Pickpocket Detectors Nab Unix Show Thieves At Farm Event
Local police aided by detectives hired by WLS and Prairie Farmer nabbed two pickpockets at the Martin farms event. One suspect pretended a heart attack and was taken to an aid tent. others were escorted out with no charges pressed. Mayor Wood crowned Homecoming Queen Susan Roach at Riley Park amid crowds. A river mishap saw a man dive for a fishing pole after it slipped into the water, ending his trip. Mrs. Robert Hawkins answered a radio quiz question about Abraham Lincoln winning a prize. Delphi City Park remains a popular gathering spot with over 6,000 picnickers this summer. Northern Indiana floods extend to nearby farmers who report three inches of rain this week. Carroll County News notes end with a reference to MAIN STREET.
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Martin
Robert Hawkins
WILO
Frankfort
Gayndelli
Garrell County
Oracles Travel to Knox Friday in Knox Clash
Delphi eyes a road test against the Knox Warriors after a week of practice to iron out issues from a 48 to 7 homecoming loss to North Judson. The Oracles fumbled seven times, seven turnovers fueling Judson scoring and derailing Delphi’s chances.
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North Judson
Oracles
Knox’ Warriors
West Lafayette
Delfphi
Rochester
Bluejays
Judson
Delphi
Absentee Ballot Requests Surge Ahead of November Election
County records show 190 residents requested absent voter ballots for the upcoming election. County Clerk Joe Tolen reported 1433 new registrations and changes during the registration period ending this month. A total of 100 persons in fon 4.
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of- Punty
Lerk
Joe Tolen
Tolen
Fon 4
Youth Hurt In State Road 421 Motorcycle Crash
19 year old Eudell Young of Yeoman was injured when his motorcycle struck by a Lafayette driver Charles Callahan. The crash occurred near the Prank Shepard residence on State Road 421 north of town. Young, who had no lights, was treated for a head wound and other injuries before being discharged from St. Elizabeth hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudell. Young
Yeoman
Charles Callahan
Lafayette
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Guy Clauser Hurt In Farm Accident In Clay Township
Guy Clauser treasurer of the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee is confined at home with injuries from a fall last Friday evening. He was working in a barn on his farm when he slipped from a box and hurt his ribs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Clauser
Clay ‘Township
Carroll County Democratic Central Committee
Clauser
Wayne L Myers Accepts Delphi Insurance Agent Post
Wayne L Myers of Delphi accepted a position as agent for the People's Life Insurance Company of Frankfort and will serve the Delphi community. Donald Mullin is also a local representative of the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne L. Myers
Delphi
People’s Life Insurance Company of
Frankfort
Donald Mullin
Former Delphi Resident Dies in Constantine Michigan
Word has been received of the death of former Delphi resident Liam Polleys on September 11 in Constantine Michigan. He is survived by a widow and three sons. His two sisters Jeanette Polleys and Harriet Polleys Smith were killed in an auto accident last August.
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Constantine
Michigan
Liam Polleys
Delphi
Polleys
Jeanette Polleys
Harriet
Polleys Smith
Flora Postman Injured When Auto Pins Him in Garage
Ross Allen rural mail carrier and Flora resident suffers a cracked pelvic bone after his grandson Scottie Allen, seated in the car, starts the engine and drives the vehicle into the garage pinning him against the building. He frees himself and goes inside, while his parents from Michigan City were away on a trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Allen
Flora
Bill Allen
Michigan City
West Coast
Hathaway Sets More Records At Delphi Cross Country Meet
Hathaway won with his fifth straight win and set a Delphi course mark 9 57.6 while belting the Hoosier Conference record 10 07.4 at Delphi Country Club. He battled Frank Adams and Merle Coulsen as Delphi edged Attica and Winamac in the team standings.
