Curious Letters to God and Odd Town Notes
A Detroit charity official opened a child’s plea to God for money. Chicago received its first overseas cargo via a Swedish freighter delivering fencing wire and farm implements. Bartholomew County backs its meanest man. Grange master Newsom dies after a fall. 200 chickens stolen from Hershel Newsom’s roost. Postmaster Susie Swanson preserves string, a twine ball weighing nearly 19 pounds. Federal inheritance tax devious gifts case heads to Supreme Court. Daisy and Old Faithful geysers show timings. duck populations shrink due to drought. Bank of the United States list shows a 45 cent claim. Haven Kansas man pays wheat for baseball admission with oats change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholomew County
Jesse H. Newsom
the Grange
Columbus
Hershel
Delphi Tailor George Best Dies En Route to Hospital
George Best 75 a Delphi resident died last Friday night in an ambulance en route to St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette. He was a longtime partner in the Best tailoring firm with his brother Charles and served as pool caretaker recently seeking flower bed equipment. Surviving are his widow three sisters two brothers and six nieces and nephews. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery with funeral at the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Best
Delphi
Blythe and Sons Ambulance
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
George H. C. Best
Best
Charles Best
John
Elizabeth Elliot
Hagerstown
Presbyterian Church
Deer Creek
Charles Gros
Ella Hill
Louise Darragh
Josephine Metsker
St. Petersburg
Fla
Adams
Newcastle
Masonic Cemetery
Joseph Been Birthday Picnic at French Post Park
The 84th birthday of Joseph Been was celebrated with a picnic dinner at French Post Park on Wednesday evening last week. His children and grandchildren attended. his daughter June from Canada surprised him by arriving for a visit. Mr. Been was also joined by old friends Mr. and Mrs. William West and Mrs. Thad Guthrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Been
French Post Park
Been
June
Canada
Willam West
William Lowther 85 Civil War Veteran Dies in Delphi
William Lowther age 85 a Carroll county native and Civil War veteran died Tuesday morning at his son and daughter in law James and near east Monroe street Delphi. Survived by widow 83 and four children James Walter Arthur Lola Bostetter funeral at Grimm Funeral Home Thursday 2 PM Rev C J Grimes burial Pittsburg Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lowther
Carroll County
James Lowther
Monroe Street
Lowther
Indiana
Fremont Hildebrand
Accidental Death Verdict in Martin Case Near Burrows
A 68 year old man, Martin, was found drowned in a water tank on his Burrows area farm after slipping in the slick tank bottom. An inquest suggests a fatal head blow from the tank edge and a possible struggle while grabbing the tank side. false teeth were found away from the edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hunter
Seviek
Martin
Burrows
Indiana Service Corporation
Hunter
Dick Vlastos Buys New State Theatre
Mr and Mrs Dick Vlastos of Waterloo Ind purchased the New State Theatre from R E Stults who had operated it recently Stults takes over a Waterloo theatre now run by the Vlastos couple The Vlastos moved into the apartment above the theatre and plan to book high class attractions Perry McCain bought the James Lowther lunch room on Monroe Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New State Theatre
Arc
Dick Vlastos
Waterloo
Ind
R. E. Stults
Stults
Viastos
Mich
Delphi
Perry McCain
James Lowther
Monroe Street
Miss Jean Wilson to Wed Delbert Gunder in Delphi
The wedding is set for September first at three o'clock at the bride's home. Delbert Gunder of Indianapolis, a civil engineer with the State Highway Department, will wed Miss Jean Wilson, long-time Delphi resident and DePauw University alumna. Early plans call for a Marion address after marriage with trips related to his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Wilson
Harvey Russelson
Delbert Gunder
Indianapolis
W. A. Breining
Ella van Gundy
Ida
Emma _ Frushour
Frank Frushour
Nancy McCormick
Ruth
Charles Wilson
Trene Shaffer
Tom _McCormick
Gunder
Purdue University
State ‘Highway Department
Delphi
DePauw University
Tri- Kappa
Igo-Ugo
Irene Shaffer
Marion
Indiana
Martin Wille will probate and trust details revealed
Nathaniel C. Martin Wille was probated Friday. After debts and monument costs, funds go to Elizabeth Justice for a trust for grandson Jack Martin with interest until 21. If he dies before 21, money goes to Nancy Thorington. Residue of real estate to nephew Martin E. Justice. Executor named Harry Reed. Will dated January 27, 1981. Witnesses Edith Schwalm and John Lairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Justice
Jack Martin
Orval E. Martin
Myrtle Martin
Nancy Thorington
Martin E
Harry
Reed
Edith ‘Schwalm
John
Lairy
Farewell Meeting of Ninth District Bar Recap
The Ninth District Bar held a farewell meeting with Mrs Auda G. Studebaker the only woman present. Mary Lou Gerard sang with Josephine Ulm accompanying before Judge E E Pruitt led greetings from five judges including Indianapolis' Judge Clarence R. Martin and Kokomo's Judge Joseph C. Herron.
