The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-11-22
CROWN POINT

The sad death Of Mrs Lena Foss.
wife of John Foss. occurred at tneir
home on Clark street yesterday morn
ing, after an illness OF several months
duration. The deceased wSs as years
Of age and the moteher of a family of
children, who are left with the com
munity 70 mourn a faithful wife, moth
er and respected woman. The funeral
Will be acid on Thursday afternoon at
o'clock at St. Pauls Lutheran church.
tnterment to be at Maplewood Gene
terry.
The son of Charles Wendell, the flor
ist, met with an accident while out rab-
bit hunting recently. shooting himself
in the calf Of the leg with a % callbre
The cartridge was extracted by physi-
clans. but the young lad is sill suffer-
ing considerable pain
Clayton D. Root is a. INDIANAPOLIS
this week on a business trip
The Crown Point high school basket
ball team will play their first game of
the season on Friday evening when
they tackle the I'VE from Wheeler Ind.
The game is practice game and it's
results will have no effect on the To-
cal teams standing in the county high
school championship contest later in
the season.
Every indication is that Crown Point
viii be deprived Of its annual football
game on Thanksgiving day. no effort
having been made as yet to arrange a
game for Turkey day. With the home
coming or the college students and
Crown Points oid-time stars it. has
been customary to arrange a contest
with some out Of town team. but it
looks as if the football game pleasure
of the day will be missing this year.
Capt Umpleby. who has returned
on furlough from the Mexican border.
will tell OF his experiences at the Pres
byterian church this. Wednesday even
ing Capt. Umpieby has seen and ex-
perienced a good share OF the trials
and tribulations of army life on the
border and his narrative of his exper-
fences should be interesting. and will
no doubt, be attended BY a large aud
ience
J. p Holland. the popcorn vender. is
contemplating locating lunch bust
ness in Gary. for the winter months at
least. Mr.. Holland has made a sue
cess of the business during his stay
here and will no doubt duplicate the
operation in Gary. He will not aband-
on the Crown Point end of the bust
ness. however, for some time to come.
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