Delphi Bee Keeper John Ratcliff Promotes Honey Harvest
Main Street brief profiles Apiarist John Ratcliff who with 35 hives produced 1200 pounds of honey last year and expects 2000 pounds this year using a mechanical extractor that preserves combs. The piece covers hive behavior, swarm moving, and his ten years in beekeeping. It also notes editor William Grant Smith and local hill picnic history, plus Indiana History bulletin items on Miami county history projects by high school students.
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John Retcliff
Delphi
John
Ratcliff
Indiana History Bulletin
Frederick J. Breeze
Ball State Teachers’ College
Miami County
Mr. Breeze
County Goes Over Top in USO Drive
Carroll county residents surpassed their USO quota, with many townships reporting ahead of the $1600 goal and Delphi city contributing 326.67. Mayor C. Clay Pearson credited organized drives and noted several townships had not yet reported as of July 4.
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C. Clay Pearson
Thhe County
Pearson
Harold Thayer
Delphi
City of
Deer Creek Township
Liberty Township
Jackson Township
Clay Township
Adams Township
Carrollton
Rock Creek
Madison Township
Jefferson Township
Washington Township
Monroe Township
Burlington Township
Tippecanoe Township
Salvation Army of
Kokomo
Democrat
Monroe
Tippecanoe
Deer Creek
Madison
County Enlists 1500 in Civilian Defense Effort
Carroll county lawmakers report about 1500 residents engaged in civilian defense. Indiana leads Kentucky and Ohio in participation with 60,000 statewide enrolled, including Red Cross and scouts. The state lists 25,180 air wardens and 7,444 watchers, with 2,100 civilian airmen and 700 planes. The Defense Council funds two bodies and received 200000 dollars for two years. The War Department approves progress.
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Schricker
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Carroll County
Red Cross
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Clarence A. Jackson
Civilian Defense Corps
Defense Council
Civil Air Patrol
General Assembly
Cub Scouts Hold Annual Picnic at Lake Freeman
Delphi Cub Scout pack and parents held their annual picnic on Lake Freeman Monday evening. Clyde Robbins led the event with a council fire after supper. New member Junior Fesler joined the Cub Pack while awards went to Max Andrews, Tom Ives, Marvin Bowman, and Donnie Holmes for Wolf and Bear ranks.
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Delphi
Lake Freeman
Clyde Robbins
Boy Scout
Den
Joe Holmes
Billy Dean Smith
Bill Wood
Bill Anderson
Council
Junior Fesler
Max Andrews
Annual Farm Bureau Picnic Set for July 14
Carroll County Farm Bureau directors voted to hold the annual picnic on July 14 in cooperation with the Carroll County 4H Club Exhibit scheduled for August 13 and 14 at Flora community park. 4H exhibits will be judged and displayed with live stock judging on the day. winners announced for boys and girls divisions. Membership stands at 577, 24 short of the 1942 quota.
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Carroll County Farm Bureau
Carroll County
Flora Community Park
Farm Bureau Executive Committee
Rites Held Monday for Rossville Man Ray Wolf
Funeral services were held at the Rossville Dunkard church for Ray Wolf 51 of near Rossville who died from injuries after a hay wagon fall. He formerly lived in Fora. Survivors include his widow three children Delbert Blocher Frankfort Clarence and Wilbert a brother John Pyrmont and a sister Mrs J W Skiles of Rossville.
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Rossville
Burke Family Attends Funeral in Cissna Park Ill
John Burke Sr his brother William Burke and John Burke Jr of Patton attended the funeral of Gertrude Burke Boers in Cissna Park Ill at age sixty six. Burial followed at Rankin Ti. Mr and Mrs William Large of Huntington and Miss Lorene Hinkle of Lafayette visited Ada Hinkle and daughter Mary over the weekend.
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John Burke, Sr
William Burke
John Burke
Patton
Cissna Park
Ill
Gertrude (Burke) Boers
Rankin, Ti
William Large
Huntington
Lorene Hinkle
Lafayette
Ada Hinkle
Mary
Twenty-Four Carroll Men Leave For Induction At Fort Harrison
Twenty four Carroll county men depart Monday for Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis to begin U S Army induction after passing medicals. They will receive a fourteen day furlough before active duty. Names include Hamm, Johnson, Smith Bringhurst McKinney Davis Downham Stanton Boyer Jackson Slusser Fossnock Myers Strasser Craig Ruffner Smith Criswell Cutler Frantz Haugh White Yeakley Hughes Cree transferred from Grand Rapids and other locals. List released by clerk Herman Theophile of the Carroll county selective service board.
