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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1951
Page
4
Annual penny supper hosted by St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Camden on Wednesday October 3 1951 from 5:00 to 8:30 p m. Funds support church activities and missions.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co of Bloomington Illinois appears in this directory style notice. The entry identifies the Bloomington Illinois firm as a major insurer with potential services or representation noted in the public notice.
Funeral services held in Camden for Chester Peterson 58 prominent Jackson township resident. Burial at Pipe Creek cemetery near Monticello. Died Tuesday night from heart attack near Camden. Born November 12 1892 Flora son of Albert and Susie Peterson. Survived by widow, Ralph near Flora, Clara Zook, Faye Dilling at home, brother Chalmer east of Delphi. Lester funeral home handled arrangements.
Delphi built a 20-7 halftime lead and pulled away in the second half. Abbott starred on defense and offense while Richardson and Wallace drove the ground game. Final stretches saw Delphi extend the lead as Royerton’s late drive stalled and the Oracle sideline celebrated.
Two letters from service members dated September 1951 describe staying connected via The Citizen. Richard "Taffy" Sales from Lackland Air Force Base thanks the editor and hopes to be home for a football game and basketball season, while another writer praises the paper for keeping him in touch and notes his promotion as basic training ends.
Jefferson township schools Yeoman and Carson split 221.56 from a tractor pulling contest held last Friday night at Yeoman school grounds. Prizes included cash, merchandise, and credits across Heavy, Medium and Light weight classes with 27 tractors entered and about 1000 spectators.
Co-Executors of William A. Westfall deceased announce sale of his Indiana real estate in Carroll County. The property in Butler's Addition, city limits, comprises the south half of lot 8 and lot 9. Sale starts October 9, 1951 at 10:00 AM CST at Watson C. McCormick office Delphi Indiana with private sale to the highest bidder.
Two weddings in Delphi were celebrated in a double ring ceremony and a Presbyterian service. Arvilla Talbert and Meredith Burge wed at West Middleton Methodist Church with a reception, then plan residence at 125 West Vine in Delphi. Ruth Furst and Thomas Loveless married at Delphi Presbyterian Church with both graduates from the local high school and plans to live in Lafayette.
Two Carroll County high school valedictorians are among 76 top graduates entering IU this fall. The group of new freshmen begins classes September 24 with students from Hoosier schools large and small. A one week orientation was marked by a Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda picnic.
Cutler ev ea Norma has entered Ash ley College at Wilmore Kentucky Margaret Plank is at Indiana University and Mary Matthews at Purdue Betty Constant has entered the Home Hospital School of Nursing at Lafayette Joan Wilson RN night supervisor at the Home Hospital Lafayette spent a weekend with her parents and month with her daughter in Seattle Washington Pvt Wayne Long and wife of Camp McCoy Wisconsin were weekend guests of his parents Mr and Mrs Roy Long Mr and Mrs Gene Sheagley are the parents of a son born September 17 at Memorial hospital Cpl George Plank stationed at Camp Atterbury was home the past week for a few days with his parents Mr and Mrs Roy George Draper of West Lafayette is spending this week with his cousin Mrs Roy Bowman and husband William Bordner returned home after a few days at the bedside of his brother Doyle Peters in South Bend Mr and Mrs Clyde Aikens Mr and Mrs Herb Jervis and daughter Linda were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Ray Aikens and daughter in Fort Wayne The birthdays of the Aikens brothers were observed Mr and Mrs S M Anderson were Sunday dinner guests of their son Robert Anderson and family in Hammond Mr and Mrs Charlies Grayson and family of Sharpsville were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Ben Dye
Mr and Mrs Otto Schmidt are in Memphis visiting friends while the Welcome Inn cafe remains open until 1 30 p m daily except Wednesday from September 24 to October 4. Robert Morrow and Bob Pauley plan a 10 day trip to Washington DC and New York. Other local moves include visits by Mrs T Elwood Mounts and three children of Lebanon to her parents in Crawfordsville.
Mr and Mrs Bill Sales spent the weekend in Cleveland Ohio visiting Mr and Mrs William Janz.
Delphians travel to a Crawfordsville Presbyterial at Turkey Run. Mrs Dean Goslee hosts a belated shower for sister in law with sixteen guests. Mr and Mrs C O Julius celebrate Sprig Helfert birthday and wedding anniversary with relatives from Flora Miami and South Delphi.
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