Veterans Day Respect and Local News Reflections
A column recalls flag neglect on Veterans Day across Main Street and surrounding spots, notes the courthouse and post office were bare while others flew flags. It also reports county election expenses, a new Main Street column by Dick Rainbolt, and local church window restoration plans led by Father Humbert in Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Court House Square
Court House
REMC
Legion Home
Dick Rainbolt
The
Journal
Mt. Joy
Pennsylvania
Mount Joy
Second District Legion Auxiliary Holds Meeting Here
More than 150 members of the Second District Legion Auxiliary gathered Wednesday at the Delphi Legion home for their November business meeting. District president Mrs. Margaret Cahill of Lafayette presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second District Legion Auxiliary
Delphi Legion Home
Margaret Cahill
Lafayette
Roy Clauser
Mahlon Kerlin
Art McDowell
Delphi
Eve Davidson
Estella Hutchinson
South Bend
Department
Hazel Shafer
Davidson
Lou Ethel Aide
Kentland
Cahill
Thelma Ransdel
Ralph Sanders
Lake Cicott
Department Civilian Defense
Rebecca Cannon
Louise Young
Crown Point
Masonic Temple
Births Reported in Indiana and Pennsylvania Aboard
Mr and Mrs William Schooler of Highland Indiana welcomed a son William III born November 11 at St Margaret s hospital in Hammond. Mr and Mrs William Schooler Sr of Delphi are paternal grandparents. Mr and Mrs William H Holmes of Media Pa are parents of son William Arthur born November 12 at Delaware County hospital in Philadelphia with Mr and Mrs Russell Holmes of Delphi as paternal grandparents. Mrs Holmes is the former Mary Cash, former local vocational home economics instructor. Mr and Mrs George Burrell of Noblesville are parents of daughter Brenda Ann born November 9 at Noblesville. Mrs Burrell is the former Olive Ann Carr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schooler
Highland
Indiana
William III
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Hammond
Delphi
William H. Holmes
Media
William Arthur
Delaware County Hospital
Philadelphia
Russell Holmes
Holmes
Thanksgiving Week Publication Notice
Due to Thanksgiving The Citizen will publish on Tuesday of next week. All advertising copy and news should reach the office promptly to meet that schedule.
Lindley to Be Replaced by Hesler in State Audit Office
Allen J. Lindley deputy state auditor for years will be replaced December 1 by Ralph S. Hesler of Indianapolis. Lindley has been on leave as a State Board of Accounts examiner and will return to that office.
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Allen J. Lindley
Cutler
Ralph S. Hesler
Indianapolis
Lindley
State Board of Accounts
Dartball League Play In Churches In Carrel County
Dartball leagues in Carrel county show 10 of 12 teams active in churches. Flora Presbyterian forfeited to Yeoman Methodist. Delphi Presbyterian and Rockfield Presbyterian split games. firsttime entrants include Delphi Christian and Burrows Presbyterian. Upcoming fixtures list matchups for the week and the Nov 18 slate.
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Carroll County
Rockfield Church of Christ
Delphi Methodist
Flora Presbyterian
Yeoman Methodist
Delphi Presbyterians
Rockfield Presbyterians
Delphi Christian
Flora Methodist Church
Burrows Presbyterian
Radnor Methodist
Pittsburg Church of the Brethren
Cutler Presbyterians
Rockfield Christian
Delphi Presbyterian
Pittsburg Brethren
Flora Methodist
Rockfield Presbyterian
Cutler Presbyterian
Delphi
Radnor
Cutler
Airline grad Miss Janice Fife joins American Airlines
Miss Janice Fife, a Delphi High School 1956 graduate, has accepted a position with American Airlines in Detroit after completing a program at McConnell Airline School in Minneapolis. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fife of Delphi.
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Janice Fife
McConnell Airline School
Minneapolis
American Airlines
Detroit
Janice
Robert Fife
Delphi
Delphi High School
Price Set Abner Bowen and Charles Flora Appraisers
Abner Bowen and Charles Flora named as appraisers in the matter of the coal company’s estate settlement and related proceedings. The order assigns valuation tasks to the two named appraisers for determining value and distribution.
