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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1951
Page
1
Citizens report a shaky party slate as Republicans and Democrats clash over mayor and city posts. Lake Freeman storms reel in boats and birds as cottage owners recount wild incidents. Old Settlers events in surrounding counties proceed with speakers planned amid hospital notes and local governance changes.
Motorola Radio Corp wins a 2600 bid to install three way radio gear for the county sheriff. Installation hinges on FCC clearance for call letters and frequency. Equipment will be in the sheriff’s office and jail with remote control, extending to city police cars later and linking to state and local agencies. Other bids came from General Electric and Linkseele.
Lt. Durr of the Indiana Excise Police arrested three Lafayette youths in a local tavern last Friday. The trio Charles F. Schiable 18 John D. Heade 18 and Raymond A. Shoemaker 18 were arraigned before a justice and fined 5 dollars plus costs totaling 13.50. A sailor accompanying them in uniform avoided action.
Four members of the Christian church attended the Adult Conferences at Butler University in Indianapolis last week. They were Mrs. Charles Melson District representative for Women's work Mrs. Herbert Isaacs president of the local Christian Women's Fellowship Mrs. W. S. McLean Membership Chairman of the C W F and W S McLean minister who served on the faculty. Fifty two people registered for the conference the first in the state in years. Dr E B Lowe State Secretary was the Vesper speaker.
Miss Mary Cochrane arrived at noon Tuesday after visiting her sister in law Edith Cochrane who is a patient in Jackson hospital. Edith was brought by ambulance from an unspecified location due to a medical condition.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert VanNatta returned Sunday from Rochester, reflecting a brief trip and family visit. Their return concludes a weekend away with relatives and friends.
The boss announces a company vacation for the entire Citi of us for the second year. No makeup when key staff are away, and the editor will miss those absent. Papers will be printed early Saturday but not delivered before next Wednesday. News and ads must be in by Friday evening. We'll return Monday August 27.
A severe hailstorm and preceding wind event caused extensive damage around Yeoman and Lake Freeman Tuesday night. Crops including corn and soybeans were ruined while cottages and utilities suffered major damage from six-foot waves, blown windows, toppled trees, and ruined vehicles.
Camp Tecumseh will host swimming lessons starting Friday at 2 p.m. Doc Denio will supervise and final arrangements will be made. If parents approve, the first lesson is Saturday. otherwise it may start Monday. Family night Friday will showcase the new pool.
Farmers along state highway 421 in Jefferson township heard a woman's screams. John Hufford and Clarence Cain found her bleeding in the road with a drunken truck driver from Walker Auto Transport threatening them and forcing the woman into a cab. The vehicle headed toward Monticello then Delphi before vanishing.
Several Indianapolis graduates of Madame Blaker's school attended a tea in honor of Dean Emma Colbert for her 84th birthday. The event was held in the Union Building at Butler University with Theresa Dreifus Salmon and Irene Mason among those present.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Buskirk and Mrs. Jessié Loveland hosted over the weekend for Miss Rosalind Lim Goek Loui of Singapore and Miss Jean Loveland of Terre Haute. The young women are helping with camps at Battle Ground this summer.
The reunion of Rev. H.G. Rice's children from the Delphi Presbyterian era 1889 to 1894 occurred at Ideal Beach Moniticello Indiana. Attendees included Dr. Herbert Rice and family, Mrs. Helen Rice Miller, Paul Rice, Dr. William Rice, Mrs. Mabel Rice Sarachet, Mrs. Genevieve Swavely, plus Mrs. Mary Compton Rice. The Rices recently returned from forty two years of missionary work in India linked to Foreman Christian College and Allahabad University. Dr. Rice served as president of both colleges and was involved in partition related work for India and Pakistan.
Mrs Herb Garver Miss Edna Kirkpatrick and Mrs Irene Mas on joined the Indiana State ACE summer conference in Lafayette. Group meetings were held in the morning and a panel discussion followed in the afternoon. Catharine McCain heads the Lafayette unit, daughter of Luther McCain of route 4 Del-D.
