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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1965
Page
1
Town readers learn Mindwell and her At the Mailbox column are ending after months of notes and glimpses. The page features town happenings from October colors to local tributes, Veterans Day thoughts, printing rescues, Viet Nam inquiries, fishing news, and United Fund drive details with many named locals.
The Delphi Junior High football team, the Oracle, opened with three wins in four games, losing only to Twin Lakes 20-0. They defeated Sheridan 23-0, Battle Ground 21-7, and Clinton Central 23-7, scoring at least three touchdowns in the others while allowing just one score.
Mr and Mrs Ray Strantz announce the birth of a daughter named Lee Anne born Saturday at Home Hospital. Mrs Strantz is formerly Jean Hamling.
The Carroll County Court House will be closed all day Tuesday October 12 due to undisclosed reasons. This closure affects court operations and public access to services for the day.
Dennis Walker of Lafayette Jefferson won the eighth annual Central Indiana Cross Country Meet at Carroll County Country Club with a 9 58.6 time. Dave Johnston of West Lafayette finished second in 10:00, as Lafayette Jeff led with 31 points ahead of Frankfort 62 Logansport 75 West Lafayette 80 and Delphi 133. West Lafayette holds the team record of 21 points set at Logansport in 1963. Delphi runners Harold Garrison Jim Ferrier Jeff Long Larry Albregts Bud Foster Keith Lantz and Chris Strantz posted listed times.
Camden parents are invited to attend a reception for teachers in the Delphi Community Schools on Monday October 11 at 8 PM. The School and Home Association sponsors the annual affair to be held in the Delphi High School cafeteria.
A house on West Front Street Delphi sold Monday to Levi Furst from owners John T. Smith and Ruth D. Erb via Beaker Realty Co of Lafayette with Dean Ratcliff as local representative. A Clyde Nelson cottage in Maxwell addition on the Tippecanoe River sold last week to Joseph Maslin of Lafayette through Beaker Realty Co.
The Carroll County Commissioners awarded the bid for a new police car to Fred Sorrell Dodge in West Delphi at a net bid of 1345 dollars. Mann Chevrolet and Flora Auto Equipment were the other bidders.
Lewis Funkhouser is a patient in Home Hospital with a concussion cuts and bruises from a two car wreck Sunday on 52 by pass rear National Homes. He was alone in his car and the other vehicle had two occupants who were uninjured.
Under Mrs Aneta Van Sickle the Student Council organizes a Friday homecoming parade and pep rally with the mayor police fire sheriffs state police. the football team cheerleaders band and queens lead a 2 20 start downtown to the courthouse east steps followed by a lawn display art students supervised by Mr Sanders. The queen will be crowned at halftime by the senior class president and a dance in the cafeteria sponsored by the FTA follows the game.
The cornerstone of Yeoman Methodist Church will be laid during Sunday morning services at 10 40 in the current building. Gilbert Clevenger of Kokomo donated the stone and Lewis Sage prepared a time capsule with the church history members list hymnal church officials and recent bulletins. Rev Bill Moon invites members and friends to attend this special occasion.
The School and Home Association of Delphi Community Schools will host a teachers reception in the Delphi High School cafeteria Monday evening October 11 at eight. All parents of Delphi Community Schools students are invited. Richard Grantham is association president.
Delphi chamber of commerce representative Myron Beesley secured city streets for a Hallowe'en parade. Claims filed were allowed. No bids were received for the hill booster station pump house. Chief Merle Cree demonstrated and lectured on the police German Shepherd dog training and characteristics.
Delphi Oracles routed Southwestern 42 0 at Hillcrest Field Friday as three quick second quarter touchdowns broke a close game. Greg Shaeffer, Craig Groninger, and Tom Freeman sparked a 28 0 halftime lead while Delphi compiled 242 total yards to Southwestern 191. Freeman led with 71 rushing yards, as Delphi extended its win streak to fifteen games.
Robert Alva Dixon a Pittsburg seventh and eighth grade social studies and literature teacher has been selected for Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. A Columbus native, the 30 year old attended Ohio State University David Lipscomb College and Purdue University after serving three years in the U S Army. Dixon has taught at Walcott High and in the Peru Community Schools and is in his first Delphi Community Schools year. He is married with three children Mark Alan Michael Ray and Jonda Lyn.
Delphi opened with a 14 point surge as Shaeffer and Groninger sparked second quarter returns. Groninger 45 yard interception return set up the second score, followed by Shaeffer fumble recovery for a TD. Freeman added two extra points and Delphi built a 28-0 lead before extending further.
A Lafayette woman, Shirley Ann Guy, 29, was killed instantly when a crash on Highway 25 west of Rockfield involved a Black Angus cow. Her husband Raleigh Guy Jr., 31, was injured. their four year old son Martin escaped unharmed. The crash, the eighth traffic fatality in Carroll County in 1965, involved Ernest A. Scheetz’s car hitting a cow and the Guys’ car rear ending the Scheetz vehicle. The cattle were owned by Phill Smith Delphi rural route. one cow died, the other had to be shot. Officers present were Sheriff James Coghill Deputy Way Swaim and State Troopers Herb Cle and Dennis Davis and County Coroner James Sullivan.
The Pittsburg Church of the Brethren schedules a good used clothing drive for October 9 to aid New Orleans flood victims. The church will collect in the Delphi area Saturday morning and pickup occurs at the homes of Vernon Kenworthy and Homer Myers by prior arrangement.
The Rev. Arthur Jones will be guest speaker at the First Presbyterian Church in Delphi for three Sundays October 10 17 and 24. He will speak at Divine Worship at 10 o clock Sunday mornings with Sunday School classes at the usual hour.
Carl Erkine former Dodger pitcher and 1965 Christmas gift chairman for the Mental Health Association in Indiana autographed baseballs presented to Hazelle Kirkpatrick chair of the Christmas Gift Committee for Logansport State Hospital region. The baseballs will be given to patients on behalf of the Mental Health Association in Carrell County in the Logansport Christmas region.
Dr C C Crampton was taken Monday to St Elizabeth Hospital in a Corn ambulance. Gilbert Underhill was admitted Wednesday at Home Hospital for scheduled surgery Friday. Mrs Frank Loudon at Mayo Clinic Thursday morning for surgery. F K Sisson transported the Loudons to Rochester Saturday. Mr Loudon and his wife remain there this week.
Sp-4 Jerry A. Fincher son of Mr Carl Fincher of Rockfield has been stationed at Amberg Germany for two years During his twenty four day leave he tours Austria Italy France and Spain He expects to return to the United States in December or January.
Notice states that on Tuesday October 12 the holiday will be observed and business operations will be closed. Local offices and services will pause for the day.
In a Viet Nam dispatch from Phu Bai Art Politz describes a late week ambush on a dirt road. He recounts Lt Stemmick diving for cover and a brutal exchange with VC forces, noting injuries to Lt Stemmick and L Cpl Silvia, and that Politz fired sixteen rounds while directing his team amid fading light.
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