Local Service Members and Students Highlight Carroll County News
John Mahoy a U S Merchant Marine veteran remembered in Carroll county and Delphi where he attended high school. His family includes wife Nellie and two children. Mahoy survived a Christmas Day sinking after his ship was torpedoed three times in the South Pacific. Clarence Marocco led the Logansport Eagles Emblem Choir in a Delphi Logansport school convocation. Captain Eugene Crowden returned to his unit after a knee surgery in Italy. Dick Crowden, now sergeant, was shot down over Japan during a mission but returned to base. Mrs. Robert VanNatta returned home after a major operation in Lafayette.
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Carroll County
Delphi
Mary Mahoy
South of
Nancy
Ida Holloway
Albert Holloway
Yeoman
Mahoy
Robert .VanNatta
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
War Mothers Seek Woolen Cloth for Quilts and Robes
The War Mothers organization led by Mrs. L. D. Allen requests woolen and cotton print materials for quilts and lap robes for Indiana army hospitals. Thousands of wounded soldiers are returned weekly and donors may supply finished items of specified sizes: lap robes 54 by 54 inches, quilts 1 1/2 yards wide by 2 1/2 yards long.
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Indiana
Brother Of Delphi Soldier Killed In Action In Germany
Glenn Hufford aged 20 of Rossville was killed in action on a German battlefield February 3. He served with General Hodges First Army after enlisting March 10, 1943 and went overseas October 1944. He had earned the Good Conduct Medal and Expert Infantryman’s Badge. Survived by his mother Mrs Della Hufford, a Delphi brother, Dale Hufford of Monticello, three sisters Mabel and Bernice Hufford of Lafayette and Mrs Mary Arvin of Frankfort, and other relatives. Born March 12, 1924 near Rossville, he attended Owases grade school and Rossville High School.
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Pic
Glenn Hufford
Germany
Della Hufford
Ross
Hint
Hodges
First Army
Owases
Rossville
Lafayette
Youth Members to Meet for Annual Carroll County Session
Hundreds of youth members gather for the twentieth Carroll County Youth Conference to be held March 16 and 17 at Delphi churches. Rev. W H Nibbelink will speak on Life is a Game and Rev H C Stolldorf will discuss Have Thine Own Way. Myron Rodebaugh will offer music with Russell Ford. Registration is seventy five cents, covering all sessions and banquet.
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Stolldorf
Delphi Presbyterian Church
Delphi Methodist Church
Delphi Armory
Dr Lois Godersky Opens Flora Medical Offices
Dr Lois Godersky of Indianapolis former Frag girl set up general practice offices in Flora in the former Clarence Payne Insurance Agency. She is a 1935 graduate of the SAE school and earned degrees from Indiana University School of Medicine. Her husband George serves in the Army Medical Corps with Patton's Third Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Godersky
Flora
Indianapolis
Gar
Clarence Payne Insurance Agency
Verity
School of Medicine
N. U. Medical Center
Riley On A Coleman Hospitals
J. Frank Shot
George Godersky
Patton
Third Army
Divorce Complaints Filed in Carroll County Circuit Court
Amy McDonald sues Carl McDonald in the Carroll County circuit court with attorney Jasonen listed. Dr A Ison G Moore files for divorce from Audrey Moore with attorney Conrad Dawson.
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Carroll County
Amy McDonald
Carl McDonald
Jasonen
A Ison G.moore
Audrey Moore
Conrad Dawson
Sergeant George Catron in Philippines Air Apaches battle
Sgt. George B. Catron, 24, of Flora, serves with the Air Apaches of the 5th Air Force in the Philippines. He is a B 25 bomber strafer, holder of the Good Conduct Medal and two battle stars, aiming for the Philippine Liberation Ribbon and Star. The unit has sunk 174 ships, damaged 227, destroyed 262 Nip planes on the ground, and downed 99 in combat during 21 months in the Southwest Pacific.
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5Th Aaf
Philippines
George B. Catron
Alba J. Catron
BR. F. D
Flora
Philip
Air Apaches
5Th Air Force
Pfc Frank A Mason Receives Combat Infantryman's Badge
Pfc Frank A Mason of Delphi a member of the 151st Infantry has been awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge for participation with the 38th Division on Bataan. Continued on page 8.
