The Delta independent., 1920-01-23
NORTH DELTA

Miss Veta Boone visited at the
Meeker home Monday j..
Mrs. Ethel Hutcnms OF the Muddy
visited Mrs. M. ]. Brownell Tuesday.
Ernest Latimer is employed at the
ice plant and began his duties this
| week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Jacobs spent a
very pleasant Sunday evening with
Mrs. Ada Price in Delta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sanders and three
boys were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Marsh Sunday.
The small child of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Cole, who has been quite ill with pneu-
monia. is reported better.
MIR. and Mrs. E. F. Paxson and child
rem of Garnet mesa visited at the
Blaine-Reynolds home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Wolford are
the proud parents of a 13h pound
baby boy born Monday morning, jan
uary 10, 1920.
Mrs. Henry Bruton and children are
suffering from the epidemic, which
Is going through the neighborhood In
the form of colds.
A. d. Taylor. who has. been on the
Deter ranch the past year. is having
goods this week.
w. S. Hotchkiss and sons. who are
running the Rollins mine came down
Tuesday afternoon for short visit with
home folks.
Frank Marshall, Jr., who has been
quite sick since returning from Okla
homa, is reported able to be up and
around the house again.
Miss Dorothy Marshall, who teaches
at Eckert, spent the weekend with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mar
shall, Sr., on Orchard mesa
Mrs. Josie Worland and daughter,
Verle. and Florence Brownell were
dinner guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Personett in the Gunnison valley Sun
day.
Mrs. Rome Markley went to Olathe
Tuesday forenoon, where she will
nurse Mrs. Wagner. who has had a
paralytic stroke at her home near that
place.
Mrs. Ed. Dingman was an outgoing
passenger Saturday morning for Den
yer. were she is visiting her son, Ce-
Gil. who is attending the Denver uni
versity.
Mr. and Mrs John Walker. Mrs.
Pearl Walker of Delta, and Mrs. Nellie
Vernon of California mesa were all
day visitors of Mrs Jane Crawley
Friday.
A. Brown and wife have purchased
the property belonging to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Grove. They will not get posses
sion until spring, when they expect to
make 1t their home.
Mr. and Mrs. A Brown have sold
their ranch to Mrs. Anna Huff Of
Gunnison. who moved in Sunday. Mr..
Browns family will occupy part Of the
house until they get possession oil
their new property.
Mrs. c. N. Beidler and Mrs. Edna
Cotter came up from Fruita Saturday
forenoon They were Joined by Mr..
Beidler. who is employed at Somerset,
and enjoyed family reunion for two
days in Delta and vicinity.
A few of the friends and neighbors
dropped in on Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Burns Friday evening. the occasion
being the Burns silver wedding an
niversary. Their sons, Lester and Ira
presented them with n lovely silver
casserole which was appreciated very
much.
Drs. Merry and Beslin, Mrs. Lee
Jacobs, Mrs. Jim Blessing. and Mrs.
Clara Hickman went up to Montrose
one night last week to attend the Joint
installation OF officers of the Modern
woodmen and Royal Neighbors. DIR.
Merry drove them up in her machine.
Mart Thorpe entertained a number
OF his friends at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. O. ]. Thorpe. Mon
day evening. Music for the evening
was furnished by a new Brunswick,
presented to Mart by his parents at
Christmas. Refreshments were serv-
ed to Mr.. and Roy Boone. Mr.. and
Mrs Lester Gum. Alva Maxwell OF
Olathe, Carl Boone. and the Misses
Alma, Veta and Vera Boone.