Merit Badges Expand In New Field For Scouts
Three Rivers Council announces a five year study leading to a two year Breakthrough for Youth program. New badges include Atomic Energy Oceanography Electronics Model Design and Building Personal Finances Metallurgy Communications and Space Exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Honick
Advancement Committee
The
Three Rivers Council
Boy Scouts of America
Committee On Boy Scouting
Honick
First Driver’s License Tale From Hoosier History
The Indianapolis Times notes early licensing roots from colonial times to the modern driver license. Melvin Hunter recounts Charles H. Black building a horseless carriage in 1894 and obtaining Chicago permission, prompting a famed Mayor Carter Harrison interview and what may be the first U.S. driver’s license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Indiana
Anton Scherrer
Indianapolis Times
Melvin Hunter
Charles H. Black
Indianapolis
Benjamin Harrison
Tom Taggart
Mr. Black
Chicago
Wabash Ave
You
Carter Harrison
Harrison
Mr. Hunter
America
Black
Hunter
Pioneering Indiana Car Makers and Their Early Models
The account describes C. H. Black Manufacturing Co. building hydro carbon and electrical vehicles with models like Physician's Phaeton and Wagonette. It notes Hunter creating Indiana's first two cylinder around 1898, the shift to Ohio Street, and Hunter's later Patrol Wagon body for Peru police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Chicago
Mr. Black
Hunter
C. H. Black Manufacturing Co
S. Pennsylvania St
Elwood
Black
Senator Hartke Opposes Capitol West Front Expansion
U S Senator Vance Hartke criticizes Capitol Architect J George Stewart's proposal to extend the West Front by 88 feet and add offices and dining spaces. He urges Congress to repair sandstone foundations only and funds for a temporary visitors center, arguing the project wastes taxpayers money and jeopardizes the Capitol's heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. George Stewart
United States Capitol
Capitol
Congress
Stewart
Delaware
Eisenhower
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Rayburn
Mr. Stewart
America
Wings to Rise Above Grief Wait Upon the Lord Sermon
Bishop Richard C. Raines uses a parable of pigeons and a dog to illustrate rising above troubles through faith. He emphasizes waiting on the Lord grants wings to endure. Mrs. Bertha Flora of Indianapolis, ex Delphi resident, will visit Mrs. L. H. Smith this Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Raines
New York City
Bishop Raines
Bertha Flora
Indianapolis
Delphi
L. H. Smith
Old Time Quotes and Local Happenings Gazette
A collage from Carroll County history and midcentury notes. The page blends humor and poetry with local items: a 1866 poem on priorities, 1916 reflections on daily life, and 1956 community briefs. Highlights include centennial plans, graduations, parish activities, and local civic news from Delphi and Carrollton.
Fractured Future Fantasies From Freshman Picks
A survey of entering freshmen choices at 61 colleges shows many misspelled and odd career dreams. Psychology and sociology appear despite garbled spellings, with dreams of teaching architecture and more. Some learners are undecided and several entries are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busseniuss
American Council of Education
Treacher
Black Power slogan sparks debate on civil rights tactics
An editorial from Baltimore criticizes the Black Power slogan introduced by CORE in early July. It warns that endorsing violence under the banner could divide the nation and undermine progress led by nonviolent means and leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. The piece remarks on Meredith's voting march and urges unity under the motto We Shall Overcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Racial Equality
Baltimore
CORE
Floyd B. McKissick
Hitler
Martin Luther King
America
James Meredith
Mississippi
Meredith
Grandma's Potato Salad at the Cook Out
A June 30 1966 note recalls a neighborhood cook out where Old Dad cooked burgers and hot dogs while Grandma's potato salad drew the writer's attention. Young folks played badminton and croquet as elders watched, ending with gratitude for a social gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Pop
R. L. Hunter
WCTU Visit to State Hospital Scheduled for July 17
Members of the Delphi WCTU and their husbands will visit the State Hospital on Sunday July 17 to attend in one of the men's wards. They will depart from the Christian Church promptly at 12 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Wctu
State Hospital
Christian Church
Ockley Club Hosts July Meeting and Local Social News
Mrs Olaf Jackson notes visits and gatherings around Montmorenci and Lafayette. Events include 13 Ockley Club members at a July 6 supper hosted by Mrs George Felthoff, plus travels, births, recoveries, and weekend visits across Lafayette area communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Felthoff
Ockley Club
Charles Felthoff
Ruth Julius
Newport Beach
California
Ella Hemming
Sam Rees
Ida Burkehead
Lafayette
Kathryn Felthoff
Darrell Bailey
Madison Township
Purdue
Mildred Nape
B and M
Burton Honan
Honan
William Winslow
Fairbury
Illinois
Honans
Fred Daugherty
Robert Burgess
West Union
Robert Certain
Raymond Cowen
Wisconsin
Home Hospital
Donald Hathaway
Donald Rhine
Mary Rhine
Roscoe Rhine
Royal Center
Leroy Pearson
Flora native promoted to staff sergeant at Fort Riley
John H. Randle son of Mr and Mrs Orville Randle of Flora was promoted to staff sergeant on June 23 at Fort Riley Kansas assigned to the 39th Infantry 2nd Battalion He joined the Army in August 1953 and serves as a mess sergeant in Company B A Flora High School graduate he previously worked for Ross Gear
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Randle
Orville Randle
Flora
Fort Riley
Kansas
39Th Infantry
Sgt
Randle
Army
Flora High School
Ross Gear
Remembering Beatle Era Slang From Bygone Years
Mary Tutewiler Irwin recalls how phrases shifted meanings in earlier times when Beatle fans were seen as bugs and a mustang meant a horse. She notes how dogs, cats, and people were described with simpler, clearer terms and words like square and pare carried distinct senses.
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E. Franklin
Myron J. Johnson
American Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Senet Advertising Rep
Aramia
Detroit
105 Angeles
SAN Pranchco
Space Age
J. M. Gutmvie
Saiane Seaquisbenetel Comeniel
Tion
MR. Livingston
LO 4
Capitol B
U.S
Vance
Hartke
Lane
Carroll County Citizen-Times
Hazel June Casley
Rock Creek Township
Wayne Gordon
Camden
Frederick W. Lanan
First Presbyterian Church of
Synod Leadership School
Synod of Indiana
United Presbyterian Church
Hanover College
Lanan
Ideal Beach
Norma Dietz
Carrollton Township
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Charles David McCain
Clarence Marocco
J. Richard Shaffer
Joe Tolen
Kenneth Newell
American Legion
Mary Robinson
Naval Hospital
Guam
Hill Toppers
Frank Fitch
Ned Rule
I.U
Ross Tipton
Royce Kurtz
Harry Hatton
J. C. Yonker
Blood Bank
Shirley Bowman
Jerry Crone
Fraktured Futurez
Fee
WCTU
Mrs
Olaf Jackson
Mary Sheets
Carl Sigman
Montmorenci
Robert Cowen
Bunker Hill AB
Jured
Charles Dishon
Deacon
B. A. Shaffer
Steve Breit
Woodburn
August Sheets
Camp McCoy
Mildred Conner
Indiana Brace Co
Mar-Jean Village
Fred Enoch
Robert Certain and Sons
Russell Gregg
Hillisburg
Eva Bolinger
Wayne Shaffer
Sarmly Beach
Ronald Richardson
Richardson
Wabash River
Lea Richardson
Pittsburg
Leta Myers
Elva Vaughnén
Monticello
Claus Trobiobia
Service
P.O
Joe A. Maudlin
Insurance Company
Ind
Mary Tutewiler Irwin
Local Finance
Livingston
Chevrolet
Delphi, Indiana
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