Looking Back

Carroll County boys, waiting to leave for Camp Taylor to fight in World War I From the files of Hoosier Democrat, Delphi Journal, Journal-Citizen and Carroll County Comet. Photo provided by Carroll County Historical Museum.

10 YEARS AGO

Carroll County's 4-H Fair royalty fared well in contests at the Indiana State Fair.

Carroll's Little Miss and Mister, Emileah Manahan and Jerome Hemersbach, captured the hearts of judges and were named the State contest winners. Miss Manahan told her mother "when I heard Carroll County, Mom, I just about had a heart attack!"

The pair was judged as a couple, competing against 31 other county representatives.

The State Fair title was Jerome's third. He was also last year's Burlington Fall Festival King. Before the contest he told Miss Carroll County Kyla Ross that he was "going to win because I prayed about it."

25 YEARS AGO

A cantaloupe brought into the Delphi office of the Comet was larger than a person's head. It weighed 12 1/2 pounds and had a 29" circumference.

Raised by Jerry and Marsha Rossetter, Rt. 4, Delphi, this was one of over 7,000 grown in their first year's project. The Rossetters irrigated their 2.2 acres to produce what turned out to be a "bigger than expected project."

Construction is underway for an egg processing plant which is being built as part of the Poutry Division of Yeager & Sullivan, Inc. The plant is expected to open in mid October. It is located near the corner of SR 75 and CR 200N., west of the company's main offices.

50 YEARS AGO

Carroll county people will have a chance tomorrow to see the largest single shipment ever made of Ford Diesel tractors. A special train will go through Delphi on the Wabash Railroad at approximately 12:30 p.m. carrying 255 tractors on the 34 cars in the train. Their destination is Texas. The train will be about a half mile long and will be decorated with signs reading "Ford Diesels for Texas".

75 YEARS AGO

A county tax rate of 48.1 costs will be asked this year, according to the county budget which is published this week. The county rate last year was 23 cents. This would include the 4 cents for general revenue. Last year the budget asked for a 33 cent rate. A decrease in corporation valuations and several items added by the last legislature caused the increase.

100 YEARS AGO

Although a petition was presented to Congressman C.B. Landis, signed by almost all the business men of Flora, against the removal of the post office to the Voorhees room at the extreme south end of the business district, it seems that it will have no effect upon the men in the government employ. To throw the light off of the real situation, a post office official was sent here to investigate the location of the new office. He expressed himself to other parties that had rooms to rent that their rooms were better fitted for the post office than the Voorhees room and asked them to submit bios on same. However, it seems that a deal had been fixed up by some one and Mr. Voorhees, and that this deal must be carried out if it costs the present Congressman his election.

It seems that it is only a question of time until the post office will be located in the Voorhees room, after which the business men can walk to "Bringhurst" for mail.

The Democrat really believes that Congressman Landis does not know the true situation as it is being worked. This, at any rate, will be a pointer to all.