Rural electrification meeting for Carroll county homesteads
Farmers in Carroll county will meet at the Camden community building at 10 A M on Friday February 7 to hear Lewis Taylor a state REMC official explain the rural electrification plan. John Peterson says work may start soon with a survey to set rates and line locations then data go to state engineers for an OK.
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Carroll County
Camden
Lewis Taylor
REMC
John Peterson
Peterson
Oracles Face Flora Here Friday in Home Return
Delphi Oracles aim to keep their perfect home record as they host Flora Badgers on armory floor Friday night. The Badgers, led by Coach Pete Williams, pose a danger after recent losses while Delphi seeks another win before tough away games.
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Delphi Oracles
Flora Badgers
Armory
Badgers
Pete” Williams
Oracles
Rensselaer
Marion
Lebanon
Jeff
Lafayette
Local boxers win bouts in second Golden Gloves card
Delphi boxers Thompson and Rogers won impressive 135 pound bouts in Lafayette. Thompson defeated Taylor Southerland in a crowd-pleasing match wearing a ghost costume. Rogers scored a first round knockout against Joel Abney and earned a technical knockout. Both advance to further rounds and are slated to fight again February 5.
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Delphi
Lafayette
Jack” Thompson
Taylor Southerland
Thompson
Jumping Jack
Dark Horse
James Rogers
Rogers
Joel Abney
Abney
Bradshaw Motor Sales
People's Building and Loan names new board and officers
At the annual stockholders meeting nine individuals were elected to the People's Building and Loan Company board: Henry B. Wilson, Charles O. Julius, Paul R. Quick, Forrest H. Orr, L. M. Pletcher, Buel F. Ulm, Charles Thompson, Howard Bradshaw and Clay Pearson. Board officers named include Wilson as president Quick as vice president Orr as treasurer and Pearson as secretary.
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People’s Building and Loan Company
Henry B. Wilson
Charles O. Julius
Paul R. Quick
Forrest H. Orr
L. M. Pletcher
Buel F. Ulm
Charles Thompson
Howard Bradshaw
Clay Pearson
Ex-Service men to apply for Soldiers' Compensation aid
Arrangements to open headquarters in the courthouse to complete applications for Soldiers' Adjusted Compensation. Ex-service men to call in person starting Monday Feb 2 at the clerk's office for complete instructions. Anthony Hanrahan, Com.
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Court House
Junior High Net Tourney At Cutler High Gym
The 7th and 8th grade basketball tournament will be held at Cutler high school gym with ten teams. A trophy goes to the champions. Schedule includes Pittsburg vs Carrollton and Cutler vs Deer Creek on Wednesday January 29. Admission is 10 cents per session.
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Cutler
Cutler High School
Matilda Holmes Dies Former Delphi Resident
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Matilda L. Holmes a former Delphi resident who died Saturday at the Peabody home in North Manchester Interment was in the I O O F cemetery who was an aunt of William Holmes of Delphi and who taught in Delphi public schools Leonard Blythe and Robert Roach attended a meeting of the Indiana Funeral Directors association at Indiana University school of medicine in Indianapolis
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Matilda L. Holmes
Delphi
Peabody
Manchester
Matilda Holmes
William Holmes
Lafayette
Leonard Blythe
Robert Roach
Indiana Funeral Directors Association
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
Local Legion Post Offers Bonus Application Forms
The county clerk's office will distribute bonus or adjusted service certificate forms via Wilbur Lane. The service, available to all veterans, aims to speed payments. Indiana veterans total payments estimated at 59 million dollars with Carroll County at about 242 thousand dollars.
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Legion Post
Wilbur Lane
Legion Service Officer
Legion
Indiana American Legion
Carroll County
Indiana
Two Struck By Car In Delphi Injuries Reported
Zelda Hardesty 17 and Earl Gipson of West Delphi were seriously injured Saturday night when struck by Kenneth Dimmitt’s car while walking home from a Delphi dance along State Road 39. Hardesty suffered a fractured right leg and facial lacerations. Gipson a fractured pelvis. They were taken to Home Hospital in Lafayette in fair condition, with Hardesty listed as serious.
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West Delphi
Zelda Hardesty
Earl Gipson
Kenneth Dimmitt
May Brewer
John Johnson
Delphi
Cutler Alumni Sponsor Dance and Euchre Party
Cutler High School alumni association president Bob Patty announces a public dance and euchre party in the Cutler gym on Saturday February 8. Dippy Rogers and his Frankfort band provide music. Sam Dyer and Mrs. Mark Carter handle advance ticket sales in Delphi with support from Trustee I W Humes and Principal Guy R Sharp. Patty hopes to make this a recurring event if successful. Joe Clingenpeel will move from Flora to Delphi to join Clawson Chevrolet Sales Co. Mrs. William Tribbitt has been ill.
