Rochester residents accused in county burglary wave
Indiana State Police and Fulton County officials say a Rochester gang confessed to about 300 burglaries with several substantiating cases in Pittsburg Flora and nearby sites. Officers used road maps to elicit locations and anticipate more cleared crimes. The report also notes deer antlers found near a canal, housing rentals trickling through, and other local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Fulton County
Rochester
Abe Taylor
Abe
Pittsburg
Ockley Elevator
Flora High School
Metzger Lumber Company
Taylor
Legion
Joy Brim to wed Joe Briggs in Flora church ceremony
Mr and Mrs Rolla Brim of Flora announce the engagement of their daughter Joy to Joe Briggs son of Mrs Lenore Briggs of Flora. The wedding is set for Sunday August 13 at 3 pm in the Flora Church of the Brethren. Both are well known in the county and Miss Brim formerly worked at the County PMA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
William Ross Garrison
Ross Garrison
Bringhurst
Maryland
Indiana
Robert Henaryx
Coun Polio Fund
Rolla Brim
Flora
Joy
Joe Briggs
Lenore Briggs
Flora Church of the Brethren
Delphi Group Visits Mooseheart Orphans From Local Moose Lodge
Thirty five Moose Lodge members from a local group traveled by two chartered buses and cars to Mooseheart Illinois on Sunday. Sunshine Parents and other members toured the city and met the Moose orphans with whom they correspond during the year. The party departed at 5 30 a m and returned at 10 30 p m. Those attending included John A Qualls and numerous local couples and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Lodge
Mooseheart
Ilinois
Moose
John A Qualls
William Reed
William Pickering
Carl McDonald
Jennie Fettig
Armina Weaver
Faith Maxwell
Joseph Loy
Jay Taylor
George Vaughan
Helen Pickering
Harry Wingard
Ed Wingard
Tom Kestle
John Fife
Harold Knitter
Don Kelly
Harold Gerber
Tom Macurdy
Lee Stone
Barney Calvert
Shower Honors Miss Bonnie Foster in South Delphi
Mrs. Harry Hatton hosted a miscellaneous shower at her South Delphi home Tuesday night for bride elect Miss Bonnie Foster. The yellow white and green decor complemented gifts on the dining table and the prize game awarded to Floss Sieber Charlene Porter and Mae Foster, who passed prizes to the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hatton
South Delphi
Bonnie Foster
Bill Sieber
Floss Sieber
Charlene Porter
Mae Foster
Evansville Family Visits Burlington Kin Near Burlington
Mrs. Robert Morehouse and her two sons Jimmy and Robert of Evansville visit her father Robert Johnson and other relatives near Burlington. Mr. Morehouse plans to join them this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Morehouse
Jimmy
Robert
Evansville
Robert Johnson
Burlington
Mr. Morehouse
County 4-H Fair in Full Swing Announce Winners
Carroll county 4-H fair at Flora's Community Park runs through Saturday with livestock judging and a cattle auction upcoming. Winners span Hampshire and Poland China gilts, Chester White, Berkshire, and Duroc divisions plus multiple fat barrow categories and Girls 4-H exhibits led by Jeris Eikenberry and Ronald White among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Flora’s
Jeris Eikenberry
Monroe Township
Ronald White
Tippecanoe Township
Howard McCarty
Cora Zell St. Amand
Hampshire
Dean Sanderson
Carrollton
Billy Calhoun
Monroe
Ralph Hughes
Tippecanoe
Ray Gish
Richard Kinston
Ned L. Flora
Murray Langston
Marcia Langston
Shirley Eis
Richard Davison
Burling
Poland
China
Max Douglas
Ronald G. Peterson
Adams
Chester White
George Burkhalter
Clay
Marjorie Schnepf
Martha Schnepf
Jay Link
Cen
John Dyer
Carrolla
Berkshire
Robert Browne
Jefferson
Gary Crume
Burlington
Morris Butler
Douglas Wagoner
Eddie Angle
Martha Angle
Duroc
Donald Kn
Bobby Johnson
Boar Hampshire‘Board
Chester White Boar
Helmut Stoos
Twenty five to report Aug. 9 for physicals
