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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1941
Page
1
Delphi residents read of German advances toward Delphi and a rickety prediction that the oracle may speak German. Betty Wason’s whereabouts are noted in Athens. The column also lists church lighting for contemplation, Purdue student polls naming Indiana’s top high school guard, and a flood of local odds and ends including property FHA loans, a missing billfold recovered, a car plate upside down, and a town Minnows haul.
Ray Trapp of Pittsburg was taken to St Elizabeth hospital in Lafay ette Tuesday in the Blythe and Sons ambulance. He is threatened with pneumonia.
Easter dawn service at 6 o clock will feature The Living Way cantatta arranged by Mrs. Howard Bradshaw. Children and adults join in special numbers. Regular worship follows at 10 30 a m. Public invited to both services.
The Girls' Choir will present A Night of Sor row and A Morn of Joy at the Easter Sunrise service under Mrs. B. F. Drake. Robert Balser will read. The program includes The Glory of the Dawn, The Glory of the Cross, The Glory of the Voices, Night and Morn, The Glory of the Resurrection with soloist Mrs. Edith Dickison, and numbers by the McCarty sisters and others. A large cross decorates the chancel and Easter breakfast follows for the high school class members.
The Flora music department presents a six part festival on April 15 at the Flora community building directed by Glenn L. Tom with 69 rhythm band members plus 25 tonette players, a 50 member school band, folk dance and drill by grades four to six, and a grand finale with band and girls glee club. Capacity crowds expected. new band uniforms to debut.
Frank V. Rohrabaugh 82 of Artgas died Thursday evening at 7 10 at his daughter Ray Maxwells home near Mentone Survived by five daughters Ada Meredith Vivian Snyder Maxwell near Mentone Ona Humburger near Delphi Pearl Starner near Argas a brother Dr E Rohrabaugh of Hanna City Funeral services were held Sunday at the Maxwell home Burial was in the I O O F cemetery in Delphi
The W P A recreation project in Delphi sponsors an Easter egg hunt at Riley Park Friday at 10 AM for children ten and under. If rain cancels, the event moves to Saturday at 10 AM.
Ora Olinger and Mary C. White, both of Lafayette, were married Wednesday afternoon in the Carroll county clerk’s office. Rev. Si las B. Mullen of Lafayette officiated. The young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Carson of Monticello had an appendectomy Sunday at St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette.
Mrs Charles Flora of Delphi was taken to the Home hospital in Lafay ette Tuesday for an emergency appendectomy.
Twenty eight Delphi FFA members and guests attended the twelfth annual convention at Purdue University. Delphi was named one of three superior chapters with the best program of work and best scrapbook. Reports contest winner was the local chapter. John Freitag received a gold medal. Gene Maxwell pursues the American farmer degree. ten boys received Hoosier farmer degrees at a Purdue dinner.
John Bush aged 81 died at 6 50 AM Wednesday of a heart attack while living with his great nephew Thurlow Mullendere north of Rockfield. Survived by daughter Nellie Repsher of Elkhart and brother Henry Bush of Logansport. body to Grimm and Sons funeral home. Funeral Friday at 2 PM Rockfield Presbyterian Church. Burial in Parks Cemetery.
Gertrude Wilson a 23 year old resident of Lafayette was arrested in Lafayette by Deputy Sheriff Robert Moore and jailed on a charge of obtaining merchandise under false pretenses. She admitted giving the name Mrs Frank Adams and falsely claiming her husband worked at the Globe Valve factory to buy on credit at the Goff store.
Co t Amick superintendent of Delphi schools learned Tuesday of his brother John P Amick death at Anderson. Funeral services will be held in Anderson this afternoon at 2 o clock with burial there. Mr and Mrs Amick left for Anderson this morning.
Sgt Elmer Watkins of Camp Shelby Mississippi guest at the home of Earl Lines and family in Delphi. He is among officers making trips to Indianapolis to convoy draftees to Camp Shelby.
Mr and Mrs Robert Wason and their son of Indianapolis are visiting Mr and Mrs W B Wason of West Front Street.
A set of ten trivia prompts about Delphi Indiana history and public figures. Questions cover initials meanings, a resident-turned-senator, underground reservoirs location, a rural carrier award, old courthouse fencing cost, cornerstone date, 1911 Ox Hill auto climb winners, the old post office fire date, a former superintendent who authored a Mediterranean book, and the county’s sole Indiana high school track and field first-place winner.
The Indiana university traveling speech and hearing clinic sponsored by Psi Iota Xi sorority will visit Delphi for April 16 and 17. The event plans to screen about 700 children with group hearing tests and examine around 20 children with speech defects at the Delphi school. Parents accompany each child for examinations and instructions. Miss Laila Larsen and Miss Jane Dillin will lead the tests with Psi Iota Xi members assisting.
About 1000 student musicians are set to compete in the district band and orchestra contest in Delphi on Saturday April 19. A parade of 16 bands is planned with the event at the Delphi armory from 8 AM to 5 PM. Schools represented include Delphi Monticello Monon Fowler Raub Oxford Otterbein Chalmers Boswell Kentland Flora Burlington Fulton and Galveston. The Galveston schools will supply the sole orchestra. Each band has a 25 minute performance slot.
