Local painter taunts gravity on unsafe roof perch
Joe Blake the local painter perched on a board tied by frayed binder twine atop the Welcome Inn, slapping at his brush as pedestrians watched in shock. Nearby, Bill Cowdin piloted a Cub over Delphi's skies before entering Radar school. Holmes joins. crowds await Deer Creek park band concert led by Clarence Maroc co. Lieuts Haines and Kirkpatrick, wounded in action, left Delphi for service. Set. Coghill reports invasion memories and awards. Donald Wilson featured in Collier’s Wing Talk for Nagoya raid with a missing little finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Blake
Welcome Inn
Joe
Rosemary Berkey Weds Petty Officer Charles Wood Here
Rosemary Berkey married Petty Officer Charles A. Wood in a double ring ceremony at the Methodist church. Rev. Merlin Schwein officiated at five o'clock Sunday. The bride wore dusty pink crepe romaine, with no attendants. A reception followed at the Wood home with white roses and tapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Berkey
Charles Wood
Charles A. Wood
Children day services planned in Delphi churches
Children Day will be observed in Delphi Sunday June 10 with special programs and music. Catherine McCain Virginia Pletcher lead the Presbyterian program while Mrs Homer Myers Miss Florence Loveland direct Methodist arrangements and Christian church oversight is by Sarah Bloyd Mildred Weaver Pearl Redding. Presbyterian and Methodist services start at 10 am and the Christian church program is at 730 pm.
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Delphi
Pletcher
The
Presbyterian Church
Homer
Methodist Church
Homer Myers
Woodrow Whiteman
Raymond High
Joseph Sanderson
Floyd Menaugh
William S. Smith
Miles A. Freeman
Albert Burkle
Mary Ellen Johnson
Willa Bowen
Maxine Lane
Christian Church
Howard Jenkins
Earl Lashley
Jack Bloyd
Pfc Wayne Landes Receives Merit for Bridge Guard Duty
Pfc Wayne Landes son of Mr and Mrs Ardis Landes of Adams township was reported missing April 13 and cancelled April 19. He belonged to the 333rd Infantry guarding bridges of the 84th's supply route between Offensen and the Elbe where enemy action and lack of relief left them on guard for six days. He was awarded the Certificate of Merit for his part in the operation.
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Pfc
Weayne Ag
333Rd
84Th
Offensen
The
Elbe
Wayne Landes
Landes
Phc
Shirar Calls County to Back Yank Bond With Extra 100
Carroll County War Finance Chairman Ora Shiraz urges residents to buy a $100 war bond, costing $75, to aid overseas troops. He says the bond funds food, rations, ammunition, and medical supplies for soldiers and frames the purchase as crucial national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirar
County
Ora Shiraz
The
Carroll County War Finance
Locker Box Signers Instructed To Pay Rental
Delphi's locker plant moves toward reality as War Production Board orders owners to collect a year’s rental from all signers. Rental is fifteen dollars per box payable to Harry E. Reed the escrow agent. Building on North Washington street purchased for the locker plant by Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Reed
Harris
Harry E. Reed
Mr. Reed
Five Carroll County 18 year olds register in May
Carroll county announces that five young men have reached eighteen and registered with the County Selective Services Board in May. They are Vernon Hubert Hall of Delph i route 1, Kenneth Lee Caldwell Camden route 2, Jesse Richard Viney Monticello route 2, William Hutchel Perkins Camden route 2, and Gerald Wayne Smith Rockfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Bronze Star to Cpl John E Leazenby for Saarlautern action
The Bronze Star is awarded to Cpl John E Leazenby age 22 son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Leazenby R R 1 Camden for heroism in Germany on December 16 1944. He voluntarily advanced into heavy fire at Saarlautern to reconnect a severed cable circuit linking division command posts finding the break and making repairs. He serves in the Signal Corps and has been in the army two and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
John E. Leazenby
Charles H. Leazenby
R. R. 1. Camden
Leazenby
Saarlautern
The
Signal Corps
Army
Opens beauty shop on East Mon roe street
Mrs Thelma Verill has opened a beauty shop in her home on east Mon roe street New equipment has been installed and appointments are being taken for all weekdays except Monday Mr and Mrs Cahiers Drumme and son George Jr and Miss Isabelle Egan of South Bend spent the weekend here with the Burton Honans and Byram
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Verill
East Mon
Roe Street
At Home Lieut Floyd Redding Home from Service
Lieut Floyd Redding son of Mr and Mrs L W Redding of south of Delphi has completed Atterbury Separation Center with a 109 point count and will revert to inactive status on July 6 He entered training May 19 1941 with the Southeast Training Command and trained as co pilot on a B 24 Liberator in the South Pacific Campaigns Central Pacific Bismark Archipelago New Guinea and Philippines He returned February 12 1945 and remains subject to recall to active duty resting at home plans to enter college this fall.
