The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-05
EAST CHICAGO PAYS HOMAGE
TO MEMORY Of DEAD GIRL

lished- The dispatches were garbled
and information of the relatives in
East Chicago was very meagre when
the tragedy was first learned in this
city.
1t appears that the four had been
boating in lei river and Rev McVey
being an all around athlete and expert
swimmer. had undertaken to teach all
Of the ladies in the party how TO swim
He had instructed his wife and Miss
Robertson and it came Miss olds' turn
to take a try. They were all waist deep
in water when Miss Olds stepped for
ward. into hole twenty FIVE feet deep
Rev MvVey Immediately dived after
the girl, but ii is believed that on
striking the cold lower current of the
river he was taken with cramps At
any rate he arose without Miss Olds.
who appeared on the surface a few
feet away. Both Miss Olds and Rev
McVey came up three times before they
sank for the last time In the mean
time the two women at the rivers
brink stood transhxed. unable to rend-
er any assistance.
The complete list of floral pieces sent
TO Miss Olds' funeral. with the names
of those who contributed them, fol-
lows:
Spray of white astors, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. p Lewis; spray of white rosebuds
Mrs. F. Hammerstein and Mrs. Kreiter;
bouquet of pink gladiolas. Miss Mary
A Stone; spray of lavender gladiolas.
Alderman and Mrs. j. H Barns: SPRAY
of pink and white roses Mr. and Mrs
Gwylin Jones; eight foot blanket of
pink and white roses, officials, inter-
state mill; broken heart red roses
Vernon Weidert; gates ajar. gladiolas,
astors and roses, Emlyn Lodge. No
20; pillow of purple and white asters
East Chicago B. P o. E. 9s1. wreath
OF asters and roses, Mr.. and Mrs. Abe
Ottenheimer; pillow pink roses and
asters, F. and A NJ. No 500; heart
white asters and pink carnations, Leila
Mercer and Mr.. and Mrs H NJ Scott;
spray of white asters and pink roses
Edna and Pearl Wells. Elsie and Emily
Brown and Alice McKenna; broken
wheel pink and white roses, Mr. and
Mrs. Olds; wreath of pink roses and
pink lilies. Ed Riel, Melvin and Lesh
Hascall, Tom Henry, Will Cadman.
Dave Williams Harry Spencer, Ken
meth Mcintosh. Pat and James Nc
Shane; spray of pink roses and carna-
tons employees of East Chicago post
office; spray Of red roses gladiolas and
carnations, city council; star and ores
ent, white and pink roses and lilies
Max and Chas. Nassau; spray white
lilies. Walter J. Riley; pillow white
asters and pink roses, Alta Specter and
Esther Cohen; pillow white asters.
pink roses and lilies. Mama Lodge No
4D7; anchor of asters and roses, Mr.. and
Mrs. l. D. Williams; spray of pink
roses, Mrs. WEIGH and daughter; brok-
en- wheel white carnations and pink
roses, Glass of 1910; large spray of
Gill; spray of pink gladiolas, Ida Phil
lips; wreath of roses and carnations
Al Kreiter and Joseph Olds; spray of
pink roses, Mr.. and Mrs E w Mickey;
spray of white roses, Helen Davis,
Alice Williams, Mary B!lliter, Anna Ed
munds, May Ednunds. Rose Parish
Alice Thomas. Edith Davis and Mabel
Mickey; star colors. Easter Star Chap
ter. 0. E. s 167; broken wheel. Thomas
J. Fisher and crew heart of pink roses.
Mrs. J. ]. Davis. Mrs. NJ H. Silvern1an,
Mrs T S. Fisher, Mrs Charles Egbert
Mrs. ]. Hartman, Mrs. George Schilling
and Miss Mabel Hartman; bunch of SAL
mon gladiolas, Edith and Mildren
Evans, Charlotte and Belle Donovan,
Georgia Compton, Charlotte Leach,
Pearl Loucks, Mabel Palmer and Myr-
tie Alexander; spray of white lilies.
Thomas Phillips; spray of pink and
white roses Mr.. and Mrs Weidert and
Lora Weidert