Forward fighter control unit aids Allied defense and invasion
Indiana soldiers like Frank A. Irelan serve in the Army Air Force forward fighter control unit enabling air raid warnings and intercepts. Sgt Irelan has taken part in four major invasion landings. Early ballots emerge from overseas with Lieut. Dale Young returning the first Carroll county ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Set
Frank A. Irelan
Elmer Irelan
Delphi
Indiana
Army Air Force
Sgt. Irelan
Dale Young
Hawaiian Islands
Carroll County
Charles Bell
Son of Delphi Lady Wins Ensign Rank at Maritime School
John T. Mahoy the son of Mrs. Mary Mahoy of south of Delphi and nephew of Albert Holloway of Yeoman earned the ensign rank in the U S Maritime Service after graduating from the Maritime Officers Training School in Alameda Calif He served two years in the Navy during World War I and later left Alameda to join Uncle Sams maritime forces He is the immediate past president of the Alameda Acro of Eagles and has two children Patricia and Keith His wife and children will remain in California while he serves He departed August 29 for sea duty and attended Delphi High School He was a member of the I O O F lodge and a Past Grand in Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Mahoy
Mary Mahoy
South of Delphi
Albert Holloway
Yeoman
United States Maritime Service
Maritime Officers Training School
Alameda
Calif
Mahoy
Navy
Alameda Acro
Eagles
Uncle Sam
Maritime Forces
Patricia
Keith
California
Amanda Wood 77 Funeral Held in Logansport
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the Chase-Miller chapel for Amanda Jane Wood 77 widow of Dyton Wood. She died Monday evening at her Adams township home after weeks of illness. Born February 24 1867 in Adams county Ohio she was the daughter of Jacob and Eliza Hampleman. Survivors include four children Louise Opal and two sons H E and Ralph Wood fourteen grandchildren three great grandchildren a brother A W Hempleman and a sister Mrs Robert Nexon. Burial followed at Cline Cemetery Royal Centre with Rev C E Bulander officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase-Miller
Logansport
Amanda Jane Wood
Dyton Wood
Adams Township
Carroll County
Burnettsville
Adams County
Ohio
Jacob
Eliza Nesbit Hampleman
Louise Wood
Delphi Deer Creek Township School Opens With Large Freshman Class
The Delphi Deer Creek township school in Delphi begins the year with 86 freshmen and 53 seniors. Report by superintendent Lee L. Eve and principal Kenneth Pitts lists freshmen names from Jerry Allbaugh to Roy Turn.
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Delphi- Deer Creek Township
Delphi
Lee L. Eve
Kenneth Pitts
Jerry Allbaugh
Eleanor Allen
Guy Amstutz
Charles Black
Ruth Bowman
Joan Bradshaw
Edward Brown
Don Burton
Richard Calbert
Roger Capper
Robert Clawson
Wilma Clawson
Joan Clifford
Phyllis Cole
Emma S. Grant 75 Dies After Long Illness in Lafayette
Emma S. Grant of Cutler and native of Carroll County died Saturday at the Wabash Valley sanitarium after a two and a half year illness. She was married to Charles M. Grant of Delphi in 1891 and is survived by one sister, Mrs. Carl Long. Funeral services were held at the Curre Presbyterian church with Rev. Dale Brubaker officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma S. Grant
Cutler
Wabash Valley
Lafayette
Carl Long
Curire Presbyterian Church
Dale Brubaker
Ball Hill
Carter
Flora
REMC Officials Plan DelphI Meetings On Sept 14
Officials from twenty northern Indiana REA projects will gather in Delphi for an all day meeting on Thursday Sept 14 Clarance Darragh the local manager announced Bookkeepers from REA projects also meet in the Delphi library with an REA auditor as speaker REMC managers confer with Carroll county agricultural agent Miss Mary Jean Hildebrandt returns to Evanston Ill Friday to resume studies at Evanston Collegiate Institute Donnabelle Smith has accepted a typing job in the office of Fred C Martin Delphi
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Indiana
REA
Delphi
Clarence Darragh
REMC
Carroll County
Mary Jean Hildebrandt
Evanston
Ill
Evanston Collegiate Institute
Pvt John Davis Keeps Liberator Flying in Southwest Pacific
Pvt John Davis, aircraft armorer from Delphi, Indiana, serves in a B24 Liberator known as the Lone Ranger. He fought from Guadalcanal to replicas in the Southwest Pacific, earning Good Conduct Medal and Asiatic Pacific campaign ribbon with two stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
John Davis
13Th Aaf
