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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
1
Boxes of young pheasants on the courthouse lawn await distribution as hunting joys in Carroll county contrast with calls for bird propagation. A wandering evangelist Elimelech Lerner, born in Russia, now Christian, preaches barefoot warning against a coming false Christ.
Terry Lane an English exchange student after finishing at IU has spent two months in Delphi area seeking employment. While hitchhiking near Rossville a Monon freight train offered a lift to Monticello but the rider declined. The incident illustrates railroads then and signals a brighter shift from hard-boiled era days.
A protest notes that Mayor Pearson stopped before exiting onto Ninth Street and collided with a faster moving vehicle in Lafayette city court. The item frames civic pride and questions the official’s conduct while referencing a local traffic incident and a lighthearted mischief in the town.
Funeral services were held in Greenfield for Mrs Kate W Boyd 61 a Hancock county club woman and former teacher. She was secretary of the Hancock County Federation of Clubs a member of the Greenfield Garden Club the Progressive Reading Club and the Christian church. Her brother in law Mr H B Wilson and his wife were in Greenfield after her death Monday.
Henry A. Wallace secretary of agriculture will speak at Elwood high school stadium this evening at seven oclock. Carroll county AAA committeemen are scheduled to attend the meeting.
The Delphi Duroc Association will sponsor an auction on August 26 offering thirty spring gifts, 22 spring boats, and eight Duroc sows that will farrow in September. All pigs are registered stock with grand championship lineage, including progeny from Top Row and Red Waveline. Further sale details will be announced later.
Herman Theophile a South Delphi baker was elected commander of the Harry Bohannon Post No. 75 American Legion at a Monday night meeting. He succeeds Charles W. Roskuski and joins a slate including Albert Denk first vice commander Paul Sims second vice commander Robert Davidson adjutant Charles Roskuski sergeant at arms Rev Harry B Parker chaplain Floyd Julien welfare officer Dr C C Crampton historian C A Smith Americanism officer Vernie H Brown athletic director Wilbur Lane service officer and Curtis McCain finance officer.
Delphi defeated Buck Creek 14 to 12 as Aldridge and Knitter homered. Aldridge had three hits. Robbins and Larimore to the mound for Delphi. Cutler beat Ockley 13 to 8 with Flora pitching and 15 team hits. Delphi girls edged Camden girls 5 to 4 in Friday action at Camden.
Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, announced Indiana will enforce a 1937 law prohibiting selling buying or exchanging largemouth Kentucky and smallmouth bass bluegill crappies rock bass and other named game fishes whether taken in state or from outside. The provisions also apply to serving such species in hotels and restaurants.
Claude R. Wickard former Carroll county resident of Washington D C suffered a fractured knee cap in a collision near Fairmont Minnesota on Thursday Mrs Wickard sustained a possible fractured rib M E Dodd of Washington and A F Troyer of Marion Indiana riding with them escaped injury Wickard was traveling through the Western states on a speaking tour as regional AAA director.
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine L. Smith Battle Ground resident and widow of George W. Smith were held Tuesday afternoon at Battle Ground. She died Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs Carl Jante of Valparaiso. A daughter Mrs Thomas McCurdy of Delphi. Blythe and Sons were in charge.
Mrs Elizabeth Gipson of Pittsburg quietly marked her 86th birthday at home with family visiting over Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Broadrick of Indianapolis were Delphi visitors on Wednesday.
Lawrence Spivey of Delphi was admitted to St Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette on Wednesday for an operation.
Delphi officials seek a WPA grant to build a new pool in Deer Creek park and move the bath house nearby. The plan includes replacing the old suspension bridge, using asphalt if feasible, and funding materials with city funds while WPA labor handles construction. If approved, work would start next spring with possible long term federal loan.
Mayor C Clay Pearson announced a Boys and Girls Day at Delphi City Park next Wednesday August 2. The program starts at 2 PM with Dave Sheppard Pottawatomie Indian recreation leader at Camp Tecumseh giving a talk on American Indian childhood customs at the shelter house.
