Armed Forces Day set for nationwide commemorations
The article notes Armed Forces Week with parades speeches and celebrations honoring Army Navy Marines and Air Force while offering readers access to servicemen addresses from local mailing galleys and asks residents to write letters or send small tokens. It also recounts a morning at Ratcliff Coffee Shop with local residents and reports on a newborn, a railroad wreck, a post office insect bird event and a reference to the 1954 M Monica wreck in local memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Ratcliff
Mindwell Wilson
Harold Berry
Harold
Berry
Lions club to sell gas for fire department mask fund
Delphi Lions plan a gas sale at Bassett Talbert station on May 22 with profit to fund gas masks for the local fire department. Wayne and Harold Talbert donate all profits. members will pump gas and wash windshields as the city council funds two masks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Lions Club
Wayne
Harold Talbert
Lions Club
Bassett &Talbert
Lions
Charlene Melson Feature Photo in Tribune Magazine
A striking portrait of Charlene Melson appears in the Chicago Tribune Sunday magazine. Charlene is a freshman at Hanover College, photographed during a Tribune feature visit to the college several weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlene Melson
Chicago Tribune
Charlene
Hanover College
the Tribune
Cheer Club selects Mrs. Mary Sebring as member of the week
Delphi Lions name Mrs. Mary Sebring of Box 573 Dillonvale Ohio as Cheer Club member of the week. Wife of Francis Sebring formerly of Delphi she was seriously injured in a January auto accident and remains bedridden at home. Readers are urged to send a card or letter to cheer her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Lions
Mary Sebring
Dillonvale
Ohio
Sebring
Francis Sebring
Delphi
Indiana Republican Editorial Association picks Leo C. Craig president
TOP GOP EDITOR Leo C. Craig publisher of the Delphi Journal will assume the presidency of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association at its French Lick meeting this weekend. He will preside at the noon Saturday luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Leo C. Craig
Delphi Journal
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
French Lick
Craig
Bar Institute Program Lead At Hazelden Country Club
Joseph T. Ives chair man of the Second District Institute Committee will lead the program for the Second District Institute on May 19 at Hazelden Country Club Brook Indiana. George Obear of Delphi also serves on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Ives
Delphi
Second District Institute
State Bar Association
Hazelden Country Club
Brook
Indiana
George Obear
Executor seeks $7000 from Marie Probus in circuit suit
Arthur Gross as executor of Edwin Cochell's estate sues Marie Probus in Carroll circuit court for $7000 claiming the defendant received the amount for Cochell's use during his lifetime and now owes the estate. Plaintiff is represented by R G Bostwick Clarence Cowger and Vaughan and Vaughan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gross
Edwin Cochell
Carroll Circuit
Marie Probus
Mr. Cochell
R G. Bostwick
Clarence Cowger
Vaughan
Suit on Account Over $160 Filed in Carroll Court
William J. Roth of Flora filed suit in Carroll circuit court against Aurelious N. Denton for $160 due on account. Attorney Joseph T. Ives represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Roth
Flora
Carroll Circuit
Aurelious N. Denton
Joseph T. Ives
Purdue Memorial Union hosts Delphi junior prom night
Delphi junior class members will entertain the seniors at the annual junior senior prom on Saturday night May 22 in the North Ballroom of the Purdue Memorial Union Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Purdue Memorial Union Building
Firm to Move to New Harve Lynch Building Quarters
Leavell and Bates local loan agency will relocate to the ground floor of the Harve Lynch building on Main Street. The former Loveland studio room will house the firm, and they expect to be in by next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavell and Bates
Harve Lynch
Main Street
Loveland
Mears Downham Wedding in Delphi Methodist Church
Elizabeth Ann Mears and George Downham were married Sunday evening at Delphi Methodist Church. The couple, both Rural Youth members and high school graduates, plan to reside on route 3 Logansport with Downham working on the family farm and Mears formerly employed by the Farms Bureau. Downham was discharged from the Army in 1954 after serving in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Methodist Church
Elizabeth Ann Mears
Bert Mears
George Downham
Delphi High
Deer Creek High
Colleen Downham
Route 3
Logansport
Mary
Helen Meas
Amanda June Mears
Martin Mears
Frank Briggs
Mary Helen Mears
Lena Hannell
Bob McCain
Carl McCains
Mears
Ora Downham
Farms Bureau
Army
Korea
Oracles To Send Three Thinl ies To Regional Meet
Oracle track squad members qualified for the regional meet at the sectional held last Saturday in Kokomo. Dale Crowder won first in the low hurdles and second in the high hurdles to qualify for both events. Hathaway placed third in the mile to qualify, and Bob Moore won third in the 440 to qualify. The regional will be held Friday at Fort Wayne.
