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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1925
Page
8
The H E Club approves a creed and plans a 1925 membership drive led by President Albert Cree. In Deer Creek, the Home Economies club held a cooperative dinner for 24 and elected officers Mrs. Harry Holmes president and Mrs. Bert Lane vice president.
Mrs. Arthur Gros entertained the G. O. P. bridge club at Mrs. W. H. Bradshaw’s home where the Gros couple reside during their east trip. Mrs. Lewis Grantham hosted the Independent Twelve and friends at a 6:30 dinner Saturday. Mrs. C. E. Carney led the A. B. C. club Wednesday. Mrs. J. E. Ruffing served the We-X-L Bridge Club at 6:30 dinner last evening. Mrs. Charles Cartwright will host the Social Twelve Bridge club Monday.
The national executive committee announced the next Legion convention will be in Omaha Nebraska from October 5 to 9 The date was approved by the committee which chose Omaha at the 1924 San Francisco gathering The committee also asked National Commander James A Drain to investigate the cost of erecting a battlefield monument at Yorktown Virginia to honor French soldiers who died in the Revolutionary War.
A Tippecanoe Tribe No. 505 and Wabash Tribe No. 15 event in Lafayette ended with adopting a pale face into the tribe. The gathering featured a pleasant procession and a meal of cats after the ceremony.
The Indianapolis Sunday Star reports the formation of an Indiana Club in Miami Florida. Miss Julia Landers of Indianapolis president and Mrs H E Studebaker elected secretary. The new officers show strong enthusiasm and Mrs Studebaker delivers a notable acceptance speech.
The Parent Teachers club meets Tuesday January 27 in the high school gymnasium. Motion pictures feature a reading by Marguerite Sidenbender a talk on Reading Material for High School Pupils by Miss Elizabeth Best and songs by the first and second grades. Miss Mary Louise Rhodenbaugh will sing a solo.
The Elbaicos Sunday school class met Friday evening in the church parlors for a cooperative supper. Officers elected include President Mrs. Carl McFarland, vice president Mrs. Ed Johnson, secretary Mrs. Miles Martin, and treasurer Mrs. Harry Griffith.
The Flora Chapter 490 of the Order of the Eastern Star installed Worthy Matron Ruth Dawson Worthy Patron Charles N Wil son Associate Matron Annis Ayres Secretary Laura Keyes Treasurer Mae McCorkle Conductress Elsie McCarty Associate Conductress Delilah Wagoner Marshal Josephine Voorhees Organist Ona Spitler Adah Grace Ayres Ruth Ursel McCune Electa Faye Bright Warder Elise Bell Sentinel Lena Johnston Thelma Garrison and Ada Snell to Esther Martha positions to be installed later.
The Rockfield Home Economics Club will meet Thursday January 29 at 2 00 PM at the home of Mrs Will May. Mrs Roy Gregg county nurse will lead the program. All members are urged to attend.
The Home Economics Club of Bur rows met with Mrs Curtis McCain near Flora for a club round-up. Carrie Williamson and Josephine Daniels were chosen for the Pur due short course on Home Economics Day, while Wagoner and John Smith were picked for sewing demonstrations. The program committee drafted the coming year’s schedule.
A note lists several moth aversions including camphor tobacco pepper and cedar chips along with newspapers as deterrents. The items are presented as practical tips for keeping moths away in stored goods.
In a New York rooming house John Storm, pure fool about love, is torn between two neighbors Marie Ledoux the vaudeville star and Mary Content the pale actress. Marie pushes and Storm resists then yields to passion while Mary waits at the door to reveal her choice. The tale ends with Storm facing a verdict that the affair is indeed “not much of a story” except in its truth.
A long list of visitors and calls appears from Monticello and nearby towns. Numerous families including the Harmons Stitts Arthurs Nicholoses Gaumers and Lupes share social visits at homes in Yeoman Oak Grove Logansport and Americus with many relatives and friends mentioned.
The big redwood sequoia averages 255 feet in height, with some specimens exceeding 320 feet. Trunk diameters near the base reach 30 to 35 feet, as measured by researchers.
Six game refuges in the northwest territories of Canada totaling 261 500 square miles are set aside for the exclusive use of Indians and Eskimos.
A French physician, Doctor Holde, cites a small bronze Venus statuette found in Egypt as an exact copy of the Venus de Milo and without arms. He concludes the original statue may never have had arms, suggesting the sculptor abandoned the idea during carving.
A miscellaneous shower at Phillip Schrader’s home honored the newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Schrader. Neighbors and friends gave gifts and refreshments were served. Elsewhere, Will W. McCurne and Frank Murphy plan to open a dental laboratory in Dr. Cecil Bonnell’s building next week after completing studies in Chicago. Murphy is a local, who previously lived with his grandparents Albert and Mrs. Murphy. Harley Brewer, injured at Oakdale dam, has returned from a Chicago hospital. Clyde Lebo of Logansport visited Raymond Bush’s family, and Orliff Coghill’s children recover from whooping cough. Mrs. Raymond Bush and Edna visited Mullendore family. Mrs. Oscar Hall and Eugene also visited Thursday.
A Montreal Herald note humorously questions an open faced man in ads while praising his honest countenance. It quotes Scripture and lauds the open face as a source of light and courage, contrasting with jokey paragraphers and urging more such characters.
The record for bad English is held by a man who was recently governor of a large state. He committed three grammatical errors in a two word sentence: Them's them.
Sunday evening January 25 the youth of the Delphi Church of the Brethren present a program at Pyrmont church of the Brethren. Mr and Mrs Harry Wolf arrived Saturday from Lanark NL by car and will reside in Pyrmont at the Miss Lizzie Harper property.
A hot soda solution cleans soiled silverware instantly when placed in an aluminum vessel and the silverware contacts the aluminum. The reaction causes tarnish to dissolve, producing a shiny finish.
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