Westville Indicator details local Y M C A fund drive
Westville Indiana weekly The Indicator reports a community Y M C A fund drive raising about 400 dollars toward a 300 dollar target. Committees led by Mrs R W Street organized volunteers to solicit in town and countryside, with Red Cross and Liberty loan support noted. Local events include basketball, lectures, and school activities as students prepare for test week. Louis Keeler addressed the Parent Teachers Association and donated his speaker fee to Red Cross.
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Westville
Vicinity
Lidell
Overholster
Laporte
U. S. Working Reserve
U. S
U. S. Reserve
M. T. Dept
Reserve
Louis Keeler
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Keeler
Red Cross
Mrs Hagenow Hosts Alida Gathering With Guests From Nearby Cities
Mr and Mrs Theodore Hagenow entertained several friends at their Alida Indiana home Sunday. An afternoon of games and music led to a six oclock three course chicken dinner. Out of town guests from Laporte South Bend Michigan City and nearby locales attended.
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Theodore Hagenow
Alida
Indiana
W. C. Stoffer
Carrie Stoffer
Louis Stoffer
Ernest Meier
Laporte
Arthur Gau
Dorothy Yanke
Laura and
Leona Gau
South Bend
Leonard Blanckbhein
Myrtle
Vera Dahl
Michigan City
Burglars Murder and Rob South Bend Storekeeper
George Wilkeson a 67 year old storekeeper at Lydick west of South Bend was shot to death at 1 am by two robbers who then threatened his wife. She produced between 40 and 50 dollars before authorities searched the scene for clues.
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South Bend
George Wilkeson
Lydick
South Shore Railway
Wilkeson
Choice Land Offered Near Westville on Lincoln Highway
Garwood farm segment three miles northeast of Westville on the Lincoln highway has been put on the market. The land sits in prime county farmland and sellers expect rising demand as buyers return, offering a potential profitable opportunity. Theodore Hagenow reports spring wheat trials near Alida yielding 28 bushels per acre last season and plans to expand seedings.
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Garwood
Lincoln Highway
Westville
Theodore Hagenow
Alida
Ted
Y M C A Volunteers Aid Westville Farm Home
Five Valparaiso university Y M C A members and three women spent Sunday at the Michael home near Westville. The men cut fodder and sawed wood while the women helped in the house. Arthur F Heiden is in the draft and in a base hospital in Louisville. Mrs Heiden welcomed the eight workers in exchange for a chicken dinner.
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Valparaiso University
Michael
Westville
Arthur F. Heiden
Louisville
Get on the Wagon Paying Subscribers List Update
The paper lists updated paying subscribers including names scattered across Indiana and beyond. It notes delays in recording and invites omissions to come forward for inclusion next issue, with a long roster of local and out of town names and new subscribers.
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P. L. Brown
Miss .Pearl
St. Paul
Minn
S. C. Montgomery
Noblesville
Ind
Ed Snyder
Hammond
Earl
Camp Taylor
John Segal
Michigan City
J. C. Loomis
Wanatah
A. F
Asa Strong
Charles
Barnes
Otis
Nelson
Westville
Will Warren
Elkhart
A. T. Rogers
Richie Hagenow
Maria Williams
Rosedale
Kas
John Lucas
Modale
Iowa
WJ. “Smith
German dinner planned for freshman and sophomore classes
The Freshman and Sophomore German classes will host a German dinner at noon Wednesday with the usual Teutonic menu. Ona Howell and Clifford Hobbs joined the Junior High after a strenuous season. George Allison has been out sick. Clinton Township PTA met November 14 at Central School with officers elected for the year and committees named.
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Ona Howell
Clifford Hobbs
H. S
George Allison
Clinton Township
Parent-Teachers’ Club
Central School
J. C. Loomis
Herman Wothke
Bertha Pinney
D. W. Condon
E. H. Mundell
James Anderson
Ernest Cites
Nada Wright
Reed
Dolan
Condon
Bremer
Pinkerton
Red Cross Meeting and Community Notes In Coburg Area
Red Cross workers gathered at Mrs Chas Barnard home on Wednesday. Mrs S Majon ill with a bad cough. Arndt families settled in new homes. Frank Beach collected for the Y M C A. Wm Schlundat buys a gasoline engine. A Coburg dance drew a good crowd Saturday night. Patsy Cornelius assisted plastering at Wm Heiden’s. Heiden family visited relatives in Laporte Sunday. Local youths took an auto trip to Gary Sunday.
