Muttnik joke sparks early alarm at Sunshine Dairy
In Delphi a Sun shine Dairy employee Byram Crosby heard a dog howl at 4 a.m. and looked up to see a dog on Muttnik bark from the sky. The item recalls safety concerns and features the quip about sunshine milk from the dog. The column then shifts to memorial notes about Emma Hillhouse and local anecdotes including a purse recovered by Purdue students and Halloween vandalism nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byram Crosby
Byram
Sunshine Dairy
South Delphi
Crosby
Hun
Williams Golden Anniversary Observed by Local Couple
Mr and Mrs Charles Williams of Delphi rural route 4 plan a golden wedding anniversary open house on Sunday November 10 from 2 to 5 pm They reside at the Lee Shaeffer farm south of Delphi The couple were married November 12 1907 in Delphi Their daughter Mrs Ralph Hill of Delphi and two grandchildren Robert Hill and Frank Hildebrandt plus two great grandchildren Sandra and Marsha Hill will join in the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Williams
Delphi
Deer’ Creek
Williams
Lee Shaeffer
Nellie Stoops
Ralph Hill
Robert Hill
Frank Hildebrandt
Sandra
Marsha Hill
Legion To Mark Veterans Day With Two Events
Harry Bohannon Post 75 American Legion plans two Veterans Day activities. On Sunday November 10 members attend 10 a.m. services at Delphi Methodist Church with Rev Loran Campbell delivering a sermon. Members meet 9:30 a.m. at the Legion home and proceed to the church. On Monday the Armistice anniversary the legion hosts a 4 p.m. smorgasbord at the Legion home followed by a 9 to 12 p.m. dance featuring Marge Carr and her trio from Logansport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bohannon Post
American Legion
Delphi Methodist Church
Loran Campbell
Legion
Marge Carr
Logansport
Local Births Reported in Delphi Area
Mrs. Jack Fultz of Delphi welcomed a daughter on November 4 at Home Hospital Lafayette. Mr and Mrs John Robert Miller of Lafayette welcomed daughter Mitzi Jane on October 23. Mr Miller is a former Delphi high school coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fultz
Delphi
Home Hospital
Lafayette
John Robert Miller
Laporte
Mitzi Jane
Miller
Mrs Coffey Chosen To Lead Red Cross First Aid Group
Carroll County Red Cross appoints Mrs William D Coffey of Delphi as county first aid chairman. The committee includes Roy Clauser as city rep, Mabel Wharton RN, Marie Burns Flora area, Richard Eikenberry, Joseph Peterson, Marie Hanrahan, Dr T Neal Perry as advisor. Hazel Miller of National Red Cross assists organizing. Instructors planned by January 1 with countywide availability by April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Thayer
Carroll County
Red Cross
William D. Coffey
Delphi
Roy Clauser
Mabel Wharton
Marie Burns
Flora
Richard Eikenberry
Joseph Peterson
Marie Hanrahan
T. Neal Perry
Hazel Miller
National Red Cross
Coffey
Mann Returned to Carroll County Jail for Forged Check Charge
Donald L. Mann, 24, of Rensselaer, was returned to Carroll County jail from Indianapolis Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Miller. Mann is wanted in Carroll County for passing an insufficient funds check at the A and S Standard Service station in South Delphi in September. He was apprehended at Stout Field in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Mann
Rensselaer
Carroll County
Indianapolis
Miller
Mann
the & and S Standard
South Delphi
Stout Field
Settle Suit Over Damaged House Between Lucas and Treichels
The Lucas couple Theodore and Mary sued Meredith and Walter Treichel for damages. The case settled out of court on November 1 with no damages awarded. Courtesy Builders were ordered to complete delivery of the unfinished house to the Treichels, who then conveyed it to the Lucases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Mary Lucas
Meredith
Walter Treichel
Treichels
Mayor Clauser Heads 51st Christmas Seal Sale Campaign
Delph i Mayor Roy C. Clauser will again serve as general chairman of the 51st annual Christmas Seal Sale Campaign opening November 15 and running through December. Seals at $1 per sheet fund TB education, x rays, and testing with most money staying in Carroll County for local sufferers and prevention efforts. Local volunteers drive the drive with chairmen listed across townships including Adams, Burlington, Clay, Deer Creek, Delphi, Jefferson, Liberty, Monroe, Rock Creek, Tippecanoe, and Washington townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy C. Clauser
