Veterans Service Officer highlights six months of 1949 duties
Bob Morrow, county Veterans Service Officer, completed 952 services for veterans or families in the first half of 1949. The tasks included 57 educational calls, 142 institutional farm training investigations, 76 GI insurance questions, 42 GI loan inquiries, 73 hospital aid requests, and 111 form assistance, among others. Main Street also salutes Jimmy Harker for returning a lost pocketbook worth $11.85 found at Deer Creek Park.
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Veterans Service
Main Street
Bob Morrow
Deer Creek Park
Jimmy Harker
Delphi
Young Harker
Pat Million
Harker
Tom Smith
Park
Fisher couple visits Empire State Building by mistake
On a New York trip Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Fisher of Rossville rode to the 74th floor. The elevator opened to show the word Delphi Indiana on Globe Valve's New York headquarters, startling the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
L. W. Fisher
Rossville
Empire State Building
Doc
Fern
Store installs Frigidaire A C unit to beat heat
Bob Hall installs a Frigidaire air conditioning unit in his store to lower indoor temperatures by 10 to 15 degrees. On a 95 degree day the store dropped to 76, improving customer comfort and aiding food preservation by controlling humidity.
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Bob Hall
Sheriff Hints Panther Could Be Badger in Pittsburg Case
Sheriff Allen suspects the Pittsburg panther may have been a badger after four badgers were killed this week. The animals visited the Robert King home in West Delphi last Sunday, and an older badger attacked Jim King prompting Robert King to shoot the animal and her three young.
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Sheriff Allen
Pittsburg
Robert King
West Delphi
Jim King
Boy avoids fishing chores as grandmother handles hooks
Ronnie Waymire, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Waymire, enjoys fishing but dislikes worming hooks and removing fish. Grandmother Nellie Waymire usually does those tasks for him.
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Ronnie Waymire
Eddie Waymire
Nellie WayMire
Fish saved from tree after line hooks snag
Mrs Waymire heard her grandson's loud plea and found a fish stuck in a tree after the line snagged branches while the Way mires were at their cottage. The fish was eventually retrieved from the tree.
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Waymires
Neon signs brighten Main Street in Blythe area
Blythe Furniture Store and Welcome Inn Cafe unveil new neon signs adding glow to Main Street. The town notes an uptick in storefront neon this week and surveys the lively streetscape.
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Blythe Furniture Store
Welcome Inn Cafe
New Pharmacist Connie Luczak Joins Wynkoop Pharmacy
Miss Connie Luczak of Lafayette has joined Wynkoop Pharmacy in Delphi as a pharmacist. A 1949 Purdue School of Pharmacy graduate, she will travel to Indianapolis next week to take the State Pharmacy Board exam and receive licensure.
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Connie Luczak
Lafayette
Wynkoop Pharmacy
Delphi
Luzak
Purdue School of Pharmacy
Indianapolis
State Pharmacy Board
Delphi High School Class Picnic Plans for July 10
The 1948 graduating class of Delphi High will hold a picnic Sunday July 10 at Monticello Park. Activities begin 11:30 with a cooperative dinner at noon. Husbands and wives are invited. transportation available from Midway Cafe at 11 a.m.
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theeDelphi High School
Monticello Park
Midway Cafe
Trio to Return This Weekend After Albuquerque Trip
Lloyd Porter Arthur Bradshaw and Dick Clifford will return this weekend following a trip to Albuquerque New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Porter
Arthur Bradshaw
Dick Clifford
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Delphi girl becomes first governor of Girls State at Bloomington
Marilyn McCormick daughter of Mr and Mrs Watson C McCormick of Delphi was elected Governor of Girls State at Indiana University Bloomington. She was installed at Music Hall with Governor Hen Schricker presiding and vows the oath of office. McCormick led a two party campaign and will serve until next July while her family observers attended ceremonies and a 275 member event staff organized the inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Marilyn McCormick
Watson C. McCormick
Girls’ State
Bloomington
McCormick
Indiana University
Music Hall
C. T. Amick
Spurgeon B. Johnson
Indianapolis
Miss McCormick
Phyllis Jean Hill
Ralph Hill
Harry Bohannon Post
American Legion
Federalists
Barbara Kerch
Brookston
Senate
Hen Schricker
S Elective Officers, Preceded To Their Places On the Stage and Miss McCormick
Schricker
Boys State
Erican Legion
Daily Press
Corn Detasseling Set to Start in County
Indiana State Employment officials report about 100 local children have signed up for corn detasseling with 120 needed. Registration blanks are at the County Agent’s Office in the Post Office building. Detasseling will begin July 15 as hot humid weather advances the crop. the Employment Service coordinates workers for major hybrid seed corn growers in the county.
