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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1951
Page
1
A Lafayette body is not linked to the Delphi missing man according to state detective Herman Freed. The investigation suggests the remains belong to an older man, with a local family skeptical of the missing person theory.
A city cop ticketed a horse in a parking meter zone with an expired sign visible. Mrs. Sue Justice asks why weeds grow in the armory flower box. Mrs BE L Gaumer reports dahlias 91.4 inches across in Lower Sunset Park on Lake Freeman. Readers thank for front-page compliments.
Mr and Mrs Charles Bradshaw and five children returned Tuesday evening from a notable trip to Minneapolis Minnesota. The aqua deennial featured a two hour parade surpassing New Orleans Mardi Gras in display and splendor. Horseless Carriage clubs from Minnesota and Iowa attended and were presented keys to the city by the aqua deennial committee. The Bradshaws traveled in a Rolls Royce the only car of its kind at the meeting and enjoyed the events including a performance of The Lane Ranger which the children found the climax of the trip.
Carl D. Brock of Tell City with the Monon extra section gang was arrested Saturday by Sheriff Carey and City Patrolman Coghill on a charge of operating a vehicle while his drivers license was suspended. He was arraigned before the city court.
John Hoshaw eighteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Forrest Hoshaw of near Ockley was taken to St Elizabeth hospital at Lafayette Sunday evening. He was seriously ill and initially feared to have polio but after numerous tests it was not polio and he is somewhat improved.
Local campers include Nancy Rule Nancy Hall Virginia Sanderson Marjore Sanderson Lou Parks Carol Mary Helen Crosby and Kay Clawson from the community at Camp Tecumseh this week.
Pat Haines two year old son of Mr and Mrs Poster Haines of Delphi escaped serious injury when the front door of the family car flew open on Lafayette Street Sunday morning and he was thrown to the pavement. He suffered head wounds and was treated at the scene.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Downing observe the Fred White cottage at Lak as a casual glimpse into a local property. The scene captures a quiet moment in a rural area with residents sharing in a nearby lakeside setting.
The 96th Carroll County Old Settlers gather Wednesday in Delphi with a carnival on downtown streets. Committees from the Chamber of Commerce and Old Settlers Association organize events led by Tom Baker with free nightly acts on the public square. The REMC auditorium hosts the program with Nellie Haughey recounting canal era taverns and Suzette dramatic scene recalling Delphi 1851. A barber shop quartet and other acts include a wand minstrel and harmonica player, celebrating old canal days.
Rev. Floyd Bowerman, longtime pastor of the Rockfield and Burrows Presbyterian churches, has resigned and preached his last sermon last Sunday. He has accepted a pastorate in Morning Sun, Iowa, and will move with his family soon. The Bowerman family is in Iowa this week preparing for the move.
David Eis James Kenworthy Joe Scott and Paul Laprad are spending the week at Camp Mack. They were taken to the camp Sunday by Mrs Maty Scott.
Ruth Gosma a Burlington area teacher submitted her resignation on Wednesday to the school board. The move ends her tenure in the district and sets in motion the district’s search for a replacement to fill her classroom duties.
Luther Cohee, manager of the county license branch, announces half price on passenger car plates while farm tractors and machinery plates are excluded. Mrs. Cohee notes changes in license fees for tractors and semi trailers. 5400 passenger car plates were sold to county residents in 1951.
Veterinarians in Carroll county begin a 100 percent TB test of cattle under state order to ensure milk can be sold within the state. The project, first since 1929, involves county vets under Dr S M Friedly with $7500 state funding and $1,000 county funds.
Delphi High School baseball team clinched the summer league undisputed championship by routing Flora 28 to 7 last Sunday. Batteries were Hitchcock and Johnson for Delphi, versus Zeek and Bewley for Flora. Final season record 9 victories no defeats. league rivals included Otterbein West Lafayette Flora Wiendike and Earl Park.