Delphi
Carroll County
John McManus
Adams
Ane Jack Flora
Burlington
George Barnard
Carrollton Ee
Harold Chittick
Clay
Homer Wilson
Deer Creek
Kenneth Neavell
Rachel Haggard
Beverly Petry
Pat Myers
Harry Robertson
Democrat
Jessie Jenkins
Jackson
Roscoe Bryant
Jefferson
Mack Snyder
Liberty
Milford Welch
Madison
John Herndon
Monroe
Flora
Ruth Murphy
Gordon Flora
Rock Creek Two
Dale Craig
Tippecanoe
J. E. Minnich
Washington
Real Whodunit in Carroll County Office The Missing Check Protector
Carroll County officers faced a real whodunit Saturday when the check protector vanished from Hoy Musselman’s locked office after hours. The room also contained a calculator and adding machines. a new check protector costing 175 dollars was bought Tuesday. Banks were alerted to watch for forged Carroll County checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Hoy Musselman
Court House
Rites Today For Mrs Hillhouse Delphi Restaurant Owner
Mrs Emma A Hillhouse 65 died of a heart attack Monday night at the Welcome Inn Cafe in Delphi where she and husband Harry operated. Born October 8 1892 in Lafayette she earlier worked for the Monon railroad and with her husband ran restaurants in Lafayette Thorntown Delphi and managed Country Clubs at Frankfort and Delphi. Survived by husband son Charles H Lafayette two brothers George Fletemyer Florida and Richard Fletemyer Indianapolis funeral services Thursday at 1 30 P M from Jackson funeral home Rev Loran Campbell officiating burial in Springvale Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma A. Hillhouse
Harry
Delphi
Lafayette
Thorntown
Frankfort
William
Lydia Fletemyer
Monon Railroad
Hillhouse
Salem Reformed Church
Delphi- Eastern Star
Charles H
George Fletemyer
Florida
Richard Fletemyer
Indianapolis
Jackson Funeral Home
Loran Campbell
Springvale Cemetery
Carroll Township backs Carroll group in consolidation vote
Voters in Democrat township approve joining with the Carroll County School Consolidation plan affecting Washington Carrollton Burlington Monroe and Democrat townships. Totals show 208 support to 162 against for Carroll group with two precincts totaling 208 162 and 208 against 158 in the Rossville option. Trustees from four townships ready to sign papers with Don Mitchell authorized to execute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Washington
Carrollton
Burlington
Monroe
Democrat
Carroll Group
Rossville
Carroll
Democrat Township
Don Mitchell
Delphi Mayor Proclaims Veterans Day 1957 Observance
Roy C. Clauser mayor of Delphi calls all residents to observe Veterans Day November 11 1957 by displaying the U S flag over homes and by pausing at 11 00 A M to offer a prayer for peace and unity in facing common peril this 5th day of November 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roy C. Clauser
City of
Delphi
Delphi Merchants ToSfold Clinic on Advertising
Miss Dorthea Shaffer announces a Retail Advertising Clinic in Delphi on Nov 18 19 and 20 to aid merchants with advertising issues. Richard Allesee of Indianapolis will cover budgeting for ads types of advertising writing effective ads and using promotional materials. Sponsored by Associated Retailers of Indiana Indiana University State Department of Public Instruction Delphi Chamber of Commerce and Delphi schools. Free program with two week duration and second week for individual consultations. Reservations via Chamber of Commerce Box 37 or phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorthea Shaffer
Delphi
Allesee
Indiana University
WSAU
WTTS
Bloomington
WLOI
LaPorte
Associated Retailers of Indiana
State Department of Public Instruction
Delphi Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Bell to Fly in Giant Air Force Exercise
Airman First Class Rex Bell son of Mr and Mrs Delbert Bell of Radnor has been chosen to fly as Crew Chief on the Bomber for the Ellsworth Air Force Base South Dakota Wing at a Strategic Air Command Bombing competition in Fort Worth Texas The exercise pits SAC against the Royal Air Force in a mock bombing of Atlanta Kansas City and St Louis to test effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex. Bell
