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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
1
Main Street profile highlights Bob Sieber who transformed his Franklin street garage into a modern facility last year and now pursues another costly business venture. His strong faith in Delphi underscores local support for home town enterprises.
He has begun converting his Main Street building occupied by Kroger into sixteen apartments. Several units will be ready for occupancy soon and sixteen families will be housed in the newly renovated rooms.
The second and third floors will each house eight apartments varying from four room units to living bedroom kitchenette and bath. Access will be by elevator or front stairs with an electrically controlled lock and buzzer entry. Plumbers Burkle and Campbell install fixtures while Raymond Baer and the Lambs handle interior work and Dad Thompson paints.
The article notes a surprisingly rapid outcome triggered by a classified ad run in this paper weeks earlier, highlighting the impact of classified notices in prompting action.
An elderly man placed a blind housekeeper advertisement asking all replies be sent to the office. When a response arrived, it was forwarded to the advertiser and the matter was considered closed.
A dating tale unfolds as an elderly man visits a woman in her residence and proposes after a brief chat. The woman, stunned, manages to respond later after signaling for composure and returning the man’s hat. Word of the incident spreads with colorful local commentary.
The burglars entered Barnard Lumber in Burlington during the night or early morning and forced open the cash register drawer, unaware that a key press would unlock it automatically.
Next they broke the combination to the safe which automatically released tear gas into the room. The safe was not locked, according to Sheriff Allen, and they would have saved themselves time and discomfort if they had simply turned the handle. They evidently got some gas in their eyes. Some people won’t learn to do things the easy way.
Delphi Lodge No. 28 IOOF expands to its 50th new member of the year making it the largest IOOF order in Indiana and fifth in wealth. A second degree will be given Monday night to a class of candidates with a record turnout anticipated.
A Wednesday 10 a m convocation at the high school auditorium featured a Freshman class produced satire on radio programs. The entire show was written directed and acted by students. The piece impressed observers praising pupil creativity and school support for self expression.
Don Lash spoke to local Rotarians about FBI capabilities and internal security. He stated enemy agents are known and can be rounded up or surveilled within 48 hours after a declaration of war. He noted that joining the FBI is limited to attorneys and accountants with few exceptions.
The Gamma Alpha Tri Kappa chapter hosted its twentieth annual art exhibit Sunday at Delphi Public Library, featuring thirty five Hoosier Salon prize winning canvases and works by local artists. Roy Trobaugh and Delphi artist’s oils drew strong attention, with seventy one pictures displayed and tea served by hostesses.
Friends of James Cole of Delphi have arranged a benefit at the Delphi Armory on Thursday night March 25 at 7 p m. Proceeds support hospital and doctor expenses after a recent automobile accident. Delphi and Monticello Legion meet first, followed by Goyer Trucking Company and Flora Legion All-Stars. High school band to perform and bake sale by Harve Hoshaw. Contact Mrs Manson Campbell to donate baked goods or bring them to the Armory. Cole has been sent home from Methodist hospital in Indianapolis and remains in a hospital bed.
Thieves broke in at Barnard Lumber Company in Burlington early Wednesday, forced a lock, rifled the cash register, and took between 225 and 250 dollars. Entry was through a back door with a broken window to the office, discovered at 7 am by yardman Donald Beighler. Sheriff’s staff, deputies assisting in the investigation.
Mr and Mrs Tosh Odano of the military government in Japan announce the birth of their daughter Dale Ann. Mrs Odano was formerly Mary Jean Hildebrandt of Delphi.
Tom Redmon a 16 year old Delphi area sophomore suffered fractures to both legs after falling from a haymow Sunday on his parents farm. He was treated at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette with both legs casted and released home. He re injured himself Tuesday while playing basketball in the haymow with friends.
Mrs. Florence Bowman reports Carroll County March of Dimes raised 1019.79 in the recent drive. Half of the funds stay local to aid the committee and families affected by infantile paralysis.
Carroll County Red Cross announces a county blood typing project with St. Elizabeth hospital Lafayette performing typing. Eligible ages 18 to 55 and weight 120 pounds plus. under 21 requires parental consent. Results filed at the hospital laboratory, Carroll County Courthouse, and township offices. Red Cross covers all expenses. participants receive an authorization card. No blood donations needed at this time.
