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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
3
A morning birth is announced near Otis. Carl Hixon, son of Edward Hixon, died in Wyoming after an injury and illness. Funeral services for Carl will be held in LaPorte with burial at Pine Lake. The region reports community updates on schools, pardons, and local residents serving in the war effort.
Miss Nafe of Michigan City spoke at the local suffrage meeting held Monday evening at the town hall. She outlined her temporary duties, urged a house to house canvass, and collecting names for a petition to Congress for a suffrage law. Eva Smith, local president, presided. Mrs. Cass announced she would perform notarial work free of charge.
Dr and Mrs F V Martin announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Isabel to Lieut Verne Vincent Varney of Greenwood Wisconsin The wedding will take place at the end of the war. Also notes estimates by London experts of German killed in World War I exceeding two million and possibly near three million based on a study of losses.
Mrs Warren G Rogers wife of Lieut Rogers has accepted a War Risk Insurance department appointment and leaves for Washington D C to report Monday for service She had planned to teach in the Park school this year and was assigned to the third grade but delayed by Washington telegram announcing her husband Lt Rogers assignment to Camp Charles
The Curtis model plane carrying Edward Gardner pilot and Edward Radel chief mechanic landed near Westville after a storm detour. It traveled from New York to Chicago with over 800 pounds of mail and a 450 horsepower engine. Crowds gathered as the 800-pound craft soared at 8000 feet before resuming toward Grant Park.
An airplane passed north of town Friday evening around six bound for Chicago delivering mail to the Chicago post office. The companion plane returned to New York on Monday morning after a stop here. Last night’s papers report injuries to Gardner and Rachel from alighting amid motor trouble, with the men hospitalized and the aircraft badly damaged. The post office plans a regular mail route on October 1st.
Mrs. Melvin Proud has returned from New York where she accompanied Captain Proud who will soon sail overseas. She will reside with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Van Wilkinson.
Emory Carpenter a long time LaPorte county settler and Civil War veteran died at his Bigelow Mills home on Sept. 3 after weeks of illness. He came to the county nearly sixty years ago and left a widow and six children. His wife preceded him in death thirty five years ago. Funeral services were held at his home Thursday afternoon with Rev. T. J. Bassett of Hammond officiating.
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