Quiet Fourth Wartime Memorial Day in Delphi
Delphi observed a quiet Memorial Day with stores closed and flags flying. Residents decorated graves and tended gardens while Scouts launched a bond drive, pledges collected citywide, and a Federation prize duck named Valentine was awarded to the group with the most members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
North Market Street
Robert Wood
Gearold Clawson
Conrad Dawson
Jessifeiland
Ives
Robert Hanng
Virginia Pletcher
Indianapolis
Howard Bradshaw
Roy Clauser
Ralph Maggart
Abner Bowen
Bradshaw
Willa
Catherine Bowen
Black’s
Valentine
George Brewer
Former Local Pastor to Wed Saturday
The marriage of Rev. Roy Strum of Madison Wisconsin and Miss Katherine Dunlavy of Mishawaka will be solemnized Saturday June 3 at the Howe Chapel Northwestern University. Rev. Sturm is a former Methodist minister and is completing residence requirements for a Ph D from the University of Wisconsin. Miss Dunlavy a Mishawaka teacher is a skilled musician who sang with the American Opera Company in Chicago.
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Roy Strum
Madison
Wisconsin
Katherine Dunlavy
Mishawaka
Howe Chapel
Northwestern University
Sturm
University of Wisconsin
Donlavy
American Opera Company
Chicago
Divorce Granted in Carroll Circuit Court
John F. Ward was granted a divorce from Mary E. Ward in Carroll circuit court this morning. Ward received custody of three minor children and is barred from remarriage for two years. E. E. Pruitt and Watson McCormick appeared for the parties and the state respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Ward
Carroll Circuit
Mary E. Ward
E. E. Pruitt
Watson McCormick
Chicago man to manage Federated store here
Raymond R. Sterzik of Chicago will manage the Federated store in Delphi, it was announced today by Forest Sprague, owner of the store. Sterzik has six years in sales merchandising and assumed his new duties Monday. His wife and daughter will move to Delphi soon.
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Raymond R. Sterzik
Chicago
Federated
Delphi
Forest Sprague
Former Brookston Boy Attends New Caledonia College
Corporal Victor E. Rotert, from Brookston Indiana, serves in the U S Army and attends the University of the South Pacific overseas college in New Caledonia. The program, led by Major General Frederick Gilbreath, conducts classes three nights weekly on a South Pacific base with Army Navy officers sailors nurses Red Cross workers and local civilians among the participants. Rotert previously worked for the Indianapolis Fire Department and studied at Indianapolis Technical High School before enlisting in June 1943. He has been overseas since January 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
New Caledonia
Cpl
Victor E. Rotert
Brookston
University of the South Pacific
United States Army
South Pacific
Army
Navy
Red Cross
New Zealand
Corporal Rotert
L. J. Rotert
Indiana
Chemical Service
Indianapolis Fire Department
Indianapolis Technical High School
R. Ju. Conarroe
Charles Crowden Awarded Air Medal
Charles L. Crowden, armored gunner on a B 25 bomber, is awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flights in the South West Pacific Area from December 1, 1944 to March 20, 1945. The award letter, signed by General George C. Kenney, praises sustained operational flight missions against enemy targets and notes pride in his command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Crowden
Eugene Crowden
Delphi
Southwest Pacific
Crowden
George C. Kenney
Poppy Sales Set Record Saturday By Legion Auxiliary
Poppy sales reached an all time high as 1250 imitation flowers were pinned on buyers, surpassing last year’s 1000. The drive boosted the disabled veterans fund by 132.32. Auxiliary members aiding included Freida Been chairwoman Florence Hoshaw Estelle Been Helen Talbert and others. Myrtle Pearson plans a trip to Wayne Michigan to visit daughter in law Mullendere. Mrs Reed’s family honors her birthday with a cooperative dinner at the Reed home. William Oswald, crossing watchman for the Wabash railroad, is seriously ill in Lafayette hospital. Helen Scowden and Mary Alice Martin, Delphi area graduates, leave June 1 for Washington DC to work as navy department typists. Mrs E W Bowen Hilda head to Champaign for weekend with the Bowens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Auxiliary
Freida Been
Florence Hoshaw
Estelle Been
Helen
Talbert
Clifford
Mrs. MacCurdie
Edith Farr
Lola Parks
Sue Wingard
William Oswald
Wabash Railroad
Lafayette
Helen Scowden
N.C. Scowden
Delphi
Mary Alice Martin
Gardner Martin
Liberty Township
Washington, D. Cc
Navy Department
Camp Tecumseh Opens For Summer With Planned Improvements
Camp Tecumseh YMCA on the Tippecanoe river near Delphi announces the camping season with Kenneth Lancaster in charge. The program features several sessions for boys and girls, 4-H camps, Purdue Freshmen, and State Hi Y events, plus major improvements over five years including a hospital, new cabins, swimming pool, courts, dining upgrades, and new equipment.
