Young volunteers face uncertain fate as draft begins in county
Robert Bowman and Maurice Purcell, both in their early twenties from Carroll County, are among first to be called as selective service begins. With volunteers deferred, the two quietly prepare for army life after learning they were high on the draft list. The piece notes national context of enlistment and local anecdotes from Delphi and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bowman
Flora
Maurice Purcell
Cutler
Carroll County
Bowman
Purcell
Oracles Test Might Of Berries In Midweek Clash
Delphi Oracles travel to face Logansport Berries on Wednesday. Logansport beat Anderson 26 to 24 in overtime Friday, with Steinwedel and Graf carrying the offense and defense. Rex Hann led Delphi with six field goals in a 3 to 24 win while Robinson led Royal Center with nine points. The Delphi seconds fell 28 to 16 to Royal Center reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi Oracles
Logansport
Anderson Indians
Steinwedel
Graf
Delphi
Logansport B’s
Deer Creek
Carroll County
Oracles
Rex Hann
Freedge
Shaeffer
Robinson
Cass County
Clifford
Hann
Bowman
Ashba
Spear
Hanaway
Royal Center
Hughes
Hines
Alston
Pherson
Meyer
Umbarger
Thanksgiving Menu At County Farm In Farm Club Program
The Jefferson and Rock Creek Township Home Economics clubs hosted a program at the county home on Sunday, November 17 with seventy five attendees. next Sunday November 24 Rev Remple of Fiora Brethren Church conducts the third meeting in a series. Thanksgiving will be observed on November 21 with a farm produced dinner menu including creamed chicken sweet potatoes dressing pickled beets cabbage salad pumpkin pie hot rolls butter coffee and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson and
Rock Creek ‘Township
Remple
Fiora Brethren Church
Appointments Surprise Judge-Elect W B Smith
Judge-elect William B. Smith said he did not authorize statements claiming certain appointments would be made. The notice mentions the Carroll circuit court and removes expectation of described patronage. In unrelated notes, Mr and Mrs Tom Miller of Los Angeles are visiting with Mr and Mrs Thomas Mc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Smith
Carroll Circuit Court
Weade
J. P. Court to Hear Details of Accident
Elmer Weaver of Delphi faces trial next Tuesday in justice court on a charge of operating a car on the left side of the road. Eight people injured two seriously in a Sunday night crash two miles south of Camden on the Camden pike. Weaver, driver and owner of one car, appeared with attorney Robert Hanna and pleaded not guilty. The accident involved James Sharp of Camden and Mrs Sharp who, with two children, suffered cuts and bruises. Miss Marjorie Wise of Camden fractured a pelvis and was admitted to Cass County Hospital. Dick Swickard sustained a severe forehead wound with eighteen stitches. Hemmig and Weaver had minor injuries. State patrolman Bernard Leavitt led the investigation with Sheriff Harry Cree and Deputy Robert Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Weaver
Delphi
Justice of the Peace Court
Rossie Dern
Weaver
Dern
Robert Hanna
Camden
Camden Pike
Dick Swickard
Brian Hemmig
Marjorie Wise
James Sharp
Sieber
St Joseph Leads InOctober Attendance
St Joseph school in Delphi reported the highest attendance in Carroll County for the period Oct 4 to Nov 8, with 98.8 percent. Owasco followed at 98.7 percent, county total enrollment was 2886, and 1118 students were neither tardy nor absent. average attendance across the county was 97.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
St. Joseph School
Delphi
Doris Wilson
Carroll County
Owasco
Carroll County Schools Dismissed For Thanksgiving Break
Carroll county schools were dismissed Wednesday afternoon for the Thanksgiving vacation. Classes will resume on Monday morning, November 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Thanksgiving 1940 reflection on America’s strength
A 1940 Thanksgiving editorial praises 319 years since the Pilgrims, noting wealth, happiness, and national strength. It extols freedom amid global storms and death, urging gratitude for homes, friends, and the United States.
Thanksgiving Dinner Plans Across Holiday City
Local families from Cleveland to Delphi and Indianapolis announce Thanksgiving visits and dinners. Guests include McCauley Blake Gerben Johnson Dobbins Winterrowd Mount Garver Bradshaw Amick Spurgeon Johnson Andrew Shultz and others. A noon turkey dinner is noted and journeys to Indianapolis are planned.
Arnold Family Plans Delphi Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Logan Arnold will spend the weekend in Delphi with Mrs Harry Arnold. Miss Mary Jo Arnold and Miss Lora Briggs of Chicago accompany the family for the visit.
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Logan Arnold
Mary Jo Arnold
Lora Briggs
Chicago
Delphi
Harry Arnold
Landis Family to Host Thanksgiving Dinner
Mr and Mrs Robert Landis will entertain at Thanksgiving dinner for their aunt and uncles Mr and Mrs John Jones and son Leroy and Mr and Mrs Lafe Neff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Robinson
Robert Andrew
Mr. Andrew
Robert Landis
John Jones
Leroy
Lafe Neff
Eyer Family Weekend Visit in Indiana
Mr and Mrs C O Eyer and family plan a weekend with Mrs W C Troyer and Mrs Oliver Eyer in Middlebury Indiana. The trip will be spent with both sets of parents during the planned visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. C. O. Eyer
Middlebury, Indiana
W. C. Troyer
Mrs
Oliver Eyer
WPA Delphi Street Project Put On Hold Until Spring
The Delphi street and alley improvement effort co sponsored by the WPA and city halts until spring. Work in the courthouse square area is finished. remaining tasks target South and North Delphi additions. Mayor C Clay Pearson says to resume when weather allows concrete work and reports the armory rooms will serve as WPA recreation project headquarters with local funding for heating and other expenses.
