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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1944
Page
1
Main Street reports 17 year old Bill Cowdin of Delphi has two Civil Air Patrol pilot licenses but must wait to solo until 18 and complete more hours. Diary notes include Pfc Louis Kent in England and Lt Bill Kerlin recovering from injuries, plus impressions from German POWs and reflections on Wendell Willkie's death and legacy.
Indiana AAA officials detail how soybean producers who market crops can obtain soybean meal in the 1944-45 season. Eligible farmers need receipts showing beans sold, with certificates issued after October 1 and monthly or longer applications. Allocation favors livestock feeders with limited meat supply, and certificates may be used to obtain meal from approved suppliers.
The Sarah Circle of the Presbyterian church meets Tuesday evening October 17 at 6 30 p m for a cooperative supper. Mrs Dan Jones was taken to St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette Thursday morning in the Blythe ambulance.
Eight persons are enrolled in the Red Cross first aid instructors course at Delphi High School. The program runs Monday October 2 through Friday October 13 with Mrs Esther Gregg Mrs Rosemary Hannell Miss Dorothy Arvidson Miss Ariel Green Mrs Gladys Fastman Hiram J Eastman of Burlington L H Victor and Clyde Robbins among the students. W R Lindsay leads the classes in the home economics room.
Obituary notes William B. Hoshaw of Delphi died in Cheyenne Wyoming after a heart attack and two weeks as a patient. He was 65, survived by wife Laura Keyes Hoshaw and relatives in Delphi. Also details on Carroll County rehabilitation plans, the resignation of Herman Theophile as clerk, and Governor Schricker's push for a unified veterans program with local service centers.
The Rockfield War Mothers raised 10 to buy convalescent equipment for Wake man General hospital Camp Atterbury. They sent a large box with MOS handkerchiefs candy and toiletries to Billings Memorial hospital Ft. Harrison. The group announces ongoing Red Cross sewing at monthly meetings and urges mothers to attend.
Sunshine Society of Delphi high school plans its annual Hobo Day for Saturday October 21. Members will scrub polish and mind children to raise funds for the Riley fund and society activities. District chairs Marilyn Johnson Marilyn Hubbard Mary Austin Louise Morrow and Mary Clifford organize the event with a pitch in luncheon at noon in the home economics room.
Hobart Creighton state House speaker will headline Rally Day at United Brethren church Pyrmont Sunday Oct 15. He lives in Warsaw and runs a large chicken farm with his brother. The day includes Sunday school 9 30 basket dinner noon and 2 pm service plus a musical program.
Sub-Debs installed the newly elected officers in a candlelight service at Mrs. E. W. Bowen's home last Thursday evening. Ladonna Macy was installed as president, Mary Clauser as vice president, Norma Sales as recording secretary, Willa C. Bowen as corresponding secretary, and Joanne Orr as treasurer. Seventeen new club members were chosen, with initiation plans discussed. Refreshments followed, and dinner at Welcome Inn cafe preceded the ceremonies with attendees listed.
Roger Hanna is promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U S Army Medical Corps and serves on duty in Naples Italy after several months abroad. A Delphi high school and Indiana University graduate he previously led Jackson County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Jackson Michigan before enlisting. He later served at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver Colorado then went overseas. He is the son of Mrs John Hanna who lives with his wife Frances and their three sons in Jackson.
Francis M. Bell of Walton was fined 25 dollars and 8.50 costs plus a 90 day license revocation for operating a vehicle under the influence. Elijah Farmer of Delphi paid 15 dollars and 3.50 costs for driving without a license. James R. Krise of Kokomo was fined 5 dollars and 3.50 costs for driving a truck at an unreasonable speed.
Wayne Hiatt resigns as Carroll County Farm Bureau Co op manager effective immediately to become Supervisor of Standard Commercial Hatcheries at Terre Haute. John De La Croix of Rensselaer will fill the vacancy. Emma Collum and Thomas Hendricks also change posts at the local hatchery team as Greencastle and Indianapolis affiliations shift.
