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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1931
Page
7
Residents and families from Monticello Frankfort Tioga Yeoman Delphi and surrounding areas shared visits dinners and church events. Highlights include engagements with the Ballards Lillys Marshalls and Vannamans plus multiple calls on neighbors and relatives. a Delphi wedding. and the loss of Frank Barber in an interurban incident.
Rockfield residents report weekend visits with families from Logansport Lafayette and Ft Wayne. Church groups host gatherings including Presbyterian Young Married Peoples class and Ladies Union May meeting at the church. Attendees travel to Deer Creek and Delphi library programs with local leaders and Sunday school events.
Mrs Cecil Yeoman entertained the Sunshine Sunday school class at the former home. The Toll call elicited scripture verse contests with prizes awarded to Mrs Alva Jackson and Mrs Ruth Overley. Delicious refreshments were served by hostesses Miss Mildred Overley and others.
Jefferson Township A H Dwyer dies after months of illness. Short funeral services were held at the home. Buried Saturday in Illinois, his former home. Neighbors and friends accompanied the family for the funeral. Several local residents are listed as attendees or visitors.
Mr and Mrs moved from the Abe Downing property to Lafayette during the week. Charles Edward and Virginia Lucas stay with Mrs Henrietta Downham as their mother Mrs Alice Lucas remains hospitalized at St Elizabeths hospital in Lafayette. Mrs Della Bush and daughter Edna and Roger Mullendere visit Mrs Sarah Leffle and family Thursday afternoon. Mrs Teareton Downham has been
Local families from Monticello and nearby townships exchanged visits over the weekend. Reports mention Harold Pleasant and friends running, numerous relatives visiting in Adams and Tippecanoe townships, and neighbors caring for the ill including Mrs. Sam Swatts. May 3 birth of a grandson to Mae Davis born Van derviel is noted.
Delphi students hosted a mothers tea at the high school gym with Purdue’s Dean Carolyn Shumaker as guest speaker. The junior band performed at the school exhibit and a Camp Quietude outing followed. The issue also notes a postponed track meet, class sewing shows, birthdays, and a long essay on All the World’s a Stage urging effort and self-improvement.
Mr and Mrs Bert Aikens hosted Sunday guests Mr and Mrs James McGill and Mr and Mrs Adrien McGill of Rossville along with Mrs ee McCarty and her Flora based son.
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