The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-22
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states. especially Pennsylvania but |
these fields are now exhausted Now the I
furnaces must receive their supplies in |
this radius or five hundred miles Of the /
Calumet region. also that % per cent Of /
all tFanscontlncnta traffic passes !
through the Calumet region. and that !
this region viii he the greatest field 81
iron industry i'm the world. with its wa
ter and rail means of transportation I
That the population Of the district win I
reach a half million in the life time of
those present. Another map showed the (
regions population rs regards its for
cign bern. That Hammond has a IS per /
cent of foreign born. and that with the !
coming of the 5000 new people VIII no I
doubt raise the per cent to 20. That I
East Chicago has foreign population OF /
40 per cont. Indiana Harbor SO per cent. I
Whiting rs rer cent Gary SO per cent I
That an things considered the social /
problem of this district is one that pro- !
vides IA great task for all churches and /
an religions. as twe-thirds &c the entire /
population is non-religious. That tbs /
majority of the foreign population has /
broken off with their old faiths in their |
native countries, and do not understand (
the American Interpretation OF the I
church. and ~must be taught that the /
hest citizen is he that conforms TO some I
religion That six Of the leading /
churches Of Gary. realizing the great !
problem. have organized school for re |
hgious Instructions and the school is I
being attended by more than thousand /
children of twenty-five nationaliues /
The speaker closed with the belief and /
hope that religious instructions will go
hand in hand with educational instruc- /
tions in the future.
REPORTER FOR THE DAY.
The literature department of the
Hammond Woman's Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. III. 4. Mcconnell in
Kenwood Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
James Allaben will have the program ON
Chesterton the modern English essayist.
A chairman for next year will be
elected.
After the regular meeting of Dorcas
RebekaA lodge Saturday evenig a the /
I. O. o. F. hall teh Faithful Workers met
to elect officers. Mrs, Flota Swain was
elected president, Mrs. Ida Haefer, vice
president: Mrs. Lydia Guss. secretary,
and Mrs. Ida Bensehop, treasurer.
There will be d meeting Of the Stand
ard Bearers Tuesday evening at the
home of Miss Mabel Powley in Bauer |
street. Miss Bennett will be the assist
ing hostess Miss Bush Of Africa will /
be a guest at the meeting.
In connection with the baby clinics to I
be conducted in Hammond beginning to-
morrow with the Central school. DR..
7 r11+~2, r9,,~y4,... Tr,,i@-a-ett,- win
give a demonstration on clothing and /
food for babies next Friday afternoon at
two o'clock at the Chamber of Com
merce. In each school district there are
women who are making a house4o house /
canvass and registering the babies and I
the mothers Will be notified on what day
and at what hour to bring their babies
for examination.
Mr. and Mrs. Weir T. stambaugh 500 |
Murray street, entertained ait dinner last
evening i'm honor Of Mrs Stambaughs
birthday anniversary. Their guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs Robert Sutton. Miss
Elizabeth Duttner and J. II. Mann Of
Chicago and the following from Ham
mond. Mrs, Elizabeth Nelson, Mr.. and /
Mrs c. f. G. Payne and son Phillip and |
Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Whitaker.
Miss Symmes' Sunday school class /
has arranged for stereoptfcon lecture /
for Tuesday evening Of this week at the |
First Presbyterian church corner Of |
Holman and Highland streets. the pro- I
ceeds Of which will be added to the /
building fund Of the church. One hum |
dred beautifully colored views Of Colo |
RADIO win be shown and the trsvelogue I
will be given by Miss Margaret Geib Of !
Chicago.
There will be q meeting at the Alice /
Club Tuesday evening at seven-thirty 4
o'clock Of the working committees and /
all interested in the Day Nurseries. At |
a meeting Friday evening at the home +
Of Mrs. Howard stevens in Detroit I
street the East Hammond organization /
was formed with Mrs. Harriet Walker /
chairman. and Miss Anna Emery, sec 7
rotary and treasurer. The following is /
the committees Mrs. Howard stevens /
Mrs j c. MiHiken. Mrs William Prohl /
Mrs J W Reed Mrs Grace Conroy and /
Miss Blanche Nixon
Miss Dollie Knots will entertain the /
evening hour committee Of the Ham /
mond Womans Club AT her home in /
Muenich court this evening, Serving on i
the social committee will he the Misses /
.Alys Hess and LYDIA Muenich and the |
program viii he in charge of Miss !