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Carroll County
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Armed Forces of
United States
Army
George Bert Hamm
Delphi
Walter McDowell Johnson
Camden
Navy
Clarence Samuel Smith
Bringhurst
Charles Thomas McKinney
Herbert Paul Davis
Taylor Fairbank Downham
Carl V. Stanton
Flora
Beecher B. Boyer
Burlington
Morgan Clay Jackson
Howard Wayne Slusser
Logansport
Dale Edward Fossnock
Rossville
Jack Francis Myers
Frank Strasser
Lee Max Craig
Boston
L. Ruffner
Charles Edward Smith
Yeoman
Kenneth
Christian Church Reopens After Interior Redecoration
Delphi Christian church completes interior redecoration and repairs since 1908 building. The Sunday service marks reopening with Rev. Gerald Miller in charge and a 2:00 pm afternoon service. Local committee and Schanabacher company led the effort with members refinishing floors and installing new lighting.
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Delphi Christian Church
Deer Creek Park
Gerald Miller
Kokomo Main Street
Herman Theophile
Harry Wingard
Bess Carey
Honeywell
Schanabacher Company
Springfield
Illinois
Charles Melson
Frank Rodkey
Sack Bloyd
Robert Pearson
Freeman Redding
Annual Cliff Picnic Draws Large Local Crowd
A large crowd gathered on Wednesday evening at Miss Lillian Blythe’s lawn for the South Delphi hill annual cliff picnic. The event featured a seven o'clock picnic supper, a business meeting led by Clarence McKinley, and officers announced by Joseph Ives for the coming year including Walter Clawson as president and Miss Hilda Bowen as flower chair.
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South Delphi Hill
Lillian Blythe
Clarence McKinley
Joseph Ives
Walter Clawson
William MaHanna
Ward Oaks
Benner Rites Held for Mrs Jesse Benner Near Burrows
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Jesse Benner 57 near Burrows at St. Vincent church Logansport with Father John Schall officiating. Burial followed in St. Vincent cemetery. Survivors include husband two daughters Nellie Turner Hollywood California and Mary at home four sons Paul Topeka Thomas Washington St Charles Camp Leonard Wood and John at home three sisters Effie Guckien Anna Shaffer and Nora Lucas Chicago and two brothers William Logansport Emmet and Lawrence Guckien near Burrows Annabel Craig elected treasurer Lafayette district Methodist Youth Fellowship.
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Jesse Benner
Near Burrows
St. Vincent Church
Logansport
John Schall
St. Vincent
Nellie Turner
Hollywood
Calif
Mary
Paul
Topeka
Kan
Thomas
Washington
Ind
St. Charles
Camp Leonard Wood
John
Effie Guckien
Anna Shaffer
Northeastern
Carrounty
Nora Lucas
Chicago
William
Emmet
Lawrence Guckien
Near
Burrows
Eleven Registrants Inducted Into Army
Eleven men from the July 6 Indianapolis physicals have been accepted for service. Lee Max Craig Charles T. McKinney William D. Yeakley Dale E. Fossnock Lawrence Allen Beecher Boyer Vernon L. Frantz George B. Humm Howard W. Slusser Morgan W. Jackson Kenneth Criswell report for Fort Benjamin Harrison on July 20 for assignment.
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Indianapolis
Lee Max Craig
Charles T. McKinney
William D. Yeakley
Dale E. Fossnock
Lawrence Allen
Beecher Boyer
Vernon L. Frantz
George B. Humm
Howard W. Slusser
Morgan W. Jackson
Kenneth Criswell
U. S. Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Delphi residents join Red Cross War Institute sessions
Several Delphi residents will attend the Red Cross War Institute in Indianapolis at the Claypool Hotel from July 8 to 11. Reed C. Schermerhorn will join all sessions and travel to Indianapolis, staying with Mr. and Mrs. Bond Aspy. Others from Carroll county include Mrs. Roy Gregg, Mrs. Robert Bradshaw, Mrs. Jack Bloyd, Miss Hilda Bowen, and Harold Thayer, attending July 9 and 10 sessions.
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Delphi
Red Cross
War Institute
Claypool
Indianapolis
Reed C. Schermerhorn
Red Cross Organization
Carroll County
Roy Gregg
Robert Bradshaw
Jack Bloyd
Hilda Bowen
Harold Thayer
Reed Schermerhorn
Bond. Aspy
Brendenwood
Claypool Hotel
Schermerhorn
Bernadine Maxwell Weds Thomas Eastwood in Purdue Chapel
Miss Bernadine Maxwell of Indianapolis and Thomas Eastwood of Mishawaka wed June 28 at Purdue chapel West Lafayette with Rev. John Finley officiating. The couple to reside in East Mishawaka where the groom works as a horticulturist with the U S Rubber Company.
