Legion Post Adopts Resolution Honoring Grand Army of the Republic
Post 75 of the American Legion led by Commander William H. Holmes adopts a September 2 resolution marking the last encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indianapolis. The note urges motorists to yield to pedestrians and notes Labor Day weekend highway safety. Incidents in Delphi include vandalism aimed at Gib Underhill after a late night washing and a car encounter with youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bohannon
American Legion
William H. Holmes
Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis
United States of America
Legion
United States
Gib Underhill
Gib
South Delphi
Underhill
Hickory Stick Tales Mentioned For Handy Incidents
A fragment recalls a hickory stick used in various incidents, noting its practicality in situations described earlier. The line hints at everyday tools serving as improvised aids or weapons in local events.
Tractor replaces old dobbin in Carroll county event
The article notes the shift from horse to tractor in farm chores and cites Flora Community Park as hosting Carroll county's first tractor pulling event next Monday night inviting residents to witness the new era in rural competitions.
Four Hundred Pounds of Fish Consumed at Deer Creek Fish Fry
Deer Creek Conservation Club hosted its annual Fish Fry at the club house drawing many members. The club, among the largest in the state with 289 members last year, promotes outdoor gatherings on ideal grounds and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Creek Conservation Club
Conservation Club
Picture of Drapers Captured by Polaroid Experiment
The Citizen prints a Polaroid of Mr. and Mrs. William Bruce Draper taken by John Townsend of Lafayette. The image was used for experimental purposes after Townsend allowed its publication. A fire event is reported where an eaves trough ignited from a trash burn near the Walker apartments, causing flames to shoot from the top. Gas smells reported by telephone company workers and residents accompany the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bruce Draper
John Townsend
Lafayette
Walker Apartments
Startled dweller sees gas ignition in apartment incident
A startled resident witnessed a gas escape forced up a trough and ignited. Phone company officials were summoned and resolved the mystery. The item appears in the ODDS and ENDS section with a note to turn clocks back.
1949 Oracle Football Squad Roster
Members shown include front row Vianco G Myers Hatton R Bradshaw Lane Ferrier Crone Powell Tharp Jackson Brummett Richardson. Second row lists Ebrite assistant coach Mc Greevey Zinn J Bradshaw.
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Vianco
G. Myers
Hatton
R. Bradshaw
Lane
Ferrier
Crone
Powell
Tharp
Jackson
Brummett
Richardson
Ebrite
McGreevey
Zinn
J. Bradshaw
Delphi
Miller
John Bradshaw
Robert Roach
Jim Clem
Jim McGreevey
Dick Hatton
Woodrow Wilson
Oracle
Wynkoop’s Pharmacy
Welcome Inn
Ken Wallace
Jim Ferrier
Bill Jackson
Bob Bradshaw
Keith Mullin
Ron Richardson
Dick Quinn
Ted Tharp
Max Wallace
Marion Wingard
Bill Wilcox
Jack Gerard
Bill Powell
Don Albaugh
Ed Cunningham
Bill Collins
County Softball League Organized For Carroll Teams
Carroll county high schools have organized a softball league and plan a round robin schedule for the season. The timetable lists September 9 13 16 20 and 23 matchups among Deer Creek Camden Carrollton Flora Cutler Burlington with a trophy awarded to the season winner.
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Carroll County
Deer Creek
Camden
Carrollton
Flora
Cutler
Burlington
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Don Rhine Ray Smith Dean Ratcliff and Wayne Disinger spent the weekend in Indianapolis.
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Don Rhine
Ray Smith
Dean Ratcliff
Wayne Disinger
Indianapolis
Holloways Return from Oregon Washington Trip
Mr and Mrs Pat Holloway and son Buddy returned from a trip to Oregon and Washington visiting relatives in Pendleton and a Washington aunt They attended Pendleton Round up and parade and saw Happy Canyon En route they visited Yellowstone National Park Salt Lake City and Rock Mountain National Park Big Thompson Canyon Dr and Mrs Jack Orr hosted them Mrs Orrs niece of Mr Holloway Others looked after Pat s Place.
