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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1953
Page
1
Otto Schmidt and family suffer setbacks with son-in-law Lyndell Davis injured in an auto crash and a fire threatening rebuilds. Esther Hedderich dies after a life of farm and 4-H work. Other notes include a ballet cast lookalike Patty Brewer, aerial photo troubles at REMO, and a Red Cross blood donation event with a tense coffee dispute between a volunteer cook and a nurse.
Walter Popejoy Delphi post master travels to Cincinnati next Tuesday to join 4,287 Indiana Kentucky and Ohio post masters for a regional gathering. Postmaster Arthur E. Summerfield will attend ceremonies inaugurating the Post Office Departments decentralization program.
John Curry principal announces junior high and freshman basketball schedules for the year. Games start at 6 30 p m for junior highs and 7 30 p m for freshmen with matchups listed from November to February.
Two brothers, John Junior Skiles 18 and Joseph Skiles 16, were hospitalized after their car skidded 170 feet, left the road, and overturned at the Bert McCain Road and State Road 218 intersection in Washington township. Driver John Junior Skiles was arrested for reckless driving.
The Delphi High School sales drive for The Oracle yearbook begins this week with copies priced at $3.00. Students available to contact include Carol Crosby Carolyn Johnson Deloris O Farrell Roddy Rodkey Shirley Hobaugh Nancy Clawson Miriam Parks Judy Henderson Pat Maggart Mary Lynn Orr Carol Lane Carol Heaton Patsy Pullen Mary Helen Mears Ann Johnson Martha Obear Ads in the book will sell for $6.50 to $60.
The Carroll County Grand Jury will convene in annual session Monday morning in Carroll circuit court.
Three farm homes were entered last weekend with high property damage in at least one. Two teenagers were arrested after confessing. they will be arraigned in juvenile court. In Rock Creek township entry was made by kicking a window. items stolen included trousers drills wrenches a claw hammer a tractor battery and gasoline. The Guthrie hom e was broken into though nothing of value was taken. In Adams township at Arthur Cable’s home 14 window lights were broken and a large mirror shattered. no items were stolen.
Neighbors and friends gathered at the Arthur Hildebrand farm in Rock Creek township to clear debris after a fire weeks earlier destroyed the residence. Volunteers used tractors and scoop shovels, leveling the site by noon, while Hildebrand considers rebuilding. A noon meal was served by local women at the Howard Acheson home.
The Red Cross Blood Mobile collected 83 pints last Friday in a drive sponsored by the Farm Bureau. Mrs. George Wagoner, county Red Cross chairwoman, seeks an organization to sponsor the next visit planned for February 10.
In Carroll circuit court Norman Wentzel was granted a divorce from Betty Wentzel on grounds of cruelty. The action was uncontested with Watson Co. Eco representing the plaintiff. He was prohibited from remarrying for two years.
Carroll County crop youths will compete for ribbons at the Annual Crops Show in the REMC auditorium December 3 to 5. Topics include weed killers and nitrogen fertilizers with Purdue expert O C Lee and county agent Harold Berry leading discussions.
George Edwards was arrested in Lafayette for stealing 15 bushels of soy beans from the John Scott farm northeast of Yeoman and sold to a local elevator for 40 dollars and 5 cents. Edwards, questioned by Sheriff Carey and State Police, implicated others but refused to name them as detectives Abe Taylor and Carey continue the investigation. another theft involving a cigarette machine at the Harold Franklin Drive-In May be cleared with a Lafayette gang arrest.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Hill of Delphi announce the engagement of their daughter Phyllis Jean Hill to SFC Frank R Hildebrand of Ft Riley Kansas son of Mrs Faye Hildebrandt of Delphi No definite wedding date has been set Miss Hill is a Delphi High School and Methodist Hospital School of Nursing graduate She is at home with her parents SFC Hildebrand is a Delphi High School graduate and was employed by Sunshine Farms prior to entering service this year.
Johnny Curry, a young child of Delphi, suffered painful second degree burns to the chest and shoulder Wednesday morning after pulling a hot washing hose. He received treatment from a local physician.
Delphi Hi Y sponsors a series of student chapel programs during Thanksgiving week in the school auditorium from 8 to 11 p m. Ralph Hankins and Roddy Rodkey lead, with Odette on special music. Speakers include Rev. Rodkey, Rev. Cortner, and Rev. Rankin.
Officials of the American Legion fixed December 15 for moving to a new building with a gala opening likely featuring Roy Amos of Goshen. The present Delphi house, the oldest standing structure, will be put on the market after the new home is occupied. A January play at the new high school auditorium is planned to benefit the Legion.
Dale Crowder halfback and Bob Lantis fullback were tied recipients of the 1953 Oracle football MVP award at the banquet. The event featured a parents' dinner, speeches by Principal John rry and Coach Tony Berto, and entertainment including films of the Michigan State game.
