Delphi library gains Haskell gift for enduring literature
The Delphi library expands its collection through a $1,000 memorial fund from William Haskell for his sister Mary Catherine Howe. The gift backs merit based titles and avoids popular bestsellers as it enhances local public institutions alongside the armory and theatre. In other news a fatal car chain of incidents is recalled as a local council recounts a Friday the thirteenth accident near Rossville involving Andy Stankard and Dr Beamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Stankard
Indianapolis
Delphi
George Beamer
Lafayette Hospital
Market
Franklin Streets
Beamer
Hubert Gros
Andy
Henry Coomey
Flora man’s car dives into ditch on Black Friday
J M Dixon of Flora drove off the Middlefork highway to avoid a skidding car. His car somersaulted and landed in a ditch. Several rods from the vehicle lay the films he planned to deliver to the Roxy theatre that evening. The film titled Submarine Patrol arrived late but suffered little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Dixon
Flora
Middlefork
Dixon
Roxy Theatre
Farmers Here Claim Crop Loan Benefits
Commodity Credit Corporation records show Indiana farmers received loans on 137,937 bushels of wheat kept off the open market. Carroll County accounts for 18,149 bushels, about 13.1 percent of Indiana's total. Cooperating farmers earned 67 to 68 cents per bushel, with farm storage adding one cent per bushel per month. Carroll County also has 65,780 bushels backed by 85 corn loans, with potential to rise to about 75,000 bushels as more farmers opt to seal corn storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Indiana
Carroll County
Conservation Office
Divorce Suit Filed by Lulu Harvey Against Charles Harvey
Mrs Lulu Harvey files for divorce from Charles M Harvey asking 2000 alimony and custody of a minor child. They wed in February 1902. Been and McCormick are the attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Harvey
Charles M. Harvey
Been and McCormick
Deputy Collector Aids Local Taxpayers In Office Visit
A deputy collector from Will H. Smith U S collector of internal revenue will be in the post office building Monday Jan 23 from 8 30 am till 4 30 pm to assist taxpayers in making their U S tax returns The service is free and taxpayers invited to use it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
H. Smith
U. S
Roxy Screening A Christmas Carol For Benefit
Roxy theater hosts a special matinee of A Christmas Carol on Wednesday at 3 45 PM to aid the national infantile paralysis campaign. Edwin L Marin directs with Reginald Owen as Scrooge and Terry Kilburn as Tiny Tim. Laurel Hardy short Bohunks precedes the feature. Admission 20 cents for adults and students, 10 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Roxy Theatre
Edwin L. Marin
Reginald Owen
Ebenezer Scrooge
Terry Kilburn
Tiny Tim
Old London
Gene and
Kathleen Lockhart
Bob Cratchit
Laurel Hardy
County Schools Get 34300 From State
Indianapolis January 19 Checks totaling 24300 were mailed by the State Monday to the schools in Carroll County in the current semi annual distribution of teachers salary funds made available by the gross income tax Floyd I McMurray state superintendent announced today The county s share is part of a state wide distribution of 6968850 the third distribution of state collected school funds on the basis of 700 annually for each teaching unit Payments January 16 were made to the schools at the rate of 350 for each teaching unit Teaching units are based on an average daily attendance of 35 grade school pupils or 25 high school pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Carroll County
Floyd I. McMurray
Catherine Miller Dies Near Rossville at 87
Mrs. Catherine Miller 87 widow of Jacob Miller died Tuesday night at her son Charles home near Rossville. Born 1851 she leaves three sons and three daughters and a sister. She was a Christian church member. Funeral at Moore Funeral Home at 2 this afternoon with burial in Rossville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Miller
Jacob Miller
Charles
Rossville
Lucy Gillam
Radnor
Alta Coleman
Mary James
Frankfort
James Miller
Sedalia
Ross Miller
Oakfield
Ohio
Charles Miller
Hanna Pickering
Lafayette
Christian Church
Moore Funeral Home
Rossville Cemetery
Funeral for George Webber 80 Today
George Webber known as Doc McLaren 80 died Tuesday at the county farm. Foster son of a Delphi physician he lived his life in the community. Funeral rites at Blythe and Sons this afternoon with burial in Morning Heights cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Doc”) McLaren Webber
Delphi
McLaren
Blythe and Sons
Morning Heights
Indiana employment centers fill 57819 jobs in 1938
Indianapolis reports Martin F. Carpenter says Indiana employers used the state's employment centers to hire 57,819 workers in 1938. Of these, 52,973 were in private employment and 4,846 were paid for from public funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Martin F. Carpenter
Indiana State Employment Service
Indiana
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Julien ill with chickenpox
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Julien is reported ill with chickenpox. No further details given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Julien
Flora Voters Back Public Ownership Of Electric Plant