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Indiana State Employment Office
Thefts Reported At Rural Homes In County
State and county officers investigate two break ins Monday evening at rural residences. Pearl State of route 1 Bringhurst reported 85 dollars cash and jewelry taken from his home between 8 and 11 p m. Larry Landis of route 1 Flora lost about 40 dollars in cash and merchandise including a Missionary Fund. Entry was via a window and screen door respectively. Sheriff Allen and State Detective Freed lead the inquiry.
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Allen
Pearl State of
Route 1
Bringhurst
Larry Landis
Flora
Carey
Freed
Vernon Ray Sues Edith Ray for Divorce in Carroll Circuit
Vernon Ray filed suit in Carroll circuit court for divorce from Edith Ray charging cruel and inhuman treatment. Hanna represents the plaintiff. Mrs Basil Smith of Tucson and her mother Mrs O A Trent are spending the week in Lafayette with Mr and Mrs Paul Dickison.
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Vernon Ray
Carroll Circuit
Edith Ray
Hanna
Spaulding couple plan skating rink in West Delphi
Mr and Mrs William Spaulding formerly of North Vernon announce a new skating rink for West Delphi. A fireproof tent 50 by 108 feet will be set between Cunningham Grocery and Midway Gardens on State Highway 39 with 150 new skates. Opening is planned for August 1. If successful they will build a year round permanent rink and provide ample parking on purchased lots.
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William Spaulding
West Delphi
North Vernon
Cunningham Grocery
Midway Gardens
State Highway 39
New Vocational Home Economics Teacher At Delphi
Miss Mary Jane Cash of Frankfort begins duties as vocational home economics teacher in the Delphi school system replacing Miss Sarah Shelby. Cash will oversee girls 4-H work at the school each afternoon through the county 4-H fair in early August at Flora. Perry Whipker also assumes duties as GI Vocational Agriculture teacher, succeeding Dr. J. M. Haggard who resigned.
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Mary Jane Cash
Frankfort
Sarah Shelby
Cash
Flora
Perry Whipker
Whipker
J. M. Haggard
Disorderly conduct arrest for Carl Hamilton in Delphi
Carl Hamilton a 32 year old of Delphi was arrested Friday night on disorderly conduct charges. The affidavit was signed by Hazel Lines his mother in law and Hamilton appeared before Rossie L Dern who imposed a 30 day suspended jail sentence and a five dollar fine plus costs.
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Carl Hamilton
Delphi
Allen
Duckwall
Coghill
Hamilton
Hazel Lines
Rossie L. Dern
Johnsons Visit Grantham Family Over Holiday
Mr and Mrs Harold Johnson of Chesterson spent the holiday weekend with Mrs Wilbur Grantham and son Richard, the Grantham household.
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Harold Johnson of
Chesterson
Wilbur Grantham
Richard
Sixth GI Farm School Started In Camden With 25 Enrollees
Robert Morrow Carroll County Veterans Service Officer reported the sixth Carroll County Farm School began Tuesday night at Camden. Instructor Joseph Kerkhoff leads nineteen named enrollees including Robert Kuszmaus Robert Schmitter Joe Sullivan Orville Williams Asa Cohee John Meiser Charles Yeager Lewis Mullin Lawrence Carmen William McFatridge Richard Coble Paul Fife Donald Potts Dean Draper William Myler George Hathaway Jack Allen James Page Paul Schmitter Tobias Schmitter Conway Craft Orval Sparks William Arvin Jack Helvie and John Seward.
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Robert Morrow
Carroll County
Veterans’ Service
Camden
Joseph Kerkhoff
Robert W. Kuszmaus
Robert Schmitter
Joe Sullivan
Orville Williams
Asa Cohee
John S. Meiser
Charles L. Yeager
Lewis N. Mullin
Lawrence Carmen
William McFatridge
Richard Coble
Paul L. Fife
Donald C Potts
Dean L. Draper
William Myler
George B. Hathaway
Jack Allen
James C
Page
Paul “C. Schmitter
Tobias J. Schmitter
Conway Craft
State notes improvements at Carroll County Home
The inspection praised custodians Mr and Mrs Warnie Mullendore for updates including interior painting flooring upgrades new linoleum kitchen range stair treads window and screen repairs and a new septic system. Recommendations by state agencies were partially complied with and funding shares were outlined for maintenance costs and future improvements.
