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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
4
The Amistad class of the Presbyterian church plans a Friday evening party at Mr. and Mrs. John Klepinger’s home with Margaret Martin assisting. An election of officers will be held and the group will then visit Robert VanNatta’s home for a program.
The Junto Club schedules its November gathering on Friday night with dinner at the Hazel Good residence for members and guests.
A Tipwa Grange gathering Thursday featured contests readings and jokes. The schedule notes a cooperative supper this Wednesday followed by a shower for Mr and Mrs Everett Gruber.
The Make Merry Class of the Methodist Sunday school will host its November party at the church on Monday evening November 25 at 6 30 p m. The committee includes Messrs and Mesdames Martin Boone Roy Reppert Jesse Zinn Freeman Switzer and Leo Craig.
The Social Union of Delphi Presbyterian Church will meet Thursday afternoon November 28 at 2 p.m. at the church. All ladies are urged to attend and each should bring one piece of antique glass for display.
Mrs Ora Hamilton hosted the Worth' While Club Thursday afternoon with Mrs Mary Riley overseeing contests. Mrs Palisade Wilson presented a paper on Stalin and American Money. Mrs Adrah Woods sung I Am An American. Contests Thanksgiving and Holiday Menus were won by Louise Rush and Freda Morehouse. Thirteen members and three children enjoyed refreshments.
The Delphi Parent Teacher Association meets Wednesday evening November 27 in the high school assembly room. Dr. Jackson A. Raney superintendent of the Indiana State School for the Deaf will speak and be accompanied by students to show slides of the school. Miss Mary Louise Reppert will perform piano selections. Public invited.
Mr and Mrs Dan Jones observe their Golden Wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving Day. A Thursday noon dinner at Crosby cafe hosts 22 family members and guests. In the afternoon they are honored with a reception at the home of their son Paul Jones and Mrs Jones in South Delphi. Friends are invited to call during the afternoon.
About 70 members of Rotary and the Women's Club attended a meeting featuring C. A. Smith as principal speaker. Two choruses composed of club members performed during the affair.
Mr and Mrs Duane Lamb move into a new home on W Summit street with children Bill and Joyce. Bernard Clayton and his wife from New Yorkwill visit Delphi this week with Mrs Clayton's parents Mr and Mrs Harry Roach as they prepare to move to Chicago next week.
A 1934 Dodge Forder is offered with new paint and rebuilt rings and bearings for 195.00 by Paul Johnson of Delphi. Social notes mention Mrs Josephine Wells hosting a luncheon with several ladies and nearby dinners and visits across Delphi Winslow Arizona. The column also notes a Christmas bazaar at the Methodist church and local families visiting relatives and a newborn son named Tommy William in Flora.
The item notes a 1936 Ford Tudor available for wholesale price of 175 dollars. The local snippet also mentions social visits and dinners with families including Paul John son of Delphi and Mr and Mrs Dale Yost, along with gatherings at Mrs M G Anderson and Mrs Fred Gerard households.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wilson hosted a Friday night birthday party for Allen Farley Arthur McDowell and themselves. A three course dinner was served at the Hazel Good home east of Delphi with appointments greetings and numbered birthday cakes. Guests included Mrs. Bailey Louis Kent Myron Johnson Ralph Maggart and Robert VanNatta from East Monroe Street Delphi.
Paul Johnson of Delphi hosts a Sunday dinner entertaining relatives and friends from Delphi and nearby areas including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weir Mr. and Mrs. John McCouch and daughter Lucille Mrs. Fannie Carney and daughter Meredith Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ashba and daughter Nancy Miss Nellie Haughey Mrs. Lillie Sheets Roy Trobaugh and Thomas Dial of Indianapolis.
Mr and Mrs Wick Brown and family moved Tuesday from the farm east of the county farm to the Dr Cal Carney farm known as the Dock farm on the crooked road to Flora. Mrs John Best is visiting in Washington DC with daughter Elizabeth Best. Frank Hawn of near Walcott was taken to St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette in the Grimm ambulance. Paul Phillips staying with Mrs Josephine Cain in Delphi had emergency appendectomy at Home hospital Lafayette. Mr and Mrs Charles Kerlin hosted friends on Monday in Delphi for Ray Curry of Winslow Arizona. Mamie Platt will spend Saturday in Chicago for Notre Dame Northwestern football game.
The Delphi Business and Professional Women's Club and the Delphi Rotary Club met in a joint session at the Delphi Methodist church on Tuesday evening for a Thanksgiving Dinner and meeting. The Senior and Junior choirs served the meal and Miss Elsie Bucklew led the gathering as president.
Mr and Mrs H E Studebaker of Miami Florida will arrive Thursday to visit Mr and Mrs Oscar Leatherman and other local friends. They will attend the Jun to Club meeting Friday night at the Hazel Good home with further visits planned in the county.
Doris Smith and the Presbyterian Missionary Society met November 14 at Marie Logan's home with Ruth Winslow assisting. Christian church women gathered at Delmar Galbreth's home the same day with Faye Coble leading the lesson. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Welch celebrated their 43rd anniversary at home with family. Federation members attended in Flora, and Rockville Sanitarium calls for Herman Fesler. Local gatherings included dinners, PTA plans, and a Sunday program at the Poor Farm. Brief weekend visits from Indianapolis residents and local employment news for Mullendere and Edging completion in Charlestown.
The Shaffer couple greet Glenda Mae as their new baby. Several families from Delphi, Indianapolis, and near Reynolds visit relatives. Yeoman Methodist Church holds a 11:15 Thanksgiving service with a community invitation. The Trip Club promotes a Father and Son banquet on December 3. WSCS meets November 27 at Mrs. Floyd Johns with a Thanksgiving hymn program and Angelus picture.
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