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Delphi
Smith
Attica
Hathaway
Frank Adams
Frankfort
Merle Coulsen
Logansport
Adams
Coulsen
Dykeman Park
Winamac
Enich
Aldridge
Podell
Moore
Delphi FFA Chapter Honored at Kansas City Convention
Delphi Chapter of Future Farmers of America was among 99 honored at the 27th annual convention in Kansas City for outstanding activity records for 1953-54. The Delphi chapter earned the gold emblem rating, the highest award, shared with 51 other chapters. 28 received silver, 19 bronze. Teacher W. S. Weaver accompanied a list of members including Jim Riley and Tom Armstrong, who traveled by Wabash Railroad and returned the day of report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Indiana
W. S. Weaver
Jim Riley
John Elston
Bill Peterson
Max Viney
David Hoshaw
Kim Black
Joe Robinson
Dwain Ward
Harold Zook
Jerry Jeffries
Jerry Wagoner
Roger Wilson
Carol Flora
Ray Ward
Tom Armstrong
Jim Rnderstorf
Wabash
Sayco De Mexico creates Monterrey valve factory
Stephen A. Young president of Sayco Valve of Flora announces a new valve manufacturing company in Monterrey Mexico named Sayco De Mexico. At a meeting Young is elected Chairman of the Board and Mahlon Kerlin is elected director. The firm will manufacture plumbing fixtures primarily for the South American market and will use designs and patents from Stephen A Young Corp. Production starts in a new factory early in 1955.
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Stephen A. Young
Sayco Valve of Flora
Monterrey
Mexico
Sayco de Mexico
Young
Mahlon Kerlin
Delphi
Sayco Corporation of Flora
Mr. Young
Stephen A. Young Corp
Paper Drive to Aid Delphi Cadet Scouts
Cab Scouts of Delphi sponsor a paper drive on Saturday afternoon October 16. Place paper on front porch or in front of house for pickup.
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Scouts of Delphi
Silver Anniversary for Dean and Mrs Cripe at 803 North Union
Mr and Mrs Dean Cripe will hold an open house at 803 North Union Street on Wednesday October 20 in observance of their silver wedding anniversary. Friends are invited to call from 2 to 5 PM and from 7 to 9 PM.
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Dean Cripe
North Union Street
Farm Show Draws Huge Crowds in Garrell County
Garrell County hosts its largest one day event attracting an estimated 25 000 cars and 975 air visitors from the Flying Farmers of the Midwest. Mayor Handley and Miles Martin attend as Governor Handley names Mrs DeBaillie mother of the champion pumpkin grower. Minor injuries reported with no major accidents.
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Middlewest
Virgil Joyce
Indiana Flying Farmers
WLS
Miles Martin
Harold Handley
Indiana Agriculture
Handley
John DeBaillie
Ft. ‘Wayne
Avista DeBaillie
Ft. Wayne
Aexecatur
Indiana
Isconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Rumbley
Palmra
Terry Moses
Kirklin
Driversi
Wisconsin
Nlinoig
Kansas
Hammond
Main Street
Hammers Busy at Camden Baptist Pews and Meals
Report notes Hammers will be mighty at Camden where John Berkshire and Norwood Gentry will be present for a Baptist pewter event. Meals will be furnished for a woman with five small children.
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Camden Way
John Berkshire
Norwood Gentry
Camden
Rotary To Seek Scout Funds In Drive Next Week
Delphi Rotary plans a fundraising drive to support the Boy Scouts in the Three Rivers Council. A committee will personally solicit sponsors, with $13 covering one boy for a year, aiming to meet and exceed the previous shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Delphi
Three Rivers Council
Carrol County
Plane Upset Near Camden After Pilot's Landing Attempt
An Indian exchange student at Purdue Ashraf Hasan Khan 18 escaped serious injury Sunday when a small plane at the Dean McCain farm on Route 3 Delphi near Camden turned over after dipping in the Meld. It came to rest on its top with only minor cuts and scratches reported. Local authorities investigate the minor crash and damage to the aircraft.
