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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
5
Riley and friends visit Brownstown and Delphi topics
Notable visits and social events unfold across Brownstown Delphi and nearby towns. Celebrities James Whitcomb Riley and William Lucy are mentioned with weekend and Decoration Day appearances while local clubs plan events and residents pursue notices including a divorce suit and a property change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Brownstown
Local families gather for Decoration Day. foreclosure case filed
Mrs Hazel Hartmann and family visit Washington township. Chicago resident Mrs Peterson joins Logansport group for Decoration Day. A. T. Bowen & Co. conduct foreclosure action against Martha Ellen VanGundys and Maud B. Wilson for $17 000. Paul Beadleft Delphi residents move to Terre Haute and stay with Margowski family after relocating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Hartmann
Jack
Peterson
Chicago
J. B. Klein
Logansport
Daniel Guckien
Washington Township
A. T. Bowen & Co
Boyd and Hamling
Martha Ellen VanGundys
Maud B. Wilson
Lightning protection survey offered by local roofing firm
GEO C LOY ROOFING CO of Delphi offers information and free estimates on repairing old lightning rods. The article also notes visits by families to Decoration Day and reports the sale of the late Mrs Laura Julius's residence to Mrs Blanche Cartwright in South Delphi near the mayor's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GEO. C. Loy Roofing CO
Delphi
Indiana
New Suits Arrive With Free Bett or Tie Offer
QUICK and CLIFFORD advertise better suits at low prices with a no charge alteration policy and a bet or tie free. Rev E P Day, former Presbyterian pastor, preached at the local church in Grimes absence. The Day family visit from Brownsville Texas. Vera Lane, Logansport College student, summers with aunt Lewis Craig. John Love and daughter head to Delphi for summer with grandparents in Yale study. Robert Love, Deer Creek township trustee, shows some improvement after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick & Clifford
Paul Quick
C. J. Grimes
Vera Lane
Roy Lane
Lake Worth
Fla
Bringhurst
Logansport
Lewis Craig
Miss Lane
John Love
New Haven
Conn
Delphi
Mr. Love
Robert Love
Love
Yale University
Deer. Creek Township
Local Moves and Health News From Indiana
Sal pair, 1 2 Bac agent Bas sett, Diamond truck, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lostutter moved Wednesday to the residence property in South Delphi owned by Mrs. Nannie Misner, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kashner who have moved to Irvington. Mrs. Kushner is a supervisor for Kroger. Mrs. Samuel Swatts underwent a tonsil operation at St. Catherine's Hospital East Chicago and recuperates at her son's apartment. She has been in East Chicago for a month under Dr. J. Z. Komoroske's care and hopes to return home in a few weeks much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lostutter
South Delphi
Nannie Misner
Karl Kashner
Kashner
Irvington
Kushner
Kroger © Grocery and Baking Co
Samuel Swatts
St. Catherine’s Hospital
East Chicago
Indiana
Local Marriages and Obituaries Highlight Delphi Notices
May records show three marriage licenses in the county. Local residents attend funerals and visit relatives in Delphi and nearby towns. Notes include guardianship petitions, estate actions, bank directorship changes, and community events such as Grange meetings and band concerts.
Camden Literary Club closes year with picnic and reforms
The Camden Literary Club wrapped its year with a picnic at Mrs. Mabel Vurpillat's home as the new constitution and by laws were adopted. Members voted to study Latin America next year under the theme Journeying Through Latin America. William Kerlin hosted Brazilian youths at Sleepy Hollow on Decoration Day. Delphi members Richard Haugh and Mahlon Kerlin attended as guests. A buffet supper was held at Mr. and Mrs. Cloud Kerlin’s home with assistance from Mrs. Mary Kerlin and Miss Ruth Carney. A class song by Loyal Hoshaw and a pop song by William B. Smith were adopted by the Make Merry Class of the Methodist Sunday school. The group met Friday evening for a committee meeting and supper. Present were William Smith, Loyal Hoshaw, Gwin Smith, Rev. O. P. Manker, C. O. Julius, H. B. Wilson and families. The songs were accepted at the June meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden Literary
Camden Literary Club
Mabel Vurpillat
Latin America
William Kerlin
Brazil
Sleepy Hollow
Tippecanoe
Richard Haugh
Mahlon Kerlin
Delphi
Cloud Kerlin
Mary Kerlin
Ruth Carney
Loyal Hoshaw
William B. Smith
Methodist Sunday School
William Smith
Gwin Smith
Rev. O. P.manker
C. O. Julius
H. B. Wilson
Washington Township bond issue approved in Carroll County Indiana
The Carroll County auditor announces Washington Township Board of Commissioners adhered on June 2 1931 to issue bonds not exceeding 7300 dollars for a gravel road project Ora A Johnson et al The net property value is 3 031 450 the existing indebtedness 42920 and interested taxpayers may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners within twenty nine days Flora Whiteman auditor Geo M Smith county attorney
