Rockfield Community Notices and Local Events
Doris Smith hosts a chicken pie supper in Rockfield. Max Gish and wife move into the Miss Nettie Windel property. Mrs. Guy Ward buys the Glenn Mussellman house. Mary Jane Harter’s room plans a masquerade at Mary Anne Graves’ home on Oct 28. Rural Youth district meeting Oct 26 featured Arthur Arnott speaking, music, spelling, and refreshments. A DeWitt birthday dinner honored Mrs DeWitt and Cpl Merle DeWitt home from Camp Chaffee. Residents noted illness and hospital visits. William Mullin to army service. family to stay with wife’s parents. Halloween party hosted by Norma Jean Allen. Mr and Mrs Frank Bruce's 40th anniversary celebrated with 30 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Gish
Fred DeWitt
Sewell Moore
Kokomo
Ian Sanderson
Tom Sanderson
James Britton
Owen Britton
Cass County Hospital
H. G. Kolb
Everrett Christopher
Chalmers
Ray Miller
Delphi
Lon Doyle
Harold Cripe
Truman Doyle
Tishmen Leslie
Ira Shaffer
Hunters Urged to Keep Woods Fire Free
Opening day for duck hunters showed a better than usual native duck supply and many hunters reached bag limits. Hugh Barnhart, director of the Department of Conservation, urged fire safety in the woods with eight practical rules for campfires and smoking.
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Hugh Barnhart
Department of Conservation
Annual Agricultural Conference Scheduled for January
The county agent reports the Annual Agricultural and Home Economics Conference will be held January 11 12 and 13 at Purdue focusing on maximum production for 1943 and 44. Indiana and North Central states lead in increased agricultural supplies with hogs up ten percent from 1942. The event targets higher yields, better management, and more pork beef and dairy per acre amid lend lease needs. Jackson Township Farm Bureau elected officers Albert Fisher chairman Milton Bowman vice chairman Fred Wagoner secretary Everett Robinson treasurer and S E Leader Mrs Albert Fisher. The program featured local performances and talks on 1943 Farm Bureau membership. Washington Township Home Economics Club hosted by Mrs Orpha Mead Ella Hinkle Mrs Andy Huston and Reba Shanks with a dedication flag and project lessons.
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Purdue
Indiana
United States
North Central States
Albert Fisher
Milton Bowman
Fred Wagoner
Everett Robinson
S.E
Melvin Fisher
Jean
Shirley Bowman
Charles Tansey
Miles Martin
Farm Bureau
H. G. Kolb
Washington Township
Orpha Mead
Ella Hinkle
Andy Huston
Reba Shanks
John O. Brown
Fred Fidler
Pauline Robeson
Freida Myler
Indiana estate appoints Walter Dobbins as administrator
Walter Dobbins of Delphi appointed administrator of the Indiana estate of Kate Anderson of Cummings Iowa. He gave bond for $1000. Obear and Obear are attorneys for the estate.
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Walter Dobbins
Delphi
Indiana
Kate Anderson
Cummings
Iowa
Obear
Cronin Estate Saint in Carroll County Indiana AD ministratrix notice
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Judge of the Carroll Circuit Court of Carroll County Indiana administrator of the estate of William E Cronin deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent. Catharine Cronin Administratrix. October 6 1942. Hanna and Hanna Attorneys 34-41.
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Carroll Circuit Court
Carroll County
State of
Indiana
William E. Cronin
Casein Paint Ad Promises Easy Use and Long Lasting Color
A Delphi Indiana advertisement touts a casein paint that can be thinned with water for indoor surfaces including plaster wood brick and cement. The paint reportedly stays clear without yellowing or odor and is easy to mix and apply.
County Commissioners October 1942 Claims List
A detailed roll of gravel road and miscellaneous claims filed in October 1942. Names listed include John F. Allen A W Jackson S Boyles Edw Kurtz Bob Downey Raleigh Heath Judd Dilling Chas Hanna Chas Brookshire Robert Turney and others with amounts ranging from small service fees to larger disbursements. Several line items show specific payments to local businesses and individuals for labor, materials, and services.
