The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-18
WHITING NEWS
Schools Closed Yesterday

for the summer vacation, and all the
boys and girls were happy, especially
so because very few fiunked this year
The teachers have practically all left
for their homes. but a large majority
intends to return to whiting next year
William La Hayn of Chesterton call
ed on Wwhiting friends yesterday
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fox of La
porte avenue are visiting at the home
of the latters son, Mayor Fred J. Smith,
of Oliver street
l. H Mattern is confined to his home
in Oliver street with severe attack
of rheumatism.
Mrs. David Deece and her mother.
Mrs. Dillingham;, of Valparaiso visited
the latter's daughter, Mrs Frank
Fields, at her home in West Pullman
on Wednesday evening.
Childrens day will be observed next
Sunday at the Plymouth Congregational
church. In the morning the pastor
will preach a sermon for the members
of the Sunday school and their friends.
In the evening a program will be Civ
en- by members of the school.
Mrs. Stevenson. mother of Lon Stew
enson. arrived here from Washington,
/ D. c., on Wednesday night and went
directly to the Presbyterian hospital,
| Chicago, to visit her son. Mr.. Stevenson
is past the danger point now. and his
recovery is assured.
Miss Louise Mattern and Clarence
Bader will accompany the family of
A go
near Knox, Ind. tomorrow, and will re-
main for about one week.
Misses Laura A. Iavey and Jessie S.
Henderson left yesterday for their
homes in Michigan to spend the sum
mer./ Both teachers will return to
Whiting next year.
Miss E. Marie Mayne. the domestic
science teacher of the high school, has
left for her home in Michigan Miss
Mayne will not return to Whiting
next year. but will go to Traverse
City, Mich, to take the position oil
Miss Rosa Hagenbuch. Miss Hagen
buch was Writings first domestic
science teacher and viii soon be mar.
ried. Miss Wendla McCaskey of Engle.
wood will take the position Of domestic
science teacher in the local high schoo
next year.
Those receiving eighth grade diplo
: mas in the Whiting school yesterda,
and who viii enter high school mex
year number fifty five students, and
; even though some decide to let this b.
the finish of their education, the fresh
man class for next year will be tn
largest in the history of the school
Miss Laura A Lavey are as follows
Burton Addleman. Vida Ault, Marian
. Reaubien, Lydia Beneke, Mildred Dug
: gan. Warren Eaton, Florence Fry. Rob
4 ert Gardner. Grace Gill, La Verne Gil
lette, Frank Girard, Helen Condor, Lu
cy Hatch, Ernest Helm, Arthur Heyder
e Thelma Hilliard. Floyd Holiday, Mar
4 Johnson, Hugo Koch, Hazel Long, Gee
! Naef. Fred Peceny, Alvin Pritchart
George Soltwedel, Gertrude Water Ma
rion Young, Meta Zubay and Lawrenc
Smith. Those being promoted fror
Miss Jessie Henderson's room to tn
high school are: Carl Carpenter, Haze
Cameron, James Davidson, Floyd Elmer
son, Hattie Falkenthal George Fedol
3 Edward Goodrich, Rose Gordon, HAITI
}. Goebel. Hattie Krause, Edward Klfms
e Elizabeth Lehr, Gertrude Lauer. LILA
e Miller, Thomas O'Hara, Albert Schol:
Walter Scholz, Charles Petersen. VII
n liam Vogel Alma Water, Frieda Vate
Hattie Timm, Werner Sutherland Kal
r Welsby. Gladys Sprague, Stella Zuba
+ and Harry Maubeck
Among those from Whiting who ar
attending the auto races at Crow
!, Point are: Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Hosk.n
:, and family. DR. and Mrs. Lauer, Alder
. man c. A. Hellwig. VIII Water, JAG
O'Keefe, Mr.. and Mrs. George Girar
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank N Gavit an
family.
Mrs. Rose Walters has returned I
J. her home in South Chicago after spend
T ing several days with her sister, Mr.
n. E. Wilson, Of Oliver street.
The eclipse last night was quite Wis
e. BILE in Whiting and people spent muc
= time in watching it.
The senior class were most royal
n entertained yesterday at the home
81 Miss Ruth G.. Dale in Winnetka, Il
lie The young people returned home abo,
6 p. m.
IS Through an error Melville Brenn
'r did not receive his diploma at the tin
II of the other graduates at the con
mencement exercises on Wednesde
10 evening, but received it a few minut
l., later when the mistake was notice
E. This incident has given rise to the r
to NOR that the young man did not get h
at sheepskin, which is. of course, not tru
IN since he graduated with high honor
as The La Vendors have scheduled tv