Delphi Naval Man Writes of Egypt
Lt Roger Mayhill recalls his period in Egypt while carrying goods east for the U S Navy. He describes the Nile delta, pyramids and Sphinx near Cairo, delta irrigation and sanitation issues, and experiences with travel to Cairo with fellow gun crew members. He notes health problems from local food and a sulfa remedy, plus vivid sights of Egyptian villages and waterwheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Mayhill
Egypt
U .S. Navy
Mayhill
U. S
Purdue University
B. B. Mayhill
Delphi
Cairo
Nile
Missing in Action SGT Mohler report from Austria war zone
Staff Sergeant Robert N. Mohler 23 is listed missing in action over Austria since April 23 after overseas service in Italy. He trained as an air corps mechanic and gunner, with family ties in Logansport and Delphi, Indiana, including wife Dorothy and son Robert Earl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mohler
Robert N. Mohler
Austria
U. S. War Department
Dorothy Sterrett Mohler
Delphi
Italy
Mohler
Smock Sells Half Interest In Yeoman Elevator
William C. Smock of Delphi sells half interest in the Smock grain elevator at Yeoman to Charles N. Clark of Kempton. The new firm Smock and Clark opens June 1 and brings over 70 years of combined grain experience. Stella Butler seriously ill. daughter Ann Honan from Chicago arrives to be with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Smock
Delphi
Yeoman
Charles N. Clark
Kempton
Clark Haseen
A. B. Cohee
Frankfort
Smock and Clark
Smock
Mr. Clark
Stella Butler
Front Street
Ann Honan
Chicago
Rites Tuesday for Former Delphi Lady Frances Giese
Frances Giese 66 life long Ambia resident and former house keeper for Father Clifford Reed of Delphi died Sunday at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette. She belonged to St Marys Catholic church Dunning ton and is survived by four sisters three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Paul Anderson
David Clifford
Ann Manning Johnson
Donnie Lear
Jackie Sheppard
Mary Ann McGreevey
Carol Elizabeth Crosby
Mary Byram Crosby
Billy Carrier
Kathleen Clifford
Kathleen Rozhon
Carolyn Grieves
Frances Giese
Ambia
Clifford Reed
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Dunnington
Camden Contractor Dies Of Heart Attack
Amsy Miller age 65 a Camden building and contracting businessman died at his Camden home last Thursday afternoon from a heart ailment He was born November 10 1878 in Elkhart county and married Salome Wise March 7 1900 He leaves his wife four children Esther Schenk Sarah Mohler Henry and Calvin a brother Perry 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren One son Elmer predeceased him Funeral services were held at the Camden German Baptist church at 10 o clock Sunday morning with burial in Wise cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsy Miller
Camden
Christian
Sarah Rule’ Miller
Elkhart County
Salome Wise
Camden German Baptist Church
Wise Cemetery
Oracle club elects officers at yearend dinner
John Kespinger was elected president of the Oracle club at the dinner meeting held recently at the home of Mrs. Blanche Cartwright. Other officers are Mrs. Robert Sieber as vice president Miss Nellie Haughey secretary and Tom McCormick treasurer. Mr and Mrs John McDowell Elkhart spent the weekend here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kespinger
Oracle Club
Blanche Cartwright
Robert Sieber
Nellie Haughey
Tom McCormick
Father of Delphi Woman Dies Sunday
James Warnie Eldridge 54 father of Mrs. Raymond Swisher of Delphi died at his Brookston home from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Boone county he moved to White county 30 years ago. Surviving: widow Phoebe Mitchell four daughters two sons a stepson and two brothers. Services were held at Brookston Wednesday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Warnie Eldridge
Raymond Swisher
Delphi
Brookston
Boone County
Phoebe Mitchell
White County
Federated Church
Clark Simons
Near Lafayette
Lyman Gray
Argolla
Pfc
James Eldridge
Italy
Charles Eldridge
The
Sea Bees
California
Poppy Day Proclaimed in Delphi by Mayor Wood
Mayor Charles A. Wood proclaims Saturday May 27 1944 as Poppy Day in Delphi urging all citizens to wear memorial poppies honoring men who died in World War I and World War II. The proclamation notes America faces tyranny and honors Delphi young men serving in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Charles A. Wood
City of
America
Psi Iota Xi pledges five new girls in Delphi event
