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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1927
Page
5
Local column invites residents to share and mention visits helping to maintain social ties. Readers are urged to call number 14 with any item to be noted in the paper.
Flossie Goslee has filed for divorce from Robert Goslee. Other notes mention Luna Coffee and Smiths Grocery, with social visits among Miss Arlene Chissom Miss Minnie Redding of Peru Miss Debetha Caulkins of Indiana polis and Delphia relatives plus Miss Mary Louise Gerard visiting Peru with Miss Mary Dawson.
Mrs. Paul Beisecker and her children visited over the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bloyd. The notice mentions prices 15¢ and 25c and a date February 28 at the D. of I. Hall.
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Walter Fincher of Delphi and Pauline Lontz of Rockfield.
Mrs James N Lines of Galveston spent the weekend with Mrs William Corns.
The Ladies Social Union of the Presbyterian Church will serve a cafeteria supper in the church dining room from 5 to 7 P.M. on February 2. Proceeds support church activities.
Claude Billefelt of Crown Point visited this week with Mr and Mrs John Roskuski and family in Delphi.
Miss Nora Turner of Chicago has been sick the past week at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Turner.
Pythian Sisters host a social with a card party at the hall on February 22. Euchre ends at 10 PM then dancing and music follow for attendees. Dr and Mrs T A Kearns of Flora arrived from St Petersburg Florida after a two month visit. Baptist Aid Society members plan a Saturday market at Zook's Meat Market starting at 10 AM on February 19.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Engle of Monticello were guests at the Valentine party given Monday evening by Mr and Mrs E O Grimm.
L P Reinhardt the Piano Tuner will be in Delphi within a few days for piano servicing. Phone orders can be placed with Blythe & Son.
Miss Ruth Quackenbush resigned due to ill health after two years teaching domestic science and art in Delphi and left Saturday for her Indianapolis home. Miss Alice Middleton of Chicago, a Illinois University graduate, will fill the position.
An ad invites appointments at 259 Main St for beauty services including manicure facial sham poo and a marcel with a listed contact 47 41.
Mrs Myron Ives visits Mrs Josephine Ives in Indianapolis on February 28. Mr and Mrs Henry Crone arrive in Delphi from Florida Wednesday. Black-face Minstrels coming to Delphi in the third week of March. About thirty five Flora High school students with Prof Frick travel to Indianapolis for the Legislature. Mr and Mrs J H Cartwright visit Indianapolis for the weekend hosted by Mr and Mrs M A Ryan. Miss Mary Louise Gerard entertains at a birthday dinner after a show at the Avc. First showing of Men’s and Bone New idoes in Oxford for spring. Quick R Cliffe and others noted. Mr and Mrs Brice Adams and daughters visit with Ray Smith at Boswell. Mrs Alice Downs, recently released from St Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, stays with daughter Mrs Will Esken in Logansport. Mrs Will Givler and son Donald spend weekend at Martinsville Sanitarium with Clarence Darragh driving the Givler car.
Harold W. Barnes of Ida ville Indiana received the community’s first Good Autoist emblem for drivers with clean records, having neither arrests nor accidents.
Miss Edna Straight of Chicago visits Delphi friends and resigns from Frances Willard Hospital after four and a half years of employment.
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Lafayette sponsors an indoor circus at the Lafayette armory on February 28 and March 1 with tickets at 50 cents. Promoters promise excellent attractions and remind readers to save the dates.
Fourteen quart gray dishpan offered for a few days at 35c. Made up curtains priced at 75c a pair and up. A real assortment available. Fast colored Percales 18c and prints 25c per yard. 48c broom for 25c with a $1 purchase.
Mr Longsberry from Elkhart a deputy in the State tax board met Delphi officials including County Assessor Schock and thirteen township Assessors plus seven deputy Assessors. He instructed them in spring roll call procedures. Assessors return Friday Feb 25 for final instructions on assessing Carroll county values and then report March 1 for supplies to begin work.
Flora resident Miss Leis Colvin a Purdue Home Economics student is among 24 co-eds awarded certificates to lead or advise girl scout patrols in summer camps. The credential followed her passing the tenderfoot test after a two week scouting course by Miss Anne Roos from Girl Scout Inc at Purdue.
Last Sunday 48 Craw fordsville Presbytery ministers preached for the Pension Plan fundraiser. The drive targets 15 million dollars to establish a sound pension system across Indiana Michigan Ohio and Kentucky with about 1800 communicants involved in the campaign. The event coincided with a large party honoring a birthday anniversary.
The passage urges that without initiative humanity stagnates and progress halts. It argues many opportunities exist if individuals answer the call to act and move forward rather than wait for others.
In a family tale, godchild and two adults follow separate paths. Fred Onslow creates an opal birthstone legacy for the child while Sylvia, amid a failed marriage and poetry, sends a diamond each year. After a decade apart, a surprise reunion rekindles a shared past.
A clipped quotation from the London Opinion notes heat challenges in golf with special balls and paralleled comments on American golfers delaying play. An Atchison remark questions whether cars are wiser than cows, reflecting playful social commentary.
Laurette Taylor leads The Comedienne at Chicago, a Swift moving tale of stage life by Harley Manners. The production blends comedy drama and tragedy with a nod to the old theater and features a strong supporting cast. Top price is $2.50, matinee tickets $1 to $2.
Washington dispatch notes William H. Hoover nephew of C. V. Hoover and his wife and child will live in a cave dwelling on Mt Brukkaros while two scientists conduct a two year sun study at a southwest Africa observatory. Water comes from a crater and Keetmanshoop supplies are 62 miles away.
The text attributes the origin of heraldic arms to the need to distinguish leaders during the crusades. It explains that heraldry arose from the necessity to identify leaders within the numerous Christian military bands.
The text states that insect species cause more than 1.25 billion dollars in annual damage in the United States. It notes increasing economic loss despite growing knowledge of insect habits and new control methods.
The Flat Hat club at William and Mary appeared in 1750 and lasted past 1772 as a secret literary and social society. The oldest Greek letter fraternity now in existence is Phi Beta Kappa, organized in 1776.
At a midweek Methodist Church prayer meeting plans were made for weekly church night. An informal supper precedes the meeting and the Attica M. E. church marks Thursday as family night with about 100 people seated in family groups enjoying fellowship and supper.
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