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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
5
The Citizen invites readers to inform of visits and comings and goings. Guests mentioned are welcome to be recorded as a courtesy notice in local social pages.
Community updates include medical society meeting in Camden, church gathering Friday June 10, and multiple visits between Delphi and nearby towns. Births, marriages, and licenses noted alongside relocations, vacations, and a July tuberculosis clinic planned by Carroll County Tuberculosis Association.
George Ebert Murphy of near Radnor entered Eastern Hospital in Indianapolis Tuesday after a trip with Sheriff Jess Clawson. W. B. Markley moved his restaurant and pool room from the Rhode building to the Bradshaw room on the west side of the square.
The eleven year old daughter of Will Mellinger of Pyrmont was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette on Wednesday by the Grimm ambulance with scarlet fever. Dr H F Royster of Frankfort, son of Mrs Lydia Rosier of Delpit, is critically ill in the Freshputerian hospital in Chicago after a major operation.
Mrs. Lydia Case Williams of Chicago visited at the home of Mrs. Sarah Rogers and then went to Lafayette on Tuesday evening to see Mr. and Mrs. Thero Isherwood.
Mrs John Best and daughter Miss Elizabeth attend DePauw commencement in Greencastle. Judge E E Pruitt travels to Green castle for the exercises. his daughter Miss Naomi graduates the same day.
Mayor and Mrs. Yanus Wells attended the funeral of Mrs. L. C. Howe in Newcastle with Rev. L. Cc. Howe aiding at Mrs. E. C. Wells service. Lettie Pruitt and daughter joined Miss Naomi Pruitt for Depauw commencement in Greencastle. Grace E. F. Davis and Margaret M. Hill named executors of John G. Davis estate bond set at 2000 with Vernon Wasson as surety. Camden Eastern Star honored A. B. Cripe family prior to their move to Delphi. Radio tubes Herb Smith and others attended Mrs. S. W. Thompson funeral in Monticello. Indiana University student Robert Hanna returns for summer. Ralph Hanna drives to Bloomington to pick him up.
Members of Harry Bohannon Post American Legion attended the funeral of Olive Castor at the home of his sister Mrs. Gus Johnson on Tuesday. The National Guard furnished the firing squad.
Miss Margaret Rice Mrs. Joe Erb and Mrs. Minnie Heller of Colburn will join a party bound for Washington D C departing Sunday. They plan to return home the latter part of next week.
Mr and Mrs Anthony Garrett return to their Chicago home after a short visit with Delphi friends. They are accompanied by their son Kirkpatrick who attends Purdue University.
Miss Marie Brewer travels from Chicago for a three week vacation with relatives. Henry Johnson prepares to visit Battle Creek for two months with friends. Mrs Minnie Robertson hosts Mrs MacMillan in Delphi. Rev Knox preaches at Delphi Presbyterian. twenty six courthouse staff attend a fish supper for retiring janitor Frank Houser. Nada Clawson graduates nursing training in Chicago and joins Infant Welfare work there. Wilbur Hall leaves for Madison to pursue further study with his mother accompanying him.
Announced marriage between Will Blythe and Miss Helen Raybeth of Brooklyn New York. Will Blythe is nephew of Edward Blythe and Miss Lillian Blythe of Delphi who have frequent visits here.
Miss Mary Lamb stays a month with sister Mrs Pete Hemmering in Frankfort. Misses Kathryn and Anna Lamb attend commencement exercises and the play King Henry IV at St Joseph's college Rensselaer on Monday and Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Coy and son Stephen will travel to Franklin this weekend to visit relatives and attend Franklin College commencement. Mrs Coy and son will then go to Boonville Indiana to visit her parents Mer S and Mrs J F F Cady. Local readers express concern over Arcata earthquake reports, noting Miss Mary Sample of Arcata now visits with H B Wilson in town and recently built a debane iow there.
Paul F. Royster of Lafayette, son of Mrs. Lydia Royster, was unanimously chosen to join the Lafayette city school board. A Monon railroad train dispatcher, he is active in parent-teachers work and has three children in public schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ives and their son Tommy drove to Champaign Illinois Saturday for a weekend with Mrs. Ives's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Prettyman. Mr. Ives returned to Delphi Sunday, while Mrs. Ives stayed in Chicago with her sister, leaving Tommy with his grandparents.
Social items report Dr Ione Shultz Clayton and Mrs Henry B Wilson at a Col Isaac White Chapter D A R picnic near Monticello. Mrs Wilson summarized the Continental Congress report. Construction crews advance on State Road 25 between Delphi and Logansport, with progress east of Burrows and Rockfield. Miss Naomi Pruitt earned a Bachelor of Public School Music from DePauw University. Bert F Yeager and James L Caughell discussed Adams township state aid status with Do A Bailey.
