Long Weekend Visits Across Local Families
Radnor pears and several local residents visited relatives over the weekend. Blue and Ruby Long of Springfield Ty visited Walter Long and family. Mrs John Clawson and Margaret and Elmer Clawson visited Flora Sunday with Lawrence Clawson and family also at Flora. Edward Lane and Junior Lane near Bringhurst visited the Kite family. Miss Beatrice Kite of Frankfort spent the weekend at home. Lavern Wiles from Flora visited grandparents Mr and Mrs John Clawson. Claude Kite and family of Logansport spent Sunday with the Kite family. Earl Benefiel has been ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue
Ruby Long
Springfield
Walter Long
John Clawson
Margaret
Elmer Clawson
Flora
Edward Lane
Junior Lane
Near Bringhurst
W. A. Kite
Lawrence Clawson
School News Editorial Staff Listing
The article lists school staff roles with names for editor in chief social editor class editor organization editor sports editor and grade editor. Names include Jack Swickard Juanita Link Maribel Weckerly Wilbur Smith Robert Clawson and Charles Shultheis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Swickard
Juanita Link
Maribel Weckerly
Wilbur Smith
Robert Clawson
Charles Shultheis
Delphi High School Students Rank High In Tests
Delphi government classes averaged 26 points above state in objective tests, and General History averaged 27 points above state. Only one government student and two history students ranked below state averages. The high marks reflect student effort and Mr. Smith’s teaching. Grade news notes Betty Minnich moving to a farm near Indianapolis and Richard Phillips entering second grade. Junior Red Cross sold candy and cookies to fund a scrapbook for Czechoslovakia and other expenses, with another sale planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester College
Delphi
Smith
Betty Minnich
Miss Carney
Indianapolis
Richard Phillips
Lafayette
Bobby Aldridge
Miss Doolittle
Mary Lee Smith
Red Cross
Czechoslovakia
Freshie rumors and club notes from the high school
Local notes reveal social intrigue among freshmen and sophomores around Clay Maxwell House and Kirk, with hints of dating among the student body. Junior high reports share Garrison talks on boyhood, choir plans, Oracle Varieties tickets, and a six pupil cast. A welfare clerk stenographer exam is announced for Feb 10 in Carroll County, with past attempts failing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Evan Julien
Doris Grandstaff
Robert Mount
Mary Louise Reppert
Dick Coble
Mary Louise Hoagland
Robert Smith
Drake
Margaret Ramey
Joan Sieber
Nellie Wells
Jerome Parker
Robert Welker
Barbara Martin
Jane Ulm
Billy Quinn
Bob Balser
Carroll County Welfare Department
State Welfare Department
Court House
Farm program hailed as boon by Governor Townsend
Governor M Clifford Townsend told a Jackson Day audience at the Methodist church that the New Deal farm program increased farm income and stabilized the economy. He cited Indiana farm income for 1937 and attacked opposition to cash subsidies, arguing the program circulates wealth through communities and saves agriculture from exploitation. He urged support for farming and praised public bread from Hefleng's Bakery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Clifford Townsend
Jackson Day
Delphi
Townsend
Indiana
America
Frank Knox
Republican Party
February Will Show First Job Increase
Indianapolis February 2 Forty one Indiana industries normally expand and ten decrease their employment two percent or more during February compared to January levels, said Martin F Carpenter director of the Indiana State Employment Service. His findings based on a survey of 127 industries over recent years show December and January bring heavier layoffs while February may offer a better balance for job seekers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Martin F. Carpenter
Indiana State Employment Service
Mr. Carpenter
Burrows Couple to Observe Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Dan R Layman of Burrows will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at home tomorrow. They came from Virginia nearly 40 years ago and have 11 children including Mamie Gardner Clifford and Miles Layman of South Bend and others across Indiana and Wisconsin. Local note broadens with Clay Briggs of Yeoman an emergency appendectomy at Home hospital Saturday via Grimm and Sons ambulance. Smiths Radio Repair phone 999.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan R. Layman
Burrows
Carroll County
Virginia
Mamie Gardner
Clifford
Miles Layman
South Bend
Frank Haff
Brookston
John Layman
Logansport
Walter Ringer
Camden
Asa Minter
Lucerne
Zolos ‘White
Bourbon
Burley Layman
Wisconsin
Ralph Layman
Bremen
Parker Layman
Clay Briggs
Near
Yeoman
Home Hospital
Grimm and Sons
Uniform Probation System Adopted in Indiana
Indiana's State Probation Commission launches a uniform reporting system across most counties. Probationers now have regular status reports, creating a permanent court usable record. Mrs. Emory A. Scholl describes it as a move toward complete case histories for judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
State Probation Commission
Emory A. Scholl
Commission
Scholl
St Joseph School Play Promises Catholic Youth Pageant
Children of St Joseph's Catholic school present Through the Darkness to Light on Sunday evening February 20 at 8 o'clock in the Delphi high school auditorium. Tickets are 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Catholic School
Delphi High School
Bait Beer Beans Bologna Sharlie Smith Shell Station Pittsburg
Sharlie Smith operates a Pittsburg area shell station offering bait beer beans and Bologna products. A local note details the mixed goods available at the site with no further events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharlie Smith Shell Station
Pittsburg
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Radnor Pears
Ockley
Ind
Delphi Hatchery Inc
W. J. Beard
Mgr
Delphi, Ind
Denver
Clay
Maxwell House
Little
Kirk
Ruth
George Garrison
Arthur McDowell
Ida Downs Jacobs
Jerb Smith
Riley
Lincoln
Hoshaw
Matrica Goa ML
Ua Matty
Frigidaire
Delphi Ind
U.S
Armory
Hefleng’s Bakery
St. Joseph
Pop
Afayeti 7 Brewery
Ind USA
Ae Pcanoe
Untv Beverage Company
Herb Smith
Phone Delphi
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