Health Week Highlights In Delphi With Free Health Expos
Health Week in Delphi showcases health exhibits, medical screenings, lectures, and moving pictures. Local groups including the Tuberculosis Society and Red Cross host activities with school demonstrations, dairy milk samples, and a county wide health crusade contest. The Lafayette Y M C A and Carroll County Orchestra perform. all events free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Tuberculosis Society
The
Red Cross
George W. McCain
C. R. Young
Flora
Gladys Hursh
Kathryn Bingaman
George Smith
Freeman Baum
Betty Wickare
Reed
Indianapolis
Louis Wise
Frank Barker
Bright
Lafayette Y. M. C. A
Kitchen Cabinet
Carroll County Orchestra
AFF That Off Senior Class Play Presented At High School
The senior class announces a three act comedy titled Laff That Off to be staged April 17 and 18 in the high school gymnasium. Tickets go on sale Wednesday. Cast includes Leo Mitchell Arthur Lindau Bob Hanna Robert Elton Morse Emmy Betty Was or Peggy Bryant Enid Trent Mrs Connelly Vivian Henderson Mr Connelly John Benner Ice Man Toney Freeman Reddine Jimmy Valentine David Baum Tubby Florence Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Mitchell
Arthur Lindau
Bob Hanna Robert Elton Morse
Junior Orr
Betty Was
Peggy Bryant
Enid Trent
Mrs. Connelly
Vivian Henderson
Mr. Connelly
John Benner
Ice Man
Toney
Freeman Reddine
Jimmy Valentine
David Baum Tubby
Florence Morrison
Meeting Planned for Carroll County Baseball League
A meeting of managers and interested fans will convene at Delphi courthouse Tuesday night April 9 at 7 30. All who favor forming a Carroll county league are invited. Last year Flora Burrows Burlington Camden Yeoman and Delphi fielded teams with Artie Million as president and Roger Mayhill as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Court House
Delphi
Flora
Burrows
Burlington
Camden
Yeoman
Artie Million
Roger Mayhill
Bankruptcy filing lists liabilities and assets for Fiber Sheets
Fiber Sheets files bankruptcy through attorney George Smith listing liabilities of 17000 dollars and assets of 1250 dollars in the court papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiber Sheets
George Smith
Band Concert Schedule Planned by Chamber of Commerce
The executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce votes to run a summer band concert series each Thursday night in June July and August. Flora may shift her Thursday concerts to Wednesday or Friday to avoid clashes. The next dinner is the first Thursday in May. Ticket committee members are James Clifford Lawrence Margowski Paul Dickison and R. G. Gamble. Membership committee members are E. P. Beadle Buel Ulm and Clay Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. "Davies
Flora
James Clifford
Lawrence Margowski
Paul Dickison
R. G. Gamble
Davies
E. P. Beadle
Buel Ulm
Clay Pearson
High Wind and Rain Cause Broad Damage Across County
Severe winds and heavy rain last Sunday night damaged Burlington school and numerous properties across the county. The Burlington school roof was torn and part blown away, repairs run to hundreds of dollars, and classes were dismissed. Highway crews report widespread road and tile damage, with a 300 dollar retaining wall collapse on the Ginn road. Total repair costs estimated between 1000 and 1500 dollars. Delphian show windows let in rain, goods damaged as two inches fell in about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Marion B. Thomas
Thomas
Mullin
Newman Viney
Tippecanoe Township
Delphi
Thhese
Don Gardner Visits Delphi On Family Trip
Don G. Gardner publisher of Modern Machine Shop spent Monday and Tuesday in Delphi visiting his parents and sister Roberta. He was en route to Chicago in a new President eight automobile to attend a convention and handle business for his Cincinnati based publication. The magazine has expanded from sixty four pages to eighty four in March with plans for over one hundred pages in April. The cover gains a two color design and the issue features extensive half tone engravings and etchings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don G. Gardner
Modern Machine Shop
Delphi
J. M. Gardner
Roberta
Indiana High School Sectional and State Track Dates
Indiana high schools announce sectional and state track meet dates. Sectionals are set for May 11, with the state meet in Indianapolis on May 18, per A L Trester secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
A. .L. Trester
Indianapolis
State Highway Survey Reaches Carroll County Line
State Highway engineers surveying state road 25 east from Delphi push toward the Cass county line near Deer Creek township. The crew plans to move to Logansport after Carroll county work, with a potential new roadbed along the Wabash tracks or through Rockfield. Uncertainty remains on route for state road 39 and the Delphi streets to be used. Ouster actions against Director John D Williams may delay statewide road projects. John Brown is named as a prospective director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Carroll County
Delphi
Martin Boone
Deer Creek
Rock Creek
Cass County
Logansport
Boone Farms
Rockfield
Madison
Clay Townships
Highway Commission
John D. Williams
Williams
Indiana