Delbert Bell
Radnor
Ellsworth Air Force Base
South Dakota
U. S
Strategic Air Command
Fort Worth
Texas
Royal Air Force
Atlanta
Kansas City
St. Louis
Father Son Banquet Slated by Hickory Grove Church
The Hickory Grove banquet plans its annual father son event in the church dining room on Wednesday November 13 at 7 p.m. The gathering highlights fellowship and community engagement with families invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Grove
Union Bank to observe Veterans Day holiday
Union Bank & Trust Company will observe Veterans Day as a legal holiday on Monday November 11 and will be closed for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank & Trust Company
Gifts From County For Mental Patients Project
The Public Services Company of Delphi will serve as a depot for Christmas gifts for mental hospital patients. Local organizer Mrs. Charles Kerith explains pickup tags and gift ideas at the depot. Depots in Flora Camden Burlington join the effort with a December 1 deadline. Gifts pass to Logansport State hospital in mid December. quotas include 500 men 500 women and 100 optional gifts. Mrs. John T. Kirkpatrick of Delphi is the state chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Services Company of
Delphi
Charles Kerith
Hanaway
Flora
Siles Drugs
Camden
Opal
Burlington
Logansport State Hospital
Indiana Association For Mental Health
John T. Kirkpatrick
Property Sold George Brewer Buys Watson Property
George Brewer purchased the Watson property on West Main Street from Mr and Mrs Virgil Roth of Tucumcari New Mexico. Charles M Flora realtor negotiated the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brewer
Watson
West Main Street
Virgil Roth
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Charles M. Flora
Local attorney named to Indiana Traffic Court Committee
Watson C. McCormick, a local attorney, is appointed as a member of the Traffic Court Committee of the Indiana State Bar Association. The appointment adds McCormick to a panel guiding traffic court issues and professional standards within the state bar association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson C. McCormick
Indiana State Bar Association
Coolness under fire lands B-25 with relief crew
At Reese Air Base a B-25 with hydraulic failure landed safely after Lt. James E. Ferrier of Delphi Indiana and pilot Aviation Cadet Lawrence Dorcey used use hand equipment to lower gear and pump flaps in under a minute. Maj. Susko praised the students calmness. Ferrier is Indiana University 1952 graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese Air. Force Base
Tex
James E. Ferrier
Delphi
Ind
Lawrence Dorcey
Ferrier
Farm Families To Host Twenty Brazil Visitors
County agents announce a group of twenty Brazilian agriculture leaders will visit this weekend. They will arrive by bus Friday afternoon at the Extension Office and depart Monday morning. The delegation includes doctors, agronomists, professors, and farm managers visiting Washington, Chicago, Texas, and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ten Carroll
Harold Berry
Messers and
Mesdames Clayton Million
Joe Henderson
Howard Smith
Raymond Dillman
Miles Martin
Vernon Hausenfluck
Lloyd Mikesell
Clifford Long
Lee Flora
Fred McCain
Fred Rodkey
Tom Forgey
Harry Wilson
Mendes Arcoverde
Aluisio Costa
Jose Vaz Espinheira
Constantino Ferreira
Ivo Hauer
Claudio Leite
Antonio Mendes
Fernando Osorio
R Rheingantz
Zenon Rocha
Joao Roma
Vianna Silva
Tavares Silva
Dos Santos Filho
United States
Brazil
States
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Texas
Indiana
Miss Mary Smock Returns From Month Long Europe Trip
Miss Mary Smock has returned after a month abroad in Europe. She visited multiple cities and reports a pleasant journey with enjoyable sights and experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Smock
Europe
Donation of 158 Books to Delphi Library Memorial Collection
The Delphi Library receives 158 donated volumes from the late Dr. J William Wright of Indianapolis. His son J William Wright Jr presents a diverse set including Lincoln's Library and Holmes works, with children's books among the gifts. Additional memorial donations are announced by Miss Mary Cochran e and include works on genealogy and ancestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
