Delphi to Hold City Elections Amid Candidate Rumors
Delphi officials prepare for the May 5 city election with five council seats clerk treasurer and mayor on the ballot. Clerk treasurer Curtis McCain will retire after 11 years, while Mayor Charles Wood weighs a possible run. Republicans Leo Craig W H Brown Benjamin Drake Jesse Clawson and Earl Page hold council terms. Local pay for clerk treasurer is $500 plus up to $1200 from utilities.
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Delphi
Candites
Curtis McCain
McCain
Charles A. Wood
Leo Craig
W. H. Brown
Benjamin Drake
Jesse Clawson
Earl Page
Surprise federal airport grant rattles local officials
A press release announces a federal grant of 90 068 dollars for a local airport shocking city leaders who know nothing of the request. The city must raise 48 043 dollars and needs a new state law allowing a bond issue for funding. Without passage the city risks remaining airportless.
Mrs Ed Wingard Hosts Will Agree Club Tonight
Mrs Ed Wingard will entertain the Will Agree club at her home in South Delphi this evening indicating a local social gathering with members planning activities and conversation.
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Ed Wingard
Will Agree Club
South Delphi
Commissioners Raise Fox Bounty in County Record Year
The Board of Carroll County Commissioners increased the fox bounty from $3 to $4 at their first meeting. By January 1 to date, 51 foxes have been killed, with farmers turning in multiple foxes per claim. Residents report others collecting up to five or six foxes, and nearby counties pay $5 per fox.
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Board of
Crroll County Commissioners
Court House
Cuiles McCarty
Blaughard Quinn
Say Coble
Floyd Carmen
Houchin Trial Reset for February 3
Robert Houchin 13 year old White Dones youth will undergo a sanity test in Indiana after pleading not guilty by reason of unsoundness of mind. The trial was reset to February 3 to allow psychiatrists to review evidence and advise the court. He has been described as a model prisoner during detention in Flora with church visits and limited funds for small comforts.
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Robert Houchin
Indianapolis
Logansport
Indiana
Houdkin
Imogene Louderbach
Idaville
Fred Hanna
Logansport Attorne
William B. Smith
Grace Brethren Church of
Flora
Pittsburg
Delphi Chamber of Commerce elects three new directors
Tony Packard George Obear and Jesse Patrick won the recent Delphi Chamber of Commerce election. They will replace Paul Johnson Robert Wood and A J Denk who were not candidates for re election.
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Tony Packard
George Obear
Jesse Patrick
Delphi Chamber of Commerce
Euy Paul Johnson
Robert Wood
A. J. Denk
Long Range View of Future Home in Near East
The Clarence Eyer family will move to Syria for three years as agricultural advisors to the Syrian government. They will sail from New York January 28 aboard the Marine Corps ship and travel to Beirut then Damascus. Mrs Eyer and children stay until May before joining him, as immunizations and education plans are arranged with the Near East Foundation.
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Bierut
Lebanon
Damascus
Syria
Clarence Eyer
Delphi
Flora
Rockfield
Indiana
United States
Janie
Johnny
Mrs. Eyer
Mr. Eyer
Lee Wesley
C. C. Jr
Eyer
New York City
Near-East Foundation
Clarence
Purdue University
New York
The
Marine Corp
Near East
Red Cross Officers Named At Carroll County Conference
Mrs. Harold Thayer, president of the Carroll County Red Cross chapter, announces the annual business conference for January 27 at 2 30 PM in the county commissioners rooms at the courthouse. All contributors may attend. the nominating committee will report and new officers will be elected. Members include Mrs. Abner Bowen chair, with Mrs. Monroe Meade and Mrs. Millard Quinn.
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Harold Thayer
Carroll County
The
American Red Cross
Red ‘Cross
Abner Bowen
Carrollton Township
Millard Quinn
Delphi
County Board of Education Reorganizes For Year
The County Board of Education met Saturday afternoon with County School Superintendent J C Yunker for the annual reorganization. Yunker will serve another year as chairman with Tom Witter as secretary and Hoy Mussellman as treasurer.
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County Board of Education
J. C. Yunker
Yunker
Tom Witter
Hoy Mussellman
Net Star Involved In Rockfield-Camden Road Crash
W. W. McPherson of Flora and Mrs. Alice Wysong of Rockfield were in a two car accident at the northeast edge of Rockfield on the Rockfield Camden road at 4 p m Tuesday. No injuries though both cars suffered extensive damage. Deputy Sheriff Sparky Carey investigated.
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Net Star
Rockfield-Camden Road
W. W. McPherson
Flora
Badget
Alice Wysong
Rockfield
McPherson
Mrss Wysong
Camden
Rockfield-Camden
Sparky Carey
Mrs Jettie Murphy Oswald Injured In Icy Fall
Mrs. Jettie Murphy Oswald was returned home from St Elizabeth hospital after an icy fall last Thursday. She suffered two broken bones in her left ankle and a knee injury.
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Jettie Murphy Oswald
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Patrick
Committee Organized To Raise Girl Scout Funds
Mrs. Harry G. Foote Jr was named general chairman of the Girl Scout Fund drive to be launched in February by the Girl Scout Leaders' Club. The effort aims to redecorate furnish two court house basement rooms as county headquarters and support annual expenses and leadership training for about 160 local Girl Scouts.
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Harry G. Foote, Jr
Foote
William S. Kerlin
Girl Scout Leaders’ Club
Harry Baer
Garnet Smith
Jack Ryan Grimm
William A. Scott
Harold Talbert
George Obear
Edgar F. Stuntz
Court House
Oracles Fall To Monticello In Upset Loss
Delphi Oracles lose 46 to 30 at Monticello after a hard fought game. Roth and Guy lead Monticello with strong second half runs while Kerker tops Delphi with 12 points. Oracles struggle from the field finishing 13 of 52.
