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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1924
Page
1
A collection of humorous quips on manners and society ends with an Old Settlers edition note. The Delphi area is advised of an early Thursday press deadline to cover Carroll county’s 100th anniversary events and local bargains for Friday delivery.
Transformation at Oakdale in two weeks brings railroad roadbed erased from Yeoman to the camp. A dining hall, bunk houses, ware room, and a growing work force for a new dam project transform the area. About 350 men will be employed, timber cut along the bluffs, and a Myers Engineering move to the camp with calls for a Monon station agent and more passenger trains.
Delphi Chamber of Commerce directors toured the camp last Saturday morning. My ers Engineering staff were courteous to visitors and local merchants expect business from the dam projects once built. Efforts should foster friendly relations between Carroll county residents and the engineering team.
Monticello merchants actively maintain the Oakdale dam as a local Monticello project. All mail for the dam now comes from Monticello via rural route, a shift resulting from past political moves that realigned Delphi area mail to Lafayette district, altering carrier territories without patron input.
The Indiana Hydro-Electric Company asks the Indiana Public Service Commission for approval to issue 1,750,500 dollars in bonds and 501,000 dollars in preferred stock to finance the dam construction.
The Citizen reports the best Carroll county wheat yield at forty bushels per acre raised by Carl Coble on the Byrum farm near Rockfield. He is honored as a rising young farmer in Carroll county.
Photographs from Camp Tecumseh the State YMCA camp near Delphi show a boating scene from the swimming pier athletic field with two baseball games in progress and a row of tent houses. The images accompanied a Sun day Indianapolis Star feature by Mindwell Crampton Wilson of the Citizen about camp work praised by Mrs Wilson. Local photographer A W Wolever provided the pictures.
Delphi enjoys its most successful band concerts in years with cars parked three to four deep along streets near the band seat. Shoppers make short trips to stores while listening to music and avoiding past congestion as parking space expands and locals learn to be considerate.
The Democrats opened headquarters in the former Wells grocery space on East Main Street on the ground floor near the public square. Residents visiting Old Settlers Day are invited to drop in and meet the committee in charge.
The A Grube Co store in Logan sport known for ladies ready to wear announces mid summer sale with across the board reductions. The Delta Philadelphia Citizen special campaign offer runs until after the election.
A family prepared sketch traces the life of John R Ballard born 1805 in Cayuga County New York. It notes his move to Cincinnati in 1810 and ties to early Carroll County settlers the Robinsons Odells Baums and others on the eve of the county centennial.
Miss Mary Otten will wed Frederick Rose of O Neill Nebraska at 9:30 Saturday morning at her parents home in Clay township. The couple, Purdue alumni and former Rossville classmates, plan a swift auto trip to their new home after the ceremony.
At a Chamber of Commerce directors meeting an explanation was given for a complaint by local draymen that freight was diverted from Interurban railways and Delphi truckers. The resolution urged patrons to favor Delphi and Indiana Service Corporation backed agencies, noting tax contributions and economic value to Delphi.
Buell Emrick of Denver Colorado arrived Sunday to join his wife in a visit with relatives here.
The program committee for the Old Settlers Day and Centennial celebration crafted original township acts. Miss Josephine Shealy assigned topics while W. Smith and others directed. Townships prepare dialogues from Hartland to Washington, with fife, quilting, debating, and dances depicted by named leaders and groups.
The Chamber of Commerce places a large sign and several smaller ones between Oakdale dam and Delphi to direct travelers here. Haughey Mount painted the signs praised as work in the professional class. The dam sign reads Miles to Delphi She’s Beautiful Look Her Over. Mary Sample writes from San Francisco about attending the Women’s Overseas League convention and summer plans in California and Minnesota. The letter notes AWOL meaning Absent Without Leave and references a continued message on page three.
The Delphi Chamber of Commerce will hold a summer picnic at Camp Tecumseh next Wednesday afternoon and evening. A half holiday will let members attend. the Y M C A will supply a fifty cent lunch at seven o clock, tickets sold in advance, and folding tables plus personal utensils are requested. Activities include games, refreshment stands by Tri Kap, and a fireworks display to close the day. Banquet committee members are Floyd Julien, Andrew Musselman, Harve Hoshaw, and Rus Wilson.
Persons lacking means to reach Camp Tecumseh for the picnic should inform the Secretary by calling Phone No. 480. If enough people require it, a bus or hack will be arranged.
Delphi plates will be sold at 20 cents per pair at the picnic. Members who have neglected to buy plates should obtain them. Semi annual chamber of commerce dues were payable on Sunday. another opportunity to pay will be available at the camp on August 6. Do not neglect this duty.
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