J. L. Whiteman completed the June settlement sheet showing a total distribution of $360,809.45 for six months. Of this amount, $54,802.28 went to the state, $45,682.90 paid gravel road bonds and interest, $75,475.26 funded tuition, $61,804.61 supported special school funds, and $11,804.71 went to the poor tax.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Smith and their daughter traveled Saturday to southern Indiana for a visit. They were joined by William Taylor who spent the weekend in Greencastle. William
Graduates from Delphi High School, Flora, Camden and Bringhurst areas receive notable honors. A Delphi graduate earned a Rector scholarship at DePauw University and plans to attend next year. Flora nurse trainee Dorothy Madge Johnson also graduates, along with Cordelia Hunter Horner from Camden High School completing her diploma at the City Hospital Nurses School in Indianapolis. Ruth Jenkins near Bringhurst is set to graduate from Purdue University on June 14.
Miss Lorene Schock daughter of Mr and Mrs Orvil Schock of Delphi earned second honors in the intermediate class at the Methodist hospital commencement in Indianapolis last week She won a 15 cash prize The awards reflect scholarship ability and conduct on and off duty Next Sunday Elks celebrate Flag Day at Columbia Park assembling at 130 pm Pump House Station. Lafayette Concert Band leads to band stand for services then regular concert follows Lince the elephant will perform with special music.
Arthur Ritchey of Camden delivered the opening address at the Community Park Flora ceremony Sunday afternoon at 2. Music by the Treble Clef ladies quartette American Legion quartet Girls' Reserve chorus and Pat's Entertainers complemented the event. Rev. W C Aschanhart gave the welcome and park officials announced summer dancing on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Two sheriff's sales occurred in Carroll county on Saturday. The Sherman and Ola Owens property in Patton sold to Harold M. Dowsey and Myrrtle M. Dowsey for 500 dollars. Eighty acres of the Lincoln M. Allbaugh farm near Flora sold to Union Central Life Insurance Co. for 4580.04 dollars. Three acres of the same farm bought by Charles Bowen Robert Bowen and Guy Tawney liquidating trustees for 1280.14 dollars. Delphi residents attended the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs William Pullen near Cutler with Judge E E Pruitt William Brown Jess Clawson Josephine McDowell and others. Numerous county friends visited during the afternoon and evening. Delicious refreshments with gold and white appointments were served by Ruth Ayres and Beth Ayres Corns.
The record lists multiple case outcomes including dismissals for Esther Downham versus Quincy Downham, Lila Tubbs versus Frank Tubbs, Hajttie Luce versus Charles Luce, and National Refining Co. versus Wallace Mertz. It notes judgments for 72.45 in the Johnston probate matter and mortgage foreclosures or guardianship actions with appointments of Harry E. Reed as guardian and final reports approved for several estates including Rosenberger, West ward, and Davis Hill.
Joe Been a former cashier at A Bowen and Co Bank. He bid the weather bureau aviator contract in Chicago, losing to the Elgin airport manager whose bid was 19.50 per day. Been placed second at 19.57 with daily readings to 16 500 feet. The job required about 1 1/2 hours daily at daybreak.
Mrs Susan Little 87 died suddenly at her Camden home while at the breakfast table. She lived in Carroll county fifty years and was a Rockfield Christian church member thirty years. Widow of Stansbury Little, she is survived by four daughters three sons twenty four grandchildren and twenty nine great grandchildren. Services Friday at 2 p.m. Camden Methodist church with Rev W W Weaver of Rockfield presiding. Burial Camden cemetery.
O. E. Rice of Indianapolis has formally assumed control of the Sportsmen's Club hotel at Hermitage Park on Lake Freeman. He plans an immediate opening and his family will join him for the summer as lake resorts report many advance reservations and growing vacation interest.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Miss Lucinda Barnard who died at her sister Mrs Susan Berge home in Flora from a heart attack. She recently moved from a farm east of Flora. Interment was in Maple Lawn cemetery.
William Wyckle, 83, longtime Camden resident, died Thursday at his daughter’s home northwest of Rockfield after a 16 week illness. Survived by three daughters Mrs. Ora Sanders, Mrs. Lulla James of Kokomo, and Mrs. Zona Burcaw of Hamilton, Ohio. Funeral at Camden M. E. Church 2:30 Sunday with Rev. L. L. Paul presiding. Burial in Camden.
The Delphi Citizen lists 100 panelled cards and 100 plain cards offered at $1.55 and $1.35 respectively.
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