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Cartier’s
New York City
Wood
Delphi High School
Navy Bugle Masters School
Washington, D. C
Tion Center
Nine Children Enroll in Beginners Band
Clarence Marocco announces nine students join the beginners band. Names include Kay Black Wilma Haslet Phyllis Ayers Patty Crone Tommy Crosby Miriam Parks Billy Marocco David Clifford Francis Wright. Class meets Tuesdays at 10 30 in the school band room. Parents without instruments should send children and contact Mr Marocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Crone
Tommy Crosby
Miriam Parks
Billy Marocco
Mary Carolyn Clauser Wins Purdue Merit Scholarship
Miss Mary Carolyn Clauser, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Clauser of Delphi, has been awarded a special merit scholarship to Purdue University effective with the November 1945 term. The scholarship exempts her university fees during the undergraduate course. Clauser, a 1945 Delphi high school graduate and honor student, will enrol in science and reside at Residence Hall. Janet Gorrell of Winamac visited Mrs Bernard Clayton over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Carolyn Clauser
Roy Clauser
Delphi
Janet Gorrell of
Winamac
Bernard Clayton
Carroll County Board of Review Opens Twenty Five Day Session
The Carroll county board of review began a twenty five day session Monday in the office of County Assessor Earl Thompson. Members include Auditor Russell Harter Treasurer Luther Cohee County Assessor Earl Thompson and appointees Margaret Baum Delphi and Roy Bowman Cutler. The board will remain in session for twenty five days.
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Board OF Review
Carroll County Board of Review
Earl Thompson
Russell Harter
Luther Cohee
Delphi
Roy Bowman
Cutler
Vacation Bible School Set to Open Monday in Cooperating Churches
The third annual cooperative Vacation Bible School runs June 11 to 22 from 9 30 to 11 30 am for children 8 to 14. Programs at Baptist Methodist Presbyterian and Christian churches feature grade groups with leaders named and a 25 cent registration fee.
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Cooperative Vacation Bible School
Methodist
Baptist
Christian
Presbyterian
Baptist Church
Frank Rodkey
Wade Farr
Union
Organize Softball League Forms in Delphi
Citywide softball league organized by Mayor Wood with four city section teams. First games set for next Friday night at 7 30 PM on Wednesdays and Fridays. Browns vs Cards and Pepsis vs Pirates headline the opener. Sections include Cardinals, Pepsis, Pirates, Browns with named players and captains listed. A senior age group 16+ is forming another team to play nearby towns.
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Delphi
Charles C. Wood
Billy Dean Smith
Mrs. Lulu Robbins Dies In Lafayette Hospital
Mrs. Lulu Robbins of Delphi died this morning at 6 30 in Lafayette’s Horke hospital after a Sunday admission. Born July 5 1886 she was daughter of Marion and Sarah Briney. She worked 25 years as an operator for Carroll Telephone Company. Survived by two daughters Mrs Miles Appleton Peru and Marion at home a son Clyde of Delphi a brother Gus Briney Monticello a sister Mrs Clara Coppock Mam mond and five grandsons. Body returned to Blythe funeral home with funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Robbins
Delphi
Major Ralph Payne Killed on Day of Liberation
Major Ralph Payne died in Stalag 13 B as the camp was liberated on April 5. He was captured December 21 while serving in a heavy artillery unit. A Purdue-educated agronomist, he was married to Elizabeth McKee and survived by his widow, his parents, a twin sister, three other sisters, and two brothers with residences in Cutler Kokomo Plymouth Glenwood Amarillo and nearby areas.