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Camp Tecumseh
Tippecanoe River
Delphi
Kenneth Lancaster
Sunshine Society
Lancaster
Janet Ferguson
Jefferson High School
Lafayette
John Harrison
Emerson High School
Gary
One Third of Canning Sugar Allotment Issued Now
Carroll County War Price and Rationing Board will issue one third of the 1945 sugar allotment to each family in the next few days due to partial receipt of coupons. When the remainder arrive, the full allotment will be issued to applicants. The local board is closed to the public every Wednesday. Delphian family visits and travel plans are noted, including Obear and Frye relatives and Mrs Hodn's mother in Alameda.
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Carroll County
Ora Shiraf
Delphi
George Obear
Martha
Judith
Hayes Frye
California
Iowa City
Mr. Frye
Obears
Alameda
Obear
Fryes
Santa Ana
Missing B-17 co-pilot Norman Schock found safe in Florida release
Mrs. Raymond Coble of Delphi reports her nephew Lieut. Norman R. Schock, co-pilot of a Flying Fortress, is safe after being released from a German prisoner of war camp. He had been missing since March 28 after a mission over German territory and had earned an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal while serving with the 401st Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force.
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Raymond Coble
Delphi
Florida
Norman R. Schock
Lt. Schock
401St Bombardment Group
Eighth Ai Force
Local Men Attend Veteran Affairs Meeting In Logan
Albert J. Denk Robert Davidson and Jason Been attended a Logan district meeting Monday evening about the new Veterans Affairs Commission created by the recent state legislature. The act allows district offices to aid returning veterans and permits county and city offices with local approval.
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Logan
Albert J. Denk
Robert Davidson
Jason Been
Logansport
Veterans’ Affairs Commission
Delphi Girl to Graduate from Illinois on June 3
Dorothy Jeanne Bowen of Delphi will graduate from the University of Illinois at the June 3 commencement. She earns a B F A in Painting. President Virgil M Haracher of the State University of Iowa will address the ceremony. The 3 p m exercises in George Huff gymnasium merge baccalaureate with the commencement following wartime precedent.
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University of Illinois
Dorothy Jeanne Bowen
Delphi
Virgil M. Haracher
State University of Iowa
George Huff
Robert Hedde Receives Wings and Naval Ensign Commission
Robert Hedde son of Mr and Mrs Robert Hedde of near Camden graduates from the Naval Aviation Base at Corpus Christi Texas receiving his wings and commission as ensign in the Naval Air Corps He will report to Jacksonville Florida for two months of operational training Ensign Hedde 21 is a Camden High School class of 1942 graduate and entered V 5 training at DePauw University in June 1943 Lt Ralph Parks is due home soon after surgery at Wakeman General Hospital Camp Atterbury Sgt Raymond E B Short reports Hedde earned his wings and commission amid a series of wartime notes on service men in the area
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Robert Hedde
Camden
Naval Aviation Base
Corpus Christi
Texas
Naval Air Corps
Jacksonville
Florida
Enfisign Hedde
Camden High School
DePauw University
Deer Creek Park Set to Open June 1 Plans Announced
Mayor Charles C. Wood announced Deer Creek Park will open June 1 with a summer plan for playgrounds and tennis facilities. A meeting tonight seeks a softball league manager for players up to sixteen, with $100 of new equipment. If enough chaperons are found the recreation room will stay open weeknights. Band concerts begin June 7 at 8 pm on park aisles.
