Old Settlers, Depot Move Touch Delphi Weekend
Delphi residents recall the Shanty guard shack removal near the Wabash and Monon crossings, as 14 workers shift from manual to automatic signals. Longtime guards Bill Oswald Ben Johnson and Bill Meyer retire. others seek work elsewhere. The event coincides with Carroll County Old Settlers Society activities and a Ford Diesel tractor train through town.
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Delphi
Wilson Street
Wabash and
Monon
Wabash Depot
Bill Oswald
Ben Johnson
Johnson
Oswald
Bill Meyer
Wabash
Ford Motor Company
Texas
Ford Diesels
Delphi High School Football Prospective Squad Meeting News
Berto calls all high school and junior high boys to report to the school armory on Wednesday August 13 at 6 00 p m for a squad meeting physical exam and equipment issue. A physician certificate and parental permission are required for Friday practice. Season opens September 2 with a jamboree at Frankfort featuring Delphi West Lafayette and Lebanon. Delphi freshmen face Frankfort.
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Jeny Berto
Frankfort
Delphi
Lebanon
West Lafayette
Delphi Lions name Louis Kent Cheer Club member
Louis Kent of Delphi schools in Rochester Minnesota is named Cheer Club member of the week. He is a patient at the Mayo Clinic undergoing surgery and treatment. The Lions urge his students friends and acquaintances to send cards letters and small gifts during the week. O. E. Smith has entered the Monticello nursing home.
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Delphi Lions
Louis Kent
Methodist Hos
Rochester
Minn
Kent
Delphi
Mayo Clinic
Lions
Yeoman township to levy no civil tax rate next year
Yeoman in Jefferson township plans to operate with no civil tax rate while residents remain liable for township, county, and state taxes. County funds may allow a general fund rate cut, and about half the county's townships seek rate increases versus decreases. Delphi faces the highest rate around 6.30, up from 6.06, as 1959 proposed rates are shown.
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Yeoman
Jefferson Township
Hoy Musselman
Delphi
New School Superintendent Arrives in Wayne
Wayne selects Eikenberry of Davenport Iowa to lead the local schools as superintendent. He announces an August 28 teachers breakfast at the Country Club and an all day August 29 institute with county teachers in Delphi. Delphi students return September 2. The faculty is nearly complete with one elementary position open.
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Wayne Eikenberry
Davenport
Iowa
Wayne. Eikenbery
Schoos
Eikenberry
Country Club
Delphi
Noel Douglass
Rudolph P. Minneman
Royce B. Adams
John P. Beach
Tony Berto
Mary A. Bieber
Robert G. Bradshaw
Morris L. Buck
Patricia A. Callantine
Harriett Wright Colby
Norman L. Ebrite
Norma Fulton
Charles E. Geheb
Joyce Ghere
Louis A. Kent
Thomas G. McCormick
Richard Laughlin
Junior Mannies
Homer
Myers
Sarah Gregory Phillips
Doris Rosen
Nancy P. Rhodes
Robert C Roach
William PR. Schooler
John A. Wilcox
W. =. Weaver
Kathleen Baum
Robert G. Bauer
Kenneth L. Bell
Ruth Carney
Georgia Carrigan
J. C. Cornell
Mayme S. Cowdin
Catherine Cree
Florence I. Doty
Carolyn Hofmeckel
Dorothea Jones
Elizabeth McCormick
Irene S. Mason
Jack H. Sanders
Virginia Schindler
Loot Thwarted As Two Juveniles Nabbed In River Town Break In
Sheriff's deputies respond to a break in at Fred Youngberg's residence near the Tippecanoe River west of town. Three popsicles missing from the ice box. An eight year old boy and his 11 year old sister are identified as the culprits after tracing a number found by the phone.