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Oracle
Kokomo
Dale Crowder
Hathaway
Bob Moore
Ft. Wayne
Oracles
Logansport
Ft. Wayne Central
Jeff
Lafayette
Rochester
Frankfort
Delphi
Monticello
Peru
Lloyd Anderson Heads Pittsburg PTA in New Officers
Pittsburg School Association elected Lloyd Anderson as president at a Monday night meeting. Harry Hatton became vice president, Betty Huffman secretary, Edna Kerlin assistant secretary, Sarah Lloyd treasurer, and Opal Vaughan publicity chairman. The fourth grade set an attendance record. Delphi High School speech students, sponsored by the Delphi WCTU, heard John Hanna win a contest with competitors including Jimmy Gates and others. judges were Edna Grimm Merle Jones and Naomi Anderson. Carolyn Verrill performed a tap dance and piano solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg School Association
Lloyd Anderson
Harry Hatton
Betty Huffman
Edna Kerlin
Sarah Lloyd
Opal Vaughan
Delphi High School
Delphi Wctu
John Hanna
Jimmy Gates
David Eis
Doris Shulthers
Patricia Maggart
Shirley E
Suit on note filed against Dotys for 499 75 in circuit court
Walter Hopkins and others sue William and Lucille Doty in circuit court for 499.75 on a promissory note. Joseph T. Ives represents the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hopkins
William and
Lucille Doty
Joseph T. Ives
Former Delphi Man Austie Holmes Dies in Arizona
Austie White Holmes aged 69 a former Delphi resident died Tuesday morning at his Tucson Arizona home after a several month illness. He once ran a battery shop in Delphi and with his family lived here for years. Surviving are his widow a daughter Virginia Kramer of Los Angeles and three sisters Chloe Briggs of Lafayette. a son Cleon preceded in death. The body returns to Fulton Indiana for funeral Sunday at 2 pm with Rochester cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austie ‘“Whitie’ Holmes
Delphi
Tucson
Arizona
Fulton
Indiana
Rochester
Election of central committee officers in Delphi
Democratic and Republican committeemen met in Delphi for the biennial central committee officer elections. Democrats re elected John Merrell as chairman and Guy Clauser, Geneva Johnson, and Betty Flora to key posts. Republicans re elected George Obear as chairman and elects Luther Cohee, Marie Burns, and Charles Melson. Delmar Bailey to head the Young Republicans and Dorothy Allbaugh as vice chair. District meetings followed in Winamac where GOP leaders chose Alv in Cast over Leland Smith. Democrats to elect district officers there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Central Committee
Court House
Washington St
John Merrell
Tippecanoe Township
Guy Clauser
Clay Township
Geneva Johnson
Betty Flora
Burlington Township
Mary Wilson
Cutler
GOP
George Obear
Luther Cohee
Washington Township
Marie Burns
Flora
Charles Melson
Delmar Bailey
Madison Township
Young Republican Organization
Dorothy Allbaugh
Obear
Cohee
Winamac
Leland Smith
Logansport
Alvin Cast
Kentland
Fifteen Join Delphi High School National Honor Society
Seven seniors and eight juniors at Delphi High School are elected to the National Honor Society based on Scholarship Service Leadership and Character. Honors will be presented May 18 1954 for juniors and May 31 1954 for seniors with six graduates from last year already members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi High School
National Honor Society
Joan Benner
Arnold Crowder
Jerry Hanna
Jotta Henderson
Ann Johnson
Wayne Knitter
Carol Crosby
Mary Crosby
Connie Heffley
Mary Helen Mears
Martha Obear
Marjorie Reagan
Carol Scott
John Furst
Bill Gros
Charles Hargraves
Janet Heiland
Clara Perry
Frances Redman
Virginia Sanderson
Joyce Sollars
Named to State Post for Panhellenic Leader
