Wartime personnel abroad and local notices blend in Westville
Local items report Bart Jardine and Charles Link with the coast-guard cat Portland, names of residents in France, nursing and church activities, enlistments, memorial services, and community events. Readers learn of visits, entertainments, church projects, juvenile arrests at Alida, and wartime service details tied to Westville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Jardine
Charles Link
Coast - Guard
Portland
Herbert Brown
France
E.T. Scott
Pinhook
Smith
Frank Bluhm
Union Mills
J. C. Bluhm
John
Jennie Golding
Blue Island
Ill
Flegel
Pinhook Sunday School
Margaret Harper
Michigan City
Charles Baird
Westville Lodge
E. T. Scott
Herman Zanders
Geo. Dabber
L. S. Iseminger
C. T. Kalies
Charlotte
Chicago
Orme Talmadge
Myron H. Clark
Lucy S. Clark
Westville
51St Engineers
Co. F. Draves
Lagra
Bagged Garage Thieves Confess Tying Up Crown Tire Theft
Steve Stevens confessed to Sheriff Ahlgrim Saturday night that he and partner William Bennett stole nine tires from the Crown store in Hanna and hid them at a kraut factory before selling them in Knox. Bennett, jailed at Knox, faces trial. Stevens faces grand larceny charges and a plea before Judge Gallaher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Stevens
Crown Store
Hanna
Ahlgrim
William Bennett
Knox
Stevens
Bennett
Crown
Shields
Gallaher
Laporte
Albert Conquist
Huntington Ave
Newport News
Westville
Albert
Postoffice Job Goes Begging in Wellsboro
Wellsboro loses its postmistress as no one will take the position. The post office will close and patrons will receive mail at Union Mills. Miss Bonner resigned and a temporary post mistress has served, but the salary is too small to attract a permanent appointee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth
Waldo Standiford
D. L. Crumpacker
Mary
A. G. Tillotson
Michigan City
Shepherd Crumpacker
South Bend
Illinois
Harold Barnard
Cash Barnard
American Steel Co
Kensington
Harold
Raymond Herrold
C. E. Herrold
Judge
D. Crumpacker
Maurice
Washington
Oregon
France
Henry Spitzer
Rumely Co
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Alberta
Henry
Pulaski~ Koontz
Westville Lumber & Coal Co
Otis Church
Gottliez Yankey
Michigan City Road
Will ‘Colvile
Chicago
Herbert Ray
Colvile
Trim
Goshen
Roderick
Westville
Catholic Society
Otis
Francis Brown
John Konczyk
Agent Weaver
Becktenwall
Bill Augustine
Roy
Orte Coulter
Austin
Fred Comstock
Albert Long
Henry Rottein
George Flegel
George
Albert
Wellsboro
Union Mills
Miss Bonner
Westville Carnival Sets Up In Ed Allen Yard
A carnival arrived in Westville yesterday with amusements pitched in the Ed Allen yard. His daughter performed as fat lady while the concessions stood near the ticket wagon at the entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westville
Ed Allen
Howell surpasses all prior sales in local farm equipment
G L Howell reports selling fourteen units this season while McCormick hinders and supports the high sales level. The record surpasses previous years and may exceed any town record. The McCormick Co emphasizes quality and a high manufacturing standard contributing to growing popularity and farmer prosperity in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
McCormick Co
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FOX River Butter Company
E. T. Scot
H. P. Nehring
Valparaiso
Ed Schlene
Bank of Westville
Kessler’s Furniture Store
LaPorte County
Howard Davidson
Verne’ Loomis
Corpus Christi
Harry McClure
Davidson
Atty. F. C. Bateman
Arkansas
Mr. Bateman
Lawrence Moorehouse
Lawrence
Uncle Sam
Jared Gardner
Germany
Bethel Church
Washington Township
Paul A. Wineholt
Harry
Emma Wineholt
Paul
Lawrence Northam
Bethel Chapel
H. B. Darling
Boys Bob Railroad Station
Alida
Bluhm
H. O. Cartcart
Albert Polakow
Ray Flannagan
Fred Clifford
Tom Harlan
H. Alshouse
Carl Beach
Harlan
Sam
U. S
Kfar
Ioa
Tisney Helma
Tn Ghelant
Mertie Shank
Esther Davidson
Gladys Comstock
Charlotte Kalies
G. L. Howell
McCormick
Lemuel Derrow
Ethelred Curtis
Optometrist and Manufacturing
Optician
Jefferson Ave
GL Howell
Westville, Indiana
Implement and Coal
Atv Eaks
Red Cross
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