Delphi honors Veronica Qesterlein Girls State Governor
The Delphi community celebrated Veronica Qesterlein as the 1966 Hoosier Girls State Governor with a home town welcome at the Court House Square. Local officials, volunteers, and students organized a tribute featuring speeches, music, and a Girls State Magazine presentation, highlighting Delphi pride and civic participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Gordon Wheatley
Hoosier Girls
Veronica Qesterlein
Americus
Delphi
Hazelle Kirkpatrick
American Legion Auxiliary
Arthur Weddell
Sam Kerlin
Clark Adams
Frank Fitch
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Grantham
American Legion
Helen Roskuski
The
Legion Auxiliary
Eve Davidson
Girls’ State Magazine
Bloomington
Thelma Ransdell
Lafayette
Girls’ State
Veronica
Tri Kappa
Psi Iotari Sororities
Court House Square
Dinner Honors Moves From Pittsburgh to Idaho
Mrs Abner Bowen hosted a family dinner Thursday for Mr and Mrs Donald Longwith who plan to move from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to Idaho Present were Mr and Mrs Howard Hageman Nancy and Beth of Chesterton Mr and Mrs James B Stokes Wendy and Cynthia of Indianapolis and Miss Hilda Bowen The Stokes family departed Friday for their summer home in Maine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Bowen
Donald Longwith
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Howard Hageman
Nancy
Beth
Chesterton
James B. Stokes
Wendy
Cynthia
Indianapolis
Hilda Bowen
Stokes
Maine
Hoosier Girls State Reflections By Veronica Oesterlein
Veronica Oesterlein recounts attending Hoosier Girls State with insights on politics and friendship. She notes filing for office delivering speeches campaigning and forming lifelong ties. Marjorie Riley praises Veronica and urges future attendees to participate actively.
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Hoosier Girls
Veronica Oesterlein
Hoosier Girls’ State
Donna Thatcher
Elaine Britton laments brief but busy exciting week
Elaine Britton describes a week that was wonderful and full of activity. She notes it did not last long enough and conveys a sense of rapid, joyful events ending too soon.
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Elaine Britton
Delphi Community School Board Selects Architect
The Delphi Community School Corporation announces the selection of Shaver and Company Architects of Michigan City Indiana and Salina Kansas to design the district building program. John Shaver leads the firm with notable nationwide educational projects including Valley Winds Elementary in St. Louis selected as School of the Year. Local coordination will be led by Lee Brockway and staff in Michigan City.
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Delphi Community School Corporation
Shaver
Michigan City
Court Notes Probate Objection and Divorce Filing
Objection to the probate of Ida Gibbs of Flora is filed by nephew Roy A. Gibbs of Indianapolis who is named special administrator with $80 000 bond. He lists heirs Robert D. Gibbs Betty Ware and William Gibbs. Attorneys Haggerty Haggerty and Bishop Bishop. Alice G Wason sues for divorce from John Jack Wason filed in Flora with request to restore maiden name Stanley. The couple married August 6 1965 and separated May 16 1966. Represented by John R Nesbitt of Rensselaer.
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Ida Gibbs
Flora
Roy A. Gibbs
Indianapolis
Gibbs
Robert D. Gibbs
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Betty Ware
Washington, D.C
William Gibbs
Roanoke
Virginia
Haggerty and Haggerty
Bishop
Alice G.wason
John
Jack) Wason
Stanley
John R. Nesbitt
Rensselaer
Fish Fry and Fireworks Night Promises Family Fun
Friday evening offers a Lions Club fish fry from 5 to 8 p.m. in the old East Main armory and a 9 p.m. Riley Park annex fireworks show sponsored by the Delphi Chamber of Commerce. Dick Cornell leads special projects. Robert Farr from Fowler will engineer a 45 minute aerial and ground display.
