Campaigns, safety at crossings, and local notes
The column blends campaign chatter and voter confusion with a call for safer railroad crossings at Indiana and Union streets after 10 pm. It laments partial functioning gates, highlights the railroads’ financial strain, and suggests removing gates in favor of simple crossing signs. It also notes publicity around upcoming events and a Lt. Walter Beymer appearance alongside Dr. Preston Bradley’s Delphi visit.
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Indiana
Union Streets
County Folks to Attend Farley Dinner in Indianapolis
Several from Delphi and Carroll county will attend the May 21 banquet honoring Postmaster General James A. Farley at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Indianapolis. The event accompanies the dedication of a new federal building. 2500 seats are available with 1500 taken and Carroll county allotted 20 seats. Locals should reserve by writing Adolph Seidensticker, Indianapolis postmaster. Mrs W W Zollman of Denver and her sister Mrs Blanche Cartwright will visit Delphi next week for a week to ten days, following visits in Louisville and New Albany.
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Delphi
Carroll County
James A. Farley
Indianapolis
Indiana Postmasters
Federal
Adolph Seidensticker
Brewer Reported Quiet After Restless Night
A. H. Brewer, critically ill at his home, was listed this morning as quiet following a restless night, with neighbors awaiting further medical updates.
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A. H. Brewer
Miss Francis Amick Returns Home From Dayton Teaching
Miss Francis Amick returns to Delphi from Dayton where she has been teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Amick
Delphi
Dayton
Johnson Confident of Congress Nomination
Arvid Johnson of Hamlet Indiana in Starke county seeks the Democratic nomination for congress. He spoke in Delphi on a district tour as editor of the Guardian newspaper and said he had encouragement from supporters. He denied the Democratic organization backs Homer Stonebraker and said the group would not intervene in the contest.
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Arvid Johnson
Hamlet
Starke County
Delphi
Johnson
the Guardian
Homer Stonebraker
Cass County
Pittsburg School Children Stage Garden Wall Operetta
The Pittsburg community held a basket dinner at the school gym and watched a two act operetta Over the Garden Wall performed by students. Willadeen Myer starred as Mistress Mary with a large cast and Mrs Naomi Theophile directed with school orchestra accompaniment.
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Pittsburg
Willadeen Myer
Mary
Mary Messick
Georgia Blake
Dawn
Bob Fountaine
Sun
Naomi Theophile
Theophile
Record Crowd to Hear Dr Bradley in Delphi Banquet
Dr Preston Bradley, nationally prominent radio commentator author and minister, arrives in Delphi to speak at the Izaak Walton banquet Friday night at the Presbyterian church. Tickets are on sale at Mounts Hardware Roachs Bakery Easters Tavern. Bradley comes from Monticello where he will speak at the Luncheon Club Friday noon.
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Preston Bradley
Chicago
Delphi
Leo Craig
Lake Freeman
Izaak Walton
Presbyterian Church
Bradley
League
Mount’s Hardware
Roach’s
People’s Church of Chicago
Isaak Walton League
Monticello
Dr. Bradley
Freeman
Shaffer
Delphi Students Triumph at Annual RMD Meet
Delphi high school students highlighted the RMD reading and oratorical contest held Wednesday at Monticello. Virginia Pletcher won first in girls reading and Robert Denk took first in boys oratorical. No Delphi contestants competed in the musical division.
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Delphi High School
Monticello
Virginia Pletcher
Robert Denk
Delphi
Renssalaer
Mrs. Sarah J. Smith 79 Colburn Resident Dies
Mrs. Sarah J. Smith, 79, widow of Mahlon Smith and Colburn resident, died Tuesday at her home after an extended illness. No near relatives. Body to Blytheana Son funeral home and Colburn U. B. church for viewing, services at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. John Root, with burial in the church cemetery.