Richard Dean Allbaugh infant son of Jerry and Jean Allbaugh of Flora died shortly after birth Tuesday evening at Memorial Hospital Logansport. Graveside rites were held Wednesday afternoon at Maple Lawn cemetery Flora with Rev P J Hamilton officiating. Surviving grandparents Brice Nevin Chalmer Allbaugh and paternal great grandparents Mart Boone east of Delphi.
Dwain Macak son of Mr and Mrs Guy Macak Sr of west of town has reached Japan arriving July 16 after leaving Seattle July 5. He is stationed at Camp Sendai serving as a clerk to a colonel in the Engineers branch.
Partial readable text shows Father Keinly of St. Joseph's Catholic Church has been on leave and spent part of the year with his sister in Lafayette. The article references a parish setting and local church activity.
Carrollton township youth Robert Simmons won grand champion hog for heavy weight barrows at the Carroll County 4-H Fair. Monroe and Adams township youths won reserve titles in garden and class competitions while Charles Kerkhove and Max Douglas topped cattle shows. A large fair crowd praised exhibits at Flora Community Park with 50 cattle to be sold at auction and plans to showcase winners at the State Fair in September.
Carroll County's new Selective Service board met first time last Friday night and classified four college students as 2A(S) deferring them while in college. One case shifted from 1-A to 2-C. other actions included 19 to 1A and one 1A to 4-F.
Carroll County youths ages 8 to 14 may enter Learn To Swim Week hosted by community newspapers and Camp Tecumseh Delphi Indiana. August 17 to 24 at Camp Tecumseh pool with top instructors. $3 for six lessons. participants supply suit and towel. transportation by parents. enrollment deadline August 10. names published to aid carpools.
A disturbance at Flora near the Silver Grill last Saturday led to arrests. Lloyd Scibes of Alabama and Solan Lauderdale face disorderly conduct or related charges. Grant Lauderdale was to be apprehended. others were unidentified. Flora Patrolman Reppert, Sheriff Carey, and State Patrolman Holtmans assisted in quelling the incident. Scibes is charged with public intoxication and Lauderdale brothers with disorderly conduct.
Carroll County Civilian Defense chair Charles Thompson invites all civilian defense workers and the public to a Wednesday night gathering at 8 p.m. in the REMC auditorium Delphi speaker Lt. Everett G. Groves will present and show a film. A planned practice airlift dated for August 12 was postponed after a planning session with Ed Thomson and others.
Thieves broke into Donald Brown's home on Tiptop Farms in Carrollton township Sunday afternoon. Entry was gained by forcing a screen in a bedroom. Laurel Hoover, farm employee, saw a person in the house around 4 p.m. and Sheriff Carey notes only partial loot taken: three two dollar bills a wedding ring and a pocket knife. The intruder fled when Hoover approached.
Mr and Mrs Charles Fullmer report arriving in Venice California to visit their daughter after spending time in Cheyenne for Frontier Days. En route through Utah they struck a deer causing substantial damage to their new car.
Dan Daley is critically ill at his residence north of town, with family at his side and local friends awaiting word on his condition.
Kokomo police arrested Dale Miller 28 of Kokomo for theft from the William H. Harrison home in Adams township. Miller admitted stealing 3 rolls of barbed wire 50 feet of rubber hose a .12 gauge shotgun and a tool box on July 23. Sheriff Carey planned to bring him back for arraignment.
The Delphi American Legion Post led by Commander Wayne Talbert sent delegates to sessions on Saturday Sunday and Monday at the Indiana polis convention. The local group also took part in a three hour parade with the Drum and Bugle Corps Color Guard a post owned vehicle and Cliff Carr toy tractor trailer outfit for 1952 كما.
Sheriff Carey and Patrolman Coghill responded to reports of speeding on Highway 421 in West Delphi. Junior Venters 16 and Calvin Rush 18 were arrested for reckless driving, arraigned before Justice Lee Stone, and fined $10 each with costs totaling $20.50. Licenses were suspended for 90 days.
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