The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-22

COMMANDER HUTCHINS, of the
Griffith post of the American Legion
has called special meeting on
Tuesday evening of all ex-service
men.
WEST HAMMoND's baseball sea-
son opens in earnest tomorrow when
the Columbia A c. tackles the
Griffith All Stars of the Chicago
league.
HIGH winds blow over stack at
Campbelrs Soup factory. Portion Of
top Of pipe fails through boiler
room doing heavy damage to ma
chinery.
AFTER working three days clean
ing up aNlot in the down town dis
trict. Henry Heineman discovered
he had cleaned the wrong Tot Re-
suit: For three days labor-$0.oo.
POSTAL Improvement week starts
May 1 TO 6. says Postmaster ]. L
Rohde, of Hammond, and declares
that the week is for the benefit of
patrons.
MUCH credit is being given TO
the Parthenon theater management
for acceding to public opinion and
cancelling the Jack Johnson burles-
que show engagements.
THE Charles Dyer bowling team
of Hammond defeated the Charles
Dyer team of Gary at the steel city
this week and will play the Feheld
team at Crown Point next week.
MISS IRENE MCGEE, where art
thou? Your friend. Miss Emma
Frank wants you. She says you
lived at 81 Ogden at one time. Miss
Franks address Is at this office and
you may have 1t by calling.
H. E. GAvIT, mechanic 'straor-
binary. formerly with Boiling Auto
Sales. at Indiana Harbor, has re
turned to Hammond TO wielQ his
mastery wrench as head mechanic
for the Oakley Avenue Garage.
SO much junk has been given the
Boy Scouts that it will be necessary
to keep the trucks going next week
after school hours in order to COM
plete collections. One troop has
already sold about SIS worth.
THE Standard Electricl company
has employed Ralph Brooks. expert
radio operator who will maintain .
complete radio department for Ham
mond fans. Mr.. Brooks is a licen'
sed operator and an authority.
EVERYTHING is in readiness for
the minstrel show which is TO be
given Tuesday evening at Odd Fell
lows Hall, by William Calkins Post
OF the Woman's Relief Corps. An
interesting program will be present
ed.
OH, Those Legion boys. Opening
no. reopening, their club rooms at
21S State street. Tuesday night they
will have to entertain them now
and henceforth, a radio. Yezzir, A
radio. Theren be other attractions
too.
CHARLES LAMPRECHT, alder
man Fifth ward, Highland. last
night snapped an ornamental light
post in half in front of the Ham
mond Furniture Co, State street,
when his steering wheel locked and
spun his car uncontrolled in a circle.
JOHN S. GRIFFIN, former Ham
mond resident. is near death at hH
home in Lakeland. Fla. following a
stroke of apop1exy. according to a
letter received from Mrs. c. J. Arter,
a daughter. Lewis Robbins, of
Hammond, is a grandson.
WILSON FRANK, Lion store gro
Gerry department, seeks sandals cop
ped by cruel clerks. This when they
played a joke on another chap. Young
barefooted on West State street. |
hunting the missing sandals.
COMPLAINT made that Erie rail-
ROAD has taken the switch tender
OF at the north entrance TO che
yards. Trains must practically come
to q stop so switchman can run
ahead and throw switch. Takes
time for trains to get under way
again. More delays for long drsgs.
BILL CHEL1US. OF Hammond, is
heading a party of twenty which
has taken an entire car on Al
Blooms special train to the Ken
lucky Derby at Louisville on May / 5.
The train will leave Chicago late on
the night of May IL and be back
May IA. says the Chicago Tribune.
TERRIBLE. That's the way iuve-
nile authorities described conditions |
leading to delinquency of several
young girls in East Hammond Mike |
Donich. 90 Company House. and |
Steve Christopher are sentenced at
Crown Point for contributing to de. /,
linquency. Former gets maximum
six months on penal farm and fine |
of $500 and costs; latter gets six
months on farm and fine or $3.50.
THE Jack johnson shows troupe
the black pugilist found the
stage door of the Parthenon closed