War letters from Delphi men in France and home front notes
Lieutenant Robert Clawson writes from France describing quiet days, weather, a jeep radio, baths, rationing, and home comforts. Other items mention Tom Vianco and Harold Freedge meeting in France, Pvt Clyde Simons’s hospital news, a Delphi Sea Scouts auction raising 132.10, and a Bradshaw agency window offering free airmail stationery to servicemen writing home.
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Tom Vianco
Delphi
Harold Freedge
Rockville
Here
France
Rev Joseph Thomas to Attend Seminary Then Go Abroad
Rev Joseph Thomas pastor of the Pilgrim Holiness church in Delphi for three years moves to Owosso Michigan to attend Seminary. He and his wife become student missionaries for one year of school and deputational work before being sent abroad. They recently joined missions work among Mexican and Aztec communities in Texas and central Mexico. Irwin and Freda King have been named new Delphi church pastors and will occupy the parsonage on Wilson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thomas
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Delphi
Owosso
Mich
Thomas
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Mrs. Thomas
Texas
Mexico
Irwin
Freda King
Concord Church
Delphi Church
WN. Wilson Street
Delphi War Mothers honor Wakeman Hospital support
Delphi's World War II mothers club received a thank you letter from Captain Allan Sheldon of Wakeman General Hospital Camp Atterbury praising their contributions totaling 121.00. He requests funding for physical therapy equipment like springs pulleys chest expanders and similar items while noting current overstock of quilts afghans and sweets. He invites members to visit and see the impact of their support.
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Mothers
Delphi
Allan Sheldon
Wakeman General Hospital
Camp Atterbury
Lieut Floyd Redding Commands B-17 Over Philippine Islands
World War II dispatch by John Graham Dowling recounts a long mission from New Guinea to Mindanao aboard Sky Sky. Co pilot Lieut Floyd Redding of Delphi Indiana assists in the bombing run as the crew of 2d Lt James Bradford and others press toward targets in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
Floyd Redding
Philippine Islands
John Graham Dowling
Chicago Sun Foreign Service
Dowling
Delphi
Philippines
Guinea
Philippine
Mindanao
Davao Gulf
Mount Apo
New Guinea
Sky Sky
James Bradford
Louisville
Ind
Robert M. Donahue
Glendale
Cailf
Donahue
Equator
Ulysses Comeau
New Bedford
Mass
Carroll Souths Enter Army Service
Seventeen Carroll county registrants were sent to the Indianapolis induction station on Saturday August 26 and assigned to the U S Army. Names include Frank Cleveland White Delphi Raymond Price Delphi route 1 John Richard McCain Flora route 1 Billy Joel Pearson Flora route 1 and others from Delphi Flora Bringhurst Cutler and Bringhurst areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Armed Forces
Indianapolis
U. S. Army
Frank Cleveland White
Delphi
Raymond Price
John Richard McCain
Flora
Billy Joél Pearson
Dean Eugene Goslee
George Robert M Hildebran
Leon William Gross
Harold Eugene Victor
Ralph Dean Anderson
Will McCloud Dies in Lafayette Hospital After Illness
William McCloud of Delphi died this morning at the Home hospital Lafayette after several weeks of illness. The body was taken to Blythe funeral home with arrangements pending. Miss Jessie McPherson, Mrs Pauline Moore and Mrs Carl Jones spent the weekend in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCloud
Delphi
Home Hospital
Lafayette
Blythe Funeral Home
Jessie McPherson
Pauline Moore
Carl Jones
Chicago
Former Burlington Boy Dies in France in World War II
Word came to Mr and Mrs Walter TenBrook of Kokomo formerly of Burlington that their son Pfc Billy M Ten Brook was killed in action in France. He joined March 2 1943 trained at Camp Robinson and Camp Pickett landed in England October 24 1943 and had worked at Delco Radio before service. He attended Carrollton Township High School and is survived by two brothers Harold and Donovan and two sisters Mrs Harold Gillam and Mrs Loren Oakley.
