Decoration Day Observance in Westville Draws Larger Crowd
Westville marked Decoration Day with a sizable crowd despite threatening skies. A morning parade to the cemetery featured colors led by Kimbrell and E. T. Scott, with speaker Robert Moore of Michigan City and C. J. Morris. The G A R, local bands, and students followed, flowers laid on 51 flag decked graves, and services at Andrew Young’s grave conducted by FE Smith, A Lawrence, and T F McGuiggan. The day concluded with choir singing and an eloquent address by Mr. Moore, plus a well attended meal by the Ladies Aid and a flag drill by girls and recitations by youngsters.
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Westville
Comrade Kimbrell
E. T. Scott
Robert Moore
Michigan City
C. 3. Morris
Navy
Army
Wm. Bundy
A. Lawrence
Andrew Young
Martin Post
Smith
T. F. McGuiggan
America
Moore
Ladies Aid Society
Westville Boys Enlist in Army From Local Town
Verne Loomis son of Trustee J C Loomis Howard Davidson son of W Ns Davidson and Fred Wolfe who drove a stone truck for Contractor Martine enlisted in Chicago Verne joins the cavalry Howard enters the quartermaster department.
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Westville
Verne Loomis
J. C. Loomis
Howard Davidson
W. Ns. Davidson
Fred Wolfe
Martine
Chicago
Verne
Cavalry
Howard
Quartermaster Department
Westville Mayor Hosts Reception for Draft Service Members
Business leaders led by Mayor Flynn gave a Friday night lunch at the library basement in Westville. Guests Dr. F. J. Pinkerton and Dewey Williams were praised for their upcoming activation in the armed forces. Mrs. Dreesen served the 9 o'clock meal from the Lincoln hotel. The gathering offered warm remarks and an engaging program.
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Westville
Flynn
F. J. Pinkerton
Dewey Williams
Dreesen
Lincoln Hotel
Uncle Sam
Pinkerton
Williams
Card of thanks for the bereavement aid
Card thanks singers and all who aided in our recent bereavement. Frank Welch, Mrs. Lewis Robb, Mrs. Byron Poston express sincere appreciation for the support.
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Frank Welch
Lewis Robb
Byron Poston
Card of Thanks for Mrs Angeline Freshman
The family thanks friends neighbors and the Ladies Aid of the Christian church for kindness and floral offerings during the death and burial of our mother and aunt Mrs Angeline Freshman Signed the children Andrew Henry and George Freshman and Rassie and Clara Strong The funeral of Mrs Anna Dodd Thursday afternoon was largely attended with Kinison officiating.
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The
Christian Church
Angeline Freshman
Andrew
Henry
George
Rassie
Clara Strong
Anna Dodd
Kinison
Westville Notes and Local Affairs Page Highlights
Local items include visits, travels, and wit of Westville residents. Marshal Hoard battles untagged dogs with allies Albert Cathcart and others. weddings, funerals, church events, and decorations day gatherings are noted along with road work by Louis Martine and a Fiat mix of social updates from Michigan City to Laporte County.
Tornado ruins sighted near Southeast Neighborhood
The town struck by a tornado Saturday was viewed Sunday by E O Beachmontoed. Leroy Lewis owns a new Ford and is seen riding nearby. Mrs P Brown family moved into the Manns school house turned residence. J Fred Hagenow returned from Chicago hospital. condition unchanged. Russell Warnke ill Saturday and slowly recovering. A new barn on J Loomis farm nears completion. Mr and Mrs Charles Schernau and Dorothy visited F Hagenow. Calvin Webster builds a new chicken house. Mr and Mrs H Logman and Mrs M Hardy visited J Krantz on Sunday.
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E. O
Russel Warnke
J. Loomis
Charles Schernau
Dorothy
F. Hagenow
Calvin Webster
H. Logman
M. Hardy
J. Krantz
Local Notes on Visits and Family Trips Across Michigan City Area
Alicia visits and neighbors spend Sunday in Michigan City and nearby towns. Residents travel to Kouts Hebron and Valparaiso to see weather effects from a Saturday cyclone. Family visits include Hagenows Lubs and others with hospital return and wedding attendance.
