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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1959
Page
1
The editorial argues that not all council and mayor disputes are printed. It defends executive sessions, praises lighting at the courthouse, and recounts local anecdotes from Delphi and Santa Fe. It notes civic groups and Tri Kappa fund donations and genealogical queries as community highlights.
Open class and 4-H entries are available at the county Extension Office for exhibition at the Indiana State Fair. Entries close August 10th, with 4-H entries due in the County Extension Office by August 10th.
Miss Mary Crosby, bride elect, will be guest of honor at a neighborhood tea hosted by Mrs. H B Wilson on Saturday evening August 1 at five o'clock.
Truman Spitler a Deer Creek township farmer was re-appointed to a two year term on the Delphi Deer Creek Township Consolidated School Board at a Township Advisory Board meeting. The board with trustee Raymond Todd and Paul Johnson member approved the 1960 budget.
Joseph M. Scott of route 2 Monticello filed suit in Carroll circuit court seeking a restricted driving permit under the 1959 acts. Scott lost his license May 17 after a drunken driving conviction and requests permission to drive between home and employment in Monticello. Ives and Ives represent him. This is the first action filed in Carroll under the new law.
The Merrell family reunion will be held Sunday July 26 with a picnic dinner at noon at Roth Park.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Burkhalter of route 4 Delphi will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday August 2. They expect 11 children 27 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren to attend along with numerous relatives from across Indiana Michigan and California.
Pauline Robeson of Washington township is hired by Leo C. Craig publisher of the Journal as news editor. Robeson has long served as publicity chairman for Carroll Home Demonstration Clubs and will replace Mrs. Rosemary Hamilton who has resigned.
Dirk Bartlow rode Shawnee Chieftains to fifth place at the Peru Horse Show on Sunday. The Delph i rider is son of Mr and Mrs Al Bartlow of route 3 Delphi.
Copies of the 91st regular session laws have reached Carroll County clerk J. Reid McCain. The 1259 page volume includes an index and covers statewide property assessment, Wabash Valley planning, bar closing hours, school reorganization study, and judges must appoint a county school study commission after an August convention.
About 30 members of Harry Bohannon est 75 American Legion are attending the 41st Indiana state convention in South Bend. Sessions run today through Sunday with Arthur M. McDowell seeking the National Executive Committeeman post, endorsed by the Post and Second District against Fred Badt of Portland. McDowell will be nominated Sunday by Judge William B. Smith of Delphi. Willard Thomas of Indianapolis will second. Wayne Talbert of Delphi joins the State Child Welfare Committee. McDowell will attend a breakfast with the Past District Commanders Association.
Joseph McCauley husband of former Hanna Scott of Delphi died Saturday after a heart attack at his Cleveland suburb home. He had surgery recently and had resumed work before the fatal onset. Funeral rites were held Monday in Cleveland. widow and daughter Mary Ann survive. Mrs McCauley is a niece of Mrs Harry Steinman and Mrs Martin Gerbens of Delphi. The couple planned to move to Delphi upon retirement.
Mrs. Peggy Hampton leaves White County Memorial hospital and goes home after July 5 stabbing by husband William J. Hampton. He remains jailed in local facility.
Delphi opened a new laundromat Tuesday in the Deeter property building on West Main Street. The grand opening is planned for a later date.
Mrs. Ted Dawkins is listed as a patient in St Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette.
John J. Heck, 97, a former Delphi resident, ended his life Sunday night in Wabash by hanging. Survived by daughter Esther Schnepp of Delphi. Funeral rites held Wednesday at Effingham funeral home in Wabash with graveside services at IOOF cemetery in Delphi.
Charles A. Wood president of the Carroll County Old Settlers Association and David Baum announce the program for the annual meeting set for Saturday August 8 at 2 pm in Delphi City Park. Richard Laughlin directs period music. Centennial theme Old Militia In Carroll County draws interest though few Civil War prewar records exist. Contact Mrs. B. B. Mayhill research director for centennial certificates. Cash prizes will be awarded to the oldest lady and oldest man in attendance and to the farthest traveler.
The People's Building and Loan Association of Delphi calls a stockholders meeting for August 12 to approve converting from a state to a federal institution and renaming to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Delphi. If approved, accounts up to 10 000 dollars stay insured. plan has been under study for over a year. Details appear in another Citizen notice.
