter F. Healy.
One day about two months";!
ago, our worthy professor made7
among his various 4 p. m. r
announcements one to the effect'
that the physics class, that in.
which the brilliancy- of Hones-.,
dale High school has reached the'
culminating point, should meet
In the south class room. We
adjourned thither fully expect- '
lng that we would be allowed
to expound some theory that had
been figured out two thousand
years before, or, if luck were
uncommonly favorable, to do a
little janitor work in the labora
tory. But no such luck, for in
less than half an hour It was
made known to us that all who
wished might go on a tour of
inspection to the office of The
Citizen, where but a few weeks
previous a new Linotype ma
chine had been installed. We
agreed to go even though by so
doing we were not exempted
from any study. Arriving at
our destination we were cordial
ly greeted by the editor who ex
plained in detail every part of
the wonderful machine. After
a pleasant and profitable time we
were about to start for home
when one of the employees pre
sented to each of us a copy of
that day's publication. As it
was late when I left the office
I placed the paper in my pocket
without examining it. Arriving
home I was about to persue its
columns when my eye tell upon
the heading, what was my sur
prise to dis , but by the way
I have the paper here, this is
what I read: The Citizen, Wayne
County's Organ of the Repub
lican Party, weekly founded
1844, semi-weekly founded in
1908, daily founded 1920, S2d
year, Honesdale, Wayne County,
Pa., Wednesday, June 18, 1925.
I was of course greatly surpris
ed, but immediately became so
intensely interested in the con
tents that the question of the
date was entirely forgotten.
The first item that fell under
my gaze was this: The Class of
1923 conducted their class night
exercises in the auditorium of
the McGraw building; the dona
tion of the late Miss Susie Mc
Graw, who passed away about
two years ago. The exercises
were a complete success and
were eclipsed, in our estimation,
only by those of the class of
1909, whoso praises 'are still
sung. The olnss was trained
by Miss Abigail Baird, who for
the past five years has been an
instructor in elocution. Turn
ing from this I discovered in a
rather conspicuous position some
ads. to this effect: Your fortune
told free. All matters of love,
business, marriage, and health
explained. Office hours 10 a.
m. to 3 p. m. Room A, Foster
lnilding. The reading of gen
tlemen's palms a specialty.
Miss Clara Saunders, Palmist
and Phrenologist.
French lessons, by refined
Parisian teacher, with pleasant
method, who has studied French
for almost one whole year.
Miss Laura Van Home, East
Extension St. Manicuring done
by mail, special method, money
refunded if not satisfied, Miss
Hazel Dein.
Fearing ads. though interest
ing may become monotonous', I
will with your permission in
spect the Home Topics: Miss
Faith Clark recently attended
the 12th annual alumni of Vas
sal1 College. Miss Clark was
graduated from Honesdale
High School in 1909, from Vassal-
with the class of 1913, and
for the past ten years has been
local manager of the Boston
Baked Bean Company.
Miss Flossy Polley has accept
ed a position as chief operator
in the Honesdale office of the
Bell Telephone Company. This
is one of the most progressive
companies in this state ana now
serves about 5,000 subscribers.
If the progress of a community
is to be measured by its adop
tion of the most modern con
veniences, Honesdale is certain
ly getting ahead. We hope Miss
Polley will be successful in her
new situation. Miss Helen
Beck has signed a contract to
sing in the Metropolitan Opera
House of New York City. Miss
Beck is very proficient in her
chosen profession and we wish
her continued success.
Among the buildings recently
constructed in Honesdale are two
tenements owned by Miss Alice
Turnburger. For a number of
years Miss Turnburger has been
in the real estate business and
owns seven large tenements be
sides her own magnificent resi
dence on Church street.
In the "News and Reviews
from the World of Books" to
which, on account of the increas
ed facilities of this paper a col
umn is given, I was rather sur
prised to discover this item:
Miss Gertrude Murrman is the
proud authoress of a narrative
entitled "The Evolutions of a
Book." The gist of the narra
tive is this: A certain man wrote
a book of which he was very
proud; he sent it to Collier's
Weekly and, In the course of a
few days received an answer
which upon opening proved to
be his story. His wife urged
him oa nnd he sent It to sever
al publishing companies 'but1
finally, burned it in disgust. 1'
Is needless to cay. that Miss Ger
trude's instrument of famo had
muQh'Jtho same experience but
ii-htid'a moro tragic climax for
"Itrwas .accepted by Puck and
published gratis.
This' paper is literally filled
with Interesting items but thero
is just one more that I intend to
read to you, it is this: Miss Flor
ence Hlller is returning from a
tour of South Africa where sho
h'as been engaged in missionary
w'brk. She will soon leave for
Egypt where it is her Intention
to pursue the same line of work
and incidentally to ascertain the
density of the largest pyramid.
She has no idea how the work
should be performed but never
theless Is certain of success.
You can plainly see that the
Linotype, which Mr. Oday advo
cates so lustily, must indeed be
a wonderful machine when it
can record the happenings six
teen years from the present date.
It seemed even better, than the
Independent, the subscribers of
which receive their paper one
day before the date of publication.
NOTE For lack of time and space
we are unable to publish the re
maining articles in this issue. They
will appear In our next issue.
HYMENEAL.
William Tarkett and Miss Bena
Barthelmcs, both of Honesdale, were
married at the Presbyterian manse
on Wednesday evening. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. W. H.
Swift.
The marriage of Hugh F. War
wick and Miss Helen Crosble, both of
Rock Lake, was solemnized at St.
Juliannas church on June 8th, by
Reverend Father LaVelle. The bride
was attended by her cousin, Agnes
O'Nell, of Pleasant Mt., and the
groom by his brother, Paul Warwick.
After the ceremony the wedding
party was driven to the home of
the bride's sister, Mrs. L. W. De
Tueno, where a wedding breakfast
was served. Later they took an
O. & W. train for Harrisburg and
Washington, D. C. On their return
they will begin housekeeping at the
groom's home, Cold Springs. Mr.
Warwick is a man of much promise
being widely known by a large cir
cle of friends, and his bride Is a
very popular' and highly esteemed
young lady.
ROB LINWOOD POSTOFK1CE
Thief Enters Place in Afternoon
While Ofliciul Was Awuy.
Chester, Pa., June 15. A nervy
thief walked into the postofflce at
Llnwood, at 4:30 o'clock this after
noon, calmly walked behind the iron
grating and opening the stamp draw
er removed a bag containing $107
in notes, and then quietly disappear
ed. It was during the temporary ab
sence of Mrs. Samuel Heacock, the
postmistress that the office was en
tered. The thief dumped out the con
tents of the drawer on the floor, but
did not take any stamps, apparently
being satisfied with the bag of notes.
Mrs. Heacock says she was not out
of the office more than three minutes.
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