Meet the Citizen staff owner Myron Johnson in Delphi
In February 1948 The Citizen marks its upcoming centennial as writer profiles the paper’s staff. Myron J Johnson owner and business manager emerges as a busy, private, community leader with deep Carroll county roots and a long Burlington Delphi lineage. The piece blends family lore, local politics and newsroom culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen Office
Myron Johnson
Arthur McDowell
Edwin McGuire
Enid
Carroll County
Myron
Burlington High School
Arthur
Delphi
Delphi High
Myron J. Johnson
Northwestern University
Robert F. Johnson
Baileys
Citizen
Hall’s Market
Johnson-Ross
J. W. Eikenberry
Amanda Dern
Bringhurst
J. W
Burlington Township
John T. Johnson
Sarah
Jessie Ross
Eikenberry
Dern
Otto Papke
Joliet
Illinois
Thomas
Morton
Luther
Qld
Johnson-Ross Clan
Lois Eikenberry Lane
Democrat Organ
The
Parke Beadle
Mindwell
Times
Citizen-Times
Club and society notices from local residents
The Council of Religious Education met at the Overholsers home. The Mary Shanklin Circle of the Westminster Guild met with Virginia Pullen. The Music Club enjoyed a waltz program at Mrs. Robert Rees. Mrs. Hobart Deeds hosts her bridge club. Mrs. Bailey, mother of Mrs. Dale Brubaker, has returned to Rock Island, Illinois. Mrs. Phillip Miller visits West Lafayette. Otis McMahan and Glenn McMahan from Rochester visited the Townsends. Norman Willey and daughter from Lafayette visited the Librarys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bordner
Council of Religious Education
Ralph Overholser
Mary Shanklin
Westminister Guild
Virginia Pullen
Music
Robert Rees
Hobart Deeds
Bailey
Dale Brubaker
Rock
Island
Illinois
Phillip “Miller
William ~ Lawselldale
West Lafayette
Otto McMahan
Glenn McMahan
Rochester
Earl Townsend
Norman Willey
Lafayette
Larry Ong
Beekeepers Meeting in Carroll County February 10
Carroll County beekeepers are invited to a February 10 meeting at 1 30 p m in the county extension office. James E Starkey secretary of Indiana Beekeepers Association will discuss beekeepers problems and new improvements in fighting bee diseases. Starkey is a renowned bee authority and all interested in beekeeping are welcome. Subscribe for the Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
James E. Starkey
Indiana Beekeepers’ Association
Starkey
Local social notes recount visits and gatherings across towns
Yeoman society shares weekend hospitality and guests from Valparaiso Delphi and Indianapolis. Mrs Gil Davis assists Methodist W S C S meeting with nineteen members. Newlyweds Forrest and Mrs Walters of Indianapolis visit relatives, while Basil Speer moves to Brookston and Grandma Norfleet nears arrival in Yeoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Norris
John Kennard
Roy Bevans
Valparaiso
Glen Schock
Jeannette Schock
Manuel Gaumer
Mary Hoover
Roy Fowler
Frank Wigner
Odin Memmering
Kentland
Garnette Smith
Delphi
Albert Holloway
Ross Holloway
Methodist Church
Harry Overley
Glen Davis
Flossie Heidrick
Forrest. Walters
Indianapolis
William Long
Walters
Catherine Lavery
Tom Lavery
Lake Freeman
Glen. Kennard
Jack Orrane
Salt Lake City
Basil Speer
Vanscoy
Brookston
Elva Jackson
Stewart McCall
Idaville
McCall
Logansport
Fred Nicewander
Peoria
Ilinois
Monon Methodist Church
Cleveland
Grandma Norfleet
Yeoman
Martha Hayes
West Delphi Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
West Delphi residents share visits and health updates. Ance James and Fred Downam with Omar Downam guests and Doris Ann Longshore along with Arlene Longshore are listed as ill with measles. Emerlin Rose moved into a new home. Faith Conn visited Van Lewis in the Thursday gathering. Wilma Sneathen visited Eileen Lewis in Lafayette. Carol Dewitt returned home to Delphi for school. Dale Stark and Riley Stark families hosted visits. Jack Smith family hosted another gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ance James
Fred Downam
Omar Cluster
Marion
Jap Downam
Doris Ann
Arlene Longshore
Emerlin Rose
Anna Cheeseman
Faith Conn
van Lewis
Wilma Sneathen
Eileen Lewis
Lafayette
Carol Dewitt
Delphi School
Dale Stark
Riley Stark
Jack Smith
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B.f.goodrich
B. F.goodrich
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
Fullmer Shell Station
West Main St
Delphi, Ind
B.F Goodrich
LOY Roofing Company
Baldwin-Hill Contractor
By Mindwell Crampton Wilson
McDowell
Ford Trucks
Ford
Webster
Fred Allen
NBC Network
Ford Theater
Paul Johnson
Ford Sales—Service
Cutler
West Delphi
Floyd A. Collins
Flora, Ind
Bank Credit
aTays
Union Bank & Trust Co
Delphi, Indiana
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Jet Farm
Walter Clawson
General Electric
S. Washington St
Westinghouse Laundromat
Manufactu
R. E. Pearson
HEART
Laundromat
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