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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1931
Page
5
Courtesy notice invites readers to share visits. mentions of coming and going are welcomed for publication in the Citizen. The piece encourages keeping guests informed to show thoughtfulness and hospitality.
Community happenings include the 4-H Fall Festival in Delphi on October 1 2 and 3 guests from New York City Dr Earl Butcher staying with his parents Mr and Mrs W L Butcher near Burlington and various local events such as attendance at the State Fair the Mon ticello and Carroll County meetings and moves of residents like Hazel Johnson teaching at Monon George Smock's Cornell plans and other short notices among neighbors.
Delph i residents Mr and Mrs John Green left after a weekend with Abner Bowens family. Monroe Township enrollments total 521 with Flora 469 and Bringhurst 52. Weekend trips involved Edythe Sanderson Dickison Rice and John Sanderson. Vincent Via left for Tachney Illinois for Catholic schooling with his parents and Rev J Reed. Flora church events featured Yelouki Mission furlough speakers and a Bloomfield wedding of Louise Smiley and Don Pullen who will live in Flora. Concerns noted about infantile paralysis of Alice Jane Sharp. Local travel mentions include a motor trip to West Baden Brown County and Indianapolis. Red Cross and various clubs canned 150 quarts of peaches apples and plums at the community kitchen.
T J Cline traveled to Indianapolis for a few days. Al Gurley the night watchman is critically ill at his home on West Franklin Street. John K Lohman of Cutler plans to leave for Terre Haute to attend Rose Polytechnic Institute. Carroll County school principals met in Delphi and had dinner at Reynolds Cafe. Dr Thomas Headlee of Dayton New Jersey visited this week with Mrs Headlees mother Mrs J T Ives.
Mrs Edwin McGuire and Miss Josephine McDowell hosted a bridge gathering Wednesday evening. Frank Vianco broke an ankle last Saturday after a fall from a ladder at the Bruce Briggs cottage on Lake Freeman. Miss Mary Lou Gerard tomes with Lowe orchestra at the State Fair Thursday and Saturday evenings. Georgia Kerlin Davis leaves for San Antonio after a six week visit in Rockfield. James W Guthrie and Myrtle Mullendere obtain a marriage license. Frank Barnes, Flora basketball coach, visits Delphi with Paul Lostutter, Delphi basketball coach. Delphi teachers plan a picnic at Delphi Park with wives organizing. Russell Sullivan and Mrs N W Bowen tour Chicago, Gary, and Dunes State Park. Boone county Disciples churches hold all day conference at Jamestown Christian church with Rev W C Aschandor as guest speaker. Glen Crowell birthday dinner attended by numerous families. Battery E 25th Field Artillery reunion held in Flora Community Park along with multiple other reunions. Camden town officers publish proposed budget and tax levy showing 4 cent levy reduction and lower net valuation. Amos Wise hosts gathering with numerous relatives from Hammond, Ft Wayne, Lafayette, Logansport, Delphi. Radio tubes-Herb Smith and county health nurse visit state hospital at Logansport for mental tests planned Mondays October 1 to 3 pending district coverage.
A Sunday birthday dinner at Superintendent C. T. Amick and spouse honored Mr. Amick and daughter Mrs. Betty Walbert of Chicago. The Walbert weekend visit included Delphi acquaintances and a lengthy list of local residents. High school classes reorganized with student officers and sponsors across Senior Junior Sophomore and Freshman grades.
Restaurant operator Charles Odell runs ae Cafe near the inter urban station offering reasonable meals. Miss Mary Catherine Bordner of Cutler plans to study at State Teachers College Terre Haute and live with Mrs. Claude Quinn. Letters of Administration for Samuel Downham issued to Harry B. Downham with bond set at 16000, sureties Isaac W. Cohee and Charles F. Martin. Rev and Mrs. Rist hosted family visitors including Virgil Hatfield Barbara Shultz Voak and Helen Hester. Dr J J Shultz and daughter Helen continue motor trip to Devils Lake North Dakota with the Voaks. Voaks stayed with Shultz at Friendship Lodge in Tippecanoe.
The report lists numerous individuals including Balser Wayne McNulty Snoe berger Donald Walters Junior Wal ters James Sales Max Mitchell Betty Jane Ray Frances Mae Merrell Mar jories Mahanna James Campbell Aud rey Roskuski Deloris Larimore Dorothy Sterrett Dean Draper Mary Catherine Doer Dean Godenour Benny Dean Teel Virginia Clark Edd Wingard Dick Robinson Mary Louise Heathcote Virginia Ratcliff Donnabelle Smith Betty Long Dena Bell Tim mons Robert Robbins Donald Duff Wayne Burger Nellie Dilling Jimmy Cole Marjorie Childers Kenneth Schnepp Jerry Binney Charles Hildebrant Gene Nightengale Velda Mosby Leona Fife plus freshmen and class lists with teacher notes.
Reid McCain, manager, announces the line is now authorized to haul local passengers between Frankfort and Indianapolis and from stations north of Frankfort. The first Chicago to Indianapolis bus via Delphi passed through the city on Labor Day. Camp Tecumseh activities end with annual camps for His boys and Purdue Freshman. World Friendship Hour will be held around the camp fire. C A Tevebaugh invites public attendance at the service aligned with global observances.
Federal inspectors report the Great Western Canning Co. corn pack this year as the largest since the war and of very high quality. Hopes rise for extending Road No. 18 from Delphi to Brookston and Fowler with potential letting this fall, though no definite plans exist. Road would run from Pittsburg west to Springboro then Brookston.
Charles Cole, 70, of Camden, died at Cass County Hospital Logansport after a period of illness dating to March. Funeral services were held Wednesday with Rev. Frank Collier officiating and burial in Camden Cemetery. Survived by widow, a daughter Mrs. George Hunt of Camden, two sons Glenn Cole Buffalo New York and Fred Cole Camden, 12 grandchildren and one great grandson.
Dr W J Kidd aged 84 died at his Burlington home last Saturday following illness. He retired from medicine in 1928 and is survived by his widow Mrs Cecilia Kidd and two sons James Kidd and Harry Kidd, both of Burlington. Funeral services were held Monday morning at nine o'clock.
Don Arvin aged 22 was arrested last Sunday morning at the Goldie Sink home near Clymers on forgery charges. Sheriff Jess Clawson of Carroll County and Sheriff Zerbe of Cass County led the operation, with Arvin found hiding under a bed. He allegedly forged checks in both counties and was taken to Cass County for trial.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the Holloway home in Adams township for Mrs Manford Holloway who died the previous Thursday at age 49. Burial followed in Hickory Grove cemetery. She had been ill only a few days. Surviving are her husband and two daughters Eva of Logansport and Iva, both at home, and a son Ben at home.
Bobby Hawkins three year old son of Mr and Mrs Russell Hawkins of near Delphi suffered severe finger injuries on one hand when a lawn mower cut them Thursday of last week. He was taken to Lafayette for treatment.
The accident occurred as Mr Hawkins pulled the mower back to store it and a little boy reached for the revolving knives to help, resulting in injuries.
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