Shoe Shop, 45 S. Center St., Flora. Pictured are John Wharton and Charles Eikenberry 10 YEARS AGO

Thomas and Debra Allbaugh, of Bringhurst, were awarded the Host Family of the Year 2000 by the Youth for Understanding regional office in Indianapolis. For the entire academic year of 1999- 2000, they have hosted Kamila Guseinova, a 16-yearold exchange student from Russia. The Allbaughs welcomed Guseinova to become a part of their big family of four sisters, Cassandra 18, Erica 16, Allison, 13 and Valerie 10. She has spent her year with them studying at Carroll Junior-Senior High School.

Miranda “Anna” Peters of Flora has received a scholarship to attend Webster University in Missouri where she will also play basketball for WU’s Lady Gorlocks.

The Wabash Valley Living History farm at the Museums At Prophetstown will host its first annual Old Time Threshing Days on Aug. 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

25 YEARS AGO

Twenty-eight residents and staff of the Brethren Home, Flora, and 18 from Delphi Nursing Home took a cruise on the Madam Carroll last Wednesday. Captain Bill Luse provides the cruise free each year to 12 area healthcare organizations and the Archibald Home for the Deaf. More than 270 people took the cruise.

Eighty buyers spent $57,173.41 at the annual Carroll County 4-H Fair Auction.

Flora Fire Department was called to the old Carroll Elementary School Monday morning to investigate a suspected arson fire.

The fire had burned out, but there was smoke damage to the auditorium. Entrance was gained by breaking the glass and opening a window on the north side of the building. There was also broken glass in other parts of the building and paper strewn everywhere.

50 YEARS AGO

The Carroll County 4-H Fair will open Monday, August 1, at the Flora Community Park, for a full week of entertainment along with the boys and girls’ 4-H exhibits according to information received from County Agent Dale Kaster, who released the complete program for the entire week.

The Hollow Acres Golf Center located on highway 421 north of Delphi, is open and offers an 18-hole miniature golf course, a nine hole Luse

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A marriage license was issued to the Circuit court clerk’s office to Robert Wesley Bernard, 27, of Dearborn, Michigan and Helen Eileen Clifford, 27, of 218 West Ohio street, Delphi.

75 YEARS AGO

Plans are progressing under the direction of Mrs. Kate Robinson Weil for the annual Old Settlers Day program which will be held Saturday, August 10 at the Delphi City Park. The program will consist of a pantomime which will portray the early settlement of Carroll county. There will also be other interesting features by a number of the older people of the county. Mrs. Well president of the Old Settlers Association, is one of the descendents of Henry Robinson the first settler in the county. Mrs. Julia Hardy Irelan is vice-president and Mrs. Marle Ferling Swickard is the secretary.

Amounts that have been provided for Carroll county in the W.P.A. program are as follows: Painting bridges on secondary roads, $5,630; secondary road construction, $43,040; recreation program, $11, 118; landscaping Delphi school grounds, $9,514.

John Crone and Paul Jacoby who operated filling stations at the top of the south Delphi hill on state road 39 were forced to close their doors when the road closed and the detour routed west a mile south of Delphi. The new route which has been surveyed for this strip of state road 39 will also miss their location.

100 YEARS AGO

The city of Delphi has a water famine and unless some remedy is made at once it is feared that the water plant can not be used only for fire protection and water for this purpose will have to be pumped from the creek. As nearly the whole population of the city depends on the water company for water the condition is becoming serious. A committee composed of business men of the city have been appointed by the mayor to investigate a new source of supply and report at once. All water users outside the city limits will be cut off and if this is done it will close the Great Western Canning factory as that institution depends on the city for its water supply.

Last Sunday evening when all was still and quiet and most people had reposed for the night some unknown degenerate stole his way in the barn of Oscar Hall, who lives in West Delphi, and administered poison to the three horses that were tied in the barn. The dastardly act was committed some time between eleven and twelve o’clock. A veterinary was called and after considerable effort one of the horses was saved and the second one died.