Southwest Pacific
Delphi
Davis
Charles E. Davis
Route Four
Nine Carroll youths reach 18th birthday and register for service
Nine Carroll county youths have registered with the local selective service board upon reaching their eighteenth birthday. The list names Arthur Marion Frye Burnettsville route 1 Robert Cline Hyman Delphi Finis Loyd Gipson Delphi Charles E Robeson Camden Charles Ambrose Sneathen Delphi George Arthur Kamstra Rossville route 1 Richard Donald Shuler Frankfort route 1 Calvin Leslie Boyd Delphi route 3 Ralph Heathcote Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Local Selective Service Board
Herman Theophile
Arthur Marion Frye
Burnettsville
Robert Cline Hyman
Delphi
Finis Loyd Gipson
Charles E. Robeson
Camden
Charles Ambrose Sneathen
George Arthur Kamstra
Rossville
Richard Donald Shuler
Frankfort
Calvin Leslie Boyd
Ralph Heathcote
Soldier AWOL from Aberdeen Proving Grounds located in Flora
Fort Benjamin Harrison officers arrested 33 year old Harry Lucas of Flora after an AWOL status since August 25. Carroll County officers detained him at his parents home, Mr and Mrs Dave Lucas, in Flora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Harry Lucas
Flora
Aberdeen Md
Odell Awarded Air Medal for C-47 Leadership Overseas
Capt. G W Odell formerly of Garrett and Purdue engineering student left in 1940 to join the U S Air Force. He and his unit earned the air medal from the Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier Command base in Europe for the spirit and enthusiasm shown while spearheading the invasion and supporting air and ground forces after. Odell is married to Joan Rodenbarger, daughter of Arthur Rodenbarger of near Cutler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett
Purdue School of Mechanical Engineering
U. S. Air Force
Joan Rodenbarger
Artus.Rodenbarger
Near
Cutler
Ninth Air Force
Odell
Enroll 53 Children in Delphi Beginners Class
Fifty three youngsters were enrolled Friday in the Delphi school first grade under Superintendent Lee L Eve. Two groups are taught by Miss Catherine McCain and Miss Virginia Pletcher. Eligible are those turning six by November 1.
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Delphi
Lee L Eve
Davies Taken to Lafayette Hospital After Illness
Co. A. Davies of South Delphi was driven by Blythe ambulance to Home hospital Lafayette on Monday for observation and treatment after a three day illness at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. A. Davies
South Delphi
Lafayette
Blythe
Red Cross State Meeting at Lincoln Hotel
A State meeting of Red Cross workers will be held at the Lincoln hotel in Indianapolis from Sept. 11 to Sept. 15. Everyone is welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lincoln Hotel
Indianapolis
Fighting Men of Carroll County Prisoner Bowman in German camp
Cpl. Hubert T. Bowman of Carroll County was captured by German forces February 14 1943 during the Tunisian campaign. He left service in 1940 and faces possible early release as Allied advances into Germany continue. Also noted are details on Pvt. Charley Popejoy and Pvt. Robert Popejoy of Delphi, their training in the United States, overseas service, family ties, education, and current postings in England and France.
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Cpl
Hubert T. Bowman
Tom Bowman
North of
Burlington
North
Africa
Germany
Bowman
Robert Popejoy
Charles Popejoy
Boorse Popejoy
Delphi
U. S. Army
Popejoy
Ivan
Emi
Walter
U. S. Naval Service
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Proposed County Rates Cut by Council in Budget Session
Infant Charles Smith Runkle, 13 days, died Wednesday night at St. Elizabeth hospital Lafayette at 11:30, buried Thursday at Lutheran cemetery at 2:30. Rev Merlin Schwein officiated. The baby was born at home to Raymond C. Runkle and Berniece Smith Runkle. He leaves a five-year-old sister Jane Rae. Grimm funeral home handled arrangements.
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Ternoon
Merlin Schwein
Colburn
Raymond C. Runkle
Berniece Smith Runkle
Jane Rae
Grimm Funeral Home
Delphi-Deer Creek School financial report released
The Delphi-Deer Creek School reports total operating costs for the year ending August 1 1944 at 72 635.73 up from 67 004.60, driven by higher salaries rents and war conditions. Instruction costs dominate with 46 672.10, transportation and maintenance rise to 18 637.11, and fixed charges at 957.24. Round figures reflect budget session cuts across Carroll County offices and salaries.
