Spring 2020 Valparaiso Magazine

A LOOK BACK
May 8, 1920
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Washington Township High
School won the (chamber
supported) Porter County
track meet held yesterday
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at the fairgrounds with 34.5
points. Wheeler was second
with 33, Kouts third with 20.5,
May 20, 1920
Chesterton fourth with 7, and Charles Wark was
Jackson Center, fifth with
elected chairman of
June 11, 1920
1. Valparaiso High did not
the newly organized
The first real touch of
compete.
merchant section of
summer came yesterday
the Chamber at a gettogether
smoker and
The high point reached by the
and is continuing today.
May 15, 1920
The Valparaiso City Council
gathering held last night.
mercury yesterday was 91 above
last night was deadlocked on The new section will meet
at the government station at
the proposition of buying two again Friday to outline a
Flint Lake.
June 28, 1920
new auto fire trucks. Aldermen program of work.
At a meeting of the Fourth
George F. Beach, J. R. Pagin,
June 15, 1920
of July committee yesterday
and J. W. DeWitt voted to buy
May 25, 1920
At a meeting of the directors plans were made for a monster
the trucks, but Alderman A. J. Valparaiso’s Chamber drafted of the chamber of commerce celebration to be staged in
Worstell, Z. J. McMahan, and plans for an old-fashioned
it was decided to revive the
this city on July 5. A pageant
Louis Gast voted no. Mayor
Fourth of July celebration. The Porter County Fair. J. O, Ellis, E. parade in the morning will be
Sisson cast the deciding vote entire county will be asked
H. Hartwick and Rodney Ellis, a feature. More than 100 floats
against the purchase on the
to join. A big parade will be
fair promoters, were present. are already entered.
grounds that be believed
a feature. Fireworks and a
They, with the assistance of H.
purchase of the equipment
band concert will be other
M. Lackey, chamber secretary,
June 30, 1920
was up to the council. The
attractions.
will be in charge of the fair
At a meeting of the chamber of
council is desirous of buying
promotion. Offices will be
commerce today an agreement
the equipment but is unable to
June 10, 1920
opened in the chamber of
signed by 65 business men to
agree on the kind. Some want The Jahns Bus Line Company commerce rooms.
operate on daylight savings
to buy one big truck, others
of LaPorte will inaugurate a
time beginning at midnight on
one big and one small, and
bus line between Valparaiso
June 22, 1920
next Monday was presented.
others two of the same size.
and Kouts and Wheatfield
Several hundred Valparaiso
The signers claimed they
within two weeks. This was
and Porter County women will are going on the new time
the announcement by the
receive Red Cross certificates to obtain uniformity with
chamber of commerce officials in recognition of services
surrounding cities.
today. In addition to carrying faithfully performed on behalf
passengers the Jahns line will of the nation during the
handle packages and express. World War.
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