Delphi Dam Opening Promises Festive Debut on Deer Creek
Delphi prepares for the Sunday 1:30 pm dam opening in the new park with a water release ceremony. A high school band concert led by Loyal Hoshaw follows, and from opening to 10 pm river lights will illuminate the pool for swimming, picnics, and refreshments. The bath house team led by Robert Julius, Donald Chapman, and Charles Bradshaw will oversee towels, suits, baskets, and the refreshment stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Deer Creek
Loyal Hoshaw
Robert Julius
Donald Chapman
Charles Bradshaw
Opening Day Prices At Pool And Park Fundraiser
A schedule of prices for the opening day lists admission to the pool ten cents dressing room use fifteen cents basket and towel fifteen cents and bathing suit rental twenty five cents. All receipts from opening day and future dates will be spent on the dam site and park.
Free Admission for Delphi Residents at Pool Opening
Opening day will offer free pool admission to Delphi residents while non residents pay a nominal fee. Tickets will be distributed to outsiders who contributed financially or otherwise to the project.
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Delphi
Lights to be placed over water at Oakdale dam site
William Givler of the Indiana Service Corporation will install lights over the water and dam. Two large reflectors, first used at Oakdale dam and later for street dances, will be positioned at key points of the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Givler
Indiana Service Corporation
Oakdale Dam
Committee posts delay on bath house. Mickley barn repurposed
The committee regrets its finances prevent immediate construction of a bath house. The Mickley barn will be repaired and partitions added for temporary use.
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Mickley
Toilet provisions limited on opening day at pool
Patrons cannot access toilets on opening day but can use rest rooms at the court where facilities are always available.
Cleaning Up After Dam Construction
After the dam's completion several men are kept on the job to do some cleaning up about the water and building.
New Bathing Facility Adds Ticket Office and Rentals
A ticket office with an attractive exterior will be placed in a convenient spot. Swimming suits and baskets are ordered along with mental identification tags. Towels will be provided to bathers who rent suits or gain bath house privileges.
Indiana Legion Membership Gains At Historic High
Indiana’s American Legion department reports 175 more members than ever before with Forest A Harness of Kokomo citing the rise. Posts statewide push final recruitment for parade positions for the Fort Wayne convention August 23 to 26 and final standings will be decided July 19. Indiana ranks fourth in membership nationally and will feature prominently in the Boston parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
County Board Raises Teaching Standards for Summers 1931
At a Saturday meeting the county board of education ordered all second grade license holders to attend summer school in 1931 and every summer after until they earn a first grade license. Beginning teachers must obtain a first grade license per the state board. Permits allowing elementary teachers to teach beyond their licensed grades will be discontinued, with permits currently secured by teacher applications and county superintendent oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
Marriage Licenses Issued for Ditzenberger Stine Weaver Cripe
Edgar P. Ditzenberger a signal builder Yeoman weds Beulah May Stine of Yeoman. Darrell Warne Weaver electrician Ft Wayne marries Leila Cripe of Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar P. Ditzenberger
Yeoman
Beulah May Stine
Darrell Warne Weaver
Ft. Wayne
Leila Cripe
Delphi
Delphis aam opening date set. dam project praised
The assembly lauds completion of the dam and park project in Delphi with a announced opening date. committee members are praised for harmonious work, though some constructive criticism arose. major donors Mrs Bow en and William H Brad shaw lead the effort, urging united support.
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Delphi
E. W. Bowen
Dam
William H. Bradshaw
Contract Awarded to Build George W Peterson Road
Albert Holloway won the Adams township road contract from the county board Tuesday as the sole bidder at 6700 dollars, 700 below the engineer’s estimate. The bid stayed within the township bonded limit, with supplies contracts also awarded for county farm needs and gravel for 5992 yards at 45 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Holloway
Board of County Commissioners
George W. Peterson
Adams Township
Holloway
William Funkhouser
Peer, Nue Oe &Reres
Hall
Julius
Brewer
Margowski
Roach
Randolph & Hikenberry
Local Club Hosts Fourth of July Handicap Golf Meet
Results from the eighteenth hole handicap tournament at the local club show participants competing last Friday afternoon. Scores, names, and standings highlight the club event marking a holiday weekend activity.