Mrs. Richard Sears of Anderson, formerly Meredith Gene Kirkpatrick, was elected second vice president of the state Panhellenic organization in Indianapolis. She has been president of the Anderson alumnae of Kappa Alpha Theta and is active in the Anderson Tri Kappa chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sears
Anderson
Meredith Gene Kirkpatrick
Carlyle Kirkpatrick
Delphi
Indianapolis
Mental Health Drive Plans Prepared by Delphi Leader
Mrs. John Kirkpatrick of Delphi chairs the County Mental Health committee and is arranging fund drive plans. She attended a state workers luncheon in Indianapolis and said Carroll county was praised as one of seven counties last year to meet its quota. Committees for the drive are being formed and will be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kirkpatrick
Delphi
Wreck at Delphi Triggers City Info Center Plan
Delphi residents face a costly fourteen car derailment when an arch-bar failure on the Monon and Wabash lines caused a wreck near Washington and Union streets. City officials and the Chamber propose a public information center on courthouse grounds to aid travelers and provide resort directions by June.
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Chamber of Commerce
Metzger Lumber Company
Delphi
Tippecanoe
Lower Lake
Commerce Group
County Commissioners
Murphy Fountain
Tippecanoe River
Washington
Union Streets
Indianapolis
Monon
Wilbur Surber
Leverman
The
Wabash
Surber
Wabash Tower
Market
Washington Streets
Lurber
St. Joseph Church
Wabash An Menon
Wabash Roads
Warren W. Brown
Carl Beck
L. F. Racine
F. C. Flynn
Wabash and
Harry Madlung
Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Former Yeoman resident dies after Akron accident
Mrs. Alice Hurt of Akron Ohio 46 formerly Mrs Roy Moss of Yeoman and Lafayette died May 2 from injuries after being struck by a car May 1 while crossing East Market Street in Akron Her husband a back fracture and contusions survives include two daughters Leona Moss Burnham Irene Moss Williamson sister Hulda Blanton Danville Illinois two half brothers John and Russell Cornell Lafayette two step sisters Blanche Oberlander Walcott and Tillie Dukes Tacoma Washington Funeral rites were held in Akron with burial in Ellet Memorial cemetery Driver of the car held for second degree manslaughter.
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Alice Hurt
Akron
Ohio
Roy Moss
Yeoman
Lafayette
Hurt
East Market Street
City Hospital
Leona Moss Burnham
Irene Moss Williamson
Hulda Blanton
Danville
Illinois
John
Russell Cornell
Blanche Oberlander
Walcott
Tillie Dukes
Tacoma
Washington
Ellet Memorial Cemetery
Truck Overturns On Springboro Bridge
A 1946 International truck owned by Meadow Gold Dairy of Danville Illinois driven by Charles R Musser 26 of Fowler overturned on the Springboro bridge west of Delphi on highway 18 Monday evening. Musser was arrested on reckless driving charges after the driver swerved to avoid an oncoming auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
Meadow Gold Dairy
Danville
Illinois
Charles R. Musser
Fowler
Springboro
Delphi
Musser
Carey
Stone
Jim Harris
Scottish Rite Club Plans Spring Meeting at Sportsman Hotel
The Carroll County Scottish Rite club will hold its annual Spring meeting at the Sportsman Hotel at 7 p.m. dst Wednesday June 2. The event, billed strictly for fun, invites all members and their ladies as well as master masons and their ladies. Tickets for the banquet cost 1.75 per person and are distributed by Jesse Patrick secretary Robert Brown president Robert Wingard vice president and Charles Shank committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Scottish Rite Club
Sportsman Hotel
Jesse Patrick
Robert Brown
Robert Wingard
Charles Shank
Scottish Rite Ae
Mrs John Bowman Dies in Huntington Nursing Home
