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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
5
The Delphi Citizen invites readers to share visit news and notices by telephone at Number 14. The paper frames visitor mentions as a courtesy to neighbors and friends, encouraging community updates of any kind.
Josephine Campbell spent Friday night in Lafayette. Miss Lawrence Harris of Colfax visits her son Leonore Harris. James Turner, formerly ill, is improving and out again.
Miss Ilene Chissom will visit in Indianapolis next week. Mrs. Horace Downs returned from a two weeks visit in Chicago and Peoria. Frank Elliot of Attica attended the funeral of G. W. Julien in Delphi. Miss Christie Kirkpatrick spent the weekend with relatives in Rock Creek township. Mrs. E. C. Downey of Chicago visits with her brother J. C. Downey and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Logan of Burlington were weekend guests. Mrs. Mae Hannan of Chicago spent a few days with Delphi friends. F. C. Morill with Ft. Wayne Telephone Co. made a business trip to Delphi. Chille Crone and Ray Vanscoy will leave this week for Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Kirkpatrick and nephew of Richmond are guests of the Wise couple. Mr. and Mrs. August Meyer of Chicago visited Delphi friends. Little Elf Peas, 15c at Smiths Grocery. Mr. and Mrs. William Graham of Fort Wayne visited over the weekend with Miss Emma Gresham. Mrs. Tom Malia and son Claud visited relatives in Winamac. Rev. C. J. Reed left for Notre Dame to attend a retreat. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kempf and children and Mrs. Metz Kempf visited Logansport relatives.
Miss Mary Margowski underwent a tonsil operation at St Elizabeths hospital in Lafayette on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Clay Murphy of Indianapolis visited the Christian parsonage with Rev and Mrs T Knox over Sunday. Mr and Mrs J L Dawson of Peru were guests of the latter's parents Mr and Mrs A Wolever on Monday. Miss Thelma Starks of Gary visits Mr and Mrs J B Kennedy west of Brookston this week. Mr and Mrs J P DeLong and daughter of Hesperia Michigan visited last week with his brother James DeLong and wife.
The Epworth League of the Methodist church held services at the county farm Sunday afternoon. Rev. Loveland delivered an interesting talk. Charles Bowen of Champaign Illinois spent the weekend with his wife and baby and his parents Mr and Mrs E W Bowen. Mr and Mrs Edward Rhees and son Paul Edward of Indianapolis are spending the week with Misses Florence and Goldie Scott. Vivian Spurgeon and Kenney Pickard of Frankfort were in town Saturday evening and Sunday as guests of Mr and Mrs J A Pitzer.
A parade of visitors from multiple states attended Old Settlers' Day in Delphi. Notable names include Dr. Castle Roberts of Tulsa. R. M. Isherwood and family. Judge James P. Wason and son John Edson. and former Delphi postmaster Robert J. Hay now with a Chicago bank.
Mr and Mrs Abe Hick and family of Fort Wayne visit with Curtis Biiney. Mrs Lillie Schneck Agnes Pitzer of North Carolina and Mrs Annie Dyer of Cutler stay with J E Pitzer. Mrs George Best and Miss Georgie Elliot visit H G Adams in Newcastle. Lucile Crosby of Richmond visits uncle Tom Crosby. H S Crosby of Indianapolis spends Sunday with the Crosbys. Esther Shirk, formerly abroad studying French, left Paris last Saturday and is due home Saturday.
Hamlet residents hosted Rev. O. P. Manker and wife for two days while visitors from Van Buren Chicago and Indianapolis greeted Delphi friends. A newborn girl Beatrice Joan lived two hours at Lafayette St Elizabeths hospital. Kalamazoo and Indianapolis connections join in upcoming family visits as others plan hospital outings and picnics at Shaffer Lake.
Mr and Mrs Fred Binz depart Delphi this week to settle in Lafayette occupying Mrs Binzs sisters home with Mr and Mrs H J Steining moving to Richmond. Mr and Mrs A M Garrett and children from Chicago visited relatives including Mrs Garrett who stays with her mother Mrs Nancy Kirkpatrick at Idaville.
Mrs. W C Parker and children depart for Detroit to join her husband in a new residence. Mrs. W L Cowdin goes with her daughter for a short visit. Mr and Mrs Walter Grimm of Columbus Ohio visit Delphi relatives. Walter Deming, here for the summer, travels to Columbus with his parents. Trustee C C McFarland and Mrs William McCord take her son Lester to the Indiana State Sanatorium at Rockville for treatment.
Mr and Mrs William Sproule of Los Angeles visit their aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Frank Bibbins with granddaughter Ruth Bibbins of Indianapolis also visiting. Mr and Mrs Jesse Randall were guests of Mrs Randall's sister Mrs E H Barnes in Roseda and toured Brazil by motor before returning home. John Margowski of Detroit visits Delphi relatives and his parents plan a week end trip later. John Roskuski and son Robert, who worked in Fort Wayne, spent the weekend in Delphi. George Roskuski returns home with his father for a short visit.
