Headlines in History 1926: Safety campaign opens with Boy Scouts tagging cars downtown
What was making news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers these newspaper excerpts to give you an idea.
April 30, 1909: “A display of turtles, swordfish and other specimens of ocean dwellers to-day transformed one of the big display windows of the Ettinger-Steed-Johnson company’s store, 226 South Michigan street, into something of an aquarium.” — The South Bend Tribune
May 1, 1917: “Every manufacturer in South Bend and Mishawaka is asked by the Chamber of Commerce to attend a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce building this evening at 8 o’clock to discuss cooperation with the United States government in furnishing army and navy supplies.” — The South Bend Tribune
May 2, 1926: “Art B. Hickox, former A. A. A. racing driver and now an advocate for safety, opens a campaign in South Bend and Mishawaka tomorrow under the auspices of The Tribune and the Yellow Cab company. Last night Boy Scouts, under the direction of Scout Executive C. H. Barnes, tied safety tags on all cars parked in the down town district. These tags call the attention of the drivers to safety work and urge careful driving.” — The South Bend Tribune
May 3, 1930: “With the official revelation by the federal census bureau, expected in political circles to be made today, that South Bend has passed the 100,000 population mark and that St. Joseph county has a population of more than 150,000 the county will have passes within the scope of certain state laws which provide for the creation immediately of two additional courts to augment the present county courts and a third, later by special statute, thus bringing the surface political perplexities which have been seething within the ranks of the leaders’ of both major parties for several weeks.” — The South Bend Tribune
May 4, 1942: “Search for the northern Indiana and southern Michigan mother with the most sons in the nation’s military service was under way today, in the context sponsored by the Mother’s day committee of the Association of Commerce merchants division. The award in the special event in South Bend’s observance of the annual occasion will be a $25 war bond, Maurice LaPides, chairman of the committee, announced.” — The South Bend Tribune
May 5, 1959: “Plans for the city beautification will get underway at 3 p.m. Thursday when the Board of Public Works and Safety convenes in the City Hall to explain ways and means by which downtown property owners may participate in a voluntary renovation program for side walks and curbs in the area.” — The South Bend Tribune
May 6, 1966: “A bare-knuckle policy will be in effect Monday for motorists who ignore parking ban signs on streets to be paved, Victor Szabo, Street Department foreman, warned today. A (paving) project on Taylor St. had to be called off today because motorists parked their cars on the street despite warning signs that were posted Thursday afternoon.” — The South Bend Tribune
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: What made news the first week of May in South Bend in history
