Corn Show to Be Held December 11 and 12
The Delphi Chamber of Commerce and the county Corn Growers Association will sponsor a two day corn show in Delphi with judging starting December 11 and prizes for yellow dent corn wheat oats and soy beans. Roy Snowberger presides over the association with Stewart Guthrie as vice president and John Harvey Todd as secretary treasurer.
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County Corn Growers’ Association
Delphi Chamber of Commerce
Robert Amick
State 4H
Roy Snoeberger
Carroll County Corn Growers’ Association
The
Citizen
County Corn Trowers
County Association
Roy Snowberger
Stewart Guthrie
John Harvey Todd
4-H
Association
Reverend Harold Smith Named New Delphi Baptist Minister
Rev Harold A Smith formerly of Cass county has accepted the pastorate of the Delphi Baptist Church He is a graduate of Logansport High School and Business College and recently completed Moody Bible Institute in Chicago Rev and Mrs Smith reside at Royal Centre and plan to move to Delphi soon.
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Harold A. Smith
Cass County
Delphi Baptist Church
Smith
Logansport
President Praises Red Cross Record and Roll Call
Roosevelt urges Americans to support the Red Cross during the Armistice Day to Thanksgiving drive. Delphi responds brightly as county membership nears the 850 quota, with flags on streets and strong community involvement in disaster relief, health work, and junior citizenship programs.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Red Cross
Delphi
Building Boom Promises Delphi Carroll County Gains
Local business men foresee an uptick as Delphi and Carroll county enter a construction boom. New post office and school buildings, a forthcoming telephone building, a Wabash bridge project, and a State Road 18 bridge near Flora employ workers, easing unemployment concerns while farmers report scarce labor.
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Delphi
Carroll County
Wabash
Flora
Rodenbarger Named New Dayton Grain Company Representative
Paul Rodenbarger formerly manager of Gray's Hatchery in Delphi becomes field representative for the Dayton Grain Company of Dayton Indiana. He will be located at Rossville and offers Carroll county friends bargain prices for feed.
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Paul Rodenbarger
Gray's Hatchery
Delphi
Dayton Grain Company
Dayton
Indiana
Main Street Rumor Mill Sparks Delphi Revitalization
Notable rummage victims include Ed Grimm and son Byram Crosby Tom McCain Ab Bowen as Delphi contemplates a shift from quiet town to a busier scene. The Legion plans a drum and bugle corps while neon signs go up and a welcome sign goes up for newcomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Grimm
Byram Crosby
Tom McCain
Ab Bowen
Employers Return Forms to Post Office in Delphi
Delphi employers began returning forms for the Federal Social Security program to the local post office Monday afternoon. Postmen delivered forms to businesses Monday morning. Forms must be returned to the post office within days, says postmaster William Ashba. The next step is delivery of additional forms to all employees on Monday, November 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
William Ashba
Eight WPAA clerks to meet in Delphi on November 25
Eight district e clerks will convene in Delphi on Wednesday November 25 for a conference. The session focuses on discussions and guidance about activities under the governor's unemployment relief commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wpaa Eclerks
Delphi
State official to explain wage tax at Delphi Monday
Francis Bergeman, field agent for the Indiana Unemployment Compensation division, will be at the local auto license branch Monday November 23 to assist county employers with questions about the unemployment compensation law. Indiana employers of eight or more workers pay 1.2 percent of payrolls into the fund, with monthly reports and payments due the 20th for the prior month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Carreft
Indiana
Francis Bergeman
State
Margaret Afflis
Mrs Minerva Gipson Dies at 69 in West Delphi
Mrs Minerva Gipson aged 69 died at her West Delphi home Wednesday morning from heart complications. Survived by husband John two sons Earl and Lawrence of Delphi two daughters Mrs Minnie ar of Lafayette and Mrs Charles Scott of Delphi sixteen grandchildren. Short services Friday at Grimm and Son funeral home 1 pm with main service at Liberty Chapel United Brothers church Tippecanoe township and burial at Cairo cemetery. Rev Walker Battle Ground and Rev Carter Delphi to officiate.
