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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1948
Page
1
In the 52nd Main Street of 1948 the Welcome Inn owner Otto Schmidt notes growing lost and found items from diners. Sunglasses thermos jugs diapers baby bottles hats crutches and fancy handkerchiefs accumulate while the inn awaits owners answers. Rummage sale fodder may follow after a reasonable period.
Delphi graduates excel in basketball with Carl Lee Shaeffer scoring 14 points in the opener against Birmingham and playing in Oklahoma City tournament action. Elmer McCall reports three Delphi players—Frank Kerker, Bill Wood, and Francis Sebring—star in Ventura. Loren Ayres leaves State Police for a post at Indiana University.
The Daniel Shaffer family near Burrows lost their entire Christmas gift haul when thieves entered while they were away. In Delphi, a thief stole a child’s requested gift, a pair of shoe skates, from Woody Whiteman’s car. Odds and ends note many diamond rings given as gifts and a surge in county marriages expected in the new year. Local New Year parties are planned at Moose and Legion homes with several private gatherings. A skating pond at Deer Creek Park is proposed.
Marriage licenses issued this week to Robert Sparks 22 son of Mr and Mrs Carl Sparks Cutler and Kathryn Pullen 21 daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Pullen Cutler. Charlies E Childers 27 son of Mrs Delia Childers Delphi rural route and Margaret E Seward 21 daughter of Mrs Lottie Seward Carrollton township.
Mr and Mrs Fred Ferling departed for Belvedere Illinois to spend time with Mr and Mrs Lot Summers and their family.
Noted city water charges for January 1949 are due by January 1. Metered and flat rates apply with a 10 January penalty for non payment. Walter Popejoy, clerk treasurer, signs the notice.
Local Views of Santa's Annual Visit prepared to depart Thursday evening for carol singing. Tracks supplied by White Man Brothers and Bassett and Talbert. A scene is described on the left of the page.
The last wills of James O. Shanks and Charles W. Brubaker were filed for probate in circuit court. Shanks leaves life policy and goods to his widow Katherine with specific cash gifts to his stepchildren. Brubaker provides a life estate to Rosa with the fee simple to son Ira. both dated 1946 and 1927 respectively.
Mrs Burr Balser hosts Christmas day guests including Mr Dean Balser Mr Ebbert Murphy and Mrs William Brown of Delphi Also present are Mrs William Schilling Mr I Schilling and family of Lafayette Norman Ebriie Mary Ann Wescott and Mary Alice Brown local school teachers visiting their parents in Muncie.
R. E. Thomson, manager of the local R. E. M. C., addressed the Rotary Club gathering at the Country Club Tuesday. He discussed the new sub station near Burrows and shared experiences from his work, introduced by program chairman Roy Clauser.
Delphi Chapter of Psi Iota Xi will sponsor the county March of Dimes campaign in January. Co chairs are Mrs. Asa Cohee and Mrs. Harold Vaughan. The sorority also voted to donate 100 to the city recreation fund. Members held a Christmas party at Mrs. Everett Parks home with gifts exchanged.
Benjamin W. Toller and Snowdie Louise Toller, both Frankfort residents, were arrested for public intoxication after their car struck a culvert and overturned in a ditch near Burlington. Toller fined $25.60 plus $11.? in costs. Snowdie fined $1 with $8.50 in costs.
The Women of the Moose held a formal initiation at the Moose Lodge hall on Monday night December 27. Four new candidates were welcomed as the Mooseheart committee oversaw the program with a special musical number by David Clifford and his mother Mrs Hubert Clifford at the piano.
Mrs. Floyd Rider and her son Leo departed Monday morning for a visit in Pompano Florida.
The Delphi elementary PTA names two standing committees for the year the hot lunch panel led by Mr and Mrs John Peterson and the kindergarten committee including Mrs Charles Bradshaw Mrs Tom McCain and others. The next meeting is Wednesday January 5 at 7 30 pm in the Home Economics room with a Fisher sisters musical program and a Roger Mayhall talk.
Mrs. Robert Hall, hurt in a collision between her car and a Liberty township school bus, was sent home today from St. Elizabeth Hospital Lafayette. She suffers a fractured ankle and is now recovering at home.
A Social Security Administration representative will visit Delphi on Monday January 3 at 11 a.m. in room 13 of the Post Office to contact employees of survivors and employers.
A 30 minute film titled Who Is My Neighbor will be shown Sunday night January 2 at the Pitts burg Brethren church. Floyd Schrader will present the film and the public is invited to attend.
Lt Alfred Ahner of Frankfort moves from Company B to Headquarters First Battalion 293rd Infantry with Logansport as battalion plans and training officer. Capt Foster Haines confirms $2140 payroll paid last Saturday before Christmas. Recruiting opens to men 17 to 36. new joins include Bob and Bill Myers.