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Deer Creek Park
Charles C. Wood
Park Recreation Room
Bath House
Wood
Park Recreation
Clarence Marocco
Last Semester Honor Roll Is Announced
The last semester honor roll is announced by Kenneth Pitts, high school principal. The list includes senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman honorees such as Virginia Brookbank, Mary Clauser, James French, June Allbaugh, Donna Collins, James Dickinson, Irene Sims, Marilyn George, Pattie Brewer, Joan Bush, Ruth Bowman, Charles Davis, and many others across grades.
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Kenneth Pitts
June Allbaugh
Donna Collins
James Dickinson
Della Herr
Coleen Rozhon
Katherine Scowden
Dick Smith
Mary Wagoner
Irene Sims
Glenn Wert
Helen Wise
Marilyn George
Rosemary Heffley
Meredith Herr
Bill Holmes
Helen Hutton
LaDonna Macy
Jeane Myers
Max Zook
Pattie Brewer
Mary Clifford
Zelda O'Farrell
Imogene Rhine
Carolyn Rule
Walter Wilson
Joan Bush
Frances Craig
Katheryn Freitag
Frances Grassmeyer
Mary Kathryn Lines
Ruth Bowman
Joan Clifford
Charles Davis
Charles Dickinson
Willie Ray Dyer
Bill Hendryx
Bob Lane
Louise Nagele
Ruth Ann Oaks
Roy Sheets
James Wilson
Joan Wise
George McCain
Private Tyler Home On Fifteen Day Furlough At Delphi
PFC William Tyler of Delphi, a 18 year veteran with National Guard service, returns home for a 15 day furlough after serving with the 38th Infantry Division on New Guinea Zig Zag Pass and Corregidor. He suffered a severe wound and undergone multiple arm surgeries and will seek further treatment at Ashford General Hospital in Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Also mentioned are Lt Oscar Kirkpatrick wounded in Germany and Lt JG Norman Lauchner, freed from a Japanese prison camp, visiting Frankfort, Indiana with notes of family connections.
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William “Duckie” Tyler
Delphi
National Guard
Indiana
New Guinea
Zig Zag Pass
Corregidor
Tyler
Pfc
MacArthur
Guard of Honor
Ashford General Hospital
Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Oscar Kirkpatrick
Maggie Kirkpatrick
New York City
Kirkpatrick
Germany
England
Summer band practice begins Tuesday announced
Clarence Marocco, director, announced today that summer band practice will start Tuesday. Beginners meet Tuesday morning, intermediate group Tuesday afternoon, and senior band Tuesday night in the school band room.
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Clarence Marocco
Local Woman’s Sons Receive Navy Commendations
Mrs Eva Jackson of Yeoman reports her sons Alonzo Marsh and Matthew Jackson earned commendations. John F Marsh a Chief Boatswain’s Mate received a Navy Commendation Ribbon for rescuing sailors off Angaur Island on September 13 1944. Alonzo Marsh served 29 months in the Pacific, now at New River NC. Matthew Jackson returned from a second trip to Southern France aboard S S Isaac Coles.
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Eva Jackson
Yeoman
Jersey City
Alonzo C. Marsh
Matthew Ernest Jackson
John Francis Marsh
M. E Jackson
Sandra Lee
John F. Marsh
North Atlantic
Pacific
Nate
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
United States Pacific Fleet
United States Naval
C. W. Nimitz
United States Navy
1St ‘Marines
States
New River
N. C
Mathew ‘Ernest’ Jackson Src
France
S. S. Isaac
1942 4-H Winner Margaret Hedderich Featured
Capper's Farmer June issue profiles Margaret Hedderich of Carroll county near Camden. Joan Miller notes Hedderich, a 1942 Roosevelt achievement award recipient, is majoring in nutrition and journalism at Purdue, radio staff announcer, and 4-H leader.
