May 1, 1922
Robert Felton, elected Valparaiso Chief of Police by the Valparaiso City Council to succeed James A. Jones, who resigned, assumed his new duties today. Matthew Brown will take Chief Felton’s beat on night duty.
Announcement was made today that the theatrical interests of J. A. Schelling and A. F. Heineman, operators of the Schelling Hall of Music and Memorial Opera House, and the Premier Theatre, owned by Shauer and Sons, has been merged.
May 2, 1922
Nearly 5,300 votes were cast by republicans in yesterday’s primary. Those nominated were: Field Ray Marine, prosecutor; Ross C. Jones, clerk; William Pennington, sheriff; C. E. Barrett, recorder; Dr. H. O. Seipel, coroner; Fred Marquart, assessor. A. A. Coplin, treasurer; B. H. Kinne, auditor; Floyd R. McNiece, surveyor; Marion Curtis and C. E. Fifield, commissioners.
May 3, 1922
Lauren F. Maudlin, of Valparaiso, was elected commander of the Lafayette Chapter, Number 4, Disabled Veterans of the World War of Purdue University. Before going to Purdue, Mr. Maudlin attended Valparaiso University and took a prominent part in the activities of the Rehabilitation Club and Daughters of the American Revolution chapter here.
May 4, 1922
W. A. Hill, of Hammond, won the republican nomination over J. J. Overmyer and A. O. Krieger, of Porter County for joint representative of Lake and Porter Counties. Will R. Wood, for congress, will have 10,000 majority over William Anderson, of Gary, and Senator Will Brown, of Hebron, defeated Nathan H. Sheppard, of Valparaiso, by 6,000 for senator of Porter, Newton, Jasper and Pulaski Counties.
Kalamazoo College defeated Valparaiso University baseballers 1 to 0 yesterday. Adams, of Valpo, allowed three hits, while Valpo garnered five off Ray, Kazoo twirler, who struck out 10.
May 5, 1922
The general contract for the new Westchester Township school has been awarded to Joseph Ameling, of Chesterton. Only the rough work will be done this year because of lack of funds, according to Trustee J. G. Johnson and Attorney C. W. Jensen. Later money will be forthcoming to do the plumbing, heating, and ventilation.
Earl J. Salisbury, who has been manager of the Schelling Music Hall and Memorial Opera House, will go to Detroit, Mich., Sunday to join an orchestra. Roger Wilson will accompany him.
May 6, 1922
Charles Pratt Post, No. 94, American Legion, enjoyed an impromptu concert by its new band last night. The band comprises twenty members, but an attempt will be made to increase it to forty.
Shea and Company, of Hammond, which has the contract for Lincoln Highway from Deep River to Valparaiso, have commenced grading near the Tom Brown farm, west of Valparaiso.
May 7, 1922
Twenty-one acres of land north of the Grand Trunk Railroad owned by the Pioneer Truck Company was sold today at sheriff’s sale to satisfy a $4,500 ($75,995.36 in 2022) judgment of the Valparaiso National Bank. James H. McGill was the purchaser.
Saturday Supt. E. T. Funk opened the fresh air tuberculosis camp at the Porter County infirmary. The infirmary has six beds, and these were filled up with arrival of a patient from Portage Township.
May 8, 1922
A Valparaiso branch of the National Welfare Council was organized last night by members of the National Association of Post Office Clerks and City and Rural Mail Carriers associations. Harry Albery was named chairman; Ellsworth Mitzner, vice chairman, and Frank Deckro, secretary.
A total of 1,665 school children is shown in the Valparaiso enumeration just completed. The total is a gain of 71 over last year.
May 9, 1922
Valparaiso University baseball team defeated Wheaton College yesterday at Brown Field, 8 to 0. Martenson hurled for the locals and was unhittable. Thomas, for Wheaton, pitched well after the fifth inning, allowing only one hit.