Mrs. John Bowman mother of Earl Bowman of Delphi died Tuesday night in a Huntington Indiana nursing home after months there. A Deer Creek resident for many years she is survived by her son and five daughters. The body is being returned to Wolf funeral home in Walton for funeral rites and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bowman
Earl Bowman
Delphi
Huntington
Indiana
Bowman
Deer Creek
Wolf Funeral Home
Walton
Delphi Youth Admits Series of Five Breakins
Sheriff Sparkey Carey said a Delphi youth confessed to five breakins after questioning by the sheriff state detective and police chief. The youth described thefts from Todd Implement Ben Hart Auto Supply Delphi Locker Plant Landis Implement and Fullmer Shell Service Station between January and March 1954, with cash, coins and machines loot recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparkey Carey
Delphi
Ben Hart
Auto Supply
Todd Store
Wabash River
McGreevey Pond
North Market Street
Landis Implement
West Delphi
Wabash
Sheriff’s Department
Fullmer Shell
Carey
Otto Ward Langolf
Cass County
Music Students To Present Final Year Program
Delphi high school students present their final concert of the year on Sunday at 2 30 p m in the high school auditorium. Gene M Simons directs the band and choruses with selections by Walters Dvorak Morrisey Finlayson Whitney Sousa Berlin DePearsall Loesser Burke Van Heusen Mendelssohn and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi High School
Gene M. Simons
Walters
Dvorak
Morrisey
Finlayson
Foster Fantasy
Whitney
Sousa
Berlin
Cain
Mendelssohn
Allen A Dale
de Pearsall
Man
An Island
Loesser
Burke-Van Heusen
Wayne Discount Corp Sues Hursh Over Contract Debt
Wayne Discount Corporation filed suit in Carroll circuit court against John S. Hursh for 256.65 due on a conditional sales contract. Lewis N. Mullin represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Discount Corporation
Carroll Circuit
John S. Hursh
Lewis N. Mullin
Edna M Smith seeks divorce and custody in circuit suit
Edna M Smith files for absolute divorce from Jack Smith in circuit court here and asks for custody of two minor children. The couple wed November 15 1946 and separated May 11 this year. Hanna and Hanna represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna M. Smith
Jack Smith
Hannna and
Hanna
Parks attend Founders Day at Indiana University
Mr and Mrs Edrie Parks attended Founders Day exercises at Indiana University on Wednesday. The program honored the university's top students, with Herb Parks, son of the local couple, among the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edrie Parks
Indiana University
University
Herb Parks
Former Railroader Walter P Shutt Dies in Ramsey Illinois
The community records the death of Walter P Shutt in Ramsey Illinois a former Wabash telegrapher after the turn of the century He later moved to Oregon and rose to an official position in the railway union He was known among older residents for his service in railways and unions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter P. Shutt
Ramsey
Illinois
Shutt
Oregon
Railway Union
Special Lesson On Flower Arrangement Planned
Mrs. June Lowther county home demonstration agent announces a special interest lesson on flower arrangement Friday May 14 at 1 30 p m in the REMC auditorium Professor E R Honeywell from Purdue horticulture department will present the lesson The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Lowther
REMC
E. R. Honeywell
Purdue Horticulture Department
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Nelma Berry
Home Hospital
Art
Wib Lucas
Wib
George Wagoner
M. D
Kathleen Baum
Ethel Brown
Levi Faust
Eddie Waymire
Dale Birley
John Hawn
Mr. Furst
Citizen Polaroid
Jeanette Wilson
Gary Garrison
Furst Farm
Ronnie White
Citizen Polaroid Photo
Mears-Downham
Pittsburg Pta
Austie Holmes
Merrell
Broken Arch
Court House Yard
Springboro Bridge
Todd, Hart. Landis and
Fullmer
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