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Sarah J. Smith
Mahlon Smith
Colburn
Blythe ‘Ana Son Funeral
Colburn U. B
John Root
Mother's Day Program At Rockfield Presbyterian Church
A special Mother's Day program is set for Sunday evening at Rockfield Presbyterian Church. The church ladies will host a chicken and steak supper in the basement Friday night April 29 from 5 to 8.
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Rockfield Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Mrs Dan Hufford Spends Tuesday in Monticello
Mrs Dan Hufford spent Tuesday in Monticello visiting her sister Mrs Fred Smith.
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Dan Hufford
Monticello
Fred Smith
Snow White at Arc Theatre in Carroll County
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs comes to the Arc theatre for four days from Saturday through Tuesday. Disney's first full length film, three years in the making at an estimated cost of 1.5 million dollars, features three dimensional color photography and songs like Hi Ho and Some Day My Prince Will Come. The film debuted in Los Angeles last Christmas week to great acclaim.
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Westbrook Pegler
Carroll County
Arc Theatre
Snow White
Seven Dwarfs
Los Angeles
Highboy operetta to be staged by Delphi High School clubs
The Boys and Girls Glee Clubs of Delphi High present the operetta Highboy by Gladys Newhard and Karl Kraft on Friday May 6 at 8 in the high school auditorium. Virginia Pletcher leads as Sara Josephine Seaton with Clayton Cripe as Tommy Seaton IV and Madeline Seaton played by Marybelle Adams. Tickets are on sale.
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Delphi High School
Gladys Newhard
Karl Kraft
Seaton
Myra Keefer
Virginia Pletcher
Sara Josephine Seaton
Clayton Cripe
Tommy Q. Seaton IV
Marybelle Adams
Madeline Seaton
Joe Brumbach
Thomas Q. Seaton III
Great Eastern Cannery
Barnetta Sink
Sara Jo
Robert Denk
Trevor Lane
Martha Crook
Shela Mason
Raymond Todd
Barry Donaldson
Marilyn Holloway
Hilda Bowen Named Planting Committee Chairman
Members of the Art and Garden club met in Delphi to finalize spring tree and shrub planting. Hilda Bowen was chosen permanent chairman for the remainder of the year and will be assisted by committees to be listed in the next issue.
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Art and Garden Club
Armory
City of
Delphi
Hilda Bowen
Consultation Clinic for Crippled Children May 4
A May 4 consultation clinic for crippled children under 16 will be held at the American Legion Home in Lafayette from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dr. C. F. Thompson of Riley Hospital, Indianapolis, will supervise. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, the Carroll County Welfare Department urges all crippled children eligible for orthopedic services to attend and requests notices of any untreated cases as they complete a county census.
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Sildren Winder
American Legion
Lafayette
C.F. Thompson
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Women’s Auxiliary of the
Carroll County ‘Welfare Department
Carroll County
County Department of Welfare
County Department
Sunday Schools Of First District Meet At Oak Grove
The First District Sunday School convention will be held at Oak Grove Christian church on Sunday May 1 starting at 2 PM. Program includes an address The Conqueror and the Conquest by Rev M A Maden of Monticello Christian church with congregational singing devotions by Hickory Grove and special numbers by Yeoman Lockport and Oak Grove Sunday Schools and A Tribute To Mother by Mrs Charles Crook.
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First District
Oak Grove
Oak Grove Christian Church
M. A. Maden
Monticello
Hickory Grove
Yeoman
Lockport
Charles Crook
Nine Schools Vie Saturday in Delphi Invitational Meet
The Deer Creek park event features nine northern Indiana teams including Brook Crawfordsville Frankfort Monticello Fair Oaks Jefferson of Lafayette Knox North Judson and Delphi. Virginia Pletcher and her court will present trophies as winners receive medals and ribbons. Notable athletes include M Weaver Delphi in hurdles Stultz Price and Revington Monticello in dashes Excents Monticello Henry Knox in distance runs Todd Delphi Million Monticello in the 440 yard dash Downs Delphi Shaw Knox Dilling Monticello in pole vault and Jackson Lafayette Bowman Delphi in broad jump.
