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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1931
Page
5
The Citizen invites readers to share upcoming visits and departures. Notices should mention guests and duration to help hosts plan. This courtesy column aims to foster cordial community exchanges among residents and visitors.
DelphI region residents attend visits and family gatherings from Chicago to Fort Wayne. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dobbins hosting in Delphi, Rev Paul Beck and family trips to Wabash, Abe Douglas visiting Frankfort, and house guests for Mrs. Joseph Robins. Donations and local events feature A P banquet in Danville, a French Post Park reunion, and a canceled Chamber meeting due to heat. Also noted are new births, camping trips, radio shop ads, post office substitutions, and cinema sound projects in Cincinnati.
Rev Clifford Reed marks sixth anniversary at St Joseph Catholic Church in Delphi. Miss Margaret Taylor celebrates fifteenth birthday with friends. Local clergy, residents, and visitors attend ordination in Crawfordsville and family updates. Community notes include a lawn mower accident, a finger print order for civil service, and moves and visits among Delphi residents.
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Mrs. Roy Hufford and daughter Mary of Monticello visited in Delphi with sister Mrs. Paul Marvin. Miss Mary underwent a tonislectomy in Lafayette. Irene Jacoby Ruth Mc Cormick Florence Cox and Fern Ferling motored to St Joseph and Holland Mich visiting Getts Farm zoological gardens in Holland. Lewis Freeman of Chicago visits Delphi friends.
Led by Paul Gettings who shot 79, Logansport Country Club defeated Delphi County Club 56 to 16 at Delphi Country Club. Gettings earned three points over Paul Lostutter as the day’s low scorer, with numerous head-to-head results listed among both teams indicating a dominant Logansport performance. Women companions and prizes noted. radio tubes Herb Smith mentioned.
French Post Park near Lockport drew large crowds Sunday including 125 Clinton township P T A members, 100 from the Timmons reunion, 25 Adams township 1931 graduates, and 75 from Hickory Grove July birthday club. Ira Timmons of Boswell was re elected president and Oxford Indiana named 1932 meeting site. The park’s growing popularity reflects community efforts to preserve its grounds and facilities.
Three of the six youths named in the Mullendore affidavit posted bond or were released last weekend. Park Beadle Jr of Terre Haute Joe Coomey and Ted Koup of Delphi posted bond. Ralph Thompson Clifford Eikenberry and Harry Conn were released earlier. Trial cannot begin until September when court opens.
A delegation from Victoria will travel to Logansport Friday evening to perform the degree work at Rebekah Lodge there.
Sunday School at 9 30 and Morning Worship at 10 40 with the sermon The Divine Magnet. Special music by the choir. Attendance noted as 163 last Sunday, hoped to reach 175 this Sunday. All are welcome.
The notice invites attendance for Sunday School at 10 00 A M and Evening Worship at 8 00 P M It asks those wishing to join the Daily Vacation Bible School to register between 9 and 10 o'clock Monday morning It also records 16 united with our church on Sunday.
Pastor Benjamin Rist leads 9:30 Sabbath School and 10:30 preaching with Rev. Grant Smith delivering the sermon. An evening 7:30 Union service features a trial sponsored by the Anti-Saloon League and local talent, as Rist returns from two weeks at religious education camps as a faculty member.
Secretary of State Frank Mayr Jr. and Chief Grover C. Garrett ordered an immediate statewide campaign after July Fourth accidents injuring three state policemen. Officers will cooperate with prosecutors and courts to prosecute drunken driving and other motor law violators promptly. The aim is to curb drunken and reckless driving and protect property and public safety across Indiana.
Patrolman William DeMont of Knox broke a leg after a drunken driver struck him while directing traffic near Michigan City. Patrolman Stanley Borkowski of East Chicago and Lieutenant Walter J. Wilson of Cheserton were also injured in motorcycle wrecks and traffic mishaps. Secretary Mayr and Chief Garrett vow a continuing campaign to enforce motor vehicle laws and secure decisive action now.
Funeral services for Tillman F. Stover, 70, were held Friday at the Hickory Grove church. He died Wednesday at Central Hospital in Indianapolis. He formerly lived near Yeoman. Surviving are his widow and three daughters. sister Mrs. Newton Briney of Delphi also survives.
County chorus invites all singers to practice at Camden Baptist Church on Friday evening July 17. Pauline Fouts serves as musical chairman and welcomes everyone to join.
A solid gold ring set with brilliants was found by Helmuth Voight attached to the right foot of a pheasant he shot near Lyons, N. Y. The incident appears in a local crime or curiosity note from the period.
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