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Red Cross
Chas
Barnard
S. Majon
Arndt
Frank Beach
Wm. Schlundat
Coburg
Patsy Cornelius
Westville
Wm. Heiden’s
Heiden
Laporte
Gary
Local notes from Chicago Heights township events
Robert Evans of Chicago Heights spent Sunday with family. Master Howard Garwood suffers a mild scarlet fever attack at his aunt Miss Grace Garwood’s home. Dr. Cooley of South Chicago visited his mother Mrs Eliza Goetschins. Mrs Daisy Wormley returns to the Village after months in Illinois visiting friends. Mrs E T McLellan spent time in Chicago visiting daughter Edith at the Chicago Training school. The Ladies Aid met at the parsonage and elected officers for the year. a social hour followed with refreshments by Mrs Boyd. Thursday afternoons are for Red Cross work at the town hall and all women are urged to assist.
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Robert Evans
Chicago Heights
Howard Garwood
Grace Garwood
Cooley
Chicago
Eliza Goetschins
Daisy Wormley
Ilinois
E. T. McLellan
Wek
Edith
Boyd
Red Cross
Local Social Notes From Whiting Elkhart and Westville
Wm Sobeski and wife visited relatives at Whiting on Sunday. Casmer Mazurkiewicz of Hammond made a business trip here Tuesday. Mrs Lester Bellows spent Thursday in Elkhart. Dallas Sarver and family of Quakerdom were Sunday guests of their aunt Mrs Rebecca Barnes. Pate Francis Topper of Westville.
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Wm. Sobeski
Whiting
Local Community Notices Include Family Visits and Grange Events
The snippet mentions Mr and Mrs Steve Stbecki visiting their mother on Tuesday. Clara Levenduski of Gary tied the knot on Sunday with her mother. Otis Grange plans a mask hall event in Grange Hall, December. Red Cross meetings occur every Thursday afternoon at Mrs C B Reynolds home inviting participation.
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Steve Stbecki'cing
Clara
Levenduski
Gary
Otis Grange
Hall
Grange
Cross
C. B. Reynolds
Local social notes from Alicia and surrounding towns
Alida and Mayor Howell labor under the weather with a cold. Several residents and visitors from Westville Michigan City Laporte South Bend Gary Coburg and Wanatah share visits and calls on family friends and neighbors throughout a Sunday and week.
Local Notes and Social Happenings in Westville Area
Mrs. Louisa Frame visits Niles for eye treatment with daughter Hattie Leets and Arthur Leets driving. A box social is planned at Frame schoolhouse. Otis women form a Red Cross unit with Westville help and meet Wednesday in the hotel building. Mrs. Curran hosts Sunday guests. Various local visits, travels, and arrivals noted, plus sales at The Boston Store Laporte and a furs offer.
Estate sale notice and local commerce items in Indiana paper
By Charles Garwood executor of the estate of Thomas Gar Wood deceased a land description in Warren County near Pinhook Newburnham Township is listed with bid deadline December 31 1917 at the office of Warren Co Ransburg Attorney La Porte Indiana. Also ads announce B S Smith sweet cider gloves coats and coats at W L Augustine's plus job opening at Westville telephone exchange and a flour deal 50 lbs Polar Bear flour for 3 35 with a note on shoe repair service and Tolton signature.
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Westville
Ind
Indiana
PLC
Laporte
Porter Counties
Charles Garwood
Thomas Garsotanneint
Eanact
Pinhook
Newburham
Warren Co. Ransburg
First National Bank
W. L.augustine’s
Kansas
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P. R. Iseminger
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Paul Smich
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Patsy Destaffin
Sunny
Mike Polega
Chas. Maxwell
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Niles
Hattie Leets
Arthur Leets
Frame School
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R. M. Boone
Miss Wright
Curran
Frame Bros
John Kosmotski
Charles Barnes
Alfred Kemper
Wilmer Kemper
Marie
Florence Kemper
Florence
John Wolford
Springville
Warren Wolford
Henry Storms
Walter Egilski
Chesterton
C. R. Warren
Oak Park
Robert
Vernie
Jay Reed
A. A. Cotton
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Wm. Kriesel
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East Chicago
John Bootjack
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W. L. Augustine
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