Carroll-White County Selective Service Board announces 25 men must report August 9 to Indianapolis for pre induction physicals. The notice urges registrants to update addresses and re classification info at the Delphi Court House or by letter, with Mrs. Lou Morrison available Monday through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Davidson
Carroll-White County Selective Service Board
Indianapolis
Conress
Selective Service Office
Delphi Court House
Lou Morrison
Selective Service Board
Arrest Of Youth Solves Theft Of Electric Motor
Sheriff Sanford Allen announced Glen Rowe 21 of Delphi confessed stealing an electric motor belt and hand saw from the Charles Gregg farm last Saturday. Rowe held on petit larceny and to be arraigned in city court. stolen items recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Allen
Glen Rowe
Route 1
Delphi
Charles Gregg
Rowe
Alec Hardy
Gregg
Day Nursery Opens at Mrs Hope Robbins Coomey Home
Mrs Hope Robbins Coomey at 315 Cottage Avenue Delphi announces the opening of a Day Nursery at her home. The opening notice appears elsewhere in this edition of The Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Robbins Coomey
Cottage Avenue
Delphi
The
Citizen
Fire at Clifford Baldwin Residence Burns Vehicle
Local fire department responded to a Wednesday call at the Clifford Baldwin residence where a fire damaged a vehicle and caused slight smoke damage. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Baldwin
Autos Damaged in Intersection Collision near Gravel Hill
Autos driven by Donovan Link 41 of route 1 Flora and Jack O Thomson 29 of route 2 Flora collided at a road intersection near Gravel Hill school Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan
Flora
Jack O. Thomson
Bride Elaine Broad and Paul Lowe Granted Marriage License
A marriage license is issued to Paul B. Lowe 26 son of Mr and Mrs C L Lowe Burrows and Elaine M Broad 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Broad Chesterton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul B. Lowe
C. L. Lowe
Burrows
Elaine M. Broad
R. L. Broad
Chesterton
Marilyn McCormick Named Delegate to U S Conference
Governor Schricker appointed Marilyn McCormick of Delphi as one of Indiana’s two delegates to the Mid Century White House Conference for Children in Washington D C December 3 to 8. The 1950 Butler student and former Indiana Girls State governor will attend if able to miss university dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn ‘McCormick
Watson C. McCormick
Delphi
Indiana
White House
Washington, D. C
McCormick
Butler
Washington
County Fails To Meet Quota In Bond Drive
Carroll County U S Savings Bonds Chairman announced the county did not top its Independence Bond Drive quota of 79000. Series E sales totaled 32235.82, about 40 to 70 percent of the goal. National totals show oversubscription. Indiana state and national figures are provided with urging to continue bond purchases for freedom and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Indiana Employment Security Division
Tippecanoe County
Carroll
Howard County
Cass County
U. S
Savings Bonds
Robert Or. Fowler
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Indiana
Shiraz
United States
Courtty
Ralph Rinehart and Sons Win Honors at U S Duroc Show
Ralph Rinehart and Sons, Flora breeders of Durocs, earned top recognition at the National Duroc Congress in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Their bred fall gilt placed in the Superior Group among the five most outstanding gilts of the show amid 269 entered from 12 states. The two day congress closed with a sale of 187 bred fall gilts and gilts with 1592 breeders and farmers in attendance from 28 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Rinehart& Sons
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Coomey Family Attends Services in St Joseph Michigan
Henry Coomey, Margaret Coomey, Sandra Kay Coomey, and Nancy Coomey traveled to St Joseph Michigan on Tuesday to attend the funeral of D W Martin. Martin, husband of Cecelia Kelly of Delphi, died in January after a long illness and was a cousin of the Coomeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Will
Henry