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Margaret Hedderich
Camden
Carroll County
Joan Miller
Capper’s Farmer
Yesteryear
Miss Hedderich
Chicago
Miss. Hedderich
Miss Miller
Purdue University
Red Cross
Roosevelt
National Club Committee
Rites Held Friday For Beard Infant
Private funeral rites were held at 10 a m Friday at Carter funeral home for Dwight Gale Beard six month old son of First Lieut and Mrs Dwight Gale Beard Sr of Rossville Rural Route His death occurred Wednesday night at Home hospital Lafayette Survivors are the parents paternal grandparents Lloyd and Mrs Beard Rossville Rural Route and maternal grandparents The mother is Dorothy Conrad The father a B 24 pilot recently returned from Italy and stationed at Rantoul Ill Rev Dale Brubaker officiated Burial was in Ball Hill cemetery Mr and Mrs James Obear visited relatives here last weekend
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Carter Funeral
Dwight Gale Beard
Rossville
Home
Lafayette
Lloyd Beard
Dorothy Conrad
Italy
Rantoul, Ill
Dale Brubaker
Ball Hill Cemetery
Senior Awards Highlight Delph i High Commencement
Commencement exercises Thursday evening featured senior merit awards for academics and activities. Recipients included Virginia Brookbank Eva Sheets Mary Clauser Rose mary Heffley and James French with honors across multiple disciplines and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradshaw
Virginia
Virginia Brookbank
Eva Sheets
Mary Clauser
Helen Scowden
Rosemary Heffley
James French
Max Zook
Mary Austin
Richard Grantham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gretchen Madanna
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Blythe Ambulance
Henry Powell
Roseann Vianco
William Vianco
Ichicago Man
Federated Store
New Caledonia College
Charles Crowden
Myrtle Pearson
Wayne, Michigan
Mullendere
E. W. Bowen
Hilda
Champaign
Charles Bowens
Purdue
Frank Hoan
Joan Bredehaw
Mary Lewis Obear
Norman Schock
Illinois
Commission
Raymond EB. Short
Wakeman General Hospital
Camp Atterbury
Ralph Parks
Everett Parks
Lt. Parks
Savannah
Georgia
15Th Air Force
Boyd Martin
Shoemaker
Roselyn Zook of
Radnor
Mrs
Charles Harner
William Tyler
J. G
Norman Lauchner
Philippines
Robert Lauchner
Frankfort
Laudhner
Charles Flora
Nimitz
Capper
James Obear
Prin. George
McCain
Wilma Johnson
American Legion Awards
Gregg Commercial
Business
LaDonna
Macy
Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Maggart Music
Yri Kappa
Waunita Haslet
Marilyn, Hubbard
Carleey Osborn
Russell Hathaway
Psi Iota Xi
Leon Anderson
Herfti—Jones
Dick Grantham
American Legion _Auxiliary
Roberta Johnson
Don Birley
Paul Kirkpatrick
Bill Campbell
Frack
Bill Cowdin
James
Paul Gushwa
Bob Jackson
Bill Dean Smith
Robert Carl Smith
Bob Robertson
Harvey Weaver
Bill Wood
Marvin Vic
Tor
Dick McClean
Don Anderson
Helen Gross
Mary Jo Sines
Sarah Wells
Frances Brown
Zelda O’farrell
Mary Penn
Camilla Cunningham
Mary Hanaway
Mary Rhine
Meredith Ward
Joyce Zook
Home Economics Club
John Bradshaw
Kathleen Brown
Dalton Perkins
Jesse Wilson
Mary Billen
Simeon Schmitt
Huntington
Norwood Gardner
Peoria
Ilinois
Elizabeth Gardner
John Roskuski
Hild‘red and
Marie
Fort Wayne
Major Donald Chapman
Camentere
Stella Givler
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