Delphi News Briefs Highlight Local Politics And Accidents
Buck Creek youths injured in a crash on state road 18 east of Flora. In Delphi, merchants split 22 against 14 favoring parking meters with limited penalties and district restriction. Plus notes on Crosby ties, a wallpaper joke, a bowling tourney soon, a child claim against the county, and a Census guessing contest.
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Main Street
Delphi
Gaylord R. Misner
Carl Misner
Buck Creek
Gaylord
State Road 18
Flora
Sparkey Carey
Elgin Visitors Stay With Mrs Briggs Relative
Mrs Jessie Struve and Miss Martha Paulin of Elgin Illinois visit Mrs Frank Briggs and stay with her sister during the stay.
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Jessie Struve
Martha Paulin
Elgin, Ilinois
Frank Briggs
To Be Married Katrina Smith and James McClean
Miss Katrina Smith and James R. McClean announced their engagement at a South Delphi dinner hosted by Dr. and Mrs. John Kirkpatrick. They will marry Sunday May 7 at 2 p.m. in the Kirkpatrick home with Rev. James William Rankin officiating.
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John Kirkpatrick
South Delphi
Katrina Smith
James R. McClean
Miss Smith
Fred Himmiller
Howard County
Mr. McClean
James McClean
Route 1
Delphi
Rites Friday in Lafayette for M. C. Marshall
M C Marshall 78 retired Lafayette school teacher died after a heart attack in Home hospital. Survived by widow Mary Harper Smith two sons two daughters and a stepson William Harper Smith of Toledo Ohio. Funeral Friday at 10 30 a m Congress Street Methodist Church Lafayette. Friends may call at Hippensteel Funeral Home Lafayette.
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M. C. Marshall
Lafayette
Mary Harper Smith
Delphi
Doctor Wagoner Relocates Office to New Building
Dr. George Wagoner moved his practice from the Theophile building on Main Street to the Clawson building at Union and Front Streets in Delphi. His new quarters are described as among the most commodious and modern in the community after the fire gutted his old office on Washington Street earlier this year.
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George Wagoner
Theophile
Main Street
Clawson
Union and
Front Streets
Delphi
Wagoner
Pashiricent
Washington Street
Engagements and ties reported in regional notes
A brief aggregation notes social engagements and personal announcements across local society pages. Details include names of individuals and associated families, with emphasis on upcoming events and community acknowledgments.
Engagement and upcoming marriage of Virginia Brookbank
Mrs. Lynn Brookbank of Delphi announces the engagement of her daughter Virginia to Richard E. Schaller of Hammond. The wedding is set for June 16 at the Delphi Methodist Church. Virginia is a Delphi High School and Purdue University graduate and a Hammond teacher. Richard is an Hammond High School and Purdue University electrical engineering graduate and an Illinois Bell engineer.
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Lynn Brookbank
Route 2
Delphi
Virginia
Richard E. Schaller
Hammond
Delphi Methodist Church
Miss Brookbank
Delphi High School
Purdue University
Mr. Schaller
Hammond High School
Purdue University, School of Electrical Engineering
Illinois Bell Telephone
Carroll County Home Economics Chorus May 24 Program
The Carroll County Home Economics chorus plans a request performance on May 24. The program will resemble the Variety Show the chorus sponsored in Delphi and Flora in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Judge Smith assumes jurisdiction in Fowler damage suit
Judge William B. Smith presides as special judge in Fowler on Monday afternoon, taking jurisdiction over a civil damage case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Smith
Fowler
Camden Girl Wins Delta Zeta State Meeting Trophy
Miss Mary Margaret Quinn of Camden received a silver loving cup at the Delta Zeta Sorority state meeting in Indianapolis. Each chapter awards one girl annually as the most outstanding for campus and sorority activities. Quinn, Franklin College junior, is Delta Zeta vice president and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Quinn.
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Mary Margaret Quinn
Camden
Delta Zeta Sorority
Columbia Club
Indianapolis
Miss Quinn
Franklin College
Delta Zeta
Ray Quinn
Lambda Chi Fraternity
Oracle schedules pair football and basketball for 1950 51 season
Athletic Director John Robert Miller released the football and basketball calendars for the upcoming 1950 51 season. The Oracles will face several new opponents with football tickets on sale August 15 and basketball tickets October 1. Denotes new opponents.
