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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1941
Page
1
A local column reflects on independence and the American dream, warning against complacency as great challenges loom. It notes daylight saving time rollout, Delphi post office inquiries, Wilbur Lane’s Life feature, and town happenings from sportsmanship debates to golden wedding vows.
The Madison Township Home Economics club hosts its annual picnic on Wednesday July 9 at Delphi City park. A basket dinner is served at noon followed by contests and an afternoon program. Mrs Edith Retherford will spend the Fourth with Mr and Mrs David Retherford in Kalamazoo Michigan.
A national rededication program will be carried on a nationwide radio hookup Friday July 4 starting at 3 00 p m CST. The President will give a five minute address followed by the national anthem led by the U S Marine band and continued by bands nationwide. The pledge of allegiance will be recited with Roosevelt guiding the radio audience. The total program lasts about ten minutes and Delphi listeners tune in at 4 00 p m daylight saving time.
Carroll county men are deferred from immediate departure for a year of military training due to a telegram from Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey. Five men over 28 receive deferment while seven others depart today. air corps deferments granted for Mainard Weaver and Clifford Joyce. Hershey cites pending congressional action affecting 28 and over group and retroactive July 1 deferment provisions.
The Delphi band concerts edge forward to 8:30 daylight saving time each Thursday night in summer. Paul Johnson of the Chamber of Commerce announced the shift from 8:00 central standard time. Clarence Morroco, new school music teacher, leads two weekly rehearsals.
Delphi's two man police force undergoes a shakeup as chief Charles Randle resigns to join the aluminum plant police in Lafayette. Mayor Pearson names Thomas McCormick, ex county sheriff and former Delphi officer, to fill the vacancy temporarily.
Mrs Verl Weaver of South Delphi is in St. Elizabeth hospital Lafayette under observation.
Mae Mackenzie writes from Newport Isle of Wight about the new clothes rationing during wartime. She jokes that husbands will cling to old clothes with coupons and foresees fashion shifts like corduroy trousers and boiler suits becoming common as rationing changes daily life.
Mayor C. Clay Pearson issued a proclamation setting daylight saving time in Delphi starting Saturday midnight. Clocks moved to one o clock as nearby Lafayette Logansport and Kokomo also shifted to faster time. The change lasts until October when standard time returns per mayoral proclamation.
Loren Ayres of Delphi rises from corporal to second sergeant and becomes second in command of the Lafayette state police area as announced Wednesday.
A large transport carrying new trucks became wedged under the Delphi viaduct on road 25 Tuesday. The cab of one truck was badly damaged. The driver readjusted the load and cleared the passage.
The Lafayette Wonders defeated Radnor 17 to 4 and Pyrmont beat Rossville 10 to 0 at Riley Park Tuesday night. Pyrmont and Lafayette Hillers lead the league with three wins and no losses.
Members of the Delphi Rotary club met Tuesday night at Haughey Mounts cottage on Lake Freeman. New officers were inducted for the coming year: Roy Clauser president, George Obear vice president, Curtis McCain secretary, and Charles Flora sergeant-at-arms. H. B. Wilson presided.
Raymond Brookshire, stationed on the U S S Yorktown, arrived in Delphi Monday for a 14 day leave. He has been transferred and on July 14 reports to Pensacola Florida to attend link training school for a period of fourteen weeks. Try a classified ad in The Citizen.
Theophile announces 16 county men will leave July 18 for a year of training. Fourteen more will depart for Fort Harrison later this week. New call includes draft numbers from about 500 to 600.
Lloyd Blocker of near Camden refused to report for a year of noncombatant service as a conscientious objector. He did not want camp life and disappeared, while two others from Carroll County reported to Camp Lagro. The case now rests with the FBI with a maximum two year federal prison penalty.
Dr Joseph E Mullin of Indianapolis after completing a year in internship at Indiana University hospitals will depart for Denver to join the army medical department as first lieutenant in the air corps. Friends hosted a gathering at his parents Rockfield home honoring his service plans with many local couples attending.