John Brown
State Tax Board
Leslie
Educational Board Holds Monthly Meeting
Nine of the thirteen township trustees composing the board of education met in the offices of County Superintendent Bailey last Monday afternoon to discuss routine matters, course planning for next year, and upcoming graduation classes and commencements. The session was presided over by County Superintendent Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Bailey
Former bank employee goes on trial in June
State v Clarence Briggs, former bookkeeper at People's Loan and Trust, faces a June 3 circuit court trial in Lafayette on embezzlement charges totaling 25000 dollars. Special judge B B Berry sits, with Stuart Simms Stuart defending Briggs and E Burleigh Davidson assisting as special prosecutor Laurence H Davidson. Briggs has been free on bond since the bank failed on August 3, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Clarence Briggs
Lafayette
People’s Loan & Trust Company
Briggs
B. B. Berry
Fowler
Stuart, Simms and Stuart
E. Burleigh Davidson
Laurence H. Davidson
Perry Motor Sales to Open Auto Agency in Bradshaw
E. D. Perry Motor Sales will open in the Bradshaw garage building at the southwest public square. Perry will display Hudson and Essex cars with a new line of models and promises surprises for customers. He has years of auto experience in Komomo. Mrs. Perry will move with him to Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Berry
Bradshaw
Hudson and Essex Automobile
E. D. Perry
Children Send Seed Packets to Rockville Sanatorium
Children patients of the Indiana State Sanatorium at Rockville sent The Citizen 10c and 15c packages of zinnia seed. The bloom is unusually large with varied colors. Supply is limited and first come first served will apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Sanatorium
Rockville
Citizen Office
Public Auction Sale of Delphi Residence
The undersigned will on Saturday, April 18, 1929 at 1 30 P M sell at public auction the brick residence formerly occupied by Frazer Thomas being lot one of the original plat of the town now city of Delphi. Sale at the premises. Terms one third cash balance in 60 days. Gus A Hall James P Wason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazer Thomas
City of Delphi
Violet Ray Lamp Placed In Office
Dr. C. C. Crampton becomes the first local physician to install a violet ray machine in his office. The device, recently introduced, is used in hospitals and sanatoriums and is seen as essential equipment for physicians. Its light aids tubercular patients and can produce a tropical tan. The small prep room near the waiting area is being fitted to house the apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Crampton
Commissioners Hold Two Day Session Focused on Roads
County board devoted most of the April meeting to road projects. An agreement leased a J D Adams Co tractor grader for 407.50 monthly until 3260 paid, then county ownership. Viewers named for Monroe township paved road. bids to be received for Carroll-Clinton line bridge. Electrical clock system for courthouse considered. supply contracts awarded for groceries shoes clothing drugs and bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commissioners’ Board
J. D Adams Co
Indianapolis
Charles N. Sanderson
Jackson Township
William L. Pullen
Charles Eikenberry
Charles Thompson
Monroe Township
Parks Groninger Road
Ridenour Ditch
Carrollton Township
Carroll-Clinton County Line Road
Jessie Griffith
Court House
Smith
Courty
A .H. Brewer
C. C. Julius
W. S. Margowsk
Roach
Disease Curtails School Attendance Across County
Mrs. W. T. Brackenridge, county attendance officer, reports March attendance at its lowest this school year except December. Smallpox, measles, mumps, and scarlet fever reduced presence. measles dominated in Pittsburg with fifteen absences, Rockfield closed for mumps. Flu aftereffects linger. whooping cough wanes. Parents urged to use DelphI health week free clinic for child exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Brackenridge
Madison ‘Township
Pittsburg
Rockfield
Delphi
Leaves Rockfield store to open establishment
Lt J Deel resigns after nine years at Rockfield Farmers Cooperative Store on April 1 to open a general store in Rockfield. Russell Rockwell of A H Brewer shoe store in Delphi resigns to take over Deel's position and move his family to Rockfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Deel
Rockfield
Track Meet Schedule Announced for Jefferson Season
Coach Paul Lostutter announced the spring track schedule with Jefferson at Lafayette on April 6 and home meets against Crawfordsville on April 13 and Lebanon on April 20. The lineup continues with R M D at Monticello on April 27 Central Indiana at Lebanon May 4 sectional at Peru May 11 and the state meet at Indianapolis May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H.S
Jefferson
Lafayette
Paul Lostutter
Crawfordsville
Here
Lebanon
Monticello
Central Indiana
Sectional
Peru
State
Indianapolis
Stop plates installed at city intersections
Intersection stop plates have been placed across multiple streets in the city to regulate traffic and improve safety at crossings. Maintenance crews completed the installations this week.