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John Robert Miller
Oracles
Tipton
Sheridan
Alexandria
Rogerton
Anderson H
Greencastle
Kirklin
Monticello
Knox
Oracle
Camden
Rossville
Flora
Burlington
Covington
Winamac
Roosevelt
E Chi
W. Lafayette
Monon
Brookston
Culver
Methodist Church endorses Rev Briggs for another Delphi year
At the Delphi Methodist church quarterly conference presided by Dr E E Franklin Rev Frank Roy Briggs was unanimously invited to return next year. The Northwest Indiana Conference will meet in Lafayette June 1 to 4 to set appointments. Briggs welcomed 36 new members and 28 baptisms. The youth fellowship and Sunday school saw growth and Easter activities added to children’s programs.
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Delphi Methodist Church
E. E. Franklin
Frank Roy Briggs
Delphi
Northwest Indiana
Lafayette
Briggs
Franklin
John Earl Walker
Delphi School Plans Basement Kitchen For Lunch Program
Delphi's School Board announced a plan to convert an underused basement restroom into a kitchen and use all basement hall space for hot lunch service next year. The Elementary PTA will fund about 2000 dollars to equip the kitchen and build folding wall tables. Stanley McDonald of the State School Lunch Program is coordinating the details. Approval by the State Board of Health is needed before starting in September.
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Delphi
State Board of Health
Wayne Eikenberry
Eikenberry
PTA
Stanley McDonald
Delphi Country Club Opens Social Season With Dinner
The first social function for Delphi Country Club members is a cooperative dinner on Thursday May 4 at 6 00 p m. The committee includes Mr and Mrs Jack Bloyd Mr and Mrs Melvin Jackson Mr and Mrs Wm Schooler and Mrs Etta Coble.
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Delphi Country Club
Jack Bloyd
Melvin Jackson
Wm. Schooler
Etta Coble
School Board hires two teachers for 1950 51
Del ph i Deer Creek township School Board met Monday night and approved contracts for two teachers. Richard N Hagans from Elkhart, a North Manchester graduate, fills the grade school position left by Thelma Lamb. Charles Nordahl, an Indiana University graduate, is added as the high school instructor to relieve math and social studies load. Both new teachers are married.
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Delphi-Deer Creek Township
Thelma Lamb
Richard N. Hagans
Elkhart
North Manchester
Tri Kappa Art Exhibit Planned For Sunday Afternoon
Tri Kappa plans an art exhibit Sunday from 2 to 5 pm in the library assembly room. The show includes 40 Hoosier Salon pictures and works by local artists Roy Trobaugh Dorothy Bowen Estelle Been Willa Bowen and others. Tea hosts Mrs Earl Heckathorn and Mrs Ames Spring will preside.
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Tri Kappa
Hoosier
Roy Trobaugh
Dorothy Bowen
Estelle Been
Willa Catherine Bowen
Delphi
June Burkholder
Irma Rubenkoenig
Ruffinia
Lafayette
Earl Heckathorn
Mrs. Ames Spring
Tri Paes
Country Club
Ruth Rainbolt
Jane Bradshaw
Shirley Smith
Betty Kent
Enid Rule
Margaret Sanderson
Ann VanNatta
Gwen May
Ruth Darragh
Meredith Stephenson
Dorothy Jeanne
Willa C. Bowen
Mrs. Ed Lynch Returns From Phoenix Illness Call
Mrs. Ed Lynch came back from Phoenix Arizona after being summoned by the illness of her grandson John Graham seeking care and support during the family emergency.
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Ed Lynch
Phoenix
Arizona
John Graham
Last Precinct Decides Democrat Sheriff Primary Victory
Liberty township delivered the deciding margin in a tight county sheriff race. Clay Shanks defeated Don Smith by 6 votes for the Democratic nomination, with Shanks carrying Liberty by 5 and 473 to 467 overall. Other primary results include Ada Roach winning the GOP auditor nomination and Thomas McCurdy losing to Charles Phillips for county commissioner.
