Ensign Sturm Arrives in Balboa Canal Zone Aboard Converted Yacht
Ensign Roger Sturm son of Rev and Mrs Roy Sturm Delphi writes from Balboa Panama Canal Zone that after a 13 day voyage from New Orleans he has arrived aboard a converted yacht about 150 feet long with three other officers and 35 crew. He describes his cabin a state room, mail delays, and life aboard. Also noted are Purdue corn borer research at Miles Martin farm near Delphi with night lights to attract and kill borers, and Governor Henry Schricker visiting Delphi's Tippecanoe river cottage group.
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Roger Sturm
Roy Sturm
Delphi
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
New Orleans
Sturm
Midshipman Training School
Northwestern University
Ensign Sturm
Purdue
Carroll County
Dick Balser
Burr Balser
University
Mr. Martin
Tippecanoe River
Co. C.crampton
Dr. Crampton
Henry Schricker
Death of Mary Ann Hanrahan a Carroll County resident
Mary Ann Hanrahan 52 died Tuesday at her family home in Madison township after a long illness. She was a nurse, former precinct vice committeewoman, and former president of the Altar and Rosary Society. She traveled to Ireland in 1939 and helped survivors after the Barlogue sinking. Funeral at St. Joseph’s church Delphi. burial in St. Joseph cemetery. Blythe and Sons in charge.
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Mary Ann HanrAhan
Delphi
Madison Township
Carroll County
Miss Hanrahan
Peter
Margaret Hanrahan
Ireland
Matthew
Anthony Hanrahan
South of
Delphi, High School
St. Vincent’s Hospital School
Indianapolis
Printers and Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Colorado
St. Joseph’s Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Woman's Republican Club
Delphi Honors Flag Day With Community Evening
Hundreds from Delphi and nearby areas gathered at Deer Creek Park for a Flag Day celebration. Mrs. E W Bowen led the event with Scouts, Legion members, teachers, and the Delphi High School band participating in prayers, songs, taps, and patriotic numbers under the twilight sky.
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Delphi 2Ias
Deer Creek Park
E. W. Bowen
Civic Com
Ralph Melin
John Klepinger
A. J. Denk
Edith Retherford
Delphi High School
Knights Of Columbus Elect Joseph Coomey Grand Knight
Joseph Coomey was chosen grand knight by Knights of Columbus members on Monday night during the 1942 1943 officer election. Other officers elected include Jerre Haugh as deputy grand knight John McGreevey Jr as chancellor Matthew Hanrahan as recorder Keith Rider as advocate Paul Jones as warden Henry Rozhon as inside guard Lewis Lear as outside guard and trustees Burton Honan Byram Crosby and William Coomey. The financial secretary and lecturer to be appointed later Orville Fife retires as grand knight and C J McGreevey retires as financial secretary. The local chapter earned a certificate of merit from national headquarters for 100 percent membership quota. New officers will be installed in July.
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Simeon Schmitt
Jerre Haugh
John McGreevey, Jr
Matthew Hanrahan
Keith Rider
Paul Jones
Henry Rozhon
Lewis Lear
Burton Honan
Byram Crosby
William Coomey
Orville Fife
C. J. McGreevey
Knights of Columbus
County Sells War Bonds In May Exceeding Quota
Carroll county banks and post offices reported total war bonds sales of 43 562 in May, well above the 26 200 quota. Key figures include Union Bank and Trust 20 412, Delphi post office 4 237 50, Camden State Bank 4 331 25, Camden post office 900, Flora postoffice 6 487 50, Yeoman Bank 1 400, Burlington State Bank 5 793 75.
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Carroll County
Union Bank and Trust Company
Delphi Postoffice
Camden State Bank
Camden Postoffice
Flora Postoffice
Yeoman Bank
Burlington State Bank
Cline Leads Carroll Count Scrap Rubber Drive
Charles Cline of Flora is general chairman for Carroll County salvage of scrap rubber. J G Sinclair is state chairman with local volunteers including Ralph Magher Paul Johnson C Clay Pearson Rev Harry Parker and others coordinating daily weighings and pickups at filling stations. Oil trucks will collect rubber on daily routes and reports go to state and national chairmen for daily government records.
