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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1963
Page
1
County Treasurer C L Carey reports final tax installment receipts totaling 811 970 77 with 806 277 92 collected in the previous year. County Clerk Frank Wilcox notes 74 percent voter turnout in Delphi's last election with 1146 of 1548 registered casting ballots, while 76 percent turnout in 1959 saw 1253 of 1646 votes.
Flora attorney Ann Burchett Briggs wife of Carroll County prosecuting attorney William Briggs receives special recognition in Who's Who Among American Women. She is the county bar's only woman, deputy prosecuting attorney, partner in her husband’s Flora law office, and president of the Carroll County Women's Democratic Club. She also serves as Regent of Charles Carroll Chapter DAR and hails from an Ashland Kentucky family. The club honors her as the county’s sole woman mentioned in the directory.
Ann B. Briggs of Flora is named a Kentucky Colonel during a Delphi Armory evening honoring 4-H leaders and the victorious Democratic ticket. Mayor-Elect Wayne VanSickle and officials spoke as Roberta Briggs and family received gifts and citations. The event featured leadership awards, remarks by Indiana IFYE leader Eric Holm, and sponsorship from local merchants.
Six attendees from Delphi Diane Robinson Shirley Vianco Bob Brooks Jack Little Mike Fife and Father Bernard Morgan depart Wednesday for New York City to attend the National Catholic Youth Organization convention through Monday. Accompanying Father Morgan are Miss Robinson Miss Vianco Mr Brooks and Mr Fife. Jack Little joins a diocesan youth bus trip to New York.
Lester D Smith 66 of Radnor died at a Florida hospital on his birthday after a brief illness. He retired from Monon Shops in Lafayette and is survived by a wife, daughter, five sons, three sisters, two brothers, nineteen grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Rites Saturday at Cornell funeral home with burial in Tippecanoe Memorial Gardens. Roy B Green 69 of Logansport died after a lingering illness. Survived by widow Eva a daughter a son two brothers a sister. Rites Thursday at Fisher funeral home with burial in Ever Rest Memorial cemetery. Dr Tracy Strong of Valparaiso to speak at Flora CROP Kickoff supper. Deloris Hess seeks divorce from Raymond Hess Jr with custody of an unborn child borne from Sept 16 1963 marriage and Nov 3 1963 separation. Ralph Hanna represents plaintiff.
Mr and Mrs Richard Wray route 4 Delphi welcome son Richard Scott born Nov 10 at St Elizabeth hospital. Charles Guckien Camden and Charles Walker Delphi announce daughters born at St Joseph hospital Logansport and Home hospital. Evert Watkins route2 Delphi greet son Evert Lee Jr born Nov 8. Hi Downing Homer Watkins grandparents. Gaylord Haan Flora and Joseph Ives Jr Delphi share newborns, Nancy born Nov 7 at St Elizabeth. Richard Edward born to J R Robinson Olatha Kansas. Robinsons' Nancy Bradshaw of Delphi is mother. Mrs Crundwell maternal grandmother of Mrs Robinson visited Olatha for great grandson. Joe Fowler visiting Miami Florida.
In Carroll county the 1963 United Fund Drive totals 14 271.37 dollars, 84 percent of the quota. Deer Creek and Madison hit 89 percent. Rocky Creek and Monroe exceed goals. Officials study variances, request reports from uncontacted residents to James Davis of Flora.
A wild mix of charges fills JP Lee Stone's court week. Numerous individuals from Delphi Flora Bringhurst Kokomo and Logansport face fines for hunting after sunset over limits and other violations. Several speeders and a few other offenses are noted alongside civic events and notices.
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