Says County Council Favors Enlargement

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, July 19: Miss Mary Meyers, secretary of the Marion County Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, reported to the Woman’s Improvement Club that the county council will be asked to appropriate sufficient funds to erect cottages for children and black patients at the Sunnyside Sanatorium. The sanatorium is the only place in the city or state where black patients may go. Also, the addition of a lunchroom to School No. 26 will provide a second fresh air school for black children. Dr. William W. Gibbs, medical inspector for black schools, said the number of black children in incipient stages of tuberculosis was surprising, and it would be impossible to better conditions so long as the children are forced to remain in the homes where there are other children in the families living in limited space.

“Says County Council Favors Enlargement,” The Indianapolis News, 19 July 1918, p. 15:4

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Board Adopts Traffic Rules

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, July 11: The Indianapolis board of public safety adopted a sweeping reform of the city’s traffic regulations yesterday to lessen the congestion in the downtown district. Among the notable and radical features of the new regulations are: vehicle drivers will not be permitted to turn to the left at specified corners; to widen the driving space, there will be no angle parking - cars must be parked flat against the curb and space must be left before and behind for other cars to get out; parking is prohibited too near street intersections and near fire plugs; vehicles must stop at the curb; pedestrians will be required to cross streets at the same time vehicles are signaled. Also, a motor vehicle driver must be 16 and a horse drawn vehicle driver must be 14.

“Board Adopts Traffic Rules,” The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 1918, p. 14:4

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Becomes Recreation Center for Men in United States Service

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, July 8: The Woodruff Place Club, a community social center in Woodruff Place, will become the second soldiers’ recreational house in Indianapolis, and will be named the War Camp Community Service Recreational House. The large two-story clubhouse is near the Army Vocational School on the campus of Arsenal Technical High School where 500 soldiers are stationed. Hugh Landon, chairman of the executive committee, has been working on plans for the building, however the clubhouse is well adapted for recreational use and only a few changes will be made. There is a large reading room, dance hall, billiard room, living room, dining room and kitchen. A subcommittee of four women have charge of organizing entertainment at the house, and a dance given for the soldiers is planned for the opening of the house next Saturday.

“Becomes Recreation Center for Men in United States Service,” The Indianapolis Star, 8 July 1918, p. 8:4

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