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Charles Cline
Flora
Carroll County
J. G. Sinclair
Ralph Magher
Paul Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
C. Clay Pearson
Harry Parker
American Legion
Harry Bohannon
Charles E. Stouse
Flora Community Club
Dewey Zinn
AAA
Emerson Aldrich
Ross Wagoner
Farm Bureau
C. C. Crampton
Chalmer’ Albaugh
Flora American Legion
Delphi Graduate Shirley Julien Earns Northwestern Education Degree
Miss Shirley Ann Julien of Delphi received a bachelor of science in education from Northwestern University at the eighty fourth annual commencement held June 13 at Dyche Stadium. The event included in absentia degrees for armed services seniors and featured Admiral W T Cluverius as speaker. Julien will return to Chicago to start a position with a fire insurance firm in the Merchandise Mart after a visit with her parents.
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Shirley Ann Julien
Floyd Julien
Delphi
Indiana
Northwestern University
Armed Services
Miss Julien
Chicago
Annual Carroll County Farm Bureau Meeting Acknowledges Growth
About 400 Carroll County Farm Bureau members gathered June 10 at United Brothers Church in Pymont for the annual meeting. Edmond C. Foust urged farmers to stay within farm groups, praising the program's wartime value. County membership stood at 577, up from 476 in 1941 and 464 in 1940.
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Bers
Carroll County Farm Bureau
United Brothers Church
Pyrmont
Miles Martin
County Farm Bureau
Martin
Edmond C. Foust
Hoosier Farmer
Farm Bureau
Mr. Foust
Indiana
Carroll County
Ministerial Appointments Set in Northwest Indiana Conference
Rev Roy Sturm returns to Delphi as pastor of the Delphi Methodist Church for another year. The conference in Battle Ground assigned district superintendents and pastors across Lafay ette and Crawfordsville districts, naming changes including Dwight Moody Iles to La Crosse and J S White from Rossville to Ann Arbor Michigan.
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Northwest Indiana
the Methodist Churches
Battle Ground
Roy Sturm
Delphi
Lafayette
B. D. Beck
Ww.b. Collier
E. M
White
Rossville
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Delphi Library Adds New Books and Organizes Reading Group
Delphi librarian Miss Mary Cochrane announces new fiction and non fiction volumes now available at the Delphi library. The list includes works by Steinbeck Buck Du Maurier Wolfe Rawlings and many others. A vacation reading club has formed with early members named.
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Delphi Library
Mary Cochrane
Delphi
Ael Field
New Hope
Ruth Suckow
Frenchman's Creek
D. du ‘Maurier
Louis Bromfield
N. Shute
E. Goudge
John Steinbeck
H. MacInnes
Cross Creek
M. K. Rawlings
D. L. Cohn
Paradise
Osa Johnson
Presbyterian Church Sunday Children's Day Program
The Presbyterian Church will host a Sunday morning Children’s Day program led by Mrs. William Kerlin. Readings and musical numbers will feature Bobby Duff Dickie Quinn Eddie Carr and many others with Miss Lanette Cunningham performing a whistling solo. A junior Bible school group will form a children's choir directed by Mrs. Robert Bradshaw.
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Martha Obear
Patricia Maggart
Beverly Bitler
Mary Lynn Orr
Lanette Cunningham
Bible School
Robert Bradshaw
Will S. Smith
Delphi Mayor Calls Scrap Rubber Drive During War
Proclamation urging Delphi Indiana residents to collect scrap rubber from attics basements and garages for the wartime supply campaign. Citizens to deliver all rubber items including tires tubes overshoes gloves and mats to local filling stations during the designated collection weeks.
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United States
I C. Clay
Pearson
City of
Delphi
Indiana
Harvey A Gridley Buys Flora Theatre From J M Dixon
J M Dixon owner of Flora theatre announced sale to Harvey A Gridley of Niles Michigan. Gridley will reside in Flora and take over management Thursday June 25. Dixon operated the theatre seven years and plans government work. Gridley intends to continue the current program of cinema fare.