Legionaires Hold Meeting in Delphi
Members of the American Legion and Auxiliary hosted the Ninth district meeting in Delphi with bands, a parade, and a dance after a dinner. State and local officials spoke on membership targets and forming a Delphi Carroll county Legion baseball league. next district meeting set for Flora in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
Delphi
Logansport
Melody Makers Orchestra
Fred Weicking
Bluffton
Legion
American Legion
Hoosier Legionaire
Grand Army of the Republic
A. R
Flora
Mrs Crosby Rushed to Lafayette Hospital in Storm
Mrs Thomas Crosby of the Crosby hotel was taken seriously ill Sunday night and rushed to St Elizabeths hospital Lafayette as grimms ambulance ferried her through a severe rain and windstorm. She is reported improved but expected to stay for several weeks. Nearby Blythe Sons ambulance was called to Colburn to remove a Black man injured by a Wabash train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Crosby
Crosby Hotel
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Lafayette
Grimm's
Crosby
Grimim
Blythe &Sons
Colburn
Republican Workers Meet Over City Ticket Shakeup
A Republican meeting is called tonight to discuss a city ticket amid talk of extending the incumbent and voiding the election. Howard Bradshaw’s councilman bid from the third ward on the Republican ticket is reported, and Timothy McCormick plans a mayoral run. Democratic workers pledge to file a full candidate slate before Saturday night’s deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bradshaw
Third Ward
Timothy McCormick
Tinkle Downs Tie Knot in South Bend
Robert C. Tinkle and Mrs. Alice Downs wed at the Methodist parsonage in South Bend last Saturday at 3:00 PM. Both are well known residents of the area and will reside at their home nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Tinkle
Alice Downs
Methodist Parsonage
South Bend
Tinkle
DePauw Student William Clauser Lauded by Phi Beta Kappa
William Clauser, son of Dr and Mrs A C Clauser, a DePauw University senior, has been named for Phi Beta Kappa membership. Initiation will occur within two weeks. DePauw hosts the oldest Phi Beta Kappa chapter in Indiana, alongside Ohio State and Western campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clauser
DePauw University
A. C. Clauser
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
Phi Beta Kappa
Clauser
DePauw
Indiana
Wabash
Woman check forgery hits local shops in Saturday night
A female forger targeted A. H. Brewer Shoe Store and Kroger, causing about 7 dollars in merchandise and 15 dollars in cash loss. She tendered a 16.75 dollar check drawn on Citizens National Bank forged in the name W. W. Maxwell and signed Fred Clawson. No such accounts exist. Clawson in nearby Ockley is unmarried and unaware. A & P and Smith's grocery近 faced attempted frauds with similar tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Brewer Shoe Store
Kroger’s Grocery
Brewer
Citizens National Bank
W. W. Maxwells
Fred Clawson
W. W. Maxwell
Ockley
Max Daugherty
Smith’s Grocery
Farm meetings host tuberculosis education drive
County Agent Maggart grants county tuberculosis association permission to cooperate with Farm Bureau meetings across townships for three weeks starting Monday evening. Short talks and films promote early disease detection as part of the National Tuberculosis Association campaign. Speakers include Mrs. J. P. Wason Prof. C. A. Smith Yanus Wells Prof. Young Mrs. L. H. Smith Rev. A. P. Musselman Mrs. W. T. Brackenridge and E. P. Beadle. Washington township event postponed to Friday April 23 with M. A. Auerbach delivering the principal talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggart
County Tuberculosis Association
Farm Bureau
National Tuberculosis Association
J. P. Wason
C. A. Smith
Yanus Wells
Prof. Young
Flora
L. H. Smith
A. P. Musselman
Camden
W. T. Brackenridge
E. P. Beadle
Washington Township
M. A. Auerbach
Dinner and Charivari for Two Newlyweds
