Local Notes Highlight Delphi and University of Illinois Updates
Miss Dorothy Jeanne Bowen, a University of Illinois sophomore, appears in a Daily Ilini photo showing ration book registration at University High School. The report covers family news from Delphi and nearby towns, including a string of Hargraves grandchildren in Indianapolis and Texas, a Burlington Polar Cub basketball team celebrating a sectional win since 1927, and Delphi Boy Scout fundraising. A Navy homecoming aboard a ship is noted with Ensign Jack Grimm of Delphi as supply officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Jeanne Bowen
Abzer Bowen
Delphi
Ilini
University High School
Bowen
School of Fine and Applied Arts
University of Illinois
Burlington Polar Cub
Mys
Armed Forces
Burlington
Alton F. Bailey
the Citizen
John T Johnson
Dale Rodkey
Rville Ticen
George Burkhart
Dwight Ross
U. S. Navy
Charles Ross
Bringhurst
High Seas
Carroll County
Seaman Ross
Ensign
Jack) Grimm
E. O. Grimm
Delphi Couple Celebrates Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Mrs. Fred Craven Smith and her husband were honored Tuesday by members of the Art and Garden club and friends at the Smith home with flowers gifts and a program arranged by Mrs. Yanus Wells. Guests praised Mrs Smiths hospitality and generosity with garden flowers and fruit. A neighborhood party Wednesday featured orchid gifts for the bride and carnation for the groom from Mrs Betty Smith Wilkinson of Los Angeles. Saint Francis Sebring recently returned from St Elizabeth hospital after a fever. ADDING MACHINE paper for sale at The Citizen office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Craven Smith
Hee Art and Garden Club
Smith Home
Yanus Wells
Smiths
John Rameys
Red Cross Nutrition Classes to Hear Home Cooking Demo
The Red Cross nutrition classes led by Mrs. Muret Nugent will attend a lecture and demonstration on home food preparation at Delphi High School in the home economics room this Thursday evening March 11 at 7 30. Attending members include Mrs. Russell Holmes Mrs. Edrie Parks Mrs. George McCain Mrs. J H Allen Mrs. William Schooler Mrs. Benjamin Drake Miss Anna Hardy Mrs. Julia Irelan Mrs. Walter Clawson Mrs. Gerald Clawson Mrs. Earl Robertson Mrs. Walter Ayres Mrs. Charles Black Miss Catherine McCain Mrs. Tom McCain Mrs. Laverne Goff Mrs. Jesse Zinn Mrs. Homer Wilson Mrs. Everett Parks Mrs. Ira Fisher and Mrs. Marie Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Muret Nugent
Delphi High School
Russell Holmes
Edrie Parks
George McCain
J. H. Allen
William Schooler
Benjamin Drake
Anna Hardy
Julia Irelan
Walter Clawson
Gerald Clawson
Earl Robertson
Walter Ayres
Charles Black
Catherine McCain
Tom McCain
Laverne Goff
Jesse Zinn
Homer
Miles Martin Named Director of Carroll Farm Bureau
Miles Martin of Delphi was named director of the Carroll County Farm Bureau Co operative Association at a directors meeting held in the office of county agent Ralph Maggart. He was named delegate to the state Farm Bureau insurance convention in Indianapolis March 12, with Ralph Rinehart as companion and Monroe Meade as alternate. The group approved $15 to the local Red Cross war fund and noted township donations. Regular meetings are planned for April and May with the annual county Farm Bureau meeting set for Flora in mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Martin
Delphi
Carroll County Farm Bureau Co-operative Association
Ralph Maggart
Mr. Martin
State Farm Bureau
Indianapolis
Ralph Rinehart
Monroe Meade
Red Cross
Farm Bureau
Burlington
Clay Townships
Adams
Carrollton
Clay
Deer Creek
Democrat
Jackson
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Rock Creek
Tippecanoe
Washington
Coop
County Farm Bureau
Flora
Charles Tansey
S and E
Sanford Allen
Austin Cochran
S. and E
Tom Hendricks
Farm Bureau Hatchery
Lloyd Metzger
Wayne Hiatt
Leslie Housenfluck
Silas Yost
John Kennard
Carl C. Johnson
Enos’ Berkshire
Mary Mullin
Fred Gerard
Leroy Robeson
Women sought for enlistment in U S Navy Hospital Corps
Chief Johnson at the U S Navy Recruiting Substation Lafayette Indiana announced open enlistments in the Waves of Spars for the Hospital Corps. Eligible women with tech training in bacteriology biology chemistry clinical laboratory dental nursing therapy and related fields may secure application blanks at the Lafayette recruiting station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Post Office
Lafayette
Indiana
Hospital Corps of the Navy
U.S. Navy
Ind
Freeman to Speak at Darwin Methodist Service
George W. Freeman of Kokomo Indiana state legislature representative will deliver the principal address at Darwin Methodist church in Burlington Sunday evening March 14 at 7 30 o clock. The men of the church under Rev A W Knight will have charge of the meeting. The public is invited.
