Indiana archival plates and local wartime notes from Delphi area
A Delphi boy scout drive collected old Indiana license plates spanning 1909 to 1942 with Ira P. Yundt contributing plates for 1917 through 1942 and 1909. Flora’s Vernon C. Wiles displayed Eisenhower signature discharge papers from World War I. A Delphi camporee, Poppy Day proceeds, and post office rank changes in Burlington and Michigantown are noted along with a dog killed by a truck and Sgt Wayne Ogle’s radio broadcast from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ira P. Yundt
Yundt
Ockley
Delphi Boy Scout
Burlington
Walker
Senate
Music Classes and Band Rehearsals Begin in Delphi
Summer music classes directed by Clarence Marocco start June 2 with saxophone clarinet and flute sessions from 9 to 10 30 a m. Trombone horn cornet trumpet and baritone meet Wednesdays 10 30 to noon. Junior band meets Wednesdays 1 30 p m. Rehearsals weekly and Friday. Senior band rehearsal June 10 at 8 p m. First concert June 12 at 8 30 p m on the Delphi courthouse lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Marocco
Delphi ‘School
Delphi Court House
Elmer Reiff Named Emergency Farm Labor Assistant
Elmer Reiff has been appointed Emergency Farm Labor Assistant in Carroll County and has begun work. Farmers should contact him at home or through the county agent R. J. Maggart to register labor needs and request help for planting and harvesting. Volunteer workers are asked to sign cards at the county agent’s office to indicate availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Reiff
Carroll County
R. J. Maggart
Reiff
Hoosier
Lee Eyer Struck By Automobile In City Square
Six year old Lee Eyer son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Eyer of South Delphi was struck by a car at the southeast corner of the city square about one PM Tuesday. He suffered shock and minor cuts but no serious injuries after examination at St Elizabeth hospital. The car driven by May P Balog of Toledo Ohio was not held by Sheriff Robert Moore. Witnesses say the boy darted into the street from between two parked cars. He was returned home the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Eyer
Clarence Eyer
South Delphi
St. Elizabeth Hospital
May P. Balog
Toledo
Terre Haute
Robert Moore
Former operator on Citizen home from Africa and West Indies
Frank Loudon a former soundman and third class Navy veteran left for New York after a home leave with his mother Mrs. R H Loudon of Indianapolis and his sister Mrs. Allen Bailey and her children He has served on convoy duty to North Africa and the West Indies since January after training in sound at Key West Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Loudon
U. S. Navy
New York
R. H. Loudon
Indianapolis
Allen Bailey
Loudon
Delphi
Navy
Sound
Key West
Florida
North Africa
West Indies
Mrs. Florentine Fife Dies at 81 in Delaware County
Mrs. Florentine Fife aged 81 died Tuesday at 1 a.m. at her son Orville Fife’s home east of Delphi. Born to Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Douglas in Carroll County she attended the Baptist church. Survived by three sons Loren near Brookston Elmer Detroit and Orville. Funeral held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Orville’s home with burial in Sharon cemetery. Grimm and Sons directed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florentine Fife
Orville
Del
Phi
R. H. Douglas
Carroll County
The
Baptist Church
Loren
Brookston
Elmer
Detroit
Orville Fife
Sharon
Grimm and Sons
Mary Louise Reppert Teaches Piano in Delphi
Miss Mary Louise Reppert daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Reppert of Lafayette and former Delphi residents teaches piano to Delphi pupils each Tuesday after school in a local home setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Reppert
Roy Reppert
Lafayette
Delphi
Residents Buy War Bonds Worth Over Twenty Thousand
