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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1961
Page
4
The seventh Bridge-O-Rama session concludes with first place awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bradshaw, second to Mrs. Marvin Packard and Mrs. John Mount, and third to Mrs. Ed Johnson Jr. and Mrs. Robert Pettiner.
Reverend Hugh Edsall leads evening prayer and sermon at 4 p.m. Sunday March 19. Sam Copeland, recently in Chicago on business, stayed with his wife's parents Mr and Mrs Henry Rozhon and Henry Jr, and has now returned to his Virginia home.
S. and S. Standard Service announces free pickup and delivery for car washing. The program aims to simplify vehicle cleaning with convenient doorstep service and no extra charge for transport.
The annual REMC meeting will be held tonight at 7 p.m. at the Camden gymnasium. Elmer Hinkle will perform 15 acts as reports of the year are presented and four directors elected. Nominees include Joe Snyder, Cleo Metzger, William Dickinson, and Gordon Flora. Door prizes and other awards will be given.
Civil action Haslet versus Flora Auto Equipment Company sets March 20 as the date the defendant must answer the complaint. The Flora firm faces formal response to the plaintiff’s initial pleading in this civil suit.
Rossville student Monte Hayes, a finalist in Indiana Science Talent Search, will travel with sponsor Mr. Johnson to the Junior Scientists Assembly in Indianapolis March 17 and 18. Indiana Academy of Science will cover meals and hotel, with finalists interviewed and exhibits prepared. honors announced at March 18 luncheon.
Shirley A. Johnson of route 2 Brookston sues Glen Nelson Johnson in circuit court for divorce and custody of three minor children. The couple married February 2 1950 and separated June 11 1959. Attorneys Obear and Overholser represent the plaintiff.
Carroll County Questers will meet on March 22 at the home of Mrs. Marion Gibson near Flora. The gathering aims to discuss club activities and plan a local program.
County Agent Dale Kasten announces the annual Beef Feed Lot Tour on March 22 starting at 9 a.m. at the Lawrence Johnson farm in Washington township. The itinerary includes stops at the Robert Hedde farm near Camden at 10 a.m. and Ed Stuntz farm in Delphi at 11 a.m. The group will meet at 1 p.m. at the REMC in Delphi for a talk by Paul Mitchell and Ken McDonald of Purdue.
John H. Storey aged 18 of Route 2 Delphi was charged in Logansport with reckless driving after his car struck rocks and shrubbery on Georgetown road three and a half miles west of Logansport. The vehicle was a total loss but Storey escaped injury.
Tri Township fire department responded to a morning roof fire at the Dale Easten residence on State Road 18 south of Delphi. Damage was nominal. The farm is owned by Mrs. Ethel Shaffer of Delphi.
Mrs. John T. Kirkpatrick and Miss Elaine Kull returned from Florida where Kirkpatrick spent a week in the South and Kull studied at the University of Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Jones of Yeoman completed a 5000 mile West Coast circuit visiting Albuquerque Palm Springs Tucson Tyler and more with granddaughters Lanette and Darlene Jones.
Wayne Talbert joined Dr. E. S&S. Emerson for a Tuesday afternoon visit in Chicago to see Dr. Emerson's father.
Mr and Mrs Howard Bradshaw travel to Biloxi Mississippi for a seaside vacation and enjoy the local sights during a leisure trip.
About two hundred Carroll county women attend the annual Bonnet Breakfast at the Purdue Union Building sponsored by the Lafayette Chapter of the Indiana Symphony Society. Three winners receive new hats: Mrs. Junior Darby, Mrs. Mary Calvert, and Mrs. Nada Coghill.
Nancy J. Scott of 202 W. Main Delphi sues Bobby Joe Scott in Carroll circuit court for divorce on cruelty grounds and seeks custody of a minor child. The couple wed Oct 11 1958 and separated Aug 27 1959. Watson C. McCormick represents the plaintiff.
Inheritance taxes determined for three estates: Lee B. Armstrong valued at 4310.62 with tax 227.45. Ellen Blickenstaff valued at 8407.31 with tax 140.78. Anna E. Dee valued at 32789.46 with tax 141.33.
Revival meetings are in progress at the Full Gospel Tabernacle with Rev. Sherman Harris of Lexington Kentucky as evangelist. Harris serves as district superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church in Kentucky.
Jefferson township Boys 4 H club met March 9 at Yeoman School to elect officers for the year. Richard Duval was named president with Dick Bunnell as vice president, Janet Scott as secretary treasurer, Clarence Crawn health and safety leader, John Duval recreation, Larry Crown song leader, Steve Temple reporter, and Roy Slavens as adult 4 H leader.
Mr and Mrs Harley Richardson have come back from a several months stay in Florida.
Marriage licenses have been issued to Jack Lee Hiatt age 23 of Rossville route 1 and Mary N. Douglas 19 of route 7 Frankfort to Donald Lee Roth 20 of Delphi and Sandra L. Cook 19 of Flora route 2.
The movement celebrates its 49th anniversary with 3% million members in America during Girl Scout Week from March 12 to 18. Juliette Gordon Low founded the first troop in Savannah in 1912, with over 17 million members since. The anniversary aligns with a Birthday years cycle begun October 31, 1960.
The Tri Kappa sorority met at the library Tuesday. A rummage sale is set for March 25 and the annual chicken barbecue is scheduled for June 3. The Bridge-O-Rama playoff is on April 19 at the REMC with seventy two participants.
The Tippecanoe Township Farm Bureau met at Pittsburg school on Monday evening March 6 for a cooperative ham supper. Karen and Jeff Craig performed tap dances with Carolyn Verrill on piano. Ted Brown gave a speech. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ted Brown and family and John Price.
The cycle extends to 1962 marking the organization’s 50th anniversary and ends in October 1963. Brownies intermediates and seniors meet distinct age groups with tailored programs. The movement emphasizes adventure, leadership, and practical skills for future professionals, homemakers, and citizens.
The senior planning board of the Girl Scout Council schedules a June 10 rally for senior and eighth grade girls at Camp Kawanee. Flora Brownie Troop 270 led by Mrs. Carrol Stout and Mrs. Austin Cromer began health book projects this week. All girls should bring food pictures to the March 15 meeting. The March 8 Brownie meeting was skipped because Mrs. Stout was briefly hospitalized.
Girl Scout Troop 199 entertained their mothers with a style show party at the completion of their Good Grooming badge program. Mrs. Kenneth Knapp, Mrs. Harmon, and Mrs. Keith Sisson supported Brownies through the 8th grade. Mrs. Bruce Myers serves as the personal health badge consultant.
Rockfield Presbyterian Church hosts a Swiss steak supper on Wednesday March 22 from 5 p.m. to a time not listed. Donations are pay as you will to benefit the church bulletin board project, sponsored by the Friendship Circle.
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