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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1924
Page
8
Federated Club News notes Tri Kappa will meet Monday evening with Miss Mary Louise Wason. Guests enjoyed old time dishes including noodles sorghum and apple butter. Mr and Mrs Robert Andrews chosen as best daguerreotype couple. Hosts included Dean Rice and G R McCouch.
Mrs N J Howe hosted the Baptist Missionary society gathering Tuesday afternoon at her south Delphi residence for a ladies meeting with community participation and devotional activities.
The Tuckabatchee Sunday school class of the Presbyterian church was hosted Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Kirkpatrick.
The Junto club will host a picnic supper at Delphi park Sunday evening following the annual garden survey. Mrs. Mary LeSourd Reed of Pensacola Florida has been made regent of the D A R chapter in Delphi. Reed is a sister of Mrs. Verne Whittlesey of Delphi.
The Presbyterian Missionary society met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Matthew Sterling in charge of devotion. Miss Mable Jakes presented a paper on the Philippines and current events on Spanish speaking people in the United States were shared.
The Woman's club hosts a garden party next Wednesday after noon at the home of Mrs. E. W. Bowen. Mrs. W. H. Bradshaw and Miss Bess Rothenberger speak on Beautiful Gardens they have seen. A few other numbers accompany the program.
Mrs Cherles Stewart hosted a Monday card gathering at the Acheson farm Tippecanoe township. Mrs C B Lyon and Mrs A E Rogers hosted the Hard Times club for dinner Tuesday evening. Mrs J E Ruffing hosted the We X L bridge club yesterday afternoon. Mr and Mrs William McCulley hosted the Ma s and Pa s club Wednesday evening.
Delphi Lodge No. 80 K of P elected officers include Clin ton Wagoner C C Charles Cartwright V C T W Colvin prelate FE H Dame M A J K Kerlin J G C E McCain O G Will S Smith M of W Grand representatives W E Baker Will Bragunier alternate representatives E H Dame and J K Kerlin.
The Tippecanoe Horse Shoe Pitchers Association will stage its third tournament at Delphi Park on Sunday June 22. Eight top state pitchers are entered Norman Stedham Harvey Phillips Yank Rodabush Castor and Downey, with high level pitching anticipated.
The Delphi Deer Creek Township Canning Club directed by Miss Bertha Hasselbring met on Wednesday to elect officers and plan the next meeting. The July sixteenth gathering will be at Ruth Brewer's home where members will can raspberries for Ruth. Members include Vera Holmes president Jeanette Wolfe vice president Ruth Brewer treasurer Kathryn Griffith Helen Rasler Hazel Long Elizabeth McKee and Audrey Astergreen.
Tippecanoe township will furnish the program for the June meet ing of the Historical Society. Mrs May Sibbett of this city born and reared in Tippecanoe township chairs the event and is deeply involved in county matters. The evening promises unusual interest and success. Be sure to attend. Mrs Buckley, See.
Members of the Make Merry class of the Methodist Sunday School held a costume themed lawn party at Mr. and Mrs. Ed Downs. Guests arrived in outfits from one hundred years ago and enjoyed old time songs contests and a supper served in a long ago style with century old tableware.
The DelphI Deer Creek Township Sewing Club met at the schoolhouse Wednesday at two o'clock to plan summer activities and receive instruction. The next meeting is set for July 2 at 2 PM at the home of Mary Bardon. Officers include Jean Kramer president and Helen Etter secretary with Annette Landis as club leader.
The Sunshine Sewing Club of Burlington Township gathered at the School Building on Friday afternoon June 13 for a business meeting a program of piano solos by Ruth Douglas and Waneta Haun reading by Dorothy Reese club songs games and yells with refreshments. The next meeting is set for June 27 at the School House. LOOF. The Seventh Rebekah meeting for Carroll and Tippecanoe counties will be held in Dayton on July 8 1924 with a picnic supper at six and a degree by Lafayette staff. Bess Ayres of Cutler is the 1924 District President. A called meeting of Carroll and Delphi lodges is set for June 25 at eight. The two Rebekah Lodges of the city will hold a joint installation at Delphi lodge No 28 on July 4.
The Home Economics Club of Deer Creek Township gathered at Delphi Park on Thursday for a brief program. Miss Margaret Pearson and Miss Ruth Johns sang, Genevieve Wise read, and Mrs. Elsie Pearson and Mrs. Geo. Watson demonstrated hat trimming. The club pledged to fill a Red Cross bag for disabled soldiers at Christmas and enrolled nine new members.
County Agent H. E. Ackerson urges farmers to repeatedly harrow late potato patches with a spike tooth harrow. He advises inclining the teeth backward and harrowing weekly until potato plants reach four to five inches in height to save labor, conserve moisture, and kill weeds.
The New York Store offers a line of special occasion dresses in White French Voile. They feature lace trim ribbon insertion and smocking bits in sizes 6 to 14 priced at 4.95 dollars.
Farmers advise level shallow cultivation to save moisture and improve yields. Use harrow early and often to protect the crop, while avoiding ridge methods that waste water. Large fields show profits from level cultivation, suggesting farms of any size could benefit.
Fifteen farmers gathered at Russell Craig's in Madison Township to combat army worms. They applied a poison bran mash to a twelve acre corn field after county agents confirmed the worm infestation. Neighbors Port Chissom John Sheets Irvin Reppert Tom McLeod Sherles Sm a Frank Balser aided in the effort.
The Democrat Township Farm Bureau hosts a social evening with food, speakers, and entertainment on Wednesday night July 9. Walter Bowen appoints Carl Gangner and Carlyle Humes to the Refreshments Committee. Purdue professor C F Hall is invited to speak. Greta Robinson of Delphi will read.
Seventy five farmers from Carrollton and Burlington townships and nearby areas gathered at O C Hendrix’s Eureka Stock Farm in Burlington Township to combat army worms attacking a twelve acre corn field. County Agent H E Ackerson advised a bran mash poison mix of 100 lbs bran 4 lbs Paris Green 2 gallons syrup and helped neighbors apply it, and many worms were dead within an hour.
A compact listing details eggs Leghorn hens spring chickens old hens and old cocks with prices, plus numbers for beef hides horse hides and turkey toms, indicating a rural market record and commodity codes.
A brief notice from Delphi Citizen announces a 50 cent price for the paper with a caveat delaying distribution until after elections, signaling temporary market and readership disruption.
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