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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
3
Mrs. Rollo McKellips ill. Influenza cases rise with Mrs. John Arndt family and others. Epworth chapter held a church program. Weather outlook with snow and freezes. Community notices include appointments, transportation shifts, and a hospital funding note. A wartime history project aims to document Laporte county in WWI. Funeral for Allie Harris reported. graveside at Union Chapel.
A Wednesday meeting in the town hall elected officers for the Westville chamber of commerce. President J. N. Plant and Vice President L. R. Cass will lead, with W. Tu as secretary treasurer. A $5 membership fee was approved and committees were appointed to pursue community initiatives, signaling a hopeful start for coordinated business efforts.
Sadie May Wallace Brown born near Coburg on September 13 1891 died February 11 1919 at 27 years 5 months 29 days. She worked as a cashier in Westville bank before her marriage on February 24 1916 to her husband. They had a daughter Margaret Lucile now twenty months old. She is survived by her husband the child her mother William Wallace deceased M W Lewis four brothers and one sister.
An accident Monday afternoon at Woodyard crossing near Hudson Lake left Airee Hecker dead and her sister Mary Jane Congr fatally injured with brother John Bates seriously hurt. Motorman Fred Anaye and conductor Arthur Spears were aboard the interurban car.
Mrs. Flecker dies in a collision near New Carlisle as Bates driving a buggy with his sisters failed to see Woodyard crossing. Conant 70 conscious at Holy Family Hospital La Porte. Bates and two others hospitalized after being taken to Laporte by freight car.
Pastor Chivington spoke on a Sunday sermon drawn from a government request urging ministers to stress education about sex relations. He cited alarming statistics on venereal disease among urban men and rural populations, and warned that army camp cases spread to civil life. He urged parents to remove taboos and teach responsibility to prevent deformities attributed to the plague of ignorance.
A Laporte pastor will lead Sunday morning and evening services at the Christian church. The Laporte and Tabernacle congregations have merged, with Westville and Wanatah churches to be ministered alternately. The town and countryside have enough worshippers to fill Westville churches each Lord's day.
Westville friends welcomed Dr Nelson and his chosen bride from Oakland Illinois. The couple plans a possible return visit as officers at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia may involve the physician. The pairing drew favorable local interest amid local Westville social circles.
Foster Lumber Co begins tearing down seven barracks six latrines two mess halls and more at the Valparaiso university training detachment. Foreman Don Lytle leads the crew while Cr E Foster travels to Chicago to pursue an electric nail-removing device for faster demolition. The Y M C A building will remain, possibly moved, as the lot offers valuable lumber and equipment.
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