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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
3
The issue highlights visits and greetings across Gary Valparaiso Mishawaka and Westville with many travelers and locals attending a Red Cross fundraising meeting. It notes educational moves and household moves while detailing a Westville Westville New Durham area Red Cross committee setup and calls for immediate local organization.
Miss Maybelle Flegel of McIntyre Indiana visits her grandparents for a week prior to a trip to Ohio. She holds a medal for excellence in writing and has previously won a spelling efficiency medal. A S Orr, formerly of the Charles Rudolph place near Westville, lies at Holy Family Hospital Laporte with a severe cold after moving to Pine Lake. He asks Westville friends to remember him with a visit.
A brief wartime letter from Clinton Barnard describes heat and dryness yet no crop suffering. He mentions abundant garden produce allowing some to be spared while enough remains to live on if wartime conditions persist.
A 1917 note from E L Reynolds to Chas E Martin of Westville Indiana accompanies cash and wishes for safe travel. The message references paths to safety and enduring realms.
Mrs F A Wirt formerly Belle Henderson doubles her amount and encloses her card. She praises wit and hosts a welcoming Elkhart home. G McCarty mails from Rockaway Beach NY with subscription money. Judge John Richter of Laporte IN sends cash and calls the effort good. Capt Montgomery Noblesville IN is prompt as always. Early formed the habit aiding his life’s success.
J L Hansford on his farm south of town spots work on a potato acre while passing by with a load of lumber. He hands over money or aid, seeming without a twinge of hesitation as the scene unfolds.
G C Wooley of Colorado is a dependable subscriber who pays ahead. A J Rehm presented a subscription in 1919, praising its value and reassuring readers. Jackie supports the seller and promotes a good deal.
Roy McKellips visits the office to arrange his subscription, ensuring payments and details are in proper order. The reader service emphasizes individual attention to account accuracy and timely renewals.
Attorney and Mrs. W C Ransburge and daughter of Laporte join Mr and Mrs E O Beahm for a Sunday visit. Ransburge recalls early period in charge of Westville schools during the 1880s and notes his office in the First National Bank building.
In Westville Be ville Michigan a mission festival filled both morning and afternoon services with a Laporte male chorus under Mr Meier and Rev Bruno Sanger from Indiana Harbor. The German service featured sermons urging Christian aid to the spiritually distressed. After the morning service a large crowd enjoyed a noon meal for 210 fed with hospitality praised as second to none. English services saw Rev H Holle from South Bend discuss mission work paying in civilization morals and souls, with free will offerings for mission surpassing expectations.
Pensions awarded to Mrs. Camarissa Shank of Westville and Mrs. Emaling M. Moffitt of Valparaiso. Shank receives $20 monthly. Moffitt receives $12 monthly.
We express sincere appreciation to neighbors and friends for kind acts and sympathy during the illness and death of our husband and father. He will be remembered with gratitude. Mrs. Jos. Koontz and Family.
Insurance notice invites readers to insure against windstorms and tornadoes through Continental Insurance Co. Warren Fogle, agent based in Laporte Indiana.
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