Windy City Cadets Visit Delphi Drum and Bugle Contests
Highlights from the Windy City Cadets visit to Delphi for a drum and bugle corps contest and a note of thanks from Rene and Mae Ruts. Also includes a Philadelphia luggage recovery story featuring Robert Baum, and local items on a humorous ironing incident, a Crile Clinic heart operation, and the death of Earl Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windy City
Chicago
Delphi
George Lamb
Rene Ruts
Neff wins Logansport Soap Box Derby crown
Herman Neff Jr. of Bringhurst captured the Logansport Derby championship sponsored by Mann Chevrolet. He clocked the fastest time, edging out Flora’s Dick Evans for the top title, his fifth Derby entry and best since 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Neff
Route 1
Bringhurst
Logansport
Louann
Myron
Lucille Neff
Pion
Mann Chevrolet Company
Flora
Neff
Dick Evans
Native dies at 68 in Peru after Delphi birth
Berman W. Good 68 of Peru dies Sunday at Dukes Hospital. Born June 27, 1888 in Delphi he was the son of Brown and Harriet Pencer Good. Survived by widow Cecilia Quigley Good son Robert of Peru three sisters and four brothers, all of Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berman W. Good
Peru
Delphi
Dukes Hospital
Brown
Harriet Pencer Good
Cecilia Quigley Good
Robert
Four To Be Given Watches As Prizes In Fire Project
Four to be given wrist watches as prizes in the 4 H Fire Prevention project winners Julia Thomas Martha Schnepf Jimmy Huffer and David Beale Burlington Monroe Deer Creek township will receive watches from Farmers Mutual Insurance Co Mulberry Indiana reserve champions in each division receive Parker fountain pens winners chosen by Frank Kirkpatrick Allen Parcifal Morris Clem Jr divisional boys placing list Sr divisional girls placing list junior divisions girls placing list
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Thomas
Burlington
Martha Schnepf
Monroe
Jimmy Huffer
David Beale
Deer Creek Township
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Mulberry
Indiana
Jack Klepinger
Deer Creek
Barbara Barnes
Inga Cox
Burlington Township
Parker Fountain
Frank Kirk
Mertha Zook
Marilyn McCain
Jackson
Elizabeth Morris
Democrat
Louann Neff
Barbara Simons
Adams
Marilyn Crowell
Patty Todd
Mary
Lou Schnepf
Sheryl Beale
Ann Guckien
Nancy Wagaman
Dana Myers
Kay Shriver
Joellyn Garrison
Carol Sanderson
Pat Jones
Peggy Collins
Dixie Hallam
Carolyn Ginn
Patty Wagoner
Madison
Nancy Sanderson
Sandra Blue
Fishing Trip Set by Ebrite and Kent
Norm Ebrite and Lewis Kent plan a Friday evening departure for a fishing trip to Spooner Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norm Ebrite
Lewis Kent
Spooner
Wisconsin
Twenty-Five Years with Local Guards Mark Reed Brackenridge
First SGT Reed Brackenridge returns from two weeks of training with the local Guards unit, marking his 25th year with the company. Jim Riley and others, Howard Beaker Ron Scott and Glenn Rodgers, suffered a toxicity reaction to a dangerous chemical used in filling an open silo, with Riley the most seriously affected and on the mend. The supplier retrieved all remaining stock from the merchandiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Brackenridge
Guards
Reed
Jim Riley
Howard Beaker
Ron Scott
Glenn Rodgers
Riley