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George W. Freeman
Kokomo
Indiana
Darwin Methodist Church
Burlington
A. W. Knight
Polar Cubs of Burlington Win Carroll County Sectional
Burlingtons Polar Cubs dominated the county sectional with ten straight wins before a 26 24 regional loss to Monticello. Star guard Hardwood Whirlwind led with 216 points, while Snyder added 176. Sutton missed regional play due to spinal meningitis.
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Sutton
Polar Cubs
Burlington
Peru
Monticello Indians
Cubs
Indians
Bengal Tigers
Logansport
Burlington-Monticello
Barber
Snyder
Sectional basketball tournament nets statewide receipts
Carroll county fans paid 1279.90 to watch the sectional hardwood rounds March 4 5 6 at Flora per Richard Callane Flora high school principal. Season tickets 611 at 1 10 and 1514 single admissions. second session 655 tickets. Government tax 121.86. total receipts lower than 1942. Flora’s share 149.76 plus 200 tourney center. Other schools shares listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Flora
Richard Callane
Flore
County Residents Buy Grand Total of War Bonds
County residents in the past week purchased 24,233.75 in war bonds across E F and G series. Banks and post offices reported totals led by Bright National Bank of Flora at 4,181.25 and Union Bank and Trust Co of Delphi at 2,962.50 with other institutions and post offices contributing. Mrs Clarence McKinley hosts Hi Lo bridge club today in South Delphi. Ruth and Mildred Hildebrandt travel to Evanston Illinois to visit sister Mary Jean Hildebrandt at Evanston College.
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Carroll County
Durin
Chris Chamales
Bright National Bank of Flora
Union Bank and Trust Co
Delphi
Yeoman Bank
Camden Bank
Burlington Bank
Delphi Postoffice
Flora Postoffice
Flora Bank
Delphi Bank
Clarence McKinley
Hi-Lo Bridge Club
South Delphi
Ruth
Mildred
Hildebrandt
Evanston
Illinois
Mary Jean Hildebrandt
Evanston College
Thirty-Two Draftees Leave For Service In U S Army Navy
Thirty-two draftees depart for military service. twenty-eight join Army camps at Fort Benjamin Harrison for basic training while four enter Navy training stations. Acting corporal Marshall E Wagoner leads the group. Navy recruits include Gerald Walters, Robert William Heffner, Marion Cornelius Hathaway, and Robert Wayne Randolph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
U. S. Navy
Robert Henry Cripe
Delphi
Robert Dean Wilson
Cutler
Robert
Lee Dunkin
Fred Guy Selleck
Camden
Thomas Edward Pruitt
Gerald Lewis Harmon
Flora
Max
Robert Westley Kuszmaul
Roy T. Clark
J. Frank Ehrman
Burlington
Marshall Edward Wagoner
Henry Kenneth Bell
James M. King
Laurel Wayne Roberson
Gerald Putt
Monticello
Carol Dean Collins
Bringhurst
Marshall E. Wagoner
Navy
Gerald Walters
Robert William Heffner
Marion Cornelius Hathaway
Robert Wayne Randolph
Burrows
Burlington Cub Star Charles Sutton Stricken by Meningitis
Charles Sutton of Burlington, senior guard on the Burlington Pol Cub basketball team, is seriously ill with spinal meningitis at St. Joseph hospital Logansport after a bout with strep throat. He fell ill after the sectional finals at Flora and missed the regional in Peru. He plans to enter army service after school. Thursday morning he was reported improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sutton
Dan Sutton
Burlington
