Delphi community notes and local council actions
County Council rejected raises for County Superintendent Dick Callane and Attendance Officer Bertha Noble, promising a future minimum by law raise for Callane. Other items include a police pension debate, Michael Johnson's college visit, a house sale on Monroe and Union Streets, Rubinoff’s school concerts, armory sale delays, a Paris postal note on brass imports, calendar quirks for 1959, deer hunting licenses, and a Good Housekeeping feature noting author Lewis Shaffer’s Delphi roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Callane
Callane
Bertha Noble
Delphi Gets Dial Phone System In Modern Upgrade
The Carroll Telephone Company's new dial switchboard is installed in Delphi with Kellogg Company staff guiding. Larry Willis in West Virginia and Frank Vekoski lead technicians as 200 line finder frames are verified, wiring is soldered or wrapped, and 20 toll lines to Lafayette are planned with direct dialing to several towns.
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Carroll Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Ourself
Larry Willis
West Virginia
The
Kel
David Wood
Kellogg Company
Chicago
Dave
Frank Vekoski
Maitland
Florida
Vekoski
Lowell
East
North
West Delphi
South Delphi
Delphi
Lafayette
Yeoman
Camden
Idaville
Rockfield
Yeoman Methodists Plan 21000 Educational Unit
Yeoman Methodist church members voted to build a 21000 educational unit at the rear of the church. The plan includes seven classrooms a kitchen rest rooms and a large auditorium with work led by Orla Timm building committee Glen Daves and Russell Sigman. Don Bunnell to serve as finance chairman with construction set to start by fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeoman Methodist Church
Orla Timm
Glen Daves
Russell Sigman
Yeoman Farm Bureau
Jefferson PTO Meeting Notes and Old Settlers Day Mention
Jefferson township Parent-Teachers Organization plans a November 15 7 30 p m gathering at Yeoman school with references to late Steve Beja and C B Shaffer. Mrs William Spry quotes Punta Gorda Florida news about Ricky a Boston bulldog found dead and buried with the dog tag showing owner E J Warnock 302 N Calumet Kokomo Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Township
Yeoman
William Spry
Punta Gorda
Florida
Ricky
E. J. Warnock
N. Calumet
Kokomo
Indiana
Practice Teachers at Delphi Hillcrest Programs
Mrs Margaret Simpson and Mrs James Friday, Purdue students, are doing practice teaching in Delphi. Simpson works under Irene Mason at Hillcrest while Friday is supervised by Virginia Shindler at Hillcrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Simpson
James Friday
Purdue
Delphi
Simpson
Irene Mason
Hillcrest
Friday
Virginia Shindler
Girl Scout Development Committee to meet in Delphi
The Development Committee of Project 52 will hold an interpretive meeting in Delphi REMC auditorium on Wednesday November 18 at 1 p m. The event invites parents civic groups and adults to learn about the new organization benefiting Delphi Girl Scouts and Brownies. Mrs John Earl Walker and Mrs Ruth Howard will present with Shirley Hutchinson aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Project 52
Council of Girl Scouts
Carroll
White
Clinton
Cass
Howard
Miami
Wabash
Fulton
Pulaski
REMC
Delphi
Girl Scout Movement
Brownies
Girl Scouts of
John Earl Walker
Eva Meade Dies in Texas Widow of Harve Meade
Mrs. Eva Meade widow of Harve Meade formerly of Wheeling died in Amarillo Texas. Her husband died two years ago. Surviving are three children all residing in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Meade
Harve Meade
Wheeling
Amarillo
Texas
West
Mystery Farm owner revealed with three correct guessers named
Three people named James Oyler Robert Robbins and W O Pettiner correctly identified last week’s Mystery Farm as Millard Geiser’s farm just west of Camden on State Road 218. This week’s Mystery Farm is pictured on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Oyler
Route 3
Delphi
Robert Robbins
W. O. Pettiner
Camden
Millard Geiser
Oracles Open Season Friday Midget Squad
The Delphi Oracles begin a new season with Ron Galloway back as top scorer. After a 5 15 season last year the team aims to improve, aided by a strengthened bench but facing rebounding as a major issue with a notably short starting five. Russ Landis is highlighted as a developing junior.