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Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Rirey Park Annex
Armory Building
East Main
Arthur Weddell
Rudolph Minheman
Morris Skiles
Morris Clem
David Abel
Jesse Patrick
Rev Berninger
Jim Shaffer
Delphi Community High adds nine teachers and transfers
The Delphi Community School Board announces seven new teachers and multiple transfers across Delphi and Camden campuses. Key appointments include Gerald Kolter as guidance director, Mrs. Erbaugh in the library, Jeannette James in music, Martha Stivers in home economics, and several others filling English, U S History, government, industrial arts, and speech positions. New elementary staff include Jon David Fletcher, George Ringer, Louella Gibbons, Linda Gale, Barbara Walker, Susan Scarf, Jane Moore, Mary Margaret Goodwin, plus Robert Strong and Dennis McCouch transitioning within the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Kolter
Aneta VanSickle
Kolter
Purdue
Lafayette
Angola
Charles Erbaugh
Hillcrest School
Robert Bradshaw
Erbaugh
Camden
Hillcrest
Indiana University
Jeannette James
Norman
Oklahoma
David Goacher
James
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Baptists College
Martha Stivers
Karen Klaiber
Mary Ellen Griffith
Stivers
Miss Griffith
Jimtown
Elkhart
Ball State
Jacqueline Pfeifer
U. S
Monash
Wisconsin
Jack Been Good
James McFadden
Good
Delphi
Roosevelt Academy
Rock Island
Illinois
Manchester College
Jon David Fletcher
Fletcher
Ball State University
Purdue University
Walcott
George Ringer
LeRoy Adams
Ringer
Cowan
Delaware County
Louella Gibbons
Gibbons
Northern Baptist Seminary
Marion College
Linda Gale
Judith Prohl
Gale
Barbara Walker
Walker
Lo Bansport
Klondike
Susan Scarf
Scarf
Greendale
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Jane Moore
DePauw University
Mary Margaret Goodwin
Logansport
Goodwin
Franklin College
Bethel College
Pittsburgh
Robert Strong
Robert Dixon
Strong
Dennis McCouch
New Hope School
Pettiner Buys Union Insurance Agency in Delphi
Walter Sprinkle will take active management of the Union Insurance Agency at 104 South Union Street Delphi effective July 1. Morris Skiles sells to Pettiner Agency of Walter Sprinkle Camden after over a year with Sprinkle. The agency, begun in 1928 by W. O. Pettiner, has served Delphi since 1932 with three original companies still onboard.
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Pettiner
Walter Sprinkle
Union Insurance Agency
South Union Street
Delphi
Morris Skiles
Pettiner Agency
Camden
Sprinkle
Harry E. Reed
Reed
Skiles
Glick Realty Company
Lafayette
Carroll County Ladies Golf Bridge Luncheon Rescheduled
The Carroll County Country Club ladies luncheon and bridge event moves to Tuesday July 5 replacing the usual date. Attendance details not provided.
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Carroll County Country Club
Raid on Beach Arrests After Sunday Officers Sweep
At 4 p.m. Sunday six state troopers five excise policemen Sheriff Coghill and deputies entered Fra zier's Beach. Gerald D. Deaton 24 Lafayette charged with public intoxication and Charley F. McCann 27 Brookston charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Bart Woodrum Daly 20 Lafayette arrested in Delphi for illegal beverage consumption. Deaton fined 1 dollar and costs and Daly fined 25 dollars and costs on the first charge. The second charge for Daly was not specified.
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Coghill
Bill Baum
Jerry Britton
Delphi
Merle J. Cree
Frazier’s Beach
Gerald D. Deaton
Brown Street
Lafayette
Charley F. McCann
Brookston
Bart Woodrum Daly
South Ninth Street
Deaton
Daly
White County
Carroll County
Supt. Weddell Given Three Year Contract
The Board of School Trustees extended the contract of Superintendent Arthur Weddell for three more years at a special meeting on June 27, 1966. Weddell has served since February 1, 1965.
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Board of School Trustees
Delphi Community School Corporation
Arthur Weddell
Weddell
Bob Sullivan Set for European Swine Study Tour
Bob Sullivan departs July 12 for a three week Swine Study Tour of Europe with nearly 50 travelers. The group will fly from New York and he plans to return by ship after four weeks away.
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Bob Sullivan
Europe
New York
Bob
Bye Bye Delphi AFS Students Say Farewell
AFS exchange students Leonor and Gino bid farewell to friends and Delphi families after a big year. The community notes their departure with thanks for the visits and shared activities.
