The Vidette-Messenger Centennial EditionThe 1936 special edition celebrating Porter County's centennial year . . . .
The following article has been transcribed from the August 18, 1936, issue of The Vidette-Messenger, published in Valparaiso, Indiana. This particular special edition focuses on Porter County's centennial celebration and contains a 94-page compendium of Porter County history up to that time.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso,
Porter County, Indiana; August 18, 1936; Volume 10, Section 2, Page 21.
HAYES POST WAS FORMED 14 YEARS AGO
Hayes Post,
No. 988, Veterans of Foreign Wars, was instituted on Sept. 19, 1922, when a
charter was granted by T. L. Huston, national commander. The post is comprised
of veterans of all wars who saw service in the United States forces in foreign
countries.
Charter members of the post include: Edward Abell, Harry L. Barnes, John Bell,
Floyd Bonnell, Forrest L. Brown, George R. Brown, Ennis Bullock, John P. Burgert,
Howard S. Daily, Malcolm B. Fyfe, Paul C. Hayes, Wilford Lebrecque, August
Larson, Fred C. Limb, Everett Lembke, Claude McCormick, Ralph McGillicuddy, Ora
L. McNiece, Harold Martin, Maurice O'Donnell, Roy Pierce, August H. Pollentzke,
Ralph O. Parks, Carroll O. Schneider, Robert W. Sievers, Niles B. Smith, V. L.
Springer, William H. Stoddard, Knute Sundeen, Milton S. Take, Harvey C. Varner,
Fren Weincken, Bernard Will, Arthur B. White, Ray Weber and Louis Poncher.
Article transcribed by Steven R. Shook