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Washington Township
Carroll County
Indiana
Ora A
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Ll. Whiteman
Geo. M. Smith
Delphi News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Incidents
George Obear of Towa City visits Greencastle with college friends and plans to return to Iowa City for law term work in the university library. Melvin Jenks and son Jimmy visit Delphi. Mrs Jenks travels to Arizona for health, with plans to join soon. A Make Merry class for young married couples traces to 1919. A library board district meeting at Lake Manitou Club draws 131 attendees. speakers include Flora Roberts and J Raymond Schutz. Hicks family from Tennessee visits near Fiora and a joy ride ends with injuries. A fried chicken dinner hosts Ward Been and others in Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Obear
Towa City
Iowa
James
Obear
Greencastle
Iowa City
Melvin Jenks
Jimmy
Chicago
Harry Roach
Jenks
Ellen Freeman
Arizona
Methodist Sunday School
Delphi
Mae Sibbitt
Public Library Board
Rochester
Mary Cochrane
Bessie Rothenberger
N. J.howe
Lake Manitou
Flora 8 B. Roberts
Public Library
Kalamazoo, Mich
J. Raymond Schutz
Manchester College
Hicks
Tennessee
John Hicken
Fiora
Ensinger Farm
C C. Crampton
Carroll County
Delphian Social News Highlights Local Visits and Conditions
Mrs Henrietta Davidson and daughter Ethel visited with Mrs Josephine Mears, Mary Browning, and Mrs Thad Guthrie Saturday afternoon. Mrs John Wingard recovers from asthma with her mother summoned from Logansport to assist. A band concert is planned Thursday night. Mary Guthrie returns home from Central College Indianapolis for summer break. Mr and Mrs C W Harvey hosted about twenty relatives at a Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta . Davidson
Ethel
Sf Uncie
Josephine Mears
Mary Browning
Thad Guthrie
Davidson
William Wilson
Delphi
Muncie
John Wingard
Logansport
Mary E.guthrie
Central College At
Indianapolis
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Citizens National Bank
National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
William Lucy
The
Pocahontas Lodge
Euelah C. Burris
Arthur
McCain Burris
Carroll
Silas Dern
Decoration Day
Harry Dumont
Francis Brooks
Grace Finney
William Delong
Myrtle Collins
Rockfield
Willard Reed
Nellie Bruce
Burrows
Patsy Lowe
Ada Hinkle
Mary and
Lorene
William Largo
Huntington
Mahion Kerlin
Indiana Law School
Robert Coats
Alma Kelley
Reynolds
Coates
Sarah Swisher
Orville Kelley
William Perrigo
Perrigo
Florence Gamble
Business College
Fort Wayne
Robert Gamble
Robert Roach
L. D. Boyd
Paul Beadle
Ada Welday
Ets
Sargent Sett
Dein
E. C. Wells
Ida Gerlaw
Sidel, Ill
California
Blanche Cartwright
Yanus Wells
M. Josephine Wood
William R. Wood
Hanna
Bertha Hauk
Ben Putt
G. W. Levett
William Frazer
George C. Cartwright
Harry Haugh
Front Street
Laura B. Julius
Julius
Lora Titlow Brewer
Mesdames May Sibbitt
Jason Been
Jessie McPherson
Stella Butler
Eva Gilliam
Joseph Clark
Lillian Blythe
Edward Brennan
State Board of Accounts
Charles Lane
Brennan
Herb, Smith
Herb. Smith
Paul Bead Leeft
Terre Haute
Margowski
Gus Doty
Flora
Hobart Fauber
Manistee, Mich
Harry Martin
Frankfort
Walter Fauber
Laura Julius
Cartwright
Yantis Wells
Byram Crosby
Delphi Motor Sales Co
Belva Guthrie Vaughan
Robert W. Guthrie
A. H. Haigh
Rosa Wise
Randell Pryor
So. Bend
Ed Lynch
Charles Rice
Camden
Carl McFarland
Tipwa Grange
Ella Best Hill
Jean Perrigo
Morocco
M. J. Ridder
Radnor
Lafayette
Standard Oil Co
Ross Allen
Billy
Goldie
Florence Scott
Plumea Malinda Tribbet
Marion Alfred Tr- James Obear
Charles Gant
Walter Hamilton
East Moline
Ill
Jeanett Julien Martinson
Marion
Flora Griffith
Edward F. McLaughlin
Myrtle Sheets
Peter A.mclaughlin
William McCormick
Los Angeles
Calif
Tim McCormick
Anna Snyder
Raymond Culler
Annetta Culler
Lakeland
Florida
Jacksonville
Iil
City of
Bob and
Jack Schnieder
Mrs
Theodore Schneider
Herb Smith
Evelyn Reister
August Fisher
Ed Muelimer
Fred Reister
Hamilton, Ohio
Elinor
Charles Guckien
John Zionkowski
Phyllis Jean
Calume City
Richard Minneman
Katherine McCain
Greta Robinson
Presbyterian Church
Lime Kiln
Edward R. Smock
William M. Campbell
Mary G. Smock
J. D. Klepinger
Charles A. Gay
Will G. Klepinger
Hanna & Hanna
Garfield Shaffer
Frank Coulter
Crawfordsville Presbytery
Elliot Barnard
Shaffer
Charles Chittick
Lorenz Grimm
J. P. Wason
Philadelphia
Peru
John Clark
Harry Stamats
Maurice
Charles
Elmer
Lebanon
A. Davies
Erie
Penn
Bloomington
Sargent & Bassett
Ind
Reid McCain
George Mates
Kessler Boulevard
Mates
State Road
Mary Lou Gerard
Louie Lowe
Mr. Lowe
Purdue
Roy Martin
Michigan
Henry Martin
Near Yeoman
Pas Indiana
Irvin
Carroll Cou County
Gouthiy Atorney
State of
Bédedof
Carrell
Indisna County
Victor Porter
Geo. Mears
Joseph Been
Benjamin Been
Vada
Mary
Ward Been
A. M. Garrett
Wancy Kirk
van Blue
E. W
E. F. Guthrie
Parks Cemetery
Louis Schneider
Caeey
Firestone
Firestone Race
Peter de Paolo
Firestone Bs
Shaners
Dharn
G.M.C. Nee
Nore
Atlantic’ City
Washington Nectric & Railway Company
Safeway ,Inc
Lawrence Foster
Delphi, Ind
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