Lieutenant Kirkpatrick Receives Army Infantry Combat Medal
The Delphi officer serving with U S forces in France earns the Infantry Combat Medal and a ten dollar pay rise. He writes from Normandy on July 22 detailing rain, dugout home, rear-area rest, and survival through 36 days under fire. The piece also notes upcoming films at the Roxy and local donations to Delphi High School and the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Kirkpatrick
Delphi
U.S
France
Kirkpatrick
Normandy
Lieutenant colonel returns home after Saipan injury
Lieut. Col. Howard V. Hietz of the Marine Corps arrives at his Lafayette home after severe injuries in the Saipan battle in the Marianas Islands. His wife Winifred Connelly and their two children Susan and Stephen reside with him in Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard V. Hietz
A. S. Merine Corps
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Lafayette
Winifred Connelly
Delphi
Susan
Stephen
Correction on Ockley store sale announcement
Tom Witter denies selling his Ockley store after last week’s report said he had sold it to Clarence Beard. Witter states the report was unfounded and he has no plans to sell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Witter
Ockley
Clarence Beard
Mr. Witter
Sub Debs Plan Series Of Dances At Delphi Country Club
The Sub Debs of Delphi announce a weekly dance series at the Delphi country club starting Saturday at 8 30 pm. Mrs Arlyne Bradshaw sponsors the group of 21 high school girls with officers Mary Clifford president and Willa C Bowen vice president. Admission is thirty cents with cokes and orange drinks available. Chaperones for the opening dance are Mr and Mrs Lee Shaeffer and Mr and Mrs Paul Carney. The Delphi country club and American Legion Auxiliary back the project as a community recreation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Delphi Country Club
Arlyne Bradshaw
Mary Clifford
Willa C. Bowen
Marilyn Hubbard
Norma Sales
Wuanita Haslet
American Legion Auxiliary
Lee Shaeffer
Paul Carney
Carroll county 4-H girls camp at Tecumseh on Tippecanoe
Fifty-one Carroll county girls attended a four day 4-H club camp at Camp Tecumseh on the Tippecanoe river near Delphi. Activities included swimming boating croquet archery ping pong crafts tennis basketball horseback riding riflery and nature hikes under staff supervision. Robert Van Slyke of Carroll county led the camp with Mrs Rosemary Hannell and Esther Gregg as nurse while 4-H members from Jasper Pulaski and White counties joined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Camp Tecumseh
Tippecanoe River
Delphi
Robert van Slyke
Rosemary
R. Hannell
Esther Gregg
Jasper
Pulaski
White
Staff Sgt Forrest Nipple Dies in Normandy Invasion
Staff Sergeant Forrest Nipple, 32, of Cass County, was killed in action in Normandy on June 17. He had been missing since June 11 and served in the Eighty-second Airborne Division as a glider infantry instructor in England before landing in France. He leaves a widow Beatrice Allen Nipple, a daughter Judy, siblings and in-laws in Delphi area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Nipple
Normandy
Beatrice Allen Nipple
Delphi
Nipple
Cass County
Harley
Rachel Nipple
New Waverly
Washington Township
Carroll County
Leslie Dickerson
France
Dickerson
England
Eighty-second Airborne
L. B. Allen
Judy
Jason
Peru
Carl
Burrows
Leonard
Ft. Wayne
Florence
Margaret
Lucille
Ethel Showalter
Major R. E. Hanna to go to West Coast
Major Ralph E. Hanna of Delphi and partner in Calvert and Hanna, Lafayette and Hanna, Hanna and Mull, Delphi, is on a 14 day leave in Indiana and Lafayette before a new assignment. He entered service in 1942 and became a captain in the U S Army with the Chemical Warfare Center at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. He later attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth Kansas for weeks of training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Mull
Delphi
Lafayette
U. S. Army
Chemical Warfare Center
Edgewood Arsenal
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Yeoman Soldier Missing In Action In World War II
Pfc. Thomas Galloway U S Army is missing in action in Norman dy since July 4 as reported by the War Department to his father Frank Galloway of near Yeoman. He served with infantry 88th division entered service in 1942 trained at Camp Atterbury and Camp Breckenridge Ky and was home on furlough in March. He last wrote June 6 and had attended Yeoman schools. He has two sisters Mary Ellen Galloway Lafayette and Thelma Hufford near Yeoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Galloway
U. S. Army
Normandy
Frank Galloway
Near Yeoman
U.S. War Department
Galloway
Camp Atterbury
Camp Breckenridge
Yeoman
Mary Ellen Galloway
Lafayette
Thelma Hufford
Near
Purple Heart Awarded to Wife for Fallen Lieutenant Gray
Mrs Barbara Gray receives posthumous Purple Heart for her husband Lieut E Lynn Gray who died in France on June 19 1944 from wounds sustained in action. The former Barbara Lipp of Delphi and their infant son live on Frankfort R 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Gray
Lieut
E. Lynn Gray
France
Gray
Barbara Lipp
Delphi
Frankfort R. R. 7
War Mothers to Host Food Market on Old Settlers’ Day
Mothers of World War I will organize a food market on Saturday August 12 at the Catholic community center starting at 9 30 AM. Proceeds support war relief efforts and local veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Community Center