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Bernadine Maxwell
Indianapolis
Harry Maxwell
South of Delphi
Thomas Eastwood
Mishawaka
Charles Eastwood
Trenton
N. J
Purdue Chapel
West Lafayette
John Finley
Joanne Lloyd
John McCormick
Robert Showalter
Purdue
Lloyd Boyd
Mrs. Eastwood
East Mishawaka
U. S. Rubber Company
Man Held In Jail For Theft and Sale Of Wool
Roy Denham, 37, of Delphi, arrested Monday evening at his home on a charge of petit larceny. He allegedly stole two fleeces of wool from the Frank Imler farm and sold them to a local wool buyer. Denham is held in Carroll county jail and will be arraigned in Carroll circuit court. Miss Caroline Baker of Wabash is visiting Delphi grandparents this week.
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Roy Denham
Delphi
Harry Cree
Robert Moore
Denham
Frank Imler
Imler
Carroll County
Carroll Circuit Court
Caroline Baker
Wabash
Mrs
Roy Ellis
Purdue Professor Frank Hall Addresses Delphi Rotary Luncheon
Professor Frank Hall of Purdue University history discusses postwar peace and cautions against hasty peace writing after victory. He advocates a cooling off period, strict policing of conquered regions, and preventing future despots like Hitler. Paul Johnson organized the program for the Tuesday luncheon.
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Frank Hall
Purdue
Rotary
Purdue University History Department
Delphi
Hall
Wilson
Lloyd George
England
Clemenceau
France
United States
Halil
Hitler
Paul Johnson
131 in County Take Red Cross First Aid Course
Mrs Roy Gregg county nurse stated this week that 131 persons completed the Red Cross First Aid course for civilian defense in Delphi and Carroll county A nursing class also finished with ten completing the special course in Red Cross first aid Readable lists of Delphi Flora and Clay township participants named with clusters of women and home economics club members affiliated with the effort.
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Roy Gregg
Red Cross
Delphi
Carroll
Flora Red Cross
Helen Myer
Emma Aschanhart
Marie Burns
Dorcas Clemens
Betty Downham
Helen Gerard
Georganna Julius Pearl Lehman
Dorothy McDowell
Margaret Marley
Lois Metsger
Maurine Shafer
Oren Skinner
Ada Wheeler
Clay Township Home Economics Club
Guy Zeider
Lloyd Beard
John Beard
Robert Parrish
Jennie Balkema
Guy Clauser
Fred Redenbacher
New Hope Home Economics Club
Russell Clawson
Margaret Draper
Lawrence Gingrich
Onpha Goslee
Joe Henderson
Fred Hannelis
Harvey Lee
Chester Maxwell
Agnes McCouch
Charles Rees
Lily B. Sheets
Ethel Wise
Orton Zook
Lloyd Zook
Cub Scouts Plan Soap Box Derby This Summer
Cub Scouts prepare for an annual soap box derby likely in the first week of August. Cubmaster Clyde Robbins says the event will feature only Cub Scouts this year and racers will be built by the boys. Harry Hatton works with state highway officials to seek permission to close the South Delphi hill for the race.
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Clyde Robbins
Harry Hatton
South Delphi Hill
Robbins
Eran Julien Stationed With Armored Forces
Eran Julien son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Julien has enlisted in the U S army and is stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky with the armored forces. He graduated this spring from Delphi high school. Kenneth Vaughan James Peirce and Loyal Cripe spent the weekend of the Fourth in Chicago.
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Eran Julien
Floyd Julien
U. S. Army
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Julien
Delphi High School
Armored Force School
Kenneth Vaughan
James Peirce
Loyal Cripe
Chicago
Former Resident's Son Weds in Illinois
Announcement of the marriage in Elgin Illinois between Miss Helen Cooper daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Cooper and Robert A Hoffer son of Mr and Mrs George Hoffer West Lafayette The bride is a 1941 Purdue graduate and will reside with her husband in Arlington New Jersey.
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Elgin, DL
Helen Cooper
A. E. Cooper
Robert A. Hoffer
George Hoffer
West Lafayette
Hoffer
Delphi
Goldie Arnott Hoffer
Madison Arnott
Rev. Brown
Elizabeth Hoyt
George N. Hoffer, Jr
Purdue
Kappa Alpha Theta
Phi Kappa Psi
DuPont
Arlington, N. J
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Hilda Holmes
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Margaret Baer
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Maxine Lane
Juanita McCain
Phyllis Moore
Carmen Jane Randal
Kathleen Simmons
Hazel Cripe
Bess Bluemire
Flossie Livingston
Faye Wood
Lilian Thayer
Martha Smock
Minnie Roach
Helen Orr
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Olive McGuire
Betty McCormick
Rosalind McCain
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Ruth Drake
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George McCain
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Lloyd Cripe
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la Vaun Dunkin
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Mary Alice Lamb
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Margaret Rusk
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Clara Wiliams
Wayne Hiatt
Margaret Hedderich
Gwenn Coble
Irma Beany
Virginia Gregg
Florence Nightingale R. N. Club
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Nina Lyon Dean
Eileen Flora
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Josephine Mears
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Clara Simms
Myrtle Wingard
Josephine Blanchard
Cub Scouts