Carroll county sent a sizable group to the State Farm Bureau convention in Indianapolis last week. About 4,000 farmers from the state attended as the bureau endorsed 100 percent parity, export market expansion, and farm research among other resolutions. Attendees included Samuel Sinn Samuel Smith Jay Small George Ites Mr and Mrs Truman Zook Mr and Mrs Robert Pullen Walter Irminger Mr and Mrs Charles Black Mr and Mrs Homer Wilson Mr and Mrs Joseph Peterson Mr and Mrs Robert Hedde Sr Mrs Blanche Viney Mr and Mrs Ray Robertson Mr and Mrs Miles T Martin Mr and Mrs Harold Berry Mr and Mrs Verl Wagoner Mr and Mrs Clarence Cleaver Beryl Beckner and I M Moss.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schweiger of Greenfield spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ashba, sharing a brief family visit and time together.
Twelve corporations were ordered to surrender articles of incorporation in Carroll circuit court judgments. Firms include The Ockley Lumber Company in Ockley, Independent Oil Company, M. S. Kraus Inc of Delphi, LaBaw Electric Company of Flora, Ockley Lumber and Supply Company, Pittsburg and Kanawha Coal and Coal Company of Pittsburg, Rockfield Improvement Corporation, Radnor Creamery Association, Radnor Grain Company, H A Snyder and Son of Delphi, Superior Stereotone Company of Flora, and Wabash Pearl Button Company of Delphi, with founders and years listed for several.
Hogan McCormick 52, former Delphi resident, died Tuesday afternoon while en route to a Long Beach hospital. A WWI and WWII veteran, he lived in Long Beach since 1952 after a stint in the Veterans Hospital. Survived by widow Estella Hornbeck, three brothers Tom Watson Bill, three sisters Ina Queen Lena, burial planned in Flora Maple Lawn cemetery.
Howard W. Bradshaw seeks guardianship for Lillie Rankin Gros an elderly infirm woman now at Deer Creek nursing home after being moved there on Tuesday Carroll circuit court records show the submission of the guardianship petition by her petitioner from the same locality.
Linda McGill and Jerry Wood present original andations on citizenship and moral revival as part of a public oration contest with contestants Barbara Lindley Elizabeth Beeson Richard Korteling Tom Dowling Mary Kaiser and Ray Wood. Schools Jefferson Lafayette West Lafayette Lebanon join the Delphi event directed by Robert H. Jerry with free admission.
Mrs. Wilson writes the Citizen's review of the senior class play Our Hearts Were Young and Gay presented to capacity audiences last Thursday and Friday nights. Her At The Mail Box column shares nostalgic memories in a refreshing style, noted for this week on Page 6.
A Delph i area boy finds four balloons in a field. A letter from Reliable Furniture Co Champaign Illinois offers the finder fifty dollars in merchandise or twenty dollars by mail if the distance is too far. The note is signed Oscar Kachneman.
The Carroll County Conservation Club arranged a deal with Manson Campbell to obtain a 40 by 14 foot building. Workers from the club cut the structure into two sections, jacked them up, parked under them, and transported both halves to a site near the Don Draper farm north of Delphi.
Mr and Mrs Dick Grantham and Dr and Mrs E 5 Emerson spent the weekend in Columbus Ohio to see the Purdue Ohio State game. In a hotel coffee shop Dick spotted Bob Ekblohm a Purdue fraternity brother who had often visited the Grantham home. They had not met since college and were delighted by the reunion. Ekblohm now lives in New York.
Due to Thanksgiving, The Citizen will publish on Tuesday. Correspondents should mail copy to arrive by Monday morning and advertisers must submit copy by Monday evening.
Mrs Richard Wysong the TB Seal Sale chair man for Rock Creek township reports P M Byrum of Rockfieldway again contributes to the sale sending seals dating back to 1924. The longtime subscriber remains a faithful supporter of the TB Seal Sale.
Mrs. Dora T. Mayhill noted in the magazine section of the Lafayette Journal and Courier Saturday that gold digging near Deer Creek drew many local and distant panners Sunday. No luck reports yet.
At the next meeting Tri Kappa members will be entertained while they work. They will listen to tape recordings of their last party, a TV show, and wrap Christmas gifts for mental patients.
Bob Wood, manager of the local phone company, notes today the 50 millionth telephone will be placed in service in the United States. The instrument, symbolizing the industry’s effort for the best service, was presented to President Eisenhower in a White House ceremony. Wood notes Indiana has 1,250,000 telephones.
The union giving service gathers all churches in the community to participate at the Win RIN Wnat Stee bicee mentge location next week.
John Harvey Todd of Burlington township topped Carroll County 5 Acre corn contest with 143.5 bushels per acre. Harold Berry announces the Bradshaw Insurance trophy at the Annual Crops School on December 3 at the Delphi REMC.
Esther M Hedderich 59 longtime county farm leader died at the family home near Camden after a long illness Born August 24 1894 in Burrows she was a leader in 4 H Home Demonstration and OES She is survived by husband two daughters two sons a sister and a brother Funeral services were at Gentry funeral home Camden with burial in Camden cemetery
Mr and Mrs James Roth celebrated their 50th anniversary with a cooperative Sunday dinner at the Moon Harbor. Attending were Russell Hawkins Carl Hatke Lafayette John Roth Robert Hawkins Joe Kerkhoff and families plus other friends.
The children of St Josephs school were invited to the senior play Our Hearts Were Young and Gay last Thursday afternoon and enjoyed the production. They thank the high school faculty for inviting them and congratulate the seniors on their wonderful performance.
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