Railroad Lore Tells of Fast Train Travels
Dorothy Newell Mills gathers stories from Delphi descendants of eight men who helped start the Toledo Wabash and Western Railroad through Delphi. In 1908 Peyton Wilson described early engines, wood fuelings, bucket brigades by passengers, and speeds around twenty miles per hour before an angry line president halted his pace at thirty five mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Newell Mills
Wabash Railroad
Dorothy
Delphi
Toledo, Wabash and Western
Peyton Wilson
Attica
Wilson
Lake Erie
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Huntington
Antioch
Booby
Carroll County 4-H Beef Auction Sets Fair Finale
The annual Carroll County 4-H beef auction closes the fair with a sale at Community Park on Thursday evening August 4 at 8 p m Eighty two 4 H beef members have enrolled ag steers for 1956 and about 100 steers are expected to be offered Auctioneer Ralphi Rinehart leads the sale Beef committee members are Robert Hedde Sr Junior Snider and W S Weaver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Ralphi Rinehart
Robert Hedde
Junior Snider
W. S. Weaver
Ten Year Old Terry Shepard Undergoes Surgery Again
Terry Shepard 13 son of Mr and Mrs Robert Shepard of near Delphi is a patient at Home Hospital Lafayette. He underwent a leg operation to retard growth in the limb not affected by polio. The surgery was one of ten in five years and he is expected to stay about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Shepard
Robert Shepard
Delphi
Home Hospital
Lafayette
Terry
Farmers vote on 1957 wheat quotas in county
In the county 435 farmers were eligible to vote on wheat marketing quotas for 1957 but only 98 cast ballots. Unofficial tally shows 76 in favor and 22 opposed, according to ASC manager Ralph Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Tyler
ASC
Louise Morrow Guest at Decatur Visit
Louise Morrow stayed with Joan Stoner in Decatur Illinois this past week for a social visit and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Morrow
Joan Stoner
Decatur, Ill
Tool Theft Wave Hits Burrows and Flora Areas
Sunday night burglars broke into Burrows Thelma Smith store stealing costume jewelry a man’s wrist watch cigars totaling 14 dollars plus 6.85 cash. In Flora the Esserman D X station and a nearby highway grill were ransacked with six cartons of cigarettes and 91.58 cash taken. Monday night the Standard Oil Bulk Pit at Burrows was entered with a padlock broken and valves damaged in a gasoline theft attempt. a 304 gallon oil drum disappeared. Arrests include William Dean Gish 19 Hammond and Carl Dwayne Lither 23 Logansport with related theft confessions and Logansport police. All recoverable items returned to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin i .Burrows
Thelma Smith
Sheriffey
Miller
McCurdy
Flora
Burgat
Esserman D-X
Burrows
Bert Deel
Esserman Station
Highway Grill
William Dean Gish
Hammond
Gish
Cass County
Democrats Plan Weekly Meetings and Public Fish Fry
The Democratic Central Committee and candidates met Saturday night at Democratic Headquarters with plans for weekly gatherings. A public fish fry is scheduled at Delphi City Park on Friday evening August 3 starting at 5 30 p m with Deer Creek Conservation Club members frying the fish.
