The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-29
WHITING NEWS
Funeral Takes Place

- "S AFTERNOON, aTter an Illness
lasting over period of eleven months
was held yesterday afternoon.
is imposing services were preached nv
rev. Manfred C. Wright at the Metho-
e dist church, which was crowded to IFS
utmost capacity with friends, who had
known the deceased during his long
\ residence in our city.
The funeral march from the fam
:, ny nome 10 the church was a very i'm
presslve one. In the procession was
the Masonic band The knight Ten
plars Of Hammond, the members of
F. and A. NJ. lodge, No. 613. of this civ
and the mourners and friends. At the
Oak Hill cemetery. in Hammond where
the 1nterment took place. the knight
Templars conducted their funeral serv-
) ices
. The floral tributes were esnecial1v
beautiful and shown in what high es-
TEEN the deceased was held.
, D. NJ. st. John was born in Armenia
\. T.. Aug. 19. 1854. and died at his
late home in Whiting. Ind. on Nav Is
1909, at the age of "a years. 9 months
ana days When a halfgrown boy he
came westward with his parents. and
settled in Illinois. He later removed to
Indiana and for the past twelve wears
ne has resided in Whiting, where he
has served the Standard Oil company
as foreman Of painters.
In 1873 Mr.. ST. John was married tn
MISS Fannie Burney, and through this
union three daughters were born =
MRS. 3. N. Boyer of this city, Mrs. w. F. |
Mash1no of Hammond and Mrs. Cora
holdrldge' who lives in Corwith. Ia. In |
| 1893 occurred Mr.. st. Johns second |
marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth I
Schwletzer, and to this union was born
son, who died in infancy
ne deceased was a member of the
Flrst Methodist Episcopal church in
Whiting, and also of the F. and A NJ
lodge No. 613 of Whiting, of which he
was past master He was also a member
u the Knight Templars of the Ham
mona lodge as well as past patron Of
me order of Eastern Star. He was a
charter member of the Mutual Aid So
ciety and one of It's directors I'D to
the lst of last January. He was
man OF forceful character and he VIII
De missed in all these organizations
mr.. y. John leaves wife. one broth
q, W. ii. St John of Akron, O.. a. sis
ter, Mrs Carrie f. Parker Of Ham
mond' three daughters and several
grand children. and they with a host
OF friends, will mourn his departure.
Louis Gordon of TolIeston transacted
business here yesterday. S
NJ ]. Madden of Indiana Harbor was
In Whiting yesterday.
Misses May Rohrrnan and Nro,,v,o
Baker of Hammond were Whiting Wis Y
ltors on Thursday night. a
Rev. Frank NJ. Webster Of tho DIV, t
outh Congregational church will preach K
ne&t sunday morning from the theme:
heaven and the Way to It." and in the \
evening, The Call of Work of the B
APOSTLE" Tug
lev. Vladyymir Petrivsky. who has a
9een at the Greek Catholic parish in b
whiting, has gone to Burnside I'M a
Nhefe ne will locate permanently. hav- T
hg charge of the Greek Catholic parisb W
n that city rt
= + Dryden of One Hundred and =
nineteenth street has returned from -
.Ieveland, O., where he was called nv q
ne death of his wife, Mrs Dryden. who
ad gone to Cleveland to visit with al
er daughter previous to going to tho
eashore for the benefit of her health oh
Mrs. Wesley Thorpe and children from at
-Itoh' Ill, are here visiting with Mrs ia
horpe's mother, Mrs. NJ Johnson. le'
MISS Grace Flaugher will spend Nc
lorial day with relatives ~ - W pa
liso. alP@-
zoe ". James, telegraph operator for III
i iiiulaha Pipe Line company, wore an
Neeptionaily large smile On his face be
s'eiudy morning. and was seen board ST
: d pennsylvania train for Fort 40
ma, from whence, it is ru-
oFed' he will bring his bride.
Miss Ruth Gardner Of Fred street
no mas been sick for the past two heI
eeks' is rapidly improving.
ne steel car company is doing some en-,
'od work by filing in with crushed
one to the required level. their mart M
the street P'''
II you wish to see a real prettv ward .
re look at Mr.. Biesen's on New sc~
'rk avenue and Fred street. Joe is ..-z
II experienced in horticulture. ~
alien Skellinger is moving his hard
ire store to the Fischrunn briIdtna
one Hundred and Nineteenth street
neh was formerly occupied bv Fiscb.
PIP BROS. as a grocery store. IH
Mrs F. H. Rapp Of Chicago visited :
re with her husband yesterday. ~
Hiss Hazel Reed Of the Peterson ea+s
o has been very i'll, is improving and al
now able to be up. dl
oe otepich was arrested for assault
IN Joe Carroll The two mon rasido
me same building on Steiber street
ar suIhent was caused over dis
sion over the paying Of the ran+ 6a
p1ch will appear before J,Idea Ions
trial. Jones
Ohm Kowan and his cousin 1ac,, 4.
wall each of whom were arrasto-9 To-
charge of assault upon the orb -
We're fined SIS apiece, which tbe,,
d and Were released.
Uses Mary Klefhege. Mavr,o 10
"a and Susie Moss Of TTa~,v,o17
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