Carroll county residents purchased war bonds totaling 20 216 50 during the week ending May 29. The Burlington banks led with 6 093 75 in bonds. The report lists Union Bank and Trust Delphi 975 E bonds 1900 G bonds 166 50 F bonds Camden Bank 2400 Bright National Flora 5850 E bonds 500 G bonds Yeoman Bank 206 25 Burlington Bank 6093 75 E bonds 700 G bonds Delphi Post Office 768 75 Flora Post Office 656 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Chris Chamales
Burlington
Union Bank and Trust Company of Delphi
Camden Bank
Bright National Bank of Flora
Yeoman Bank
Burlington Bank
Delphi Postoffice
Flora Postoffice
Miss Irene Stark to Graduate From School of Nursing
Miss Irene Stark, long time resident of Delphi with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Downey, will graduate Sunday morning June 6 from St. Elizabeth's School of Nursing Lafayette. Commencement at 8 AM in the hospital chapel and diploma ceremonies at 11 AM in the gardens. Stark is a Delphi High School alumna and ranks high scholastically in the 1943 nurse class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Stark
J. C. Downey
Delphi
St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Stark
Delphi High School
Carroll County Flood Repair Plans Detailed in Special Session
The Carroll County Council schedules a special session on June 8 to vote on flood repair plans. County commissioners meet June 7 and 8 to arrange and vote on funds to fix flood damaged roads and bridges, with damage estimated at $20,000 by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Council
Boy, 11, breaks leg in hayloft fall near Delphi
Paul Dishon, 11, of near Delphi, living with grandparents Mr and Mrs William Roark, fell from a hayloft on his grandparents farm. He was taken to St Elizabeth hospital by Blythe ambulance Monday around noon with a broken leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Dishon
William Roark
Delphi
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Blythe
Son Is Safe Metsger Informed By War Dept
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Metsger of Rossville received word from the U S war department that an error caused a M I A report for their son Beecher Metsger. The department said he is alive and well, following a May 4 letter to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Metsger
Rossville
U. S. War Department
Metsger
Beecher
North Africa
Metsgers
War Department
Mrs Howard Ball Dies This Morning
Mrs Howard Ball 69 of Delphi died Thursday at home after a lingering illness. Born Nancy Kinkead Ball July 12 1873 in Tennessee she lived in the community 30 years and attended Pilgrim Holiness Church. Survived by husband Howard four sons Thomas Bussell Hamilton Ohio Neal Bussell Middletown Ohio James Bussell Delphi Lafe Bussell Hot Springs New Mexico two daughters Marybelle Cole Delphi Ina Ruth Carter Lafayette one sister D M Emmett Cordova Illinois one brother John Kinkead Tennessee Funeral at Pilgrim Holiness Church Saturday at 2 pm calling at 5 pm Thursday burial in Masonic Cemetery Grimms and Sons in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Ball
Delphi
Nancy Kinkead Ball
Tennessee
Camden girl joins WAVES to report at Hunter College
Miss Sarah Matilda Brant daughter of Mrs Mary H Brant of Camden has joined the WAVES and will report for general indoctrination at Hunter College New York City. After five weeks she will receive specialized training at a WAVES school. She was previously employed by R E M Manufacturing and is a Deer Creek high school graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Will
Hunter College
Sarah Matilda Brant
Mary H. Brant
WAVES
s#ée
Brant
New York City
WAVE
Miss Brant
R. E. M. Manufacturing Company
Deer Creek High School
School Bus Drivers Sign Contracts For 43 44 Year
Six Carroll county drivers signed contracts with the Delphi Deer Creek school board for the 1943 44 year. Routes and drivers are Paul Carney route 1 Clyde Buchanan route 2 Hansel McHardie route 3 George Brooks route 5 Greer Bunnell route 6 Jaimes Widner route 7. Route 4 not yet let. All drivers receive 7 per day except Carney 8. Salaries for the coming year rise about 2.50 per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Delphi-Deer Creek School Board
Paul Carney
Clyde Buchanan