Mary Jane Fisher of Madison township won the Lafayette District Raw Vegetable Demonstration contest at Brookston on Monday July 20 her entry titled Making and Using Garnishes advances to the State Contest at the State Fairgrounds September 2. Also placing were Jocellyn Garrison Burlington Delores Hanna Burlington and Carolyn Verrill Tippecanoe Barbara Adams Liberty with 45 demonstrations given.
Tony Berto the Delphia High football coach has issued the first call for the 1959 season. Letters invite interested boys to report to the high school gym on August 12 at 6 p.m. Equipment and training rules will be issued, with the first practice set for August 15 for varsity B team freshmen and junior high squads.
Reports from St Elizabeth hospital say Leroy Cheeseman badly burned in a July 13 flash fire at his parents home is showing improvement. He has been out of bed briefly and is taking nourishment. Family says he will remain in the hospital for several months.
The program lists 6:00 a.m. livestock entries with health checks at the southwest gate. 10:00 a.m. Home Ec exhibits due at the shelter house. 12:00 noon State Fair entries selection in girls work by Mrs. Arthur Pullen. 4:00 p.m. Agricultural exhibits must be registered with the Secretary. 8:00 p.m. County Entertainment Festival and Home Demonstration Chorus. 6:00 p.m. Little League Ball Game.
The K. J. Brown Company of Muncie purchased 18000 dollars of short term bonds from the Delphi-Deer Creek Consolidated School Board at a special meeting. Bonds sold at 3 percent interest with a 31.40 premium to fund a new Hillcrest school athletic field.
Carroll Consolidated School Board will keep junior highs open in Carrollton and Cutler this year after petitions favored continuation. Four teachers were hired: Don Bewley, Flora. Robert Julius, Flora. Clayton Mullin, Burrows. Adela Keck, Burlington. Board also bought two new 72 passenger buses from E. E. Landis Company and acquired eight older buses.
Mrs. Eva Smock Braden of Long Beach California and her mother Mrs James C Smock of Terre Haute arrived Wednesday from Terre Haute for several days visit with old friends. Mrs Braden will leave for home August first by auto and will be accompanied by Mrs Marion Sibbitt Moyer of Delphi and James Smock son of Dr and Mrs George Smock of Terre Haute.
The Delphi recreation group will take an outing to Riverside Park in Indianapolis next Thursday July 30. Buses depart 4 p.m. from the high school gym for a picnic before park opening at 7 p.m. Return at 9 p.m. with 25 cent per child to defray costs and a parent permit slip required. Adequate supervision provided.
The last will of Iva Meacham Aschanhort was admitted for probate in Carroll circuit court. Executor Wilbur Kenrick posted a bond of $18,000. The estate, valued at about $18,000 in real and personal property, leaves multiple bequests to Audry Schwinn, Eileen Watson, Maggie Bowerman, and institutions including Flora Christian Church and Emily Flinn Home.
Vernon C. Childs, current principal at Belliver Perry Township Consolidated Schools in Huntertown Indiana, is named Delphi High School principal. He succeeds Noel Douglass, who becomes principal at Terre Haute Gerstmeyer High School. Childs, a Chicago University and Indiana University graduate, has held math teaching and coaching roles in Crown Point Francesville and Greenfield. He is married with two daughters and will move once housing is found.
Monte Alderfer, currently assistant county agent in Jasper County, will become Carroll County's assistant county agent September 15. He will lead the counties be farming and better living program. The Carroll County Extension Committee selected him last week, introduced by P B Crooks of the state extension service. Alderfer, an International Farm Youth Exchange alumnus to India in 1954, graduated from Purdue in 1956 and has since served as assistant county agent in Jasper County. He and his wife have two children.
Marlene Todd of Burlington township 4-H won the district home economics demonstration at Lafayette District contest in Frankfort. She will represent the district at the Indiana State Fair on Sept 2 with the demonstration titled Let's face it. Multiple county 4-H members placed in electrical projects food preservation home improvement baking and clothing with several alternates named.
A Logansport youth, Alson E. Brown, was arraigned in JP Lee Stone's court on assault and battery, pleaded guilty and was fined. A second Logansport boy pleaded not guilty and awaits trial. The arrests followed a Delphi gang style fight involving Walton, Galveston, Logansport and Delphi youths.
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