10 YEARS AGO

Delphi VFW Post 9383 recently hosted 63 veterans and six attendants from the Indiana Veterans Home at a beef and noodle dinner at the post. Residents of the Home are invited to the post twice a year.

Sharon Alberts of Delphi, won $18,000 from the Hoosier Millionaire Show.

Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. announced last week that by late October, a new ALCO Discount Store will be opening in Delphi.

Ten-year old Garret Herron of Flora, a member of the Delphi ISWA Wrestling Club, placed seventh in the state this year.

Last week, high school track teams from DCHS and CJSHS competed in sectionals, with both teams advancing to regionals in several categories.

Added to a list of improvements at Flora Community Park are lights for the walking path. Half of the first 60 trail lights have been installed by town employees, making the path more accessible at night for evening walkers.

Registration is underway for the 20th annual Hog Jog.

25 YEARS AGO

Don Forrest of Cutler found one of the largest mushrooms this office has ever seen, if not the largest. The morrel was 16 inches tall, had a circumference of 15 inches and weighed 18 ounces. Forrest said he found it "near Burlington." He said that he almost missed it the first time around. One county resident made the comment, "No wonder he missed it, he was probably looking down and should have been looking up."

Harold Goyer, Delphi, president and director of the Carroll County on Aging, received the Golden Service award given by the Indiana Federation of Older Hoosiers. The award was in recognition of outstanding service to Older Hoosiers.

Kris Sibbitt, Rt. 1, Bringhurst, was named recipient of the Carroll Honor Award.

75 YEARS AGO

Beer has been back in Delphi, in common with other Indiana communities, a month now-in fact two or three days more than month.

Has business in the beverage been up to expectations or not? It is also available for distribution at private homes.

Baring the first few days immediately after the beverage became obtainable, sales, according to report, have not been up to expectations at any of the places.

At the start, the indications were the demand was going to be enormous. After a few days, however, the novelty wore off and the rush subsided. At present, at most of the places, sales are really rather slow.

100 YEARS AGO

Late Monday afternoon lightning struck the barn on the farm of Frank Stranahan in Tipecanoe township. The lightning played one of its peculiar pranks and did not burn anything at all but tore the barn to pieces in a manner to make the damage very great. The lightning evidently struck on the roof and passed down rafters and posts, tearing and splitting them as it passed along. Hardly a post or beam which was in the path of the electric demon but what was splintered. It is remarkable that nothing was set afire. There were five horses in the barn at the time. Four of the horses were knocked down by the shock but recovered.