Psi Iota Xi sorority Delphi chapter will pledge five new members at a May 25 party at Mrs. Harry Foote Jr.'s home near Delphi. The pledges are Mrs. H. L. (Anna) Victor, Miss Margaret Hedderich, Miss Marjorie Shonk, Miss Barbara Thayer, and Lois Bitler. The coordinating committee includes Mrs. Foote and three others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Psi Iota Xi Sorority
Delphi
Harry Foote Jr
H. L
Anna) Victor
Margaret Hedderich
Marjorie Shonk
Barbara Thayer
Lois Bitler
Foote
Mahlon
Edna) Kerlin
Robert
LaVaun) Dunkin
Mossie
Mel
Jula Etta Brookshire to Graduate as Nurse
Miss Jula Etta Brookshire daughter of Henry Brookshire of Delphi will graduate Sunday May 21 from the School of Nursing at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette. She is a Delphi high school graduate who lived with Mrs Mary Haugh for several years. Wr Robert Roach of Whiting spent the weekend with his family in Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jula Etta Brookshire
Henry Brookshire
Delphi
School of Nursing
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Miss Brookshire
Delphi High School
Mary Haugh
Robert Roach
Whiting
Carroll Court Busy With Routine Work During Past Week
Carroll circuit court handled routine matters including appointments by Judge William B. Smith from Cass circuit court. Will of Ams ey Miller probated. Salome Miller to inherit, Henry Miller named executor with $11 000 bond. Welfare board members reappointed. real estate sale authorized. divorce suit filed. failure to provide case entered not guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Court
Carroll County Circuit Court
William B. Smith
Cass Circuit Court
Sey Miller
Carroll Circuit
Wilbur Lane
Miller
Salome Miller
Henry Miller
Bishop
Lane
Flora
Lone F. Haslet
Jeremiah J. Haugh
County Board of Public Welfare
Carroll County
Haslet
Wilbur Lucas
Smith
Parker Lucas
Radnor
Edward E. Pruitt
Conrad H. Dawson
Lucas
William E. Bargerhoff
Elmer Craig
Cass County
Carroll Circuit Court
Wilbur Payne
Mabel M. Payne
Mabel M. Welch
Rockfield
O’neil
Joseph T. Ives
Ensinger
Mrs Jasper Baum of Wheeling Dies
Mr and Mrs Harry Baum report the sudden death of Mrs Jasper Baum in Wheeling West Virginia A son Private Philip Baum USA survives Interment occurred in Wheeling on Méday The Baums have often visited in Delphi Husband Jasper Baum born and reared in Delphi died a year ago last Christman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Baum
Jasper Baum
Wheeling
West Virginia
Phillip Baum USA
Méday
Delphi
Christman
Baums
Fighting Men of Carroll County Soldier Notes
Pvt. Francis Wayne Johns entered service July 1, 1943 and is stationed at Fort Bliss Texas, serving with a 90 mm gun crew. He is the son of David Johns of Lafayette and a Rockfield High School graduate class of 1943. Lt. Howard Wayne Slusser, a B 17 pilot, has wings and commission awarded October 1 1943 and is overseas after training at Avon Park Sebring and other bases. Sgt. Francis Sebring enlisted July 6 1943 and trained in San Diego before overseas duty. he is a Delphi High School alumnus and former Oracle basketball standout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohler
Army Air Corps
St. Petersburg
Florida
Sheppard Field
Texas
San Diego
Calif
Wendover Field
Washington
Langley Field
Earl Mohler
Logansport
Anderson
Charles H. Mohler
Hawaiian Islands
Howard Mohler
England
Frank Mohler
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Harry
Sgt. Mohler
Robert Earl
Delphi
Fort Bliss
Pvt. Johns
David Johns
Lafayette
Slusser
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Camp Crowder
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Columbus
Avon Park
Sebring
Deer Creek High School
Clymers Methodist Church
U. S. Marine Corps
Delphi High School
Marine Shoes and Textile School
San Diego Naval Hospital
Henry Fair
Oracle
Seven-year-old struck by runaway trailer in Delphi
Carl Franz Bailey, seven, son of Mrs. Jeanne Bailey of Delphi, is hospitalized at St. Elizabeth in Lafayette with brain concussion, broken collar bone, head injuries and burns after a runaway trailer rolled thirty feet from a car driven by George Beale. He is improving and expected home soon. An accompanying child narrowly escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Franz Bailey
Jeanne Bailey
Delphi
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
George Beale
South Delphi
Grimm and Sons
Dr Henry Greist to Speak May 26 Here
