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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1960
Page
1
The Jefferson township transfer to Delphi showed higher tuition than Monticello. A hurried audit revealed the state miscalculated funds for Jefferson township students at Delphi, fixing an approximate $101 per child error. Credits will lower transfer costs by about $100 per student.
Delphi High School lists the 1960 football slate with dates and kickoff times. Home games are denoted as on opponents fields while all times reflect D S T. The schedule includes contests against Western Russiaville East Tipp Sheridan Attica North Judson Central Catholic Southwestern West Lafayette Rensselaer and Monticello.
Vernon C. Anderson announces five Carroll county Republicans assigned to Nixon campaign roles. W. O. Pettiner of Camden business, Marion Langston of Cutler farmer, T. Neal Petry of Delphi doctor, James Wm Rankin of Delphi churchman, John Temple of Delphi educator.
The Carroll County Conservation Club will host its monthly trap shoot at the club grounds south of Delphia on Sunday August 28. Bring your gun and join amateur shooters. Shells will be available. The annual club picnic is planned for Sunday September 4.
Mr. and Mrs. David Hanna and their son relocated this week to the house recently bought from Mr. and Mrs. George Obear on East Monroe. Mr. Hanna will teach at the local school.
Helen E Clifford and Robert W Bernard exchange vows at St Josephs church in Delphi on August 13 in a double ring ceremony officiated by Father Peter Van Tie. The bride wore Swiss embroidered organdy with seed pearl crown and colonial roses. maid of honor Joan Clifford and bridesmaid Marianne Logee attended. Best man was Richard Astorison. ushers included Robert Ballard and Terry Bernard. Reception at the country club followed. couple to reside in Wayne Michigan with bride teaching in Garden City and husband employed by GarWood Industries.
New Hope School will begin on September 6 with a full day of classes. An organization day for teachers is scheduled for August 29. Regular school hours are 8 15 a m to 3 30 p m.
The Prudential Insurance Company announces the appointment of Charles Alex Smith as the new Prudential Agent for Delphi and vicinity, effective through its Lafayette office manager A. J. Kaser.
Mr and Mrs Roy Moore Delphi antique dealers report a highly successful auction held last Friday at the Delphi Armory. Spectators and buyers from Indiana Michigan Ohio Kentucky and Illinois filled the arena. The sale totaled over 3000 dollars according to Mrs Moore.
The Delphi Christian church sponsors a Thursday 7 30 p m public reception at the REMC auditorium for newlyweds Mr Richard Laughlin and his bride who now reside in Delphi. Laughlin is a local school teacher.
Tom Goff son of Mr and Mrs E L Goff is a patient at Home hospital Lafayette undergoing surgery on his right leg. He was injured playing football last year and attends come rages high school. His surgery aims to stop growth of the uninjured leg.
Delphi attorney Joseph T. Ives president elect of the Indiana Bar Association will speak on The Bench and The Bar In Trials at the first annual Institute of Juvenile and Criminal Court Judges of Indiana. The event runs August 25 26 and 27 at Crawfordsville. Judge William B. Smith will attend.
Tracey Anne Martin daughter of Richard and Carol Martin of Logansport was born Saturday at White County Memorial hospital. The newborn was taken Sunday by Jackson ambulance to Riley hospital in Indianapolis. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Bowman of Delphi and Douglas Martin of Logansport.
Barbara Bowen files for divorce in Carroll circuit court citing cruelty by husband. The couple wed October 7, 1950 and separated August 13 of the current year. She seeks custody of three minor children.
Mr and Mrs Lee Orr hosted Mrs Hal Caudle Jr Mindson Hall DI and daughter Kathie along with Conrad H Dawson Jr and their three children Connie Ronald and Gailon of Pompano at their home.
A 68-year-old Flora resident who ran the town dump was jailed after being arrested Monday on molestation charges involving three girls aged 7 and 8. Sheriff Roth and Deputy Dillon, with Flora police, seized Arthur Miller after complaints from the girls’ parents. A bench warrant charged him with assault and battery with intent to gratify sexual desires. Bond set at $1,000.
Dr Walter W Cress of Sacramento California former Delphi resident died August 15 at his home 816 36th Street Sacramento He was 75 The Sacramento physician and surgeon who aided passengers of the City of San Francisco when the streamliner was trapped by snow in the Sierra was hailed as a hero He headed the Southern Pacific hospital staff in Sacramento and retired July 31 1959 after 38 years of railroad service He served as a navy medical officer in 1914 and had ties to Delphi Indiana and Folsom Prison Burial was in a Sacramento mausoleum with survivors including daughters Elizabeth Gimblin and Jane Zubach and a sister Ada Crowell of Monticello
Mrs. R. E. Hatten invites Logansport area residents and Delphi neighbors to join the civic troupe for the coming season. Three main plays are planned Light Up The Sky Bus Stop and The Desperate Hours with tryouts for Light Up The Sky at 4 p.m. Sunday and 7 30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday August 28 29 at the Legion Home in Logansport.