Tribune Scouts Canoe Down the Tippecanoe
A group of Boy Scouts paddled down the Tippecanoe River this week starting Monday upstream and ending near Lafayette. They camped at various spots including Lake Delphi and Tecumseh, facing hard work transporting gear over Norway and Oakdale dams before finishing their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tippecanoe River
Lafayette Ender
Chicago
Lake Delphi
Tecumseh
Norway
Oakdale
Minature Golf Course Set to Open in Delphi
Ira Seybold and Leslie Rafferty of Logansport closed a lease on vacant Elmwood addition lots east of the city park owned by Gus A. Hall. They plan to install a miniature golf course and expect to open for play within a week or ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Seybold
Leslie Rafferty
Logansport
Gus A. Hall
Elmwood
Threshing Rates to Remain Same in Carroll County
threshing machine owners in Carroll County lack an active association but share price understandings for this season Wheat 6 cents oats 3 rye 7 cents. Neighbors with rings buy separators and operate with tractors while southern counties set 5 8 10 cents. Local elevators anticipate next week wheat deliveries. yield expected large and higher quality than average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Farm Bureau Heads Discuss Problems
Board of directors met at the Camden oil station to discuss general business. It was voted to hold a joint picnic with Flora Calf Club at Community Park in Flora on August 13. A committee including Ralph Maggert, Mrs. Sam Sites, Carl Johnson, Mrs. Mary Kerlin, and a representative of Indiana Condensed Milk Co. was named to meet Flora business men and complete arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureaus
Camden Oil Station
Flora Calf Club
Community Park
Flora
Ralph Maggert
Sam Sites
Deer Creek Township
Carl Johnson
Monroe
Mary Kerlin
Delphi
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Tei
Injury Reports From Band Concert Night Accidents
Blanche Imler, seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Coy Imler, was hit by a foreign car while crossing Washington street and broke her leg. She received care from Dr John Carney and was returned home. Clay Briggs, son of Mrs Edna Carmichael, cut his hand when a firecracker exploded on his thumb.
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Blanche
Coy Imler
Washington Street
John Carney
Clay Briggs
Edna Carmichael
Yeoman
Grocery store to open after North Indiana purchase
A. Mickley who bought the late William Graham's house on North Indiana street plans to open a grocery in the building within weeks or after a trip to Denver. He will leave Delphi in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mickley
William Graham
Indiana Street
Denver
Delphi
Heflengs to Open Bakery in Delphi City
Bernie Hefleng and Bahn Verbet lease a room on Franklin Street and plan to open Hefleng & Son Bakery within two weeks. They bring years with Hefleng Bros and promise quality and service as the new Delphi business addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Hefleng
Bahn Vebert
Schlosser
Aros
Franklin Street
Hefleng
Water supply gains through old springs but repairs seen as temporary
City council members report leaks and root intrusion in the gravity fed wooden trough from springs east of Delphi. The system, still preserving, faces air pockets and siphon issues while a new eight to ten inch line could cost about $25,000.
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Delphi
Fire destroys Henry Cripe home on July Fourth
Fire on July 4 at about 1 PM destroyed the residence of Henry Cripe on North Washington Street. The blaze began in a rear pile of crates and boxes, possibly from spontaneous combustion or a firecracker. First floor contents were saved while second floor burned. loss partly insured. Earlier, the Plunkett house nearby was twice reported as partially burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cripe
Washington Street
Cripe
Plunkett
John Kuntz Dies Buried in Camden
John Kuntz a former Camden resident aged 70 died Monday in Hannibal Missouri His body was brought to Camden for burial funeral services planned in his former community
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John Kuntz
Camden
Hannibal, Mo
Assessment on Ditch Ordered
The Burlington Democrat and Clay townships in this county and some in Clinton county face new ditch assessments filed by Arthur Ritchie for the Chittick ditch Middlefork drain. About 97 percent of the $900 total has been paid or collected. most landowners believed they paid in full. The largest levy against a single person is around $75 with many small amounts. payment is due on or before the first Monday in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Arthur Ritchie
Chittick Ditch
Middlefork
Ritchie
Burlington
Democrat
Clay
Clinton County
Uses Lantern to Gauge Gasoline
Floyd Lariman night watchman for the Dunzweiler company on state road 39 was burned when a gasoline tank exploded after he lit a lantern while Hugh Davies of Davies Oil was filling tanks after dark. Lariman suffered leg burns and was treated at Rossville. Davies escaped by jumping. Damage to the tank was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Lariman
Dunzweiler Company
State Road
Hugh Davies
Davies Oil Company
Mr. Lariman
Davies
Larimore
Rossville
VanPelt to Build Two Dams in Texas
Sutton VanPelt, superintendent of construction, will build dams across Deer Creek in Texas to create reservoirs supplying water to Fort Worth and possibly other cities. The project is slated for completion in about two years after construction begins this month.