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Minerva Gipson
West Delphi
John
Earl
Lawrence
Delphi
Thomas Minniear
Lafayette
Charles Scott
Grimm and Son Funeral
Liberty Chapel
United Brothern
Delphi High Names Been and Cripe For Oratorical Contest
Martha Been a Delphi High School sophomore and Clayton Cripe a junior will represent Delphi in the Central Indiana oratorical contest at Crawfordsville today. Both students, members of the public speaking class, were chosen after an elimination contest at the local school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Been
Delphi High School
Clayton Cripe
Next Booster Drawing Promises a $29 Prize
The next Booster drawing in one week will offer a $29 plum to attendees. With many larger awards unclaimed, the final prize has grown to an attractive amount for this drawing.
George Garrison Named District Head of Walton Leaguers
George Garrison of Delphi was elected vice president of the Izaak Walton League district at a Cass County Cass county chapter Logansport meeting. He will oversee Carroll Tippecanoe Benton and Newton counties and district administration will use a vice president and assistant. Homer Myers will assist. Local officers Harry Roach and Leo Craig attended.
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George Garrison
Delphi
Izaak Walton
Homer Myers
Garrison
Harry Roach
Leo Craig
Flora widow dies after four year illness
Mrs. Mabel Wason Eikenberry aged 63 of Flora died Friday night at home after four years of failing health. Funeral service was held Monday at Leiters Funeral Home with Rev. Van Hinkley officiating. Interment followed at Maple Lawn Cemetery in Flora.
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Mabel Wason Eikenberry
Flora
Leiters
van Hinkley
Maple Lawn Cemetery
Tragic Death Of Mrs Gertrude McGuire In Wheeling
Mrs Gertrude McGuire 33 of Wheeling Carroll county was found shot dead in her kitchen Monday at 4. Coroner Hubert Gros said the death was self inflicted. She is survived by husband Tom McGuire a county roads employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude McGuire
Wheeling
Carroll County
Hubert Gros
Tom McGuire
Infant Richard Felix Dies in Colburn Tragedy
Seven month old Richard Lee Felix died by strangulation in bed at the family home in Colburn. His mother had laid him down earlier and the father found him hanging with his head at the throat in iron bars at the foot of the bed shortly before six o'clock Monday evening. The Citizen.
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Richard Lee Felix
Melvin Felix
Colburn
Oracles to Meet Berries Friday in Logansport Clash
Delphi Oracles and Logansport Berries, 1935 state champions, prepare for Friday night showdown in Logansport. Weaver returns from illness for Delphi as coach Pete Williams expresses growing confidence after the Frankfort loss.
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Oracles
HOT Dogs
Delphi Oracles
Berries
Logansport
Frankfort
Weaver
Delphi
Pete Williams
Legion Drum Bugle Corps Plans in Delphi Progressing
The Delphi American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps is moving forward with plans and equipment purchases. Harry Bohannon Post officers and members thank Delphi citizens for support and enthusiasm to create a lively city unit.
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Delphi American Legion
Harry Bohannon Post
Legion
Post
Delphi
Grand Jury Called Into Session Today
The Carroll county grand jury will convene today by order of the Carroll circuit court. It will conduct its annual survey of county institutions with no other matters expected. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zalin and daughter Rita Lou visited Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy on Saturday.
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Carroll County Grand Jury
Carroll Circuit Court
Charles Zalin
Rita Lou
Elizabeth Murphy
W C Smith Named On Bridge Wage Board
W C Smith, a local attorney, has been named by Governor Paul V. McNutt to serve on the wage board for the Lockport bridge project. Two other members representing industry and labor are yet to be appointed.