Local Residents Report Health Notes and Mishap
Mr and Mrs Karl Kienitz spent Saturday in Michigan City Paul Sebart is reported better after illness James Shaw visited relatives in Pinola Miss Bertha Bentley remains ill after a stay at the Nova Baths in Michigan City Her relapse comes as hopes rise Mrs Ira Wellman visited the Buchanans in Pinola George Pattee went to Laporte on business Henry Pagels lost a cow to lightning after a near miss at home the timing was close to the milking interval
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Kienitz
Michigan City
Paul Sebart
James Shaw
Pinola
Bertha Bentley
Nova Baths
Ira Wellman
Local Family Visits Recap From Michigan City Area
Leo Gorski and brother Peter spent weekend with relatives in Michigan City. Palm and Blessing families from Laporte visited friends here. Kemper and Miller families connected with Zahra household during the period. Florence Blessing traveled to Michigan City to visit kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Gorski
Michigan City
Peter Gorski
Walter Palm
A. C. Blessing
Laporte
Albert Zahra
Charles Rotzean
Henry Blessing
Stillwell
John Finski
A. Kemper
Local Social Roundup Opens Burdick Week
Ed Gust and family visited Burdick in Eds new Studebaker along with Mrs Chas Yagelski and children from Chesterton. A crowded weekend included dances, visits from relatives in Indiana Harbor Whiting South Bend and Michigan City. Schools closed the week with farewell messages as teachers departed for home.
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Wm. Gierke
Frank Hollar
East Side
Joseph Sachawiak
Elkhart
Kulakoski
Whiting
J. B. Clark
Frank Janowski
South Bend
Clarence Miller
van Rogers
Michigan City
Vincent C. Fironey
Baby
C. BE. Noble
Graduating Exercises At Burdick Attended By Visitors
Notes from Burdick mention Miss Myr Wood of Valparaiso and Miss Geneva Weiss of Chesterton at graduation. Sue Woss from South Chicago visited daughter Mrs Frank Hollar. Albert Gierke of Furnessville stayed with his father Charles. Trustee Fred Schlundt helped prepare the church. Wocznak hosted sister Mrs Beattere from Chicago. Frank Johnson from Woodville en route to Michigan with his sawmill outfit. John Markel inspected the roads. Local measles cases noted with Kokosinski children ill, Sibbrel family recovering, Gertrude Reed recovering health.
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Myr -Wood
Valparaiso
Geneva Weiss
Chesterton
Sue Woss
Chicago
Frank Hollar
Albert Gierke
Furnessville
Charles Gierke
Fred Schlundt
Jack Wocznak
Wocznak
Beattere
Monay
Frank Johnson
Woodville
Burdick
Michigan
John Markel
John Kokosinski
Sam Sibbrel
Gertrude Reed
Laporte Teens Arrested In Hardware Store Robbery
Two Laporte high school students Elmer Young 16 and Harold Young 16 were arrested in connection with the Peterson hardware store robbery. Confessions say Elmer robbed the store while Harold fled to church, later linked to receiving stolen goods. Both released on bond with a Saturday hearing.
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Laporte
Laporte High School
Elmer Young
J. G. Young
Harold Young
H. H. Long
Peterson Hardware
Young
Long
Peterson
Fatal Apartment Fire Claims Mrs Williams at 412% Pine Street
A 19 year old Michigan City woman Mrs Chas Williams formerly Miss Hildred Frederickson was fatally burned when her clothing ignited from a small gas burner while heating water for bathing her infant. She died at St Anthony's hospital after being rushed from the McNulty flat building.
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Michigan City Dispatch
Chas. Williams
Hildred Frederickson
Pine Street
McNulty
Williams
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Tragic Fire Claims Mrs Williams in Schmuhl Apartment
Fire scenes unfold on Pine and Fourth streets as Mrs Williams burns in the Schmuhl flat. Fire Chief I C Bauman and neighbor James Garwood respond after receiving a call from Mrs Harry Bennett. Williams dies in the nude save for a scorched dust cap. neighbors aid the victim while authorities investigate the blaze. Williams is listed as a daughter of Andrew Frederickson with many siblings and local family connections.
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Schmuhl
Williams
Andrew Frederickson
Paul
Laporte
Jesse
Bert Caldwell
Grand Rapids
Harry
Elkhart
John
Hebron
Ora Freyer
Howard
Roy Butts
Lottie Finske
Leonard
M. E. Church Notes Encourage Auto Attendance
The pastor J. W. A. Kinison urges country people to attend all services and envisions cars parked by the church door as families travel from miles away on Indiana stone roads. He notes no auto thieves in Westville and invites joy riders to Sunday services and Sunday school next week.
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M. E
Indiana
Westville
J. W. A. Kinison
Women organize in New Durham to pursue suffrage duties
Mrs F R Liddell of Laporte addressed Westville area women about new duties under the suffrage grant. A Women Franchise League of New Durham township formed with 42 members, electing R W Street president J C Matotte vice president Eva L Smith secretary and B F Cass treasurer. Sixty four people attended. The group plans to register voters for September delegates to the constitutional convention. In other news Amzi Welch of New Durham township died May 26 1917 at age 84. He was born in 1832 in Ohio, lived in Laporte and Pinhook, noted for honesty and hard work. Funeral in his home Monday conducted by IE Scott with songs by J C Matotte H Standiford and Scott.