Larry Boone, Delphi volunteer firefighter and service station owner, named County Road Superintendent by the Board of County Commissioners at the December 23 meeting. He will start January 1, earning 2400 a year plus 600 for travel. Harley Barber of Bringhurst named assistant. Watson C. McCormick reappointed county attorney. Also awarded bids for Pittsburg bridge removal to North End Junk Yard for 2150, and county home drugs to Orrs Drugstore while Chews Grocery will supply farm groceries.
Mrs. Elsie Louise Slusser 38 of Washington township ended her life Wednesday at 6 30 PM by taking poison after a period of ill health. Coroner C W Hunter Delph i pronounced death. A note was left but its contents were not disclosed. She was born April 7 1910 in Carroll county to Mr and Mrs Thomas Rice and belonged to Rock Creek church. She is survived by her husband and a 17 year old son Thomas Nelson. The body was sent to McPigad funeral home in Logansport.
Two Burlington men suffered non serious injuries in a Tuesday 6 30 p m accident two miles north of Deer Creek on state highway 29. Jack Grant 21 lost control skidding on ice causing the 1937 Ford to overturn strike a telephone pole and fence. Lawrence Hicks rural route 1 Flo a was thrown into the back seat with back injuries and cuts. Grant received minor cuts as the car was demolished.
Carroll Telephone Company workmen stretch a new line across the Wabash River near Pittsburg to replace cables used under the old Pittsburg bridge which was slated for destruction.
Beverly George was a guest of Phyllis Ayres Monday night and they spent Tuesday in Bloomington.
Delphi's Oracles meet Monticello in the first round of the New Year's classic at Stages Memorial Gym on January 1. West Lafayette and Rochester debut this year replacing Plaza and Rossville with Rochester facing West Lafayette in the opener at 1 30 p m. Tickets remain at Delphi stores with radio station WASK broadcasting all games.
A Indiana State Chamber study shows Carroll County public aid expenditures in 1947 totaled 234,067 dollars, or 15.19 per capita, versus a statewide 10.24 per capita. June 1948 figures show old age, aid to dependent children and blind assistance varying from state levels.
Mrs Nellie L Dunkin filed for divorce from Wilmer O Dunkin in Carroll circuit court alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple married February 7 1948 and separated December 27. She seeks 15000 alimony. Wilmer O Dunkin owns the Ivy House near Monticello. Hanna Small and Campbell represent the plaintiff.
Mrs. Marcia Schweir and her daughter from Noblesville are visiting this week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Caylor.
Indiana University alumnus Loren Ayres with 13 years in the State Police was appointed instructor at the IU Institute of Criminal Administration and will join the Safety Division. Ayres, former Lafayette post first sergeant, will begin in January and bring his traffic control expertise from Northwestern.
Ray Bennett of Delphi faced city court for public intoxication and chose removal from Delphi over a six month term in the Indiana State Farm. Mayor Wood fined Bennett 10 dollars plus costs totaling 20.75 and suspended the sentence if he leaves by January 1. Vernon Hall and Lawrence Sturgeon also appeared, with Hall fined five dollars and given a six month suspended term. Sturgeon jailed for giving liquor to a minor with a 50 dollar fine and 61.85 total costs.
At the Hatton and Farr store in Delphi on December 24 prizes were awarded to Dorothy Fincher Barbara Metger Charles A Wood Judy Hamling Peggy Fisher Beth Wilson Mrs Ruth Mills Mrs Kenneth Black Artie Million Mrs Dick Thompson Irene Mason Katie McDowell Irene Daniels Adah Smith Helen Freitag Garth Baer Irma Scow den and G D Schroeder all prizes were cash.
Three changes in county officials take effect January 1 as Charles L. Bell moves to county treasurer, Anna L. Johnson becomes county auditor, and Joseph Tolen takes the county clerk post. Deputies named and bonds posted for all officials.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Vianco 82 died at home in Delphi Tuesday evening after a 16 week hospital stay for a fractured hip. Born April 20 1866 she married Frank M Vianco in 1886 and lived in the community. Surviving: son William and daughters Mrs William Coomey Mrs Jack Norris and Mrs Bruce Briggs. sister Mrs Edward Winkler. 10 grandchildren 9 great grandchildren. John Vianco died recently. Funeral Friday at St Josephs Church with Rev Francis Kienly. burial in St Josephs Cemetery. Friends may call at Patrick Mortuary.
Charles Roth of Jefferson Township, 85, died at home after a long illness following a stroke. Born February 8, 1863 in Pennsylvania, he moved to White County as a child and helped develop Roth Park resort. He married Lucy Ann Campbell in 1884. Survived by four sons and four daughters. Funeral held at Prevye Funeral Home in Monticello with Rev. Herman Dirks. burial Riverview Cemetery.
Mrs. Effie Anderson 59 mother of Mrs. John Merrill of Delphi died Christmas Day at her Ottawa Illinois home from a heart attack. Surviving are three daughters Mrs Merrill of Delphi and Mrs Frances Connerly and Mrs Robert Miller of Ottawa. four sons. (See Deaths page 8)
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