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Carroll County
Warnie Mullendore
Indiana
Indiana State Board of Health
Indiana State Department of Public Welfare
State Welfare Department
County Welfare Department
Delphi Junior Legion to Host Twelve Mile at Deer Creek Park
Delphi's newly organized Junior American Legion Baseball club co sponsored by Paul Johnson and Harry Bohannon Post meets Twelve Mile's Junior Legion at Deer Creek Park Delphi Sunday at 2 p m. Delphi lost 14 to 6 to Lafayette last Sunday with pitchers Schlang Crone and Hitchcock and catcher Jackson.
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Junior Legion
Delphi
Junior American Legion
Paul Johnson
Harry Bohannon
Twelve Mile
Deer Creek Park
Lafayette
Schlang
Crone
Hitchcock
Jackson
Plan to Move Smiths Seek Private Sale of Household Goods
Mr and Mrs Robert D Smith and family plan to leave about July 15 for Benton Arkansas where Mr Smith has new employment in a furniture factory A private sale of their household goods is advertised elsewhere in this edition of The Citizen.
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Robert D. Smith
Benton
Arkansas
Smith
Local officials hosted by Yunker and Bowman at Roth Park dinner
J C Yunker and Mrs Florence Bowman entertained Car roll county Board of Education and spouses at a dinner Tuesday evening July 12 at Roth Park Hotel. Mr Yunker planned to show colored films of his trip through the eastern states.
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J. C. Yunker
Florence Bowman
Carroll County Board of Education
Roth Park Hotel
Mr. Yunker
Wagoner Guests Extend Weekend at Cowdin Home
Mr and Mrs E R Wagoner of Ohio visited Mr and Mrs William Cowdin for a weekend stay. The noted hosts welcomed the couple and shared social time at their residence in town.
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E. R. Wagoner
Ohio
William Ros Cowdin
Delphi Citizens Celebrate Fourth of July With Parade and Fireworks
Thousands attended a Delphi Fourth of July celebration highlighted by an Army tank and amphibious duck display on Main Street and in Deer Creek Park. Lt Col Cottingham oversaw two way radio coordination. private air overhead provided by Halsmer Airport. Parade awards and prize donations addressed bicycle decor challenges. Major Green and Mayor Wood spoke, followed by softball, barbershop entertainment, and a one hour fireworks finale.
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Deer Creek Park
Lafayette
Cottingham
REMC
Halsmer
Main Street
Globe Valve Corporation
Western Autostate
Toole
Pletcher’s Hardware
Mount’s Hardware
Col. Cottingham
Abner
Indiana National Guard
Wood
William B. Smith
Francis Kienly
C. C. Crampton
Clinton Green
Veterans Affairs
Indiana
293Rd Infantry
Foster Haines
Delphi American Legion
Winamac
Battle Ground
Rensselaer
Delphi High School
Kienly
Charles Wood
Major Green
Delphi Moose
Monticello Eagles
Loganaires
Charles Erbaugh
Dick Rainbolt
Old Settlers to Stage 49er Themed Program
Carroll County Old Settlers Association plans a 49er themed program for the annual meeting the second Saturday in August. Descendants of Forty-niners in the county may participate with short parts. Ancestry letters to Mrs. B B Mayhill Delphi are requested.
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Carroll County
Old Settlers Association
B. B. Mayhill
Old Settlers
California
Delphi
Ben Been
Hazel Coble
Walter Neff
Effie Guckien
Ruth Ayres
Mr and Mrs Dean Maxwell Move to Ratcliff Apartment
Mr and Mrs Dean Maxwell have relocated to one of the Ratcliff apartments as their new residence, confirming their housing change.
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Mrs. Dean Maxwell
Ratcliff
City youths flock to daily recreation program
Recreation Director John Robert Miller reports average morning attendance for junior youths around 25 with 35 to 50 on many mornings for softball baseball and hiking trips. He arranged Industrial Bus Lines transport to Lafayette for swimming lessons and youths take Amateur Athletic Union fitness tests with certificates for those who pass.
