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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
1
Carroll county and Flora Branch workers begin the 1951 Red Cross Fund Drive with a county goal of 4177 to fund local relief. The piece also notes a high school basketball sectional final and community reactions, plus local anecdotes about sports figures, television adoption, and civic matters like meters and ordinances.
Mrs. Charles Richard Painter of Lafayette will be guest speaker at the 7 p m service next Sunday. The Youth Missionary Society will handle arrangements and Mrs Painter will review The White Witch Doctor by Louise A Stinetors. Public is invited.
Delphi City Council approved hiring additional help for the street department to clean streets this spring after a poorly cleaned autumn due to early snows. A proposed ordinance would require property owners and residents to better manage trash in streets and alleys, to be drafted by City Attorney George Obear for discussion next meeting.
Fire completely destroyed the nine room frame house on the Robert Hanna farm three miles north and west of Rockfield at 11 a.m. Saturday. Occupants the Lewis Snaffer family were home when the blaze started on the roof near a chimney. Firemen from Rockfield and Burrows could not save the upper floor though they saved lower floor furniture. Loss partially covered by insurance.
The civil action Adkins versus Buck was heard in Carroll circuit court over the past two weeks and was expected to go to the jury today. The jury was dismissed Wednesday to allow attorneys time to prepare instructions. Hanna and Hanna represent the defendant and Conrad Dawson represents the plaintiff.
The Roxy Theater offers two passes to the film Let's Dance for the person listing Fred Astaire dance partners and their films. Entries due by March 6 at 9 30 p.m. at the box office. winners to be announced next week. Betty Hutton co stars with Astaire alongside Roland Young Ruth Warrick Lucile Watson and Gregory Moffet.
Charley Martin of Delphi entertained the Delphi high school basketball team, coaches, and yell leaders Tuesday at Betty's Lunch on South Washington Street.
A large attendance was reported at the Tipwa Grange community sale held Wednesday in Pittsburg. Bidding was spirited throughout the event.
John TePoorten will deliver the principal address at the Carroll County REMC annual meeting on March 8 in Delphi Armory. The event includes a dedication of REMC headquarters, reports by the president and manager, and director elections.
Mrs Burton Honan of near Ockley, Diocesan President of the National Council of Catholic Women, was named National Rural Life Chairman by the NCCW president. The appointment is effective immediately and she will attend the NCCW national convention in St Louis. She recently became Diocese president and with Diocesan secretary Miss Mary Heflong of Delphi planned the May district convention in Kokomo.
Ben Scoby of Wabash has been assigned as assistant technician in the Carroll County Soil District office. He arrived Wednesday to begin duties and will relocate with his wife once suitable housing is found, assisting Kenneth Pyle in the local office.
Frosty Sprowl, coach of the Monticello team, resigns following an overtime defeat at the sectional. The Monticello Bombers suffered a late loss in Saturday afternoon action.
Delphi high school Chorus I and II present a Sunday concert at the Delphi armory on March 4 at 2 15 p m The program features a Cinderella story suite and a March bands and chorus pieces The junior band and Delphi state contest entrants will perform with named soloists and ensembles listed in the program
Elmer McCall's Ventura Junior College Pirates claim their second straight Western State Conference basketball title and second undefeated year on their home court. Ernie Hall leads scoring with 253 field goals and 125 free throws in 31 games as the team racks up 63 wins over two seasons.
The Lafayette Production Credit Association will host its annual meeting on Friday evening March 9 at 7 30 in the Masonic Temple Building DelphI. It will include election of two board members and a review of the past year loan and financial records plus entertainment and refreshments. The association is farmer owned and controlled and disbursed over five million dollars in loans in 1950.
The Citizen highlights a large ad for The Federated Store of Delphi featuring dollar days this weekend. The notice invites shoppers to take advantage of many bargains and bar s offered by the store.
Community sale at the Albert Alrey farm planned for Tuesday March 6 offers farm and home articles for sale with lunch provided by church ladies. Advertisement appears elsewhere in this issue.
Delphi defeats Flora 60 to 58 at the Delphi Armory to win the county sectional title. Coach John Robert Miller’s team erased an 11 point deficit, tying game late before Crone and Johnson sealed the win with late free throws. The victory advances Delphi to the regional tournament with a clash vs Winamac.
Plans outline a 2:10 p.m. parade from the school via Monroe Street to the public square if weather permits, or to the armory for a pep session. The fire truck leads, with the local band, coaches, and club members giving pep talks. Students may decorate cars and floats Friday to join. Principal John Curry presides as boys are introduced.
Indiana politician Robert S. Justice a Republican from Cass and Carroll counties says he was fired as township trustee legal adviser because he co authored a school study consolidation bill opposed by the Township Trustees Association. He released a dismissal letter from the trustee noting his writing and support of House 311 and inviting him to explain actions later.
The County Home Economics Chorus invites Home Economics club women who enjoy singing to join. The group meets the first and third Mondays at 1 30 in the Flora Library basement. Prospective members may join anytime after three practices and can contact Miss Jeanne Muller for details.
Delphi high school principal John C. Curry announces juniors and seniors elected to the National Honor Society. Seniors named include Bill Roach Wanda Hughes Donna Timmons Carolyn Coble Carol Clawson Carolyn Shulthers Joan Groninger Bill Crook Roger Cain Dick Hatton Peggy Starkey Julie Smith Jeanette Isaacs. Juniors selected are Sharon Hanna Kenneth Clausen Nancy Rush Dinty Johnson Bowen and Jean Bowman.
At Tuesday night’s meeting the City Council awarded the one year garbage removal contract to Cecil Dyer of West Delphi.
All sectional selections list players by position from Johnson Camden Jackson Delphi Flora Michaels Sink Flora Crane Delphi and others. Honorable mention includes Day Flora Wilcox Delphi Appleton Deer Creek Avery Cutler Chapman Delphi and more with best yell leaders sportsmanship and most valuable player noted as tournament based selections.
Two teenage youths aged 14 and 15 were apprehended near Attica after stealing an auto belonging to Delphi merchant Walter Clawson. The car was taken from a Masonic Temple rear lot at 4:30 and traced by state police to a filling station where they gassed it. A roadblock led to their capture. they were jailed in Lafayette awaiting juvenile court action and had previously stolen another car near Indianapolis last month.
The grade school county basketball tournament is on at the Armory with teams Yeoman Rockfield Burrows New Hope Adams Owasco and Pittsburg set to play. Games start nightly at 7 p m both tonight and Friday with strong local crowd support noted.
Herb Garver is a patient in St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette where he recently underwent surgery.
Mrs. Charles Melson of Delphi is appointed district secretary for six counties White Carroll Cass Miami Fulton and Pulaski in the State Missionary Work of the Christian church. She is active in civic and church affairs and will attend a State Missionary Board meeting in Vincennes today.
Indiana Local Board No. 7 in Delphi received notice to forward nine registrants for induction on March 14 and an order for twenty-five registrants for armed forces physical examination on March 22. Names will be released later.
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