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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
3
Indiana state parks remain open year round, not closing after summer or fall. Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, stated this today to correct a common impression among Hoosiers.
A letter from Mrs. G Spriggs of Middlesex to Mrs. Elin or Henderson describes daily life during air raid warnings. She details patrols, blackout limits, cinema closures, and public calm while awaiting real raids amid rationing and petrol shortages.
A wartime letter describes keeping staff at a hospital, wardens organizing posts and shelters, and rising living costs after a budget speech. The author notes hope for safety, concern over possible mobilization, and sympathy for those worse off including Poles.
Esther Wood named 1939 Corn Queen and honored with a Halloween street party on Monday featuring a masquerade and free acts with prizes for best costumes. A reception and dance follow at Goodland High School at 9 p.m. honoring Miss Wood and her court.
Irvin Angle became administrator of the estate of Robert Dillon in Carroll circuit court on Monday. He qualified by posting a $2,000 bond. A. D. Bishop serves as attorney for the estate.
George W. Wagoner of Burrows was named administrator with the will annexed of the Sussanah Obear estate in the Carroll circuit court. The estate valued at 10000.00 personal and 3500.00 real, with Bear and Obear as attorneys.
The local fire department answered a grass fire call at the Globe Valve Factory Sunday afternoon. The blaze posed a temporary threat to the building before being controlled.
Three Hanover College students died in a late Thursday auto-truck crash at the junction of state roads 39 and 18 near Delphi. Illinois? No, Indiana. Victims were Glenn R. Carmichael Jr. 21 James E. Griffin 23 and William F. Sullivan 19. The driver Roy O’Haver of Elwood said he saw no approaching car. The Pontiac convertible carrying the three slammed into the truck rear end. Carmichael a Beta Theta Pi junior and son of East Monticello, with parents and a shoe shop father. Griffin and Sullivan from Salem and Vevay respectively. Coroner Gros Sheriff Cree and Trooper Robbins investigated.
W J Schock of Tippecanoe Township reports the death of his brother Orton Schock of Glendive Montana. Survived by wife and daughter Denis two brothers and three sisters all of Yeoman. Funeral held Saturday in Glendive.
Mr and Mrs John T Johnson spent Sunday visiting Bloomington and Nashville, continuing a weekend trip with no reported incidents or events.
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