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Deer Creek Park
Indiana
Brook
Crawfordsville
Frankfort
Monticello
Fair Oaks
Jefferson
Miss Pletcher
Lucille Nelson
Mary Francis Richardson
Margery Bloodhart
Lafayette
Delphi
M. Weaver
Stultz
Price
Revington
Excents
Henry
Knox
Purdue
Shepard
Todd
Million
Downs
Shaw
Dilling
Diling
Jackson
Bowman
Ielphi
Business and Professional Woman's Club Meets Tonight
A meeting of the Business and Professional Woman's club is called for tonight at 5 o'clock at the G. C. U. R. office in the courthouse. The purpose is to elect a delegate to the state convention. All members are urged to attend.
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Business and Professional Woman's Club
Court House
Five candidates for Delphi mayor speak minds
Clay Pearson pledges economical and law enforcing administration. Harve Hoshaw supports a city owned electrical plant and canal cleanup. C W Hunter seeks a city owned light plant and cites past four year record. Roy Clauser aims to improve Delphi as a better living and trading center. Fred Martin promises low costs and aims to attract diversified factories.
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Delphi
Clay Pearson
Himselo
Harve Hoshaw
C. W. Hunter
Roy Clauser
Fred Martin
Delphia
Martin
Kathryn Pierce to Wed James MacFadden in June
Announcement lists the engagement of Kathryn Pierce daughter of Alma Pierce Delphi to James MacFadden Indianapolis. The wedding is set for June 6 officiated by Rev MacFadden of West Lafayette Methodist. Pierce is a Delphi high school graduate and Riley Hospital night nurse supervisor. The couple will reside in Indianapolis where MacFadden works.
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Kathryn Pierce
Alma Pierce
Delphi
James MacFadden
Indianapolis
MacFadden
West Lafayette Methodist Church
Miss Pierce
Delphi High School
Riley Hospital
English paradise: a Cornwall to Isle of Wight country reverie
Gilbert Bailey recalls a seven day southwestern England trip through Cornwall Devon and Cornish villages. He praises hedges primroses and clotted cream notes hospitality at bed and breakfast and friendly fishermen in Mousehole Padstow with scenes of thatch cottages cliff roads and a fifteenth century church by the village spring milk on a church post sign reads AIR RAID.
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Newport
Isle of Wight
Jersey
Cornwall
Devonshire
Seven Seas
Mousehole
Padstow
Edward
Camne
Nial
Funeral today for Terry A. Brady 41
Mrs. Fred Gaumer of Patton learns of the death of her brother Terry A. Brady 41 of Chicago fatally injured in a collision on U S Road 20 near Rolling Prairie Ind. He was born June 18 1896 near Brook, son of Daniel and Prudence Brady. His wife died a year ago, he leaves an eight year old son and a brother Wilbur Bardy of Patton. Services to be held this afternoon at the Gaumer residence Patton after a Monticello funeral home transfer.
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Fred Gaumer
Patton
Terry A. Brady
Chicago
Rolling Prairie
Ind
Brady
Brook
Daniel
Prudence Brady
Wilbur Bardy
Monticello
Gaumer
Democrats Name Election Boards for All Precincts
County chairmen released Democratic election boards for every precinct for the primary next Tuesday. Inspectors are unappointed in two precincts. Republicans have no inspectors. The lists name officers in order: inspector, judge, clerk, sheriff, with numerous named individuals across Adams Burlington Clay Carrollton Deer Creek Jackson Jefferson Madison Monroe Rock Creek Tippecanoe and Washington precincts.