May 10, 1922
Nelson J. Bozarth, of Valparaiso, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for judge of the Indiana Appellate Court. Mr. Bozarth is a graduate of Valparaiso University and the University of Indiana.
May 11, 1922
Anderson Brothers, of Gary, was low bidder at $31,574 ($75,995.36 in 2022) on the construction of the new joint high and elementary school at Wheeler, and Smith & Smiths Company, Valparaiso, was low bidder at $2,035 ($34,366.79 in 2022) on the remodeling of the Union Center School when Trustee A. O. Dobbins opened bids at the office of the county superintendent of schools in the courthouse here today.
Charles Claudy and family have moved here from Battle Creek, Mich., and are building a new home in the Alpen Subdivision. Claudy is general car inspector for the Grand Trunk Railroad.
May 12, 1922
Trustee A. O. Dobbins of Union Township has withheld award of contracts for building a new high and elementary school at Wheeler and remodeling of the Union Center school. The Wheeler bid was lower than the estimate, and the Union Center bid higher.
Robert Winslow, of Valparaiso, a student at the University of Michigan, has been made a member of the mines, music, and dramatic fraternity of the university, only a few students being accorded the honor each year.
May 13, 1922
Anderson Brothers, of Gary, was awarded the contract for school building at Wheeler at a bid of $47,500 ($802,173.21 in 2022), and the Foster Lumber and Coal Company, Valparaiso, the contract for remodeling at Union Center school at $4,500 ($75,995.36 in 2022), by Trustee A. O. Dobbins last night.
The lighting committee of the Valparaiso City Council made a report last night on plans and specifications for a new ornamental lighting system for the business district. The system will consist of 96 units.
May 14, 1922
Charles F. Lembke, builder of the Hotel Lembke, announced today he will start pouring the footings for the foundation of the building next week. Steel for the building has arrived. About 3,500 loads of dirt have been hauled from the basement.
Boone Grove made a garrison finish yesterday at Lowell by blasting five hits and four runs and winning by a 5 to 4 score. Walters, Kaleel and E. Forney was the battery for Boone Grove.
May 15, 1922
Knute Rockne, coach at Notre Dame, and Councilman George Hull, of South Bend, attended a meeting here today of the Valparaiso Kiwanis Club. Coach Rockne spoke on athletics in college, deeming it just as necessary to develop the body as the mind.
A group of members of Chapter 2, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, will attend the national convention to be held at San Francisco, Calif., in June.
May 16, 1922
Valparaiso defeated Kalamazoo College yesterday at Kalamazoo, 1 to 0. Smith, for Valpo, struck out 12 men and homered to win the game.
May 17, 1922
Charles F. Cobb, chairman of the Porter County Fair Board, has made the following appointments for the fair in September: Henry Barnett, general superintendent; Herman Homfeld, cattle superintendent; Walter Williams, horse superintendent, C. W. Boucher, school displays superintendent.
May 18, 1922
Contract has been let out by the Smith and Smiths Company for a one-story, 50’ x 50’ garage building at the Joliet Bridge by Walter M. Davis and Louis Pahl, of the Three Trails Auto Service Company.
J. F. Lininger yesterday sold the American Restaurant on Washington Street in Valparaiso to G. E. Crane, of Pennsylvania.
May 19, 1922
A lower jawbone of a prehistoric monster was found yesterday along a dredge ditch on the A. E. Upp farm in Pleasant Township. The bone was 18 inches long and contained three teeth three inches across.
Harry Herrick yesterday traded the O. P. Kinsey property on Greenwich Street for 120 acres of land near Hebron to Jerry LaFrentz, of Valparaiso.
May 20, 1922
Milo J. Bowman, Jr., has been named president of Valparaiso University by its board of trustees to succeed Dr. John E. Roessler, who resigned several months ago. Bowman is dean of the law school.
Albertus Gray will leave Wednesday for Detroit, Mich., to attend a reunion of the Polar Bears, composed of members of the United States Expeditionary Forces to North Russia during the World War.