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Harvey A. Gridley
Flora Theatre
J. M. Dixon
The
Niles, Michigan
Mr. Gridley
Flora
Thurs
Ter
Gridley
Doctor Lucas Receives Army Commission in Delphi
Dr. Luther Clark Lucas a Delphi dentist was commissioned as first lieutenant in the U S army on Friday. He expects orders and assignment after July 5. His wife and four year old son Gene will stay in Delphi while he serves. Lucas moved to Delphi about three years ago.
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Luther Clark Lucas
Delphi
U. S. Army
Gene
Lucas
Newell Tops Delphi Grain Judging Team at Purdue Round-Up
Kenneth Newell led the Delphi grain judging team with 554 points, tying for third-highest state score at the 4 H Round-Up held at Purdue. Richard Balser scored 545 for second high, with Donald Duff and Robert Fountain as teammates.
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Kenneth Newell
Delphi
Purdue
Delphi High School
Farmer Chapter
Richard Balser
Donald Duff
Robert Fountain
Bernadine Maxwell to Wed Thomas Eastwood in Purdue Chapel
Announcement states Miss Bernadine Maxwell of Indianapolis will marry Thomas M. Eastwood of Mishawaka in a Sunday ceremony at Purdue University chapel. Rev John Findley will officiate with Mrs John McCormick and Robert Showalter as attendants. The couple will reside in Mishawaka where Eastwood works for U S Rubber.
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Bernadine Maxwell
Indianapolis
Harry Maxwell
Near Delphi
Thomas M. Eastwood
Mishawaka
Charles Eastwood
Trenton
New Jersey
Purdue University Chapel
John Findley
Purdue
John McCormick
Robert Showalter
Miss Maxwell
Delphi High School
Mr. Eastwood
Rutgers University
Eastwood
U. S. Rubber Company
Psi Iota Xi Initiates Eight And Installs Officers
Psi Iota Xi sorority will initiate eight pledges and install officers after a formal dinner at the Sportsman Hotel near Monticello. Initiates include Clee Foote Clark Melson Marocco Feaster Fouts Coble Moore along with officers Lavaune Dunkin Melin Klepinger McDowell Adams Schrader Afflis Million McCarty Kennard guiding ceremonies.
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Psi Iota Xi
Sportsman Hotel
Monticello
Clee Foote
Joy Clark
Massie Melson
Mary Marocco
Wilhelmina Feaster
Pauline Fouts
Gwen Coble
Lavaune Dunkin
Lillian Melin
Wanda Klepinger
Katharine McDowell
Josephine Adams
June Schrader
Margaret Afflis
Services Thursday For Mrs Rose Dunn
Mrs Rose Ella Dunn an 80 year old Lafay ette resident died Tuesday evening at her granddaughter's home. She was born in Illinois, survived by one daughter and seven grandchildren. The body remains at Grimm and Sons funeral home until Thursday afternoon then to the Methodist church for service at 2 with burial in Masonic cemetery.
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Rose Ella Dunn
Delphi
Edith Plum
Lafayette
Dunn
Ilinois
Henry Westernhaven
Harry Weil
Near Flora
Grimm and Sons
Masonic
Mrs. Roskuski Dies in Fort Wayne After Long Illness
Mrs. Josephine Ruhl Roskuski, wife of John Roskuski, died at St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne after a long illness. Born in Delphi on June 26, 1872, she was the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Ruhl. Survived by husband, four children George Robert Hildred Marie, and sister Mrs. Lucy Baer. Funeral at St. Patrick's Fort Wayne Friday at 9. Burial in St. Joseph's cemetery Delphi. Rosary at Grimm and Sons at 2:30.
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Josephine Ruhl Roskuski
John Roskuski
St. Joseph Hospital
Fort Wayne
Delphi
Charles
Elizabeth Ruhl
Roskuski
St. Joseph’s Church
George
Robert
Hildred
Marie
Lucy Baer
St. Patrick’s Church
Grimm and Sons Funeral Home
S. M. Schmitt
Grimm
Water rents due July 1 with penalty after July 10
NOTICE says water rents both metered and flat may be paid now and are due July 1. A 10 percent penalty applies for non payment after July 10. Curtis McCain is City Clerk. V adding machine paper advertised for The Citizen office.
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Curtis McCain
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Bringhurst
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Moscow
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