Flora residents approved using 382 to 215 to empower the town board to buy the Indiana Service Corporation electric facilities. The decision faces Public Service Commission approval and appraisal before purchase, with condemnation possible if a price cannot be agreed. A legal contest is anticipated over the valuation and transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Indiana Service Corporation
Public Service Commission
Farmers Guild Replaces Union Group In Indiana
Robert Spenser of Monticello announces the Indiana Farmers Guild with Spenser as president. Directors include Andrew Wise Delphi Archie Lovelace Sullivan S H Grayson Sharpsville D E Harris Marion and E A Butrick Milford. Officers named are Spenser president S D Mohr Frankfort secretary Charles L Foster Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Farmers Guild
Robert Spenser
Monticello
Andrew Wise
Delphi
Archie Lovelace
Sullivan
S. H. Grayson
Sharpsville
D. E. Harris
Marion
E. A. Butrick
Milford
Spencer
S. D. Mohr
Frankfort
Charles L. Foster
Indiana Farmers Union
National Farmers Union
Indiana Union
Grantham brothers donate bass to Izaak Walton League pond
Luther and Wilbur Grantham presented twenty parent bass to the Izaak Walton League this week. The gift supports the League's pond in the city park, aiding a long-standing shortage of parent bass the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Wilbur Grantham
Izaak Walton
Grantham Brothers
Tim'y En
Allotments To Be Released Next Week In Carrell County
Carrell County farmer will receive individual allotments under the 1939 Soil Conservation program next week. A schedule of township meetings is being arranged this week to discuss the new program and study individual problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrell County
Delphis Oracles Face Attica and Marion Next Week
Oracle team schedules tough tests this week with Friday clash at Attica and next Wednesday showdown against Marion Giants at Marion. Despite recent struggles experts expect losses to both opponents, yet optimism persists for an upset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Oracles
Attica
Oracles
Marion Giants
Marion
Delphi
Oracle
Bundy Weds Elizabeth Abolt in December Ceremony
James Bundy grandson of Mr and Mrs James Embree married Elizabeth Abolt daughter of James Abolt of Boswell on December 14 1938. The couple took a wedding trip to Miami and plan to live on the Abolt farm. Bundy is a Delphi High School class of 1933 graduate and recently lived with his grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bundy
James Embree
Elizabeth Abolt
James Abolt
Boswell
Miami
Florida
Abolt
Delphi High School
Coy to Return This Month in Indianapolis Letter
Wayne Coy administrative assistant to High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt in the Philippines and former Delphi Citizen publisher plans to return to the United States this month. He recently moved his family to Manila from Baguio 165 miles from the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Coy
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
Delphi Citizen
United States
Coy
Indianapolis
Manila
Baguio
County Net Tourney Kicks Off Tonight in Flora
An eight team Carroll county basketball tourney starts tonight at the Flora community building. Delphi does not participate. Rounds run Friday and Saturday with winners meeting in Saturday finals. The sectional tourney follows March 4 at Flora with nine county teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Flora
Delphi
Cutler
Adams
Carrollton
Rockfield
Camden
Deer Creek
Burlington
Logansport
Hammond
Bet ty McCully to Wed Cadet Craig Moore at West Point
Mr and Mrs William Marshall Mc Cully of Toledo Ohio announce the engagement of their daughter Betty to Cadet Craig L Moore at West Point NY He is the son of Col and Mrs Walter Moore of Jacksonville Fla The Mc Cully family formerly lived in Delphi Indiana with Mrs Mc Cully the former Harriet Hubbard of Delphi
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marshall McCully
Toledo
Ohio
Betty
Craig L. Moore
West Point
Walter Moore
Jacksonville
Florida
McCully
Delphi
Harriet Hubbard
Schricker to Speak at Jackson Banquet February 23
Lieutenant Governor Henry Schricker will be the principal speaker at the annual Jackson Day banquet on February 23 at the Flora community building. A. D. Bishop of Flora is general chairman with Wilbur Lane as toastmaster. The event, a major Democratic gathering, rotates annual venues between Flora and Delphi. Frank McHale, national committeeman, will make a brief address alongside other prominent state leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schricker
Flora
A. D. Bishop
Delphi
Wilbur Lane
Roda Brirm
Tions
Margaret Afflis
Schricker
Frank McHale
Paul V. MecNutt
Corn Show Plans Split from Institute for 1939
The Carroll county corn show will be held separately from the county farm institute next year after a county corn growers meeting. It was also decided that Bradshaw trophy contestants must be members of both the county and state corn growers associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
County Farm Institute
County Corn Growers Association
Howe Fund Brings Half Mary Catherine Howe Memorial Books to Delphi Library
The Delphi library announced receipt of half the Mary Catherine Howe Memorial collection donated by William Haskell of California in memory of his sister Mrs Howe. The books include Seligman’s Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences and volumes on art, history, and biography. A complete list will be printed next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Library