County Auditor Wade Farr reports a quarterly state check of 29099.92 dollars for Carroll County's gasoline tax fund share, about seven thousand dollars more than the prior year.
The second selective service registration in Carroll County added 75 youths to the list of men liable for military training. Floyd J. Julien praised volunteers and advisory board members for helping at the station. Cards registered with improper home boards will be forwarded to the correct local board. A lottery will determine the sequencing for the new enrollees to receive questionnaires, with the process to include interspersing new names with existing registrants.
An accident Monday on Market streets involved two mothers pushing carriages into a passing car driven by Ewing Frank Hoover. One infant suffered slight head bumps and a dented cab. one other person received bruises. Mrs Raymond Sew ard and her six months old baby were uninjured.
The Sub Debs met in the library basement Monday to vote on a Friday July 11 swimming party and picnic at Frankfort Park. Members depart from the library at 2:30 p.m. and dine at 6 p.m. Bring sandwiches and a covered dish. Contact Herb Smith at 999.
Delphi members of the Save the British Children Federation met county chairwoman Mrs L H Smith to plan a benefit motion picture at the Roxy on July 9 and 10. Proceeds aid British refugee children in England. The Ghost Breakers starring Bob Hope and Petite Goddard will be shown. Boy Scouts and Sunshine Society girls with five tickets can pick up passes on Saturday July 5 at 10 am.
Carroll county WPA rolls show only the county recreation project remains active after a widespread layoffs. Nine recreation workers stay amid closures of county roads, Flora sidewalks, museum, vital statistics and adult education, reflecting defense-driven spending shifts and a drop from 150 workers. Melvin Hemmig heads the recreation project. White county closed, Cass county down to five. several other district projects ended as workers left for private jobs, including at the Aluminum plant in Lafayette.
William E. Shaffer of Delphi is appointed to the state excise police by the Alcoholic Beverages Commission. He is one of seven Democrats and seven Republicans named to ensure equal party representation. Shaffer, a Republican, works at Mount and Sons Hardware store.
A park story hour for children aged five to twelve will be held at Delphi City park on Thursdays from 10 to 10 30 a m. Mrs William Kerlin, a former teacher, will oversee the program with matron care provided for participants.
The Roxy theatre announced it will operate on daylight saving time for the summer. Doors open at 7 p m and the first show starts at 7 15 p m.
Miss Georgann Schilling a Swift and Company consultant will arrive Thursday evening for a three day visit with her mother Mrs Julia Schilling and her brother Jack who is on short leave from Camp Shelby Mississippi in Kansas City Kansas.
Mayor C. Clay Pearson announces a patriotic program to observe Independence Day in Delphi. The event follows the regular band concert with readings, sermons, and dedications led by local clergy and civic leaders, plus a 4 p.m. flag-raising and address.
Thirty five members of the Delphi National Guard company stationed at Camp Shelby Mississippi arrived in Delphi Wednesday morning on a ten day furlough. Furloughs may extend to August 3 with limits of one quarter on leave per company and an on duty officer in each unit. Inductees from January may take furloughs if they had no prior leaves and furlough rate is two and a half days per month of service. List of returning guardsmen includes Frank Lamb Jr John Delaney Oscar Kirkpatrick Jack Shilling Foster Haines George Lester John Hickman Vernon George William Tyler Eddie Blake Glenn Rogers Harold Russell John Green Floyd Cornwall Gordon Moore Howard Turner Richard Short Elmer Watkins Pacifico Scagnoli Evan Cree Kenneth Martin Vernon Nichols Robert McCormick Kenneth Woods Ray Riley Owen Schweiger Dick Edging and Arthur Brown. Other furloughs include Ernest J Donato Howard A Turner Carl E Hefiley Richard L Short Eldon Brown Jr Clarence R Hobaugh Robert D Barnett James I Lucas. All are members of the original Delphi company. Lieutenant Howard L Smith of the
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