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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
4
A letter from Mrs. H. A. Macy at 704 Iroquois Street Biloxi Mississippi encloses a $2.00 postal note and requests a subscription renewal. She notes her son in law is stationed at Keesler and Delphi news is read by LaDonna. She mentions a warm winter and garden vegetables since March.
The Junior-Senior Parent-Teacher Association will meet Monday night May 8 at 7 30 p m in the high school assembly. An election of officers is planned followed by a tour of exhibits in junior and senior high school departments. A tea will be served on the Future Homemakers. All parents invited.
Psi Iota Xi members met last Thursday at Mrs Ruth Mills country home. They voted 50 to the Boy Scouts and 10 to the Cancer Fund. Guests included Merle Jones Edna Kerlin Naomi Anderson and Margaret Maxwell with Lavonne Million Claira Whiteman Ellen Clawson Nada Weckerly Dororthy Newell and Dorothy Waymire assisting the hostess.
City bowling results released by secretary Mike Morrow show Brozg ers holding first with 48 wins and 27 losses. The C Team claimed team high three-game total at 2528 pins while McMurray led with 919 pins in a single game. B Crosby of the C Team had the top three-game score at 565 and also the top single-game score with 2290.
A local sale notice advertises 10 lb bags of California new potatoes for 57 cents at Pletcher Hardware and The Regal Market this week. The item highlights a grocery and hardware store promotion in a single brief notice.
County Extension Office outlines a year round guide from Purdue on soil tested fertilization for corn, small grains, clover, alfalfa, and soybeans. The bulletin emphasizes soil maps, minor element needs, and rotation effects, with free copies available via county agents.
Mrs Irene Shaffer Mason first grade teacher in the Delphi schools attended an all day meeting of the Association for Childhood Education in Frankfort Saturday. Olga Adams director of Kindergarten laboratory school University of Chicago spoke at luncheon at First Methodist church. Mason is a former president of the Frankfort Branch and has attended two national conventions in San Antonio Texas and Atlanta Georgia.
Mrs. Mary Haugh spent Friday in Lafayette on business. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Norris and baby of Kokomo spent the weekend with local relatives.
Glenn Little was taken Saturday to St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette for observation and treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Trent and family of East Chicago visited friends here over the weekend. Jerry Eikenberry and Mrs. Clifford Eikenberry were Sunday guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Zook. Mrs. Sue Scarff returned home after an extended visit with her son in LaPorte. Mrs. Tom Kestle attended a beauty operators convention in Indianapolis. Mrs. Helen Hamling of Indianapolis voted Tuesday with others returning home. The Gerbens plan a June move west for Mr. Gerbens health. Jessie Grandstaff spent the weekend in Detroit visiting a ill sister. Mrs. C. V. McCloskey of near Camden left for Atase Indiana to reside. The Mellingers of Perrysville and Attica visited Delphi and Rockfield friends. Sarah Trent is visiting her son O. A Trent and wife. The Haines brothers Jon Gary and Pat are bedridden with measles. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Foster Haines. Candy for Mother's Day available at Orrs Drug Store from 75 cents to 3.50.
Mother's Day candy offered by Orr's Drug Store with prices ranging from 75 cents to 3.50. Includes assorted sweets and small gifts, aiming to attract shoppers seeking last minute treats.
The passage discusses friction wear in work clothes and how napped fabrics like flannels may be loosely woven and nap to look firmer, risking poor wear. It warns fibers may shed or mat, and shrinkage can be significant. It notes domestic tests detect fillings like starch that dissolve in laundering and cause shrinkage.
A bake sale will be held in Herb Smith's store Saturday May 13 from 9 a.m. to noon. Sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's Club.
Mrs Paul McMurray hosted the Modern Homemakers on Wednesday evening with Marjorie Newell and Beatrice Alberts assisting. Members heard a lesson on holiday dishes and decorations and the group voted to meet at 8 p m through the summer with 29 members and guests served refreshments.
Mrs. Joe Shaffer will entertain the Clay township Home Economics club at her home on May 10. Assisting will be Mrs. Sam Hurley. Mrs. Earl Heckathorn is to give the project lesson on family living.
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