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Prect
Democratic Central Committee
Democratic
Aa Central Committee
Delphi City Park
Deer Creek
Gregg and Bailey Visit Brookfield Zoo in Chicago
Gregg and Bailey spent the end in Chicago observing Grége's eighth birthday. They visited Brookfield Zoo in Chicago with cl and Mrs. Pete Weaver and.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg and
Bailey
Chicago
Grége
Brookfield Zoo
Pete Weaver
New Parking Meter Trick Ends After City Council Action
Chief of Police Gib Underhill announced the latest gimmick used by motorists to dodge tickets has been stopped by the City Council. The tactic involved placing a penny in a meter without pulling the lever, fooling officers into thinking no money was needed. The council ruled officers must not check the lever, and violations will now receive tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gib Underhill
Underhill
Sue Rusk Wins Top Honors in 4-H Dress Revue
Sue Rusk of Burlington was named grand champion in the 4-H dressmaking judging at Camden last Friday. Virginia Peterson of Deer Creek took reserve. division champions include Janella Gage Burlington Julia Thomas Burlington Ruth Wise Deanna Deardorff Burlington township Brenda Flynn Burlington Virginia Peterson Deer Creek Maryanne Martin Georgina Leslie Jackson township. Rusk will represent the county at the Indiana State Fair Dress Revue. The public review Friday night at Camden gym announced winners with Miles Martin demonstration awards to Ruth Wise and Sharon Fisher. Twenty-first year 4-H girls modeled aprons with twenty participants including Marlene Todd Jean Anderson Sharon Fisher Sarah Julien and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Rusk
Burlington
Camden
Virginia Peterson
Deer Creek
Janella Gage
Julia Thomas
Ruth Wise
Deanna Deardorff
Burlington Township
Brenda Flynn
Maryanne Martin
Geograma Leslie
Jackson Township
Rusk
Camden Gym
Robert Randolph
Liberty Township
Jane Ann Jones
Jeris Eikenberry
Kay Guckien
Marjorie
Wasson
Miles Martin
Reba Shanks
Kenneth Kelly
Sharon Fisher
Madison Township
Marlene Todd
Jean Anderson
Sarah Julien
Kathleen Sebert
Hilda Vass
Mary Lou Schnepf
Kay Ann Guckien
Patty Zook
Dorene Pullen
Patty Wagoner
Janet McDowell
Bonnie Beck
Nancy Sanderson
Charlotte Neff
Linda Adams
Rita Williams
Joan Cripe
Lou Ann Neff
Alice Trapp
Bond Issue Planned to Build Hillcrest Addition
Petitions circulate in South DelphI asking the Delphi Deer Creek school board to sell 559000 in bonds to fund a Hillcrest school addition. The board has about 82000 in funds, and a bond issue is asked to raise about 140000 total. The bond proposal is before the three member lay advisory committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi-Deer Creek
Hillcrest School
South Delphi
Charles Beale
Robert Ratcliff
Richard A. Rainbolt
Inspectors Roach and Eyer Work Summer Seed Certification
Bill Roach of Delphi and Clarence O. Eyer Jr. of West Lafayette, formerly Delphi, serve as field inspectors for the Seed Certification Service of the Indiana Crop Improvement Association. Roach resumes agronomy graduate studies at Purdue in September, and Eyer also returns to Purdue to continue agronomy studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Roach
Harry Roach
Delphi
Clarence O. Eyer, Jr
Clarence Eyer
West Lafayette
Indiana Crop Improvement Association
Roach
Purdue
Eyer
Carrol County Club Golf Tourney Qualifying Soon
The annual Carrol County Country Club golf tourney will begin with qualifying rounds of 18 holes due by Sunday August 5 for players seeking entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrol County Country Club
Delphi Band to Play at 4-H Fair August 3
The Delphi high school band is invited to give a concert at the Carroll County 4-H Fair on Friday August 3 at 8 p m lasting about 45 minutes. Rehearsal will be Monday evening July 30 instead of the following Thursday.