Mr and Mrs John J McCanns recently married were honored guests at a dinner party hosted by Mr and Mrs J H Crowell near Hickory Grove. Twenty five attendees enjoyed the feast before an uninvited crowd arrived and staged a charivari. The couple rode in and pulled a pig hog chute while the bride rode inside, then the groom handed out candy and cigars to the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. McCanns
J. H. Crowell
Hickory Grove
Lois Kathleen Timmons Dies of Diphtheria at Age Three
Lois Kathleen Timmons aged three years eight months died Saturday from diphtheria. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Timmons of Washington township and is survived by three sisters Beulah Bernice Wilma and two brothers Bass and Palmer. Funeral services were held Monday at 10 from the residence and interment was in Musselman cemetery at Camden conducted by Rev Garver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Kathleen Timmons
Charles E. Timmons
Washington Township
Beulah
Bernice
Wilma
Bass
Palmer
Garver
Musselman Cemetery
Camden
Caldwell Files Bankruptcy Petition in Hammond Court
Willard C. Caldwell of Carrollton township, represented by attorney William C. Smith, has filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States court at Hammond. Smith continues to lead in bankruptcy cases with this eight filing in just over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard C. Caldwell
Carrollton Township
William C. Smith
Hammond
Barber Shop Sold on Franklin Street
John Myers sold his interest in four Franklin street barber shops last week to John Bra hany who has worked there for years as a barber. Mr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Myers
Franklin Street
John Brahany
Cost of Driving Auto is Mounting
The Carroll county article warns that the new license law and added taxes push driving costs high. It estimates a $62.43 yearly county tax per car plus $106,666.68 in per gallon gas tax to fund roads, plus licenses and notary fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
George Obear Elected Delta Chi Fraternity President
George Obear son of Mr and Mrs James O Obear and a DePauw junior was elected president of the Delta Chi fraternity at the Methodist institution. He will serve a one year term. The chapter recently moved into a new 78000 dollar home built in 1927 and has about forty members. Other Carrollton members include William Joseph Clauser Frederick Fouts and Fred McCain. Obear serves on the DePauw varsity debate team and previously worked on the DePauw newspaper. He was freshman class president and holds a Rector scholarship toward his tuition and incidental fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Obear
James O. Obear
DePauw
Delta Chi Fraternity
Methodist Institution
Carrolltoun
Delta Chi
William Joseph Clauser
A. C. Clauser
Frederick Fouts
Fred McCain
Carroll
Viola Beckner Dies at Son's Flora Home
Viola Beckner 82 died early Sunday at her son Tony Becker's Flora home after illness. Survived by sons Tony and Frank. A Flora Methodist Church member for years. Funeral services held Tuesday at Flora Methodist Church with Rev. S C Rogers and Rev. Frank Carter officiating. burial in Knetfle cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Beckner
Tony Becker
Flora
Tony
Frank
Flora Methodist Church
Flora’ Methodist ‘Church
S. C. Rogers
Frank Carter
Knetfle
Road Superintendent Samuel Stewart Suffering Serious Illness
Samuel Stewart, road superintendent of Roth Creek township, is in a serious condition from illness. He had been in failing health for weeks but helped sow wheat on Thursday. Friday he sought medical aid after a vomiting spell, and the illness continued for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Stewart
Burrows
Roth Creek
Stewart
Indianapolis broadcaster Miss Thelma Kramer appeals voice on WKBF
Miss Thelma Kramer of Indianapolis granddaughter of W P Thompson broadcasted Tuesday evening over radio station WKBF Indianapolis. Her contralto voice pleased listeners and a photograph accompanied the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Kramer
Indianapolis
WKBF
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Don Gardner
Educational Board
Kokoma
Hudson
Essex
Zinna Seed
Gus A. Hall
James P. Wason
Legionaires
Delphi Merchants
Brewer and Kroger Stores
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