Mrs Gresham Toole and son with Mrs Chester Lines and children visit their parents Mr and Mrs Frank Brodke and sister Mrs Frank Morrow and family in North Delphi.
NEW FALL SUITS! Men you will find here a good selection of new suits at lower prices. QUICK & CLIFFORD invites you to call in and see better suits for less power. Lorene Powell of Detroit and R. C. Schermerhorn visit. they travel to Chicago for a house party. Wilson Sterrett returns to Rock Creek after a Pennsylvania reunion and visits daughter Maud Moore in Merton, Canada.
Arthur B. Richter, student at Indiana University Bloomington, arrived at his parents home in Flora for a weekend visit before starting medical studies in Indianapolis to complete his course.
Danville Illinois residents Mr and Mrs Harry Wilkinson spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Henry Crone. Terre Haute visitor Claud Malia stayed with parents Mr and Mrs Tom Malia over Sunday. Chicago couples and Indianapolis guests visited Delphi families including Mrs Ellen Lines and the Lyons. Delph i relatives welcome visitors from Lafayette, Plymouth, Rushville, and Fort Wayne for short stays and picnics.
Alva Lucas of Marion George Ham of Lafayette and George Ridgeway of Vincennes were Friday night guests of William J. Clauser The four boys who are college mates motored to Niles Mich Saturday and spent the weekend with another college friend Lyle Giddings
Mrs. Ethel Lofland and her niece Esther Shumaker visited Miss Mary and Mrs. Alice Davies. Miss Merry Ogle and Miss Bertha Cafflyn also joined, with the two latter guests staying at Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Drake.
Robert Hall drove a new Graham Paige home Friday from Detroit Michigan. Miss Pearl Hanna and Mrs. W C Parker, visiting in Detroit last week, accompanied him on the trip back.
Thieves entered the home of Mrs Schilling on North Washington Street last Friday night by ripping the wire from the screen door. Some table linen and provisions for the next day were taken. The burglary was not discovered until Saturday morning.
Mrs Berdina Haslett and daughter Mary Beile of Denver Colorado and Mrs Wade Morrow of Woolbine Ta visited with Mr and Mrs Bert Chissom the past week. Mr and Mrs Chissom and daughter Trene and house guests and Mr and Mrs Lottie Haslett spent Sunday at Culver.
Mrs. Ambrose and Clifford with Agnes visited relatives in Logansport last Friday and Saturday. Elizabeth and Mary Louise stayed with aunt and uncle near Rockfield. Numerous Walton, Delphi and nearby residents attended Old Settlers day in Delphi including Deeter family, Dr. Guy Thomas, I H Orr, Col. A B Crampton, Royster couple, Goslee family, and Hargraves family among others.
Mr and Mrs R L Trussell of Rockfield cat shop moved into their newly remodeled southern town residence with modern conveniences. On Sunday they hosted all their children including Mr and Mrs Charles A Trussell and child of Elkhart and Mr and Mrs Harold A Trussell and child of Okeene.
Mrs John McClellan and her children of Chicago visit Frank B Lyon and daughter Miss Lucille. Mrs Anthony Bullock of Richmond will arrive late this week to visit her mother Mrs Ida Churchill and sister Mrs Gillie Arnot.
Mrs Buel Emrick was brought to her aunt Mrs E E Barnard’s home from St Elizabeth’s hospital Lafayette where she had an operation three weeks ago.
Mrs. Ford C. Smock of Indianapolis died last Thursday during a visit with her husband in Petoskey Michigan. She was a cousin of Mrs. C. C. Crampton of this city. Mr and Mrs N S Dasher of Pasadena California and Ma and Mrs M C Dasher of Peru West Virginia are visiting Delphi and Carroll County relatives.
C V Blaine traveled to Chicago last weekend as a guest of Great Northern Casualty Company to discuss a new insurance field expanding into Howard Clinton and Carroll counties.
Miss Laura Titlow recently back in Delphi from Chicago where she studied permanent waving has installed a waving machine at her residence on South Washington street.
Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Lucas and children and Mary Ellen McErlane of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. John Adair and family of Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Maxwell of Terre Haute. Joseph Maxwell and family.
The text notes visits by Lafayette and Oren Maxwell and family of Logansport to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jones and James Smith. Randall Prior of Indianapolis spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lynch. Miss Chetena DeLong, visiting her father R. C. DeLong in Columbus, traveled with the Prior party to Delphi.
National Air Transport announces a major push to inform postmasters and the public about the new air mail rates of five cents for the first ounce and ten cents each additional ounce. The effort includes 281,620 announcement cards, 610 posters, and 9,573 labels sent to 136 cities near Chicago along eight radiating lines. The carrier markets the advantages of air mail for business and personal letters and pledges cooperation with the post office department.
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