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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1925
Page
5
Local notes report residents traveling to Indianapolis and Florida for winter, visits between Delphi and Flora residents, church events upcoming at Flora and a Philathea class gathering. Families welcome news of births and relocations as local ties remain strong.
Mrs. Sarah Thompson returns home after two weeks with daughter and family in this city while Earl Smith travels to Florida for business. Children offer a market and candy sale at Zook's Meat Market this Saturday at 10 30 AM. Ralph Pearson attends Urbana game in Illinois. The Busy Bee Club plans a Thanksgiving market at Dame's Hotel on Wednesday November 25 at 10 AM. Dr and Mrs A C Clauser and family visit Greencastle to see William Clauser and Frances Wingerd.
Mr and Mrs Ross Dimmitt relocate from the Popejoy property near the Wabash depot to a apartment on Main Street above the Welcome Inn.
Mrs. Joseph Mason of Ockley has left Lafayette hospital after cataract surgery and is back at her home. The Delphi Presbyterian church Ladies of the Social Union plan a cafeteria supper Thursday evening November 19 from five to seven o'clock. Will Cochrane has returned to Oklahoma after visiting his ill mother, Mrs I N Cochrane, in this city.
Flora High School girls organized a basketball team under coach Mrs Doyle Kirkman and a promising group has formed. Mr Ray Ensinger and Mrs Ensinger are visiting the county from Florida with Mr Ensinger returning soon to manage farming before heading back.
Mrs. Alice Cain of Los Angeles sister of Mrs. T. J. Clyne departed after a ten day visit and will join Mr. and Mrs. Cain to make Brooklyn their future home.
Mary Elizabeth Shepard held a party with close family Monday at the home of Seneca and Mary Shepard to mark her fourth birthday. In other news, Blue Ball Christian Church near Deer Creek reported a burglary with $800 in losses including sixteen wet cell batteries and other lighting equipment missing.
Mrs Claude Wall Mrs W P Thompson Mrs Harve Shigley Mrs J J Armstrong and Mrs Fanny Smith from this city attended the Home Missionary Society Convention of the wooly church at Crawfordsville this week.
Mr and Mrs George Julien visited Gary on Sunday with Mrs Lucy Wolever Starks of Gary returning by train Monday. Delph i social and church notices include homecomings rallies and a Sedalia church basket dinner. An athletic association forms in Sharon Sunday school to field a strong basketball team with R L Shankland as manager and J E Yarian as treasurer.
Union meeting for Red Cross Roll Call held Sunday evening at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dale LeCount presiding. Rev. Jones of Rossville Presbyterian Church spoke on Red Cross humanitarian work after attending national Red Cross gatherings. Marion schools launch a thrift plan with Miss Dorothy Fuldheim aiding. deposits made weekly by teachers, and a local bank collects coins for individual children accounts.
Portrait artist Wm. L. Haskell, of Los Angeles, departed for California Friday morning following a two day visit with his sister Mrs. N. J. Howe.
372 Byron T. Gardner, senior at Purdue University, is pledged to the National Honorary Military Fraternity Scabbard and Blade. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gardner of Lafayette and nephew of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gardner of Delphi, with many Delphi social ties and functions noted.
Rev. Henry B. Hostetter of Ft. Wayne chosen to succeed Rev. F. W. Backemeyer, who resigns to take the pastorate in Gary. Hostetter leaves the Third Church in Ft. Wayne to begin his duties as executive secretary of the Indiana Synod of the Presbyterian church.
Members taught by Dr. Mullin met at the country home of Mr and Mrs Parks Groninger north of Rockfield for a masquerade party. The evening featured music games contests and stunts with sixty four attendees. Pumpkin pie and coffee were served late.
The Rossville community settles into holiday routines with sewing clubs preparing Christmas needlework and gift exchanges. The Rossville Ministerial Association held its annual meeting electing Rev J C Stinebaugh as president and Rev E M Koonen as secretary treasurer. Thanksgiving union services are planned at 7 p m at the Presbyterian church with Rev Stinebaugh delivering the sermon and an offering for Near East Relief. Turkeys remain scarce in Indiana though overall prices are expected to be only modestly higher. substitutes like capon, goose or duck are noted as alternatives plus steady prices on cranberries and other staples.
In Burma some women believe rebirth as men is required to join the noble yellow robe and attain humanity. The belief reflects gender roles tied to Buddhist religious status in the region.
Two professional confidence men befriend a wealthy sportsman and gain access to his private preserve. They are placed in a dawn blind with wooden decoys, where one shoots the flock by mistake, while the other shouts in alarm at the booster birds.
Hap Brown and Hepple Brown plan a final Christmas shopping tour when they encounter two hungry children. They give the siblings money and vow to supply coal blankets potatoes canned goods apples and necessities for Billy and his mother. Happy calls it the safest investment, quoting that lending to the poor is lending to the Lord.
H W Phebus of Delphi adopts a salesman role with Nelson Motor Sales at Monti cello. He also works as a general auctioneer with partner Harry Shigley and schedules multiple sales. Larry T Wolever of Ft Wayne, an engineer on the Wabash rail line, visited his parents Tuesday.
The American Red Cross reports its largest peace time relief effort completed in under a year with work across 90 disasters in 1925. Fires floods tornadoes earthquakes and other catastrophes dominated the year, including the Santa Barbara and northern Ohio events. The organization operated through 3 000 chapters and spent over 3 million dollars in direct disaster relief with additional funds and services planned into 1926. The report notes rapid local mobilization and urges continued support via the upcoming ninth annual roll call from November 11 to Thanksgiving.
Remembrance notice for wife and mother Mrs. C. W. Sidenbender who died five years ago on November 9 1920. Poem reflects sorrow, memory, and enduring love from family.
Neighbors and friends are thanked for kindness and sympathy shown during illness and death of our grandmother and family members Mr and Mrs John Roskuski and family and Mr and Mrs John Baer and family.
The Red Cross asks for sweaters for 30,000 disabled veterans in hospitals this winter. Demand is high as wartime surplus is exhausted, prompting knitters to resume their needlework to meet the need.
A brief notice notes a woman suing for damages after an unspecified accident. The sentence hints at eye problems and references an optimistic outlook since the incident. The readable text is fragmented but indicates a legal action seeking compensation.
A wedding ceremony on a New Hebrides island includes the practice of removing the bride’s two middle incisors by smashing them with a rock as part of tradition.
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