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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1953
Page
3
Walter D. Freant of Flora files third divorce action against Virginia L. Freant charging cruelty. Two prior suits were dismissed. He asks custody of their minor children. A. D. Bishop represents the plaintiff.
State Police investigated a one car wreck on Saturday in Washington township. Walter Joe Wooley, 21, of route 2 Camden, lost control near North Central school, the vehicle skidded 141 feet and overturned into a side ditch. Wooley was treated at St. Joseph hospital Logansport for minor injuries and released, and faces reckless driving charges with arraignment set for Saturday. Officers Koch Hamburg and MacCurdy led the investigation.
Mr and Mrs Joseph McCauley and daughter Mary Ann of Cleveland visit Mrs McCauleys aunts Mrs Harry Steinman and Mrs Martin Gerbens. Mrs McCauley is the former Hannah Scott of Delphi.
Members met July 16 with Master Raymond Todd in chair. They voted for a food stand at Old Settlers again this year and will give away a hog prepared for the freezer during Old Settlers week. The grange picnic is set for Sunday July 26 at Drapers woods and next meeting moved to July 30 during Old Settlers week.
The County Soil Conservation Tour is tentatively planned for Wednesday August 12 with local committees led by Kenneth Pyle SCS farm planner Lawrence Metzger vice chairman of County PMA and Harold Berry County Agent. Tour sights include John McCormick farm Robert Pullen farm Blanche Balser farm with Jerry Boone tenant and Haughey Mount farm with Elmer Perry tenant. Demonstrations cover drainage work and conservation practices such as birdsfoot trefoil strip cropping contouring mulitiflora rose and other measures on Carroll county farms.
Rev. Frank R. Briggs leads morning worship at 10 a m on Sunday July 26 1953 with Sunday school and separate classes for nursery kindergarten primary and junior departments. Sermon titled Understanding All Mysteries and Bible study follows. Visitors welcome in all departments.
Sunday School at 9 30. Church services at 10 30. At 7 30 Sunday evening Dr John Wagoner and Rev John Le prad will be in charge of the program.
The Delphi area church notices list services at St. Matthews in Delphi Bethel Petit Zion Colburn and Sun day School times. Robert Quinn celebrated a birthday with relatives from Bloomington South Bend and West Point. Bob Landis narrowly escaped death at the Frankfort Pool after a head injury from a dive. he was treated and sent home.
Sam Hartrock celebrated his 82nd birthday with sister Anna Ditto and Mr and Mrs Willard Reed delivering baskets for a noon meal. The article notes Hartrock works on a Frank Lybrook farm and mentions travel to Dayton for Dorothy Wilson and Larry Trawin to tend Mrs Ella Nation who is 91. It lists marriage licenses issued in town and a birth at Home hospital Lafayette to Mr and Mrs Kerkhoff.
Mrs Charles Doctor of Rossville visited her sister Mrs Ermina Tansy for Thursday and Friday. Mrs Andrew Lambros Mrs Jean Rapp and Mishawa ka's sister spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Delos Woods.
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