J. William Wright
Indianapolis
Wright
J. William Wright, Jr
Indiana Medical Association
Lincoln
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thomas Dial
Dial
Meredith Carney
Robert Wagoner
Colburn
Carroll Farmers Sue for 1.614 Million Over Creek Pollution
About 140 plaintiffs from Carroll County sue in Howard circuit court Kokomo seeking 1.614 million in damages for continued Wildcat Creek pollution affecting 3,000 acres of bottom land. They allege harm to crops and fish stock and name Continental Steel, General Motors units, Union Carbide, Chrysler, Miller Packing, and the City of Kokomo as defendants. Jump and Lacey represent the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Howard
Kokomo
Howard County
Continental Steel Corporation
Delco Radio Division
General Motors Corporation
Haynes Stellite Company
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Miller Packing Company
Wildcat Creek
Elmer
Carrie Armstrong
Walter Barker
Dwight Bennett
Nellie McCormick
B. O. Billiard
Ray Blangy
Ernest
Ruth Brown
Walter
Gertie Brown
Herbert Cassell
Victor Cooper
Lucy Cleland
Malinda Cooper
Millie Cramer
Esther Shanks
Azel Davis
George Delrymple
Sam Dixon
Fern J. Dryer
Benjamin
Lena Dye
Dale
Ruth Elsen
Virgil
Charline Ferguson
O. V. Garrett
John Stout
Morris Stout
Louie
Blanche Greenlee
Jesse C
John E. Harmon
Richard and
Mary Harrison
Earl
Iosa Haym
Roy
Mary Heaton
Frank Hinkle
Russell Hinders
Hindman Company
Paul Hobson
Lloyd
Ruth Hollinsworth
Jack Holcom
Vance
Holcom
Mary Holcom
Lloyd Perkins
James Hoppes
Jesse
Bessie Johnson
John T. Johnson
Myron J. Johnson
Roberta Morehouse
Paul C
Lucy A. Johnson
James
Esther Kirkendall
Wardie C. Mason
Lydia Mason
Lee Miller
Don
Golda Mitchell
Kenneth Name
Frank
Celesta Newby
Russell
Lena Newby
Charles Newell
Fred Warner
Percy Niedlinger
Richard
Alice Ortman
Mae Oyler
Glen and
Mabel Ritchey
Kenneth Sharp
Ruby Sharp
Claude W. Sheets
Fred Rodkey
Joe and
Tresa Ruegamer
Claude Simpson
Guy and
Clyde Sibbitt
Clara B. Smith
Glen Smith
Bernie Smoker
Tillman
Mabel Snipes
Joe Snyder
Carl and
Gladys Sparks
Star Roller Mills
Veral Sparks
Myria K. Taylor
Paul
Dora Tyner
William and
Mary Walker
Harold and
Doris Washington
Clifford Wasson
Lewis and
Lillie Watson
Fred E. Way
Donald Webster
Benjamin and
Agnes Whitacre
Chester White
Ira C. Landis Former County Teacher Dies in California
Ira C. Landis aged 74 died in Riverside California. He taught at Cutler Delphi and Burrows before leaving the county in 1910 and spent 48 years in Riverside school work. A Tra C Landis Auditorium honors his memory. Surviving are his wife Beth two children and three Camden sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie
Lenna Landis
Eva Robeson
Camden
Ira C. Landis
Riverside
California
Landis
Riverside Presbyterian Church
Cutler, Delphi
Burrows
Local High School Basketball Schedule and Results
This week features Friday games Flora at Rossville, Young America at Burlington, Winamac at Camden, Wadena at Cutler, and Prairie Two versus Deer Creek at Camden. Saturday matchups include Prairie Two against Deer Creek. Last week Cutler 52 Deer Creek 50 and Tipton Twp 75 Burlington 57 with Camden Freshmen hosting Flora Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Rossville
Young America
Burlington
Winamac
Camden
Wadena
Cutler
Pine Two
Deer Creek
Tipton
National Education Week Observed by Local Schools
National Education Week runs November 10 through 16 with activities to inform patrons about school aims. On November 11 the Delphi PTA meets at 7 p m in the school auditorium then teachers host parent visits at Monroe Street and Hillcrest schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Pta
Monroe Street
Hillcrest
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Muttnik
Emma Hillhouse
Emma
Welcome Inn
Cari. Spear
Spear
Purdue
Betty
Ediite Parks
East Franklin Street
Brethern
Pittsburg
Church of the Brethren
Wiley Cassell
Legion To
Mrs. Coffey
Clauser
TB Seal Sale
Mrs. Hillhouse
Delphi Merchants ToSfold
Rex Bell
Jump
Noel
Lacey
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