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Pat Holloway
Buddy
Oregon
Washington
National Park
Big Thompson Canyon
Orville
Glazier
Frank Armstrong
Pat
Youth Injured Hand in Meat Processing Incident
Earl Pauley, employed at Roberts Market, returned to his parents after being treated at Home hospital for injuries to his hand. He caught his hand in a cube steak machine last Saturday and tore more than 260 holes, though no bones were broken.
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Earl Pauley
L D. Pauley
Home Hospital
Robertson’s Market
Delphi Grads Prepare for College Enrollment This Week
Twelve 1949 Delphi High School graduates plan to attend Indiana universities this month. Doug Hatton will join Butler University next week. Don Pauley and several Oracle stars head to Ball State and Purdue, with others to Depauw and Indiana University.
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Indiana
Doug Hatton
Oracle
Butler University
Ball State Teachers College
Don Pauley
Helen
Allen
Ruth Gushwa
Joy Lybrook
Dick Widner
Bob Clawson
Dick Cowdin
Purdue
Tom Ives
Depauw
John Zartman
Ventura
Ellen Clawson
Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
Ruth Anne Mcrape
Indiana Univer
William Rider Ill at Home
William Rider is ill at his home here, prompting concern from family and neighbors. No further details are provided about his condition or prognosis.
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William Rider
Bowen Family Returns from Europe on Cunard Franconia
Mr and Mrs Abner Bowen and daughters Dorothy Jeanne Willa and Nancy returned from Canada after a two months European tour. They met Dorothy Jeanne and Willa in Quebec aboard the Cunard liner Franconia. En route home they visited Clifford Sweet in Shrewsbury Massachusetts and Mrs Bowens sister Mrs John Green at Mt Lebanon Pennsylvania.
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Abner Bowen
Dorothy Jeanne
Willa
Nancy
Canada
Bowen
Dorothy Jéanne
Quebec
Cunard
Europe
Shrewsbury
Mass
Clifford Sweet
Mr. Bowen
Mercersbury
Delphi Resident Breaks Leg After Church Fall
Mrs Elizabeth Gardner of Delphi is hospitalized at Memorial hospital Logansport after a fall Sunday night. She fractured her leg while leaving services at the Christian church.
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Elizabeth Gardner
Delphi
Memorial Hospital
Logansport
Mrs Garfield Shaffer Admitted For Observation
Mrs Garfield Shaffer is a patient at St Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette where she is undergoing observation and treatment.
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Garfield Shaffer
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Open Football Season Here Friday Night Against Woodrow Wilson
Carroll county residents win fifty-two prizes at the Indiana State Fair with hogs cattle chickens and various crafts dominating awards. Patricia Meade of Camden wins blue for champion Aberdeen Angus heifer calf weighing 1075 pounds exhibited by her at age 4 feet 10 inches and 72 pounds. She also won first prize with her heifer M's Eulina IT at the county fair and eighth with an Aberdeen Angus steer. Other honorees include Mary Matthews Sue Mann Ladene Wagoner Bonnie Chittick and more across sewing cooking and baking categories.
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Carroll County
Patricia Meade
Route 1
Camden
Carrollton
Patty
Eulina
Mary Matthews
Cutler
Sue Mann
Flora
Ladene Wagoner
Bonnie Chittick
Clay
Township
Mary Jo Thompson
Fritz G. Schnepf
Bringhurst
Marjorie Schnepf
Fritz Schnepf
Annette Hinkle
Jean Bowman
Deer Creek
Sue Landis
Monroe
Carol Wilson
Carroll
Evetta George
Shirley Hughes
Tippecanoe
Carolyn Murphy
Robert L. Crume
New Hampshire
James Sharp
Delphi
Mitchell Sanderson
Carrollton Township
Char- Lee
Crampton Nominated for Indiana Doctor of the Year
Delphi physician Dr. Charles C. Crampton earns endorsements from Gov Schricker and local groups as Carroll County Medical Society pushes statewide bid for the 1949 Dr. of the Year honor. The 56 year practitioner is highlighted in a county-wide booklet detailing his service and letters from prominent supporters.