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Abner Bowen
Charles Flora
Crops Show Opens November 28 in REMC Building
Carroll county 4 H and FFA Crops Show runs November 28 to December 1 at the REMC auditorium Delphi sponsored by the Delphi Chamber of Commerce Roy Snoeberger will judge exhibits at noon November 28 Exhibits drop off Wednesday from 7 30 am to 12 noon Classes for 4 H and FFA members include shelled corn ten ears corn soybeans oats and wheat A crops school is set for November 29 from 10 am to 3 pm and a judging contest occurs Friday morning and afternoon Key volunteers listed for tables boxes traps registration and show duties
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Carroll County
REMC
Delphi
Delphi Chamber of Commerce
Roy Snoeberger
FFA
W. S. Weaver
Bill Dickinson
Charles Beale
Rex Hinkle
James White
Wilmer Hodge
J. T. Downham
Junior Snider
Roy Slavens
Eagle Scouts to be Honored at Three Rivers Dinner
Raymond E Williams administrative assistant to the Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America will speak at the Three Rivers Council annual recognition dinner on November 28 Scouts who earned Eagle Rank in the past year will be honored Charles Boone Jr of Delphi is one honoree The Silver Beaver award will be presented by Charles A Wood of Delphi from the Executive Board
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Raymond E. Williams
Boy Scouts of America
Three Rivers Council
Charles Boone, Jr
Delphi
Charles A. Wood
Dr. Orr Attends National Pharmaceutical Association Meet
Dr. Jack E. Orr of Seattle plans a weekend with his parents in Delphi. He travels to Chicago this week for a committee meeting of the National Pharmaceutical Association where he serves as general chairman. He is dean of the School of...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack E. Orr
Seattle
Washington
F. H. Orr, Sr
Delphi
Orr
Chicago
National Pharmaceutical Association
Delphi Churches Join World In Annual Thanksgiving Service
The Interdenominational Thanksgiving service will be at 9 a m on Thanksgiving morning at the Presbyterian Church. Rev Mr Howell of the Delphi Ministerial Association says churches unite for an hour of song and prayer. Rev Joseph Radabaugh will give the meditation and other ministers will lead parts. Public is invited.
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Presbyterian Church
Howell
Delphi Ministerial Association
Joseph Radabaugh
Delphi’s Most Valuable Football Players Named
The 1956 Delphi football squad honors players at a high school supper. Jerry Wagner and Joe Hanna are named Delphi’s Most Valuable Players with trophies from Coach Berto. The All Northern State Conference team listing follows with players from Delphi, Rensselaer, Knox, North Judson, Morocco and other schools.
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Berto
Duane Purvis
Purdue
Delphi
Keith Pfledderer
Jim Lucas
Rensselaer
Calvin Schultz
Morocco
Bruce Nesius
Elmer Paris
North Judson
Delmar Risner
Russ Heiland
Jerry Wagner
Joe Hanna
Dick Brown
Delphi Woman Josephine Wells Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mrs. Josephine Wells 75 prominent Delphi resident died Wednesday night at St. Elizabeth hospital Lafayette after a week-long hospitalization. Born August 11 1881 in Green County Ohio she taught school before marrying Yanus Wells in 1906. She served in many community roles including church district secretary and Panama Exposition delegate. Funeral held at Jackson funeral home with burial in Masonic cemetery.
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Josephine Wells
Delphi
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Green County
Ohio
Samuel
Sophia Warner Dellinger
Heidelburg University
Yanus Wells
Delphi Christian Church
Women’s Christian Association
Wells
Will R. Wood
Indiana
San Francisco
Rose Chapter
CES
Delphi Oracle Club
Delphi Women’s Club
John Miller
Julia Carver
Maude Simler
Georganna Huffman
Dayton
Harry Dellinger
Fairborne
Jackson Funeral Home
Howard Jenkins
Masonic Cemetery
Crop Drive Scheduled Next Week in Carroll
The CROP campaign plans a three day drive next Monday to Wednesday with a $5,000 goal. Grain dealers livestock dairy seedsmen and township chairmen will staff the effort with volunteers and hosts. Donors are asked to have grain ready and sacks in place for canvassers or give to Rev. George Whipple of Flora if missed.
