Camden Lions Sponsor Third Annual Tractor Contest
Camden Lions Club announces the third annual tractor pulling contest at Camden park on September 10 and 11 with 7 pm starts and a rain date of September 13. Entries weigh in at Camden Elevator from 4 to 6 pm. entry fee is 2 dollars. Fifteen prize winners per weight class with cash and gifts. sponsors include Clifford Clothing Store and many local businesses. Women may win in both light and heavy classes with cash prizes.
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Camden Lions Club
Camden Park
Camden
Clifford Clothing
Clawson Chevrolet
George Todd & Son
Farm Bureau Co-op
Bassett and Talbert John Deere
Whiteman Brothers Elevator
Fitzgerald Jewelry
Sutter & Son Motors
Gene Lahr Motors
Delphi
Farm Bureau Bulk
Myers Hardwear Company
Standard Oil
Pittman Divorce Case Filed in Carroll Circuit Court
Gene Glover Pittman of Flora files for divorce from George Thomas Pittman on cruelty charge. Married February 28, 1948 in Alabama, separated 1953 in Flora. Parents of five children, plaintiff seeks custody of two. Wilbur Lane represents Gene Glover Pittman.
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Gene Glover Pittman
Flora
Carroll Circuit
George Thomas Pittman
Alabama
Wilbur Lane
Irene
George Lewis Martin
Frank Lybrook to Head Tipwa Grange for Booster Nite
Frank Lybrook elected Master of Tipwa Grange for 1955 will lead the group with officers Don Duff Zola Hefner Bill Duff Lloyd Anderson Myrtle Draper Larry Gruber Ruth Swatts Lewis Dock Frieda Page Elva Randle Opal Vaughan Ruth Anderson Gene Page. Booster night set for Thursday September 16 with a cooperative supper at 6 p m and committees named for program and refreshments. Members asked to bring homemade cookies for service men boxes.
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Frank Lybrook
Tipwa Grange
Don Duff
Zola Hefner
Bill Duff
Lloyd Anderson
Myrtle Draper
Larry Gruber
Ruth Swatts
Lewis Dock
Frieda Page
Ceres
Elva Randle
Pomona
Opal Vaughan
Flora
Ruth Anderson
Gene Page
The
Grange
Thomas Peterson
Robert Popejoy
Charles Roskuski
Paul McMurray
Mark Hefner
Earl Sweet
Glenn Little
Earl Thompson
Alton Conderman
Marvin Bullock
Wilford Hufty
John Foster
Jakie Combs
Aaron Randle
Robert German
Farmer Orville Immel Dies After Golf Heart Attack
Orville R. Immel 68 of Flora route 1 died Saturday afternoon after suffering a heart attack on the Dykeman Memorial course while golfing with Lester Williams and others. He collapsed near the ninth green and was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial hospital. Funeral services were held at Burlington Brethren church with burial at Galveston cemetery. Immel, born Sept 27, 1885 near Liberty, long a Young America farmer, married Grace Williams in 1910 and resided on route 1, Flora for 36 years. He was a K of P member and Deer Creek Conservation Club. He is survived by his widow and other relatives.
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Orville R. Immel
Flora
Logansport
Dykeman Memorial Links
Burlington Brethren Church
Harry Rea
Galveston
Young America
Lester
Pete” Williams
Fort Wayne
Bert Kirkpatrick
Elmer Huffer
Williams
Kroeger
Memorial Hospital
Immel
Liberty
Ind
Grace Williams
Route 1
K. of P. Lodge
Deer Creek Conservation Club
Three Delphi youths enlist in Navy and go to Great Lakes
Three Delphi residents enlist in the navy and depart for Great Lakes Naval Training Center. John Alden Shepard aged 18 from 205 E Franklin Street Delphi and THree Join Navy Disinger aged 17 from 723 Fast Main Street Delphi, and Charles F Walters aged 19 from route 2 Delphi, son of Charles R Walters, all attend local schools.
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NAVY
Bill Disinger
John S. Disinger
Fast Main Street
Delphi
John Alden Shepard
John W. Shepard
E. Franklin Street
Charles F. Walters
Charles R. Walters
Route 2
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Shepard
Disinger
Delphi High
Dinner at Cooley Home for Chorus Members in California
Carroll County Home Demonstration Club chorus members touring Hollywood were hosted at Northridge California by Mr and Mrs Robert Cooley. The Cooleys hosted a Mexican patio dinner after the chorus sang at the Hollywood Bowl to benefit a children's hospital. Local guests included Mesdames Gale Crowell Fred Price Blanche Hinkle Mrs Russell Seward Mrs Charles Loy and Mrs Paul Oyler.
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Carroll County Home Demonstration Club
Hollywood
Hoosier
Northridge
California
Robert Coolley
Cooley
Carolyn Hedderich
Frank Hedderich
Camden
Carnation Milk Company
Hollywood Bowl
Mrs. Cooley
Charles R. Smith 62 former Pittsburg restaurant owner dies
Charles Ross Smith 62 of Pittsburg died Monday at the Veterans Hospital in Indianapolis where he had been a patient since July 27. He operated Smiths Fish House in Pittsburg and belonged to the American Legion and Delphi Odd Fellows. Born June 2, 1892, he is survived by a brother, sister, and four nieces and nephews. Funeral rites were held Wednesday at Jackson funeral home with burial in Pittsburg cemetery. military rites were by Harry Bohanna Post 75.
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Edward Simons
Delphi
Hickory Grove
Grant County
Ohio
Jacob
Margaret Simons
Hazel Mikesell
Harold Jacob
Paul Mikesell
Anderson Simons
Monticello
Paren
Mercer
Curry
Timberville
Elmer
Milam
W. Va
Albert Smith
Yeoman
Frank Weese
Mayville
Jason Harmon
Peterville
Harry Brake
Rockville
John Rauff
Ruff Run
C. E. Looker
Church
Jackson Funeral Home
Charles Ross Smith
Pittsburg
Veterans Hospital
Indianapolis
Smith's Fish House
American Legion
Odd Fellows Lodge
Pittburg
William Foster
Mary Jane (Morrison) Smith
Fern Young
Wallace Smith
Kathryn Cripe
West Lafayette
Harry Bohanna Post
The
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IndiAna
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Louis Dunn
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Elkhart Business University
Miss Dunn
Chorus
Adams Township
Charles R. Smith
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Stark & Wetzel
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