WPA Begins Street Repair Project in Delphi Town
Extensive repairs to city streets alleys and sidewalks began this week in Delphi with 28 WPA workers. The city-sponsored project will run months with a total of 26 723 dollars allotted. First targets are sidewalks around the courthouse square as workmen tear up cement. The county pays for materials while alleys in the business district will be rebuilt and some cement alleys installed. City share is about 8 000 dollars with Ed Ferrier supervising and Clifford Bitler directing.
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Delphi
WPA
City of
Court House Square
Court House Lawn
C. Clay Pearson
Ed Ferrier
Clifford Bitler
Carroll County Farmers Plan for 1940 AAA Program
Over 1 133 Carroll county farmers plan to participate in the 1940 Farm Program per AAA chairman J Dewey Zinn. Farmers must file a Farm Plan by May 1 detailing soil conservation payments, parity incentives, and methods to earn them, including 15 cents per bushel for corn and 19 cents for wheat allotments plus general crop payments and soilbuilding incentives.
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Carroll County
J. Dewey Zinn
AAA Committee
Carroll Country
AAA
Botts suit entered by Baum in Carroll circuit court
Delphi attorney David Baum filed his appearance for William and Louise Botts in civil actions against Montgomery Ward Company et al in Carroll circuit court. The case moved from Howard circuit court. Madison Township Home Economics Club schedules a meeting for Wednesday April 10 at 1 15 p m at Eunice Zook home with assistant hostesses Verne Huntley Lara Frantz and Hilda Wagoner.
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David Baum
Delphi
William and Louise Botts
Montgomery Ward Company, Et al
Carroll Circuit Court
Howard Circuit Court
Madison Township
Eunice Zook
Verne Huntley
Lara Frantz
Hilda Wagoner
Halleck May Bow Out Of Senate Race, Landis Says
Frederick Landis Jr. opened his congressional campaign in Logansport predicting Charles A. Halleck would announce he will not seek re election to the Senate. Landis argued Halleck would avoid a back room caucus and urged voters to choose a candidate who truly wants to represent the district.
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Halleck
Senate
Landis
Frederick Landis, Jr
Congress
Logansport
Charles A. Halleck
Rensselaer
U. S. Senate
Indiana
County Museum Open Four Days Each Week
The Carroll county historical museum on the third floor of the courthouse is now open Wednesday through Saturday. A supervisor is in charge during open hours. New arrivals include 25 volumes of Britannica ninth edition, a muzzle-loading rifle from about 1866, and an 80 year old tar bucket once hung on a wagon to lubricate its wheels on a trip from Ohio to Indiana.
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Carroll County Historical Museum
Courtouse
Encyclopedia Britannica
Ohio
Indiana
Knights of Columbus meeting in Logansport attended by four
Rev. S. M. Schmitt, Matthew Han rahan, Burton Honan and Jerr Haugh attended a Knights of Columbus meeting in Logansport on Sunday.
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Rev. S. M. Schmitt
Matthew Hanrahan
Burton Honan
Jerr Haugh
Knights of Columbus
Logansport
Construction Program Provides Jobs in Indiana
Indiana highway construction will create jobs for numerous workers and pay thousands in wages. T A Dicus, chairman of the State Highway Commission, notes direct work on grading, surfacing, paving, bridges, and grade separations plus indirect employment through materials, supplies, and transport. Indirect jobs are estimated at one for every three direct workers.
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Indiana
T. A. Dicus
State Highway Commission
Junior High Activities Highlight April 3 PTA Event
Almeda Popejoy and Jacqueline Ruffing editors report junior high students sold tickets for the PTA card party on April 3. The 8A division features Dorothy Gipson of Brookston. Lloyd Wagoner sponsored a program by high school students led by Virginia Denk with readings by Evelyn Cripe Carolyn Pearson Virginia Denk Mary Ruth Kirkpatrick and Robert Jones and songs by Bill Fraser and Fred Newman. The Girls Glee Club performed two numbers followed by others. Spelling winners include Carmen Allbaugh 8A Donald Sterrett 8B George Popejoy Willard Black James French 7A and Wilma Johnson 7B. Indiana Bureau of Identification collected fingerprints Monday as part of a state project. Eighth grader Donald Walters was injured Sunday playing slips, hitting a barbed wire fence and cutting mouth and nose. About 45 Welcome In Grange members attended Hoosier Grange’s eighth anniversary at Sedalia Friday. Mabel Knapp directed a post-dinner program. The Grange plans a miscellaneous shower for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson Friday April 5. pie is requested. Adams Home Economics club meets April 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Clayton Million’s home. Subscribe for The Citizen.
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Dorothy Gipson
Brookston
Lloyd Wagoner
Virginia Denk
Evelyn Cripe
Carolyn Pearson
Mary Ruth Kirkpatrick
Robert Jones
Bill Fraser
Fred Newman
Glee Club
Carmen Allbaugh
Donald Sterrett
George Popejoy
Willard Black
James French
Wilma Johnson
Indiana Bureau of Identification
Donald Walters
Welcome In Grange
Hoosier Grange
Sedalia
Mabel Knapp
Frank Thompson
Adams Seniors Stage Wedding Farce in Town Play
Adams Township seniors present Two Days to Marry a stage comedy about James Dare who must wed by his twenty eighth birthday to inherit a fortune. The cast includes Simon P. Chase Ralph Pearson and James J Dare with a widow by choice and a wireless heir among others. The Burlington Farm Bureau meets April 10 at 7 30 p m with Ross Garison and Mrs Clark Metsger guiding the program. William Douglass and Clark Metsger lead soil legumes and gardens discussions. The Pet and Hobby club also meets.
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James Dare
Simon P. Chase
Ralph Pearson
James J.dare
Dick Timmons
Buford B. Sawyer
Jonah Peterson
Sadie L. Boise
Louise Slusser
Jeanne McShane
Virginia Caughell
Walter M. Blair
Raymond Price
Burlington Township Farm Bureau
Ross Garison
Clark Metsger
William Douglass
Pet and Hobby Club
Oracles Announce New Net Schedule For 1940 41
The Oracles will mix with county teams and smaller schools in nearby counties for most of the 1940 41 schedule. Only Jefferson Lafayette and Logansport are big schools among the opponents, with games listed from November to February at various arenas. The Delphi Baptist church held its quarterly business meeting Monday evening and Purdue professor Edgar Ain slee served as the Sunday speaker.
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Oracles
Jefferson
Lafayette
Logansport
Tipton
Cutler
Royal Center
Rossville
Monticello
Burlington
Fowler
Brookston
Pine Village
Attica
Camden
Jarvaey
Brook
Winamac
Delphi Baptist Church
Edgar Ainslee
Purdue
Cow Sets New Guernsey Record At Age Ten
Royalist's Many 314100 a ten year old cow from Cutler owned by Ralph Rinehart has set a new Guernsey breed record for age and class. Purdue University supervision and The America at Guernsey Cattle Clth announce a record of isan pounds of milk and 4816 pounds of butter fat in class A. The herd has been tested for 12 years as part of the Carroll Wire Herd Improvement Association.
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Guernsey
Cutler
Ralph Rinehart
Purdue University
America At
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Robert Pearson
J. R. Grimm
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Almeda Popejoy
Jacqueline Ruffing
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Clayton Million
Leon H. Delphi
BR. B. No
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Adams Township
Berries
Jeff
Rinehart
Mark
Farm Bureau
C. Ralph Rinehart
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Standard
Polarine
Standard Oil
Lara Aol
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