Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1919 — Mother Wants Soldier Hero All to Herself. [ARTICLE]

Mother Wants Soldier Hero All to Herself.

Gary, Ind. —Not even the pomp and glory of the whole town of Gary’s turning out to do her thrice wounded son honor on his return from French battlefields could Induce Mrs. Kate Petkey of Indiana Harbor to lose him for one second. Despite the appeals of the mayor, the chief of police and all the dignitaries of the town, where Walter Petkey was formerly a policeman, Mrs. Petkey clasped her stalwart son to her bosom, pushed him into a waiting taxicab and whisked* him away home. A big celebration had been planned and the entire personnel of the police department waited outside the station to be led In the parade by their former comrade. Another soldier son, Steve, was waiting at the Petkey home, 3729 Beach street, Indiana Harbor; and a third son Is in a base hospital recovering from wounds received in France.