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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
3
Charles Tolton and wife with Irene and J N Rinkle party from Michigan City and Peters family from Michigan City visit Wim Tolton and wife and their son Harold as guests on Sunday in an extended family gathering.
Governor McCray designates April 15 as Arbor Day urging tree planting across communities. The note appears amid broader local notices including elections, road safety, and civic projects in Michigan City and LaPorte.
The notice lists new subscribers and readers such as Otto Draves of Valparaiso, Pearl Iseminger of Chicago, C. P. Smith of Laporte, Mrs Robi Bryce Fr Francis Ont Wilbur Benson Frank Bauer and Mrs E Daggy of Laporte Ed Kalies Mrs Louise Hollenbeck Mrs W E Kalies Westville Alfred Dodd Ethan G W Favorite Tony Francis Mrs H Williams and L R Rhymer of Brooklyn New York joining the Indicator readership.
A reader advertises seven Hoosier themed songs mailed for 25 cents. The offer lists sender L. E. Allen in Westville Indiana with P O Box 40 as the contact.
The Westville chautauqua will begin Sunday June 19 and run three days, ending Tuesday June 21 with a play. Mark your calendar for the entertaining program ahead.
Tom Knotts, former mayor of Gary and noted booster of the steel city, died at Mayo Hospital in Rochester Minnesota Saturday at 2 a.m. His body arrived in Gary Sunday and lay in state at City Hall until the funeral on Tuesday. Clarence Darrow of
George C. Lampe of Elkhart fell under a locomotive while a suburban train was switching here at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. His left leg was severed below the knee and his right foot crushed before workers rushed him to Holy Family hospital in Laporte. Lampe had traveled from Elkhart to Chesterton to supervise depot plumbing work.
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