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Carroll
George Whipple
Flora
Clayton Million
Adams
Fred Rod Key
Burlington
Oe Todd
Carrollton
Floyd Meltzer
Clay
Lewis Dock
Floyd Gish
Deer Creek
Edward Morris
Democrat
Carl Dittman
Jackson
Ray Hawkins
Jefferson
Harold Ringer
Liberty
Bill Dickinson
Madison
Carl Johnson
Monroe
W. E. Coleman
Rock Creek
Lloyd Anderson
Edgar Fountain
Tippecanoe
Joe Starkey
Tom Forgey
Washington
Benefit Ball Game by Delphi Lions Club
The Delphi Lions Club sponsors a benefit basketball game on Tuesday evening November 27 at 8 p m between Hazel Walker's Arkansas Travelers all girl team and Lions members. Tickets cost 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for students and are sold at the door or from Lions members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Lions Club
Hazel Walker
Arkansas Travelers
Lions Club
Bill Roth 67 Dies in Florida Home
William W. Roth a former Roth Park proprietor and developer died Thursday in Punta Gorda Florida after a year of ill health. A Kansas native he moved to this county early in the century and ran Roth Park then sold it to Mahlon Kerlin and Steven Young. A Democrat he served four years as state senator and was appointed to the State Conservation Commission in 1936. He had been a carpenter and contractor in Monticello and worked as a Mississippi river levee contractor. He married Zelma Rayher in 1910 and was a Mason Scottish Rite Eastern Star and Redmen member. Surviving are his widow a daughter Mrs Homer Harwood two brothers Iva and Orville four sisters Mabel Van Pelt Esther Reynolds Josephine Carr and Beulah Armstrong. Burial followed Monday in Riverview Cemetery in Monticello.
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William W. Roth
Roth Park
Punta Gorda
Florida
Kansas
Mahlon Kerlin
Steven Young
State Conservation Commission
Monticello
Mississippi River
Zelma Rayher
Scottish Rite
Eastern Star
Order of Redmen
Homer Harwood
Iva
Orville
Mabel van Pelt
Huntington
Esther Reynolds
Josephine Carr
Lafayette
Beulah
Delphi Debaters Place 2nd in Speech Meet at New Haven
Delphi finished second among 16 schools at the Peru Debate Meet held last Saturday. Sara Johnson, Joe Clawson, Sue Ann Lieber, Virginia Fisher, and Virginia and Steve Peterson will lead Delphi at a tri state tournament in Hammond with teams from Illinois Indiana and Michigan. The national topic asks whether the Federal Government should sustain major agricultural products at 90 percent of parity.
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Delphi
Peru
Warsaw
New Castle
South Bend Central
Wiley
Terre Haute
LaPorte
Jefferson
Lafayette
Sara Johnson
Joe Clawson
Sue Ann Lieber
Virginia Fisher
Virginia
Steve Peterson
Hammond
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Estate Administrator Sells Portion of Late Mr Oyler
Glen Oyler administrator of the William A. Oyler estate has sold a portion of the deceased's assets. The transaction details and heirs are not fully listed in the readable text. Further particulars remain unclear in the fragment.
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Glen Oyler
William A. Oyler
National Forensic League hosts Fourth Delphi Speech Festival
The Delphi High School National Forensic League will host the Fourth Annual Delphi Speech Festival this Saturday attracting over 300 entries in Humorous and Dramatic Interpretation Oratorical Declamation Original Oratory Bible Reading and Extemporaneous Speaking. Schools entering include Elwood Salem Howe Military Jefferson Lafayete Bunker Hill Peru Elmhurst Alamo Knightstown New Haven Gerstmeyer Wiley Terre Haute Ben Davis Indianapolis New Castle Marion Rensselaer Monticello Columbia City Flora and Concord. Delphi judges are drawn from the community and lunch is provided by the Delphi Future Homemakers of America.
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National Forensic League of
Delphi
Elwood
Salem
Howe Military
Jefferson
Lafayete
Bunker Hill
Peru
Elmhurst
Alamo
Knightstown
New Haven
Gerstmeyer and
Wiley
Terre Haute
Ben Davis
Indianapolis
New Castle
Marion
Rensselaer
Monticello
Columbia City
Flora
Concord
Delphi Future Homemakers of America
Dick Bishop To Join Father In Flora Law Firm
Attorney A D Bishop announces his son Dick Norton Bishop will join him in Flora forming Bishop & Bishop with offices at 19 South Center Street. Dick Bishop, Flora High School graduate, Indiana University and Earlham College alum, will be admitted to Indiana Supreme Court and U S District Court in December.
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A. D. Bishop
Dick Norton Bishop
Bishop
Indiana University School of Law
Indiana State Supreme
United States
Indianapolis
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Sigma Delta Kappa Intercollegiate
Flora
Indiana Law School
Young Bishop
Grover Bishop
Kokomo
Howard County
Two Hurt In Bringhurst Auto Crash On State Route 22
Ralph Lamberson aged 45 of route 1 Bringhurst and Larry Ridenour aged 18 of route 1 Bringhurst were injured in a two car collision Friday evening on State Highway 22 east of Burlington. Lamberson suffered dental loss and severe cuts while Ridenour sustained a broken pelvis and was admitted to St Joseph Hospital Ko komo. State Trooper Jim Harris said both vehicles were traveling west and Lamberson swung back onto the highway after stopping at a mailbox.
