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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1966
Page
2
The mayor declares April 27 as Learn and Serve Coffee Day at City Hall to promote mental health awareness and community discussion. The effort partners with Indiana mental health groups to encourage supportive dialogue and reduce stigma.
A Indianapolis medical program proposed by Indiana University president aims to educate and place doctors in rural Indiana. The piece argues aging rural physicians and high costs deter new graduates, endorsing Dr Elvis Stahr’s plan to send medical students to hospitals statewide as residents to raise hospital standards and spread current medical knowledge. It notes Burlington and Camden clinics as examples and urges access to quality care outside urban centers.
The piece recalls Hoosier poet William Herschell and his 1919 poem Ain t God Good to Indiana as a highlighted creation in Indiana’s sesquicentennial retrospective. It notes Herschell s connection to the Indianapolis News from 1902 until his death in 1939 and mentions Helen Powers of Columbus Hoagy Carmichael and Pacific Music Sales. The tribute thanks Mrs Herschell for permission to reprint.
The fragment notes a plan to reprint a poem in celebration of the Sesquicentennial year. It mentions printing rights and a likely local poet, with emphasis on honoring historical milestones. The item reads as a brief cultural notice without detailed dates or locations.
In National Library Week the Delphi Public Library highlights volumes 17 631 serving 4670 residents plus 190 non residents, with 1 full time and 1 part time staff and 43 hours weekly open. In 1965 circulation reached 27 803 an average over five per resident. The window features Indiana authored books and memorials to Ruth Mount Walter Hadley and Clarence Darraugh.
In memory of Fred C. Smith by Ann Van Natta and Lee Stone by Ruth Ayres. Memorials to the Th Kappa Library Fund contain names including Ruth Mount, Ann Van Natta, and several Wake Village couples. Also notes Lottie E. Ashba honored by Mrs E O Grimm, and Nellie Haughey remembered by Sieber and Obear couples.
The Way of Life column from Delphi Indiana urges readers to seek personal relationship with Jesus Christ for salvation. It states trust in the Lord Jesus, rebirth, and prayer responses, noting no ritual or human merit saves. It closes with a prayer and thanks for prayers and contributions.
Senator Vance Hartke urges safer car design citing hearings on safety costs and a proposed road-worthiness certification. He cites tragic crash examples from Dr. Paul Gikas and notes that adjustable padding, collapsible steering and crash-proof models could reduce highway deaths though market demand favors chrome and gadgets.
April 21 to May 1 features Housewares Week, Arts Festival, Holiday in Dixie, and Commemorations of the Louisiana Purchase signing. Gatlinburg hosts Wildflower Pilgrimage through April 24. Virginia observes Historic Garden Week. April 24 opens Good Will Week, Consumer Credit Week, and multiple awareness weeks including National Raisin and YWCA Weeks.
Clerk Frank Wilcox of Carroll Circuit Court announces Department of Conservation changes to Indiana mussel laws. New size limit 24 inches minimum for mussels, with 5 percent allowed under 214 inches, and a closed season from November 2 to April 14. License holders must file monthly sales reports with the Division of Fish and Game.
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