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Delphi High School
Carroll County
4-H Club Fair Daily Program Highlights Auction and Judging
Daily events for the 4-H Club Fair run July 31 to August 2 with livestock entries health checks by Dr. F F Law at 6:00 a m. livestock arrivals and 12:00 noon state fair entries by Mrs. Claude Potts. Judging covers pig beef lamb dairy poultry and more with named judges and times. The program includes the County Entertainment Festival and a Carroll County Farm Bureau Picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Law
Shelter House
Claude Potts
Donald Brown
Battle Ground
William Hufford
Kokomo
Walter Weber
Indianapolis
Dave Jackson
Purdue
Munns Caldwell
Lebanon
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Fitzgerald to Be Replaced on Delphi Council
Robert Fitzgerald resigned from the Delphi City Council effective immediately after moving to a different council district. Mayor Clauser and council members accepted his release at the Monday meeting. The vacancy will be filled by a named successor chosen from area residents as officials review options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fitzgerald
Delphi
Fitzgerald
Clauser
West Franklin Street
South
Loreen Frosberg Engaged to William Crook
Ridgefield Washington announces the engagement of Loreen Frosberg to William Crook son of Delphi residents. Loreen is a Ridgefield high school 1955 graduate. Crook, a Delphi High School graduate and Purdue attendee, serves in the Army at Vancouver Barracks. An October Ridgefield wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Frosberg
Ridgefield
Washington
Loreen
William Crook
Paul D. Crook
Delphi
Ridgefield High School
Crook
Delphi High School
Purdue
Vancouver Barracks
Commissioners to Name Successor at August 6 Meeting
County Commissioners, empowered by law to appoint a county assessor left vacant by the death of Earl Thompson, will likely wait until the August meeting to act. If appointed, the successor will serve the unexpired term through December 31, 1958, Thompson having served one year and seven months of a four year term elected in November 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Thompson
Thompson
Scruggs Seeks Divorce in Carroll Circuit Court
William E. Scruggs files for divorce from Wilma A. Scruggs in Carroll circuit court citing cruelty. Attorney Lewis N. Mullin represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Scruggs
Carroll Circuit
Wilma A. Scruggs
Lewis N. Mullin
Mrs Rowe Honored at Eaton Afternoon Club Event
Mrs Henry S Eaton will entertain on Tuesday afternoon July 31 honoring Mrs John Rowe who this month becomes county president of Federated Clubs. Other guests include Mrs Burr Balser new vice president and Mrs Alfred Anderson secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Eaton
John Rowe
Eaton
Federated Clubs
Burr Balser
Alfred Anderson
Mail Messenger Willard Reed Resigns After 13 Years
Willard Reed resigns from the local post office after thirteen years as the mail messenger. The resignation passes to Postmaster Robert Sieber and becomes effective Friday July 27 with Reed's last day as a federal employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Reed
Robert Sieber
Mr. Reed
Uncle Sam
Carroll Rural Entertainment Festival set for July 31
Thirty one Carroll county youths present 23 acts at the 4 H Fair program Tuesday evening at 8 pm. Flora Community Club funds cash prizes. Ora Shirar hosts with Mrs. James Viney and Mrs. Miles Martin timekeeping. Judges chaired by John Peterson and Kenneth Pyle. Notable acts include The Four Lasses Kay Barnhart Janet Barnhart Judith Miller Ruth Perry, Joe Huse piano, Ed Huse Steel Duster song and dance, and The Harmonettes with Deanna Deardorff Betty Moyer Beverly Hodson Carol Hood. The Home Demonstration Chorus will entertain during scoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Carroll Rural
Ted Brown
Flora Community Club
Ora Shirar
James Viney
Miles Martin
John Peterson
Kenneth Pyle
Deanna Deardorff
Betty Moyer
Beverly Hodson
Carol Hood
Henrietta Mikesell
Alfreda Rodriguez
Daniel Brown
Visits Here Honor for Cunningham Family Dinner
Mrs. Glen Palmer and two children from East Meadow New York visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cunningham. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cunningham and sons hosted a family dinner in their honor with guests including the Wilkinsons from Kokomo Peggy Corbett from Indianapolis Ralph Cunningham Crawfordsville Ira Plank and Keith Plank Cutler Ray Plank Bringhurst Alta Plank Lafayette Jim Plank Henry Beebe J T Bicknell and others from Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Palmer
East Meadow
Long Island
New York
Charles Cunningham
Robert Cunningham
Don Wilkinson
Kokomo
Peggy, Corbett
Indianapolis
Ralph Cunningham
Crawfordsville
Ira Plank
Keith Plank
Ray Plank
Cutler
Alta Plank
Bringhurst
Charles Plank
Lafayette
Jim Plank
Henry Beebe
J. T. Bicknell
Delphi
Mrs Doty Guest of Sister in St Louis
Mrs Florence Doty a Delphi first grade teacher visits her sister in St Louis and will be away from her Delphi classroom during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Doty
Delphi
St. Louis
Carroll County Assessor Earl Thompson dies at 73
Earl E. Thompson 73 long serving Carroll County assessor died at his East Franklin Street home Tuesday morning after a heart attack. He was first elected in 1934 and won five successive terms. Survived by widow Marie Walther Thompson, daughter Thelma Hamling, three sisters, a brother and grandchildren. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. at Eikenberry funeral home Delphi with Masonic rites.
