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Newspaper

Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1918

Page

5

Community Notes from Westville and Nearby

Sunday visits and travels fill the week as residents from Medaryville to Valparaiso host relatives and attend church and lodge events. A wave of local life includes enlistments, a summer plan with a Rolling Prairie uncle, a memorial service for a flag, and preparations for a circus in Valparaiso while Red Cross fundraising efforts in Laporte county target sixty thousand dollars to support national and local welfare.

H. C. Alberry Valparaiso S. E. Rogers Paul Greening Westville Lodge 136 Grand Lodge Indianapolis Clarence Dreesen Rolling Prairie Wm. Glass Christian Church Geisinger Storm Lake Iowa Homer Ansley Chicago Ira Barnard Place A. E. Carpenter Ethel Albert Carpenter Rensselaer Raymond Herrold William Gill Leroy Markel John Markel Fort Oglethorpe Rebekah Lodge W. M. Williams Laporte Dewey Camp Shelby Miss John Leser Hammond Leser South Wanatah Layne Hixon Chas. Hixon Thomas Keel Gary Alfred Steele James Wood Albright Alfred Hdna Marie Martha Wm. Bodine North Liberty Fred Whittaker Whiting J. C. Bluhm Whittaker Bluhm Red Cross Clara Goodrich McKellips Norman Wolfe M. E Florence Mann Manitoba B. C Minneapolis Minn Vic Winters John Winters Helen J. H. Imes Ward Niagara Falls France 123Rd Field Artillery C. D. Herrold John Graybear Indiana Rebekah Assembly Lafayette S. J. Robinson State Soldiers’ Home Melvin Herrold Homer Herrold Melvin Seattle Wash Union Pacific Misses Pearl Lois Brown Miss Pearl Miss Brown P. L. Brown Clifford Hamilton Wheatfield G. C. Hamilton Clifford Columbus U. S. Medical Service Paul Hannon Coulter Bros David Paul F. A. Gust Prince of Burdick Westville Lajiorté County Laporte County Seaboard

County doctors registered for service at YMCA meeting

A YMCA meeting in Laporte County led to nearly all physicians registering for potential government service. About 40 doctors attended. total county physicians number 52. Lieut. E. S. Green spoke on registration methods and duties, and several attendees took enlistment blanks. Dr. F. T. Wilcox led the event with Dr. Helen Gebhart elected secretary.

E. S. Green U. S. Army Laporte County F. T. Wilcox State Medical Society

Winchell Mine Manager Arraigned on Espionage Charge in Chicago

W H Winchell of Norris Montana was arraigned in Chicago on espionage act charges for posing as a secret service man. Bail set at 3000. He claimed to be deputy sheriff of Madison county Montana. Clara Oliver, mine owner financing his venture, awaits outcome. He says he is William Harrison Winchell, 26, with La Porte Indiana contacts.

Chicago W. H. Winchell Norris Mont Secret Service Winchell Montana Laporte Ind Madison County Clara Oliver William Harrison Winchell

Red Cross War Fund Campaign Officers Named in Laporte

At a Laporte executive meeting the committee chairmen were appointed by General Chairman H. H. Kessler. City Chairman C. W. Pettit and others, with the campaign opening Monday night May 20 at the Madison Theatre featuring band music and a strong speaker, possibly Father Cavanaugh.

Laporte Red Cross War Fund H. H. Kessler Secy C. W. Pettit J. B. Benson F. W. Kiockstein H. B. Darling H. H. Keller H. M. Cable A H. Berger N. H. Low Madison Theatre Father Cavanaugh

Ford 1917 Model in Good Condition For Sale

Used Ford 1917 model offered by Coulter Bros of Westville. Inquire for price. Also ad seeking girls to work at Reliance Manufacturing Co in Michigan City. apply at office for details.

Coulter Bros Westville Ford Michigan City Reliance Manufacturing Co

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