The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-23
WHITING
LEGION TO
Be HOSTS
Wounded Vets Will be En-
; tertained in Royal Style
at Hammond Beach Inn
ESPECIAL TO The TInEsI


WHITING. Ind. May 23.-The up
and at EN- Whiting Post No. so
American Legion will observe Wed
when they entertain a group of
wounded veterans of the late war at
real big time" Each legionaire
ias signed up TO be host to a wound
ed buddie at the Hammond Beach
Inn. where they will sit down TO one
Of the finest spreads ever put up.
All the fish and chicken they can
eat, with all the fancy trimmings.
pie and coffee included. However.
this is only a small part of the
evenings entertainment. The COM
mittee in charge has arranged one
Of the best programs ever put out
IL is a regular one-one of those
that would cost FIVE bucks a throw
4 you We're paying to see it.
There will be a real live orchestra.
community singing. the Legion
quartet. solos, boxing and wrestling
new innovation for entertain
nent will be the barrel fight which
mas been arranged between State
Representative Oscar Ahlgren and
A. Exton-Porter. Both of these par
ties have been in secret training for
the event for the past month and a
half. Whiting Park. down by the
gun shoot club. training quarters
have been established and in order
that they would not become over
zeaelous and clash before the time
set special hours of training were
arranged for each. Representative
AhlGren chooses to so through his
PAGES in the hours between the set
ting Of the moon and the rising of
the sun, while Exton- Porter may be
seen hard at IL any time after sun
set when IL is too inconvenient for
specta tors TO be on hand Odds are
slightly in favor OF Ahlgren at pres
ent but are apt to shift back and
forth at any time. Judge John H
Fetterhoff. whose chief pastime in
his younger days was barrel fight
ing and who for a number of years
held the championship of the state
Of Pennsylvania for his home town
Of Harrisburg, has assumed the role
Of chief advisor and trainer for ALL
I'd gren. In a statement to the in
terested sport writers who were
fortunate enough to catch him on
the job. he wishes to inform the
public that his protege is coming
along fine, much better than he even
expected. and that the diet Of raw
meat and hard boiled eggs has put
the kick of white mule into his bar
rel fighter ard that far as he Is
concerned there is little to worry
about as to The outcome OF the bat
tie
The boxing and wrestling bouts
promise to excel anything attempt
ed along this line in the past Some
pr the best amateur and profession
al talent have been signed up for
exhibitions and for the grand wind
UP there will be a battle royal,
which will be "humdinger"
The Legion has extended invita-
tions to the Commercial Club for
the entertainment. and each legion
aire will have the privilege of
bringing Dad" out with him. This
is the first time Dad has ever
had a chance to come in close touch
with the Legion. so here's hoping
all Of EN- come out and whoop 'em
arp and "givemell" the same as they
did when they went over the top
time after time in the Liberty loan
drives. etc. etc. There will also be
light refreshments after the enter
tainment. doughnuts and coffee.
maybe-the committee didn't let the
writer in on that, so maybe they'll
give you something better than
that.
However. the Legion Is not doing
IL all from what we hear. The aux
Hilary just wouldn't be kept out of
it, and they are going TO shower
tie wounded vets with candy, and