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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
3
Next Sunday March 19 marks the spring opening dance at Ideal Beach on Shafer Lake. Dick Cisne and his band with Miss Doris Glenn will open the pavilion again this year and draw large crowds. Dances continue every Sunday until about May 30 with regular prices.
Mrs. William A. Dye returns from a week with friends in Chicago and Hillsboro Tl. Mrs. Frank Rodkey was taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth's hospital Lafayette. The Governor Morton Circle G A R met in regular session at the courthouse. Mrs. George Beamer and daughter Virginia visit her parents in Indianapolis this week.
Delphi’s Oracles fall to Monticello Indians 30 to 28 in a see saw regional game at Logansport. Baer and Downs provided key moments as Delphi, hampered by cold bats and fouls, could not convert free throws and left the court with a fourth straight regional defeat.
The senior play Mountain Mumps cast is set after try outs with Peg Southern Louise Christie Mrs Margaret Chilton Rosemary Smith Florence Chilton Frances Vories Sue Chilton Mary Miller Calvin Chilton Ned Long Link Forrester Joe Brumbach Timothy Regan Max Craig Kerry Regan Junior Jackson Mrs Carolyn Shotts Ruth Dobbins Lida Shotts Martha Been Dr Miller Elmer Weaver Homer Riggs Mainard Weaver. Junior High eighth graders begin safety study. Virginia Gregg returns after illness. Each eighth grader writes on vocation. Billy Campbells basketball team won last week.
Carroll county welfare director Ruth E Ayres said public welfare marks its third birthday March 18 serving 110000 needy residents of Indiana. State administrator Thurman A Gottschalk predicted little future rise as expenditures stabilize after a period of rapid expansion due to lowered old age assistance age and a surge of July 1 1938 to March 1 1939 applications.
The case of James Higgins against Clarence Downey guardian of James Higgins was postponed from March 15 due to illness. C. R. Cowger re assigned for trial on April 11. Allison E. Stuart of Lafayette represents Higgins and B F Long of Logansport represents Downey. Case venued from White County.
Mrs Mildred Knight Richardson former Delphi resident died at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis Saturday. Survived by husband J W Richardson of Ann Arbor a son a daughter and sister Mrs Dorothy Green of Indianapolis. Funeral rites held in Indianapolis.
The statement agrees with Mr Gottschalk that welfare burdens are stabilizing and that taxpayers should not anticipate large increases in welfare spending.
Walter Cain 61 died suddenly Saturday night at his farm home two miles south of Yeoman after a stroke. A lifelong county resident, he was survived by his widow Josephine Phillips a niece Jean Phillips and a nephew Paul Phillips who had been living with the Cains. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday from the family home with Rev. Wilbur Day officiating and burial in Yeoman cemetery.
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Verlin Lee Long 24 son of Mr and Mrs Harley C Long of Kokomo Indiana and B Elizabeth Snell 22 daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest T Snell of Flora Indiana The couple are residents of rural areas with Long listed as R R 1 Kokomo and Snell as R R 1 Flora.
Boone and Ulm in Delphi advertise 24 hour plumbing service with around the clock availability. The snippet notes a 30 tf listing and highlights quick response truth in local ads.
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