May 21, 1922
Kouts defeated Boone Grove Sunday at Boone Grove, 1 to 0. An error and Herring’s single produced the final run. Walters pitched for Boone Grove and Chief Rainer for Kouts. Approximately 1,800 persons attended.
Mrs. Frances Anderson, employed at Lowenstines’, has purchased a half-interest in the Terry Tea Room.
May 22, 1922
E. A. Schall, for two years general secretary of the Valparaiso University Y.M.C.A., has resigned and will go to Lake Geneva, Wis., to assume charge of the summer camp.
Ray Adams, star pitcher of Valparaiso University baseball team, and Maxine Witham, a student in the music department, were married in Chicago several weeks ago, it was announced today.
May 23, 1922
Work on the construction of a new bridge over Salt Creek on the Lincoln Highway, west of Valparaiso, was commenced this morning by Cleary and Hailey Construction Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, awarded the contract by the state highway commission. The structure will cost $27,000 ($455,972.14 in 2022).
May 24, 1922
The Valparaiso Electric Service Company, located at 119 East Lincolnway, distributors of Vesta Battery, yesterday was taken over by the Cook Electric Company located in the Main Garage. Vernon Barnhizer, former owner of the Valparaiso Electric Company, will be associated with the new firm.
May 25, 1922
Rev. E. J. Mungovan, pastor of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, was given a reception last evening at the Catholic Community Hall on occasion of his 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The affair was a surprise and was planned by the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Ladies, and Oasis Clubs.
John J. Blaine, Governor of Wisconsin, and a graduate of Valparaiso University Law Class of 1886, made the address to the graduating class at the university this morning at 10:30 o’clock.
May 26, 1922
Forty-two seniors received diplomas at the annual commencement exercises of Valparaiso High School held at the Memorial Opera House last night. Dr. Josiah C. Sibley, Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago, delivered the address.
W. A. Stimson yesterday became agent for Oldsmobile in Valparaiso. He now has three car concerns, Studebaker and Maxwell being others.
May 27, 1922
At a meeting of the Valparaiso City Council last night the Valparaiso Lighting Company submitted a proposal for installation of an ornamental lighting system. The council also passed a curfew ordinance regulating the right of children under 16 years to be on the streets between 10 o’clock in the evening and 5 o’clock in the morning.
Class freight rates between Chicago and Valparaiso will be attacked by Valparaiso shippers. H. E. Fairweather, of Fort Wayne, has been retained to represent local shippers. It is expected a reduction will be obtained.
May 28, 1922
G. L. Burns of Lockney, Tex., graduate of Valparaiso University Law Class of 1922, has associated himself with P. J. Bailey. They will have quarters in the Academy of Music Block at the southwest corner of Main & Washington Streets in Valparaiso.
Frank Hull, of the Maxwell Implement Company, is moving to LaCrosse, Ind., to engage in the implement business.
May 29, 1922
Frank Rumney, husband of Mrs. Jewell Rumney, employed at the local telephone office, was killed Sunday morning in an automobile accident in Chicago. He suffered a fractured skull. Surviving are the widow, a daughter, his parents, two sisters and five brothers.
The Chesterton Bank has purchased the $150,000 ($2,533,178.57 in 2022) bond issue of the Westchester Township School in Chesterton. The bonds bear five and a half percent interest.
May 30, 1922
Lives of three persons were snuffed out at a grade crossing on the Pennsylvania Railroad on at the Porter-LaPorte County line, two miles west of Wanatah, this afternoon, when a car driven by Clarence Bailey, federal board student at Valparaiso University, was struck by the Pennsylvania Railroad milk train. Bailey was killed along with Mrs. Magdalene O’Connor Stevens and her daughter, Adeline, age 4.
May 31, 1922
Mrs. Anna E. Rose, of Valparaiso, has been appointed district deputy president of the Rebekahs of this district by the state association president and grand lodge, International Order of the Odd Fellows. Mrs. Rose has served three terms as association president of Illinois.