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Vanpelt
Texas
Sutton VanPelt
Deer Creek
Amanetesely
Delphi
Fort Worth
Flora Junior Legion Triumph Over Delphi 7 6
Delphi and Flora Junior Legion teams played in Flora on Wednesday afternoon. Monroe township boys won 7 to 6 after Flora trailed 6 to 3. A Flora batter hit a fly that lodged in a tree scoring three runners for a home run. the ball had not yet been recovered at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi and
Flora Junior Legion
Flora
Monroe Township Boys
Delphi
Turnips and Tactics at Delphi Elections Revealed
A Carroll County history piece recalls forty and fifty year old Delphi political corruption. Voter bought turnips for a vote, a rival exposed the scheme, and conspirators hid a ballot trick using carbon paper to vote as purchased. Multiple tales show party leaders foiled and exploited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Charlie
Vnte
Ec i
Men summoned to Deer Creek dam site for Friday work
Caceres and Delphi men are notified to assemble at the Deer Creek dam site Friday at 8 o clock in wading clothes and shoes. Fred Wheeler will boss a two hour session with a risk of a ride or ducking for the delinquent. Wear overalls and wading shoes.
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Delphi
Deer Creek Dam
Fred Wheeler
Cliff Dwellers Hold Their Ninth Annual Picnic
Two hundred natives of South Delph i and their guests enjoyed the Cliff Dwellers picnic on the C O Julius lawn. Officers elected included Rev. William Grant Smith as president and Miss Fern Ferling as secretary. The program featured a "Hysterial Pageant of Progress" with scenes from Colonial era to the Civil War and the Gay Nineties, ending with a burlesque on neighborhood gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Delphi
C. O. Julius
William Grant Smith
George Beale
W. W. Gochenour
Robert Andrews
Fern Ferling
William B. Smith
Granville Hubbard
Ralph E. Hanna
Frank Wingard
Joseph T. Ives
Miss Frances Smith
Yanus’t. Wells
Flower Committee
Madison Arnott
New
Walter Clawson
Yanus Wells
William ‘B. Smith
Benjamin Martin
Stene
Hilda Bowen
Mary Smock
Katherine Smith
Lela Beale
Ethel Heiland
John Smock
Rev. E. C. Wells
George Smock
Warren Jacoby
Edward R. Smock
Mabel Jacks Crowell
Florence Crawford
Carlisle Kirkpatrick
Russell Engle
Alma Kelly
Ed Lines
Robert L. Hanna
Charles Wood
Dr. W. W. Godenour
Robert Julius
Gwinn Smith
Meredith Jeanirkpatrick
Bobby Engle
Kathryn
Bobby Donaldson
Mrs. Gwinn Smith
Irene Jacoby
Marie
Road slab to be finished in two weeks
The Dunzweiler company, contractors for the Delphi to Rossville pavement, say only two miles of slab remain and will be completed within two weeks if weather permits. Afterward the site will be manicured with finishing touches. traffic is already using the smooth Delphi to Ockley route with many riders enjoying the surface each evening.
