The carpeting came from one store; the furniture another; and the appliances yet another.

When my father owned his business, he made it a practice to shop locally and support those who supported his business.

It was a good practice and still is today.

I know it sometimes is more attractive to leave Delphos to shop and there are certain things that just aren’t available here. But for the most part, we have a variety of stores from which to choose our goods.

Two lonely little Hostess Apple Fruit Pies fill D3 in the snack machine on the second floor of The Herald building.

On Friday, Hostess announced it would close after decades of providing beloved snacks to young and old alike.

No more Twinkies, CupCakes, Ding Dongs, Ho-Hos, Struessel Cakes, Suzy Qs, Fruit Pies, Donettes, Zingers or Coffee Cakes.

No more soft, moist cake with cream filling of perfect consistency. No more smooth, melty fudge over chocolate cake. No more Coffee Cake loaded with brown sugar and cinnamon. No more fruit pies with sweet, juicy bits of apple in a smooth filling. No more CupCakes with the 8 perfect loops on the top.

How did this happen? How could something that has been a part of my life forever just go away?

Well, maybe not gone entirely. Rumor has it some other company may pick up a few of Hostess’ offering.

Hostess is blaming the company’s demise on unreasonable union workers. The workers say Hostess had already filed for bankruptcy and they had given some concessions and the money from those was to be plowed back into the company. Workers say it never happened. Top management was given 80-percent raises while the company was still in bankruptcy. Blah, blah, blah.

Where has the year gone? It’s already November.

To many people’s surprise, we’ve already had a Christmas story in the paper.

I’m sure with the economy, the Delphos Community Christmas Project will need every bit of time they have to pull together a nice holiday for those who need a little boost.

It’s tough out there and every penny will count.

It will be that way for many of us, I fear. Most of us are fortunate and have jobs. It may not be the one we want or need but a job none the less.

DEAR EDITOR:
Having voted since the election of Franklin Roosevelt, I have never seen such a disparity between the rural voters and the big city voters. Three-fourths of Putnam County voted for Romney. Also everywhere we drove in Ohio and part of Michigan the Romney signs outnumbered the Obama signs by at least ten to one.
It makes me happy to know that such a large percentage of the rural area voted Christian values, but sad that so many Ohio voters did not. Did they not know the intrinsic evils that they were buying into or was there that much voter fraud?
Ed Luersman
Fort Jennings

DEAR EDITOR,

One week ago last Friday evening saw a dreary start to the evening before the game between Jefferson and Spencerville.  The weather was not the best, but it did not stop them from paying tribute to the many veterans in attendance from Delphos and Spencerville.

For those who were not there, two large flags were carried onto the field, one by the local Veterans of Delphos, the other brought on by Veterans from Spencerville. Each flag surrounded by Veterans entered from opposite ends of the field were then halted as they centered over the fifty yard line.  With the flags in position and everyone standing the School combined the two bands and played the National Anthem.  Once the game started, the announcers would periodically read the names of Veterans, identifying which branch of service, the years they served and where they served, adding a more personal recognition to those of us who served.  Because of the thoughtfulness of the staff, faculty and students of Jefferson, I would like to say thanks!.

What so many of us did so long ago, those that have served since, along with those veterans currently serving, this tribute has and does make our efforts and lasting memories worth while.

On behalf of the Delphos Veterans Council and all veterans, I would like to say thanks again to John Edinger, his staff and the students for organizing this tribute to the Veterans for their service on this approaching Veterans Day.

The Veterans Day Service will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday at the Delphos Veterans Memorial. It will be held at the American Legion if it rains.

John Grothouse,

president, Delphos

Veterans Council