Margaret Coomey
Sandra Kay
Nancy
St. Joseph
Gan
D. W. Martin
Martin
Cecelia Kelly
Delphi
Coomeys
Class of 45 reunion at Delphi picnic
A reunion and picnic for the Delphine School class of 1945 will be held at Deer Creek Park in Delphi on Sunday August 6 at 11 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphine School
Deer Creek Park
Delphi
Mrs Stella Weathers of Indi Indicating Parents Loyd Thompson
Mrs Stella Weathers of Indi states her parents are Loyd Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Weathers
Loyd Thompson
Old Settlers Carnival Opens in Delphi August Ninth
Delphi prepares for the 95th Old Settlers gathering and four day carnival starting Wednesday afternoon August 9. Activities on the courthouse square include Hollywood Varieties acts, and a county Old Settlers meeting Saturday August 12 at 2 p.m. with officers, history talks, canal tales, and Centennial honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Court House Square
Hollywood Varieties
Old Settlers
Delphi City Park
Ben Been
Burrows
Polio Strikes 15 Year Old in Carrollom Township
Betty Jo Powell, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Powell, is in serious condition at Riley hospital Indianapolis. She developed poliomyelitis on July 24 and is now confined to an iron lung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jo Powell
Lloyd Powell
Carrollom Township
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Polio Claims Life of Buck Creek Youth
Rich ard Leon Biddle a 14 year old Buck Creek resident died at St Elizabeth hospital after falling ill last Tuesday He was a Buck Creek school junior ee basketball player and a 4 H member Survived by his parents Loren and Melva and by brother Jimmie and three sisters Joyce Sue and LaDonna The body lay at Jackson funeral home with graveside rites conducted at Buck Creek Cemetery by Rev V C Rogers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Leon Biddle
Buck Creek
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Loren and
Melva Biddle
Buck Creek School
Jimmie
Sis
Joyce
Sue
LaDonna
Jackson Funeral Home
V. C. Rogers
Logansport Man Is Named Manager of Roxy Theater Here
Dirk Wolfe of Logansport is named manager of the Delphi Roxy Theater, coming from seven years as Roxy manager in Logansport. Joe Higgins, previous manager, resigns to take a two month vacation in Wanatchee Valley, Washington. Nat Blank of Marion, district manager of Alliance Theater Corporation, announces the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirk Wolfe
Logansport
Roxy Theater
Wolfe
Delphi
Joe Higgins
Wanatchee Valley
Washington
Nat Blank
Marion
Alliance Theater Corporation
The
Roxy
July Instruments Recorded in Carroll County
The Carroll County Recorder reports 371 instruments recorded in July. Anne Johnson presented the report to the County Auditor. Fees totaled 320.15 dollars. Deeds 67, transcripts 2, mortgages 53, mechanics liens 6, chattel mortgages 72, releases 29, assignments 1, attorneys' promises 2, marginal releases 114, partnerships 3, miscellaneous 17, no fee papers 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Anne Johnson
Mayor's Pet Show At Deer Creek Park Tonight
Mayor Wood hosts a community pet show at Deer Creek Park tonight with prizes for largest and smallest dog best trained dog dog and cart most unusual pet and other categories. Pets include cats goats chickens rabbits and more with prizes for outfits and decorated bikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Creek Park
Smith resigns to join Hicks Furniture Mart in Indianapolis
Don Smith resigned from the local family run furniture and appliance store where he worked with his brother Herb Smith. He will serve as district sales representative for North Indiana and has already started in the new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Smith
Herb Smith
Presto
Hicks Furniture’ Mart, Inc
Indianapolis
Smith
North
Indiana
Local Graduates Prepare For College This Fall
