Bowman in unit decorated by France and United States
Lieut John R Bowman of Delphi serves in an American Air Force squadron honored with the Croix de Guerre by France, making his group the only RAF unit so far in the war to receive praise from both nations. Also noted are Purple Hearts awarded to Indiana Marines, Treva Metsger at Purdue pledged to Alpha Chi Omega, and updates on Lieut Richard P O Conner and Parke Beattie Jr plus the burial of Pfc William Wason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R
Jack) Bowman
Delphi
Jack
United States
Engagement of Lt William Clark Jr and Miss Margaret Thomas
Announcement states Miss Margaret E Thom as daughter of Mrs John A Thomas of Pittsburg Pa and Lieut William Clark Jr son of Mrs Madge Clark of Flora plan to marry during Christmas holidays. Miss Thomas nursing graduate and health teacher at Hammond high Pittsburgh. Lt Clark Mustang pilot 400th fighter squadron receiving Air Hero Medal in Italy and teaching bombing and strafing to student pilots while touring the country on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Thomas
John A. Thomas
Pittsburg
William Clark
Madge Clark
Flora
Miss Thomas
Western Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Loyola University
State Board of Education
Hammond High School
Pittsburgh
Clark
400Th
Army Air Corps
Italy
E. E. Pruitt Hospitalized After Stroke
E. E. Pruitt, Delphi attorney and former Carroll Circuit Court judge, shows slight improvement at Home Hospital, Lafayette after suffering a stroke this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Pruitt
Delphi
Carroll Circuit Court
Lafayette
Final day to file expense accounts in 1944 election
Notice states December 7 1944 is the final day for candidates in the November 7 1944 general election to file expense accounts with the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Esther Wilson spent the weekend in Indianapolis with her brother Donald and Mrs. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Wilson
Indianapolis
Donald
Mrs. Wilson
Burrows Soldier Posthumously Awarded Six Medals
Cpl. Harold Graham of Burrows posthumously receives the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for gallant service with the Air Transport Service in the India China Burma theater. He died June 11 after missing earlier that day. 23 months in service, 19 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Harold Graham
John Graham
Burrows
Graham
Air Transport Service
Burma
War Department
Delphi Couple Will Observe 54th Wedding Anniversary Dinner
Mr and Mrs Paul Jones of Delphi will host a family dinner on Thanksgiving Day in observance of the 54th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Dan Jones. The couple has two children and five grandchildren. Mrs Jones is Julia Smith born in Delphi and will be 81 in May. He is 80 in December and formerly worked at Loeb and Foast. now retired. They attend St Joseph church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jones
Delphi
Jones
Dan Jones
Marie Adair
Rensselaer
William Jones
Dyer
St. Joseph Parsonage
Buckleman
Julia Smith
James and
Alice Hayes Smith
Loeb and Foast Dry Goods
St. Joseph Church
Bassett Resigns From Carroll County Draft Board
Fred Bassett resigns from the Carroll County Selective Service Board effective December 1 after two years on the panel. His departure follows Rev. Harry Parker’s October 1942 resignation. Floyd Julien and Lynn Brookbank will select a successor and forward the choice to the Governor and the President for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bassett
Carroll County Selective Service Board
Eve Davidson
Bassett
Harry Parker
Floyd Julien
Lynn Brookbank
United States
Delphi pupils place third in central Indiana oratorical event
Walter Wilson and Lorene Hunt represented Delphi high school at the central Indiana oratorical contest in Frankfort on Thursday evening and finished third. Carolyn Weidner of Crawfordsville won girls honors and Frank Donoho of Frankfort won boys honors. Mrs Mary Mounts and Kenneth Pitts accompanied the Delphi competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wilson
Lorene Hunt
Delphi High School
William C. Smith Celebrates 68 Years in Law
William C. Smith of Carroll county marks his 68rd year since entering the practice of law on November 14. He also notes his 87th birthday occurred last April as the Citizen notes his long legal career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Smith