Pol- Cub
St. Joseph Hospital
Logansport
Cub
Sutton
Flora
Peru
Delphi Highs 1943 44 Hardwood Schedule Announced
The Delphi high school basketball schedule for 1943 44 was announced Wednesday and includes the New Year’s Day tournament among Delphi West Lafayette Monticello and Flora with Delphi likely the host. No new teams join and Burlington will not be played next season. Open dates are December 22 and February 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
West Lafayette
Monticello
Flora
Burlington
Brookston
Logansport
Jefferson
Camden
Rossville
Fowler
W. Lafayette
Flora and
Attica
Peru
Winamac
Royal Center
Remington
Burlington Couple Celebrates 54th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Riley Stephen of near Burlington marked their fifty fourth anniversary on Saturday. He is 71 and formerly Carroll county treasurer and commissioner. She is 70, daughter of John Smith. They attend Rock Creek Lutheran church. he belongs to Deer Creek Masonic lodge. They have four children Vernie Stephen Estaline Farrer Mrs Edward Cunningham and Merle Stephen. A will for Dora W Ray of Flora was probated in Carroll circuit court leaving estate to two daughters and two granddaughters with A D Bishop as attorney.
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Riley Stephen
Burlington
Stephens
Carroll County
Stephen
Ollie Smith
John Smith
Rock Creek Lutheran Church
Deer Creek
Estaline Farrer
Edward Cunningham
Near Logansport
Merle Stephen
Young America
Dora W. Ray
Flora
Carroll Circuit
James P. Wason
Florence Crawford
A. D. Bishop
Rytex Stationery Sale At Citizen Office
The Rytex Company of Indianapolis makers of printed and engraved stationery announces a four day sale in Delphi through The Delphi Citizen. Orders may be taken March 17 to 20 with postmarks by midnight March 20. Limited periods due to high demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rytex
Citizen
Rytex Company
Indianapolis
Delphi Citizen
Delphi couple hosts December wedding of Mary Ellen Kirkpatrick
A dinner party at the home of Mr and Mrs Carlyle Kirkpatrick in Delphi announced the December 11 marriage of Mary Ellen Kirkpatrick to Lieut J Richard Lundquist of Jamestown New York. The couple will reside in Buffalo after his army service and medical studies at Buffalo. Family and out of town guests attended the events in Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle Kirkpatrick
Delphi
Mary Ellen
Richard Lundquist
Harold V. Lundquist
Jamestown
New York
Fowler
Mary Ellen and
Lundquist
Delphi High School
Purdue University
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Purdue
Tri Kappa
Gamma
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Buffalo Medical School
Buffalo
Kirkpatrick
Mary Lou Thelen
Ted Chapman
June Branner
Lafayette
Robert Clawson
Camp Atterbury
Dick Sears
Anderson
Marilyn Holloway
Indianapolis
Edna Kirkpatrick
Helen Sumrow
Death of Dr Charles Barley Former Delphi Resident
Word received of the sudden death of Dr Charles Barley medical director at Cornell University Ithaca New York. He died March 8 after a heart attack. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Glendale California March 18. He was born Delphi May 16 1901 and lived there until 1917 later moving to Long Beach California. He earned MD from Stanford in 1926 and served as Cornell medical director since 1941. He leaves sister Carolyn Barley of Rosemead California.