More than 200 friends and relatives attended a Delphi home open house Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ritchey celebrating their golden wedding. Family members assisted with greetings and out of town guests joined the gathering from Logansport South Bend Roachdale Greenfield Sheridan Burnettsville Lafayette Idaville Tuscon Arizona and other communities.
James Farrell of Lafayette was arraigned in JP Lee Stone's court on Tuesday afternoon. He received a $25 fine plus costs after being arrested August 13 for attempting to steal a bicycle in front of the Welcome Inn.
David R. Baum a Lt Col in the U S Army Reserves has returned from two weeks of active duty with the Judge Advocate General s Corps at Fort Sheridan Illinois There he served as an instructor for a class on the Federal Tort Claims Acts and received a commendation for his work.
At Democratic headquarters precinct committeemen discussed naming Mrs. David Smith to fill the county treasurer vacancy after her husband was killed near Logansport following the May Primary. They also debated the County Surveyor vacancy and finalized plans for a dinner honoring Governor candidate Matt Welsh on September 19 at the Country Club in Delphi. Tickets are five dollars. the headquarters at the Catholic Community Center will be open daily 9 am to 4 30 pm until after the election.
Fifty three agriculture exhibits from Carroll county 4 H club members will be on display at the State Fair August 30 through September 5. Exhibits cover beef swine dairy cattle dual purpose cattle garden poultry sheep entomology electric wildlife soil conservation photography and more with participants from Burlington Carrollton Jackson Monroe Madison Forestry and Deer Creek among others.
A sequence of birth notices from Memorial Hospital Logansport and other area facilities includes families from Flora Camden Delphi and Attica. Children named Todd Lincoln Jennifer Faye Tracey Anne Karen Sue and more are born to couples with connections to Delphi Logansport and Indianapolis.
The Delphi City Plan Commission approved plans for the Burkhalter addition to Delphi. The commission also accepted the resignation of Clyde Spear, who is moving to Columbus.
Charles L. Bell was taken to St Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette on Tuesday afternoon by the Jackson ambulance. His daughter Mrs Richard Landis of Flora is noted in the report.
The Carroll County Council of Churches will hold another Bible School with Mrs. Ralph Petry of Pyrmont as teacher. The program focuses on the Life of Christ and follows last year’s schedule.
The Carroll County Committee for the Reorganization of Schools voted 6 to 3 to propose two districts East Carroll and West Carroll. East includes Monroe Carrollton Burlington Democrat Washington and Jackson townships. West includes Deer Creek Jefferson Adams Liberty Rock Creek Tippecanoe Madison and Clay. The plan is tentative and requires State Committee approval and public hearings before a 1962 vote, with a staggered five member boards for each unit and specific appointment rules.
Carroll County Republicans announce a Monday August 29 caravan with Lt. Governor Crawford F. Parker, joined by state and county candidates. Stops include Burlington Flora Camden Delphi with a 2:30 assembly, 6:45 dinner, and 8:00 REMC auditorium speech. GOP Women set August 31 meeting to elect officers.
Rev C Gilbert Pegg resigns after seven years at Pilgrim Holiness Church. Farewell sermon August 28 precedes his move to Fairmount Indiana to assume a new pastorate. The church under his tenure was remodeled with a new auditorium, parsonage upgrades, and expanded facilities including a built in kitchen and hardwood floors. Rev George Blice will assume the local pastorate next week. he is married with two children and both are noted as musicians.
The eighth annual Farm Management Purdue Agriculture Alumni Chicken Barbecue will be held at 6 30 p m on Thursday August 25 at Delphi Park. Tickets cost 1 60 dollars. Lawrence Senesh of the Purdue Extension will speak on Human Nature Dollars and Desires. Public invited.
Thirty six men will be appointed Indiana State probationary troopers September 1 to fill existing vacancies. The group has already begun training at the Indiana University outdoor firing range near Bloomington. Included in the list is Albert Ladd Levy of Monticello son of Mrs. Gretchen Levy Gossett of Jefferson Township.
The North Central school building in Washington township sold at auction Saturday morning to Harry Farrer who owns adjoining land.
Mr and Mrs Ruben McQueen of East Main Street return from a vacation in the Hast traveling via Ontario Canada. They visit Frank Panabaker former University Art Student now painting a mural for Hamilton Ontario City Hall and trustee of the National Gallery in Ottawa.
Henry Skiles of near Bringhurst is a patient at St. Joseph hospital Kokomo after an auto accident near Galveston left him with multiple facial fractures. His wife Mrs. Skiles has several fractured ribs but was not hospitalized. Their daughter is Mrs. Donald Larimore of Delphi.
Pearl Widener was granted a divorce from Harold Widener on cruelty charges in Carroll circuit court. The court awarded custody of two minor daughters and $15 per week support, with David R. Baum representing Mrs. Widener and Joseph T. Ives for the defendant.
Mr and Mrs J Paul Jones along with their family are spending a vacation this week in Beumesees and other southern locales. The note captures a family trip with unspecified dates and destinations.
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