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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1919
Page
3
Mrs. O. M. Coulter will entertain Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Loomis and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Small next Sunday. Birth days are to be celebrated.
Mrs Charles Baird of Laporte Route 4 and A Lawrence and Charles Imuis low plus Mrs A E Burner of Westville receive credits on subscriptions this week. Frank Bauer of Laporte Route 7 is a new reader.
The warm fall pleased residents but farmers face a penalty in a short wheat crop next summer due to a fly infestation. Ross Beach reports stalks with up to sixteen larvae per stem and advises fertilizing fields to support rapid wheat growth to mitigate the attack.
Otis residents invite soldier and sailor boys to a Thanksgiving night event headlined by dancing and an oyster supper. Guests are asked not to bring money. dance tickets cost 1 dollar as Otis expects a large turnout.
At Michigan City on Saturday 8 p m the wedding of Miss Romana Martin daughter of Dr and Mrs F W Martin took place at the family home. Rev W B Warriner conducted a single ring ceremony. The bride wore ivory satin with veil and orange blossoms attended by her sister Dorothy and fiancé Vern Varney of Scottsburg Wis. The groom comes from a well known local family and they will farm near Furnessville after a brief honeymoon. Fifty guests were present from the locality.
A Westville chamber of commerce meeting approved a plan for a weekday bus from Westville to Laporte for Rumely plant workers with a return trip in the evening. Initial capacity is eighteen to twenty, with roughly forty five minute trips starting at 6 am and returning by six. A second meeting will refine details and public representations.
Benjamin Bacon and Vita Hensken married in Joliet Illinois after a two day, three county license chase. They began with a Grundy county license and needed a Will county minister before a Joliet ceremony on courthouse steps. The groom is a respected son of Mrs. Cathcart and the bride hails from a prominent East St. Louis family. The couple reside with the groom’s parents east of town.
Report notes successful fundraising to wipe out YMCA indebtedness and restore financial footing. It urges wider community support, stressing YMCAs serve broader regions beyond Laporte, Michigan City, and Westville. Comments on shared civic benefit and concerns about sustaining volunteers.
E Ansley was operated on at Interurban hospital Oak Park a Chicago suburb for an abscess of the bone in his right cheek. He had suffered three years and worsened during an 18 month California residence. A prior operation failed. He returned home Monday evening then went back to the hospital Tuesday morning saying he was homesick and tired of hospital life.
W E Davidson rural carrier, famed for delivering mail with one hand on a Henry, wrecks his car on a concrete bridge west of the Wm Malchow place. The Cathcart garage repairs fractures and dents, restoring the mail man to his duties.
Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight champion, travels to Los Angeles where his publicity man says he will perform in films worth 750000 dollars. He is reported fully recovered from a foot injury suffered with a circus.
Corn yields 16 to 40 per acre. E. H. Imes has not had his usual pep the past two weeks. J. Gardner and Lawrence More house made a drive to Indiana Harbor for a short visit with Mrs. R. Ansley.
Mrs Nancy Payne died Tuesday evening at her home from paralysis first struck June 1 rendering her helpless. Born October 28 1828 in Indianapolis she was 91 years 22 days old. She married J Watson Payne May 14 1851 and had seven children two preceded her. Surviving are J Emerson Flora E Milton Osborne Warner and Eda Payne Cole along with eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at the home Rev Clarke R Parker officiating burial at Door Village. Cutler Bros funeral directors.
The meeting Tuesday elected Mrs. B. F. Cass president and Mrs. C. T. Kalies secretary treasurer. Scott C. Knoll urged visiting nurses to monitor student health and school sanitation, with a county board action planned for the next session. The club is now affiliated with the state organization.
John Hilkert arrived home yesterday from Camp Taylor Louisville for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs I Hilkert.
Valparaiso papers announce the Wietel Sailer sale and plan a modern theater with a 1200 seat capacity. Citizens fear curbed Memorial Opera houses and Schelling’s efforts to stay open amid likely busy times and hard finances.
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