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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
3
A compilation of arrivals, departures, family milestones, and local events around Laporte and Kankakee townships. Includes births, travels to Niagara and Chicago, veterinary services, plans for home construction, civic warnings against dumping rubbish, and updates on church memorial services and religious work.
Mr Fredrickson of Noble township La Porte county dies in Sugar City Colorado on March 1 1918 after 18 years of failing health. Widowed wife Catherine Hall mourns him. He served 21 years as treasurer of Laporte Masonic bodies and was a La Porte business man since age 21. He was son of William and Mary Fredrickson and educated in Union Mills schools.
A Decoration Day crowd in summer heat gathered for a parade to the cemetery. Veterans from Spanish American, World War, and Civil War groups attended, flowers were laid, and First Class Private Elmer Bailey spoke on his France service including Chateau Thierry and the Argonne. A flag drill, music, and a gathered town audience followed, with many out of town guests listed from Laporte Chicago Hammond and Gary.
Mr and Mrs G L McLane of La Porte announce the honorable discharge of their son Lieutenant Howard McLane from the U S Service. He served in the chemical warfare service legal department and did special hospital work in Washington DC related to claims against the United States government. He expects to return home soon but length of current employment is not known.
Congress approved bill proposes sending German cannon or field pieces to 41 Indiana communities as war mementos. Westville included. Laporte representative Hickey fields multiple bills, one to reimburse banks acting for government and others naming target towns in Laporte Starke and St. Joseph counties for the gift. The list covers Michigan City LaCrosse Westville Rolling Prairie Wanatah Stillwell La Porte Hanna Union Mills Knox Hamlet North Judson New Carlisle.
The annual children's day service will be held at the M. E. church on Sunday June 8, with a program starting at p m. including songs, choruses, doll drill, readings, a playlet Why Some Dolls Went to the Missionaries, solo pantomime and tableaux Holy City and an educational offering to be collected. The program features Willow Roth Rosalie Knoll Myrtie Shunk Eleanor Posten and other participants.
Coroner Leeds reports findings in the Wingsbury accident of April 19 in which six schoolchildren died when a bus was struck by a Grand Trunk train. Victims named include Evye lyn Harris Thadore W Condon Irene M Wildt William I Schmidt Inez Riohingen and Hazel Kregle. The coroner holds Mrs Walter Johnson violated the 1917 statute by not sending a responsible person ahead to check for approaching trains and only glancing from the bus.
The coroner notes that criminal proceedings may be brought for criminal negligence after a bus crash involving Mrs Johnson who drove the vehicle on the day a public sale drew her husband. An Indiana statute limits drivers to authorized individuals.
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