Dr Henry W Greist a longtime Arctic minister and physician will speak at Delphi Presbyterian Church on Friday May 26 as part of Family Night. A 6:30 cooperative supper precedes a program featuring his Arctic life stories and motion pictures of Eskimo life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Greist
Henry W. Greist
Arctic
Alaska
Delphi Presbyterian Church
Women’s Association of the Church
Greist
Point Barrow
Rasmussen
Amundsen
Mrs. Greist
Col
Lindbergh
New York
Tokyo
Greists
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
North
Directors Set Plans for Fifth War Loan Drive in Carroll County
Ora F. Shirar announces vice chairmen and division heads for a county wide push opening June 12 to reach a quota of 729,700 dollars. Payroll and farm divisions lead, with home to home solicitation in Delphi, Floransia, Steaton and other towns. A June 8 training at Flora tackles instructions, with War Mothers aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora F. Shirar
Carroll County Committee
Carroll County
Jerry Ugh
Maggart
van Slyke
Delphi
Floransia Steeaton
Flora
Mr. Shiraz
Local Men Enter Military Service From Carroll County
Fourteen Carroll county men left for Fort Benjamin Harrison to begin Army basic training while eleven reported for navy marine or coast guard service at the Indianapolis naval recruiting station. Names include Robert White Burlington Floyd Stover Delphi and others. a separate entry notes Mrs James Delong suffered a heart attack at East Monroe Street and is slowly convalescing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Herman Theophile
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Naval Recruiting Station
Indianapolis
Army
Robert White
Burlington
Floyd Franklin Stover
Delphi
William Edward Waymire, Jr
Wayne Avon Shaffer
Ockley
Robert Lee Burns
Flora
Max B. Mullendore
Bringhurst
Elton L. Wells
Vernon Edwin Isley
Donald Harold Sheets
Russell Robert Gaby
Monticello
Robert Dale Davis
Cutler
Lee J. Sterrett
Camden
Richard Vern Nipple
Rockfield
Charles Lewis
Ferguson
Burl
James Delong
East Monroe Street
Two Flora Drivers In Crossroads Truck Crash
Raymond Landis and Jesse Wilson of Flora collided at a cross roads intersection one mile south and three miles east of Bringhurst at 10 oclock Wednesday morning. Both drivers suffered bruises and shock with significant vehicle damage. They did not see each other approaching. Milk truck damage about 250 dollars and gravel truck 150 dollars. State police officer J Ray Miller and Sanford Allen investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Landis
Jesse Wilson
Flora
Bringhurst
Landis
Wilson
J. Ray Miller
Sanford Allen
Stephen A Bryan Dies At 86 In Frankfort Home
Stephen A Bryan a retired Clinton county farmer stock raiser and former banker died at 6 am Monday at his daughter Mrs H R Smith's home. Services were held Wednesday at 2 30 p m and burial followed in Green Lawn cemetery Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen A. Bryan
Clinton County
H.R. Smith
Green Lawn
Frankfort
Notice of summer closing for Journal and Delphi Citizen
The Offices of the eee Journal and the Delphi Citizen will close on Saturday afternoons throughout the summer months beginning Saturday June 3. The publishers announce the schedule and request readers note the temporary change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eee Journal
Delphi Citizen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ella Lucas
L. C. Lucas
Ireland
Dental Corps
U. S. Army Air Corps
Catherine McCain
Carl Bailey
Pediatrics
Ren
David Combs
Pacific
Southwest
Admiralty
Combs
Comb
Margaret Rusk
WAC
Red Cross
Sgt. Gilbert Bailey
MacMillan and Company, Publishers
Bostick and Thornley
New York Times
MacMillan’s
Delta
Boy
Overseas
Will Smock
Mrs. Butler III
M. Clementia
Joliet
Marie Walter
Joseph Giese
Wayne
Anna Thomett
Herman Giese
Twin Falls
Idaho
Rose Giese
William
Minnesota
John McDowell Elkhart
Lier
Thers
United States of America
American Legion Auxiliary
Psi Otes
Hasset
Haugh
Action
Fighting Men of
Lili
Pvt
Francis Wayne Johns
Ft. Harrison
Rockfield High School
Rockfield Christian
Howard Wayne Slusser
Eng
Sgt
Francis Sebring
Howard W. Slusser
South
Brok
Artic
5Th War Loan
ORA Shirar
Clarence D. McKinley
Jerry Haugh
Chrs Chamales
Russell K. Sink
Ralph Maggart
Robert van Slyke
Harry Hatton
Department of Education
U.S. Treasury Department
Treasury Ent
Naval Station
Glenn Richard Harner
Kenneth Leroy Kelly
Edward Glenn Floyd
Matthew Ernest Jackson
Leonard O. Downing
Deane Edward Yeakley
Frederick Castle Williams
Donald Leon Kelly
Cecil Alfred Gaby, Jr
Gordon Gee Jervis
Don Robert Moore
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