Navy son missing prompts hopeful note for Baer family
Main Street reports a long awaited letter from the Navy Bureau of Personnel to Mr and Mrs John Baer about their son Robert William Baer hospital apprentice second class U S Navy. Officials say he was in the Manila Bay area and after the area fell no word has been received suggesting possible capture. He remains on the rolls as missing awaiting Red Cross interviews and a definite report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baer
Navy Department
Bureau of Navy
Bob
Mr. Baer
Robert William Baer
U. S. Navy
Manila Bay
Department
International Red Cross
Randall Jacobs
Chief of
Naval Personnel Co
B. Hatch
Roger Sturm
Balboa
Canal Zone
Roy Sturm
Sturm
Pacific
Navy
Death notices for Mrs. Charles B. Landis
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Charles B. Landis of Denver Colorado formerly of Delphi and Logansport. She died at Denver Presbyterian hospital after an illness of several weeks. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. John Marsh of Santa Fe New Mexico and a son John Landis of Camp Lewis Washington. Funeral services and cremation were held in Denver. Miss Agnes Clifford returned home after visiting her sister Mrs. Paul Williams and family in Goodland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Landis
Denver
Colorado
Delphi
Logansport
Landis
Denver Presbyterian Hospital
John Marsh
Santa Fe
New Mexico
John Landis
Camp Lewis
Washington
Agnes Clifford
Paul Williams
Goodland
Delphi youths attend Hoosier Boys State in Indianapolis
Jerre Parker son of Rev and Mrs Harry Parker and Howard McCain son of Mr and Mrs George McCain are attending the annual Hoosier Boys State in Indianapolis this week. Parker represents the Delphi Rotary club and McCain the local chapter of Psi Iota Xi. The program is sponsored by the Indiana American Legion and held at the Deaf School in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerre Parker
Harry Parker
Howard McCain
George McCain
Hoosier Boys’ State
Indianapolis
Parker
Delphi Rotary Club
McCain
Psi Iota Xi
Indiana– American Legion Organization
Fifth Group Registration Places Announced by Board
The fifth Carroll county registration will occur on June 30 with township trustees and workers in charge. Boys aged eighteen to twenty will sign with the local board to enroll in the military service. List of registration sites and trustees follows with Adams to Washington townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Herman Theophile
Uncle
Sam
Adams Township
Adams
Charles Moorer
Burlington
Jean Beck
Carrollton
Monroe Meade
Clay
Delphi Library Receives New Books and Gifts
Miss Mary Cochrane guides a weekly update of additions at the Delphi Public Library alongside gifts from donors. New items include Who Was When a 8825 figure reference. The Sun Also Rises. Freud’s Basic Writings. The Good Shepherd. Blood Sweat and Tears. That Day Alone. Essays Every Child Should Know. Peculiar Treasure. Wild is the River. and the 1942 Britannica Book of the Year. The National and World Jamborees in pictures were given to the Delphi Rotary Club by Clifford Sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cochrane
Delphi
B. C
A. D
John H. Cartwright
Thomas Dial
Ernest Hemmingway
Clay Briggs
Sigmund Freud
A. A. Brill
Henry Ynger
Gunnar Gunnarsson
Winston Churchill
Pierre van Paassen
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Harry Arnold
Edna Ferber
Lois Bromfield
Josephine Ives
Britannica
Walter Yust
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Boy Scouts of America
Delphi Rotary Club
Clifford Sellers
Washington, D. C
Sellers
Washington
Pvt Wayne Lowery Graduates Armored Force Clerical School
Pvt Wayne M Lowery Camp Livingston La son of Carl T Lowery Cutler has been in service since September 1941 and graduated from the clerical department of the armored force school with a diploma as qualified clerk A 12 week typing and military clerical course prepared him to track personnel and equipment and assign him to offices across the United States Band Concert Saturday Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne M. Lowery
Camp Livingston
Carl T. Lowery
Cutler
Armored Force
Pvt. Lowery
United States
Eigh t Initiated In Sorority Ceremony
Eigh t members were initiated into Psi Iota Xi during a formal dinner at the Sportsman hotel near Monticello. The event featured pastel decor, candlelight, a welcome by Mrs. Robert Dunkin, a response by Miss Gwen Coble, musical performances, and the presentation of a jeweled sorority pin to Mrs. Margaret Afflis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Psi Iota Xi
Sportsman Hotel
Monticello
Maxine Kennard
Robert Dunkin
Gwen Coble
Schubert
Robert Million
John Klepinger
Klepinger
Ralph Melin
Lenore McCarty
Kenneth Clark
Wilhelmina Feaster
Pauline Fouts
Clarence Marocco
C. E. Melson
Bertha Moore