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Guy Coplen
Adams
Frank Wallace
John Roller
Benjamin Burlington
W. M. Harmon
Oral Pope
Raymond Hufford
Joe Carter
Burlington
Glen Smith
David Bansum
Earl Bronson
James Ridenour
Young bandits sentenced after Deer Creek robbery spree
Four youths aged 19 to 27 held up a Deer Creek filling station Saturday night then were jailed in Peru. Marian LeRoy McIntosh 22 pleaded guilty to armed robbery in Miami county court and was ordered to serve 10 to 20 years. Hodson and Stafford also faced 10 to 20 year terms. Ernest Perry was attacked on the street during the weekend violence. Sheriff of Anderson investigated the case.
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Deer Creek
Peru
Carroll County
Marian LeRoy McIntosh
Indiana State Prison
Miami County
Ernest Perry
Perry
McIntosh
Miles Howard Hodson
Hodson
Carroll County Historical Museum Reopens With New Displays
The Carroll County Historical Museum will reopen Monday May 2 after months of closure. The Carroll County Historical Society plans rapid display additions as items arrive, seeking gifts or loans of local historical significance. WPA workers have reclassified items and the room at the courthouse has been redecorated. The museum will be open 9 AM to 5 PM daily except Sundays. Ernest Taylor will serve as curator with an attendant during hours.
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Carroll County .Historical Museum
Carroll County Historical Society
WPA
Court House
Ernest Taylor
Delphi Team To Meet Winamac Nine Sunday
The Delphi baseball nine will play Winamac Sunday May 1 on the Winamac diamond. Probable starting lineup includes Knit ter J f Schillis 2d b Caughell rf Welch cf Carrigan ss Flora ib Shields 3d b Larimore or Rublec. Pitching likely Gee with Shields Caughell Dukes Johnson ready. Local players urged to meet at Western Auto Store Delphi Thursday 8 p.m. Several new players may join in a few weeks.
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Delphi
Winamac
Knitter
J. F
Schillis
Caughell
R. F
Welch
C. F
Carrigan
S. S
Flora
It. B
Shields
Larimore
Rublec
Gee
Dukes
Johnson
Western Auto
Julius Couple Returns Home After Fire Injuries
Mr and Mrs C O Julius were injured in a ship disaster at Sa ee Americus epaiake Sire. Julius has recovered enough to be up and the special nurse has been discharged.
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C. O. Julius
Julius
Marris and Mullendore Teen Couple Wed in Cutler
Ewin F Marris aged 19 son of Mrs F Roberts of Cutler and Amy E Mullendore aged 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle C Mullendore of Yeomar were married Wednesday afternoon by Justice of the Peace Rossie Dern.
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Ewin F. Marris
Effie Roberts
Cutler
Amy E. Mullendore
Merle C. Mullendore
Yeomar
Justice of the Peace
Rossie Dern
Date Change For Flora Benefit Variety Show
The Flora benefit variety show date has moved from May 6 to May 5 to support the local recreational program. Organizers urge attendees to note the new date and venue remain unchanged.
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Flora
Robert Million Hurt In Tractor Accident
Robert Million aged 52 of Adams Township suffered serious injuries when a tractor toppled into a washout on Saturday. He sustained a fractured leg in four places and a crushed foot. He is hospitalized in Logansport in fair condition.
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Robert Million
Adams Township
Logansport
Burrows Presbyterian to Install Officers this Sunday
New members will be received and newly elected officers installed at the Burrows Presbyterian church this Sunday. A Sunday school conference is planned for 2 p.m. on May 8.
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Burrows Presbyterian Church
Bradshaw Couple Celebrate Forty First Anniversary
Mr and Mrs W H Bradshaw mark their forty first wedding anniversary with a Presbyterian church dinner for friends this evening. Guests will then attend an anniversary party at the Bradshaw home.
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W. H. Bradshaw
Presbyterian Church
Bradshaw
Turner Visit With Relatives At Warren Ohio
Mr and Mrs Joe Turner spend the week with Mrs Turners sister Mrs J J Wolf Mr Wolf and other relatives at Warren Ohio.
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Mrs
Joe Turner
Mrs. Turner
J. J. Wolf
Mr. Wolf
Warren
Ohio
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