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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1948
Page
1
Main Street district officials weigh the need for night football at Deer Creek Park to sustain interest in next season's schedule. Dilemma centers on funding rights and locating backing to install lighting, as Wednesday afternoon games last season kept attendance steady.
The school asks for a $5000 loan for lighting costs with repayment by the athletic fund on a yearly basis. Consulting Mr Shaffer for loan contacts, the plan is in place and awaiting funds. In a separate scene, Charles Bell encounters a shivering first grade girl with a collie pup asking to babysit the dog until noon.
Mr Bell said he lacked facilities to keep the dog in his offices but suggested G L Whistler court house custodian would look after the pup until its young mistress returned. The arrangement satisfied the young Miss.
Reports from Adams Township residents place morning temperatures around six below zero at Mrs. Luther Grantham’s home and four below at Luther Cohee’s residence. The quotes reflect the frigid conditions still gripping the area.
Richard Weidner, a freshman at the local high school, displays a varied key chain. It holds a single key, a tiny flashlight, a compact fountain pen, a buckeye charm, a football charm, a small license case, and an ID tag.
Enthusiastic reports say boxing bouts at the Armory Saturday night drew strong local interest. The home team is praised for an excellent showing and communal excitement.
Delphi fighters impressed in a recent Muncie arena match, narrowly losing twice to a tough local squad. Art Lane and Junior Fesler of the visiting team head next to Muncie Tuesday night for another round, with fans eager to see Shaffer’s yellow trunks in action.
Mrs Horace Heidt and her two sons attended the Culver-Delphi boxing show at the armory. The trio also toured the Davis and Foster Bookstore, choosing two record albums Benny Goodman and Vaughan Monroe.
Radio themed event features the famous Aunt Jemima in Delphi on Saturday February 7 at the Delphi Market where she will prepare a special hot cake feast. Further details will be announced next week.
Funeral services were held Friday morning at St. Pauls Catholic Church in Green Castle for Miss Nelle Lovett lifelong resident. She was a familiar visitor to Delphi at her sister Mrs George N Thompson home formerly 231 North Ohio Street.
An invitational basketball tournament will be staged Saturday at the Delphi Armory with four teams. Afternoon games begin at 1 30 p m and 2 30 p m with Legion vs Telephone and Co op Elevator vs Grocers. Night games at 7 and 8 p m pit losers and winners in a final for a trophy.
Delphi High School announces semester and six weeks honor rolls. Seniors lead with marked A and B lists, including Dorothy Newell and Bob Wert on semester A. Junior High and Seventh/Eighth grades also release exact student names and honor categories.
23 year old Lelabelle Barnett daughter of Mr and Mrs James Barnett of 502 West Franklin Delphi was a major booster for the National March of Dimes drive. She spent two months in Robert Long hospital Indianapolis for polio and the county funded her 590 hospital bill. County chairman J C Yonker reports the local chapter aided all reported cases with available funds. The March of Dimes drive continues in the county under sponsorship of the county committee and Sunshine society groups with Psi Iota Xi in charge in Delphi. Donations may be left with Yonker or Mrs Florence Bowman at the courthouse office.
The 293rd Infantry Unit earned Federal recognition as 2 officers and 25 enlisted men were placed on pay status Tuesday night. Captain Frazier of Fort Wayne and Major Cohn of Fort Harrison inspected the troop and granted the official recognition. The Armory has been redecorated and the rifle range floor cemented. Lt. Foster Haines, commanding officer, notes regular drill nights every Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The unit is authorized 7 officers and 188 enlisted men. recruits may apply at the Guard office.
About 225 4-H members leaders and parents attended a Delphi high school gathering January 22 for the County 4-H Achievement program. Awards recognized county winners in dress revues clothing canning and 4-H projects with trophies medals and club charters presented by county officials.
William Harper Smith of Lafayette formerly Delphi has been transferred from the J C Penny store in Lafayette to Chillicothe Ohio as assistant manager of the new store. He left Wednesday to assume duties. A Delphi High School graduate, he graduated from Purdue in 1940. Mrs Smith will join him in the Ohio city.
Purdue University will honor Charles Killion son of Mrs Eva Killion Delphi as he earns a electrical engineering degree at Sunday afternoon exercises.