Aerial Gunner Receives Air Medal With Oak Leaves
Staff Sergeant Dick Clifford, 21, waist gunner on a B 17 with the 15th Army Air Force in Italy, awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for meritorious achievement in aerial flight. He has flown 32 combat missions since joining the Mediterranean theater and is the son of Mr and Mrs James Clifford of Delphi. His brothers Ensign Jack Clifford and Marine Maurice Clifford are serving elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Nathan F. Twining
15Th Army Air Force
Clifford
James Clifford
Delphi
Mediterranean
Ensign Jack Clifford
U. S. Naval Air Corps
Marine Maurice Clifford
South Pacific
Soldier vote drive sends 700 ballot cards to Carroll county
About 700 absentee ballot application cards are mailed to service members from Carroll county. Charles L. Bell says 750 to 800 eligible voters are away in the armed forces. Precinct workers from both parties coordinate to supply addresses via parents or friends. Ballots for federal state and county offices will be sent after properly signed applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Charles L. Bell
Selective Service Board
State Attorney General's Office
United States
Graveside rites for Delphi native Agnes Curtin held in St Joseph
Brief graveside services were held at St. Joseph cemetery for Mrs. Agnes Brown Curtin a Delphi native who died Friday at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette. She was widow of Cornelius Curtin and a member of St Marys church Lafayette. Two brothers Richard and William Brown of Danville IL survive. Services were also held at St Marys church Lafayette on Monday morning.
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St. Joseph
Delphi
Agnes (Brown) Curtin
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Cornelius Curtin
Curtin
St. Mary’s Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Richard
William Brown
Danville
Fighting Men Of Carroll County Series LXII
Three Hathaway brothers from Cutter, Route 1, serve in the U S Navy. George B Hathaway, 21, is a Boat Swain's Mate second class on an LST with 15 months active duty in the Solomons. Marion Hatheway, 19, a Pharmacist's Mate second class, served in the France invasion and is assigned to England. Robert Hathaway entered Great Lakes boot camp December 1943 and is now a seaman first class at Solomons Branch Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomons
George
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Norfolk
San Francisco
Calif
Hathaway
Southwest Pacific
Marion Hatheway
England
France
U.S. Navy
Marion
San Diego
Naval Hospital
New Orleans
New
Robert Hathaway
Great Lakes
Washington, D. C
Solomons Branch
Ira Fisher Heads Harry Bohannon Post for Coming Year
Ira Fisher was elected commander of American Legion Harry Bohannon Post No. 75 for the coming year. Newly elected officers include Robert Clifford and Herman Theophile as vice commanders, Russell Holmes adjutant, Curtis McCain finance officer, A. J. Denk service officer, Paul Quick chaplain, Dr. C. C. Crampton historian, Charles Ruskuski sergeant at arms, William B. Smith Americanism chairman, Floyd Julien boys state, Fred Bassett child welfare, Dr. John Kirkpatrick employment, Robert Davidson membership, Dr. C. C. Crampton national defense and postwar planning, Benjamin Drake oratorical contest, Jason Been publicity, and Dr. Walter Gochenour World War II Liaison chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Fisher
Harry Bohannon
American Legion
Robert Clifford
Herman Theophile
Russell Holmes
Curtis McCain
A. J. Denk
Paul Quick
C. C. Crampton
Charles Roskuski
William B. Smith
Floyd Julien
Boys State
Fred Bassett
John Kirkpatrick
Robert Davidson
Benjamin Drake
Jason Been
Walter Gochenour
City Children Celebrate With Party Pet Show And Parade
Deer Creek park hosted the citys annual children's party led by Mayor Charles A Wood. The event featured a pet parade with awards for ponies dogs cats and rabbits and a high school band concert followed by refreshments and pony rides. Pet show judges were Catherine McCain Lee L Eye and Ralph Melin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Creek Park
Charles A. Wood
Dean Ratcliff
Evelyn Gros
Ralph Robinson
Howard Bartley
Barbara Ann Johns
Lee Walters
Wayne Pearson
Joe and
Jo Ann Hildebrand
Don Pauley
Nancy Bowen
Betty Thompson
Kay Clawson
Frederick Jenkins
Joe Schnepp
Jackie Hamel
Nancy Jane Ashba
Deana Whiteman
Barbara Platt
Jo Weaver
Lee
Clarence
Jane Eyer
Delphi High School
Catherine McCain
Lee L. Eye
Ralph Melin
Cub Scouts Award Prizes For Gardens
Delphi Cub Scouts awarded gardening prizes this week under Cub Master W. Merlin Schwein and assistant Jay Wingard. Winners for May gardens were Tommy Kempf Edwin Cunningham Billy Roach and Jim Ferrier. Prizes will be collected at the Methodist parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Cub Scouts
W. Merlin Schwein
Jay Wingard
Tommy Kempf
Edwin Cunningham
Billy Roach
Jim Ferrier
Methodist Parsonage
Methodist Church
Ill Carroll Bar Dean W C Smith At Son’s Home
W C Smith dean of the Carroll county bar association has been ill at the home of his son Judge William B Smith for a week after church services. Cards may be mailed to him at his son's home. The National Council of Catholic Women met for a cooperative dinner at St Joseph school Delphi with Mrs Burton Honan in charge of the social hour.
