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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulter Bros
Westville
Ford
Michigan City
Reliance Manufacturing Co
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Brisco
WOLFE
Franklin St
Michigan City, Ind
Dodge
Oldsmobile
Uberreich & Arnold
Augustine
W.L. Augustine's
G. L. Howell
Indiana
Implement and Coal
Kaiser Bill
Virginia Dare
Georgette Crepe
Crepe de Chene
W. J. Smith
Medaryville
Misa Meta Haus
Cr. Anderson
Wanatah
Coop & le
Daniel Winchell
Kingsbury
G. C. Aldrich
Haskell Rosenthal
Timothy Kay
Fred Hagenow
Westville Lumber & Coal CO
H. B. Hayward
Glassea
Associated Physicians
John W. Rogers
LaPorta
Herald Bldg
Henry Goetz
Jefferson Ave
ED Cross
Redi Cross
America
RediCross War Fund
American RediCross
Italy
Congress
Wilson
War Department