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DELPHI. CARROI.I. COUNTY'. INDIANA. .SATURDAY, OCTOBER _■«*. 1912.LID HAPPILY ' m AFTERMr. ail Mrs. Joseph 6ran1him Hare Eiioyed Nearly Sixty Years of Welded life.HAVE RESIDED ON SAME FARMEVER SINCE THEY WERE MARRIEDThe Ot with this lt;will he »v week as I Iasi weel must be u ro correct til the ncn fail lo si money mu The cor follows:C. B. L; E W.'l Chas. GEMr. and Mr*. JosfPH Grantham.Were Born and Reared ii Carrollcoonr, where He, N.uber Their Report of Managers ShowsThe Congn ChareClFrieols b| Ihe Scores.DtSuccessful Base Ball SeasonA1ng ithe PresbMr. and Mrs. Joseph Granlham quietly celebrated their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary yesterday at their home near this city. At the Shaffer homestead two miles north of Delphi on Oct. 25. 1855, Rachael A Shaffer and Joseph C. Grantham, both ot whom were born in this county, were united In marriage. After their marriage, they moved to the farm, in Adams township, where they have since resided. The farm was at lhat time owned by his father who bou.ht the 101 acres from the man who entered the land. To this union, four child'on were bom, three daughters and one son. One daughter died in infancy, one at Jhe age of 15 years and the third died not long after her marriage to Wilson Coble. The son. Lewis Grantham, resides near the home place. During all these years of their married life, the Grantham house has been a rendezvous for orphan girls, no less than fifteen having teen reared to womanhood by this couple, and it is one of the greatest comforts of their defining years that all these waifs developed into good, true women.Mr. Grantham is in his eightieth . year and his good wife is a few yean younger. They have seen many changes during their long and useful lives. They have prospered in material goods and are now enjoying that peace and contentment that cornea to those who I love and marry and live their lives aright.With the closing of the baseball season for 1912, the managers of the Comers report that the total receipts, including donations and gate, to have been $2713.10. Of this amount *2458.21 was consumed in per cenjs and expenses paid io visiting teams and piay-ei1*, baseball paraphernalia, ground expense, etc.. leaving J’.ii.ttn clear over uit which was divided equally among rular players, giving each a divi-xix regular pi der.d of *42.49.'Just how much more the receipts would have been had the management tried the pulling power of bills carrying the Citiaen-Times imprint is another stcey, but as :t is. a neat sum was divided among the regular players.During the season twenty games were played and the Conors won fifteen of them. In order that our readers may know the individual work of the players we publish the following table:ivTattcn Cmcinnat church, here sev impressec is a marri aged nine Rev. Patt the call breceivesoon.PULMiller -O' Koanisly h» »l l.r H•.'ole Delaney ltaun Clifford Benjamin C Spayd PHit1/AIIIMi:.IBiKi.rIBHrBAJCIttSllA spc will be h.-*S11*J1(1u»V •! lor •l.rIKnrcpISu»lnalititThe Comers are to be congratulated on their comparative record with visit-tog teams and John Delaney has doublereason to feel proud as he leads the home players in batting average.Is second in batting.tirirrc tut iinircvA MUM Party.NAME INSPECTORSThe lion p the s ty Mo con sis far go for Lough the f partyby lo Th-phi a2:15 in FHon. P speak onhnnse thi
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Delphi Carroll County Citizen Times
Delphi, Indiana, US
Sat, Oct 26, 1912
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