Mr and Mrs George J James sold their 10 acre farm to DM Benham of Monticello and his son and heir. The conveyance involved the land on East Franklin street in Wisconsin.
Mr and Mrs Potter head the Federated store in town as neighbors mourn a father’s death and focus on family and business duties.
Dayton visitor Braen Stemler led the turnout for Old Settlers Day, oldest man present, with Mrs Jennie Wolf oldest woman. The crowd filled the auditorium on the public square for a program with Rev Smith, Linda Rule, and a quartet. Mary Clawson Pastor introduced performers as 1851 local papers were cited for context.
Plans are complete for a Sod Waterway demonstration and Soil Conservation Field Day to be held August 20 at the Charles Beale farm, 14 miles south of Delphi on old State Road 39 now highway 421. Purdue University’s J O Dunbar speaks at 1 00 p m followed by George Townsend of the Soil Conservation Service.
The City Council advanced final readings of a law banning sale of non Grade A milk in town. Delph i Logansport Monticello plan a joint Grade A milk inspector to oversee farms and dairies. Dairies will switch to processing only Grade A milk after the ordinance takes effect.
Miss Mary Dorcas Clemons of Flora, bound for St Petersburg to teach this year, was feted at a Saturday picnic supper hosted by Mrs. David Baum. Former Camp Atterbury civilian instructors attended, including Violet Green, Lois Beam, Elsie Weekly, Lillian Dale, Weldon Kemper, Claude Hollingsworth and Charles Kaiser. Dale and Green planned to stay through the weekend.
Mrs Emory Flora of Indiana polis arrived with her husband to attend the Sunday morning service at the phi Methodist church. Dr and Mrs LHB Smith hosted the visitors with Mrs James P Wason of Indianapolis also present for the evening observance. Bill McCain sang four Stephen Foster songs with his mother at the piano, while Laurel Booth’s harmonica was not performed. The audience included several notable attendees and a birthday remark marked the day after a busy afternoon with 360 registered participants.
At 3 30 p m Wednesday Sheriff Carey faced a first class mystery as a 39 year old woman arrested in Burlington with a male companion Nickles. The pair are charged with intoxication and public misconduct after a beating near an unknown assailant. The woman refuses to speak about her injuries or how she arrived in custody.
Seventy relatives and descendants of Mr and Mrs Samuel Goslee gathered at Wilbur Goslee’s Yeoman home for their annual reunion. A birthday cake honored 13 August birthdays as attendees from Huntington Mishawaka Elwood Lafayette Greencastle Monticello and Delphi joined lengthy family lists in a warm communal event.
The Camden Civic club will fry the fish for the second annual event on Friday night on Camden streets. The Camden Community Club and Band Boosters will run other details with serving starting at 5 30 p m. The menu includes fried fish French fries slaw pie and coffee. If it rains the fry moves to Camden City build.
Sheriff Sparkey Carey reports three recent vehicle crashes causing escalating damage in the county. At Pranklin Drive-In West Delphi a collision involved Clifford Gamble route 2 Thornton and W W Mocherman Fiora with $270 total damage. Gamble arrested for failure to yield. A 1947 Chevrolet driven by Walter R Sparks Indianapolis plowed into a fog bank near junctions 218 and 25 causing a guard rail breach. Sparks uninjured.
Russell Stonebraker, 47, was found in his North Washington street rooming house Saturday noon with both wrists slashed in an attempted suicide. He was hospitalized at St Elizabeth and expected to recover barring complications. He said he attempted the act Thursday after the rooming house incident and blamed ill health for the act.
Moses Mahoi of Sierra Leone West Africa will be the speaker at Pyrmont Evangelical United Brethren Church Sunday morning August 19 at 10 30. He is a product of the churches missionary efforts and invites all without a church home to attend services including Sunday School morning worship and related activities.
Guests from out of town attended the Old Settlers event. Names listed include Mr. and Mrs. Ployd McCreary of Frankfort, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harshberger and family of Buck Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Brb of Mt. Wayne, Mr. Clifford Hikenberry of Ottea Faselies, Mrs. Tara Culp of Chief Lafayette, Mart Crosby of Feloh Mond, Maxwell His.
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