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Dunzwelier’ Company
Delphi
Rossville
Dondoteg Burms
Ockley
New Suits Filed In Tippecanoe County Court
Action list shows Reifers Furniture Co against Clyde T Morgan seeking injunction. Wayne R Loman files for divorce with Cartwright Wason Carr representing. Edgar Fetterhoff sues Leroy Moore for foreclosure, Gus A Hall attorney. John H Clark sues Everett Oliphant et al for foreclosure, venue noted from Clin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Suits Reifers Furniture Co
Clyde T
Morgan
Tippecanoe County
Wayne R. Loman
Sane
Cartwright
Wason Carr
Edgar Fetterhoff
Leroy Moore
Gus A. Hall
John H.clark
Everett Oliphant, Et al
Clin
Administrator Be Smock Named for Frederick J Eagle Estate
Named administrator Be. R. Smock appointed for the estate of the late Frederick J Eagle. Bond set at 50000 dollars. James O. Obear acts as attorney for the administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. R. Smock
Frederick Jeagle
James. O. Obear
Tonsil Removal for Local Resident at Logansport
Landis a resident living southeast of the city went to Logansport Wednesday morning for tonsil removal and returned home Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis
Logansport
Vacancy on Republican ticket for trustee in Democrat township
No Republican candidate has been filed to fill a trustee vacancy in Democratic township. A caucus by Delphi Republicans ended without action and Russell Flora has been named as a possible candidate. State and county rules do not provide for township offices, leaving no clear path to a GOP trustee candidate.
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Democrat
Delphi
Nod
del Phi
Russell Flora
County
Democratic County Central Committee
Joseph Ives
Scholarships to Indiana University Awarded in Carroll County
Reva Oaks of Flora and Helen Rasler of Burrows won Carroll County Indiana University scholarships. Superintendent Al Bailey announced the two yearly awards, with four other applicants named from Delphi, Flora, and Clay Township. Oaks ranked first with strong A credits and B credits, Rasler second with high marks, followed by Donnabelle Ritchey Geraldine Miller Avis Ritchey and Dorotha Shaffer in order of standing.
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Indiana University
Carroll County
Reva Oaks
Flora
Helen. Rasler
Burrows
al Bailey
Donnabelle
Avie Fsaldine
Miller
Lilerale
Clay
An Rothy Shaffer
Delphi
Oaks
Helen Baster
Delphi High School
Donnabelle Ritchey
Geraldine Miller
Avis Ritchey
Dorotha Shaffer
Miss Oaks
Miss Raster
Russell Burnett Offered Position
Retired Chicago policeman Russell Burnett, son-in-law of H. D. Hoover, was summoned to Chicago for a conference with the park commission. Noted for his high standing and record, he was offered a park position in Morgan Park and Beverly Hills area. his decision to accept remains uncertain. He resides at the Blanchard place atop Carrollton hill.
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Russell Burnett
Chicago
H. D. Hoover
Park Commission
Burnett
Morgan Park
Beverly Hills
Blanchard Place
Carrollton Hill
Auto Hits Curb Injuring Occupant Near Rockfield
Parks Groninger, a local resident near Rockfield, suffered fractured bones and facial cuts when he steered into a culvert abutment to avoid a car driven by Raymond Doolin of Lafayette. His children were with him. no other serious injuries reported. The Doolin vehicle occupants had only minor scratches as several rods of fence were torn along the road.
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Parks Groninger
Rockfield
Raymond Doolin
Lafayette
Groninger
Mr. Groninger
D A R marker dedication at Deer Creek cemetery
Charles Carroll Chapter of the D A R will dedicate a cemetery marker at Deer Creek next Sunday at 3 30 PM. The program includes invocation by Mrs Harriette Gros a flag salute led by Mrs Julia Ireland address by Mrs Ireland presentation of marker by William T Brackenridge song Blessed Be the Tie That Binds and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Carroll
D.A. R
Deer Creek
Harriette
Gros
Julia
Ireland
William T. ‘Brackenridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Legion
Peterson Road
George Arnold
A. H. Brewer
Abner Bowen
Cal Carney
E. O. Grimm
Rev. IC. J. Grimes
Ralph Hanna Cecil Hendrix A
Myron Ives Mae
Floyd Julien Ae
William Kerlin
O. E. Smith
Buel Ulm Ee
Robert Vanatta
Tribune Scouts
Tippecanoe
Minature
Farm Bureau
Blance Imeer
Heflengs
Flunte
City
Newlin
Dallas
WM. C. Smith
Historical Society
Caceres
Bailey
DB. A. R
A. America
Steffey
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