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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
1
Mrs Byram Crosby shares a letter from her brother Maurice Pelton in Ireland describing daily life with U S forces. He mentions blackout darkness rain travel limits and local amusements while noting censored letters and upcoming army anniversary.
Miss Doris Lane daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Lane Bringhurst has left her recent Purdue University job to become private secretary to Dean Mary L Matthews of the Purdue School of Home Economics.
Lieutenant Jack Swickard son of Mr and Mrs William Swickard of Delphi Indiana was one of two from Indiana commissioned as second lieutenants in the US Army Air Forces and graduated today from Midland Texas bombardier school He attended Indiana University and Maxwell Field Alabama and was a Delphi High School class of 1940 graduate Swickard took five weeks of preparatory aircrew training then twelve weeks of intensive bombardier instruction learning navigation meteorology aerial gunnery camouflage detection bombsight operation and related theory with graduates often assigned to combat units or remaining as instructors
The Park Board will meet this week to appoint a leader for the summer recreational program at city parks. Mayor C. T. Amick notes the effort aims to enlarge activities after the WPA program ended. Carl Adams, athletic director and Delphi High School coach, directed last summer’s activities including softball archery baseball tennis and croquet.
Funeral services for William H. Bragunier 82 of Delphi were held at Blythe funeral home with Rev. Harry Parker officiating. Burial followed in Masonic cemetery. He died Monday at 6:30 am after long illness at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette. Bragunier a plumber worked Delphi 30 years with prior stints in Marion and Logansport. Born Delphi June 10 1859 he married Emma Buckley in October 1881 who died February 1923. Surviving are two half sisters and four half brothers.
St Joseph school youth teams played a doubleheader Tuesday with the Sox sweeping both games 10 to 7 and 11 to 9. On the losing side Joe Wood Reed Sales and Bill Rozhon starred for Cubs, while Jack Robinson Dick Vianco and Mary Clifford led Sox. Umpire Charles Flagler said he was brought in good style with no arguments as Father Schmitt Sisters of St Joseph and several spectators watched.
Charles James has enlisted in the army and is assigned to the army construction division. He is married and a father of two children.
Mayor C. Clay Pearson outlines United Service Organization fundraising from June 8 to June 20 with a house-to-house canvass to aid in building recreational centers and clubhouses for US armed forces. The drive, backed by the American Legion and service groups, includes an information meeting at the armory with speakers Mrs. Wayne Brechbeil Major Nile Banger and Rev. Harry Parker. Community township meetings follow at Adams Yeoman Pittsburg New Hope Pyrmont schools through Monday and Thursday evenings.
Miss Elsie Bucklew will marry Muret Nugent in a May 24 ceremony at the Bucklew home in Coal City. Bucklew, a Delphi home economics teacher, will wed Nugent of Elnora, a Delphi Junior High teacher. The service at Coal City Baptist Church will be officiated by Rev. Roy Bridwell with Grace Stanton and Ray Angerer as attendants. Angerer is in army service at Scott Field. Immediate family and close friends will attend. Bucklew plans to resume teaching next fall. Nugent will enter training after army deferment ends.
The marriage of Miss Martha Belle Johns to Raymond White, held January 25 in Peru, was announced at a dinner hosted by Mrs. Harry Johns of Yeoman. Mrs. White, Delphi High School graduate, works as a stenographer for Globe Valve in Delphi. Mr. White, Cutler High School graduate, is a supervisor at the Lafayette Aluminum plant. They will reside with Mrs. Cloid Kerlin in Delphi.
Mrs Blythe Lyon of Flora was named administratrix of her mother Mary Augusta Draper’s estate in Carroll circuit court. She qualified by posting a $1,000 bond. A D Bishop serves as attorney for the estate.
Winfield Light of Peru was fined five dollars and costs by Rossie L. Dern in the justice of the peace court here Wednesday. Light had been arrested on Tuesday by State Patrolman Bernard Leavitt for speeding through Burrows.
The Delphi Indiana State Guard company will travel to the U S Government Rifle Range at Frankfort for a weekend drill and target practice. Lieutenant Asa Cohee says the Delphi unit will depart Saturday and return Sunday evening. They will observe a demonstration by a rifle drill squad from the Military Police Battalion at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Sergeants Clyde Ogle and Elmo Dotson assist Cohee.
Miss Josephine Odell of Logansport resigns from the primary school staff at the end of the current term. With thirty five years in service she retires to return to her home city. A Delphi high school graduate she taught in Cutler Delphi New Castle and Logansport.
Ruth Ayres long time Carroll county welfare director was handed a dismissal note after refusing to resign and facing board demands. The board cited insubordination over old age pension requests while Ayres vowed to appeal to the state board. Helen Meyer named acting director as a new head will be appointed within ninety days.
The Legion Auxiliary led by Poppy Day chairman Mrs Harve Hoshaw plans a street sale of paper poppies on May 23. Poppies from Marion Veterans Hospital are made by disabled veterans. donations support welfare work for disabled veterans and families. Mr and Mrs Frederick Davis relocated from North Washington to Lafayette.
Six clinics have provided complete dental care this month to Delphi grade school students and a junior high group. Local dentists aided by county nurse Esther Gregg contacted families and arranged the program. Two more clinics remain in May. A theater party at the Roxy sponsored by Tri Kappa and Chris Chamales will cap the effort with a teeth care reel and the feature film. Mrs. Robert Wood led the charity committee, assisted by Mary Smock and others.
Kenneth R. Lancaster of Illinois is named general supervisor of Camp Tecumseh near Delphi by George D. Wheeler Y M C A official. He will arrive to begin duties on June 1 succeeding Merle E. Carver. Lancaster is Missouri graduate with Y work in Michigan and graduate study at George Williams College and University of Chicago. 4 H club periods at the camp run July 19 to August 2, with other periods TBA.
A milk truck and a semi trailer collided on state road 25 two miles west of town Monday afternoon. Milk truck driver Lee Flora and passenger Robert Ruffner 13 sustained facial and hand burns while other occupants suffered minor cuts and bruises. The vehicles belonged to Sunshine Farms and Lyman Trucking. Sheriff and state patrol investigated. no arrests. Also, court dates set for two ejectment and title suits in Carroll circuit court. Scouts plan a Saturday paper collection. residents asked to leave bundles on porches.
The regular monthly executive meeting of the Carroll County Chapter of Red Cross will be held in the Red Cross office May 25 at 4 o clock. All executive members are urged to attend.
John M. Clark, 62, of Burlington, became the first name drawn by Carroll county draft board members as they assign serial numbers to men aged 45 to 65 who recently registered. The list of the first twenty five names includes Russell E. Boring, Denis M. Johnson, Oliver N. Perry, Raymond A. Ensinger, and others from Burlington, Delphi, Flora, and surrounding townships.
Dr. Insley Osborne head of the English department at Wabash College spoke at the last Town Hall meeting of the series. He blamed public apathy for democratic weakness and argued Congress is hampered by mediocrity and self interest. He urged voters to educate themselves and choose representatives who serve the public good.
Curtis McCain chair of the Carroll county rationing board answers questions on sugar for canning. A May 21 telegram from the state office says no sugar for canning by local boards until further notice. initial allotment was five pounds per person. Glee Clawson will spend Thursdays in Flora to assist nearby townships. Flora residents may still travel to Delphi for books. Surplus sugar should be used as if rationed. No mail applications for books or canning sugar. Mrs Mary Haugh and three Clifford relations plus Mrs May Craig attended the Ft Wayne Diocese convention in Lafayette.
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