Looking Back
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Last Saturday began the first stage of cleaning up the site, roadside dumpers have used for a number of years. A few Carroll County residents showed up to lend a hand to volunteers from the Wildcat Creek Foundation. About two thirds of the clean-up is complete. Plans for the land, once it is returned to a more natural state, include a nature preserve and practicing woodlot management to encourage wildlife habitat.
Finishing touches are being added to the new bridge on State Road 18, east of Flora, with the scheduled opening expected to be Tuesday. It will be a welcome site to see detour signs removed and to be able to take a more direct route. The highway has been closed since August, causing drivers to be rerouted on country roads to get to the school or YFC Teen Center.
25 YEARS AGO
Louise Perkins, who resides north of Burlington on SR 29, reports that her ceiling-high cactus is quite a conversation piece. Her sister-in-law gave it to her five years ago. It has been topped once and needs it again. Mrs. Perkins doesn't know what kind it is. She says she has taken six starts off of it.
Delphi Community High School Oracles marching band and drill team will present a marching season concert Friday night in the high school gymnasium.
This is the first concert of its kind for the band and drill team.
Many band parents and patrons have expressed a desire for an opportunity to hear and see the performances other than on the football field because of the band having to face different directions and wind and cold affecting flag and rifle performances.
50 YEARS AGO
A hearty tomato plant on the north side of the square reflects the determination of the people of Delphi. Growing our of a crack in the sidewalk against a business building, the plant has grown as well as sit might have in any garden. People have watched it bloom and tomatoes develop. Its determined growth against odds is emphasized by its stubborn resistance to recent frosts and its apparent desire to finish its mission with ripened fruit.
75 YEARS AGO
Interesting to note in connection with the present attempt to make Delphi a town, is the history of the government of this community.
Delphi was subdivided in the year 1835 and a town election was held soon after. William George was named president of the Board of Trustees and Henry B. Milroy, clerk and the town was subdivided into five districts.
Delphi was first made a city by the state legislature of 1837-38. William Crooks was named the first Mayor of the city.
On March 11, 1854, seventeen years later, Delphi was reduced to a town under the Democratic governor, Joseph A Wright.
Under Governor Oliver P. Morton, Republican, Delphi again became a city in 1866. It has remained a city since that time and will until January 1, 1934, a period of 68 years, when it will again become a town, under the act of the legislature controlled by Governor Paul McNutt, another Democrat, unless the act is declared unconstitutional.
100 YEARS AGO
The first election held in Carroll county was held April 28, 1822, at which time 66 votes were cast. The first presidential election was held in the fall of the same year and Jackson received 112 votes to Adams' 73.
Delphi mail carriers have a record for continuous service that is not often heard of. Among the foremost records are those of Gus Johnson who is now taking his second vacation in eight years and Lon Mitchell who has been off just two days in about seven years.
