Courthouse square, Delphi, 1929 10 YEARS AGO

Details of a plan for countywide animal control are currently being circulated among local officials who control the tax funds necessary to make the plan a reality.

Blue herons come back every spring to nest in the tall sycamores on Van Gundy Island in Carroll County. The island is in the upper Wabash River, off Towpath Road.

A general alarm at 11:30 a.m. Friday called firemen from all seven volunteer fire departments in the county when another fire broke out at the Yeager & Sullivan hog building #2 on CR 200N. It was the first time a general alarm was sounded. That was attributed to needing more volunteers available during daytime hours. Many of the volunteer firemen work away from the community during the day and are unable to respond to calls.

25 YEARS AGO

Delphi's B.J. Ralston, a Hillcrest first grade student, placed first at the Amateur Athletic Union Freestyle State Championships in Indianapolis.

Denis and Bonnie Horn, owners of Horn Funeral Home in Delphi, have purchased Thompson funeral Home at 121 North Union Street.

Glider rides will be one of the featured activities during an open house at Delphi Municipal Airport.

Orville Reed of Flora has opened Reed's Quality Tile Company in Flora. He sells concrete tiles and drainage accessories.

Two trees were struck by lightening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Snoeberger, Delphi. Tree bark flew all over the yard. The lightening knocked out the organ, flood lights, TV, three fuses, and a light fixture in the closet.

50 YEARS AGO

Mushroom stories were almost a dime-a-dozen after a fruitful weekend but the delicious morsels were bringing around $1.75 a pound on the market.

Don Larimore considered his 350 insignificant in comparison to others. Ralph Sines found his yard "full" of them and there were many other big reports but we like the Lee Stone and Frank Fitch stories best. The Stones diligently weeded their strawberry patch and found 117 on the first trip and 151 on the second try but Fitch lazily lounged in his chair, looked out his window of his South Delphi home and spotted mushrooms in his yard.

But Mrs. Lelia Ashba after working all day at the election polls, went home in the dark and found 62 mushrooms on her front porch step!

75 YEARS AGO

With the death of Mrs. Sadie Gess, whose first husband was Dr. J. W. Carter, who edited Camden's first newspaper, the Camden Expositor, an interesting bit of history has come to light. It was this Dr. Carter who first made and sold the now famous Carter's little liver pills, driving about the country in a large medicine wagon. Shortly after the death of Dr. Carter a patent medicine concern purchased the trade mark and sold the pills.

Plans are going forward for the memorial poppy sale to be held Saturday, which will be conducted jointly this year by the American Legion and auxiliary. Funds derived will be used to provide service work of these organizations.

The public is requested to support the sale generously this year and thus lend assistance to disabled veterans.

100 YEARS AGO

The Democrat takes pleasure this week in announcing that Flora is to be a real live town again this year as the fans have rallied to the support of the base ball team and donated liberally, and when all the contributions are in, the amount will be far over the $200 mark, in the neighborhood of $250. The team will be operated by the stockholders, who will organize and be known as the Flora Base Ball Association. The team will play its games in a new park to be built in the Spitler field just east of the school house, which when completed will be one of the finest amusement parks in the state.