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Soring
Cutler Gym
Dippy” Rogers
Frankfort
Sam Dyer
Mark Carter
Delphi
I. W. Humes
Guy R. Sharp
Joe Clingenpeel
Clawson Chevrolet Sales Co
Flora
Delphi Izaak Walton League offers winter bird feeding prize
The Delphi Izaak Walton League announces a prize for every school sponsoring a winter bird feeding project. The Junior Conservation club led by Homer Myer sponsors this effort in Delphi with information available from Leo Craig, secretary of the league.
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Delphi Izaak Walton League
Junior Conservation Club
Homer Myer
Delphi
Leo Craig
The
Ashba to become Delphi postmaster this Saturday
William H. Ashba, former Democratic county chairman, will assume charge as Delphi postmaster this Saturday replacing Bury Baiser who served since March 1931. Postmaster General James Farley announced the appointment and noted Ashba’s bond and oath must be filed promptly. a new federal post office building is planned.
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Ashba
William Ashba
Democratic County
Bairman
Delphi
Bury Baiser
Aiate
Federal Post Office
Post Office Bid Opening Scheduled for February 28
Sealed bids for the construction of Delphi's new federal post office will be publicly opened at the local post office at 1 p.m. February 28. Contractors may obtain one free copy of the specifications, with additional sets available for $5 each. Miss Katherine Stair left Tuesday for a two month visit with her cousin in Wilmington, N C.
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Delphi
Federal Post
Post Office Department
Katherine Stair
Jackson Day Rally Plans Draw Large Carroll County Crowd
Plans for the annual Jackson Day banquet at the Presbyterian church tonight forecast more than 500 Carroll County Democrats in attendance. Governor Paul V. McNutt will be the honored guest, with state leaders Omer Stokes Jackson Lawrence Sullivan Ralph Hanna Pleas Greenlee Peter Hein Lawrence Corey and Wayne Coy among attendees. The banquet is set for 7:30.
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Presbyterian Church
Carroll County
Paul V. McNutt
Fred Voorhees Home Destroyed By Fire
Fire completely destroyed the Fred Voorhees farm home southeast of Flora on Saturday night. The estimated loss was 6000 dollars due to an overheated furnace. The family escaped as the first floor collapsed. Four Flora firemen fought the blaze, which was beyond control upon arrival. Insurance covered part of the house and furnishings.
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Fred Voorhees
Flora
Bloomington Lawyers File $40 000 Suit
Bloomington attorney Albert Pogue sues Allen Bailey and The Citizen Publishing Co. for 40000 in Carroll circuit court over an November 30 automobile crash that killed C A Bailey. Floyd F Cook and Victor E Faulkenburg claim Bailey was a guest and employee and that the collision caused permanent injuries. The filing accuses the car’s operator of careless unlawful and reckless disregard for others.
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C. A. Bailey
Carroll
Albert Pogue
Bloomington
Allen Bailey
Citizen Publishing Company, Inc
Floyd F. Cook
Victor E. Faulkenburg
Firiig
Rohrabaugh-Gross marriage in Delphi and South Carolina
John Rohrabaugh of Delphi wed Margaret Susan Gross of South Carolina Tuesday, ceremony conducted by Rossie Dern, Justice of the Peace.
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Rohrabaugh-Gross
John Rohrabaugh
Delphi
Margaret Susan Gross
South Carolina
Rossie Dern
Farhyj Bureau Co operative Association Stockholders Meeting
The Farhyj Bureau Co operative Association stockholders will meet in Delphi on Tuesday February 4 to elect directors and handle business. Refunds checks and 1935 stock shares will be distributed at the meeting. Dividends declared include 5 percent on common stock 3 percent cash and 3 percent stock on petroleum products and 3 percent stock on all other commodities.
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Farhyj Bureau Co-operative Association
Delphi
Large Rise in Carroll County Legal Business Reported
County clerk Wilbur Lane notes a 1935 surge in Carroll County legal work. Marriage licenses reach 104 with 22 divorces. 393 total filed cases split into civil 252 probate 114 and guardianships 27. Judgments entered 165. 407 disposed. Venued cases hit 52, up from six in 1935. Seventy six admin letters issued. sheriff sales six. eight declared unsound mind. At year start 561 cases pending.
