The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-17
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News Of Lake County Boys In Uncle Sans Service
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TO FRIENDS OF THE BOYS.
THE TIMES goes daily TO over a
A. or U. s. n. ThCse boys keep posted
by this means. They have no other
from home for them. They want the
news OF the boys they know. You want
the news of your boy and your neigh
bor's boy TO get to thems Give II to
posted as to the comtngs and goings
Of our boys in the service. write
act Of patriotism DO it now.
Sergeant Ernest L. gregg, Ham
mond. s05rd aero repair squadron.
France. has written to his sister. Miss
Libbie Gregg. SIT Claude street. Ham
mond. stating that he is supply ser
geant with the Squadron. He is with
Harry Rimbaeh and Charley Blosser.
Jesse n. Chandler, L. :. Training
station detachment. has written let
ter 10 his brother al Hammond saying
that pro-Germans in that vicinity are
hard TO find
Hans VI. Thrane. 207 Michigan ave-
nue.. Hammond. has been made a cor
poral at Camp Taylor. He left Ham
mond April 26th.
Thos. KeckIch, Whiting, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Kecktch. 1915 Myrtle
avenue. Whiting. is in the i3tst infan-
try. over there.
J. F. O'Connor. East Chicago, Is home
from the Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Ordnance Department. at Aberdeen.
Maryland. on ten day furlough. visit
ing friends and relatives in East Chi
cago. He was formerly Of the ship
ping office OF the Republic mill.
Edward Peters of East Chicago. has
safely arrived over there" He IS
attached to the Photographic depart
ment of the signal corps. ssn OF Mr..
and Mrs. E. a. Peters OF South Bar
ing avenue.
Lieutenant Howard Clark, East Chi
cago. writes from across the seas an
interesting letter OF conditions there.
but H. restricted in telling many things
that he would like to. A letter came
yesterday from him.
William MauEer, Indiana Harbor, l.
with the Sth Field Artillery at Camp
1IcCIelland. Admission. Alabama.
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Word has been received by Mr.. and
Mrs VI = stinchfeId that their son.
Melvin + Stinchheld. Jr.. well known
IN Gary and Hammond. who has been
at the officers training camp at Guam
tico. Va. for the last three months.
has been granted his commission as
second lieutenant He enlisted in the
marines on Juno 10th. 1917 and re-
ceived his training at Paris Island. So.
Carolina.
Mrs. o. b. Crockett. ia Condit street,
Hammond. has letter from her broth
er in France. Sergeant Frank Undine.
former captain of Gary fire department,
with 32nd Aero Squadron He is build
err ~ frames and located 100 miles
from Paris in a little town OF about
1000 inhabitants He is in the best of
health and working Is hours day.
MIR. and Mrs. Dan Howard. of 81 r.
State street. Hammond. have received
word that their son Glen has arrived
safely overseas. He enlisted in April
OF last year and is with the First Re-
placement Company.
Harvey RetzIo6. Hammond, writes
his people from Camp Stewart. Va.
where he Is with Battalion A. e1st Ar
tiuery. c. A. c.
Louis Mott. Hammond. writes home
that he has been over the top and is in
the first line trenches.
Nr-1Iifam r. aNorn. urourietor cf the
Esr 4ond niture Hospital. son OF
e. Thorn. Hammond. Is at Camp Nor
rison. Va. waiting TO go across.
There great excitement In the
village this morning" writes James E.
Nordstrand. of Hammond from France
The village belle was married to a
Trench soldier and I saw the first white
collar on a guy I had seen in a long
time"
william Adams, Gary. who left viii.
Board No. l contingent last fall has
been transferred from the engineer
corps whore he was placed a. Camp
Taylor and IL now attached with
branch Of the guards protecting docks
and railroad lines leading 70 the trans
ports on Governors Island. New York