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John Robert Miller
Drownings mar Holiday Week in Carroll County
Rex V. Peters, 26, of Sharpsville, died in the Tippecanoe river near Oakdale while a party from Sharpsville swam across the river. Kenneth Robeson and others acted to rescue Peters’ son. Peters disappeared after assistance. State and local responders attempted resuscitation. he was pronounced dead. This marked the county’s fourth drowning of the year, with three occurring within two miles of Oakdale dam.
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Carroll County
Rex V. Peters
Sharpsville
Allen
Tippecanoe
Oakdale
Peters
Frank Livingston
Lowell Smith
Robeson
Herbert Smith
Monticello
Oakdale Dam
Wreck at Cincinnati Injures Roy Gregg and Destroys Clothes
Mr and Mrs Roy Gregg narrowly escaped serious injury returning from Cincinnati. Mrs Gregg drove the Chevrolet toward Delphi when her car hit a stalled vehicle, injuring Mr Gregg and destroying the Campbells wedding clothes while the other car burned. Bonds and small items were saved by passersby before the vehicle was demolished.
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Roy Gregg
Joseph Tabel Carter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Gregg
Delphi
Cincinati
Max Campbell
Rushville
Ayres Oil Company Sues Delrum Defendants on Account
Basil Ayres trading as Ayres Oil Company files suit in Carroll circuit court against Walter and Alta Delrum on an account. F. D. Kipen represents the plaintiff.
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Basil Ayres
the Ayres Oil Company
Carroll Circuit
Ainst Walter
Alta Delrumple
F. D. Kipen
Conference Leader Esther Gregg Heads Indiana University Session
Mrs Esther Gregg county health nurse led a leadership training session at Indiana University last week focusing on Family Life as part of a conference for leaders.
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Esther Gregg
Indiana University
Indiana World War II Bonus Forms Available July 11
Final plans for distributing application forms for the Indiana World War II Bonus were announced by Carroll County Veterans Service Officer Robert D. Morrow. Forms will be at his office after July 11, with four Legion posts aiding in records and visits. Eligible veterans have until January 1, 1951 to file. original discharge must accompany applications.
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Indiana
Robert D. Morrow
Carroll County
Veterans Service
Morrow
Legion
Camden
Burlington
Flora
Delphi
Legionaires
John G. Moyer Retires as Rear Admiral After 30 Years
John Gould Moyer, son of Mrs. Eva Gould Clark of Delphi, retires from the U. S. Navy after 30 years with the rank of Rear Admiral. Retiring June 30, he returns to California following a visit with his critically ill mother. He served in World War I and II, commanded Western Sea Frontier, and was honored with a Navy secretary’s letter of congratulations. He will visit again with his mother in September.
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John Gould Moyer
Eva Gould Clark
Delphi
U. S. Navy
Moyer
California
Annapolis
Charles Landis
Samoa
Western Sea Frontier
Treasure Island
Admiral Moyer
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Meyer
Local Girl Honored by Rainbow Grand Assembly
Delphi Rainbow Assembly honors Helen Allen as Grand Fidelity at ninth annual Grand Assembly ceremonies in Evansville Coliseum on June 25. She receives appointive office. local assembly presents rose corsage and white Bible. Mothers adviser Mary Smock also receives pink carnation corsage for Grand Assembly events.
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Delphi Rainbow Assembly
Helen Allen
Miss Allen
Order of the Rainbow
Evansville Coliseum
Mary Smock
Grand Assembly
Hazel T. Coats
Temple
Delphi Presbyterian Church
SGT Owens Home On 30 Day Leave From 91st Fighter Squadron
SGT Ralph P Owens of the 91st Fighter Squadron at Kirkland Air Force Base New Mexico returns home for a 30 day leave to Yeoman New Mexico to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Owens. Owens serves as personnel clerk for the squadron.
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Owens Homes
Ralph P. Owens
91St
Kirkland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Charles Owens
Yeoman
Owens
Hawaii
Mrs George Lee and Family Visit From Gary
Mrs George Lee and her three children from Gary have been visiting, accompanied by Mrs Paul Carney, with plans to tour local sites and family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lee
Gary
Paul Carney
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GI Farm
Mary Crosby
Carol Crosby
Ann McGreevey
Delphinium
John G. Moyer
Rainbow Grand Assembly
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