Mary Catherine Howe
William Haskell
California
Seligman
de Giafferri
New York
McGuffey
America
Audubon
Hourthey
Harpers
Vincent van Gogh
Botticelli
Paul Cezanne
Rembrandt
Tomlinson
Lee
Eberlein
van Rensselaer
Wyler
Nutting
Furniture Treasury
Stevenson
Bartlett
Clark
Hammerton
Wonder
Rand McNally
Komroff
Marco Polo
Catlin
Kunitz
Phelps Letters
James Whitcomb Riley
Meier-Graefe
$30 000 Damage Suit Resumed Here Today
The $30,000 damage suit of Samuel Yeakley versus Oscar Campbell was resumed this morning in the Carroll circuit court. Jurors sworn include Carl Metz and others from Carroll and neighboring counties. Attorneys Jenkins and Cartwright with Ives represent the plaintiff while Tutewiler and Wild appear for the defense before Judge E. E. Pruitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Yeakley
Oscar Campbell
Carroll
Arthur Anderson
Albert G. Jenkins
Logansport
George Obear
Delphi
Yeakley
Joseph Ives
Walter Jenkins
Carl Metz
Jefferson Township
William Munson
Adams
Martie Pullen
Burlington
Walter Ringer
Liberty
Bert Q O. Brown
Fred L. Gerard
Tippecanoe
Garfield Evans
Monroe
Etta Coble
Deer Creek
George Butler
Clay
Glen Crowell
Elmer Spitler
Carrollton
Charles Meeks
Indianapolis
Jenkins and Jenkins
Cartwright
Wason and Ives
Harry Tutewiler
Clifford
O. Wild
E. E. Pruitt
Delays Sentence On Three County Youths
Three Carroll county youths Roy Mullin Elmo Mullin and Wayne Mochermen pleaded guilty to stealing ten chickens from the Robert Wasson farm between Burrows and Rockfield. Judge E B Pruitt continued the case to March 23 and the youths are placed on probation in the interim. The theft was reported Sunday morning to Sheriff Harry Cree who learned the chickens were sold to a poultry dealer in Burrows. Suspects were arrested by Corporal Loren Ayres Sheriff Cree and Deputy Robert Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Robert Wasson
Burrows
Rockfield
Roy Mullin
Elmo Mullin
Liberty Township
Wayne Mochermen
Jackson Township
E. B. Pruitt
Harry Cree
Loren Ayres
Cree
Robert Moore
Indiana relief expenditures reach 235 million state share
Indiana spent 235 414 957 dollars of relief and work relief funds since April 1935 with total national disbursements 9 632 271 228. Clarence Manion, director of the National Emergency Council, released the figures as Roosevelt sent a Treasury report to Congress. Indiana allocations reached 247 171 945 with 240 688 780 obligations and 6 392 384 remaining for future obligations in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Clarence Manion
National Emergency Council
Manion
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury Department
Former Burlington Principal Fred Snapp Dies in Nashville
Word reached Burlington this week that Fred Snapp, former principal of Burlington high school, died in Nashville Tennessee after an illness with pneumonia. He lived at Oak Park Illinois and is survived by his widow and three daughters. Snapp last visited Burlington for an alumni meeting in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Snapp
Burlington High School
Nashville, Tenn
Snapp
Oak Park
Nashville
Payrolls Rise During Period Reports
Local employment fell 1.2 percent while payrolls rose 6.0 percent from mid November to mid December, with state gains of 3.3 and 4.9 percent. Lafayette employment manager Richard Haugh announced after final calculations from Indianapolis, noting Robert Haugh’s improvement while confined to St Elizabeth's hospital with bronchial pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haugh
Richard Haugh
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Robert Haugh
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
A. L. Hansen Named State Game Warden in Carroll County
A. L. Hansen of South Bend is appointed state game warden for Carroll county replacing Hubert Bollhauve who has been transferred to Versailles in Ripley county. Hansen requests communications at the Crosby hotel and Bollhauve, with his wife and two children, will relocate to Versailles where he has served for over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Hansen
South Bend
Carroll County
Hubert Bollhauve
Versailles
Ripley County
Hansen
Crosby Hotel
Bollhauve
Lincoln Day banquet set by county Republican women
The annual Lincoln Day banquet will be held Thursday evening February 9 at the Flora community building. Principal speaker will be Mrs E C Rumpler of Indianapolis with arrangements led by Mrs Loren Chittick of Flora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
E. C. Rumpler
Indianapolis
Loren Chittick
Four Delphi Vocational Students Win State Corn Club Medals
Four Delphi vocational students won medals this week in the state S acre corn club. The recipients are Gene Maxwell William Schnepp Ernest Scott and Charles Hufford. Seven boys have enrolled for next year's contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
S-acre
Gene Maxwell
William Schnepp
Ernest Scott
Charles Hufford
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Dale Carnegie
Roger Babson
Palestine
Spain
Detroit
Hollywood
Ruth Flagler
Amos Wise
CCC
Myrtle Bressler
Roxy Books
George Webber
Farmers Guild
League Gets Fish
Guy Coplen
Opal Wilson
Annette Landis
Bob Welty
Carl John
A. L. Moss
Net
Tie Warren and
Allen Bailey
Invita
Howe Fund
Albert Jenkins
U.S
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