Way Back towns and a surprise treasure at Purdue
The Mail Box column recalls May days at Purdue, a class of 1903 treasurer role turning secretarial, and a May storm that hit Adams township Carroll county. The Blanchards suffered losses but neighbors helped after the cyclone. Walter Casad, our Way Back reporter, brings supper and news of forgotten towns and Last Chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Sec
Treas
Husband
Purdue
Blanchards
Lou Speece Blanchard
Wilbur
Michigan City
Walter Casad
Walter Kline
reminiscences of Delphi area history and neighbors
The column recalls Way Back Last Chance and nearby towns in Delphi Indiana with memories of the Blanchards Casad Neff and local shops. It notes Last Chance’s destruction in a cyclone and mentions Hopedale and the Hopewell Church site, plus a 1953 letters page from the Mobile Const. about a naval chaplain’s transfer and return to Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subic Bay
Philippines
Delphi
James W. In Ledr
USNR
Card of Thanks and Delphic Memories Preview
Card of Thanks thanks neighbors friends and linemen for help after damage. Mentions Earnest and Maude Rohrabaugh of Maywood and family lineage. Teases future 1904 Purdue student stories and Delphi courtships to come next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Telephone
Earnest
Maude Rohrabaugh
Marriage Licenses Issued To Four Local Couples
Marriage licenses have been issued to Gene A. Appleton and Jennalee McCloskey both 19 of Washington township to Homer Dale Shaffer and Barbara Ann Hoover 19 of Logansport to Le Roy A. Smith 23 of Radnor and Helen L. Allen 21 of Delphi to Royal Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene A. Appleton
Jennalee McCloskey
Washington Township
Homer Dale Shaffer
Burnettsville
Barbara Ann Hoover
Logansport
Leroy A. Smith
Pilgrim Holiness Plans Bible School This June
The Pilgrim Holiness church will run a Bible School from June 8 to June 19 open to all. It will be held at the local church with daily bus transportation for distant attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Buick
Man files damages suit over 1952 assault
Clarence Lamb seeks 4500 damages from Ralph Miller in circuit court alleging a December 13 1952 assault left him with a broken jaw. Attorney Robert A. Mucker represents Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lamb
Ralph Miller
Lamb
Robert A. Mucker
Thanks to Community After Barn Destruction
The Snoebergers thank County Agent Raymond Ringer, friends, relatives and neighbors who helped clear debris after their barn was destroyed. They also thank the ladies who assisted with meal planning and meals and express lasting appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Ringer
Floyd Snoeberger
Tony Snoeberger
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. Franklin St
Delphi, Indiana
Myron J. Johnson
Arthur M. McDowell
Greater Weeklies of
America
Indiana
Carrol County
Nu-Da
NUDA
Public Service Company OF Indiana, Inc
Charles Wilson
Maywood
Blanchard
Ruth Malcolm Deel
Los Angeles Times
Ind
Olinois
Ruth Malcolm
Mr. Casad
Wilbur Blanchard
Josephine Blanchard
Josephine
Last Chance
Mary L. Cooper
Petsotum
Illinois
Mary
Nancy Stoner
Nancy
Paul
Revere
Mr Casad
Hopedale
Will Armstrong
Adams Township
Hopewell Church
James C. Neff
Deer Creek Township
McDonald Farm
Carrollton Road
Mr. Neff
Jim
Nellie Casad
Jefferson Township
Casads
Hilda
Benton
Kentucky
William Watts
Lucille
Mabel
Gorman Pritchett
Frankton
David
Donald
Great Falls
Montana
Koumis
Charles Orbaugh
Indianapolis
Mongolia
Tibet
Wycliff Smith
Grandma Speece
O. L. Cassidy
Plainfield
Historical Society
Battle Ground
Purdue University
Carroll County
Foa
Mobile Const. Bn
No. 9 c/o FPO
San Francisco
Cal
Ludwig
John
Lewis
Ohio
Frank S. Robbins
Cape May
New Jersye
Sue the Supers
Central States Gas Company, Inc
West Main
Delphi, Ind
Riviera
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