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John F. Allen
A. W. Jackson
S. Boyles
Kurtz
Bob Downey
Raleigh Heath
Judd Dilling Chas
Hanna Chas
Brookshi
Robert Turney
John Dilling
Ruth Allen
Frank Spence
Doyle Garrison
Joseph Magee Perry Irelan
Andrew Irelan
Delbert Spence
Cecil Brown
Nora Kleinman
Charles E. Girard
Arthur Fross
G. M. Fross
Andrew Huston
John Appleton Age Leazenby Co
Quinn Harold Hayes c. Scott
Thomas Porter
Bert Hayes
Mary Cox
Thomas Linn
Ross Martin
Charles Davis
Dan Sutton
Bien Milburn
Robert Bernice Smoker
Charles Dalton
Services Set Sunday for Mrs Anna Miller
Funeral services for Mrs Anna E Miller of Delphi were held Sunday at 2 PM at Thompson funeral home Brookston. Burial followed in the I O O F cemetery in Brookston. She died Friday at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette. she was the widow of Frank Miller and mother of three, with three sisters surviving.
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Anna E. Miller
Delphi
Thompson Funeral Home
Brookston
Two Cars Damaged In Delphi Collision
Two cars were damaged in an accident Thursday evening at Front Street and Dayton Road in Delphi. John Davis of near Delphi was treated at St Elizabeth hospital after his car was struck by a vehicle driven by Clifford Foreman Jr. of near Delphi. Sheriff Harry Cree investigated.
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Front Street
Dayton Road
Delphi
John Davis
Charles Davis
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Clifford Foreman, Jr
Foreman
Harry Cree
Tippecanoe Home Club Meeting Hosts Halloween Joke
Members met on Wednesday October 21 with Mrs Lillian Abraham as hostess. Eighteen members attended as Mrs Lynn Brookbank presided. Roll call was a Halloween joke. Plans for Achievement Day and committee assignments were discussed.
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Tippecanoe Home Economics Club
Lillian Abraham
Blanche Riley
Hellen Shepherd
Dorothy Smith
Lynn Brookbank
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V. Myeri
Mgi
Young Peoples
Methodist Sunday School
America
Herb Smith
Rch
Standard Oil
Midwest
Standard
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Uncle Sam
United Spaces War
Old State Road 39
Metzger Lumber Co
Singer
Automobile
Oldsmobile
Edward Gerard
Hoshaw Brog
Aucs
Florence Hoshaw
Homes
George Erbahl
Highland Park, Illinois
C. B. Oskins
Rockfield
Doris Smith
Wayne Brechbiel
Friday
Betty Mullin
Brechbiel
U. S. Navy
Marjorie Fincher
Lebanon
Edward .Mellinger
Perrysville
Ind
Edward
Claude Mellinger
Here
William Mullin
Helen Sailors
Helen Groninger
Clarence Larimore
Hammond
Eldo Biddle
LaPort, Ind
Otho Biddle
Russell Rockhill
Yeoman
William Mullendere
Joe Fincher
Martinsville
Paul Popejoy and
Indianapolis
Norma Jean Allen
Sammy Quinn
Dick McCarty
Marjorie Fessler
Frank Bruce
Aileen Jackson
Mrs
B. B. Jackson
Robert D. Potter
American Weekly
Chicago Herald-American
Adv
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Red Comb Poultry and
Pioneer Hog
Farm News
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
Camden
Catharines
Cronin
Hanna & Hanna, Attys
LOY Roofing Company
Delphi, Ind
Orel Waed
Robert Wise
Ralph Wagoner
Carl Miller
Lillie Merino
Frank Spivey
Eras i Eee
Brartin Gerbens
Hansel McHardie
George Butler
Charles Wray
Fred Truner A
Cae
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Warren Messick
Minn-Moline Power Co
Socony Vacuum Oil Co
Peter Anderson Co
American Aggregates Corp. Ae ‘Cameee Tie Co
Mount
Reat Igg Teston Kidee
Raymond Coble
Herbert " Oroe
Clayton C. Hudson
Warnie Mullendore
Adams Drug Store
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Sine Adeaiasek I
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Anna Miller
A. J. Hughes
E. C. Miller
F. M. Miller
Ida Reynolds
Clarence Parmlee
Rose Lawn
Helen Terry
Middleport
Ohio
Orville Shulthers
EE Brothers, Phila. PA
Tippecanoe H. E. Club
L. R. McCain &Son
I. GC Lowery
General Insurance
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Mulberry
Flora, Ind
Joe Marsh
Jeb Crowell
Crowell
Jeb
Basil Strube
Pete Swanson
Brewing Industry Foundation
Log Roofing Company
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