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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
4
Litut.-Col. W N Hensley of the balloon school of care is credited with taking care of two horses. Maxie Lewis Seideman of the Sixty fourth balloon company is identified in relation to the matter.
A Sunday Liberty praise service in Arcadia drew many attendees in front of the Presbyterian church. Judge D W Simms delivered a patriotic address urging national duty at home to conserve food mobilize labor and supply war production while stressing a moral and religious foundation for liberty and victory.
Friday night dance in Arcadia city hall hosted by the Arcadia Liberty club drew Monrovia society girls. Invitations went to Helen Hoagland Frances Bliss Jacqueline Edwards Marion Harvey Gladyce Slosson Anna Crews Eva Harvey and Opal Rives with many attendees chaperoned by Mrs J W Harvey.
The article outlines campaigns for the Ninth District with Montaville Flowers gaining momentum and endorsements from party figures and churches. It notes Matthews as a strong local contender and cites support from civic groups, Bishop Johnson, and the Los Angeles Credit Men's organization for W. C. Mushet.
Lieutenants Geiger and Hensley link to Omaha aviation unit. Eight balloons float in air as repairs continue. ten balloons planned with possible expansion. A steel hangar rises and the new Y M C A hut for 700 to 800 men nears completion with separate spaces for officers and enlisted men, a stage, and a large social hall already finished.
War Activities board plans a Sunday ride for bal loon school enlisted men starting at Granite club at 1 p m. They tour Griffith Park and Hollywood and will return to the clubhouse with music and refreshments from 4 to 5 o'clock. The Monrovia Band practice in Arcadia featured a watermelon feast and twenty four members plus guests. Chetwood Schwarzkopf, a navy recruit, departed for New York to join a battleship as a gunner.
Mrs. B. T. Clover visits Arcadia briefly while families travel to Redondo Beach. Vancouver bound Arthur Collie returns with St. Vincent relatives. Los Angeles Wood Co. donates twenty banjo ukuleles to the YMCA camp. Miss Elizabeth Miller returns from Chicago after months away. City Marshal Treen handles juvenile court cases masson Ramirez Garcia for watermelon theft and orders probation. Campbell and Parry jailed drunk at the Baldwin packing house rear. told to leave town. Balloon school YMCA participants join War Expedition at the hut No Man's Land with Stewart Sumwalt Parker Billings Sheldon Bricker present.
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