Governor Henry Schricker will visit Delphi on Saturday October 21 and speak at 2 p.m. in the Carroll County Courthouse assembly room. He plans a Monticello appearance that evening and is campaigning for the U.S. Senate this fall. The public is invited to attend.
Mary Jean Hildebrandt eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Hildebrandt marries Wesley Tosh Odano of Chicago in a September 13 ceremony at Hennigan Methodist church Minneapolis Minnesota. Odano serves in the U S Army Intelligence Branch and the couple met as classmates at Evanston Collegiate Institute. Mrs Odano will continue studies at Evanston. she is Delphi High School 1942 graduate and Tri Kappa member.
Mrs. Margaret Afflis of Delphi is a Democratic District Vice Chairman and state director of probation. She has spoken across northern Indiana in October with engagements at the Dunes Democrat Ladies Club Chesterton Lake County Women’s Democrat Club Gary Jefferson Club Wabash and Pike County Women’s Democrat Club Decatur.
Mrs. Ella Carey 66 died at her Burlington home after a short illness. She was born November 18 1877 in Missouri, married J M Carey August 4 1909. Survived by husband four brothers and a buried in Burlington cemetery with funeral at 2 30 p m. Burial by Lester funeral home Flora.
Carroll County Democratic women plan their autumn meeting on Wednesday October 25 at Delphi Country Club. Mrs Mindwell C Wilson chairs the reception with a long list of helpers and committees including Mrs A J Wickard Mrs W B Smith Mrs Stella Butler and many others. Speakers will be Mrs Henry Schricker wife of the governor Mrs Samuel Ralston and Mrs Edna Bingham state vice chairman all of Indianapolis.
A Halloween carnival will be held Friday October 20 at Carrollton high school at 7 30 p m for students and the public. Activities include apple bobbing cake walks and fortune telling with prizes for best costumes. Food will be sold and a large turkey door prize. Forrest Lynch was taken to St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette after an ambulance transport.
Delphi War Mothers of the Second World War will meet Friday afternoon at one o'clock at the Delphi library to pack Christmas boxes for boys overseas. Members are asked to bring small boxes for packing handkerchiefs. The local unit also collects books to send to Freeman Field hospital Seymour. The group will meet Tuesday Oct 17 for packing books to be left at the Delphi library. Appreciation letters have come from hospital officials thanking the group for volumes already sent.
Mrs Blanche Cartwright attended funeral services in Indianapolis for Mrs May Scott Clements who died of heart disease at her daughter’s home in Maroon Illinois. Mrs Clements had many Delphi friends from years of visits.
R gas coupons can now be taken to local service stations for gasoline, according to the local ration board. Mrs. William P. Cameron previously Miss Roberta Frey has gone to Jacksonville, Flora, where she will join her husband, aviation machinist's mate first class William Cameron, who is stationed there.
The Delphi Scout Troops collect waste paper and magazines on Saturday October 14 with contributions left on front porches by 9 a.m. Miss Nellie Haughey hosted guests at her home Friday evening.
Delphi high school students and staff observed Columbus Day with a flag ceremony on the school lawn. The large flag, a gift to Douglas McCain from uncle William Harley, rode up from the Capitol in Washington, and was flown over the Capitol on September 8. Scouts participated and James French read the presentation letter.
The Delphi Indiana State Guard company will join maneuvers of the Second and Third Regiments at Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis on Friday through Sunday. Last week seven members from Delphi were sent to Fort Harrison to obtain army licenses to operate army motor vehicles.
Services were held today for Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Miller 90 widow of Robert Miller who died Tuesday in Logansport. Rev Francis E Reese officiated at Chase Miller chapel and burial followed in Woodville cemetery. She was born April 4 1854 in Carroll county and lived in Carroll and Cass counties all her life. Her husband died in 1920.
Mrs. Ed Lynch received a call from her daughter Pfc. Margaret Rusk of the Women's Army Corps. She has returned from England where she served with a WAC unit and was hospitalized there. Now in a New York hospital, she expects to come home in about three weeks.
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