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Purdue
Ashraf Hasan Kahn
Déan McCain
Delphi
Mrs Kirkpatrick Honored for Service in 1954 Fund Drive
Mrs Kirkpatrick of the Carroll County Health Committee will travel to New York by plane from Indianapolis next Friday. At the State Mental Health Invention event in Indianapolis she received a citation for outstanding service in the 1954 fund campaign. Carroll County was among five counties meeting its quota.
Open House Planned Sunday Afternoon in Melson
Plan calls for an open house this Sunday October 11 from 2 to 5 PM at the Melson home. Local residents are invited to tour the premises and discuss remodeling options with the hosts.
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Honse — Melson
Kirkpatrick Wilkinson wedding in Delphi at Presbyterian Church
Norma Gene Kirkpatrick wed Leland H Wilkinson at the Delphi Presbyterian Church in a fall ceremony on Saturday October 9. The couple will reside in Crawfordsville after a reception in the church parlors with family members and attendants in autumn colors.
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Kirkpatrick
Presbyterian Church
Delphi
Norma Gene Kirkpatrick
Leland H. Wilkinson
Crawfordsville
Margaret Krkpatrick
Monroe Kirkpatrick
Merle Wilkinson
James Rankin
Edith Farr
Keneth Pyle
Lewis Kirkpatrick
Jackson
Michigan
Olivid Carr
Sharon Carney
Binford Sadler
Donald Cullum
Lafayette
Annetta
Gene Kirkpatrick
Indianapolis
Billy Kirkpatrick
Leonard Shermer
Norman Abston
Neil Gatliff
James C. Berg
Earl Park
James J. Odell
Chalmers
James G. Berry
Earlark
Oscar
Elbaicos
County Tax LeVies Reduced In State Hearings
State Tax Commissioners heard county unit budget proposals in Delphi and recommended a 1 cent cut in the county general fund rate, reducing many township and local tax rates. Specific townships list reductions from tuition funds, county revenues, and special school funds, totaling drops from about 1 to 14 cents per unit.
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Herbert Holmes
State Tax Commissioners
Delphi
State Board
Ada Roach
Afolmes
Adams Township
Burlington Township
Carrollton Township
Clay Township
Deer Creek
Jackson Township
Jefferson Township
Liberty
Madison
Monroe
Ee Creek
Tippecanoe
Washington
Camden
Flora
Yeoman
Tuitten Fund
McGuire promoted to Lafay ette Met Life assistant manager
Edwin McGuire Jr of Lafayette, formerly of Delphi, has been promoted to assistant manager of the Lafayette Branch of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He will attend a three week instruction course at the home office in New York.
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Edwin McGuire, Jr
Lafayette
Delphi
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
MecGuire
New York
Metropolitan
Ritchey and Bohanson Return from Southern Indiana Trip
Mr and Mrs Arthur Ritchey of Delphi and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bohanson of Camden will return today following a trip to Southern Indiana.
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Arthur Ritchey
Delphi
Kenneth Bohanson
Camden
Indiana
Delphi to Present Water Rate Increase Proposal
The Public Service Commission of Indiana will hear Delphi’s petition to raise water rates on November 3 at 10 a.m. in Indianapolis. If approved, Delphi residents would switch to monthly bills, with minimum charges rising from 4 dollars for six months to 1.20 dollars monthly. The schedule lays out new per 100 cubic foot rates and a 1,300 dollar monthly minimum.
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Delphi’s
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Commission
Indianapolis
Cari Oo
Cecil
Council
Delphi
Cheer Club selects George Furst as member of the week
The Delphi Lions pick George Pete Furst of St. Elizabeth Hospital Lafayette Indiana as Cheer Club member of the week after a farm accident and foot surgery. He remains in hospital and friends are asked to send cards visits letters and small gifts during his week of recognition.
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Delphi Lions
George
Pete
Furst St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Indiana
Furst
Lions
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