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Pfc
Frank A. Mason
Combat
Bataan
Delphi
151St Infantry
Twenty Carroll county men listed for March induction
Carroll County selective service board lists twenty men for March induction and fourteen for the pre induction physical exam. Inductees include Burnside Spivey Dayton C Kentucky R Clark Elkhart and Hiram Been Martin Delphi and Richard Ruffner Flora among others. The fourteen for examination include Charles Bronson Burlington Thurston Harris Monticello Moses Flora Marvel Adams Camden Ivan Grissom Laurelburg and others.
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Carroll County
Port
Charles B. Bronson
Burlington
Charles L. Boles
Kokomo
Thurston Harris
Monticello
Naval officer and wife injured in rear collision
Ensign Herbert DeWitt and his wife Leona DeWitt of Tillamook Oregon escaped serious injury when their car was struck from behind by a skidding vehicle on wet pavement. Mrs DeWitt suffered bruises shock and loss of six front teeth. Ensign DeWitt returned to duty as a blimp officer in the Navy.
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Ensign
Herbert DeVitt
Tillamook
Oregon
Tiliana
Ensign DeWitt
US. Navy
Mary Cochrane
Home After 31 Months At Sea
Gunner's mate second class Jack Walters, after 31 months in active duty with the U S Navy including Leyte and Luzon battles, arrives home on 30 day leave. He is the son of Mrs Bessie Walters of Delphi and one of five brothers who served or are serving in the Navy. Walters will report to San Diego after leave for an advanced naval gunnery course.
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U. S. Navy
South’ Pacific
Jack Walters
Bessie Walters
Delphi
Navy
Walters
San Diego
Calif
T B Association Holds Annual Meet Elect 45 Officers
The Carroll county Tuberculosis Association held its annual meeting and banquet on March 1. Rev. Miles A. Freeman was elected president for the coming year with officers including Mrs. Paul Johnson, Mrs. Frank Austin, Judge E E Pruitt, Miss Rova Fisher, Rev. Merlin Schwein, and Rev. Mer lein Thompson. The report on 1944 Christmas seal sales lists township chairmen and amounts with a total of 2566.69 raised.
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Frank Austin
E. E. Pruitt
Rova Fisher
Merlin Schwein
Marie
Walt Thompson
Carroll County forms loan certifying committee for veterans
Ora Shirar of Flora named to Carroll County Agricultural Loan Certifying Committee along with Elmer G. Reiff Jacobi Harness and Frank Hedderich. The panel reviews applications for veterans program loan guarantees under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act and GI Bill.
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Ora Shirar
Flora
Carroll County Agricultural Loan
Raymond C. Young
Farm Security Administration
Young
Veterans’ Administration
Shirar
Elmer G. Reiff
Monticello
Jacobi
Harness
Frankfort
Frank Hedderich
Camden
Anelbet
War Finance Committee
American Legion
Ald G
Has-Beens Edge Will-Be's 32 29 In Armory Showdown
The traditional Will-be Has-been game at the armory saw seniors the Has-beens overturn a 7 2 early disadvantage to beat the Will-be's 32 29. Grantham led with 12 points, while Gushwa Wood and Jackson each had 7 for the Will-be's, as Anderson and Grantham sealed the final minutes.
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Has-Been
Will-Be’s
Will-be
Anderson
Grantham
Gushwa
Wood
Jackson
Has-beens
Campbell
Hathaway
Kirkpatrick
Zook
Cowden
Brehmer
R. Smith
Victor
Schooler
B. D. Smith
Craig
Robertson
Food Preservation Course Planned At Delphi Canning Center
Plans are set for an adults food production and preservation course at the Delphi community canning center. The first class on Tuesday evening March 13 will feature a canning demonstration by trained instructors and cover new methods from the Food Production War Training Division. Dorothy Arvidson and Behe Sel AG LAP Garden Russell will teach with tutorials on gardening, home canning, and practice at the center. Enrollees may join at the first meeting regardless of prior patronage.
