‘The Winners’ – Delphi High School Delphi High School’s basketball team in 1928 is pictured above, l-r: Front row - Bob Popejoy, ? Moore, Ernest Cripe, Charles Kerlin, Bob Hanna. Back row - Raymond Short, Charles Downs, Bill Perigo, Byron Crosby, Bill Haslet, ? Shuey, Coach Lostutter 10 YEARS AGO

In a Feb. 16 ceremony, the City of Delphi finalized legal documents and received a $3.5 million check for funding of the Water Improvement Project. Improvements will include a new well, two large water storage towers and several new water transmission mains.

The committee for the Greater Delphi Trade Show met at the home of Frank Fitch. Members in attendance were Fitch, Dick Bradshaw, Denis Horn and Krista Watson. The theme for this year’s events will be, “Delphi Commerce Growing For the Next Generation.” Highlights suggested were youth, retail, industry and healthcare.

Camden Elementary has taken part in the Box Top for Education program for the past two years. By collecting the box tops from General Mills cereal, the school can earn extra cash. Presently, the school is collecting box tops to help pay for a visiting author and illustrator, Wendi Halperin. Winners are Jamin Kuns, 1st (121); Haley Richardson, 2nd (60); Jacquelynn Richardson, 3rd (54) and Ann Mears, 4th (44).

25 YEARS AGO

Tucked inside Steve Van Loon’s snowsuit was the Carroll County Comet’s 14”x23” page negatives which he took by snowmobile to the Frankfort Times Thursday during the storm. The Times prints this newspaper weekly. Although he returned in about 2 ½ hours, Van Loon’s first words as he entered the Comet office in Flora were “I’ve done some stupid things in my life, but this tops them all.” His problem stemmed from the “white out” conditions of the blowing snow which made it nearly impossible to see on the trip. We can tell you that his trip really did help you get your paper earlier than we thought you might and we thank him for this great effort.

Residents of Bringhurst, which will be getting a sanitary sewage system in the near future, are hopeful that the next time their community is flooded they won’t have problems with their septic tanks. Many homes were without toilet facilities for three days.

Snow stories! Flood stories! Hopefully such stories will come to an end and sunshine and beautiful days will be the topic of conversation.

Warm temperatures melting the several inches of snow on the ground plus the new rainfall have caused the worst flooding in Carroll County since at least 1959.

50 YEARS AGO

The Roth Park hotel in Jefferson township is the defendant in a suit filed by Leo Feist, Inc., New York Music Publishing firm, in U.S. District court at Lafayette last Thursday for alleged violation of a music copyright. The plaintiff alleges the hotel allowed the playing of “I’ll See You In My Dreams” as entertainment without permission of the publisher. (Royalties must be paid to perform for profit.) A judgment of not less than $250 is requested.

Arthur Harmon plans to reopen the Dog House restaurant located in West Delphi sometime this week. It was formerly operated by the Messicks.

In a transaction completed Saturday through the Ideal Agency at Lafayette, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ratcliff sold all interests in the Ratcliff Hotel and Motel and Ratcliff Coffee Shop in Delphi to Lester Cox who will take possession between March 10th and 15th.

75 YEARS AGO

At the principals meeting, Saturday, plans were discussed for observance of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of a high school in the United States. This will be observed in all the county high schools on April 23rd.

Quite a bit of interest is being manifested in Delphi about the bill which would make it a city again. A bill originally introduced to apply to Batesville was introduced in the house. This would apply to places over 2,750 population. This bill was again amended to include all those above 2,000. Delphi, having a census of less than 2,000 it is still problematical whether it would apply here or not, even if a new census would be taken. It seems that the state board of accounts objects in particular to Delphi being made a city. Unless an amendment can be added in the senate it will probably remain as it is. The bill has passed the house. It will then require a new census which even then will not insure Delphi being a city. Salaries in the bill now in the legislature gives the mayor $500; city clerk $500 and city attorney $400. The mayor as present receives $300; city attorney $150 and clerk, a full-time office, $90.

100 YEARS AGO

Throughout the length and breadth of the land Tuesday, was celebrated the birthday anniversary of George Washington, “The Father of His Country.” George Washington was born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, February 22, 1732, his father being a rich planter. On December 12, 1799 while riding over his plantation in a rain he caught cold and his last illness was upon him. He died December 14, 1799. The total of personal property found on the Mt. Vernon estate was appraised at $47,206.04 including $20,466.70 found “in the iron chest,” and exclusive of the slaves….the General, when he died was worth $530,000 which means that in his day he ranked financially as a Vanderbilt or a Gould ranks today.