Miss Wilda Faye Kasten 25 daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Kasten prominent residents died at 1 05 a m at St Elizabeth hospital after a 15 day diphtheria illness. She was a Delphi high school class of 1940 graduate and is survived by her parents and brother Harold of Lafayette. The body is at Patrick Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
Samuel A. Richardson 68 prominent Pittsburg businessman and Sam's Fish House proprietor died after a lengthy illness. Born December 6 1879 in Kentucky he was survived by his wife two sons Harley E and Leo F three daughters Thelma Franklin Stella Phillips Violet Wood two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the residence with Rev Miles Freeman. burial in Pittsburg cemetery. Pallbearers named. Grimm Funeral Home in charge.
The Delphi Boy Scouts will hold a paper and scrap drive Saturday with door to door pickups. Paul Aitken asks residents to call Delphi 629 to arrange collection of papers rags and scrap, including basement or back shed materials.
Illness of Miss Thyrza Henry, Patton correspondent for The Citizen, leads to a missing Patton section in the current edition. No Patton items appear in this week’s paper.
Abner Bowen will relocate his office from the Herb Smith building at Main and Washington to the C. O. Julius room above the Indiana Service Corporation in the near future.
Infant Eddie England son of Mr and Mrs erette England is seriously ill at St Elizabeth hospital. The mother is the former Hallie Lowther.
Flora hosts three public meetings sponsored by the Flora Rotary Club and Carroll County Education Association. Speakers include Borden Purcell on education costs February 12 at Bringhurst Methodist, Dr Shirley Cooper on a rural education program March 11 after a Flora Rotary County Teachers dinner, and Virgil Stinebaugh on school consolidation March 18 in Indianapolis.
Thomas Eastwood of Delphi will receive a Purdue University PhD in horticulture Sunday though he will not attend. He departs Saturday for Seattle to sail to Yokohama Japan to take a two year post with the U S Army as agriculturist. He recently returned from the West Indies where he was employed by Standard Oil. His wife Bernadine and daughter will stay six months before joining him in Japan.
The NFLA board declares a 6 percent dividend totaling 4208.10 to 411 farmer members and sets February 7, 1948, for the annual meeting at the Frankfort Christian Church annex starting 10:30 a.m. in Frankfort Indiana.
Mr and Mrs Carl Pete Hargraves and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Black have returned from a Florida trip. Hargraves stayed with Floyd Hargraves in Pensacola while Black visited Carl Davis in Gainesville, who is Mrs Black’s brother.
Judge Russell Gordon of the White Circuit Court will hear Friday morning arguments on establishing a flood control district for Delphi Indiana. More than 50 objectors filed objections, led by Hanna and Hanna, challenging the district under the act and asserting multiple grounds including city classification and necessity.
Mrs. Monroe Meade will lead the Carroll County Red Cross Drive starting March 1 with a county quota of 2815.00 toward a 75 million national budget. Delmar Gilmore is city chairman, Mrs. George Wagoner heads the county blood donor effort, and Mrs. Watson C. McCormick is first vice chairman to fill a vacancy.
Judge William B. Smith of the Carroll circuit court sat in Frankfort to assume jurisdiction over two Clinton Circuit Court damage suits totaling 30 400. Philip A. Toney sues Arnel A. Young for 400 for medical bills from a son’s injuries and Philip A. Toney by his next friend seeks 30 000 for personal injuries from allegedly being struck by Young’s car in an accident dated December 23 1942 with complaint filed December 20 1944.
Carroll County residents bought about 2800 dollars worth of Christmas Seals as reported by Miss Rova Fisher county treasurer of the TB Association. Seventeen percent goes to the state, the rest stays for patch tests mass X rays and school lunch aid. J C Yunker chaired the committee and plans for 1948 were discussed along with tentative March banquet arrangements.
State and county officers have nearly completed the investigation into the death of Mrs Effie Jacobs Ball wife of Roscoe Ball south of Delphi. Prosecutor Baum collected statements from Ball Hayden Trobaugh Harner Provo and Dr Frank T Hunter. Hunter provided the autopsy report and Hanner noted an auto with two occupants near the Ball residence. Unless further developments occur authorities expect the case to be closed.
The Burrows PTA invites the public to a euchre party on Friday January 30 at 8 p m at Burrows Community Hall. The organizing committee includes Mrs Paul Snipes Mrs Iva Wentzel and Leonard Henrickson. Attendance is open to all.
Delphi Chapter of Future Farmers of America held a skating party at Bradshaw's pond west of town Wednesday night with chapter advisor W. S. Weaver serving as chaperone.
Dr. and Mrs. John Hazlet and two sons returned to the States after two years in Hawaii with the Navy. They arrived Tuesday in San Francisco and drove to Delphi to visit Mrs. Hazlet’s parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Weckerly.
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