Delphi Journal Sparks Town Meeting Debate
In Delphi Indiana residents react to a library meeting led by John C Coulter of the Indiana Committee for National Defense. The talk favored aiding Britain and speeding the loan lease bill, while critics urge open public discourse. The item also notes a meteorological instrument found near Delphi and a local National Guard mock battle at Riley Park.
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Delphi Journal
John C. Coulter
Indiana Committee For National Defense
Journal
Coulter
America
England
Congress
National Guard
Delphi
Riley Park
Byram Crosby to Open Delphi Bowling Alley This Fall
Byram Crosby will open a four-alleys bowling alley in Delphi this fall, the first in Carroll county for many years. The site is undecided, but construction aims for early fall readiness. Crosby recently leased his Delphi hotel to Clyde Mendenthal of Wabash.
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Byram Crosby
Delphi
Clyde Mendenhall
Wabash
Carroll County
Crosby
Flora Badgers Win 1941 Carroll County Tournament Title
Flora Badgers defeated Camden 62 to 29 in the 1941 Carroll county basketball final. Flora led 23 to 16 at halftime and 29 to 25 after the third. Semi finals saw Flora beat Burlington 36 to 33 while Camden edged Rockfield 50 to 38. Hicks scored seven baskets for Camden in the opener. Flora’s forward led Carrollton scoring and Rockfield’s Nipple had ten field goals.
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Flora Badgers
Camden
Flora
Burlington
Rockfield
Deer Creek
Cutler Netters
Adams Township
Hicks
Will case settled by compromise in Delphi probate
The will of Robert Gamble was admitted to probate after proponents and objectors reached a compromise. Daughters Leona Etta Hanna and Florence Irene Lee contested the document leaving real estate to Florence Campbell. Co administrators Mahlon Kerlin and David Baum to receive seventy five dollars each. real estate to Anna Gamble. net surplus split one half to Campbell and one fourth to each Hanna and Lee.
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Robert Gamble
Delphi
Florence Irene Lee
Gamble
Florence Campbell
Mahion Kerlin
David Baum
Anna Gamble
Campbedd
Lee
Hanna
Yorkshire Escapes German Bombs As Letter Reaches Delphi
Mrs. Robert Andrew of Delphi received a letter from a Yorkshire cousin noting the area had so far escaped German bombs. Miss Lorene Hinkle returned to Lafayette work Sunday after visiting her mother Mrs Ada Hinkle who was recovering from a severe cold this week.
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Robert Andrew
Delphi
Yorkshire
England
Ger
Lorene Hinkle
Lafayette
Ada Hinkle
Sandra Smock Celebrates Sixth Birthday Party
Sandra Smock entertained neighborhood friends Monday afternoon for her sixth birthday. Games entertained the youngsters and ice cream and birthday cake were served.
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Sandra Smock
John Smock
Delphi FFA honors and future leaders in agriculture
The Delphi Future Farmers of America chapter, advised by Clarence Eyer and overseen by Superintendent C. T. Amick, earned a top state ranking last year. The group features officers including Robert Maxwell as president and Donald Duff as treasurer, with members and trophy winners listed across early, middle, and top rows in a group photo.
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America
Clarence Eyer
Delphi Vocational Agriculture
C. T. Amick
Delphi’ Schools
Delphi
Edgar Fountain, Jr
John Freitag
Kenneth Newell
Robert Maxwell
Donald Duff
Paul Ashba
George Hildebran
Berlin
Mr. Eyer
Charles Myers
Robert Freitag
Paul Cain
Joe Stewart
Dean Anderson
Richard Ward
Gene
Delphi School Dame Award Memory Honored
annual Dame award honors a departed Delphi educator. Cornerstone of the courthouse laid in a past year. Regular updates place narrow differences between Delphi and surrounding cities.
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Delphi
R E M C Office to Remain in Delphi
Directors of Carroll County Rural Electric Membership Corporation unanimously voted to keep the office at its present Delphi location, canceling prior plans to move the office to Flora discussed in a summer meeting.