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Community Canning Center
Delphi
Canning Center
Food Production War Training Division
The
State Department of Public Instruction
Delphi High School
Dorothy Arvidson
Lieut Donald Frey Commanding B 29 Superfortress
Mrs Donald K Frey of Great Bend Kansas has hosted relatives while Lieut Donald Ki Frey pilot commander of a B 29 Superfortress is on a secret training mission. He earlier made an emergency landing at Chanute Field Illinois due to a gasoline leak and plans to depart for Pacific duty by June 1.
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Lieut
Donald Frey
Kansas
Clarence Frey
Donald Ki. Frey
States
Frey
Great Bend
Final Warning on Parking Violations Issued by Delphi Police
Tim McCormick, chief of police, issues a final warning that arrests will be made for parking violations in Delphi. The notice targets parking within 20 feet of a fire plug, blocking alleys and sidewalk approaches, and leaving cars in the street outside lanes hindering traffic.
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Delphi
Tim McCormick
Home E C Officers Training March 15 at Delphi
County home economics officers meet in the Delphi courthouse assembly room in the afternoon of March 15. Attending are the president vice president secretary treasurer and project leader from each club to improve officer relations to the extension program and inform duties. Miss Anna Belle Clawson of the Purdue Home Economics Department will meet with the officers.
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County Home Economics Officers Training
Court House
Delphi
Anna Belle Clawson
Purdue Home Economics Department
Bob Baer Taken To Japan Prisoner Of War
Robert Baer a U S Navy Pharmacist's Mate first class has likely been moved from a Philippine prison camp to Japan. A letter to his mother from friend Joseph Mazur of Northampton Pa describes Baer as healthy and in good spirits. The Delphi resident was captured after Corregidor fell in May 1942 and had been held since.
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Bob Baer
Japan
Delphi
Robert Baer
U. S. Navy
Bob
Joseph Mazur
Northampton
Mazur
John Baer
Corregidor
Assessors Begin Annual County Appraisal Work
Carroll County assessors launched the yearly personal property valuation today March 1 under guidance from district conference figures. Top values include good horses 80 dollars common horses 40 dollars cattle 200 dollars for registered stock 125 dollars for good stock 70 dollars and various grain and hay prices. Individual assessors may adjust values below the district max based on property condition.
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Earl Thompson
Carroll County
Lafayette
Wade
Delphi
Mrs Frances Amick Johnson III Ill in Indianapolis
Frances Amick Johnson III formerly of Delphi is ill and at Methodist hospital Indianapolis receiving blood transfusions for an unusual disease. Her children Tommy and Jane Elizabeth are with grandparents in Delphi while she undergoes major surgery after tests at St. Vincent hospital. Charles Kerlin hosted a Sunday party honoring Mrs John Kirkpatrick.
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Spurgeon Johnson
Indianapolis
Frances Amick
Delphi
Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis
Tommy
Jane Elizabeth
Charles Kerlin
John Kirkpatrick
Pvt Ray Morgan 28 Killed in Belgium War
Pvt Ray Morgan 28 of Delphi rural route 2 and Sheldon HL died in action in Belgium on January 18 as reported to the War Department. He had been overseas a month and is survived by his wife Dorothy Winslow and two children Betty Jean and Bobby Dean. He was born in Sheldon and enlisted July 19. He trained at Fort Knox Kentucky and is mourned by his mother and brother Herbert.
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Pvt
Ray Morgan
Belgium
Delphi
Dorothy Winslow. Morgan
Sheldon
Cording
War Department
Pvt. Morgan
H. B. Winslow
Rock Creek
Betty Jean
Bobby Dean
Herbert
Kankakee. Ni
Morgan
Fort Knox, Ky
Tri Kappa Art Exhibit Set At Delphi Methodist Church
Tri Kappa Sorority presents its annual art exhibit Sunday March 18 from two to five PM at Delphi Methodist Church. In charge are Mrs. Robert VanNatta, Mrs. Burton Honan, Mrs. Miles A. Freeman, and Mrs. Herman Theophile. The show features prize winning works from Tri Kappa and Psi Iota Xi, watercolors, portraits by Miss Roma Harlan, landscapes by Mrs. B L Burkholder and Mrs. Harry Rubenkoenig, and works by Sister Ruffinia. Local exhibitors include Roy Trobaugh and Dorothy Jeanne Bowen. Mary Louise Reppert and Virginia Pletcher will perform piano numbers. Public invited by Mrs. VanNatta.