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Board of Commissioners
State of Indians
New Durham Township
Laporte County
Indiana
Eha
State of
Said County
Edith Link
Whiting
Charles N. Barnard
Coulter Bros
Wm. Stump
Paulina
Brookston
Ind
Indianapolis
Goodrich
Frank R. Leeds
Michigan City
Laporte
Laporte Herald
Mill Creek
I. N. Plant
Edythe Pauline
Elvin M. Augustine
Plant
Amzi Welch
Lewis Robb
Benton Harbor
Mich
Frank Poston
John Tillotson
Chicago
Ed Slant
Thomas Brooks
Chesterton
Ramona Martin
Madison
Wis
Arkansas University
Ramona
F. V. Martin
Roy McKellips
F. J. Pinkerton
Emerson
Joel
Union Mills W. R. C
Jos. Deets
Austin Williams
W. Wight
Wiliams
South Bend
New York
S. D. Flynn
Steve
Kidder
Westville Hardware Co
W. L. Cornelius
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Cornelius
Louis Martine
Stone Road
A. C. Johnson
Ft. Wayne
Paige
Martine
O. A. Sauer
Michigan
Burr Noecker
Stanislaus Jasicki
Noecker
Jasicki
Burr
Dan Noecker
Kingsbury
Westville
Geo. Lee
Rudolph Aker
Wanatah
Will Brown
Irving Young
Leonard Young
Lacrosse
Will Young
South Chicago
Witte
Minnie Cordes
Olive Howe
C. A. Rotzean
Thelma
Lucas Hixon
Frank Young
Masonic Temple
Union Mills
Colby Noble
Myra
Belle Canfield
Short
Stephenson
T. L. Athey
O. Way
Eva Hicks
Nellie Hay
Anderson
E. L. Conrad
F. Ravencroft
Olive White
F. L. Yeoman
New Durham
F. R. Liddell
Women’s Franchise League
Liddell
R. W. Street
J. C. Matotte
Eva L. Smith
B. F. Cass
Porter County
Clinton Township
Columbus
Columbia Co
Ohio
Elizabeth Bogue
Porter Co
Frank Welch
Byron Poston
James Welch
Joseph
Tippecanoe
Marshall County
Pinhook
Welch
IE. T. Scott
Helen Standiford
Scott
Women urged to vote and join suffrage League in September election
The passage urges women to elect convention delegates committed to full and equal suffrage, register in the next two months, and vote in September. It calls every township woman to join the League and notes a meeting will be announced once arrangements are set.
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Constitutional Convention
Mrs Dils Celebrates With Large Family at Westville Home
Mrs C Dils marked a long life by hosting a Sunday gathering at her daughter E H Imes home in Westville. Six children five grandchildren and one great grandchild joined, including Merriman Rosenberg from Boone Grove and Dils and Williams families. Ward Ines arrived from St Louis where he serves in the Illinois National Guard.
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Lou Williams
Roy Dils
Ittle Williams
Whiting
E. H. Imes
Ward
Ruth
Madge
Mattie
Ward Ines
St. Louis
Illinois National Guard
Mrs Freshman Dies Suddenly at 59 in Local Home
Mrs Angelina Freshman died suddenly at her home on Monday morning at about six o'clock age 59 She spent most of her life in Westville and recently moved back from Valparaiso Maiden name Strong Survived by three sons Andrew Michigan City George and Henry Valparaiso Also caretaker of her invalid brother Kirt and his two children Funeral at 2 this afternoon at the Christian church with E T Scott officiating
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Freshman
Angelina Freshman
Westville
Valparaiso
Andrew
Michigan City
George
Henry
Kirt
Christian Church
E. T. Scott
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Hotel Rumely
BE. H.imes
H. W. Sallwasser
Lincoln Way
Court House
Charlotte Henton
North Daota
Grant
E. E. Drom
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Roy
F. R. Leeds
Clark
Leeds
Martin
Alicia
Theodore Hagenow
Kouts
Ray. Lubs
John Hagenow
T. R. Harlan
No. Baltimore
Bennie Messer
Marion Iseminger
Patsy DeSteffin
Pittsburgh
H. N. Kline
Walkerton
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Claus Carlson
Beatty’s Corners
Worthmore
Walworth
Men’s Athletic Union
Popular Model Union
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