Harry G. Foote
Margaret Afflis
W. H. Brown
Mary Alice Lamb
Rites Sunday for Laura Belle Myers
Laura Belle Myers 65 wife of Calvin Myers died Friday at her Pettit area home after a brief illness. She leaves husband, a daughter Mrs Laura Houmard of Pettit and a brother William Koup of Florida. Services set for 2:30 Sunday at Pyrmont United Brethren Church with burial at Colburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Belle Myers
Calvin Myers
Pettit
Laura Houmard
William Koup
Florida
Pyrmont United
Water rents due by July 1 with 10 percent penalty after July 10
Notice from Curtis M City Clerk informs residents water rents, both metered and flat, are payable now and due by July 1. A 10 percent penalty applies for non payment after July 10. The Citizen subscriber note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis M
Delphi Couple Weds at Pvt Mullin’s Sister Home
Miss Evelyn Zebrowski of Hammond wed Pvt Donald Mullin of Rockfield at his sister Mrs Dean McCain’s Camden home on Sunday June 21. Rev Howard Jenkins officiated with only Mrs Edward Waymire and David Mullin as attendants. The bride wore a poudre blue gown with roses. reception followed. Mrs Mullin is a Delphi high school graduate 1942 and Pvt Mullin, Rockfield High, stationed at Chanute Field Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Zebrowski
George Zebrowski
Hammond
Pvt
Donald Mullin
Herman Mullin
Rock
Pvt Mullin
Dean Mc
Howard Jenkins
The
Delphi Christian Church
Edward Waymire
David Mullin
Waymire
Ivelin
Mullin
Delphi High School
Rockfield High School
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Thinois
Wade Farr Selected To Run For Deer Creek Trustee
Guy Coplen announced Wade W. Farr was nominated by Deer Creek precinct committee men to fill the Democratic ticket for township trustee. Farr, Carroll County auditor, indicated he will accept. He will face Republican Gearold Clawson, nominated in the May primary over C. W. Hunter and Marie Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Coplen
Democratic Central Committee
Deer Creek Township
Wade W. Farr
Farr
Carroll County
Gearold Clawson
C. W. Hunter
Marie Wall
Civil Service Exam Tonight In Delphi
Miss Betsy Landis of Logansport will conduct a civil service exam at 7 p.m. in the Delphi high school building commercial room. Applicants are desired for stenographic positions and senior typists, with appointments to be made within a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Landis
Logansport
Delphi
Delphi High School
Committees Named for 42 Hill Picnic Plan
A committee meeting of 1942 hill picnic officers at president Clarence McKinley’s home named committees to plan the July 8 event. Key roles include Mrs. Edythe Dickison as program chair and Myron Johnson as place chair with multiple subcommittees for invitation publicity registration lights finance coffee and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence McKinley
iMrs
Edythe Dickison
Clarence Eyer
Robert Pearson
Ed Wingard
Mary Smock
Myron Johnson
George Obear
Yanus Wells
C. QO
Julius
William B
Smith
Anna Gamble
Blanche Cartwright
Leo Craig
Allen F Bailey
Barbara Ann Thayer
Marilyn Hubbard
Joseph T. Ives
George Beale
Ed Smock
Walter Clawson
Harold Brewer
Wade Farr
Jack Bloyd
Earl Hubbard
George Scarff
Robert Hanna
Ralph Robinson
George Loveland
Bill MaHanna
J. D. Klepinger
Joseph Ives
Paul Jones
Gearold Clawson
Rationing Board Officers Get Phone and Furnishings
Curtis McCain, chairman, announces the rationing board offices are now beside the city offices in the armory building. The Boy Scout troop installed a phone funded by scrap paper sales. Furniture and equipment were donated by Union Bank and Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis McCain
Union Bank and Trust Company
Rotary Dinner Party Planned at Lake Freeman
Rotary club members will entertain their wives at a cooperative dinner Tuesday evening at 6 30 at the cottages of Haughey Mount and Curtis McCain on Lake Freeman near Oakdale. Installation of officers will be held with George Obear announced as the new president and committees for the coming year named. H B Wilson will serve as master of ceremonies during the program after dinner. William Cowdin and Forrest Sprague headed the affair with assistance from Mr Mount and Mr McCain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Haughey Mount
Curtis McCain
Lake Freeman
Oakdale
George Obear
H. B. Wilson
William Cowdin
Forrest Sprague
Mount
Mr. McCain
Delphi Park Board Rejects Summer Recreation Program
Delphi park board votes against continuing the WPA linked summer recreation plan due to war time funding limits. Funded activities such as softball archery and golf are abandoned though new park play equipment and picnic tables will be purchased for Deer Creek and city parks. Members include Mrs. Myron Ives Mrs. E W Bowen Mayor C Clay Pearson and Rev William Grant Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Amick