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Ing
Betty
Set. Coghill
N. Africa
Casa Blanca
Bizerte
Ralph Payne
Swift and Co
Chicago
Elizabeth McKee
Glen
Pvt. Omer Hicks Killed on Luzon
Pvt. Omer Hicks 25 former Camden resident was killed in action on Luzon Philippines May 25. He served with the 38th Division after leaving Delphi National Guard Company. Survived by wife Helen Lucas Hicks Flora parents Irvin and Mrs Hicks Camden two children Jo Ellen and Jerry two brothers Wilbur Hicks in Luzon and Oral Hicks en route home from Italy and sister Opal Shaffer Peru.
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Camden
Luzon
Philippines
Helen Lucas Hicks
Jerry
Pvt
Wilbur Hicks
Oral Hicks
Local Nurses Remain Together After Navy Service
Miss Maxine Maxwell of Ockley and Miss Cleora Stangle of Monticello enlisted in the Navy nurse corps on April 13, 1943, and after two years remain together aboard a naval hospital near the Admiralty Islands. Both hold lieutenants junior grade and have spent 11 months of Pacific duty. Maxwell’s parents live in Ockley and Stangle’s in Monticello.
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Maxine Maxwell
Ockley
Cleora Stangle
Monticello
Navy Nurse Corp
Indiana
Gether
Miss Maxwell
Mrs
Chester Maxwell
Joseph F Cook Appointed to Local Welfare Board
Joseph F. Cook trustee of Democrat township is named to the county Welfare Board by Judge William B. Smith, replacing Edward Vorhees of Flora. Reappointed members include Lotie F. Haslet Jerre Haugh Maude D. Carr and Hazelle Kirkpatrick. The board meets tonight to organize.
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William B. Smith
Margaret Baum
Joseph Cook
Joseph F. Cook
Democrat Township
Edward Vorhees
Flora
Judge Smith
Lotie F. Haslet
Jerre Haugh
Maude D. Carr
Hazelle Kirkpatrick
Divorce action dismissed in Carroll Circuit Court
Emma May Livingston and Frank Livingston had their divorce action dismissed on Wednesday in the Carroll Circuit Court on the plaintiff's motion. Jean Hamling and Marilyn Hubbard spent Wednesday in Indianapolis.
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Emma May Livingston
Frank Livingston
Carroll Circuit Court
Jean Hamling
Marilyn Hubbard
Indianapolis
Issuing of Canning Sugar Halted Here
Indiana OPA District halts all home canning sugar issuance until further notice. District Director James D. Strickland says suspension aligns with regional supply concerns and strict quotas from the War Food Administration. Consumers urged to defer requests and show understanding to local boards during the freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Strickland
OPA
Cleveland
Indiana
War Food Administration
Strick
Ers
Child Hurt After Fall From Car in Delphi Area
Marilyn Jane Fisher aged 3 was injured Tuesday when she fell from a car driven by her father John E. Fisher of south of Delphi. The child received medical care from a local physician and was transported to St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette by Blythe ambulance.
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Marilyn Jane Fisher
John E. Fisher
South of Delphi
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Blythe Ambulance
Delphi man pleads guilty to reckless driving in city court
Orville C. Venters of Delphi route 2 was arraigned in city court Saturday evening and pleaded guilty to reckless driving. He was fined $5 plus costs totaling $10. State Policeman C W Duckwall made the arrest.
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Orville C. Venters
Delphi
C. Ww. Duckwall
Yunker Elected County School Superintendent After Long Ballot
J C Yunker Republican and Carrollton school principal won the county super intendent post, replacing Harry Hatton Democrat after twenty seven ballots. He takes office August 16 and holds degrees from Columbia and Hanover College with extensive teaching and principal experience.
Twenty Seven Inductees Named for June Quota
Twenty seven county men have been referred for induction into the armed forces in June per Eve Davidson, clerk of the Selective Service Board. The list includes Raymond Seward, Walter Skiles, Elmo Dodson, Parke Young, Chester Long, Donald Miller, Lloyd Lewis, Gerald Sieber, James French, Kenneth Graham, Harold Johnson, Paul Daniels, Wayne Voorhees, Charles Wilson, Joe Burge, Gerald Webb, Paul Ward, Paul Kirkpatrick, Thomas Garrison, Jerry Curts, Orville Yates, George Campbell, Elpham Smith, Jack Alkire, Billy Baum, John Cowger, Henry Roberts. Referred for preinduction exams are Vernon Hall, Robert Scholl, Ross Jordan, Keith Clawson, Robert Connaway, Jessie Viney, Lee Bell, Paul Ashba, Wayne Angle, Chester Brovont.