The Easter play From Darkness to Dawn will be performed Sunday evening April 13 at 7 15 at the Christian church. Cast includes Emerson Aldrich Freeman Redding Marie Pauley Russell Hawkins Ethel Pearson Mrs Russell Hawkins Mrs Sam Skemp Ralph Reagan Glenn Weckerly and Mrs Jean Ferrier.
Miss Hazel Ward of Fort Wayne will spend the weekend in Delphi with friends, enjoying local sights and social visits.
St Joseph Church opens Holy Week with 8 am Mass and a procession to the repository led by altar boys. The senior choir directs Easter music under Miss Anna C Lamb with Sister Rosaria presiding at Low Mass. Good Friday features the Tre Ore devotion and the Mass of the Pre San grille. Easter Saturday includes the Easter fire blessing and High Mass at 8 am. Easter Sunday offers High Mass at 8 am followed by Low Mass at 10 am with decorated altars and special lighting. The St Joseph's choir and guest duets perform during services.
Audrey Marquess daughter of Mrs. Grover Mulligan and Jesse Marquess wed Robert Dale Smith son of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Smith at the groom’s Idaville home. The bride, Delphi High School alumna, has worked as a stenographer in the Montic county surveyor’s office. the groom, Monticello High School graduate, attended Indiana State Teachers College and works in Hammond. The couple will reside in Hammond.
Cecil Simmons of Floras and Helen Dukes of Delphi reached the semi finals in the junior division at Brownsburg but were defeated. Dorothy Sterrett of Delphine Bren and Berkshire of Flora fell in the senior finals. Eighteen counties sent entries to the WPA recreation department sponsored event.
Jerry Boone son of Mr and Mrs Mart Boone of Delphia is confined at home after a road drag struck him Tuesday causing internal injuries.
Mrs. George Obear, of Iowa City, receives word her father Hayes A. Fry is near death. Mrs. Obear travels from Wednesday, as aunt Miss Harriet Davis tends her children Martha and Judith.
Funeral services were held for Charles Culp 19 in Bluffton at 10 am Tuesday. His body was laid to rest in the I O O F cemetery. Son of the late A C and Tara Culp he died from suffocation after turning off a gas heater during bath preparations. He is survived by his mother and a sister.
Delphi Cub Scout pack hosts a kite flying contest Saturday at 2 pm at Riley park. Eligible are boys nine to eleven years old in the cub program or joining. Prizes include shirts caps and neckerchiefs for various kite categories. Each den flag awarded if a den member’s kite flies. All entrants get a free Roxy theatre ticket. Judges include Mayor C Clay Pearson Curtis McCain and Father Simeon Schmitt.
Word reached Delphi that Mrs. J. M. Watts widow of Major Watts and mother of former Delphi students Frank and Lew Gonzales died April 3 in Glendale after a five day illness. Daughter of Delphi residents L. Coster, she and her husband had long lived at 408 North Louise Street in Glendale. Her sister Mrs. Joseph Taylor, of Glendale, is active in Delphi society and in the Methodist church and fraternal groups including the Pythian Sisters and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Delphi Ford dealer Paul Johnson was elected president of the Delphi Chamber of Commerce at a directors meeting. He succeeds Howard Bradshaw who served two years. Haughey Mount is vice president, Forrest Orr treasurer, Myron Johnson secretary. The president will be paid $50 a year.
The Rev. E Howard Cadle will deliver a Sunday morning sermon on highway safety at eleven o clock at Cadle Tabernacle Indianapolis. The address will be broadcast from WLW and through a 52 station network.
Iva Myrtle Ridenour of Burlington filed suit Wednesday in Carroll circuit court against William A Ridenour charging cruel and inhuman treatment. David Baum is attorney for the plaintiff.
Contracts awarded Wednesday for the county farm include groceries to Hall's Market drugs to Margowski's Drug Store and bread to Orr's Bakery.
Mrs. Watson McCormick announces the Carroll County Federation of Clubs annual meeting at Cutler Presbyterian Church on April 16 with registration at 8 45 and a full program. Luncheon costs 45 cents with reservations due April 14. Committees include nominations and resolutions. officers are McCormick president Stephens vice president Bridwell secretary treasurer. county project is American Citizenship.
Dorothy DeWitt daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred DeWitt Camden and Dale Stark of Lafayette son of Mrs Merle Sebring Delphi were married Saturday afternoon April 5 in Lafayette with Justice Bridges officiating. The couple will reside at 1203 Salem street in Lafayette where the groom is employed.
Elizabeth Smock daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Smock of Delphi won first in the piccolo division at the Northern Indiana solo contests held in LaPorte. She will compete in the national solo contests around May 15 in Flint Michigan. Dick Grantham Delphi took second in trumpet and the Delphi saxophone quartet finished second in LaPorte. Mary Reppert violinist placed fourth.
Letters of administration were issued Tuesday on the estate of Sarah Rogers to Ruth E. Ayres who qualified and gave bond for $500. Obear and Obear are the attorneys.
Mr. and Mrs. William Swickard and their son Dick spent the weekend in Belvedere Illinois with Mr. and Mrs. Lot Summers. Mrs. Swickard visited her father Fred Ferling who has been seriously ill for several weeks.
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