Eugene Dillon three years old, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Dillon of Camden R R 1, sustained second degree burns to his legs when his overalls caught fire while playing with his brother Dale after a fire was built behind a garage using tractor fuel. He was admitted to St Josephs hospital Logansport late Monday night for treatment.
Indiana has surpassed 300000 job insurance applications since implementation sixteen months ago. About 267000 claimants have filed, with 33000 repeat claims. the Lafayette district accounts for 540 repeats of 6150 total claims. Insured workers total around 660000 statewide and 13400 in the district covering Tippecanoe Fountain Warren Carroll Benton Clinton Newton White and Jasper counties.
Prosecuting Attorney Mahlon Kerlin and Floyd J. Julien will relocate from the I. O. O. F. building to the Charles Lehnert apartment over the A. and P. store around August 1. Mr. Lehnert will move to his apartment on West Monroe Street.
Lewis McKay a farmer near Buck Creek lost six milk cows and a six month old calf in a Tuesday afternoon storm. The cattle stood in water when struck by lightning. The warning and impact are described by the local community as a tragic farm accident.
The Delphi Citizen editor Allen Bailey will join Indiana editors Ben Kaufman Edwin Vo Neal and Doug Smiley on WIRE at Indianapolis for a discussion What Can The Graduate Expect. The program starts at 7 45 and ends at 8 00 tonight and will be broadcast by electrical transcription.
Two sets of objections to the probate of Robert J. Gamble's will were filed by his daughter Florence Gamble Lee of Indianapolis and his sisters Mae Cueto and Amey Davis. They contend the testator was of unsound mind and under undue influence, noting the will left $1 to Lee and to Mrs. Robert Hanna, with the rest to Helen Campbell of Delphi. Judge Pruitt set September 11 to hear arguments.
Robert Toole aged 65 longtime editor of the Flora paper and Herald in Delphi died Thursday night at East Moline Illinois. A Delphi high school graduate, he is survived by his widow Edith Maxwell formerly of Flora. Funeral services were held Saturday with burial in Mt Morris Cemetery East Moline.
Delphi will close Main Street through the business district for the carnival and Old Settlers' Day from August 9 to 12. Legion officers announce the street closure with authority granted by the state highway commission. Traffic will be redirected to Front Street during the four days.
Four Brookston youths pleaded guilty in White circuit court at Monticello to sodomy charges. Virgil Scowden 25 Donald Camp 17 William Fitzgerald 19 and Robert Maxwell 18 were sentenced to 2 to 14 years at Pendleton reformatory and fined 100 dollars each. Officers said the defendants admitted unnatural relations with other members of the group.
Yeoman school bus contracts were awarded last week to Phillip Jones and Glen Davis for Yeoman, Lanty Armstrong and Fred Gaumer for Carson, Jay Nace for Monticello, and Roy Moss for Delphi.
Indiana writer Mrs Sarah Smith Pratt plans a Delphi library review of her Civil War memoir A Little Girl In Civil War Times but illness postpones the talk to August. She grew up in Delphi and was in the first Delphi high school graduating class.
A county softball tourney will be held at Deer Creek Park Sunday July 30. Drawings start at 9 30 in the morning. Eight teams entered Flora Buck Creek Cutler Owasco Ockley Camden Rockfield and Delphi Twelve teams expected total. The winner and runner up advance to a 10 team Loganport tournament August 20 with two teams from Carroll Cass Clinton Howard and Tippecanoe counties. Entries due with Arthur Morrison by Saturday noon. Entry fee 1 50 and equipment provided.
Mrs. Alice Barnsdale, 63, of Burrows, died Wednesday at St. Joseph’s hospital Logansport after weeks of illness. Survived by children Thomas and Alice at home Faye Johns Esther Heton Mary Popejoy Ann Johnson and Margaret Barnsdale of Albuquerque eight grandchildren brother Owen O’Riley Logansport sister Margaret Anderson Logansport. Funeral Friday at 8 at St. Vincent’s Logansport Father John Schall officiating. Burial Keeps Creek Cemetery Clinton Township.
Mrs Edith Retherford shows improvement at the Home hospital following surgery performed Monday.