New Barber Jesse King Joins Hoshaw Shop
Jesse King formerly Carroll county game warden now works at Hoshaw Barber shop offering scalp and facial treatments. King brings several years of barbering experience. Mrs. Thomas McCormick was taken to St Elizabeth hospital on Wednesday for observation.
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Jesse King
Carroll County
Hoshaw
Mr. King
Thomas
Tim) McCormick
St. Elizabeth Hospital
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Bill Cowdin
Bill Holmes
Cowdin
Great
Naval Air Crew Training
Sason
Deer Creek
Park
Clarence Marocco
Lieut
Foster Haines
Oscar Kirkpatrick
James Coghill
Oran
Sicily
Sardinia
Italy
Bolonga
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Musso
Lini
Department of Collier's
Donald Wilson
Clarence Wilson
Bringhurst
Nagoya
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Flyer
Flora High
Merlin Schwein
Irene Jacoby
Ralph Melin
Robert Wood
Marilyn
Leonard Berkey
Brooklyn New York
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John Hanna
Jackson
Michigan
Catherine McCain
Virginia
Pearl Redding
Presbyterian and
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the Rail
Splitter
Wayne L. Landes
Tee
Pacific
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War Production Board
Ooners
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Stewart's Grocery
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Washington
Mrs. Harris
County Selective Services Board
Eve Davidson
Vernon Hubert Hall
Del
Phi Route 1
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Jesse Richard Viney
William Hutchel
Germany
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Atterbury
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South Pacific
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Bismark Archipelago, New Guinea and
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Pat
Nets
David Clifford
Francis
Wright, Bass Horn
Mr. Marocco
Purdue University
Miss Clauser
B. D. Smith
Browns
Pepsis
Pirates
Cardinals
North Side
Don Holmes
John Hawn
Dick Hawn
Bob
East Side
Frank Hildebrand
Don Pauley
Leonard Brummit
Bob Roach
Dick Cowdin
Harold Sprague
Henry Aldrich
Earl Pauley
Max Andrews
Dean Ratcliff
Joe Hildebrand
Bill Rozhon
Lee Walters
Wayne Disinger
Bob Lane
Joe Schnepp
Bill Randle
Charles Vianco
Tom Herron
Jim Davis
Art Lane
Bill Bradshaw
Herb
Ert Parks
Ralph Hawn
Browns (Hill
Tom Ives
Dick Hatton
Doug Hatton
John Hartman
Bud Weidner
John Bradshaw
Dick Lucas
Bob Schooler
Bill Duff
Charles James
Horke
Marion Briney and
Sarah Scott Briney
Robbins
Carroll Telephone Company
Miles Appleton
Peru and
Marion
Blythe
Major Robert Payne
Burlington
Stalag -13-B
Acccord
War Department
Major Payne
Burlington High School
Purdue UN
Iversity
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Sandifur
Eva Ortman
Kokomo
Route 2
Marguerite Ashton
Amarillo
Texas
Vernon
Plymouth
Omer Hicks
Pvt. Hicks
National Guard Company
the Son
Irvin Hicks
He Attended
Camden High
Jo Ellen
Opal Shaffer
Peru
Miss Stangle
Mrs. L. E. Stangle
J. C. Yunker
Township
J. C
Carrollton School
Harry
Harry Hatton
George McCain
Russell Craig
J. C. Yunk
Ross Downham
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C. Yunker
Mr. Yunker
Ervision
Columbia University
Hanover
Rockfield
Carrollton
Harding School
Portsmouth
Ohio
the Baptist Church
Yonker
Eve David
Selective Service
Raymond Seward
Walter Andrew Skiles
Elmo W. Dod
Joe Ernest Burge
Gerald Wayne Webb
R. R. No
Paul Alvin Ward
Ross
Erts
R. R
Robert Eugene
Scholl
Ross Glen
Hoshaw’s
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