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Schricker
Indiana Medical Society
The
American Legion
City of
Delphi
Carroll County
Medical Society
Charles C. Crampton
Indiana
C. C
Crampton
Carroll County Medical Society
C. C. Crampton
State Association
Our
Joseph F. Lutes
William B. Smith
L. C. Lucas
Legion
Charles A. Wood
County Council Rejects Salary Increases Budget Cuts Tabled
The Carrol County Council ended its two day session with no salary increases approved and cuts across budgets. Debited items include 2400 from highway funds for an assistant supervisor and 750 for part time surveyor help. Sheriff Allen’s drunkometer funding was approved with Delphi contributing 100 and 325 from the council. Decreases hit deputy clerks treasurer deputies recorder surveyor and other offices as well as welfare dependent children and court per diems. A new courthouse roof will be funded with 13 000 toward repairs.
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Carrol County
Allen
Delphi
Circuit Court
Welfare Department
Birth of Son David Warren to Fresno Couple
Announcement lists the birth of a son, David Warren, on September 5 to Rev and Mrs Vernoner of Fresno California. Mrs Miller is identified as daughter of Virgil Stinebaugh and his wife of Indianapolis formerly from Delphi.
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David Warren
Vernoner
Fresno
California
Miller
Virgil Stinebaugh
Indianapolis
Delphi
Scottish Rite bean supper planned at Delphi Country Club
Carroll County Scottish Club members plan a bean supper at Delphi Country Club on Wednesday night September 14 at 7 p m est. A business meeting after the meal will include election of officers and other important matters.
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Carroll County
Scottish Club
Delphi Country Club
Stewart Sold Interest in Snug Harbor Tavern Attica
James Stewart has sold his interest in the Snug Harbor tavern in Attica to Jim Robinson, who becomes sole owner. Stewart has not announced his future plans. Both men are former Delphi residents.
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James Stewart
Jim Robinson
Sheriff Pays Visit to Father and Catches Watermelon Thieves
Sheriff Sanford Allen, visiting his father Noah Allen in Bringhurst, spotted a car casing farms in Carroll county. He and his father followed and halted the vehicle near George Porter farm. a 15 year old confessed joyriding and said two others were picking melons in Porter’s field. The three youths and their parents will be questioned at the prosecutor’s office later this week.
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Sanford -Allen
Carroll County
Sheriff Allen
Noah Allen
Bringhurst
Allen
Lowell Ward Farm
George Porter
Porter
Lightning Fire at Deer Creek Home Damages Bedding
Mr and Mrs Cecil Jones returned to find a blaze in their upstairs bedroom caused by a lightning strike. The bedding caught fire as Mr Jones entered the room and blankets and a pillow ignited. Fire caused small damage reported.
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Cecil Jones
Deer Creek
Jones
Entertains Guests at Mears Home
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mears hosted guests Wednesday including Ervin Mears of Long Beach California and Waldo Hetzler of Phoenix Arizona. Also present were Dr. and Mrs. Jere Gochenour Mr. and Mrs. William Mills and Mrs. Josephine Mears.
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Bert Mears
Ervin Mears
Long Beach
California
Waldo Hetzler
Phoenix
Arizona
Mears
Jere Gochenour
William Mills
Josephine Mears
Change of bank hours at Union Bank and Trust Company
Beginning Monday September 12 the Union Bank and Trust Company will observe new banking hours. On all business days except Wednesday hours are 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CST. On Wednesdays the hours are 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon.
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Union Bank and Trust Company
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Mow
Indiana State Police
John Robert. Miller
South Bend
Roach
Ada Roach
Carney
Bowman
Loveless
M. Wallace
Gerard
Wingard
Clem
Hitchcock
Coach Miller
Albaugh
Hildebrandt
Calvert
Mul
Lin
Penn
Weaver
Wilcox
Cunningham
Johnson
Crosby
Wee Quinn
Carr
B. Bradshaw
Wallace
Cripe
Herb Smith
James Clem
Oracles
Carl Clem
Near
Robert Bradshaw
Delphi Oracles
Deer Creek Park
Bob Miller
LE Oil
Jack Carney
Sr Cc
Art Lane
Tom Loveless
Marvin Bowman
Jerry Crone
Sdph
Ray Brummett
Bob Roach
DR Crampton
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