Hansel McHardie
George Brooks
Greer Bunnell
Jaimes Widner
Carney
Dorothy Bowen Named Handicraft Counselor at Camp Widjinagan
Miss Dorothy Jeanne Bowen, a University of Illinois junior, will serve as handicraft counselor at Camp Widjinagan near Camp Springfield, Illinois. She will depart June 15 for Lake Springfield to spend two months. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abner H. Bowen of Delphi, will drive to Champaign today to see her off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Jeanne Bowen
University of Illinois
Camp Widjinagan
Camp Springfield
Ill
Bowen
Abner H. Bowen
Delphi
Lake Springfield
Carroll Boy Gets Captain's Rating
Lieut. Irvin F. Metzger of Camp Lee Virginia has been promoted to captain and received that rating a few days ago according to Mrs. Letha Metzger of Camden He is the grandson of Mrs. Sarah Metzger of Camden Enlisting after December 7 1941 he rose rapidly through the ranks to his present commission through unusual capability
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin F. Metzger
Camp Lee
Virginia
Letha Metzger
Camden
Metzger
Sarah Metzger
Leota Adams Honored at Ball State College
Miss Leota Adams of Delphi gained campus recognition at Ball State Teachers College. She was elected vice president of the Elementary club and secretary of Kappa Delta Pi. A Ball State senior she also belonged to Mu Zeta sorority Girls Club YWCA Library Council and the college band and orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leota Adams
Delphi
Ball State Teachers College
Muncie
Kappa Delta Pi
Ball State
Miss Adams
Mu Zeta Sorority
Girls Club
YWCA
Library Council
Carroll County War Heroes and Tragedy Reach Home
Cpl Morris W Clem son of Mrs John Clem Cutler has served 23 months in the U S Army Infantry now at Camp Livingston Louisiana after maneuvers in Louisiana Texas and Florida He is a 1931 Cutler High School graduate and active church member He recently married Dena Ayres Delbert Gunder husband of Jean Wilson Delphi is a chief petty officer in the SeaBees and served from Quonset Point Rhode Island to Norfolk Virginia He is a Purdue trained engineer with three children and Deepest church ties Capt Roy Snipes killed May 7 in a European aircraft accident attended Carrollton High School and Ball State Teachers College joined the Army Air Corps in 1941 His flight squadron included Clark Gable and left for England in April He had a Delphi home leave before foreign service and is mourned by many in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Morris W. Clem
John Clem
Cutler
U. S. Army
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Camp Livingston
Clem
Cutler High School
Cutler Presbyterian Church
Men’s Brotherhood
Quonset Point
Rhode Island
Norfolk
South Pacific
Columbus
Cpo Gunder
Shortridge High School
Indianapolis
Purdue University
The
Presbyterian Church
Capt. Snipes
Carrollton High School
Ball State Teachers College
Army Air Corps
Clark Gable
England
Snipes
Delphi
Foreign Service
Delphi Churches Observe Children's Day With Pageants
Delphi area churches stage Children's Day programs on June 13 with a Methodist service featuring plays and music, a Christian church program at 7 30 p m including a cornet solo and plays, and a Presbyterian pageant "Through a Rose Wreathed Window" led by Mary Clawson and Rosemary Ruffing with music by Howard Bradshaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Children of Delphi
The
Presbyterian Church
Paul Quick
Mary Clawson
Elizabeth Smock
Rosemary Ruffing
Howard Bradshaw
Friday program to close Delphi Bible school
The Delphi community’s daily Vacation Bible School at the Methodist church, run with joint Protestant sponsorship, will close Friday evening at 7:45 with an unrehearsed program by the children. Rev. Miles Allen Freeman notes the school aims to reinforce Sunday school and Bible stories, with crafts and a mid-morning lunch provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Freeman
Rev. Freeman
Bible School
Pastor's Child Recovers From Pneumonia Illness