Delphi Park Board
Amick
WPA
Melvin Hemmig
Carl Adams
Delphi High School
Deer Creek
Deer Creek Park
Myron Ives
E. W. Bowen
C. Clay Pearson
William Grant Smith
Carroll county children sent to Riley hospital for polio cases
Twelve Carroll county children have been sent to Riley hospital in Indianapolis since September 1941. Sixteen adults have been treated at Robert Long and Coleman hospitals in Indianapolis since January 1. The list names ten children from Delphi Flora Camden and other towns, plus twelve adults including Westfall Eskridge Weaver and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Coleman
Robert Long
Indianapolis
Carroll County
Riley Hospital
Paul Dishon
Delphi
Judith Martine Scott
Jessie Scott
Flora
Madeline Marie Harmon
Floyd Harmon
Tommy Rhea Redmon
Eugene Redmon
Colburn
Carlos Blakley
So Blakley
Cutler
Stanley Boyles
James Boyles
Pittsburg
Doyal Ray Webb
Clarence Webb
Helen Starbuck
Clarence Starbuck
Camden
Jackie Lee Jones
Chester Ross
Coleman Hospital
Indiana University Medical Center
Harvey Clarke Westfall
Laura May Eskridge
Charles J. Weaver
Mary B. McDowell
Carl Dietz
Logansport
Sampson Wilson
Cletus Clingenpeel
John L. Collins
Herbert Dotson
Marguerite Luther
Velma Irene Gales
Burnettsville
Lillie C. Miller
Myrtle M. Noble
Mary Gerard
Jess Wilcox
Fourteen Year Old Boy Hurt by Electric Saw at Ice Plant
Marvin Brehmer fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs G W Brehmer of Pittsburg was severely injured when an electric saw cut a deep wound in his leg at the Delphi Ice Coal and Supply Company where he worked. Six stitches and clamps were needed and he received blood loss before being taken to a physician. Ross Reed truck driver for the company carried him to town for treatment and he is now at home recovering. The youth had previously worked at the Hoshaw barber shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Brehmer
G. W. Brehmer
Pittsburg
Delphi Ice, Coal and Supply Company
Young Brehmer
Ross Reed
Hoshaw Barber Shop
Rites Held For Camden Man James Barnes
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at Baker Funeral Home Camden for James Barnes 77 who died Monday morning at his son Georges home in Hammond He is survived by his wife Elma son George a daughter Mrs Harry Haun of Goodland and several grandchildren Rev William Jacoby officiated and burial followed in Camden Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Funeral Home
Camden
James Barnes
George
Hammond
Elma
Harry Haun
Goodland
William Jacoby
Camden Cemetery
Swickard Enlists in Marine Corps After Purdue studies
Dick Swickard son of Mr and Mrs William Swickard formerly of Delphi has enlisted in the U S Marine Corps He will finish his Purdue academic course before entering active service He is employed for the rest of the summer at Mackinac Island Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Swickard
William Swickard
Delphi
U.S. Marine Corps
Purdue University
Young Swickard
Mackinac Island
Michigan
Rockfield Couple Weds Frances Callender in Alabama
Miss Frances Callender of Logansport marries Cor corporal Robert Logan of Rockfield in a June 16 ceremony at the First Presbyterian parsonage in Montgomery Alabama. The bride, a 1987 Logansport High School graduate and IU nursing alumna, wore a Kelly green jersey dress and white rose corsage. The groom, a Rockfield High School graduate of 1936, is a radio operator in the army air corps stationed at Gunner field. Attendants were Sergeant James Burns and Corporal Eugene Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Callender
John Callender
Logansport
Robert Logan
R. B. Logan
Rockfield
Montgomery
Alabama
First Presbyterian Church
D. MacGuire
James Burns
Eugene Hunter
Logan
Indiana University
Cass County Hospital
Rockfield High School
Clewiston
Florida
Army Air Corps
Gunner Field
Ala
Carroll Students Attend Indiana U
Four Carroll county students join Indiana University for the third wartime semester. William Fraser pursues pre med, Joseph McKinley studies medicine in Indianapolis, Craven Smith and John T. Smith attend the university under a wartime education program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Indiana University
William Fraser
Joseph McKinley
Indianapolis
Craven Smith
John T. Smith
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Carol D. Collins
Bringhurst
Jimmie Deane Collins
Clinton County Hospital
Betty Yost
Stephen Young
Keith Rider
Fort Wayne
Knights of Columbus
K. of C
Jerre Haugh
Joseph Coomey
John McGreevey
Melin
Ralph Maggart
Indiana Service Corporation
Library Lists
Wayne Lowery
Hag i
Mrs
RITES
Laura Belle Myers
Cain
Cam
Den
WSON
Rotary
Park Board
Delphi Parks
Carroll
Gerald D. Geiger
Science
John C. Peterson
Robert C. Jones
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