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Sheriff’s Department
Fred Youngberg
Tippecanoe River
Baiy
George McDowell Dies at 94 in Kokomo After Long Farming Life
George McDowell 94 a retired farmer and Carroll county pioneer descendant died Wednesday morning at 7 at his daughter Mrs George Lucas 307 W Fir Kokomo He was born February 23 1864 east of Delphi son of Alfred and Nancy Jane Davis McDowell His grandfather James McDowell settled Carroll county in 1826 The widower of Anna Rohrabaugh survived by three daughters Mrs Lucas Kokomo Mrs Clara J Sims Delphi route 2 Mrs Opal Russie Martinsville two sons J Dewey McDowell and Woodrow McDowell Portland Oregon and seven grandchildren The body is at Fikenberry funeral home Delphi with rites pending.
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George McDowell
Carroll County
George Lucas
McDowell
Anna Rohrabaugh
Delphi
Lucas
Kokomo
Clara J. Sims
Opal Russie
Martinsville
J. Dewey McDowell
Wooodrow McDowell
Portland
Oregon
Fikenberry Funeral Home
Hartke to visit Old Settlers at Carroll County HQ
Democratic candidate Vance Hartke to be honored at a reception during Old Settlers in Carroll County. The event marks the opening of Democratic headquarters at the Catholic Community Center on East Main, 6 to 9 p m, with hostesses including local candidates’ wives and George Bowers of Valparaiso. Also attending is Second District Representative candidate George Bowers. Mr and Mrs Dencil Wilcox of Tucson visited relatives in town last week.
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James Odell
Carroll County
Old Settlers Society
Aaron Gregg
Old Settlers
James H. Stewart
Abner Robinson
R. E. Davidson
State Soldiers Home
Lafayette
Department
Presna American Legion
South Bend
Vance Hartke
East Main Street
Jack Haymaker
George Bowers
Valparaiso
Congress
Hartke
Dencil Wilcox
Tucson
Arizona
Frank W. Wilcox
Ward Oaks
Cros sing watchman transfer and crash survivor returns home
Charles N. Wilson, long time Wabash Railroad cros sing watchman, is transferred to a similar post in Huntington to begin duties Wednesday. Myron Ives, injured in a crash that killed his wife, was sent home on East Monroe Street Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. O H Burgitt assists in his care.
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Charles N. Wilson
Wabash Railroad
Huntington
Myron Ives
East Monroe Street
O. H. Burgitt
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Joe Ives
Kenneth Frey
Clay Township
Heinold Hog Market
Burlington
Frey
Flora
Donald Achor
Burlington Township
Gary Crume
Burlington Two
Charles Snider
Jackson Township
Barrow
Harry Wilson
Jack
Tommy Billings
Carrollton
Eddie Scott
Norbert Moeller
Purdue
Larry Bailey
Deer Creek Township
John Loman
Patty Wagner
Eentacpahly
Monroe Meade
Ior
George Harvey
Meade
W. S. Weaver
Crutchfield
Les Meade
Carrollton Township
Donald Billings
Charles Forgey
Washington
Cullan Eikenberry
Mon-roe
Cammon
Jane Willams
Lloyd Williams
Route 1
Bringhurst
Williams
Janice Brewer
Harold Brewer
Sandra Bell
Rosella Bell
Near Flora
Indianapolis
Logansport Press
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Sheridan
Crawfordsville
Morocco
Southwestern
North Judson
Knox
Rensselaer
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Sues County
Doyal D. Mellrath
Charles N. Wray
Board of
Carroll County Commissioners
Wray
Mcllrath
Joseph T. Ives
O. E. Smith
Monticello Nursing Home
Clay
Deer Creek
Democrat
Jackson Ees Are Ek
Jefferson
Liberty Oh Eee
Madison Beee Aie
Monroe Bee Ek Ae
Ten Street
Globe Valve Corporation
OLD Settlers’ Meeting
Delphi City Park
Hazelle -Hoshaw Kirkpatrick
Charles A. Wood
Mrs. Ben Been
Rev
O. P. Manker
Charles A. Kehe
Roy Clauser
Toby Rendleman
St. Matthews Lutheran Church
Clara J. Simson
Arthur McDowell
Mtilioficus
Arthur Ritchey
Robert Sieber
Delphi Pottery
John Hanna
Mayor Roy Clauser
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Mary Clawson
Mary Jane Mount Garver
Charmian Black
Rendleman
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