Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1919 — RENSSELAER BOY MAKES HIS HOME IN THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER BOY MAKES HIS HOME IN THE WEST.

Los Angeles, California, August 21, 1919. Editor Hamilton, The Rensselaer Republican, Rensselaer, Indiana. Dear Sir: Pete H. Scheumch, a former Rensselaer boy, and a. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scheurich, Sr., came to California with the great fleet. Pete has been on?the U. S. S. Nevada twenty-one months, during which time he has been in Scotland, Ireland, and England. He was with the fleet that went to France to greet the George Washington when President Wilson made his first trip over there. The fleet came to America lin December, 1918, then to Cuba. Pete said his one wish was that he could make the trip through the Panama canal with the fleet. The fleet' landed in California August 9th and Pete got an honorable discharge August 11th. He will make California his home. Mrs. Mary E. RockhoM, a sister of Pete, was waiting for hours to greet her brother, whom she had not seen since he enlisted two years ago. Mrs. Rockhold has made her home in the west the past three years. She as a very charming widow. From an eastern friend in the far west.