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WPA
City of
Pearson
Tues
Delphi
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross Roll Call Urges Enrollment for Defense Year
Reed C. Schermerhorn notes 1940 demands exceed prior need as Red Cross expands for national defense. Carroll county seeks 1,400 memberships at one dollar each with volunteer calls and local office hours through November for disaster relief and health services.
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Red Cross
Reed C. Schermerhorn
Carroll County Red Cross
Carroll County
Army
Navy
Flora Man First Called From County For Year’s Training
Questionnaires mailed to Carroll county men with Order Numbers 100 to 200. Blank forms due November 25 and to be sworn in ink. Two 1-A eligibles, Bowman and Purcell, will report to Ft. Benjamin Harrison for a year of training. Second list of 100 order numbers released with names and addresses including Hunt, Jones, Parrett, Calhoun, Burris, Hughes Bringhurst, Haun, Clawson, Nethercutt, Kuszmaul, Wise, Strain, White, Whiteman, Minneman, Walters, Schweiger, Bowman, Gotshall, Johnson, Wilson, Pritts, Hetherington, Waymire, Cobble, Stigers, Hopper, Mohler, Burge, Crone, Langston, Wolverton, Sisson.
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Robert Hinkle
Delphi
Grant Lowe
Burrows
Thay
Hubert Thomas Bowman
Flora
Maurice Albert Purcell
Cutler
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Bowman
Purcell
Herman Theophile
County Selective Service Board
Richard Earl Hunt
Camden
Charles Jack Jones
Sam Albert Parrett
Irvin Lee Calhoun
Charles Henry Burris
Monticello
Charles E. Hughes
Bringhurst
Martin Gwinn Haun
Raymond Everett Clawson
Yeo
Clarence A. Nethercutt
Wendell E. Bell
Ralph L. Kuszmaul
Willard P. Wise
Marvin Strain
Paul E. White
Robert Whiteman
Bernard R. Minneman
Logans
Verne Hetherington
Burnetts’le
John A. Waymire, Jr
Chas
Raymond Cobble
Harry Abner Stigers
Rockfield
Clifford Henry Hopper
Harry David Mohler
Marion Edgar Burge
Milton David Bowman
Everett Otho Kinzie
Dean Edward Cripe
Elmer Clyde Whitt
Vern V. Clem
Harold Slusser
Logansport
Charles Wayne Million
Raymond Seward
Walter Raymond Smoker
Herbert Yerkes
Leo Samuel Richardson
Wayne Devon Langston
Bring’st
Robert R. Wolverton
John Russell Sisson
Thanksgiving Day Dinner Guests Named for Local Families
Mrs. Julia Irelan and Miss Anna Hardy will entertain on Thanksgiving Day for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hardy and son of Washington township and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gregg of Thorntown. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mc Cormick will host guests including Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miller of Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. John Knecht, Cynthia Ann Miller and John Clark Miller of Russiaville, and Mr. and Mrs. Watson Mc Cormick and daughter of Delphi.
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J. F. McCauley
Mary Ann
Cleveland
Ralph Gerbens
Georgia Blake
Martin Gerbens
Julia Irelan
Anna Hardy
Roy Hardy
Washington Township
Isaac Gregg
Thorntown
Thomas
Tim”) McCormick
Tom Miller
Los Angeles
California
John Knecht
Cynthia Ann Miller
John Clark Miller
Russiaville
Watson McCormick
Delphi
Beale and Smith Couples Plan Thanksgiving in Detroit
Mr and Mrs George Beale of Del Phi and Mr and Mrs John Smith of Burrows will spend Thanksgiving Day in Detroit with Mr and Mrs Paul Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Beale
Delphi
John Smith
Burrows
Detroit
Paul Black
Cartwright Will Is Filed For Probate
The last will of Mrs Stella Cartwright was filed for probate in Carroll circuit court on Monday. It directs debt payment and the erection of a grave marker before bequeathing all real and personal property to John H Cartwright. Executor Joseph T I qualified with an $80 000 bond. It notes the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Arthur Hoover Pittsburg at their home on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Cartwright
Carroll Circuit Court
John H. Cartwright
Joseph T. I
Delphi Social Guests List for Ashba Family
Mr. and Mrs. William Martin of south of Delphi will entertain Thursday for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ashba and daughter Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. William Ashba, Mrs. Nancy Shaffer and Audra, Mrs. Ethel Shaffer and family of Delphi, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Calvert of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Bessie Shaffer of Indianapolis and Dick Shaffer of Chicago.
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William Martin
South of
Delphi
Paul Ashba
Nancy
William Ashba
Nancy Shaffer
Audra
Ethel Shaffer
Paul Calvert
Ft. Wayne
Bessie Shaffer
Indianapolis
Dick Shaffer
Chicago
Crume Drops Suit Against Cutler Bank Liquidation
Oregon C. Crume dismissed his action in Carroll circuit court seeking return of money vested in the Cutler Bank during its liquidation. The suit aimed to recover funds held by the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
C. Crume
Cutler Bank
Carroll Circuit
Music Instructor Bertha Moore Injured in Lebanon Car Crash
Miss Bertha Moore a music instructor at the Ideal schools sustained injuries late Sunday evening near Lebanon when her car was struck by another vehicle. The incident occurred as she drove in the area and police investigated the collision for fault and details.
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Bertha Moore
the Ideal Schools
Lebanon
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