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Looking Back
Bidders, buyers and spectators were entertained Saturday morning in Flora at the tree auction which benefited Friends of Adams Mill Covered Bridge. The 30 decorated trees brought the bridge fund $1,525 closer to the goal for the $291,000 grant. The Friends need only about $20,000 more to begin the project, and hope to be in a position to let bids by next October. The trees, donated by Connie Collins at Creative Holidaze, were decorated by individuals and businesses. Pioneer Hi-Bred International recently gave $1,000 to the Carroll County 4-H Council following a contest that was held last summer. The statewide contest was to see which county had the most Pioneer signs, designating fields that were planted in company products. Carroll County came out on top, with 564 signs, and the "prize" was given to the 4-H program. 25 YEARS AGO Delphi Community Jaycees have donated the Christmas tree for the rotunda of the courthouse in Delphi. It is a shapely tree standing nine feet tall and beautifully decorated. The tree was decorated by the custodian of the courthouse, Harold Pearson and his wife. Glenn Dillman must have blown all the candles out on his birthday cake since his wish came true with the moving of the log cabin from the Kenneth Orem farm to its new location in the Flora Community Park. 50 YEARS AGO The Delphi City Council took the first official step in creating a planning commission to supervise the zoning of building and business in Delphi. The mayor will name four members of his choice and the city council, three members from the city organization and the seven-member board will prepare a master plan. Grocery prices for the holiday season at Hall's Foodliner were spectacular 50 years ago! A 10- pound bag of sugar was 93 cents, 2-20 ounce loaves of Wonder Bread was 35 cents, a dozen eggs was 39 cents and a 10-pound bag of potatoes was 37 cents! 75 YEARS AGO A new communication service was made available by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Indiana Bell Telephone Company and other associated companies. The new service consists in the establishment and operation of teletypewriter exchanges through which teletypewriters - machines that typewrite electrically over wires - may be interconnected when desired and wherever located. The service will permit the immediate transmission of written messages from any teletypewriter subscriber to any other subscriber just as the telephone now transmits speech. 100 YEARS AGO The first time Judge Palmer has performed a marriage ceremony was in the clerk's office Monday when he united Abraham L. Hobble of Germantown to Mrs. Jesseka Britton McCain of Camden. The bride was divorced a few months ago also by Judge Palmer. The largest twins ever born in this vicinity are the two boys born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Downham, of Deer Creek. The combined weight of the twins is 18 pounds and the attending physician says the weight is almost evenly divided. Local physicians say they cannot recall another instance where twins have weighed within 6 pounds of this weight. |
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