Groundhog Weather Looms Over Local Conditions
Cold wave lingers though not as harsh as two years past. Carroll county Democrats honor Andrew Jackson with remarks on Old Hickory. Gilbert Bailey and Leonard Stoodley complete a long wave radio contact between Delphi and Southampton. Jesse C. Moore sues two Indianapolis utilities over canal ice prevention. seeks 10 000.
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Gilbert Bailey
The
Citizen
Southampton
England
Bailey
Tom McCain
Delphi
Leonard Stoodley
Stoodley
McCain
W9lzp
Allen Bailey
Eddie McGuire
Clyde Robbins
Bill Smith
Lloyd Apt
Jesse C. Moore
Indianapolis Furniture Company
Indianapolis
Moore
Oracle Varieties at Delphi High to Aid Band Uniforms
Delphi High School plans a two night show February 2 and 3 at the gym presenting Oracle Varieties a dramatic musical skit with numbers like Music Room and School Days. Proceeds go to fund new band uniforms with general admission 25 cents and reserved seats 35 cents. Jerry Haugh is in Tennessee on business and will return in about a week. The Catholic school children stage Through Darkness To Light on February 20 at 8 p m at Delphi High School.
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Delphi High School
Jerry Haugh
Tennessee
Catholic School
Lincoln Day dinner committees named in Flora
Joseph A. Andrews will be principal speaker at the annual Lincoln Day banquet February 10 at the Flora community building. Andrews, a Lafayette state representative and leading attorney, is noted as a strong Republican voice. Committee chairs include Nominating Mrs. Ethel Shaffer, Publicity Mrs. B. B. Mayhill, Invitations Mrs. Hugh McCorkle, Tickets Mrs. Paul Burns and Mrs. Claude Wall, Program Mrs. Paul Holmes, Reception Mr. and Mrs. Loren Chittick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Andrews
Lafayette
Flora
Andrews
Ethel Shaffer
B. B. Mayhill
Hugh McCorkle
Paul Burns
Claude Wall
Paul Holmes
Loren Chittick
Carroll County Women’s Republican Club
Purdue farm expert to lead management school here Feb 4
Carroll county farmers will attend the Farm Management School at Delphi courthouse February 4. Purdue specialist J C Bottum will cover crop yields labor and equipment and livestock on two high income farms, plus profitable rotations and farm analysis. Afternoon session discusses outlook for agricultural products and planning the 1938 farm business for more profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Court House
Delphi
Maggart
J. C. Bottum
Purdue Farm Management
J. W. Eikenberry
Bottum
Alfred Hayden Rites Will Be Held Today
Alfred M. Hayden, 49, died Monday at Robert Long hospital Indianapolis after a year of ill health. He lived with his mother Mrs. Anna Hayden in Pittsburg and was a mussel hunter and fisherman. Surviving: four children Calvin, Dean, Margaret, and Jerry. his mother. brothers John, Larnard, George, Lewis, James. sisters Mrs. Mary Sidenbender, Mrs. Hugh Widner, Mrs. Ella Beaver. Burial in Pittsburg cemetery after services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Blythe and Sons funeral home officiated by Rev. W. V. Day.
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Alfred M. Hayden
Robert Long Hospital
Indianapolis
Anna Hayden
Pittsburg
Hayden
Calvin
Delphi
Dean
Margaret
Jerry
Peru
John Hayden
Logansport
Larnard
George
Lewis
James
Mary Sidenbender
Hugh Widner
Ella Beaver
Blythe and Sons Funeral Home
M. E. Church
Pittsburg Cemetery
Indefinite visit locals welcomed by Quackenbush sisters
Miss Nettie Quackenbush of Indianapolis arrives for an indefinite visit with her sister Mrs. B F Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Quackenbush
Indianapolis
B. F. Drake
Factory Site Move and Early Purchases for Delphi Plant
Globe Valve Company officials announced early purchases for the Delphi factory include some machinery and building materials. They plan to buy steel and relocate the site to a location west of the Davies Oil building on Pittsburg road to improve water access and fire hydrant proximity. Yanus Wells of the Delphi Chamber of Commerce assured rumors of abandonment are unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Leo Williams
Globe Valve Company
Williams
Eding Avenue
Davies Oil Company
Pittsburg Road
Yanus Wells
Delphi Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Wells
Grade School Receives New First Aid and Rest Room
Delphi P T A raises funds from two events to equip the Delphi grade school with a complete first aid and rest room. Planned purchases include two hospital cots, a medicine chest, bedding, and cretonne slip covers. The group, led by Mrs Bowen, will maintain the room during the school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Abner Bowen
Harry Parker
A. J. Denk
Beulah Smith
Catherine McCain
Bowen
Cretonne
Honolullu Bound Nurse Mummert Set for Honolulu duties
Miss Donn Mummert of Camden, a graduate nurse from the Home Hospital Lafayette, will sail February 15 from New York for Honolulu to assume new duties at a hospital there.
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Miss Donn
Mummert
Camden
Home Hospital
Lafayette
New York
Honolulu
Indiana News Briefs Span Local Events and Court Action
Ben Weidner and Earl Robertson attended a Salem Indiana K of P initiation where the Bank Esquire was conferred as Governor Kenneth Crook. Carrollton coach Kenneth Crook resigns to teach in Kokomo. An infant taken to St Elizabeth Hospital Lafayette after Grimm and Sons ambulance transport. William Acheson near death but not critical. Indiana physicians await outcome of George Cole Flora chiropractor case, with no licenses granted since 1927. case heard Monday and under advisement by Judge E E Pruitt.