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Earl E. Thompson
Carroll County
East Franklin Street
Thompson
Delphi
Caesar Margowski
Kennard Stewart
Hiram and
Ora
Whistler) Thompson
Methodist’ Church
IOOF
Rebekah
Marie Wal? Thompson
John
Thelma) H. Hamling
Jessie Drake
Port Clinton
Washington
Nora Harmon
Monticello
Carrie Snoeberger
Arthur Thompson
Logansport
Harry Shaffer, Jr
Flora
Eikenberry
Forest Howell
A. P. Manker
Masonic Cemetery
Longtime Delphi Justice of the Peace Rossie Dern Dies
Rossie Dern 68 a Delphi justice of the peace and painter died last Wednesday night at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette after months of ill health and a recent stroke Born October 12 1887 he was the son of Silas and Lola Hathaway Dern His widow Rose Church died in 1934 Survived by son William now in Japan daughter Mrs Maxine Bernhardt Riverside Ill three sisters Mrs Gus Fisher Lafay ette Mrs Harry Dumond and Mrs Carl Little Indianapolis Funeral rites were held at Jackson funeral home with Rev Forest Howell officiating Burial was in the IOOF cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossie Dern
Delphi
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Mr. Dern
Silas
Lola Hathaway Dern
Rose Church
IOOF
William
Army
Japan
Maxine Bernhardt
Riverside
Ill
Gus Fisher
Harry Dumond
Carl Little
Indianapolis
Jackson Funeral Home
Forest Howell
Wright Hendrix 77 Found Dead at Home in Burlington Area
Wright Hendrix 77 died likely of a heart attack between Saturday evening and Sunday noon at his home near Burlington. Born May 17, 1879 in Carroll County, he was a retired farmer and long time member and deacon of the Burlington Church. Surviving are his daughter Mrs. Paul Garrison, three grandchildren, one great grandchild, and brother Charles of Burlington. Services were held Tuesday at the Burlington Brethren Church. burial in Burlington cemetery. Lester Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Hendrix
Carroll County
Zeddock
Susie Woods
Hendrix
Roxie Harrell
Burlington Church
Paul Garrison
Burlington
Charles
Burlington Brethren Church
Wayne Swihart
Floyd Siebert
Burlington Cemetery
Lester
Henry Macak Dies at 89 in Buck Creek
Henry Macak 89 of Buck Creek died Monday night at St Elizabeth hospital after nine days with a broken hip. Born July 14 1867 in Pittsburg he was a retired farmer and longtime Buck Creek Masonic Lodge member. He is survived by son Guy Macak and two daughters Mrs Nellie McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Macak
Buck Creek
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pittsburg
Masonic Lodge
Margaret Amstutz
Kate Moore
Guy Macak
Route 1
Delphi
Nellie McKinney
Lafay
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Lois
Dorothy Smith
Mae Foster
Philadelphia
Robert Baum
Virgil Baum
Yeoman
Philly
William Brinkley
Brinkley
Clyde Wickard
Claude
Crile Clinic
Cleveland
Crile
Ft. Wayne’s
Donna Welker
Don Welker
Stu
Donna
Mrs. Welker
Earl
John Dean Iderson
Gerber Enterprises
Doug Cripe
Walter Clawson Appliances
Koto
Logansport Press
Burrows, Flora
Hillcrest
Jack Frost
Dean Hodge
John Ehler
Delphi Council
Frosberg
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