The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-17

always dependable.
The Z. w. Rose Co.. Cleveland. O.
The East Chicago Red Cross Chapter
is preparing early for the Christmas box
shipment to the soldier boys across seas.
Parents or those legalized in the sending
of the boxes viii receive labels from
their soldier boys well in advance 10 the
date of shipment hut advices TO the
effect to have everything in readiness are
given out BY the proper authority The
cartons in which the articles are to lie
shipped viii be supplied BY the Red
Cross centre the contents will be placed
within and the packages viii be taken
unwrapped, 10 the centre for inspection
purposes. The boxes must rot weigh
more than three pounds Mrs. E. N
Canine has been chosen chairman for
the supervision OF the work in East
by Mrs. Abe Ottenheimer. and according
TO government rules that the local post
master be one Of the committee. this
lot fell to Postmaster Charles Donovan
The date limit has been set for No
vember Is. Anyone desiring further in
formation on the matter may phone
Fred Hascall of Drummond street has
been very III since Sunday.
Mrs Helen Nelson OF Drummond
street is recuperating from a recent ill
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Fowler of Ivy street
have both been very ILL., A trained nurse
has been in attendance. Mr.. Fowler is
better and able to leave the house for
short time each day.
Miss Mathews. trained nurse. is i'll
at the Miller residence in Grapevine
street.
Walter Conray Of South olcott avenue
is very i'll with the influenza.
Mrs. Earl S. Green and daughter Mar
ion Louise. is arriving here from Mum
Gle. Ind. 70 be the guests OF Mrs. Gwylm
Jones in Beacon street for a short time
previous to their going to California to
spend the winter with Mrs. Green's folks.
Major Ireen. the husband and father. is
in active service across seas.
A pestilence which Indiana Harbor
people will no longer stand for. accord
ing to one prominent woman who phon
&c THE TINES reporter this morning and
voiced her Indignation and that Of many
others in her Immediate vicinity was
the indiscriminate use Of sling-shots
and BIB guns by boys Of all ages who
are out on the thorou ghfares and are
needless as to their aim. \ notice was
posted an evening ago on similar com
plant Of East Chicago citizens and the
ruling for these misdemeenors by boys
Will be dealt with harshly by proper
authority should they be so notified II
is said that one Of these boys using
rifle and killing a wild canary wore
Boy scout uniform Should the atten
ton of this come TO the Scoutmaster he
will be dealt with accordingly. for 1t is
a absolutely against the rules of that
splendid organization to commit an Of
tense of that kind. Furthermore it is
against the civil law TO use guns and
on a public highway. BOYS
take heed and enjoy the vacation al
loted you in more wholesome WAYS than
lnfictirg pain on the little feathered
wor mdestroyers. They are doing their
bit for the Vernment. Leave them
alone.
For Rent-Newly decorated apartment.
S411 Grapevine street near Michigan
avenue Phone Indiana Harbor Ss4.
1O-17-1
who will be the very first to volun-
teer the use Of their automobiles in
tho Twin Cities to the three Welfare
Nurses who arc now trying 70 cover
the ground a-foot or losing much val
liable time in waiting for car service
which at times brings them only sew
eral blocks near TO their destination?
with the present epidemic and so
.---- ~;cry all 1oqssoIa Tina should be
conserved as should health and the
strength OF these nurses that they
NAV carry on the nursing care In In
fiuenza- pneumonia cases. There seems
70 be no letting up OF the scourge
that is visiting many families and
where death very often occurs. One
Of these nurses almost worn to a fraz
zle returned long after hours to make
a report that with all her efforts di-
rected that day she feared that one OF
the patients would de. what hero
ism TO be displayed at a time when
the very utmost OF their energies are
being taxed with little or no rest and
never a thought o. their own liability
Of contracting the disease in their on
erworked condition. Proper nursing
care is the paramount need Of the
hour BE a plus patriot in this cause
and offer the use of your machine 70
these nurses who are doing their duty
in the care of the sick. Phone Well
fare Station. 1117-M.
Mrs. Lillian Norman Brady who for
the past FIVE years supervised the do
nestle science classes at the various
schools in the Twin Cities is leaving