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Wilbur Lane
Carroll
Gardner E. Martin and Loda Erb wed in Vincennes
Mrs. Roy Erb announces the marriage of her daughter Loda to Gardner E. Martin son of Mr and Mrs Miles Martin of near Delphi. The ceremony was held in Vincennes on September 28 1935 with Rev Grimes officiating. They will reside on the Ruth George farm two miles east of Camden, which they have purchased.
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Roy Erb
Loda
Gardner E. Martin
Miles Martin
Delphi
Vincennes
Rev. Grimes
Delphi Presbyterian Church
Martin
Ruth George
Camden
Haslet elected president of Phi Delta Theta at Butler
Joseph Haslet of Ockley Butler University student is elected president of Phi Delta Theta on Indianapolis campus. He will serve in the second semester starting February 6 and graduates with a BS in business administration next June. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Haslet and a member of Sphinx club working in student employment.
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Joseph Haslet
Phi Delta Theta
Ockley
Butler University
Indianapolis
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Haslet Is the
Son
Mr. and
Mrs. L
F. Haslet
Sphinx Club
Butler
New London Boys Win Burlington Meet Title
New London high school won the eight team invitational at Burlington by defeating Burlington 26 to 14 in the final. Earlier New London beat Creek 22 to 21 after trailing 13 to 11 at halftime to earn a shot at the final. Burlington beat Cutler 27 to 15 after halftime.
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Greencastle
Garver
Lamb
Long Range
Mergin
Oracle
Greencastis
Delphi
Shaffer
Long
Clawson
Delaney
Berryman
Bee
Lynch
M. King
Johnson
J. Glendenning
Oliver
R. Glendenning
New London. High School
Burlington
New London
Creek
Cutler
Services Held At Cutler For Oliver Ball
Funeral services for Oliver M. Ball 70 lifelong Cutler resident were held Tuesday afternoon at Cutler with Rev Atkinson of Lafayette officiating Ball born in Monroe township on September 1 1865 His wife Elizabeth L Moon ey preceded him in death Surviving are two children Mrs Binnie Briggs and John G Ball three grandchildren two brothers Harry of Gary and WAP of Kankakee Ill three sisters Mrs Hart and Mrs Maggie Peter and Flora Rohra baugh of Kirklin
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Cutler
Atkinson
Lafayette
Mr. Ball
Monroe Township
Elizabeth L. Mooney
Binnie Briggs
John G. Ball
Harry
Gary
Wap
Kankakee
Ill
Hart
Mail Carrier M J Ridder Killed by Train Crash
M J Ridder 64 a former Radnor postmaster and long time rural carrier died after his car stalled on a crossing and was struck by a west bound Wabash freight train at Colburn Indiana The crash occurred at 7 40 AM Ridder was taken by train to Lafayette and died four hours later from chest injuries including broken ribs and a possible lung fracture He is survived by his widow Anna ten children and eight grandchildren The service will be held at his daughter s home in Radnor with burial in Zion cemetery
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Mathias J. Ridder
Star Mail
Radnor
Ridder
Lafayette
St. Elizabeth Hospital
H. E. Klepinger
Tippecanoe County
Buck Creek
Adam Walker
Germany
America
Ilinois
Carroll County
Mire
Anna Ridder
Chris Ridder
Huntington
Leonard Clawson
Delphi
Edgar Fetterhoff
Ockley
Clarence Kite
Modern Woodmen of America
Effie Wagoner Dies in Pyrmont Sanatorium
Miss Effie Mae Wagoner, 43, of Pyrmont, died Wednesday in an Indianapolis sanitarium after a long illness. She was born August 9, 1892, in Pyrmont and was well known there. Survived by three sisters, Elda and Ada Wagoner at home and Minnie Miller of this county. mother died four weeks earlier. Body to Grimm and Sons funeral home. Funeral Friday at 1:30 from Pyrmont Brethren Church with Rev. Barnhart and Rev. Root officiating. Interment in Pyrmont.
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Effie Mae Wagoner
Pyrmont
Indianapolis
Elda
Ada Wagoner
Minnie Miller
Grimm and Sons Funeral
Cold Weather Injures Mrs. Lawrence Landis at Home
Mrs. Lawrence Landis, employed in the home of Miss Edna Kirkpatrick, is confined to her rural home 30 miles north of Delphi with frozen limthae after walking a half mile through snow.
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Lawrence Landis
Edna Kirkpatrick
Delphi
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