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Carroll
Sheriff Harry Cree Returns Home After Injury
Sheriff Harry Cree, injured in a January 14 accident near Flora, was brought home to Delphi Wednesday by the Blythe ambulance and is improving. Ernest Gosnell, also hurt in the crash, has returned to Delphi and remains in custody after admitting the Metzger pool room robbery in Burlington. An NYA work camp admission is being sought for him.
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Harry Cree
Flora
Delphi
Blythe
Gosnell
Metzger
Burlington
John S. Clark Dies Former Rockfield Resident Passes
The I O O F lodge in Rockfield reports the death of John Silman Clark a former Rockfield resident and member of the order He was the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Clark long-time Rockfield residents The report came from a lodge in the West
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I. O. O. F. Lodge of
Rockfield
West
John Silman Clark
The
Charles Clark
Logansport caller seeks independent teams for away games
Harvey Zellers of 332 Grove Street writes The Citizen asking managers of independent basketball teams to contact him for scheduling games away from home. He hopes to arrange contests through The Citizen.
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Harvey Zellers
Grove Street
Logansport
Night Raid Reflections From An Isle Of Wight Viewpoint
Mae Mackenzie writes about awaiting relatives in the RAF during Christmas and New Year. She recalls BBC reports of raids on Berlin and Mannheim and the sobering contrast with home life. The piece contrasts wartime danger with a brief, ordinary holiday scene and notes the city’s shattered skyline during travel to Southampton.
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Ticles
Citizen
Mae Mackenzie
Isle of Wight
Southampton
England
BBC
Berlin
Mannheim
Bed aids Wayne Pickering in Carroll County infantile paralysis drive
Wayne Pickering of near Bringhurst is recovering at home after infantile paralysis struck five Carroll County youths. A new hospital bed, bought by the Carroll County Infantile Paralysis committee, aids his convalescence and will later help other victims. The drive funds care, a radio for long hours in bed, and outreach through coin boxes, with a benefit show at the Roxy theatre and a Jackson Day collection in Flora February 6.
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Wayne Pickering
Bringhurst
Carroll County
Wayne
Burlington Township
Riley Hospital
Pickering
Farmers and Merchants Dinner Set at Flora
The Carroll county Farmers and Businessmen banquet will be at the Flora community building Tuesday night January 28 with dinner at 6 30. John Hull of the Federal Reserve Bank Louisville will speak on The AAA and the General Farm Outlook. About 200 to 250 farmers and businessmen are expected.
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Carroll County Farmers and Businessmen
Flora
John Hull
Federal Reserve Bank of
Louisville
Kentucky
AAA
Bays and Troupe Invited to Flora Jackson Day Dinner
Democratic leaders in Carroll County met at the Rose home in Flora to plan the Jackson Day banquet set for February 6 at the Flora community building. State chairman Fred Bays was to be invited to speak and help organize the show while committees in Flora and nearby Camden and Delphi prepared decorations, menus, and invitations. A collection for the Infantile Paralysis fund was planned, but Bays' attendance may cause date changes due to his Washington travel.
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Carroll County
Lynn Rose
Flora
Fred Bays
Bays
Ora Shiraz
William B. Smith
Lavaun Dunkin
Camden
Menu
Charles Burton
Clayton Ayres
Beulah Moss
Louis Craig
Annette Landis
C. D. Berkshire
Fred McPherson
Paul Johnson
Leon Viney
Robert Jones
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Mr. Bays
Washington
Infantile Paralysis Benefit at Roxy on January 29
Higgins family comedy Meet The Missus headlines a January 29 Infantile Paralysis benefit at the Roxy theater with Our Gang Skinnay Ennis Orchestra and news reels. Delphi school children sell tickets under Homer Myers with sales also at the theater and citizen office. Polly Moran stars as Widow Jones and Alan Ladd plays Johnny Williams with Astrid Alwyn as Violet among others.