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Oracles
Monticello
Camden
Delphi Oracles
Roth
Urban
Kerker
Indians
Craig
Hawn
Guy
Zartman
Wood
English
Orval Martin
Lafayette
Bill Schooler
Delphi
Smith
Hartman
Schooler
Dickinson
Hughes
Over Nine Hundred Car Plates Sold at Local Bureau
The Auto License Bureau reports the rush produced well over nine hundred new vehicle license plates sold on Wednesday. Manager William Fraser noted staffers Pauline B. Moore and Ann Johnson assisted the surge. He added that the two year drivers license means no renewal this year if a 1946 license was already purchased.
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William Fraser
Pauline B. Moore
Ann Johnson
Fraser
Polio Fund Drive Details and Local Leadership
Mrs. Veaux Bowman, county chairman, urges support for the 1947 March of Dimes to fund polio treatment and equipment. The Murray County Chapter aided Floyd Little’s care with $24 daily nurses, $6 room, $5 incidentals, plus physician fees from the Foundation. Local volunteers organize drives in Delphi Fora and Camden as part of a nationwide effort to prevent untreated polio due to cost.
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Veaux Bowman
National Foundation For
Bowman
Floyd Little
Sulphur
Okla
Murray County
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Psi Totaxi
Delphi
Harry G. Foote, Jr
Winamac Man Killed In Head-On Collision Near Battle Ground
A head-on crash Wednesday near Battle Ground Road on state highway 25 killed Frank Frain 34 of Winamac and seriously injured Edwin Shorte of Rochester. Delphi Sgt. Loren Ayres was injured. Ayres’ vehicle was struck after swerving to avoid the oncoming car. Frain died at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette from a skull fracture and lung puncture. Shorte suffered skull fracture with poor prognosis. Ayres had broken ribs and a knee cap but was not seriously ill.
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Battleground Road
Frank Frain
Winamac
Burton Plumbing Company
Rochester
Eadwin Shorte
Plumbing Company
Loren Ayres
Delphi
Indiana State Police
West Laayette Barracks
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Ayres
Burton
Frain
Shorte
Former Carroll County Sheriff Named State Corrections Inspector
Robert Moore, who retired January 1 as sheriff of Carroll county, has been appointed institutional inspector with the Division of Corrections of the Indiana State Department of Public Welfare. The announcement was made by Otto F. Walls, administrator of the Indiana Welfare Department. Moore has already begun his duties. He served as sheriff the past four years and was deputy sheriff from 1939 to 1942. A native of Carroll county, he is a Cutler High School graduate and served in World War II. Moore and his wife will remain in Delphi as the job requires travel across the state.
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Carroll County
Division of Corrections
Indiana State Department of Public Welfare
Otto F. Walls
Indiana Welfare Department
Moore
Cutler High School
Mayhill Named Postmaster for House of Representatives
Bert B. Mayhill of Delphi former editor and long time Cass and Carroll counties representative has been appointed postmaster for the House of Representatives in Indianapolis. He has been ill this winter but is greatly improved and will attend to his duties.
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Bert B. ‘Mayhill
Delphi
Delphi Journal
Cass
Carroll
House of Representatives
Indianapolis
Mayhill
Scouts Sponsor Delphi Paper Drive Saturday Morning
Delphi Boy Scouts will sponsor a paper drive on Saturday morning. Local residents are asked to leave old papers on the porch for pickup by scouts. Proceeds will fund uniforms and equipment.
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Delphi
Boy Scouts
Clay Township P T A Meeting Announced for Monday Evening
The Clay Township Parent-Teachers Association will hold a meeting on Monday evening January 20 at Pyrmont School.
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Clay
Clay Township
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Pyrmont
Farm sale calendar listing multiple auctions and dates
A sale calendar lists numerous farm auctions with closing out farm sales and executor sales. Locations include Petit Monticello Lafayette Delphi Silver Lake Twelve Mile and Yeo man with dates January 20 22 24 28 29 and February 6 led by auctioneers Booth McGill Van Schepen Crume Good Clair Kirtland Murden and others.
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William Bratz
Petit
Ray Booth
John H. Dimmitt
Imi
Monticello
Booth and Bridge
Brettacher Brothers
Aretz
Lafayette
Booth
McGill and
van Schepen
Phillip Jones.& Son
Yeoman
Sheagley
Henry Miller
West End
Camden
Michel F. Crume
Leslie J. Miller
Delphi
W. R. Wedrick
Hampshire
Silver Lake
Ind
Paul Good
Wilbur Clair
Walter Kirtland
Lyman Murden
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Congress
Mabel Fraser
GOP
Washington, D. C
Joseph Martin
Kansas Women’s Republican Clubs
Topeka
Kansas
John Bunnell
Greer ‘Bunnell
Mr. Bunnell
Larry Taylor
Chicago
Larry
Andrew Stankard
Bob
Tokyo
White, Cinton
Tippetanoe Counties
Flora Grace Brethren Church
Mr. Small
Ned Lowery
White County
David R. Baum
Near-East
Red Cross
Herb Smith
Georgann Martin
George Martin
Miles Martin
Joe Dubes
Virginia Fay Kirkpatrick
Donald Kirkpatrick
Monroe Kirkpatrick
Donald Kirkpattrick
Eldora Salter
Carroll Circuit
Frosh and
JR. High
Battle Ground Road
Robert Moore
Bert B. Mayhill
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