The A and P Super Store announces a grand opening Friday and Saturday March 1920. Local manager Max Daugherty says remodeling includes a modern front new flooring fluorescent lights wall shelving and a new meat department headed by John Ketron with fresh meats at low prices. Staff listed include Robert Wingard Jean Anderson Bill Holmes Virginia Disinger Margaret Daugherty and Bill Randle.
The Delphi Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club will honor the 1948 Oracles at a banquet next Tuesday night at the Ranch House. Dinner at 6 30 pm features guest speaker Jay McCreary Indiana University freshman basketball coach and Frankfort high school graduate.
Delphi high school boxing squad will travel to Greencastle on Wednesday night March 31 for a return meet with the Trojan team. Coach J. Ric Shaffer names Keith Wallace Kenny Ward Howard Bowen Darrell Calvert Wesslers Jimmy Hayden Mark Wallace Art Lane Plunkett Charles Bots Weidner Smith Seedorf as traveling boxers.
Winners announced in Delphi feature first prize Bill Bradshaw and second Marilyn McCormick for the school club contest judged by J. Richard Shaffer and Herb Smith. Others listed include Dorothy Newell W. S. Weaver and Orton Zook.
A fire early Monday morning destroyed the nine room William Lyons home in Pittsburg once known as the VanderVolgen show place. Neighbors saved front room furniture. kitchen items and Mrs Lyons’s clothing were lost. The kerosene burner used for laundry heated water is suspected to cause the blaze. The walnut beams and stairway were notable features. The house, built during Pittsburg’s early platting, had many notable owners over a century, including the Mudges, Fairchilds, Carrie Miller Ferguson, the VanderVolgens, and Mrs Florence Harris of Delphi. Insurance partially covered the loss.
More than 400 attended the Institute of Family Living held Wednesday at the Methodist church under the Carroll County Social Hygiene Committee. Speakers included Dr Mabel Grier Lesher and Mrs Dorothy Bushman with various invocations and introductions by local clergy and educators.
Hi Y club will lead the weekly convocation next Wednesday at 100 a.m. at Delphi Methodist church with an Easter themed program. Organ prelude by Bill Slagle, special choir numbers, Easter scripture by Clark Carr, and the address by chaplain Rev. Merlin Schwein.
The Carroll County ACA will relocate to basement rooms in the Sieber Building on Main Street within 30 days. The current ACA room has been leased to Homer Cripe of Flora for a Pontiac Sales venture. Walter Ayres serves as ACA chairman.
Coach Elmer McCall announced the Delphi high school track and field schedule opening April 2 with an inter class meet at Deer Creek Park. The slate includes Monticello Fowler April 9, Peru There April 16, Frankfort Here April 22, AMD Here April 24, Attica Relays April 27, Delphi Relays Here May 1, Lebanon Here May 5, Hoosier Conference Here May, Central Indiana Frankfort May 11, Sectional Lafayette May 14, with practice to start Friday if weather permits.
The Flora American Legion Post schedules a benefit game at Flora community building on Tuesday night March 23 to raise funds for Save the Shades. Feature attraction is the Sioux Travelers from the Dakota Reservations, joined by the Flora All-Stars, six Flora high school players who reached the 1946 State Finals. Intermission acts and entertaining antics are promised. The public is urged to support.
Ines Dunn of Monticello will be tried in Carroll circuit court on reckless homicide charges connected to the deaths of Charles Gray and B. J. Foust who were killed September 9 while walking along State Highway 43 north of Monticello. The case, moved from White County, is expected to be decided by jury.
The Delphi Moose Hall celebrated its lodge’s first anniversary to a full house on Wednesday night. The program featured a cat and dog act and an old time vaudeville routine, with Lafayette band providing music and St Patrick’s Day decorations and flavors enhancing the event.
About 200 women gathered at Burrows Presbyterian church for the Carroll County Federation of Clubs twenty-fifth anniversary. Four leaders were honored: Mrs. E C Rumpler Indianapolis. Mrs. Daisy Thistlethwaite Sheridan. Mrs. L H Smith Delphi. and Mrs. O F Wheatley. Re-elected officers included president Mrs Raber and vice president Mrs Sencar.
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