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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1937
Page
1
In Delphi a housing shortage and rising rents spark interest in a federal housing measure aimed at slum elimination and urban development. Readers note local bonds to finance new homes and the town’s evolving building scene with several notable residents and projects.
Delphi authorities were notified that a car belonging to Walter Brown of the Alen Contracting Corporation was found in Richmond Indiana. The vehicle was reported stolen from a Delphi parking lot Saturday night. Richmond police said they were holding the suspected thief for return to local officers.
Miss Josephine Coble 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Coble of Delphi died Tuesday night at Lafayette Home Hospital after 11 weeks illness of peritonitis She was a Delphi High School sophomore Survived by parents two sisters Mary and Ruth and half sister Helen Burial will be at Hickory Grove Cemetery Funeral arrangements handled by Grimm and Sons
The 1930s report notes apples and other fruit thriving in Garrell and neighboring counties with yields surpassing recent years. Ideal weather cited as the key factor, with John Harness predicting a large local apple crop. Merle Troth of Orleans says nationwide apple harvest could reach 202 million, prompting cooperation for orderly marketing and price challenges in early sales.
Carroll county REMC signers who enrolled before the project approval will receive priority for service. The board plans to use funds first to serve original signers on the approved map, with REA requiring this preference. About 15 miles of poles are set and 1,000 poles received. actual stringing begins September 15 and the first line may energize in November if two or more houses are wired per mile.
Sheriff Arthur Anderson attacked the county council after denying a $100 appropriation to buy two second hand Winchester automatics. He said Carroll county lacks up-to-date weapons while neighboring counties have added submachine guns and heavy rifles to their arsenals.
Mrs. Margaret Afflis Democratic vice chairman of the second district was principal speaker for Newton County Women's Democratic club in Goodland. She will speak at Spencer September 24 and Princeton September 25 at meetings sponsored by Democratic women groups.
Two letters from readers discuss Carroll County scenery. Miss Thyrza Henry favors Ponce’s Place along the Tippecanoe for rugged cliffs and spring color, while Ethel Haslet promotes Madison township cornfields south of Delphi as the county’s ideal view. The Citizen invites more comments.
Delphi high school students elected officers for the year. Seniors chose Clayton Cripe as president, Raymond Todd as vice president, Robert Buck as treasurer, and Lucile Nelson as secretary. Juniors chose Louise Christie as president, Brian Hemmig as vice president, Lawrence Spivey as secretary, Raymond Brookshire as treasurer. Sophomores chose Robert Baer as president, James Pierce as vice president, Billy Baird as treasurer, Mary Richardson as secretary. Freshmen chose Robert Ulm as president, Barbara Clawson as vice president, Lemon Powell as secretary, Herschel Smith as treasurer.
The local Odd Fellows chapter hosts a district meeting in the lodge hall this evening with an amateur program. Public attendance is invited featuring songs music and readings by a lineup including Bobby Pettiner Camden Delph i Rev Howard Jenkins Delphi and others. A social hour with refreshments follows the program. The district covers ten lodges in Carroll and Tippecanoe counties led by president W C Rogers of Lafayette.
The will of the late Herman Liebert was filed in Carroll Circuit Court Tuesday. He left a personal estate of 2500 and real estate estimated at 7500. After debts, he bequeathed 1680 each to Ethel Stong and Glen Liebert, and 25 to Ray Liebert. Emma Irmeger received 1680. The remainder goes to Ethel Stong, Emma Irmeger, and Glen Liebert share and share alike. Glen Liebert and Walter Iremeyer named executors with bonds of 2400. Cartwright, Wason and Ives named attorneys.
Eighteen Carroll County 4-H club members won awards at the Indiana State Fair with a total of 24 prizes. Josephine Caldwell led with two firsts and a third, as others earned firsts, seconds, and thirds in canning clothing dress revue and livestock categories. The fair drew record crowds, with Labor Day attendance the largest in Indiana fair history.
Carroll County Council ends two day session by trimming budgets to 17 488 dollars total. County rate set at 20 cents though welfare remains 23 cents. Welfare cuts target dependent and destitute children. Court house improvements approved. deputy salaries mostly unchanged. Fox bounty funded, sheriff firearm purchase denied.
Fifty children start learning at the Delphi school this week while older students and staff navigate the new grade building. First grade lists include Miss Sadie Keever and Miss Catherine McCain with many pupils named. The Citizen corrects prior omissions listing Delphi junior high staff Loyal Hoshaw Goldie Scott Homer Myers Leo Craig and adds Mrs Daisy Downey to high school faculty.
The Carroll circuit court will begin September 13 with 18 jurors drawn from a 30 name list announced by clerk Wilbur Lane. Names include Rosa Miller, Mary Spencer, Charles Cook, Ernest Snell, and others across Clay, Washington, Monroe, Jackson, Tippecanoe, Burlington, Madison, Deer Creek, Rock Creek, Adams, Jefferson, Democrat, and Carrollton townships.
Joseph G Ibach 74 longtime Hammond attorney and appellate judge died Tuesday evening at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette from a streptococci throat infection. He practiced law in Hammond 55 years and once led the People's State Bank. Surviving wife two sons and a daughter. Funeral services in Hammond with body taken there for burial.
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