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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
2
The Indicator edited by C E Marti is published every Thursday in Westville Indiana. Subscriptions are $1.50 annually in advance. Advertising rates are available on request. Submissions must arrive by Wednesday noon to appear the same week. The paper reaches about 5000 readers in Laporte and Porter counties.
The Laporte County Sunday School convention met in Westville last Thursday and Friday, with local speakers and notable sessions. Rev. Scott led song services, Dr. Alexander Monroe and Rev. P. T. Shields gave evening addresses, and Miss Emma G. Lemen spoke multiple times. Officers were elected for the coming year and District 6 won the largest delegation pennant.
Miss Elsie Shumaker of Michigan City returned home after a weekend with friends. Leonard Witte of Chicago visited relatives from Saturday night to Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Chas Frame and children of Chesterton stayed with Wm Hackett over Sunday. Mrs Anna Dorsey went to Chester ton Saturday to visit Chas Kline, returning Monday morning. Mrs Loomis of Indiana Harbor and Mrs Sackman of Chesterton were guests of Mr and Mrs C B Reynolds. Wm Hackett Charles Barnes Raymond Rotzein Lester Bellows Cassie Pratt and John Goodwin attended Masonic lodge at Valparaiso last Thursday. Mrs Wm Snyder and Miss Minnie Reglein of Michigan were guests here last week of L C Snyder and family.
County Line community eyes a busy period of social visits from Chesterton Gary and Springville families. Red Cross activities include a May 22 meeting at Hight Square church with a large work tally and a May 25 entertainment in Otis Grange Hall featuring local students and club units.
Indiana doctors aged 31 to 45 are urged by the state committee of the Council of National Defense to apply for commissions in the Medical Officers Reserve Corps. The drive follows a wave of patriotism. 133 doctors were examined at Fort Harrison between April 1 and May 20, with 79 examined in the May 11–18 week after a statewide recruiting campaign.
Mrs. Buttermilk and Mrs. R. M. Boone led a program with Johnnie and Frame Ticket Agent Lloyd Frame. After the program parcel post packages were disposed of and ice cream cake and coffee were served. A $5 donation was given by R. M. Boone, and about sixty dollars was collected. The ladies thank all who helped with the program and patronage and especially the men who assisted.
Official Food News reports Dr. Harry E. Barnard proposing citizen committees to determine binding fair ice prices. He notes other food problems to be handled similarly. Miss Mable Wellman will organize college women to support production conservation and substitution. Lawrenceburg and Aurora grocers adopt cash and carry, yielding 2 to 10 percent savings for consumers.
About 150 to 175 Teamsters at Hammond demand five dollars a day causing work stoppages on building projects and halted deliveries. A government investigator conducts an inquiry amid tense negotiations and limited progress toward a deal.
William Sloane of Michigan City, age 23, was killed in action in France on May 12. He enlisted last fall and left a young wife and 15 month old baby, plus brother Edward Sloane in Michigan City. He worked at a car factory before enlisting.
Classified notice from Mrs H W Richter of 1512 Indiana Ave Laporte Indiana seeking a competent girl for house work with good wages and laundering duties. No dates or contact beyond address.
Wanted girl for general house work at 1307 Michigan Ave Laporte Ind telephone 1153. Coal for sale appears in the same notice indicating local business listings and household help offers.
The Food Administration Grain Corporation reshapes wheat marketing, buying all wheat and setting prices via a single country-point rule. A Missouri farmer learns the new price method, seeing how freight, grade, and commissions affect his return.
The Boston Store Co advertises a special May showing of summer dresses in veils ginghams and silks as well as summer skirts and sweaters. It also notes a Wanted advertisement for girls to work at Reliance Manufacturing Co in Michigan City and sale of the residence of the late Mrs Mary Marvel in Laporte with contact details.
Bond offering from C. H. Marine of Valparaiso Indiana seeks investors for first mortgage real estate bonds at seven percent interest paid semi annually.
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