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Carolyn Barley
Charles Barley
Cornell University
Ithaca
New York
Barley
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Glendale
California
Dr. Barley
C. J. Barley
Anna Ricketts Barley
Delphi
Long Beach
Stanford University
Alameda County Hospital
Oakland
Bartley
Cornell
Rosemead
Calif
Methodist Service Flags Seventy Six Stars Decoration
The Delphi Methodist church holds a Sunday service to dedicate a sixty star service flag honoring boys in service with church ties. The flag, a gift from Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Sheets, features a crimson backdrop and white silk field arranged as a cross. A long list of named service members is read, followed by hymnody, a sermon by Rev. Merlin Schwein, and a moment of silent prayer for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Methodist Church
C. F. Sheets
Delphi
Ivan Ruel Ashba
Gilbert P. Bailey
Robert Balser
Joseph F. Brumbaugh
S. G
John D. Carmichael
Donald L. Chapman
Robert N. Clawson
Richard Coble
Lee Max Craig
Clayton Cripe
Loyal Cripe
Wilbur Crowder
John Dickison
Richard L. Downs
John Robert Dukes
A. S
Clifford Eikenberry
Clarence Lee England
USN
Everett Earl England
Rey Gardner
John Gee
Robert Gee
Foster Haines
Clarence Reed Hobaugh
Aaron Hobaugh
Donald Hughes
John Hiett Ives
Grant H. Jacobson
Evan H. Julien
Frank Lamb Jr
Ned Long
Gene Alden Maxwell
Joseph W. Messick
MOMM
1-C
Charles D. McCain
Robert LecFall
Joseph McKinley
Ralph E. Parks
Ivan J. Popejoy
E. M
Walter B. Popejoy
F. C
Lloyd E. Brown Porter
Ray A. Riley
Robert Lee Riley
J.g
Charles A. Sheets
John Thomas Smith
Robert A. Smith
Wilbur Smith
William Shaffer
L. M. Spivey
Clarence Eyer
Ralph Melin
Merlin Schwein
Henryb. Wilson
Schwein
Two Delphi Men Commissioned as Second Lieutenants
Two Delphi youths, Oscar Burton Kirkpatrick and Foster D. Haines, completed the Infantry School officer candidate course at Fort Benning and were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U S Army. Both are Delphi High School graduates who entered service January 17, 1941 with the Delphi National Guard unit. They are on leave from Camp Shelby and will report to Camp Wolters Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Infantry
Fort Benning
U. S. Army
Oscar Burton Kirkpatrick
Maggie Kirkpatrick
Foster D. Haines
C. A. Haines
Delphi High School
Army
151St Infantry
Delphi National Guard
Camp Shelby
Miss
Camp Wolters
Texas
Higgins trial ends evidence in will contest case
The Higgins suit against the Catholic Extension Society of America and others concluded evidence Wednesday in Carroll circuit court. A jury trial set for Thursday morning involves a will contest around $50,000 with thirty-five witnesses already testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Higgins
Catholic Extension Society of America
Carroll Circuit Court
Charles Vaughan
Lafayette
Mahlon Kerlin
Delphi
Joseph T. Ives
Robert Hanna
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Charles Hargraves
Yeoman
Swickard
Hargraves
Hargraves Schmidt
Carl
Lloyd
Esther Hargraves Austin
Opal Hargraves Severn
Robert Bradshaw
Fred Welch
Globe Valve Corporation
Lobe
Clarence .Marecco
Francis Sebring
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Carroll Farm Bureau
U. S. Navy Hospital Corps
Chief Johnson
Guy
Austin
Road
Puterbaugh
Lee
Biederwolf
Moore
Garrison
Mummert
Morrison
R. Shuler
Dorothy Bowman
Paul Shuler
Paul Phillippe
William Garrison
Howard Sharp
Oscar Jacoiss
Vanetta Snyder
Richard Shuler
John Barber
Joseph Mummert
Keith Snyder
Gerald Morrison
Robert Sparks
Karl Austin
U.S. Army
Adam Walker
Colburn
Home Hospital
Grimm and Sons
Robert Phillips
Blythe and Sons
Mary E. Kirkpatrick
Frank Case
Cincinnati
Reed Schermerhorn
Methodists
Higgins
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