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Delphi
AFS
Leonor
Gino
Junior Leader Delegates Chosen For State Conference
Five boys and five girls from Carroll County were selected to attend the State Junior Leader Conference at the Hoosier 4-H Leadership Center July 5 through 8. Attendees include Mike Carnahan Adams Township Darrell Bailey Madison David Martin Liberty Rock Creek Gary Duff Monroe and Joe Forgey Washington along with Sue Markley Adams Township Kathryn Felthoff Madison Diane Herndon Monroe Mary Ellen Scott Tippecanoe and Gaye Ann Martin Washington. Delphi Limestone of Delphi sponsors the delegation covering expenses and aiding transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Hoosier
Recreation Sessions Proving Popular Here
Two buses carried recreation youngsters to Columbian Park last Wednesday. Buses will run every Wednesday through July from Delphi at 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Golf clubs may be brought to Riley Park sessions for fundamental instruction. Sign-up sheets for table tennis, horse shoe, checkers and croquet will be posted in the shelter house.
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Columbian Park
Delphi
Riley Park
Family guests visit Torrance area two weeks
A Torrance California family arrived Wednesday for a two week visit with Mrs Mayne Cowden and Mr and Mrs Gerald Crowell. Also reported is the death of Mary Snyder Shipley’s grandson in California from a skull fracture after a bicycle fall. Artus Rodenbarger was discharged from Home Privy and is now at Fix Nursing Home in Flora.
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Torrance
California
Mayne Cowden
Gerald Crowell
Mary Snyder Shipley
Barbara Shipley
Mayme Cowden
Delphi
Artus Rodenbarger
Privy
Fix
Flora
Fish Fry and Fireworks Set for Burlington Fourth
The Burlington American Legion Field hosts a July 4 celebration with a Sunday 1:30 p.m. old timers baseball game, a 1:30 p.m. Little League All Star game on Monday, a 5 p.m. fish fry by Deer Creek Conservation Club, and an 8:45 p.m. prize drawing by the Burlington Legion followed by fireworks. Tickets are available from Legion members.
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Burlington American Legion
Deer Creek Conservation Club
Burlington Legion
Legion
Woman's Fellowship Meetings Set for Delphi Church Circles
Naomi Circle and Lydia Circle of the Delphi Christian Church plan meetings Tuesday evening July 5. Dorothy Waymire will give the lesson with Sarah Bloyd leading devotions. Lydia Circle meets with Ethel Pearson. Mary Stokes will teach and Merle Jones will lead worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Circle
Delphi Christian Church
Ruby Brown
Edith Lucas
Dorothy Waymire
Sarah Bloyd
Lydia Circle
Ethel Pearson
Mary Stokes
Merle Jones
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Mary Walden
Home Furnishings
Market Memo
Indianapolis Star
Thas
Peters Revington
Citizen
Lois E. Lane
Lois
Paul Mavity
Leavell and Bates
Norway Dam
Paul
Clint Wagoner
Marshall
Monticello
Clint Still
Baptist Church
Raymond Romein
Joel
Marcia
Corinne Romein
St Anne
Romeins
Department of Natural Resources
Shafer
Freeman Lakes
Burrows
Marilyn Diane Porter
Mark Porter
Route 1
Bringhurst
Marilyn Diane
James P. Scott
Robert Scott
Brookstone
State Farm Insurance
Scott
Veterinary Science
Radnor Methodist Church
Rodkey
Marjorie Riley
Delphi Community High School
Community School Board
Supt. Weddell
Charles Yeagers
Interlochen National
Marianne
Bill
Mrs. Yeager
Mr. Yeager
Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Jane
Mr. Walker
Phillip
Mrs. Walker
Robin
Suzee
PSI Iota XI
Sandy Vianco
Sandy Seele
Mary Ann Newell
Louise Fowler
Susan McCormick
Shirley Shank
Mary Williams
Joanne Randall
Beta Psi Chapter
Methodist Church
Meneen
Faye Ebrite
Joyce Sullivan
Wanda Duff
Deanna Pearson
Julie Pyle
Marjorie Newell
Mary Ann
Donna Overholser
Margaret van Sickle
Judy Schock
Marilyn Mitchell
Sandy Roth
Phyllis Haller
Betty Jo. Jones
Mary Jane Abel
Janice Fix
Burlington
Woman’s Fellowship
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