Four year old Carol Ann Freeman daughter of Rev Miles Allen Freeman is recovering from pneumonia at the home of Mr and Mrs Paul Johnson who care for her while her mother recovers from major surgery at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Ann Freeman
Miles Allen Freeman
Paul Johnson
Ten Register With Draft Board In May
Ten youth five from Delphi and five from other county towns registered for selective service during May after turning eighteen. The clerk Herman Theophile listed the names: Robert Carlisle Humes Cutler route 2 Robert Lowell Bru baker Flora route 2 James Vernon Fetterhoff Delphi route 4 Joe John Krajic Delphi Charles Lee Crowden Delphi Robert Lee Pauley Delphi Benny Dean Teel Delphi route 3 Deane Edward Yeakley Logansport route 3 Robert Dewey Rodenbarger Rossville Johnny Junior Graham Camden
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Herman Theophile
Robert Carlisle Humes
Cutler
Robert Lowell Brubaker
Flora
James Vernon Fetterhoff
Joe John Krajic
Charles Lee Crowden
Robert Lee Pauley
Benny Dean Teel
Deane Edward Yeakley
Logansport
Robert Dewey Rodenbarger
Rossville
Johnny Junior Graham
Camden
Bradshaw to Assist Blythe Business Ventures in Delphi
Bradshaw formerly of Crawfordsville and cousin of Miss Lillian Blythe of Delphi will assist in Blythe Furniture Company and Blythe and Sons Funeral Home. Mr and Mrs Bradshaw have moved into Miss Blythe’s South Delphi residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradshaw
Blythe
Crawfordsville
Lillian Blythe
Delphi
Blythe Furniture Company
Blythe and Sons
Mrs. Bradshaw
Miss Blythe
South Delphi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ernon C. Wiles
U. S.S
D. D. Eisenhower
U. S. Tank Corps
Wiles of
Wiles
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Clyde Robbins
Monticello
Lee Shaeffer
Legion Auxiliary
Michigantown
Harold Thayer
Harold
Wayne Ogle
Idaville
London
WLW
British Broadcasting Corporation
Sgt. Ogle
P. m
Purdue Agriculture Extension Service
Citizen Home
Africa
School OF Nursing
Council
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Masonic Cemetery
Grimms and Sons
Dorothy J. Bowen
Mrs. Bowen
Champaign
Carroll Boy
Ball State College
Dena Ayres
Delbert Gunder
Jean Wilson
SeaBees
U.S
Gunder
Margaret
David
Mary Ann
Mrs. Gunder
Maud Wilson
Roy Snipes
Freeman Redding
CPO
Earl Thompson
Methodist Church
Children of the Christian Church
Joe Carey
Don Pauley
Jesus
Fred Gerard
School of Flowers
Barbara Stankard
Tulip
Carolyn Isaacs
Daisy
Phyllis Hill
Buttercup
Charlene Melson
Glenda Lee Weckerly
Gwendolyn Ferrier
Marigold
Elaine C Cunningham
Bluebells
Jeanette Isaacs
Dorothy Disinger
Barbara Hill
Mary Agnes Hill
Jim Ferrier
Uncle Sam
Phyllis Ayres
Miss Victory
Johnnie Joe Crowden
Edwin Cunningham
Lee Walters
Earl Pauley
Jimmie Clark
Wayne Knitter
Freddie Jenkins
Wayne Johnson
Roddie Rodkey
Wayne Disinger
Geneva Hawkins
Barbara Weaver
Betty Coghill
Ruth Bowman
Annabelle Wilson
Phyllis Strain
Wilma Haslet
Donna Collins
Norma Johnson
Virginia Disinger
the Daily Vacation Bible School Be
Munity
Chil
Dren
Methodist
Parents and Friends of the
Mary Lou Parks
Douglas McCain
Nancy Temple
Carol Kay Clawson
Carol Sue Underhill
Linda Kay Weckerly
Dick Klepinger
Wendell Whittinghill
Jos Clawson
Judy Orr
Jane Eyer
Geneva Lynch
Marcia Mouch
Gerry Lee Weaver
Charlie Kerlin
Dickie Davis
Tommy King
Patricia Phillips
Betty Simons
Anna Marie Lucas
Jimmy McKinley
Bitty Lamb
Patty Crone
Roland Gripe
Robert Herr
Joe Hildebrand
Jerry Crone
Elizabeth Ives
Johnny Joe Crowden
James Ferrier
Wayne Pearson
Nancy Ashba
Beverly Bitler
James Goff
Gene Lucas
Duane Johnson
Charles Hargraves
Shirley Lee Ice
Frederick Jenkins
Carl Franz Bailey
Judith Obear
Bobby Moore
Howard Bartley
Hazel Herr
Suzanne Ruffing
Mary Hill
Rodkey
Elaine Cunningham
Martha Obear
Carol Henderson
Mariam Parks
Carolyn Ann Johnson
Bob Cripe
Gretchen MaHanna
Connie Spitler
Patty Dukes
Joyce Ann Lamb
Donnie Lybrook
Donald Kelly
Robert Bradshaw
Larry Mouch
Dickie Quinn
Joseph Weaver
Elsie Mae Brehmer
Patty Maxwell
Sharon Carney
Elizabeth Goff
Norma Jean Kirkpatrick
Mary Me
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!