Carroll County
Farm School for Computing Income Tax Here
The Delphi high school vocational agriculture department will hold ten sessions on farm bookkeeping and income tax computation starting Thursday evening November 30. Instructors are John Peterson and Arden E. Russell with Purdue University aid for one night. Classes run Wednesdays and Thursdays through January 4, 1945, at 7 p.m. to prepare for the January 15 1040F filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational Agriculture Department
Delphi High School
John Peterson
Indiana
Purdue University
Agricultural Economics
Robert van Slyke
Carroll County
Former Educator of Carroll County Dies
L. J. Musselman 58, former Carroll County educator, died in St Louis Missouri after teaching 20 years at East St. Louis High School. Survived by widow Agnes Musselman father William Musselman Camden four brothers Fred Kent Ohio Robert South Paul Youngstown Hoy Bringhurst. Services held in St Louis and burial at Beaver Dam Wisconsin. Family attended by William Musselman Hoy Musselman Rev Frank Collier Flora and Fren Musselman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Musselman
Camden
East St. Louis High School
Agnes Musselman
William Musselman
Fred
Kent
Ohio
Robert
South
Paul
Youngstown
Hoy
Near Bringhurst
St. Louis
Beaver Dam
Wis
Hoy Musselman
Frank Collier
Flora
Fren Musselman
Elmo Dotson Earns Captain Rank in Indiana State Guard
Elmo W. Dotson promoted to captain in the Indiana State Guard per General A. L. Weimar announcement. Delphi Guard company also promotes James Sims to 2nd Lieutenant John Maxwell to 1st Sergeant Charles Heiland to corporal and Frank Hoover to corporal. Dotson trained at Fort Knox Ky in handling community disturbances. He spoke to Delphi High School seniors on the State Guard and training for armed forces. No regular drill scheduled for Monday evening November 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo W. Dotson
Indiana State Guard
A. L. Weimar
Delphi Guard
James Sims
John Maxwell
Charles Heiland
Frank Hoover
Dotson
State Guard
Fort Knox
Delphi
Oracles edge Red Devils in thriller 39 38
In a tense finish the Delphi Oracles defeated the Camden Red Devils 38 to 39 after a late rally. George of Camden broke a 37 37 tie with a free throw, then Billy Dean Smith scored from the foul circle as the game ended amid a lengthy ruling delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oracles
RED Devils
Delphi Oracles
Camden Red Devils
George
Camden
Tempts
Billy Dean Smith
Edging
Sieber
Campbell
Furnish
Kirkpatrick
Anderson
Jackson
Mail Christmas Packages In November For Safe Arrival
Postmaster William Ashba of Delphi urges Americans to mail packages in November to ensure Christmas delivery amid wartime shortages. He notes 50,000 postal workers and 300,000 railroad workers serving elsewhere, 43,000 post offices under strain, and a goal to handle 70 million parcels for overseas forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
William Ashba
Delphi
Ashba
Postal Service
Anna Belle Vaughan Weds Army Sergeant William Coffey
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Anna Belle Vaughan of Delphi route 2 to Sergeant William D. Coffey U S Army of Gosport. The ceremony was at First Presbyterian Delphi with Rev Miles Allen Freeman officiating. The couple plan to reside in Clarksville Tennessee after a short wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Belle Vaughan
William D. Coffey
Anna Bele Vaughan
Charles Davis Vaughan
Delphi
U. S. Army of
Red Cross Executive Committee Meeting Noted
Carroll county chapter of the American Red Cross will hold an executive committee meeting Monday afternoon November 27 at 2 30 o clock in the Delphi courthouse with members invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
The
American Red Cross
Delphi Court House
Last rites for 18 year old in motorcycle crash
Martin Samuel Lang, an 18 year old from Logansport, died after a motorcycle crash seven miles north of Delphi near Yeoman. He fractured his skull when his bike hit a washout on a gravel road and died en route to St. Elizabeth hospital Lafayette. Funeral services were held at Yeoman Methodist Church with burial at Mt. Hope cemetery Logansport. He was born May 15 1926 in Logansport and survived by his parents a brother Billy a sister Sue a half brother Forrest Walters in England and grandmother Mrs. Nettie Price Burrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Samuel Lang