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Ralph Lamberson
Bringhurst
Larry Ridenour
Burlington
Lamberson
Ridenour
St. Joseph Hospital
Kokomo
Jim Harris
Reed C Brackenridge and Delbert Peters Named
Reed C Brackenridge of Delphi and Delbert Peters of Rossyine are identified in a brief notice. The item notes their association or role without additional context or dates.
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Reed C. Brackenridge
Delphi and
Delbert
Peters
Rossyine
Oracles Open Season With Northwestern Friday Night Tilt
Delphi High School opens the basketball season with a Friday night game against Northwestern in the local Armory. Coach Gordon leads a lean roster after football and illness injuries with several veterans returning and a few new players from the B squad. The varsity game starts at 8 00 p m with the earlier 6 45 p m B squad tilt.
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Northwestern
Howard County
Delphi High School
Oracles
Gordon
Sewell
Delphi
Bill Sewell
Wayne Pearson
Fred McCain
John Hanna
Joe Hanna
Oracle
Charles Mulligan
Jerry Wagner
Charles O'Farrell
John Gerard
Jim Landis
Gale Cripe
Tom Merrell
Wayne Wentzel
Lonnie Woods
Gary Alberts
Hoosier
Attica
Richland
Sheridan
Noblesville
Winamac
Logansport
West Lafayette
Southwestern
Camden
Flora
Royal Center
Rochester
Rossville
Jeff
Ward Eikenberry Dies at 74 in Lafayette Area
Ward Eikenberry 74 of Deer Creek township died Wednesday in St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette after a monthlong illness. He farmed on route 3 Delborne was born July 11 1882 in this county to John and Minerva Nutter Eikenberry. Survived by wife Susie Wise married December 1906 son Clifford Lafayette daughter Mrs Marshall Wingard Camden brother Walter California. Funeral Friday at Flora First Brethren church with Rev C A Stewart officiating. Interment pending.
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Ward IF. Eikenberry
Deer Creek Township
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Route 3
Delphi
John
Minerva Nutter Eikenberry
Susie Wise
First Brethren Church
Flora
Clifford
Marshall Wingard
Camden
Walter
California
Leiter
Flora First Brethren Church
C. A. Stewart
Rockfield Couple Hurt in Saturday Night Two-Car Crash
A Rockfield couple, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stigers, were hospitalized after a two-car collision on Main and Robinson Saturday night. They were transported to St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette by Eikenberry ambulance. Mr. Stigers lost teeth and sustained lacerations while Mrs. Stigers had a broken leg and internal injuries. The other driver, William E. Pearce, 22, of Jonesville, Michigan, escaped injury as both cars were demolished.
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Main Street
Robinson Street
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Eikenberry
Charles Stigers
Rockfield
Stigers
Jonesville
Michigan
Boones’ Trailer Court
Delphi
Gene Lucas pledged to Acacia at Evansville College
Evansville Indiana sophomore Gene Lucas has been pledged to Acacia fraternity at Evansville College. He is the son of Col. and Mrs. L. C. Lucas.
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Gene Lucas
Acacia Fraternity
Evansville College
Evansville
Indiana
Gene
le Col
L. C. Lucas
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Joe Tolen
Post Office Department
St. Joseph’s Church
Peter van Tiel
Humbert
Father Humbert
Amsterdam
Holland
Father van Tiel
Order of
Franciscan Providence
Near St. Peters
Loop
St. Joseph
Virgin Mary
Egypt
St. Joseph Church
Father, Romer
W. O. Pettiner
Windsor
Canada
Mr. Pettiner
Jack Minor
Southland
Successiul
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Wayne Talbert
Norm Ebrite
Frank Wilcox
Jesse Patrick
Myron Beesley
Bob Clawson
Eagle Scouts
WORLD
Hanna
Wagner
Bill Howard
Don Leedy
Dick Ruff
Knox
Chas. Mulligan
Jim Blythe
David Hall
Jim Bailey
Dale Brube
Dick Scharf
Kurt Pass
Don Hunter
Wells Mindwell Crampton. Wilson
Red Cross
John Hamling
Bill Roth
Delphi School
Dick Bishop
Father
Flora Law Firm
Ward Eikenberry
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