Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1919 — HAMMOND FIRST TO ERECT WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING. [ARTICLE]

HAMMOND FIRST TO ERECT WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING.

Hammond will be the first city in the state to build a soldiers and sailors’ memorial building as provided oy the law recently enacted by the legislature enabling cities to tax the population for the cost of the memorials. The city council has taken the first steps to build a structure costing $250,000. It will contain an auditorium, club room, gymnasium, swimming pools, restaurant.