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Delphi
Deer Creek
Lee L. Eve
Enrollment Slightly Down In School Here
Enrollment totals 675 for Delph i Deer Creek including high school and grade school, down from 691 last year. High school 287 pupils, grade school 388, junior high 89. grades listed from first to eighth with counts and four-year high school breakdown.
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Delphi-Deer Creek
Dick Balsor among honored FFA group in Prairie Farmer trip
Dick Balsor and 18 other Future Farmers of America were named winners of the 1944 Prairie Farmer-WLS rural youth award trip to Chicago. The group appeared in The Furrow and took part in a radio broadcast during their visit. Major Dick Bong joined the program as a featured guest. Mrs Will Gardner of Delphi travels to Indianapolis to visit her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Farmer-Wls
Chicago
Future Farmers of America
Richard Balser
Delphi
Dick Bong
Will Gardner
Indianapolis
Carroll county swells jury pool for September circuit term
Thirty five Carroll county citizens named as jurors by local commissioners Roscoe Sheets Abner Bowen and County Clerk Charles L Bell to serve the September term of the Carroll circuit court. Names include Martin Gerbens Marie Flora Virgil E Joyce Larry E Gruber John Richter Alpha Rule Roy Yeakley James V Pearson Truman Plank William F Dietrick Eva C Brown Walter Flora Wick Brown F Cloyd Arnott John Livingston Wilbur Kilmer Lorena M Coapstick Myrtle C Byrum Lester R Hile Malinda Brown Jesse R Clawson Ernest Sink Zopher Hamrickhouse Ada Fincher Walter Barnhart Elmer R Brown Charles W Hinkle Thomas O Farrell Elmer R Huntley Annis E Ayres Ruth Draper Bowman Lloyd Burgitt Zella Burris Walter R Allbaugh Robert H Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Roscoe Sheets
Abner Bowen
Charles L. Bell
Carroll Circuit Court
Martin Gerbens
Deer Creek Township
Marie Flora
Rock Creek
Virgil E. Joyce
Washington
Larry E. Gruber
Tippecanoe
John Richter
Jackson
Alpha Rule
Madison
Roy Yeakley
James V. Pearson
Adams
Truman Plank
Liberty
William F. Dietrick
Clay
AWOL Soldier Taken to Ft. Harrison by Army Police
Wayne L. Heavlin 25 of Illinois was moved from Carroll county jail to Ft. Benjamin Harrison by army police after being arrested Wednesday evening by state officers Bill Sayler and J. Ray Miller. Heavlin said he had been AWOL from Camp Campbell Kentucky and had dyed his fatigues dark blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne L. Heavlin
Illinois
Carroll County
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Bill Sayler
J. Ray Miller
Camp Campbell
Coroner Rules Flora Death Due to Coronary Thrombosis
The coroner ruled Josiah Luther Flora 73 of Logansport route 2 died from coronary thrombosis with chronic myocarditis as a contributory cause. The body was found near the Carroll Cass county line road on August 26, with Coroner M B Stewart and County Clerk Dewey Schmidt present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Luther Flora
Logansport
Carroll-Cass County Line
M. B. Stewart
Dewey Schmidt
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France
Paul Carney
Community Canning Center
L. C. Lucas
Belfast
Ireland
London
Lucas
Pfc
Robert Blaine Harter
Russell Harter
Hitler
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I. O. O. F. Lodge
Order
E. W. Bowen
Hilda
Bowman’s
Fren Musselman
Kent
Henry B. Wilson
Fred Craven Smith
Amanda Wood
Winchester
Cline
Royal Centre
C. E. Bulander
Mrs. Grant
Charles
Donnabelle_ Smith
Fred C. Martin
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Delphi Public School
Globe Valve Corporation
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Janet Allen
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Howard Bartley
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Kim Black
Patricia Bowyer
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Bobby Downam
Jane Elizabeth Eyer
Catherine Farner
Marilyn Ferguson
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Carol Freeman
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Paul Herron
Jackie Lee Hiett
Edith Faye
Fort Knox
Louisiana
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Carrollton High School
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Charley) Popejoy
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Purdue
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Pvt. Popejoy
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Patricia Ann
Riverside, Il
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North Carolina
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
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Colo
Methodist Church
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James Goff
Muskegon Heights
Mich
Runkle
Charles Smith Runkle
Carroll County Council
Harry E. Weil
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Burt H. McCain
Maurice Cripe
George Anderson
Claude Ellis
Chester Joyce
Carrollton
Democrat
Jefferson
Monroe
Dick Balser
FFA Group
FT. Harrison
Josiah Flora
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