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Roxy Theatre
Polly Moran
Jones
Alan Ladd
Johnny Williams
Betty Higgins
Astrid Alwyn
Violet
Joe Higgins
Rural Youth Meeting Set for Jan 27 in Camden
Carroll County Rural Youth meets Monday night January 27 in Camden for a discussion on The People in It led by Eldon Robeson. Pauline Robeson provides devotions. A recreation period follows the program and business meeting.
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Carroll County
Camden Run
Eldon Robeson
Pauline Robeson
Infant returns home after hospitalization for pneumonia
Janice Brewer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Brewer of South Delphi, is back home from St Elizabeth hospital where she had bronchial pneumonia and infected ears. She is much improved. Perry Frazier, a former resident now in Worthington Indiana, is visiting relatives and friends here.
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da Richardson
Avenel
Australia
Janice Brewer
Harold Brewer
South Delphi
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Perry Frazier
Worthington
Indiana
Guards Entrain for Camp Shelby January Twenty Seventh
Delphi National Guard Company G will leave Delphi Monday January 27 for a year of training at Camp Shelby Mississippi. A special Wabash train at 7 45 am will transport officers and enlisted men, with meals served at the armory and a set daily routine. Roy Gardner commands the company with a long list of officers and privates including L D Apt Howard L. Smith Charles P. McCain and many others.
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Delphi National Guard
Delphi
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Roy Gardner
L. D. Apt
Howard L. Smith
Charles P. McCain
Edward M. Blake
Alexander Boardman
Reed C. Brackenridge
Arthur F. Brown
Delbert J. England
William Tyler
Dale E. Young
Eugene E. Crowden, Jr
Jack Schilling
Owen Schweiger
Richard Fife
Foster Haines
Frank W. Lamb, Jr
Ceil W. Wallace
Elmer P. Watkins
John P. Boyles
Harold Russell
Clayton W. Cripe
Vernon L. George
John A. Hickman
Oscar Kirkpatrick
Charles Lester
Robert McCormick
Robert Malone
Gordon Moore
Frank Mason
Charles Thompson
Kenneth Woods
Robert Barnett
Glen Berryman
William Bandenburg
Eldon Brown
John Coble
Edgar H. Cornell
John W. Corn
Floyd Cornell
Evan Cree
Leo Davis
John E. Delaney
Owen Delaney
John B. Dickison
Glen W. Disinger
Ernest Danato
Joy Edging
Charlies Ellis
Earl Ellis
Ralph Fiora
John H. Green
Gene Hanna
Murray Harrington
Omer Hicks
Clarence Hobaugh
Rehard James
Alfred Johnson
George Kinsey
George Lester
James Lucas
Kenneth Martin
Wayne Mochermar
Vernon Nichols
Kenneth Pearson
Ray Riley
Glen Rogers
Pacifico Scagnoli
Richard Stort
Ford Smith
Howard Turner
Roy P. Woodruff
Farm Management School Planned in Flora January 24
Carroll county farmers will attend a Farm Management school in Flora library on January 24 to learn how current management practices can raise 1941 incomes and future profits. Purdue specialist J C Bottom will cover crop yields labor and equipment and livestock on high income farms. Ralph Rinehart will discuss livestock management. Bottom will also outline 1940 outlooks and price trends to guide profit planning.
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Carroll County
Flora
Ralph Maggart
J. C. Bottom
Purdue
Ralph Rinehart
Burlington Township
Bottum
Indiana Guard Plans Delphi Home Guard Unit
Dick Young, battalion commander of the Indiana State Guard, attended a Delphi armory meeting to organize a home guard company. The plan calls for about 60 unpaid volunteers to drill weekly, likely Monday nights, and to be available for service in strike and disaster areas statewide. Enlistment runs three years with uniforms and arms supplied by the state.
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Dick Young
Indiana State Guard
Delphi
Address update request from Carroll County Selective Service
Herman Theophile, clerk of the Carroll County Selective Service board, requests all registrants notify the local board of any change of address to ensure records remain current.
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Herman Theophile
Carroll County Selective Service Board
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