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Delphi Methodist Church
Robert VanNatta
Tri Kappa Art
Burton Honan
Miles A. Freeman
Herman Theophile
Tri Kappa
Psi Iota Xi
Hoosier Art Gallery
Roma Harlan
Lafayette
B. L. Burkholder
Harry Rubenkoenig
Ruffinia
St. Frances College
Roy Trobaugh
Delphi
Dorothy’ Jeanne Bowen
University of Illinois
Abner Bowen
Mary Louise Reppert
Virginia Pletcher
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John Mahoy
U. S. Merchant Marine
South Pacific
Pacific
Alameda
Washington
Rine
Alameda Aerie of Eagles
Mahoy Will
Clarence Marocco
Eagles Emblem Choir of
Logansport
Logans
Port High School
Choir of
Mr. Marocco
Eugene Crowden
Dick Crowden
Gunner
U.S. Air Force
Sgt.Crowden
Southwest Pacific
L. D. Allen
Ville
John Hufford
Near Delphi
Dale Hufford
Mabel and
Bernice Hufford
Mary Arvin
Mar
Delphi Methodist
Presbyterian Churches
W. H. Nibbelink
Rev
H. C
Myron Rodebaugh
Cable Tabernacle
Russell E. Ford
Merrill B. McFall
First Methodist
Bloomington
Dr. Godersky
Sae
Indiananiversity
Indiana Uni
Sgt
George Catron
Pine Liberation Ribbon
Sergeant Catron
Asiatic-Pac
Ific
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Carrollton High School
Catron
Army
Columbia
South Carolina
Netherlands East Indies
Eve David
Son
Burnside F. Spivey
Dayton, C
Ken
Neth R. Clark
Elkhart
Hiram Been
Ruffner and
Verne E. Pullen
Morris Wayne Forgey
William J. Martin
Carl W. Martin
Howard R. Musall
Rockfield
L. E. Dillon
Roanoke
Robert L. Anderson
Pittsburgh, Pa
Eldon E. Robeson
Gansport
Billy J. Eller
Bringhurst
Harold D. Pearson
Ockley
Richard L. Davis
Norman M. McGill
Moses F. Flora and
Marvel C. Adams
Ivan D. Grissom
Laurelburg
Walter E.long
Harold
Mrs. DeVitt
Leona Geise
Elmhurst, Il
Herbert DeWitt
Janesville, Wis
Paul Heffley
Gilbert, Ariz
Claude Zook
Sgt. Heffley
Arizona
Virginia
USS
North Carolina
Philippine
Leyte
Luzon
Jack
General Surgis
Seattle
T. B. Association
Freeman
Quet
Paul Johnson
Retary
Kenneth Pitts
Merlin Jackson
Harry Haugh
Yanus Wells
H.J. Ioote
Adams, Hazel Ca
Imogene Austin
Carrollton
Earl Blue
Clay
Mary Hufford
Deer Creek
Democrat
Martha Lowery
Verna Coplen
Jefferson
Mary Wigner
Geraldine Goslee
Liberty
Charles Starkey
Madison
Lowell Ward
Monroe
Charles Cochran
Glen Biken
Berry
Bernice Little
Stella Givier
Carl Yeakley
Marie Thompson
Rotary Club
Howard Bradshaw
Yanus
Wells
County Agricultural Loan Group
Hedderich
REIFF
Hasbeens
Rden Russell
Food Production
U. S
Sarah F. McKinley
Joseph” McKinley
Clarence McKinley
Donald K. Frey of
Ress
Chanute Field
Helso
W. R. Baer
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
Sessor
Steck
Frances Amick Johnson III
St. Vincent Hospital
Indi
Anapolis
Dorothy Harris
Arthur Schmittgens
Edwardsville, I
Jack. Robinson
Cora Hendricks
Marocgo
Claude Harris
Knox, Ind
Tri Kappa Sorority
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