About 35 Carroll county 4-H club girls enrolled at Camp Tecumseh this week and will break camp today. Attendees include Willa Bowen Shirley James Margaret Ramey Roberta Shaffer and others under Miss Elsie Bucklew supervision. County leaders and neighboring counties sent participants.
Irwin Crisswell of Logansport was arrested Sunday by State Patrolman Marion Robbins for lack of weight tax tags and fined 10 dollars plus costs by Justice Rossie Dern. Ray Allbright near Delphi faced Friday arrest by Loren Ayres for public intoxication and paid 5 dollars plus costs. Edward Underhill of Americus was arrested Friday by Corporal Ayres for drunken driving, taken to Lafayette Post for a drunkometer test, fined 15 dollars by Justice Dern, and had his license revoked for one year.
Fifty four of sixty extensions built by Carroll County REMC have been energized, serving 150 new members. The remaining 16 extensions, mostly in Cass and Howard counties, cover about 50 miles and will provide power to 225 more members within two weeks. Meter setup must reach 75 percent before energizing. Refrigerator and range campaigns raised 13,485 dollars in appliance sales.
John Pierce aged 42, an invalid for 13 years and resident patient at Good Samaritan hospital in Kokomo for 11 years, died Tuesday night. Surviving are widow Florence Pierce of Kendallville, daughter Katherine Pierce of West Delphi, brother George Pierce of Hammond, sisters Rose Pierce Smith of Chicago and Mary Pierce of Lafayette, and sister-in-law Alma Pierce of Delphi. Funeral at St. Joseph church Friday 9 am, Father Simeon Schmitt officiating. burial in St. Joseph cemetery. Grimm and Son Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Edward Brennan state budget director and Mrs Brennan hosted Mr and Mrs Blodget Brennan and family of Indianapolis Mr and Mrs Edward Brennan Jr and daughter of Muncie as guests Sunday of Miss Anna Honan.
Mr and Mrs George Thompson visited Greencastle this week after the death of Mrs Thompson sister Miss Mary Lovitt. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Greencastle with burial there.
Raymond P. Cline of Flora filed for divorce from Roma R. Cline of Logansport in Carroll circuit court in vacation citing cruel and inhuman treatment. They married December 30, 1936 and separated July 13 this year. He seeks custody of their minor daughter. A. D. Bishop of Flora represents the plaintiff.
The Union Bank and Trust Company through Hamling and Smock filed suit Wednesday against Harry M. Heglin and others to foreclose a mortgage on property serving as security for a $500 loan.
J. R. Bowman of Delphi is among 71 Purdue University students enrolled in the civil engineering camp at Ross Camp Tippecanoe county. The camp closes August 12. It runs eight field hours daily for nine weeks and is required of freshmen planning to major in civil engineering.
Mr and Mrs Willard Reed have taken a cottage on the Tippecanoe river for a week long vacation.
Shirley Ann MaHanna aged 16, daughter of Captain William MaHanna, died at Home hospital in Lafayette after a diabetes illness. The Delphi teen had been in frail health for years and had been a Riley hospital patient in 1937. Survived by father, step mother Eloise Dyer MaHanna, siblings, aunt and uncle. funeral plans pending.
About 50 of Carroll county's 200 WPA workers will take a 30 day vacation before September 1 as required for those who have drawn work relief checks for 18 consecutive months. Non relief staff—roughly 1,000 in Indiana—are also being removed.
John Barnard 72 a former Carroll County school teacher died Sunday in Grand Rapids Michigan after several years illness Born in Camden he taught county schools more than twenty years He lived in Michigan thirty years survived by widow Ivy Largen Barnard four daughters one son Russell of Ashland Ohio and sister Mrs William Trobaugh of Delphi Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Grand Rapids and burial followed
County Superintendent Harry Hatton reports all school faculties now complete except music teachers at Cutler. Adams and County schools will open September 1 with first day instruction for pupils. Classes resume Tuesday after Labor Day on September 5.
Glen Sparks purchased the Virgil Cunningham farm northeast of Sedalia at auction for 42 dollars per acre. L. F. Crume of Burlington acted as auctioneer.
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