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Delphi Oracles
Ron Galloway
Oracle
Oracles
Don Roth
Dick Laprad
Bill Schock
Jerry Goyer
Dennis Zook
Russ Landis
Ten farm census takers named for Carroll county area
The 1959 Census of Agriculture will start within a week with ten enumerators under two supervisors. Robert Van Lesh leads in Carrollton and Washington townships, and Dwaine K. Ward, Robert W. Robbins, Ralph Dean Anderson, and others work across neighboring townships. Training is underway in Lafayette and Logansport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Orville Thompson
Cass County
William MaHanna
Tippecanoe County
Thompson
Robert van Lesh
Carrollton
Washington Townships
Stanley Anderson
Democrat Township
Lena Leikenberry
Monroe
Roma Cline
Jackson
Liberty
Margaret Siblett
Burlington
MaHanna
Mary Eileen Coble
Adams
Shirley A. Larsen
Jefferson
Dwaine K. Ward
Madison
Clay
Robert W. Robbins
Rock Creek
Deer Creek
Ralph Dean Anderson
Tippecanoe
Lafayette
Logansport
Good Samaritans Aid Stricken Farmer With Harvest
Seventeen neighbors gathered at Robert Pullen’s home south of Delphi to harvest his corn and prepare lunch. Five cornpickers worked the field while others piled corn and prepared dinner for the group. Pullen, ill for seven weeks after surgery, is now home and improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Gingrich
John Gingrich
Orton Zook
Morris Branstetter
Alfred Burton
Adolph Timmons
Robert Dittman
Gene Jennings
Robert Pullen
Pullen
Delphi 1959 Football Honors Banquet Scheduled
Delphi’s 1959 football team will be honored by parents at the cooperative supper Monday night November 16 at 6 p m in the high school cafeteria. A film of the North Judson Delphi game will be shown and the most valuable player award will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Eileen
Delphi Thespians
Johnnie Jones
Sophia Glutz
Council to draft Delphi police pension plan ordinance
Delphi's city council accepted a petition from four Delphi Police Department members for a police pension fund and authorized City Attorney Ralph Hanna to prepare the ordinance creating a Police Fund Board. The read is set for Nov 23 with a 3 percent salary deduction for 20 years, and funding begins in 1979 with projected annual costs of about $8,000.
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Delphi
Ralph Hanna
Clauser
Robert Wilson
William Walters
Otto Jensen
State Board of Accounts
Wilson
Walters
Jensen
Indiana
Police Fund
C. C. Mullins
Gary
Northwest
Indiana Fraternal Order of Police
Metropolitan Police Department
Federal Security Agency
Police Pension Fund Board
Police
Robert Coomey
Clyde Myers
John I. Bowman
Lyman Smith
Board of Commissioners
Smith
Beryl Beckner
Lewis Mullin
Vaughan Snider
Monroe Township
Robert McCarty
Rock Creek Township
Rubinoff Captivates Delphi Audiences With Violin Mastery
Delphi Rotary brings Rubinoff and pianist Edwin Deveny to Delphi for five concerts including daily school shows and an evening performance. The famed violinist charms audiences from children to seniors with his Stradivarius and engaging showmanship, delivering a Warsaw Concerto highlight and praising the educational value of bringing good music to schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubinoff
Delphi
Edwin Deveny
Liszt
Delphi Rotary
Deveny
Tax total reported for fall installment period
County Treasurer Robert Ferrier reported $622,422.25 collected during the fall installment period. The peak day was Oct 28 with $66,199.41, and the largest single contribution was $23,648.17 from Northern Indiana Public Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ferrier
Indiana
DePauw Debater Virginia Peterson Hosts Friday Radio Show
Virginia Peterson, Delphi native and DePauw University sophomore, is a varsity debate squad member and hosts a weekly radio program on WGRE in Greencastle at 4 45 p m each Friday. The feature continues with a series of discussions and campus updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Peterson
Joseph Peterson
Delphi
DePauw
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Michael Johnson
Myron J. Johnson
Mike
San Jose State College
California
Sigma Delta Chi
San Jose
Indianapolis
Greencastle
H. B. Wilson
Clarence Jacksons
Mrs. Fowler
Will Rogers
George Washington
Kevin Ward
Roy Rogers
National Guard
Paris
France
Steve Young
Mahlon Kerlin
Madrid
Citizen
Good Housekeeping
Lee McGriffin
University of Michigan
William D. Revelli
John Kirkendall
Yeoman Methodists
Jefferson Pto
Steve Beja
C. B. Shaffer
Sandra Louise Ward
Joe Ward
Route 4
Sandra
Delphi High School
Good Samaritans
Northwestern Brook
Little Jeff
Rossville
Clinton Central
Flora
Colfax
Pine
Young America
Winamac
Mullin
Hanna
Thespians
Sister Eileen
Marlene Medley
Ruth
Miss Medley
Hileen
Colleen Bailey
Mike Bradshaw
Coleen Bailey
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