17 Jul 1930
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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1930
Page
1
Staff Reporter details Sunday visits and travels of numerous residents. Names include Lemuel Crockett Catherine Thalls Anita Bales Adell Edwards and many others visiting Columbus Indianapolis Richmond Muncie Vandalia and Metamora with relatives friends and overnight stays noted.
Mr and Mrs Martin Kellam entertained at Sunday dinner with her parents Mr and Mrs Wm Rowlan. The Sturgis family spent over Sunday with their relatives in Franklin Ohio. Mrs Don Drischel from Hagerstown is visiting Mr and Mrs Clark Faucett this week. Oscar Fox spent Sunday with relatives. Oscar Howard of Detroit is visiting here for the week.
Dr and Mrs W R Littell arrived back Wednesday evening after a several day stay at Michigan lakes. Mrs Axel Kimberg departed Sunday for Huntington West Virginia home after visiting sister Mrs Lida Rathle at Omer Hurst residence.
Mrs Robert Bertsch hosted a picnic dinner at the gy cabin north of Pershing on Friday in compliment to Mrs ba Chafee of Cincinnati.
Frank Scott of Cincinnati and his sister Mrs Horace Hubbard were mentioned in a brief item last week detailing family connections and social notices.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Mr and Mrs Herbert Fisher and Mr and Mrs zene ee cage with spending and Florence Shirkey among other relatives. No clear event, date, place, or complete action is readable.
Mrs. A. M. Snapp and Mrs. Helen Laws with Virginia of Tampa Florida join Mrs. Wm. A. Orr and daughters Marguerite and Dorothy of Carlisle Indiana for a weekend with Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Martz.
Mrs. Herbert Bruner of Greenfield is spending the week with her parents Mr and Mrs W N Bassett north of town as the pair host relatives and enjoy local gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Herman Fox and ested are moving to Milton this week as part of a family relocation.
Scott Hubbard, injured by a cannon blast in an early July celebration, was discharged from Connersville hospital last week and is reported to be improving nicely at home.
Mr and Mrs George Hormel are adding a furnace and bath to their Lincoln Drive residence as part of home improvements.
Mr and Mrs Harrold Beeson were guests of Mr and Mrs Van Pelt in Milton on Thursday to visit and stay for a time.
A regional civic column argues that 50 percent of towns show population stagnation or loss while 75 percent trail the normal growth rate. It warns of dry rot in communities, links decline to reduced loyalty and business, and urges unified local planning to seize national opportunities. Next week the column will detail the essential program factor.
The seventeenth Cambridge City chautauqua ends after five days of high quality entertainment with smaller attendance. New officers elected include W. D. Judkins as president J. C. Dodson vice president R. H. Ressler treasurer and Evelyn Gaar secretary. Directors named include J. C. Dodson Lorin Ulrich W. H. Doney and others.
Dudley Town Ship 4-H Busy Bee club in Straughn schoolhouse held its sixth meeting Tuesday afternoon. Twelve members reported progress. songs and yells led by the group, with Mrs. Ratcliff speaking on county club work. Demonstrations on muffins by Hilda Gephart and Hazel Logan. Sewing judged by Mrs. Ratcliff. Martha Ge, Letha Huffman, and Eileen Huffman contributed piano and readings. Refreshments were served by the program committee. several visitors attended.
A fragment from the Jackson Citizen Patriot notes a grown man unable to walk after marching a long distance over a golf course. It reads as a casual local remark with rural cadence and minimal factual detail.
Cambridge City homemakers buzz about a National Canning Contest offering six hundred dollars for the best jar of fruit vegetables or meat. The Shenandoah Iowa event open to all U S women runs to October 1 with judging on color pack neatness texture and flavor.
Eleven Denver women, many of whom are married, traveled to a Pennsylvania retreat to escape daily labor. They dedicated much of the day to a prolonged conference, debating why they did not follow their husbands' advice to take tips from them and rest.
A colloquial remark suggests a physician delays action to allow nature to run its course, implying a preference for natural healing over aggressive intervention.
Witt Rogers writes about Paris at 6:30 as workers return home, the Bois de Boulogne as a haven, and a brief visit to Barbizon to see Millet and Rousseau. He notes a longing to skip gutters yet plans no return this summer. The narrative shifts to Brussels where Belgian frontier officials focus on a motorcycle race over passports.
The piece recalls Brussels bustling with color and music for Belgium’s centennial, comparing the city to a smaller Paris. It notes Belgian sobriety, blond residents, and references Edith Cavell and several cultural figures visiting or living abroad, including Marie Dressler, Karl K. Kitchen, Arthur Moss, Flo Ziegfeld, Bide Dudley, Joe Leblang, and George Bernard Shaw.
Mrs. Floyd Chafee spent a few days with Mrs. Max Feemster and left Saturday for Indianapolis to visit her parents before returning to Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Cloyd and son and Miss Mary Dickson returned from Yellowstone Park. Mrs. Joe Moore came home from Connersville hospital last Thursday and remains about the same. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beeson hosted a dinner party Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. George Harter of Hagerstown, Mrs. T. Harter of Hagerstown, and Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Waltz of New Lisbon. Mrs. Harry Jones of Richmond vacationed with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tomasird. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bales and Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Bales visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shaw in Redkey, Ind.
A quirky note describes making a menagerie from a quarter and a ten cent piece. The quarter forms the bodies of animals while the ten cent piece provides other features, offering a simple, imaginative children’s craft idea.
The instruction prompts assembling a decorative head by placing OBS SF pieces in varied positions. It suggests adding tails and ears creatively, using the pictured examples as guidance to form a whimsical head setup.
A tale follows Froshkind as he leaves the pool with Mannikin to forage on a dusty road. Hunger and fatigue grow. Froshkind drinks from a brook and longs for the pool while frogs and turtles mourn his absence. The scene ends with Froshkind adapting to life away from his pool home.
Indiana Taxpayers Association calls on citizens to question their own tax bills and budgets. The group asks readers to know tax rates, examine local budgets, and use legal rights to petition for reviews and economy. It urges active civic participation to curb rising taxes.
Froshkind, a frog living in a lily pad filled pool, longs for a life in the woods. He stays sulking while frogs and turtles sing. Mannikin lures him with a call to come hear a message, and Froshkind rises eagerly to learn what awaits.
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