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Ben Weidner
Weidner
Earl Robertson
Delphi Market
Salem Indiana
Hickman Byrne
Ulen
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Grimm and Sons
Indiana
George Cole
Flora
Cole
E. E. Pruitt
Barn Fire Destroys McVay Todd Farm Structures
A barn on the Delbert McVay farm, once the Garfield Todd property near Wheeling, burned to the ground Tuesday evening destroying the structure and prompting firefighters to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert McVay
Garfield Todd
Wheeling
Carroll County Unemployment Census Reports 238 Seek Work
A census by John D. Biggers lists Carroll County with 238 unemployed workers from November 16 to 20, 1937. Of them 187 are men and 51 women, with 1651 WPA relief workers. 347 are partially employed (314 men, 33 women). County population given as 15,048.
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Carroll County
John D. Biggers
Congress
Rockfield woman to resign for Carroll County REMC post
Miss Margaret Bowman of Rockfield, currently with the county soil conservation committee, will resign soon to take a bookkeeping position with the Carroll County REMC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bowman
Rockfield
County Soil Conservation Committee
Carroll County Remc
See One Mummy And You've Seen 'Em All
Bailey vents at European culture tours saying he learned little from museums and art, poking fun at travel as culture washing. He quips about Mona Lisa crowds, Napoleons tombs, and the fad of ticking boxes rather than genuine understanding during continental trips.
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Bailey
Southampton
Eng
Europe
Rembrant
Louvre
Paris Trip Teases Viewers With Divine Day Three
A lighthearted remark warns against overpraising a three day Paris visit and playfully suggests staying grounded amid friends’ glowing accounts. The line hints at travel bragging without citing specific events or dates.
Oracle Jefferson Basketball Postponed After Death
The Oracle Jefferson game, set for Wednesday at Lafayette, is postponed to Tuesday Feb 8 after the Lafayetter player's father died. The Oracles next meet Peru at the armory Friday Feb 4. Downs led scoring as Oracle defeated Attica 39 23 after a 22 7 half.
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Oracle-Jefferson
Lester Williams
Lafayette
Oracles
Peru
Armory
Miami
Indi
Attica
Fountain County
Downs
Oracle
Nutt, Townsend to Headline Annual Editorial Banquet
Indianapolis on January 26 tickets go on sale for the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association mid winter banquet at the Claypool Hotel on February 19. Paul V. McNutt will be welcomed back and speak, Townsend shares honors, and invited speakers include Van Nuys Minton and others. Only 2,300 tickets at $2 each will be sold, with program broadcast hotelwide and dancing to follow.
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Claypool
Indianapolis
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Claypool Hotel
Paul V. McNutt
Philippine Islands
McNutt
Washington
Indiana
M. Clifford Townsend
Frederick van Nuys
Sherman Minton
Wayne Coy
Congress
House of Representatives
Ray E. Smith
Hoosier
Emery Scholl
Homer Myers Named To Lead Waltonians
Homer Myers was elected president of the Carroll county chapter of the Izaak Walton League at a Monday business session. Frank Houser supervised a fish fry. Other officers named include Haughey Mount as vice president Stuart Guthrie secretary and treasurer Herman Weaver Wilbert Hurley Grover Kite and Ben Easter as directors. Terms run to Jan 1 1939. Plans discussed for tickets to the Sportsmen's Show at Indianapolis Fair Grounds March 5 to 12. Mosebaugh of the state conservation department spoke and showed conservation films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Myers
Carroll County
Izaak Walton
Fair Grounds
Indianapolis
Mosebaugh
State Conservation Department
Ives Celebrate Tenth Wedding Anniversary With Dinner
Mr and Mrs Joseph Ives hosted a Friday dinner at their home to mark their tenth wedding anniversary. Guests surprised the couple with a gift shower.
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Joseph Ives
Townsend to Speak on Farm Problems in Armory Address
Governor M. Clifford Townsend will address the Jackson Day banquet at the Delphi armory after a Methodist church love feast. The event draws Carroll county Democrats and 250 leaders. Townsend will discuss current farm problems and recent legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
M. Clifford Townsend
Townsend
Carroll County
Methodist Church
Delphi High School
Karl Kraft
John H. Hamling
Margaret Afflis
Omer S. Jackson
Indiana
Thurman Gottschalk
Edward Brennan
Jean Hamling
Buddy Keisling
Camden
The
Armory
Charles
Ruth Flagler
Indianapolis
American Legion
Wilson Heads Building and Loan Association Here
The stockholders of the People's Building and Loan Association met at secretary C. Clay Pearson's office Tuesday evening and reelected directors C. O. Julius H. B. Wilson Paul Quick L. M. Pletcher C. Clay Pearson Howard Bradshaw Buel Ulm and Charles R. Thompson. Officers for the coming year were elected: president H. B. Wilson vice president Paul Quick treasurer Forrest Orr secretary C. Clay Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Building and Loan Association
C. Clay Pearson
C. O. Julius
H. B. Wilson
Paul Quick
L. M. Pletcher
Howard Bradshaw
Buel Ulm
Charles R. Thompson
H B. Wilson
Forrest Orr
Delphi and Illinois students head home for mid semester break
Delphi students at Purdue are home for the mid semester vacation. Thomas Mayhill and Jack Grimm from Illinois University are expected home later this week for the vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Orr
Betty Stewart
Charles Benner
John Mount
Charles Sheets
Everett Gruber
Georgianna Schilling
Mabel Campbell
Delphi
Purdue
Thomas Mayhill
Jack Grimm
Illinois University
Man Injured When Truck Slips from Jack at Garage
Zollie Martin narrowly escaped serious injury Thursday afternoon when a truck he was working under slipped from a jack and fell. He is recovering at home from three broken ribs and minor injuries.
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Zollie Martin
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