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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
1
Delphi and Brookston worry about regional play as high school students set old tires ablaze after a sectional victory, delaying fire control on Union Street. Local highlights include Horace Taylor joining Joe Venuti’s orchestra, a Willkie endorsement joke, and a Mash of community notes from Delphi.
The Delphi post office will host Deputy Collector Will H. Smith of Indianapolis all day Friday March 7 to assist taxpayers. Smith says this will be the last time a collector comes to the community and urges farmers and school teachers to file, noting the lower bracket increases filing requirements for these groups.
State highway official Charles Sanderson reported steps to place large warning signs on state road 25 east of Delphi at the Menon and Wabash viaduct curves after Delphi actions and a local death. The move follows a Delphi Chamber of Commerce and city council push and a Citizen editorial urging caution.
Miss Margaret Keim announced her marriage to Floyd Redding of near Delphi in a Delphi home gathering. The ceremony is set for Saturday March 22 at Delphi with Redding arriving March 16 from Norfolk Virginia where he works in the U S Navy yards.
The Delphi Oracles captured the Carroll county sectional tournament at Flora, scoring 132 points across three games and defeating Cutler 46 to 35 in the final. Adams Township earned its first tourney victory by beating Carrollton 28 to 25, led by H Price with 11 points.
The Delphi Christian church will show the passion play film Gol gotha at the Delphi armory on Tuesday evening March 11. A school children showing begins at 6 PM with two later showings, at 8 PM, and tickets cost 10 cents from local merchants. A Farm Bureau Social and Educational leaders district meeting is set for March 11 at the Monticello library for Carroll county leaders.
George Thomas Guard 80 retired farmer of Flora died at his home after months of illness. He helped farm northeast of Flora, and his father once led the Camden Lutheran church. Survived by widow Mary Fouts Guard three daughters seven grandchildren and a brother Rev W L Guard. Funeral at Flora Presbyterian church Friday at 2:30 conducted by Rev C M Burch. Burial Maple Lawn Cemetery Flora.
A new Standard Oil super unit will be built at the corner of Main and Union streets in Delphi. Work is to begin on the $10,000 station in April.
A Burlington event at the school on Wednesday March 12 features afternoon programs with community singing a bass solo by John Beck a cornet quartet and vocational agriculture demonstrations an egg show and a high school chorus. Evening sessions include music by the high school band cornet solo Robert D Rodkey and clarinet solo Treva Metsger a playlet by Jackson township and a penny supper from 5 30 to 7 00 followed by activities at 7 30 including more performances and exhibits judged by 11 a m.
About 900 members of the county Rural Electric Memory Corporation attended the Delphi armory meeting. They elected a board of directors, heard remarks from E F Hauser of Indianapolis and R E Morris of REMC, and saw drawings giving away merchandise including an electric stove and a nine foot refrigerator. The new directors include Elmer Reiff Joe Cutler Robert Martin Artus Rodentyer Coy Shanks Mond Hanna Walter Ain Lloyd Zook Enos Berkshire Dale Maxwell Jesse Yeager. The board later elected Coy Shanks president and named a five member executive board.
A set of trivia prompts asks about Delphi Indiana topics including biographical ties of James Whitcomb Riley, early interurban service dates, historic water towers, circus appearances, first woman elected in Carroll County, parcel post patrons, the 1900s Ockley fire, highway bridge costs at Pittsburg, and the cast of Amy by the Delphi Dramatic Club. It also notes Mrs. Eva Lyon's death in Washington Pennsylvania with burial in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
The Yeoman Methodist Church hosts a unified service of study and worship on Sunday at 9:45 a m with the Tri C class. Robert Jong presides and the program includes piano by Mildred Jones, readings by Richard Cowger and Rebecca Baum, prayers by Mildred Jones and others, a sermon on the theme What Being a Pian Means to Me, and as lead song Follow the Gleam. The public is invited.
A community banquet for men and boys is set at the Methodist church Friday at 6:30 p.m. H. B. Wilson is toastmaster with special music by Mary Louise Reppert and Jimmy Marvin. Rev. C. N. McB to present magic novelties. Ticket reservations available via the Metaxist parsonage.
City officials appeal to residents to use water conservatively as Snyder's Spring nearly stops flowing. Repair crews work to restore supply while the Indian Springs and WPA springs near the Billy Mills home between Delphi and Rockfield supply most of the water.
The Arc theatre opened Friday to a full house then closed with no show Saturday and no date set for reopening. State fire marshal officials met with R. V. Whitman, who was to manage the venue, after the premiere and ordered closure until requirements were satisfied. Whitman left Delphi after the first show and has not returned, with planned equipment purchase not completed.
The Parent Teachers Association hosts a benefit bridge and party on Monday March 17 at the Armory to raise funds for a motion picture projector for both grade and high schools. Past events funded playground equipment. this effort seeks to complete the camera project. Room chairmen and committee members from all classes are listed, with tickets sold by all school children.
County officials Wade Farr and Ed Sommer announce a delinquent tax sale to be held in Delphi on April 14. A list of delinquent lands is being prepared and will be published in the last week of March. Mrs. Etta Coble hosted the Social Twelve Club at her E Franklin Street home Wednesday afternoon.
Over 400 fans gather as Delphi meets Brookston Bombers in the second game of the Logansport regional at Berry Bowl. Brookston features Biddle and Mitchell as top scorers, while Peru’s Harn Balsbaugh and Smith pace the rival team. Referees are Briner of Fort Wayne and Harris of Indianapolis. Delphi holds 408 regional tickets and expects a near full house for 2:30 PM and the final 8 PM showdown.
Additional Legionnaires who completed the National Defense questionnaire announced today include Roy F. Gregg George Zebrowski C A Smith Harry Hatton Claude Fincher Benjamin Drake Edward E Kurtz William Swickard Henry Hilgendorf Arthur R Mullin Ora E Timm John W Shepard Roscoe Neal Harry B Parker and Charles N Wilson Registration is completed and shows an almost unanimous response.
Members of the Tuckahatchee Sunday school class at the Presbyterian church will host a class party in the church parlors on Thursday March 13 at 6 30. The event features a review of Willa Cather's Sapphira and the Slave Girl and several musical numbers. The committee includes Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. George Goss of Wolcott announces daughter Marguerite Goss engaged to George Weckerly of Delphi. The wedding is planned soon. Marguerite has been employed at the Welcome Inn cafe.
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