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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1924
Page
8
A collection of letters from former residents expresses nostalgia for hometown Delphi Citizen and Detroit readers. Mary Smith and A L Hodgson send subscriptions and greetings, praising the paper as the "home town" paper and noting plans to stay connected.
Presbyterian Sunday School met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kennedy on Wednesday afternoon. Annie Flora led the meeting with prayers, scripture verses, and songs. The group discussed the Ministry of Jesus and planned a class picnic for August 26 at Delphi Park with hostesses Mazie Logan and Sadie Deel assisting.
The fifth annual picnic of the Order of Eastern Star serving Carroll Howard Clinton and Cass counties will be held at Walton on September 21 on the high school grounds. Officers include Ella M. Smyser Logansport president S B. Smith Deer Creek vice president Florence Mehaffee Logansport secretary and Mary Huddleston Young America treasurer. Members and families from all Eastern Star lodges in the three counties are invited. A picnic dinner and program are planned and several hundred people are expected.
The Home Economies Club of Deer Creek Township met at the Park with nineteen ladies present and four new members enrolled. Demonstrations in flower making and instrumental performances were presented by members including Ruth Johns, Margaret Pearson, Thelma Mummert, and Mary Turner, with Margaret Pearson soloing. The group voted a $2.50 contribution to send a Carroll County girl to the State Fair Home Economics School in Indianapolis during the fair. A playlet was planned for the County Round-Up of Clubs, set for fall. The next meeting is September 11 at the Park.
Mary Margowski and Meredith .Carney will entertain the Tri Kappa sorority at the Carney home next Monday evening.
Mrs. Mary Sidenbender Turner’s music students held a Delphi park picnic Tuesday evening. A bountiful supper was served with ice cream and cake as the final course, the teacher treating the group.
Readable fragments report a gathering at Mrs. John W. Kerlin 2350 field with secretary. There were eighty six present.
A reader asks to extend a subscription, sending a check with grateful remarks about the paper arriving weekly. The note emphasizes the value of the newspaper to the household and mentions delivery every Monday morning.
News from Camp Knox dated August 19 lists men departing Sunday for fifteen days of training. Company G 151st Infantry Flora has the first guard with LT Alva T. Warren of Darlington as officer of the day. Jerry B. Garland Leonard W Hayden and Paul T. Hufford named sergeants in Company F Delphi.
Delphic readers are invited to listen to station W J A Z Louisville as Co F 152nd Inf tries radio maneuvers. Letters from Delphi detail camp life, officers, drill, and a playful squadron report praising personnel and joking about barracks confusion during August 1924.
The Baptist church starts Bible school promptly at 9 30 a m with Mrs W H Bradshaw as superintendent Classes suit all ages Morning worship follows at 10 45 A M with A Martin to sing The pastor will preach on the theme In the Cross of Christ I Glory Union evening service reads like a union program with arrangements noted
The Clerk of the Carroll Circuit Court Indiana appoints Paul Sims administrator of Ella N. Sine late of Carroll County. The estate is to be settled under Indiana law. C Smith, Faalee Attorney is noted with the date August 20th, 1924.
Will Harley of Indianapolis spent the weekend in Delphi with relatives. He visited friends and took part in local gatherings, returning home on Sunday afternoon.
The petitioner seeks to change her name to Alice E. Pollard. The petition was filed in the Carroll Circuit Court and will be heard on October 7, 1924. The petitioner is identified as Alice E. Sleeth.
Market listing shows egg and poultry quotes with prices for old hens and spring chickens, Leghorn hens, old cocks, geese, hen turkeys, and tom turkeys. Beef hides and horse hides are itemized with numbers 1 and 2 and their respective prices.
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