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C. Smith
Paul Y. McNutt
Lockport Bridge
National Book Week Attracts Readers To Delphi Library
Delphi Public Library marks National Book Week November 15 to 21 with book contests for students and displays for adults. Miss Mary Cochrane leads story hours and diplomas are awarded to Vacation Reading Club participants across grades. Roy Trobaugh art and Harry Milroy sculptures are shown. catalog files and shelving classifications are demonstrated by Thomas McCormick.
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Delphi Public Library
Mary Cochrane
B. B. Mayhill
Fred Squires
Howard Bradshaw
George Hoshaw
Margaret Baer
James McClean
Frances Craig
Martha Darling Kempf
Esther Lamb
Jimmy Sheets
Elinor Hathaway
Martha Jane Turnipseed
Georgia Ruth Long
Billy Radecky
Billy Cowdin
Donna Mae Myers
Leah Jean Myers
Patsy Sheets
Barbara Clawson
Mary Gene Hildebran
Mary Clawson
Doris Grandstaff
Howard McCain
Barbara Martin
Dick Coble
Townsend appoints Heller chief aide
Dick Heller, longtime Democratic official and Townsend campaign manager, is named executive secretary to Governor-elect M. Clifford Townsend. The Decatur Democrat former editor and former state senate clerk will take the post effective January 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Heller
Democratic State Central Committee
M. Clifford Townsend
Mr. Heller
Decatur Democrat
State Senate
Julia Ann Smith Taken To Logan Hospital For Emergency Tonsilectomy
Julia Ann Smith a 3 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William B Smith of Delphi was taken to St Joseph hospital in Logansport for an emergency tonsilectomy Wednesday night. Fear that infected tonsils she had suffered with for weeks might cause serious complications prompted immediate surgery.
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Julia Ann Smith
William B. Smith
Delphi
St. Joseph Hospital
Logansport
Miss Edith Baum to Teach in Room Six
Miss Edith Baum daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Baum of south of Delphi and a Delphi High School Butler Teachers College graduate has been chosen to replace Mrs Mae Barker in room 6 at Delphi school She began teaching yesterday.
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Edith Baum
Theodore Baum
South of Delphi
Delphi High School
Butler Teachers’ College
Mae Barker
Delphi
Labor on School to Be Taken From WPA Contracts
The Delphi district sets WPA labor first for the new $150 000 school with $67 500 PWA aid and Indiana State Employment Office referrals. W R Dunkin and Son of Huntington hold the construction contract. Heating goes to James Tibbitts Greenfield and electrical work to Porter Glove Glass Indianapolis. Temporary classrooms planned in churches and vacant spaces with high school remaining until after Christmas and razing to start after Thanksgiving.
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Delphi
WPA
Indiana State Employment Office
Kokomo
PWA
W. R. Dunkin and Son
Huntington
Carrollton Township
Carroll County
Del
County REMC Loan Approved for January Start
A Washington telegram confirms Carroll County REMC loan approval by REA officials. Preconstruction work must finish and the construction contract awarded within 45 days, with completion goal in ten months. J W Eikenberry urges full member cooperation to speed building power lines across the county despite anticipated delays.
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M. L. Cooke
REA
Washington
Carroll County Remc
J. W. Eikenberry
REMC
Mr. Eikenberry
Stone Improves After Hunting Accident
B W Stone, badly hurt last week in a hunting accident, is reported much improved today. Mrs Loyal Hoshaw of Delphi, Stone’s daughter, received word that he was carrying a normal temperature and responding to treatment in an encouraging way.
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B. W. Stone
Loyal Hoshaw
Delphi
Fifty Fifth Wedding Anniversary Celebration Recalls Golden Day
The Parker Justices of Long Beach California former Carroll county residents mark their fifty fifth wedding anniversary on November 21 after a summer of camping and camp stove plans. Mrs Justice Amy Dixon, once of Burrows, writes to Delphi friends recalling visits in 1935 and the golden anniversary of Milroy Justice and spouse.
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Parker Justices
Long Beach
California
Carroll County
Seth
Milroy Justice
Parker Justice
Amy Dixon
Near Burrows
Justice
Delphi
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