Yeoman Methodist
Grimm Funeral Home
Delphi
Mt. Hope
Logansport
Yeoman
van Scott Farm
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Grimm
William
Susan Price Lang
Cass County
L. B
Billy
Sue
Forrest Walters
England
Nettie Price
Burrows
Missing In Action Sgt Floyd Sprinkle Reported In France
War Department message to wife Mary Guthrie Sprinkle confirms Sgt. Floyd W. Sprinkle has been missing in action in France since October 19. He is Rockfield native, carpenter before service, enlisted March 1943, trained in multiple camps, stationed in England briefly then France from August. He has one brother Eugene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd. W. Sprinkle
Mary Guthrie Sprinkle
Rockfield
France
War Department
Sprinkle
John Showalter
Near Burrows
Arkansas
Kansas
Tennessee
New Jersey
Arizona
England
Eugene
Sieber Rites Held Tuesday in Flora
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura F. Sieber 84 were held Tuesday afternoon at the First Brethren church in Flora. She died Saturday night after a long illness. Survivors include five daughters, 23 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and burial was in Maple Lawn Cemetery. Burial and funeral arrangements were handled by Lester Funeral Home of Flora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Brethren Church
Flora
Laura F. Sieber
Kennedy Nursing Home
Carroll County
David Fisher
John F
Locke Cook
Bringhurst
Pearl Sadler
Carl Kingery
Rose Butz
Michigan
Elmer Cripe
Bert Hodge
Maple Lawn Cemetery
Lester Funeral Home
Deer Creek Students Raise Record Scrap Paper Tonnage
Deer Creek high school students collected 11 130 pounds of scrap paper in a one day drive with Deer Creek and Washington townships. About 90 to 95 percent of homes cooperated. Proceeds supported the general school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Creek High School
Deer Creek
Washington
General School Fund
Walter Ayres III critically ill at St Elizabeth hospital
Walter Ayres III lies in critical condition at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette after losing consciousness Sunday at home. Doctors reported Tuesday he is slightly better as he battles asthma and heart disease. Ayres serves as Carroll county AAA chairman. Private first class and Mrs Wesley T Odano will return to Evanston NL on Thanksgiving evening after visiting her mother Mrs Faye Hildebrandt and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ayres
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Mr. Ayres
Carroll County
AAA
Wesley _— T. Odano
Evanston, NL
Faye Hildebrandt
Delphi Youth Member Receives Croix de Guerre Honor
Second Lieut. John R. Bowman of Delphi route 3 is a navigator and bombardier in the 12th Air Force B-26 Marauder group. The unit was decorated by France with the Croix de Guerre with palm and had previous U.S. citations for overseas service. Bowman graduated Delphi High School in 1938 and joined the Army Air Corps in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Famed
Air Force
John, R
Jack) Bowman
Robert Bowman
12Th Air Force
Lieut
Bowman
United States
Army Air Corps
Delphi High School
Reed is killed in China during World War II mission
John Allen Reed, 23, flight engineer mechanic with the India China division of Air Transport Command, was killed in China on November 13. A Logansport native born August 16, 1921, he attended Delphi schools and Kokomo high, trained at St. Petersburg Gulfport LaGuardia Salt Lake City, and had served two years. Survived by his parents Rev. and Mrs. Carl R. Reed and sister Phyllis Jean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allen Reed
China
War Department
Carl R. Reed
Logansport
Delphi
Young Reed
India-China
Air Transport Command
Kokomo High School
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gulfport Field
Miss
la Guardia Field
N. Y
Salt Lake City
Utah
Phyllis Jean
DePauw Sees Record Winter Enrollment
Elizabeth Smock of Delphi has enrolled in DePauw University's winter semester, part of about 1475 students on campus. The university reports 925 women, 433 Navy V-12 apprentices, and 27 sorority houses and residence halls in use as enrollment reaches peace-time averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Elizabeth Smock
