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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1931
Page
2
A revered teacher preached immortality of goodness sincerity and truth. Followers sought his help while critics and rulers plotted to use him. He refused to compromise and died steadfastly, certain that goodness would endure beyond his grave.
President Hoover opens a speaking tour including a stop before the Indiana Republican Editorial Association. He faces questions on prosperity, tariff policy, and the Grain Stabilization Corporation’s wheat purchases, with observers watching for signals on the 1932 campaign. Indiana welcomes the visit as voters await guidance on policy shifts and potential election outcomes.
An essay praising Easter as a call to better nature and faith. It contrasts resurrection symbolism in nature with spiritual renewal, noting hope and the springtime as signs of divinity and renewal. Mentions Marys at the tomb and timeless inspiration.
In the post session Congressional Record J T Tilson argues depressions recur every decade and notes Hawley tariff passage preceded the 1929 crash. He questions if appointing Fees as a Marine Corps Reserve colonel signals Republican politics run like Caribbean regimes.
Historians note that emergency unemployment relief programs started to take effect in spring 1931 as part of early 1930s policy responses. The shift marks a key phase in the Depression era relief effort.
The Delphi community hosted a child health conference with six experts. about 200 attendees included 500 teachers pressed by their supervisor. Local leaders, Mrs Myron Tves and the county nurse, earned praise for boosting Carroll County's child welfare standing.
A sequence of transfers shows Willis Appenzellar to Barbara Gillam for 40 acres in Carrollton township at $1.00 and Indiaboard entities trading parcels in Deer Creek township for nominal sums. Other deeds include Earl Johnson to Emil Tomme and to Miss Gladys Young with single dollar considerations. Additional minor transfers cover Rose Hill Camden, Burlingnton and Washington townships, all at $1.00. A local incident notes Lois Douglas’s car collision injuring six year old Bernadine Barnard in Flora.
Flora residents report visits and health notes as Mrs J W Hawkins and daughter Mary return from Keokuk Iowa where mother is ill. W M Sadler moved to David Ross sanitorium Lafayette. Chitticks return from Winterhaven Florida. Four Kokomo men and car wrecked north of Flora after Lake Shaffer visit. Myer visits Frankfort with ill uncle Marion Hunt. Frye couple welcome daughter Dorothy. Lois ill with flu at home. Powell couple return after winter with Foley relatives. Draper family mentioned in local items.
Hazel Shanks and family from Star City visit Mrs. Ward Cree. Boone and son visit Bert Aikens in Brunswick. Mrs. Aikens cared for her daughter in Kokomo. Hazel Shonk and daughter visit sister Mallie Huntley. Cutler grade students plan an April operetta. Mrs. Woodrom hospitalized at Arthis Rodenbarger home. Ward Cree and Virgil Allen families host visits.
Mr and Mrs Fred Raber spent Monday at Flora calling on Mrs Morr is Sadler and Mr and Mrs John Sieber. Mrs Charles Gregg and Miss Elizabeth Hardy of Burrows visited Isaac Gregg at Thorntown. Will Mills of near Delphi visited Sam Stevens near Logansport. Families ill with flu include Earl Chapman and family Leonard Yerkes and Burr Balser families. Mr and Mrs Amos Wise visited Harry Maxwell in Toledo Ohio. Mr and Mrs Joe Turner and C W Sidenbender will attend W H Sidenbender golden wedding at Monticello on Easter Sunday. A cooperative dinner will be held at noon. fifty or more guests expected.
Funeral services for Mrs Alexander Spring were held Sunday afternoon from the Brethren church in Rossville with interment in Rossville cemetery. She died Friday at the family home in Rossville. She leaves her husband, a son Homer of Rossville, a son Amel of Delphi, and a daughter Mrs Ross Myer of Lafayette.
Four Kokomo men Belmont Broo Charles Flynn Glenn Hackett and Roy Turley were injured when their car overturned three times one mile west of Fiora while returning from a Lake Shaffer cottage. The crash was blamed on fresh gravel on the road.
The Carroll County Loan and Trust Company of Delphi Indiana presents its condensed financial statement as of March 25 1931. It lists resources totaling 301244.57 including loans 221725.33 overdrafts 235.0 and trust assets 34720.46. Liabilities total 301944.57 with capital stock 25000.00 undivided profits 2974.06 savings deposits 34108.89 trust deposits 32307.39 special deposits 77958.40 and trust investments 34720.46. The statement is sworn by Secretary Treasurer Harry E Reed before Notary J.P. Beadle on March 28 1931.
The undersigned named by the judge of Carroll County Indiana is appointed administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Emma A deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent. Charles R McCain named administrator March 3 1934. Oak Custer Hanna and aiven for administrator.
Funeral services for Miss Emma Summe of Burlington were held at the Burlington Christian church at 10 oclock Monday morning. Burial followed in Ball Hill cemetery. A brother, David Summe, survives.
The State of Indiana Carroll County court issues notice to non residents in the Johnston Patrick et al quiet title action. The complaint seeks to quiet title to eighty two and thirty eight hundredths acres in section 35 township 26 north range 1 east in Delphi confirming interests of all unknown defendants and their spouses. Proceedings set for June 10, 1931 at the Carroll County Court House.
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