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W. C. Smith
Carroll County Bar Association
William B. Smith
Mr. Smith
National Council of Catholic Women
St. Joseph School
Delphi
Burton Honan
Blood Drive to Reach 200 Pints in Delphi August 15
The Red Cross mobile unit visits Delphi on Tuesday August 15 to collect 200 pints of blood, but only about half have registered. Local officials urge volunteers to call 202 to arrange appointments. The Mothers Club funds meals, Scouts assist, and multiple community groups support the drive as plasma blood work promotes war aid.
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Red Cross
Delphi
Esther Gregg
C. Crampton
Lillian Thayer
The
Herman Theophile
Legion Auxiliary
Theophile
Freida Been
Mary Mullin
Blanche Balser
Hazel Good
Doris Holewell
Ann Scarff
Pauline Shaeffer
Florence Hoshaw
Ruby Godenour
Lilian Thayer
C. C. Crampton
Estelle Been
Carrie McCain
Maurine Bassett
Maud Wilson
Mary Arnold
Helen Clifford
Josephine Brown
Evelyn Cripe
Roberta Denk
Edith Farr
Effie Widner
Lillian Thompson
Sue Beale
Hilda Holmes
Sue Wingard
Eve Davidson
Josephine Jones
Faye Haines
Chloe Foote
Eve Jackson
Eileen Flora
Clara Simms
Nina Dean
Celesta Leach
Josephine Mears
Mothers Club
Delphi Boy Scouts
Clyde Robbins
Indiana Service Corporation
Delphi Presbyterian Church
Clarence Orr
Carroll County Welfare Office
Proofs Of Babies Photographs To Be Shown Aug 4
Parents who had their children photographed June 23 at Blythe furniture store in Delphi may view proofs Friday August 4 at 10 a.m. in the Delphi Citizen office. Donald Harris of Waltz Studio announced. Photographs will soon appear in The Citizen. Carroll county township trustees and wives plan a picnic this evening at Flora park with attendees including Harry Hatton and Wade Farr from Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blythe Furniture
Delphi
Donald Harris
Waltz Studio
Carroll County
Flora Park
Harry Hatton
Hatton
Wade Farr
Deer Creek
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Roxy
Ingrid Bergman
Charles Boyer
New Britain
Jack Clifford
United States Navy
Naval Air Forces
Grumman
E. O. Grimm
Clarence Marocco
Tom and Meredith Carney Dial
Indianapolis
Fortune Magazine
Earl Smith
John Stoddard
Marianas
Tecumseh
Tippecanoe
Pyrmont
O. Fetterhoff
Fetterhoff
Ellen Wagoner
William Fetterhoff
Owasco
Pyrmont Church of the Brethren
Charles Reppert
Lee Fetterhoff
Flora
Larry Fetterhoff
Logansport
Enos Houmard
G. M
Dale E. Reppert
Seabees
R. E. Hanna
West Coast
Ralph E. Hanna
Calvert and Hanna, Lafayette, and Hanna
Dick Clifford
ARMY
City
Alice Curtin
Fighting Men OF
Mrs. Earl Hathaway
U. S. Navy
George B. ‘Hathaway
Radnor Meth
Odist Church
Hope and
Idaville
Evanston College
Evanston
Lil
Radnor Methodist Church
George B. Hathaway, B. M
Marion Hathaway
Ph. M
Powell
Arthur Lane
Cub Scouts
Carroll Bar
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