East Monroe Street
Delphi
DePauw University
Veneta J. Kanter
Elizabeth
William C. Smock
DePauw
Missing in Action: Sgt Kendall McCain Over Germany
Mr and Mrs J Reed McCain of Russiaville report their son Sgt Kendall McCain is missing in action over Germany. He served as a waist gunner on a bomber and expected to be home for Christmas. His father is a former Carroll County surveyor and his uncle George McCain is principal of Delphi junior high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Reed McCain
Russiaville
Sgt
Kendall McCain
Germany
Carroll County
George McCain
Delphi
Purdue sophomore pledged to Phi Sigma Kappa at Purdue
Richard Balser son of Mr and Mrs Burr Balser of near Delphi has been pledged to Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity Balser is a sophomore at Purdue University Miss Josephine Odell hosted a luncheon Tuesday honoring Mrs Henry B Wilson birthday anniversary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Balser
Burr Balser
Near
Delphi
Purdue University
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
Josephine Odell
Henry B. Wilson
Illness Fatal to Elisabeth Andrew Rites Held Sunday
Elisabeth Wilkinson Andrew, 24, died Friday in St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette after childbirth complications from a Caesarean. Born Delphi December 19, 1926 she was daughter of Charles L and Clarice Witkineem. She married Paul Robert Andrew March 20, 1943 in Delphi. Last rites were Sunday at Blythe funeral home with burial in Masonic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabeth Andrew
Paul
Elisabeth Wilkinson) Andrew
St. Eizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Paula Elisabeth
Delphi Op Det
Charles L. and
Clarice Switzer Witkineem
Bim Andrew
Delphi High School
Purdue University
Alpha Lambda Honorary Society
First Presbyterian Church
Gamma Alpha
Tri Kappa Sorority
Betty Wilkinson
Paul Robert Andrew
Presbyterian Manse
Delphi
Miles A. Freeman
Clyde Robbins
Blythe Funeral Home
Merlin Schwein
Masonic Cemetery
Women Register For Instruction In Meat Canning
The first of a two lesson series on meat canning was held at the community canning center with over twenty five attendees. Arden Russell and Dorothy Arvidson led, assisted by George Vianco Jeanette Parvis and Paul Carney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arden Russell
Dorothy Arvidson
Delphi High School
George Vianco
Jeanette Parvis
Paul Carney
Questionnaire on Bible teaching to be circulated in Carroll county
A county wide survey on religious education in public schools will begin Monday Nov 27. Questionnaires will reach teachers parents and local ministers with school official approval. Wayne B Swihart Burlington a county teacher and minister works on the Ohio State University degree project. No names will be used in the results. Dr and Mrs John Kirkpatrick plan a Thanksgiving Day family dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Harry Hatton
Lee L. Eve
Wayne B. Swihart
Burlington
Swihart
Ohio Sate University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard E. Dewitt
Pacific
Marianas Islands
Thomas E. Watson
Dewitt
Saipan
Tinian
Treva Metsger
Clark Metsger
Alpha Chi Omega Society
West Lafayette
Treva
Seister
Richard P. O'Conner
O'Reilly General Hospital
Springfield
Missouri
O’conner
Georgia Carrigan
Parke Beattie, Jr
Lebanon
Bougainville
Nick Wason
Nick
Parke
William Wason
William Clark, JR
Draft Board
Farm School For Computing
Vocational AG Department
den E. Russell
L. J. Musselman
Elmo Dotson
Poral
Smith Is
Smith
Page Four
Ina Mabel Vaughan
L. B. Coffey
Sgt. Coffey
Leslie B. Coffey
Gosport
U. S. Army
Coffey
223Rd Ord H. M. Co
Camp Campbell
Clarksville
Tenn
Martin S. Lang
Floyd Sprinkle
Walter Ayres III
John R. Bowman
Albert Gerbens
Jesse Gerbens
Ralph Gerbens
John <Lepinger
Clarence Cain
Riverett Mullendore
Jack Hafey
Maude Ayres
Buell Glass
H. D. Vansickle
Ralph Jones
Bessie Walters
Russell Stafford
John Rohrabaugh
Laura Parks
Fern Connelly
Lloyd Shaffer
Ruth Bowman
Bruce Draper
Wray
Carter
Lottie Wright
William Weidner
Parker Simmons
Homer Wilson
Russell Craig
Harry Clawson
Earl Newell
Reba Briggs
Feaster
John Kirkpatrick
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