Local and Personal News of Interest Courtesy Note
A courtesy notice asks readers to inform the Citizen about visits and arrivals. It invites friends to share coming and going details and to be mindful of guest schedules for polite local hospitality.
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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1934
Page
5
A courtesy notice asks readers to inform the Citizen about visits and arrivals. It invites friends to share coming and going details and to be mindful of guest schedules for polite local hospitality.
Town and church notices from Bringhurst to Flora include civic events, moving announcements, and upcoming election deadlines. Residents Jeanne Callender and Mary Cook face licensing matters while voters must register by April 8 for the May primary.
The Harmony Four, a popular colored quartet, will be featured on the local stage this week. The group, known for gospel and spiritual harmonies, is expected to draw a large audience.
Miss Isabelle Blickenstaff is ill at home and Mrs. Ames Spring also ill near Delphi. William Heiland and family plan to move April first to South Delphi on West Summit Street. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Witterback enjoyed winter in St. Petersburg Florida. Mrs. Ray McCouch of near Delphi is hospitalized in Lafayette with a broken shoulder. Mrs. Clara Dern will move to her new home on East Monroe Street recently purchased from Mr. and Mrs. John Todd.
Frank Mayr Jr. denies plans to run as a Democratic candidate for U S Senator. The Delphi school plans to stage the operetta The Land of Dreams Come True, featuring the first five grades.
Administrative letters issued for Fred Donbeck estate to Luella Donbeck who posted a $4,000 bond. Mapies of Flora moves his family to the Charles Budrow property on South Division Street. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Schockley near Camden. mother Mildred Bowerman. Radio tubes Herb Smith.
April primary voting details and local club activities. Fiota Community club hosted a barbecue and the Mounioe township XE club meeting was postponed due to Flora art festival. Members and families attended events. nursing graduate visits in Chicago. various residents travel and house moves noted. Christian Crusaders meet and elect new officers. estate matters and letters testamentary issued.
Local sports note confirms Fred Wheeler elected manager of the Delphi baseball team. Community updates include election registration guidance for residents aged 21 by November 6, 1934 and May primary voting reminders.
Mrs. Betty Graybill of Goshen and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hibschman with family from Mishawaka were weekend guests of Mrs. Susie Hoover of Flora. Mrs. Hibschman and children will remain a week.
William A. Kite of Radnor underwent a right thumb amputation at St. Elizabeth hospital Lafayette after a digging accident. Grover Kite hosts a surprise party with several couples attending. A house on the John Todd farm south of Delphi burned. The Tippecanoe township Economics club sponsors a bridge and enchre party at Pittsburg school to fund kitchen equipment. Funeral notices tell of Moore family deaths with long history in Delphi, Rochester, and Logansport, detailing marriage to Ella Turner and children James Francis Carl.
Hugh Davies recorded the death of Charles Carlson on Tuesday. He was husband to Gertrude Armitage Carlson and father to Mrs. William Runkle of Delphi. The obituary notes the Chicago location of the death.
Miss Mamie Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen C Smith of Flora has been elected secretary of the Sigma Alpha Iota professional music sorority at Northwestern University She is also a member of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra.
Mrs Margaret Afflis of Deer Creek township reports food distribution over the past month totaling 138 cans of corned beef 777 pounds of salt pork 180 pounds of butter and 661 pounds of salt pork.
Letters of administration on the estate of Stephen Watkins have been issued to Robert Roberts of Monticello and Burley R. Watkins of Brookston who gave bond for $1,000. Surety is the Standard Accident Indemnity Insurance Company.
Elmer Moore was born October 5 1874 in Fulton County Indiana near Athens. He died at his home in Delphi March 5 1934 at the age of fine.
Camden fans praised for regional showings after a heavy defeat by Logansport. In Camden Peru, Link was ejected, but Camden proved a strong second half champion vibe, signaling their sectional claim and stirring hopes of broader state tournament chances amid ticket demand in Logansport.
Coach Tom Downey faced a close finish but sent in a full bench in the final three minutes, altering the game's momentum and possibility of a different outcome.
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