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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1960
Page
1
A humorous Q A interview with a small town newspaper about printing practices and editorial quirks. It pokes fun at ink color shortages, obituaries, letters to the editor, and reader questions with witty in house answers.
Martin Cap Kite of Clay was arraigned in City Court before Judge Joseph T Ives Jr. found guilty of public intoxication and sentenced to six months at the Indiana State Farm with a $100 fine plus costs.
Ernest L. Goff, owner of a frame two story building just west of Kroger on Main Street, plans razing the structure and aims to rebuild, preferably for a doctor or dentist.
Brief notice states Everett Trent of Holland Trinois is identified in an OCR fragment. No additional context, dates, or actions are clear from the readable text.
This issue of The Citizen was not published this week and will resume on August 22.
Mrs. Thomas Eastwood and her daughter Patty of Price Florida are visiting her father Mr. Harry Maxwell and sister Mrs. John Mc.
Trustees of the Carroll Consolidated School Corporation announce sale of the North Central School in Washington Township by private sale. The auction will be at the office of Superintendent Robert Forbes in Flora at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 20.
Census data show Carroll County dropped from 1,645 farms in 1954 to 1,393 in 1959, a loss of 252. Total farmland acres fell from 227,027 to 230,248 while average farm size rose and average farm value nearly doubled.
Mr and Mrs Frank Lachenmaier vacationing in Canada were to be joined there by Mr and Mrs Ray Cole and family of Ft Wayne. The Coles auto truck crash en route to Canada killed their five year old son and seriously injured another. Mr Cole runs a pattern making shop in Ft Wayne serving Gerber Plumbing Fixtures Corp.
Ivan Pauley 60 and Harley Sterrett 71, both of Battle Ground, were arraigned Friday in JP Lee Stone's court on public intoxication. Each man was found guilty and fined $5 with $21 costs. They were arrested Thursday night by City Police.
John Kite 17 of Cutler was being held on an auto theft charge at Clinton County jail when he broke away from Plainfield juvenile authorities. He was recaptured after a short chase and taken back toward the state Boys School at Plainfield.
Forty candidates reported last Wednesday night for the first football call of the year meeting Coach Tony Berto at the Armory in South Delphi. They received equipment as practice began with two hour sessions from 9 to 11 am and 4:30 to 6:30 pm at Hillcrest. Junior high candidates must report Monday August 22 at 8:30 am at the Armory.
Omar Baker of Fort Wayne, a tree stump remover who has worked in Delphi for weeks, was injured Friday morning after stumbling over a tree root and hitting his head and jaw on a curb. He was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital Lafayette by Jackson ambulance and is believed to have a fractured jaw.
The Carroll County School System announced the 1950 51 faculty with principals listed for Adams Camden Yeoman Burrows New Hope Rockfield and Pittsburg. Institute day set for August 26 at Delphi High School with program including Hope McCain Teen Six and Dr J R Mitchell Purdue education department as main speaker.
The ASC Community Election Committees of Carroll County have nominated persons for Community Committeemen ballots. Ten or more voters may petition to add names by August 25 1960. Ballots mailed by August 30 and due by September 9 1960. Nominees listed by county include Adams Burlington Clay Deer Creek Democrat Liberty Madison Rock Creek Tippecanoe with multiple individuals named.
A humorous home skit set during a family dinner in which a salesperson intrudes at Murph and Mary’s table. The scene unfolds with interruptions over milk, cookies, and plans for a club committee, as tensions between the father and the visiting salesman rise amid chaotic chatter.
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