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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
1
Delphi residents hear mayor may proclaim daylight saving time with broad support. Local notes report community reflections from officials and townsfolk, plus snippets on bee landings, desertions from Fort Harrison, and band concert prep as court schedules wind toward summer vacation.
Water rents both flat and meter are due July 1. A ten percent penalty applies for nonpayment after July 10 by city ordinance. Curtis McCain, Water Agent.
Herbert Timberman of Delphi is hospitalized in Lafayette after a car driven by Frank Hallam left State Road 25 and struck a tree on the Frank Flora lawn. Timberman suffered a severe neck gash requiring 14 stitches, a forehead cut, and a minor ear wound. Hallam sustained a minor cut above the right eye as the vehicle was badly damaged.
The Carroll county board schedules a second selective service registration on Thursday July 3 at the board office on the courthouse third floor. Registrars Floyd Julien Rev Harry Parker Albert Denk Watson McCormick C A Smith Harry Hatten and Herman Theophile will assist. Registrants unable to come due to illness or accidents can be registered at home. ten questions take about five minutes. Men 21 since October 16 1940 and some others 21 and over will register on pink melon cards or white cards respectively. Floyd Julien notes most over 21 have registered but will strive to register all liable under the law.
Rev Simeon Schmidt announces summer remodeling of St Joseph Church in Delphi. Structural changes include interior redecoration, new brick sacristy replacing the frame one, work by Wolf Construction company of Logansport.
The Carroll County Farm Bureau Social and Educational Alumni Society held an all day meeting at Flora community park with six S. and E. directors, twelve past S. and E. directors, four children and two visitors. Mrs. Charles Tansey welcomed attendees, and Mrs. Lloyd Beard gave the response. Mrs. Austin Cochran discussed the bureau’s future, devotions were led by Mrs. John Witter, and a book review of One Hour of Glory by Kathleen Norris was presented by Mrs. Vern Pearson.
Rev Wilbur V Day, Delphi Methodist pastor for seven years, is reassigned to Hyde Park Methodist in Hammond. Rev Roy Sturm of Otterbein will succeed Day in Delphi and move there with his wife and two sons Roger and Ted. Sturm, conference chairman for town and country churches, succeeds Day as pastor and Mrs Sturm serves in leadership roles. the family includes Roger a DePauw graduate and Ted a Bradley sophomore. Several other ministerial reassignments are noted across Lafayette Crawfordsville districts with retirements and new postings confirmed.
About 40 people from Delphi traveled to North Manchester on Sunday to attend a 3 PM program by the Delphi Presbyterian church choir at the Peabody Memorial Home. The group included Mrs. Josephine Mears and several other family members and friends from Delphi and Flora.
The Delphi American Legion team meets Flora in a Sunday game at Flora Community Park after defeating Flora 7 to 3 in their previous encounter. A large crowd is expected. Earlier, Delphi lost 5 to 4 to Lake Cicott on the Cicott diamond.
Vernon St. John and Gladys Galeener, both of Lafayette, wed by Justice of the Peace Ros sie Dern. John R. DeWit, a Delphi bricklayer, married Anna Wilson of Delphi in the same ceremony.
Clarence Eyer, a Delphi vocational agriculture teacher, won top honors among teachers at a Purdue University horse judging clinic last week. He received framed pictures of prize winning Percheron stallions. Herb Smith, Phone 999.
Carroll county welfare board ordered a general increase in food budgets for all old age assistance recipients from $9 to $12 to offset rising food prices. Clerical work will finish in July and August checks will show the higher budget. Average payments rise from about $17 to about $20 monthly, within the 1941 Indiana assembly limit of $40.
Four drivers from South Bend and Indianapolis were arrested after failing to stop at the junction of state roads 25 and 39. Each faced arraignment before Justice Rossie Dern and were fined 1.50 plus costs.