At least fourteen members of the 1950 graduating class plan to enter colleges and other schools this fall. Enrollees include Marilyn McCormick Butler Robert Roach Kansas State Cynthia Hall John Bradshaw Darrel Zinn Indiana University Phyllis Hill Methodist Hospital School of Nurses Keith Mullin Florange Fisher Manchester Charles Smith Becky Hamling Ball State Buddy Holloway Colorado University Harold Sprague Valparaiso University Jack Carney Wabash Robert Brookbank Purdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn McCormick
Butler
Robert Roach
Kansas State
Cynthia Hall
John Bradshaw
Darrel Zinn
Indiana University
Phyllis Hill
Methodist Hospital School of Nurses
Keith Mullin
Florange Fisher
Manchester
Charles Smith
Becky Hamling
Ball State
Buddy Holloway
Colorado University
Harold Sprague
Valparaiso
University
Jack Carney
Wabash
Robert Brookbank
Purdue
County Youth Musical at Flora Methodist Church
The Carroll County Young People’s Organization sponsors a county youth musical at Flora Methodist Church on Sunday evening August 13 at 8 30. The program features vocal and instrumental numbers by young people from across the county and is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Methodist Church
Carroll County
Young People’s Organization
Lee Stone Night Draws Moose Lodge Members
A large crowd from Delphi and nearby towns attended the Lee Stone night ceremony at the local Moose Lodge. Delegations from Lafayette Kokomo and Indianapolis were represented as Stone received a diamond. Percy Erell district vice president spoke and fourteen candidates were initiated. Reiferts Flower Gardens donated the flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Lodge
Delphi
Lafayette
Kokotas
Indianapolis
Stone
Percyerell
The
Moose
Reiferts Flower Gardens
Flood wall progress near Moore residence set for gravel base
Construction notes show the flood wall being drained and prepared for a gravel base. The earthen wall will start at the Moore residence about 2000 feet left of the photo’s northern boundary, marking progress along the indicated line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
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Paul Jeffers
Ohio
Joe Tolen
Lois Brown
Cutler
Old Cutler Bank
Boyd Martin
Brackenridge
Main Street
Harry Roach
California
Bernard Clayton
Matson Lines
Ike” Eisenhower
Public Service Company
National Guard
Atterbury
Wisconsin
LaFrance
LaFrance Fomite Corporation
Elmyria
New York
Tha Schnepf
Duroc Bear
Donald Knopp
Martin Rinehart
Robert Crume
Jackson
Junior Rinehart
Jerry Shoff
Dean Shoff
Jim Sharp
David Knopp
Peter Wagoner
Tom Appleton
Fred Blue
Buddy Jackson
Ralph Hawkins
Charles Appleton
Richard Davidson
Eddie McCloskey
Jay Sink
Norman Rogers
Harold Appleton
Eddie Huse
Robert Wingard
Wayne Johnson
Carl Baker
Bob Duff
Clifford Shriver
John Elston
Kim Black
Ronald Pritchard
David Matthews
Paul Hendrix
Dick Wilson
Richard Wingard
Danny Miller
Keith Jones
John Gochenour
Darrell Chapman
Gordon Jones
Everett Leazenby
Don Brennaman
David Eis
Danny Rodkey
Mary Pullem
Jerry Wagoner
Connie Shoff
Barrows
Helmut Stods
Wayne
Mary Jo Chamberlain
Mary Ellen Peterson
Mary Booth
Liberty
Mary Furst
Louise Farrer
Wilson
Democrat
Jim Besa
Linda Wert
Joyce Meek
Janet Catron
Jeanne Bowman
Deer Creek
Marjorie Treichel
Texas Air Force Base
Dick Cowdin
Mayme Cowdin
Bob Graham, Jr
Robert Graham
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
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Fit
Gan’ Antonio
Carroll-White Board
Hoosier Heritage Caravan
William Holmes
Harry Bohannon Post
No. 75
American Legion
Cara
Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce
Charles Wood
Vincennes
Wea
Ralph Rinehart
Sinc Henry Robinson
Carro County
Delphi Platt
Kate Robinson Weir
William B. Smith
Melody Men
Marilyn Holloway
Ben B. Jackson
H. Y. Mullin
Dean Balser
Stella Butler
Old Set
Ruth Ayres
Effie Guckien
John Peterson
Dr. Mullin
Blancheer
Mabel Chapman
Mary Ferrien
Baker
United
Tom Baker
Chamber of Commerce
Max Daugherty
Roy Clauser
John Mount
Recorder
Carroll County Auditor
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