Originally published in The Vidette-Messenger of Porter County on April 21, 1951.
Stake Out Site of First YMCA Unit
JOHN MacFARLANE, 8 Roosevelt Road (right), sights down the line of the rear wall of the $40,000 YMCA unit, excavation work on which will begin in the near future, according to “Y” Secretary Harold Xavier (left). MacFarlane is standing where the northwest corner of the youth center and office unit will be and is looking south along the line of the rear wall. The batter boards have been placed in the ground at the “Y” site at Chicago and Washington and strings now mark the outline of the 34 by 72 foot building.
