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Newspaper
Delta Herald Times
Location
Delta, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
1
A Ford Coach driven by Mrs. Walter Wilhelm loses a rear wheel on East Main Street and crashes through a barber shop window. Miss Weesee suffers minor cuts. others escape unharmed. Insurance fixes the pane. porch ceiling dent remains as a reminder.
The Mason and Dizon Lions Club held Charter Night in Aberdeen on Monday with about two hundred attendees. Richard Simmons of Frederick, District Governor, presented the charter and delivered the principal address as visiting Lions from Baltimore Frederick Rising Sun Newark Delta joined the event with music and refreshments.
The Delta W C T U held its 48th annual meeting at the Heaps home on Wednesday afternoon. Reports were given by department heads including Child Welfare, Evangelism, Literature, Sabbath Observance, and more. A social program followed with readings and music, and an invitation to meet in July was accepted.
The Rehoboth Welsh Church scheduled a Children’s Day service with John C. Williams as Sunday School superintendent. The program featured songs, duets, recitations, a devotional exercise, and a variety of performances by Frances and Dorothy Roberts Louise Willis Helen Roberts Belva Wilson Emma Roberts and others, concluding with an offering by the orchestra.
The York County Past Grands Association met on the Delta lawn with 175 attendees. Grand Warden G Will Henry of Harrisburg gave the main address, as J H Wheeler of Delta welcomed members and Jacob A Weaver of York responded.
Members of the Citizens' Volunteers Fire Company of Fawn Grove organize committees for the annual carnival on July 2 and 4. Parade starts 5 30 PM with fire companies from Delta Stewartstown Bel Air Jarrettsville and Hereford. Featured acts include Aerial Smalls Harmony 4 York and Soho Novelty Entertainers Red Lion.
Social Club members and families enjoyed a Thursday trip to Young's Park Long Level with games and shade amid scenery. A separate bus excursion carried ladies to Hershey Park and Indian Echo Caverns for a day of changing thrills and natural beauty.
A vivid portrait of Johnson's Glen where Muddy Creek joins the Susquehanna. Narrator guides readers to the rocky gorge, its history, and the long connection with J. Q. Johnson, describing the land’s natural beauty, flora, and a vanished homestead site now part of a living forest.
The Slate Ridge Bish School Alumni Association held its annual banquet Saturday evening at the Carmel Hotel. Margaret Stewart chaired the toast and was elected president with Catherine Hughes as vice president and Louise Robinson as secretary-treasurer. Attendees included professors, doctors, and many listed guests.
A church program from Mt Olivet Church presents An Old Fashioned Mother at 1 Cambria M P Church on Friday July 1 in the evening. Admission 26 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.
Last week Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Macomber celebrated twenty years of marriage with a family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rees in Cardiff. Hostesses were Mrs. Richard Rees and Miss Elsie O Bull. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Macomber and their sons John Robert and Webster, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sellers, Miss Elsie O Bull and Marjorie Sellers.
Members of Penn Mary Chapter Order of the Eastern Star attended divine worship at Highland Presbyterian Church last Sunday morning. The Rev Dr W A Price preached from Esther 4 14 on Women in the Home Church and State, noting the growing influence of women. A quartet provided a musical selection.
A Sunday special offers a spring chicken dinner at the Car-Del Hotel for 1.00 with a platter priced at 75 cents.
On July 6 the new postage rates go into effect for first class matter and air mail. Letters and local delivery items cost three cents per ounce or fraction, business reply envelopes three cents plus one cent per letter, and air mail eight cents for the first ounce plus 13 cents for each additional ounce. No changes for postal cards or letters to areas without carrier service.
Members of Fawn Township High School class of graduates led by Miss Alice Cassell and Melvin C Hiess returned Friday from a four day educational and sightseeing trip to Washington D C and Mt Vernon The itinerary included Arlington Cemetery St Albans Cathedral and the Catholic monastery A twenty five mile boat ride was taken Thursday evening The party included Velma Ruth Channell Elizabeth Dil Dunlap Genevieve Kunkle Cyrena Morris Mabel Norris Jane Shrofes Ruth Theophel Estelle Tompkins William Brown Campbell Wilson Channel Crowl Grothe McElwain and Harold Wilson plus Cassell and Hess
The York Presbyterial met Friday and Saturday with attendees from Slateville and Slate Ridge churches.Slateville participants included Mrs. Paul Thompson Marguerite Kerr and Margaret Enfield. Slate Ridge was represented by Anita Heaps Alice Wheeler Evelyn Grove Eleanor Wise Gehosobe Proctor Donald Hughes and Jack Bulette.
Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary met at Pire Company Hall on Tuesday to discuss taking over the movies. They agreed to show films once a week for the present with plans for a July premiere. The meeting was led by president Odessa Weeks and included many listed attendees.
The Peach Bottom Grange plans a festival at the Valley School on Thursday evening July 4. The event promises community gathering with refreshments and entertainment for locals.
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