The fire truck ordered last year by Deer Creek, Madison and Tippecanoe townships has been delivered to the armory and is ready for use except for the required test and official acceptance by the trustees of the three townships. Delphi Body Works built the body, and Delphi will provide two firemen for service across the three townships while each township supplies a crew. Trustees prepare maps showing farm buildings and water sources.
Fourteen Carroll county selectees will leave July 3 for induction at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis. The group includes James Allen Risk, David R. Baum, Lord Carl Joyce, and others from Delphi, Washington Township, and nearby towns. Baum is a Delphi attorney who sought the Republican circuit court nomination in 1940. Risk teaches Camden vocational agriculture. Weaver studied at Western State Teachers College and starred in Delphi sports. The July call is the largest for Carroll’s draft board, with reporting set for 7:30 a.m. at the local selective service office.
Youths aged 17 to 23 who are unemployed and not in regular school may apply at the county welfare office for July CCC enrollment. Eligible enrollees receive 30 dollars monthly with 15 sent home, 7 saved with the War Department, and 8 for personal use.
More than 200 members and friends attended a farewell and welcome party hosted by Delphi Methodist Church. Rev. Wilbur Day and family were honored while Rev. Roy A Sturm and family were welcomed with talks and gifts of silver and china. Dr. Bert Beck and Mrs. Beck attended as guests.
Carroll county farmer Quincy Downham was arrested after an argument Friday night on State 1 29 south of Logansport. He was arraigned in Logansport city court on driving while intoxicated, fined 25 dollars with 15 dollars in costs. His driver's license is revoked for six months and he faces 90 days in penal form if he returns to court.
Delphi pastor Rev Harry Parker former state Legion chaplain joins Indiana American Legion Day program at State Soldiers Home near Lafayette on June 29. Noted attorney Robert W Lyons will speak on America Is In For Trouble. bands from Jefferson and West Lafayette high schools perform. parade to cemetery at 1 30 with memorial services and taps. events run from 9 am to retreat.
The Louis-Conn bout will be shown at the Roxy next Wednesday and Thursday, July 2 and 3, paired with the Cary Grant Irene Dunn film Pen ny Serenade. Boxing fans eagerly await this dramatic historic clash on screen.
County Superintendent Harry Hatton of Carroll County has returned home after two weeks at Purdue University for the County Superintendents Workshop. The program covered school administration and education topics with superintendents presenting problems for discussion and Purdue staff guiding solutions.
Mayor C. Clay Pearson announced the appointment of Cloyd Thompson as Delphi night policeman. Thompson succeeds Ralph Hill who resigned to take a police job at the Lafayette aluminum plant.
John Cornell of Delphi route one and Hazel Hopkins of Lafayette married Saturday morning in Lafayette. Cornell is employed at the Globe Valve factory in the area.
Mrs Howard Bradshaw will entertain a miscellaneous shower and dessert bridge Tuesday July 1 at her home for Mrs Thomas Dial a recent bride.
Mayor C. Clay Pearson and Delphi officials consider placing the town on daylight saving time. A council majority favors fast time, following polls showing 68 of 90 local businessmen in support. If adopted, sunset would move from 7:15 to about 8:00 in July, with power use and local businesses affected.
A district meeting of county Farm Bureau managers bulk plant managers and oil tank drivers was held Tuesday evening at Delphi. Speeches included The Value of Careful Analysis by Albert L. Russell New Developments in Production by Ralph Booker and What Does the Future Hold by J. Ivan Harris. Harris noted oil prices may rise due to war demands with uncertainty ahead. About 150 men attended.
George H. Simpson G Elden Simpson and Harold A Simpson doing business as the Safe Way Feed Company sue David H Maxwell of Camden for 350 dollars on contract in Carroll circuit court Obear and Obear represent the plaintiff A second suit by Safe Way Feed asks 95 dollars on contract against Maxwell and others Miss Sharon Lou Hanna visits grandmother Mrs Margaret Gerard in Delphi Indiana polis page note
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