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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1925
Page
7
Work on the Oakdale dam progresses toward August completion as earth fills rise and concrete work continues. A Camptown picnic is scheduled for June 21 with a late season dance announced by the executive committee.
Will Dock of Springfield Ill spent Monday evening with Mr and Mrs Bert Schriner and daughter Mary Margaret Dock. Mrs Earl Mummert ill with flu improving slowly. Schriner and Dock also visited Mrs Ethel Griffith family south of Delphi. Harry Anderson of Indianapolis spent Monday night with Mr and Mrs Fred Raber. The Fife and Flora families visited east of Camden and northeast Rockfield. Class No 4 of Rockfield Presbyterian held a party at Orville Flora home with Harley Landis leading devotion. Mrs Fred Raber hosted Milt Mertz and two guests from Pennsylvania. The Home and Foreign Missionary societies entertained Westminister Guild and Circle with Rose Petals drill.
Charles Clark led the stewardship lesson and Mrs Perry Van Gundy offered the opening prayer. Mrs E W Bowen of Delphi gave a fine talk on the Hawaiian islands praising American service and noting island children interest in schooling. A refreshing punch closed the warm afternoon.
Miss Mabel Wallace and Miss Mildred Simons visited early in the week near Bur Nettsville. John Ira Bowman celebrated his fifth birthday with a party hosted by Mr and Mrs Earl Bowman. A funeral for Mrs Flora Vorhees was attended in Logansport. Lucille May and Mary Margaret May plan a visit with Mrs Chas Sayers in Huntington. The Christian church children’s day program drew a large crowd. Presbyterian Sunday School is set for Sunday evening. Louis Jean Flora and Emory B Flora with daughter left for Indianapolis after visits home.
Rural social notes recount weekend visits and calls among residents. Mr. Harley Carter and family stayed with Mrs. Clara Ferguson near Frankfort. Lettie Nelson from Lafayette visited her Nelson relatives. Mrs. James Atchison of East Lansing is visiting family. Stella Hooper called on Mrs. Nelson. several other couples and relatives from Lafayette Burnettsville Brookston and local towns called on neighbors including Chas Myers O S Elston and Mrs. Ferguson's family.
Numerous visits and social calls are noted from Yeoman to Monticello, Remington and Remington area. Kenneth Patton with grandparents Sherman and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Austin. Burl Schock from Michigan with Lester and Freeman Marquess. and many other relatives and friends visiting for birthdays dinners and Sunday calls.
Sunday gatherings feature guests from Idaville Mogadore Ohio and India as families share meals and celebrate Grandma Million's birthday. Local residents attend church, enjoy meals with friends and relatives, and welcome Ernest Roller home from Avon Indiana for the weekend. Homecoming at Hopedale set for June 14 with an all day meeting and invitation to all.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kestle entertained guests including Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kestle of Star City, Mr. and Mrs. John Kestle and Donna of Kewanna, and George Kestle and family of Pulaski.
M. E. Frey and family and Clarence Frey attended the Staley reunion at Columbia Park on Saturday. John Beard and wife spent Sunday with Joe Balkema and family, while Ralph Hufford of Logansport and Roy Reppert of Delphi joined I. L. Hufford and family for Sunday visits. Various residents, including Mrs. George Crouse and Mrs. Will Fritz of Mulberry, Mrs. Clarence Frey and Mrs. M. E. Frey with Mrs. Frank Rodenbacher, and Mrs. Maggie Rodenbarger of Rossville, were seen visiting here. Other notes include Mrs. Elmer Kirk and daughters visiting Frankfort, and Paul Redenbacher moving to Kokomo for plate glass work.
IDaville schoolteacher Miss Bernice Ireland returns home for summer with parents Mr and Mrs T E Ireland. Mrs Caroline Scowden undergoes mastoid operation in Logansport and is improving. Rev and Mrs Weimer arrive from Bloomfield Ohio after throat surgery and resume church duties. Virginia Harbert of Logansport visits Everett Robbins family. Frank D Henderson dies at Delphi aged 77. funeral held with Rev Hyde officiating. Frieda Crowell returns from Cedarville Ohio where she attended college.
Thomas Tank, Chicago real estate dealer, has leased land from the Antaluluc Association and begun a 75 by 100 foot dance pavilion on Shafer Lake near Norway. The venue will host Chicago orchestra events three to four nights weekly, with expansion possible as resort interest grows.
Charles Appleton of Camden has been named to a 13 member state committee chosen by Governor Ed Jackson. Under Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood the panel will study rural education, investigate all factors, and report unified recommendations to guide rural schooling before the next general assembly.
Mrs. Ira Pring hosted a Sunday gathering with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Runkle and son Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pring and daughters of Carleton, Mrs. Fay Coffman and daughters, and Nell Hill of Colburn. Nearby, Mr. Clifford McCloud and children joined Mrs. Mary Shucker and Lawrence Packer in Colburn with B. A. Nelson residents on Monday. Flora M Cruea and daughter Fannie visited Delphi Monday along with Claud Nelson Ray Wolf and Ellen McKenny Mary Ewing attendees in Delphi Monday night.
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis announces a plan for a $2,000,000 Scottish Rite Cathedral facing the war memorial plaza. The monumental temple will rise to 220 feet with a design selected by the building committee and is slated for about three years of construction.
D. B. Rit ter, treasurer of the state Y M C A, reports subscriptions totaling 306 dollars received by the Y in Monticello. The funds assure two new steel boats for the camp, with visitors noting boats No 5 and 6.
Quick and Clifford advertise traveling bags suitcases and trunks for travelers planning vacations.
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