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Walter TenBrook
Kokomo
Burlington
Billy M. TenBrook
France
Pvt
TenBrok
Camp Robinson
Ark
Camp Pickett
England
Delco Radio Division
TenBrook
Carrollton Township
Harold
Donovan
Harold Gillam
Loren Oakley
Pfc. Oaks Wounded in Action in France
Pfc. John P. Oaks Jr., 19, was slightly wounded in France on August 9, per a War Department telegram to his Delphi, route 3 parents Mr. and Mrs. John P. Oaks Sr. He has received the Purple Heart. Oaks enlisted March 1943 and has been overseas two months. He has two brothers in the U. S. Navy, Alfred A. Oaks BM2c at Williamsburgh, Va., and William Oaks F1c at Newport, R I.
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Pfc
John P. Oaks, Jr
France
War Department
John P. Oaks
Delphi
Oaks
U. S Navy
Alfred A. Oaks
Williamsburg
William Oaks
Newport
Rhode Island
Sieber Buys Building Plans Expansion of Implement Business
Robert L. Sieber the local Chrysler and John Deere dealer bought the Wason building at Market and Franklin Delphi. He plans remodeling to house auto and general repair shop and implement sales with a modern showroom. Lieber will continue Chrysler sales from Main and Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Sieber
Chrysler
John Deere
Wason
Market
Franklin Streets
Delphi
Lieber
Main and
Market Streets
Lieut Kerlin Wounded in France Moved to England
Lieut William S Kerlin husband of Mrs Evelyn Kerlin Delphi was wounded in action in France and moved from an evacuation hospital in France to England. He reports a severely wounded left leg with a broken bone cast. He enlisted in October 1942 and earned a commission after training at Fort Benning in June 1943. His mother Georgia Kerlin lives in Delphi and his brother Pvt Mahlon Kerlin serves with a medical unit at Fort Sam Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Kerlin
Evelyn. Kerlin
Delphi
France
Kerlin
U. S. Army
Officers Candidate School
Pvt
Mahlon Kerlin
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Major Ralph Hanna Reaches New Guinea by Air
Mrs Mary Lou Hanna received a cablegram from Major Ralph Hanna reporting his safe arrival in New Guinea by air. He serves two years in the Chemical Warfare Division and reported in San Francisco earlier this month. His brother Major Roger Hanna has been in Italy with the U S Army Medical Corps. for months. Mrs Hanna and children Sharon and Jerry will move this week to Lafayette. Dean Kite of Aurora, formerly of Delphi, visits Grover Kite and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Gerard Hanna
Ralph Hanna
New Guinea
Hanna
Chemical Warfare Division
San Francisco
Roger Hanna
Italy
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Fighting Men of Carroll County Series LXII highlights local WWII service
Gerald Popejoy seaman second class enlisted October 12 1943. trained at Great Lakes and Northwestern University then Amphibious Forces Solomons Maryland. Popejoy Rockfield High School graduate 1943 and Rockfield Church of Christ member. Wilbur Miller and Noah G Miller sons of James Miller Monticello. Wilbur trained as an air corps electrician at multiple bases since 1942. Noah entered service November 26 1943 and served in infantry with camps at Blanding Forrest Atterbury and Myles Standish before overseas duty after a truck accident injury.
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Gerald Popejoy
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Northwestern University
Pvt
Noah Miller
Camp Blanding
Fla
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Camp Atterbury
Camp Myles Standish
Boston
Mass
City council approves '45 budget and flood fund
Mrs. Margaret Afflis leads district meetings across Indiana, speaking in Warsaw Rochester Winamac Valparaiso Lafayette Indianapolis Rensselaer and Brookston as part of the political schedule following the approval of the 1945 budget and a $1,000 flood fund.
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Margaret Afflis
Lafayette
Lahr
Rotary Room
Indianapolis
Schrickker
County Club Federation names chairs for coming season
Mrs. Lee L. Eve, president of the Carroll county Federation of Clubs, announces committee chairmen and officers for the new club year. Officers include Mrs. Jesse Yeager, 1st vice president, Mrs. George McCain, 2nd vice president, and Mrs. Earl Thompson, secretary. The federation council meets Wednesday Sept 6 at 2 pm at Mrs. Lee’s home.
