From the Past
Compiled from Delta Newspapers by the Delta County Historical Society
251 Meeker Street, Delta, Colorado, 81416 (970) 874-8721
From the Delta County Independent
September 26, 1913
The wives of Dr. F.W. Grove and Dr. Cleland came together in a sort of head-on collision on Main Street last Saturday evening which caused them more or less confusion for some moments and no little amusement for those who saw the accident. Each lady wore one of the broad-gauged head pieces and when they turned suddenly to face each other and those two “sky pieces” came together there was just no getting them apart. Hat pins had formed the colliding forces extricated without tearing up the fifty dollars’ worth of millinery.
I’ll just bet those ladies were ‘mortified’ as my lovely maternal Grandmother would have put it…to not only be ‘stuck’ to each other but for it to make the newspaper!
On a side note—I’ve been ‘trimming’ hats myself. I rather enjoy making fabric flowers
and needed to ‘put them on something’ so I decided to do hats.
I, of course, forgot to take a photo of the first hat I made, but I did remember for the others. (I gave the hat to my soon-to-be daughter-in-law for her birthday-I didn’t even got a photo of her IN the hat. Silly me.)
You’ve seen this one…it also was a gift for a friend going through cancer treatments.
This will be for my oldest daughter for her costume for Halloween.
My youngest daughter goes to lots of sports competitions since the grandchildren play in many things.
The last one I like to wear to soccer games.
I don’t think I’ll keep doing hats, but it was fun for a while.
Your friend,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
what lady you are and so many talents..how do you fit them all in..Hats look wonderful and look as though they should be worn at the Queen’s garden party or Ladies Day at Ascot…well done
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You should keep it up, their beautiful!
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I LOVE the ribbon flowers! I’m sure I’d look better in a hat with those posies on it. 😉
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Gorgeous! What lovely hats!
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They’re lovely! I had no idea that was something you did in all your “spare time” (ha!)
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What a funny story… Bet those two women were really embarrassed….
Love your fabric flowers.. What a nice place to display them–on hats… Love it!!!! You are a talented lady.
Hugs,
Betsy
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what a funny bit of news! your hats are lovely!
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You’ve made some beautiful hats. The nice thing about your hats is that the wearers don’t have to worry about an incident such as the one described in the paper.
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Now that is a news article! LOL Nothing fun like that these days…sigh…
I love hats!!! Especially the decorated kind!!! Kevin is always trying to get me to wear the many seed and chem co. hats were get for free….no way! I tell him that I refuse to wear men’s clothes and men’s hats!!! I may be a farmer, but I am a lady first! 😉 I think you may have a future in hats Linda! 😀
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You are so talented and I cannot imagine where you find the time to do what you do. Love them.
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Oh, also that article in the paper was hilarious and I have the funniest picture of those hats colliding …amazing what they printed back then (I would think those ladies WOULD have been mortified!)
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Wow ! Never thought of doing hats. You definitely have a flare for this. Are you moving on to corsages or hair pieces ? So where do you get the spare time ?
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Hi, Linda. Funny about the big-hat ladies making the news with their get-together. Yes, I’ll bet they were mortified to see the story spread about the county.
Your hat flowers are excellent and just the right accent to make the hats unique. Too bad ladies hats aren’t as much in fashion as they once were. Not only are they fun but they come in handy to hide a bad hair day.
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Hi Linda, Great post-it would have been fun to see that collision! Love the hats you’ve embellished-so very pretty.
Warm hugs to you today.
Noreen
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You did a wonderful job with the hat flowers, Linda.
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Your flowers would also work on hair clips, hair ties, and pins or brooches.
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Wow! Love your hats Linda! You should sell them on etsy!!! :o)
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Too funny! Absolutely LOVE your hats, Linda! My SIL and I still wear them to church occasionally just for fun. We both love hats.
Blessings!
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They are wonderful! Each one prettier than the next:)
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I’m sure those two were the talk of the town! Beautiful flowers and hats. You have so many talents.
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Pretty hats, and I can imagine how funny that was to those who witnessed, but oh how embarrassing for the two ladies!
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I loved them 🙂
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What a delicious fun post, and what a clever creative lady you are…including being a talented photographer… the hats looks gorgeous.. XXXX
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