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Ninth
Atcedance
Auda G. Studebaker
Carroll County
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Lou Gerard
Josephine Ulm
E. E. Pruitt
Delphi
Ninth District
Pruitt
Clarence R. Martin
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
C. W.roll
Kokomo
Appellate Court
O. B. Ratcliff
Fountain Circuit Court
Covington
Brenton A. Devol
Frankfort
Clinton
Joseph C. Herron
Kokomo Bar Association
George H. Gifford
Tipton
Fred S. Purnell
Attica
Old Ninth
Washington
Robert Oode
L. P. Little
W. E. Linwood
J. Fo “Pyke
J. P. Brissey
Floyd McClure
Virgil L.coffel
C. Wills
Don B. Irwin
Glenn R. Hillis
Russell P. Harker
Millard C. Morrison
Earl F. Gruber
J. R. Coleman
Neal Purvis
Parker A. Durnham
Tipton Court
Bar Association
Ninth District Association
James W. Morrison
Samuel M. Ralston
Millard €. Morrison
Lindbergh Hosts Are Monticello People
Delphi residents show interest in Col and Mrs Charles Lindbergh during their Alaska visit on an air vacation to the Orient. Dr Henry W Griest and Mrs Griest, former Monticello residents, welcomed the Lindberghs and hosted them at home. Virginie Pletcher and her mother returned from Michigan City after a week’s visit.
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Delphi
Point Barrow
Alaska
Charles Lindbergh
Orient
Henry W. Greist
Lilly Bailey
Griest
David
Monticello
Lindberghs
Panter the Lindberghs
Joseph Been Buys New Lincoln Sedan at Old Settlers Day
The Lincoln sedan on display at Delphi Motor Sales on Old Settlers Day was sold Sunday by manager Fred H. Wheeler to Joseph Been of near Burrows. The car, costing 4775, is one of Henry Ford's finest and the first Lincoln sold in Carroll County.
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Delphi
Old Settlers
Fred H.* Wheeler
Joseph Been
Burrows
Henry Ford
Carroll County
Wheeler
Ford
Delphi Motor
Automobile Sales
Chester Lepein
Lansing
Mich
Edward Kinsey
Budget tensions rise over Carroll County 1932 funds
County officials face tight constraints as they craft the 1932 budget within 1931 limits. Extra costs for elections real estate assessment and poor relief loom, with projected shortfalls and potential tax-rate impacts. Public notices will invite taxpayer input before the county council and township boards set the final appropriations. If over the 1931 cap, state approval as an emergency measure is required.
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State Board of Accounts
Pittsburg to Begin Tippecanoe School Construction
Construction on the new Tippecanoe schoolhouse at Pittsburg is slated to start late this week or early next week after approval of the transcript and bond delivery to W H Bradshaw of Delphi. Trustee W F Riley expects completion not before mid year while classes proceed as usual. Grade 1 4 will meet at Charles Boyles residence and grades 5 8 at the Community Building.
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Pittsburg
W. H. Bradshaw
Delphi
W. F. Riley
Charles Boyles
Ag Oeuk Meee
Old Settlers' Annual Meeting Draws Large Crowd
The seventy six annual Old Settlers gathering at Delphi Park drew one of the largest evening crowds in the event’s history. Activities featured music by the Carroll County Young People’s chorus, reminiscences by Dr. W. O. Lynch, and a business meeting electing Mrs. Anda Gee Studebaker president and Mrs. Mindwell Crampton Wilson secretary.
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Old Settlers
Delphi Park
Catherine Schermerhorn Brackenridge
Elizabeth Fisher Murphy
Brackenridge
Delphi Citizen
Delphi Journal
Martha EB. *Smith
Thomas Kite
Mabel Holmes
Ora F. Shirar
Pauline Fouts
Vera Black
Fouts
Dorothy Chapman
Margaret Holmes
LaVaune_ Retherford
Glen Smith
Monroe Township
W. O. Lynch
Bloomington
Carroll County
Anda Gee Studebaker
Mindwell Crampton Wilson
A. B. Crampton
The
Citizen
George E. Cox
Del
Painter Lewis Martin Ends Life at Home on Hill
Lewis Martin age 63 a noted painter and paper hanger shot himself with a .22 rifle on his Hill home porch early yesterday morning. He died about thirty minutes later with health said to be the cause. His wife and daughter heard the shot. funeral services were held Sunday at 3 pm at the home, with burial in Odd Fellows cemetery. Survivors include his widow, daughter, son Abram of Indianapolis, and brother Ben of Logansport.
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Lewis Martin
Tll Health
Abram Martin
Indianapolis
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Antvverp
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Welland
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Twine
Twelve Mile
Susie Swanson
Congress
Henry Aaron Guinzburg
U. S. Treasury
Yellowstone National Park
Bank of the United States of
New York City
Bertha Steur
Haven
Kansas
Oscar Fishburn
Genetery
O. B. Kirkpatrick
Edith
South Bend
Monroe Kirkpatrick
Brice Adams
Mr. Adams
Warren
Delphi — Country Club
Logansport
Lucas
A.T. Bowen
Steve Beja
Morrow-Goft
Lynch Barber Shop
Sattrfield
Q Pez OG I-Brown
Martin Verdict
C. W. Hunter
Nathaniel C. Martin Wille
Taae
Lindbergh
Delphi Motor Sales
Brough
Andanee Studebaker
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