The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-07-15


NO parking OF baby carriages or bi
cycles permitted here" Another evi
dence that the "fivver" can always gei
by.
LEVI GOLDEN. better known a.
Pat, live leader Of local boy scou
organizations and idol Of the scouts
is on the hop these days. He's editing
a semi-ronthly magazine of local scou'
activities.
WILLIAM A. KIRKEINER. super
intendent of the Hammond branch o.
the Consumer company. is a popular
man on the south side where residents
report the company is supplying them
with plenty of ice.
MAX LEvIN's friends are thinking
Of making him drum-major or some
thing like that the next time there's &
parade in Hammond. He IS said to have
been the biggest little man IN the Elks
Chicago parade.
VERNE SUMMERS, druggist ant
good sport in spite Of II, waited on a
small boy who wanted "a nickels worth
of mixed chocolates" Summers gave
him two There you are" he said
Mix EN- yourself"
MICHAEL HOLLsCHwANDER. Mrs
Mary Hafner. E. r. Duckett, Fred F
Fisk. Mary Hamer and Ed J. Duckett
petition the board Of public works for
paving OF Brunswick street from Shelf
field to State line streets. All are prop
erty owners.
OLD TINE ball fans will remember
Sky" Meyers of the old Hubbard team
He's married now and a bran new girl
was born to Mrs Meyers at a Chicago
hospital Weighing twelve and quar-
ter pounds. But that's just like SKY
isn't it?
POLICEMAN Joe Reckier. attached tc
Hammond Central station. was awak'
cned a few nights ago by his wife who
heard strange sound. Joe. Joe
there's a burglar trying to get in said
she. And Joe replied: Call up the sta
tion. I'm off duty
WILLIAM HETTLER. 4s3 Bauer
street lost a handbag sample case from
the running board of hts automobile in
East Chicago wednesday. The bag was
found by police officer and returned to
tho owner.
ANDREW BRINK and James cilliar
were signed up yesterday for service
in the army by Recruiting Sergeant Boz
Craner. Brink will be assigned &c
Hammond for recruit duty. IL is said
He was in numerous engagements with
the American troops on the western
front.
HERB WHEATON says it pays &c
wait. Herbs now nationally known her
recently laid an egg measuring nine
inches around the long way and sever
inches the short. Herb is going L
equip the hen with a clothes basket
nest. "AIl she needs is encourage
ment." says Herb.
SUBDIVISION dealers in Cleveland
o.. live city. are Offering a family tent
free with the purchase Of every lot. a
little bid down and few dollars a
week pay for the lot. The tent is free
The suggestion is herewith presented
gratis to realty dealers Of the Calumet
region.
JOE MYERS. Times Advertising man
breezed into the Office yesterday morn
ing as usual He snapped off his natty
palm beach coat and hung it close to the
wash stand. Later in the day he wash
cd his hands at the stand and absent
mindedly wiped them on his coat, think
ing il was a towel He doesn't hang his
coat near the wash stand any more
F. BERNAT. Holman street ladies
tailor, now spending a few days a
Cedar lake. is new at the fishing game
when he got a bite recently" said q
friend. he jerked 50 hard he threw
the whole outfit. fish. rod. hook. line
and all into the top of a tree We had
70 get a ladder to get the outfit out OF
the tree top
ACCORDING to a letter received here
j. X. sunson and D. z. Boone. loca'
attorneys now visiting their Mississippi
plantation got ambitious the other
morning and went into a two-acrC
watermelon plants and had left the
weeds. Before friends arrived the pail
had cleaned out nearly an acre OF
Watermelon plants and had lect the
weeds. They know the difference now
according to friends
W H Fehrnlan. manager Of the local
woolworth store. just finished a game
Of golf at the Country club. when a
friend called to him. Hurry and II
take YOU home" He hustled. jumped
into the friends auto and was whfske6
home When they reached the residence
Fehrran startled his friend by saying
"Itu have 70 90 back I forgot some
thing" What did you forget" the
friend inquired MY car said Fehr
man, according to the friend.