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Lee L. Eve
Carroll County Federation of Clubs
Federation County Council
Lee
Federation
Jesse Yeager
George McCain
Earl Thompson
Robert Shaffer
Burrows
H. Y. Mullin
Rockfield
Delphi
Edna Yeager
Camden
John Siegrist
Bringhurst
Margaret Mabbitt
Flora
W. L. Cowdin
Abner Bowen
Ralph Melin
Robert VanNatta
Club Woman Magazine
William Schooler
Conservation Natural Resources
Fred Craven Smith
Blind
Blind Memorial Fund
G. L. Whistler
Epsilon Sigma Omicron
Nellie Hawkins
Federation Pin
A. V. Beck
Guy Clauser
R. J. Gardens
Mark Carter
Pearl Ledman
Mothercraft
Vera Gilbert
William Smock
L. H. Smith
Harold Thayer
Watson McCormick
Charles Harter
C. T. Amick
Arthur Mullin
Consumers
Homer Wilson
Mildred Fouts
Esther
Million
Charles Wise
Oaks
Esther Million
Monroe Meade
Caimden
Rockfield Couple Marks Golden Wedding With Open House
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Perry of Rockfield celebrate 50 years of marriage with a Sept. 3 open house at their home. He is aged 75, she 69, and the couple have two children, four grandchildren, and several out of state relatives expected to attend.
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Rockfield
Fred Perry
Perry
Frieda Brown
Betty Carr
Donald Brown
Newport
Arkansas
James P. Brown
Mary Alice Brown
Clyde Perry
Sacramento
Calif
Elmer Gugle
Iowa City
Iowa
War equipment display to be shown at Roxy Delphi
A war exhibition will be shown in front of the Roxy theatre in Delphi on September 4 5 and 6. Chris Chamales says the exhibit will include a volkswagen or Nazi jeep a Nazi display and other small pieces of equipment. The display has drawn crowds in other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxy Theatre
Delphi
Chris Chamales
Volkswagon
Delphi adopts 1945 city tax rate at $1.13 per hundred
Delphi's 1945 civil tax rate set by city council at 1.13, up 11 cents from 1944. Budget and tax levy ordinances approved plus salaries for all city departments. Property valuations show a slight decline from 1943 to 1944. 1943 valuation $1,833,440 and 1944 valuation $1,828,480. Total fund to be raised rises to $20,102.52 from $16,351.76. Department budgets listed: mayor $560, clerk treasurer $680, common council $13,675, law $330, public works and safety $19,601, parks $4,740, sanitation $1,200, health and charities $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Common Council
Department of Law
Department of Public Works and Safety
Department of Parks
Department of Sanitation
Department of Health and Charities
Pvt Clyde Simons Injured in France and Hospitalized in England
Pvt Clyde E Simons husband of Ruby Brookshire Simons and son of Mr and Mrs George Simons DelphI was injured in action in France on Auglith and removed from an evacuation hospital to a hospital in England where he is recovering satisfactorily A letter of injury reached his wife on August 22 He has been in service since November 17 1943 and overseas since May Training was at Camp Blending Fla Friends may write to Pvt Clyde EB Simons 36897553 4188 U S Army Hospital Plant APO 209 dlo Postmaster N Y
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Clyde Simons
England
France
Simons
Ing
Clyde E. Simons
Ruby Brookshire
George Simons
Delphi
War Department
Pat Simons
Camp Blending
Fla
Red Cross
Clyde EB. Simons
U. S. Army Hospital
Dlo
N. Y
Union Bank observes Labor Day holiday closing
The Union Bank and Trust Company will be closed on Monday September 4 for Labor Day. No banking services will be available that day.
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Union Bank and Trust Com
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Aurora
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Hatfield Electric Company
South Bend
Kenosha Cement Company
Kenosha
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Monticello
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