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Liberty Township
Clay Shanks
Delphi
Don Smith
Shanks
Liberty
Smith
Hugh Widner
George Bronson
Burlington
Sheriff
Carrollton
Ada Roach
Luther Cohee
Sparkey Carey
Charles Halleck
Thomas McCurdy
Charles S. Phillips
Jefferson Township
Luther Ross
Murray Tesh
Camden
Dale Beck
Young America
Alford A. Koritz
Valparaiso
Congress
Beck
Koritz
Will
Halleck
Everett Flora
Near Rockfield
Ethel Kleckner Gardner
David Baum
GOP
Conrad H. Dawson
Robert Justice
Logansport
Cass
Carroll
Harley Mummert
Adams
Burrows
Dale E. Beck
Alford ‘A. Korioe
OO Oe
C.le Pb
Auditor
Everett E. Flora
Widner
Charles A. Halleck
Edie
Maurice C. Mathias
Eee Ee Eee Ee Ee
David R. Baum
Robert S. Justice
Oe Es Ng Eee Ale
Luther M. Cohee
George C. Mourer
Eh Oee
John T. Fuhrman
Sheriff Calvin L. Carey
Fee Eee
Charles R. Weidner
Ee Ee Ee
Herbert F. Jervis
Ee Ee
Thomas MaCurdy
Commissioner 2Nd District
Luther
Ross
Paper Drive By Delphi Boy Scouts On May 13
The Boy Scouts of Delphi will conduct a scrap iron rag and paper drive on Saturday May 13. Leave bundles on the front doorstep. Remember the date May 13.
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Boy Scouts of
Delphi
Mrs. Sanderson Named President of Cancer Society
Mrs John Sanderson of Delphi was elected president of the Carroll County Cancer Control Society at a meeting Friday at the home of Mrs C G Loman in Cutler. Mrs Loman hosted a tea for fund drive workers as officers were chosen with reports promising the county quota will be met. Also named were Mrs Russell Livingston secretary and Mrs Robert VanNatta treasurer.
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John Sanderson
Delphi
Carroll County Cancer Control Society
C. G. Loman
Cutler
Loman
Sanderson
Russell Livingston
Clay Township
Precinct Workers Set Saturday Meeting to Name County Officers
Delph i precinct workers from both parties will meet Saturday afternoon to elect county officers for the central committees. Democrats meet at 1 p m in the Catholic Community Building on Main Street, Republicans at 1 30 p m in the county courthouse commissioners room. Primary results list Democratic and Republican precinct winners in Tippecanoe township Rock Creek Liberty Adams and Jefferson precincts with counts.
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Delphi
Orval Schock
Main Street
John McCain
Commissioners Rooms
Court House
Tippecanoe Township
Wilford Hufty
Edgar Fountain
Joseph Messick
Democratic
James R. Smith
Ray Mocherman
Democrat
Robert McCarty
al Pitzer
Tippecanoe
Floyd Caldwell
Paul Coghill
Callie Airhart
Rock Creek
Harry Temple
George Montgomery
Liberty Paul Brown
Arthur Wentzel
Jefferson
Joe Ellis
Ernest Ambuhl
Adams
Russell Pearson
John Wagoner
Dinner Dance at Delphi Country Club May Event
A dinner dance is set for May 12 at 8 p.m. at the Delphi Country Club. The committee includes Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bradshaw Mr. and Mrs. Tom oe and Mr. and Mrs. Garnett.
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Delphi Country Club
Howard Bradshaw
Tomoe
Garnett
Mrs Lou Thompson Returns Home After Muncie Visit
Mrs. Lou Thompson returns to her Delphi home after visiting her daughter Mrs. Margaret Maxwell in Muncie. Mrs Maxwell mot her home.
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Lou Thompson
Delphi
Muncie
Margaret Maxwell
Maxwell
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Mr. Crosby
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Paul Mikesell
Adams Township
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Young Jim
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TWA
Frank Hedderich
Robert J. Cooley
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Doxie
Dick and
Katrina
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Ky Hamling
Judy Hamling
Marilyn McCormick
Phyllis Hill
Joyce Norris
Meon Trent
Marie Fullmer
Mary Jo Myers
Janet
Joan Stoner
Mesdames
W. H. Brown
Charles Fullmer
Sv Coree PO
Rookbank-Schaller
Country Club Party
Charlene Melson
Charles Melson
Miss Melson
Wanda Hughes
Shirley Hughes
Gwen Ferrier
Herb Smith
Rockfield
Golf Variety Store
Town Inn
Hudson
Colorado
Chamber of Commerce
Benton County
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