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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1932
Page
3
Office bulletin from Alph Maggart outlines goals for improved farming conditions. Emphasizes increased legumes for soil health and better dairy farming. Also highlights programs for youth clubs and home economics education.
The Willing Workers 4-H club in Clay township held a meeting at Mary and Martha Nape’s home. Debts were paid and a picnic funded with remaining treasury funds. Demonstrations included darning stockings and a flat felled seam. Next meeting set for Francis Barnhart’s home. A district Farm Bureau meeting will be at Frankfort on Friday July 29 at United Brethren church with lunch at noon.
Notice to farmers seeking feed ground equipment. Portable hammer mill available with corn sheller attachment. Shelling offered free with grinding. Competitive pricing with local rivals and on line service.
Social and Educational director Mrs. G. L. Whistler reports two quartets from Monroe enter the Farm Bureau picnic at Flora Community Park on Wednesday August 10. Mixed quartets from Monroe Daly and Madison townships, plus one male quartet from Monroe, are listed. The program starts at 9:00 A M with readings music and stunts and a noon basket dinner. Free coffee games for all and township recognition for the largest noon delegation. Sam Smith of Washington township to oversee the horse shoe pitching.
Purdue Experiment Station entomologists advise dairymen to reduce fly nuisance by sanitary practices and spraying with fly repellents during summer. Flies breed in manure piles and rotting straw. regular manure removal helps lessen barn infestations and disruption to grazing and milking.
In Swift & Company plants eggs are graded and packed for Brookfield cartons. Best eggs go to cartons under the Brookfield label while others are sorted for higher grades. Branch houses ship to 400 centers with frequent deliveries to ensure fresh reach. Thousands of salesmen push eggs poultry and butter to maintain low costs and steady profits.
The Boys 4-H camp runs from Sunday July 31 to Wednesday August 3 with sessions 8:30 to 10:00 each morning. Ned Barker of Jasper County shares wild game experiences along the Kankakee and Indiana marshes. E C Fouts of Indiana Farm Bureau discusses cooperation among farm communities and R O Johnson covers the honey bee life cycle. Camp cost is $2.50. sign up by July 30 at the county agent's office.
A Purdue professor’s wife explains she did not join a brief five day Canadian trip. The note suggests that with careful planning a five day journey using U S and Canadian highways and Great Lakes steamers can be a restful and instructive vacation. The passage reflects travel ideas and time management for a short cross-border itinerary.
The writer recalls a five day motor trip from Cleveland to Buffalo and Niagara Falls via Chautauqua Lake and Canada, describing scenic drives, hospitable inns, and visits to the Ontario Agricultural College. He reflects on travel mood effects, kindness on the road, and a shift away from highway billboards toward preserving scenery.
A Delphian narrator recalls road signs from trips near and far. Humorous and curious notices appear at Niagara Falls and in local shops, including terms like It is prohibited going down this bank Keep Off Resume Speed and quirky ads. The piece ends with anticipation of a longer journey next week.
John Barrymore appears as a dashing criminal lawyer in State Theatre for August 3 and 4 in RKO Radio Pictures State’s Attorney. Helen Twelvetrees and cast including William Boyd Jill Esmond Mary Dungan Raoul Rouben Oscar Apfel Ralph Ince and C Henry Gordon co star. He shifts from defending criminals to prosecuting them in a romantic fatal murder trial drama.
St Marys Episcopal Church led by Rev Edw Hoffenbacher holds Sunday service at 10 30 am with full Communion and solo by Mabel Fraser. Christian Science services report "Love" as the lesson subject with cited Bible verses from James and passages from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy.
The notice lists a 9:30 church school led by Mrs. Matthew Jackson with Mrs. Maxine Kennard as secretary, a 10:30 morning worship with a sermon on leisure and recreation, a 7:45 hymn appreciation service featuring "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go," and a 8 p m Tri C Club meeting on Tuesday.
Rev. A C Workman Pastor conducts Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 A M A church picnic will follow at the Elmer Ireland grove Public is invited bring a well filled basket William Heiland Superintendent.
A brief notice from The Delphi Citizen highlights a local shop offering greeting cards for all occasions. It emphasizes a wide selection and timely service for residents seeking seasonal expressions.
Indiana will be represented by Wayne B. Getts and Harold A. Strauss at the national convention in Detroit after top state judging honors. They receive trips, $100 gold, and their models go to international judging for four university scholarships.
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