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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1960
Page
7
George T. Wilkins, Illinois Public Instruction superintendent, proclaims May 1 to start Youth Fitness Week in Illinois schools. Officials and parents urged to promote balanced physical fitness programs for children and youth.
Cub Scout Pack 297 met in the parish hall sponsored by Queen of Apostles H.N.S. of Ivanhoe. Cubmaster Joe Ferguson and Chuck Gardy awarded badges to Lions Bears and Wolfs. Den 7l reorganized enabling eleven new boys, Bobcats awarded to ten Cubs. Plans include Roller Skating Party April 9 at Art's Roll-Aire Rink and a May 28 Nike Site visit Calvacade of Scouting May 7 at Lincoln Fields.
The U S Coast Guard recognizes Melvin Kahn a Dalton resident and La Salle Hotel food and beverage manager in Chicago for perfect attendance at drills over the past year marking a second such honor. Kahn served in the Coast Guard from 1953 and now participates in the Coast Guard reserve eight years, assigned to ports security unit 09 589 drilling one weekend monthly at Forest Park Illinois.
Richard Myers of Tuba City Arizona will join Camp Frank Beal summer program run by Pokagon Trails Council as Indian Lore specialist. He holds an anthropology degree from the University of New Mexico and an MA from Arizona State College and is Navajo by adoption. He teaches at a Navajo Reservation high school near Berrien Springs Michigan and will help provide camping experiences for over fifteen hundred Boy Scouts and Explorers during a 10 week session opening June 19. spiritual perfection topic featured in Sunday Christian Science service with readings from the King James Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, focusing on probation after death.
Riverdale-Dalton Lions Club hosts Elton T Hewitt of the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind to discuss training opportunities for blind people at 6 30 p m on Thursday April 14 at the Riverdale Park Fieldhouse. The Lighthouse provides rehabilitation and vocational training and operates a subcontract shop serving Chicago Industry.
Joseph A. Redmond, 31, of Riverdale, received an Associate Degree in Applied Science after completing a 98 week residential program in Electronic Technology and Design at Best 4141 Wry Technical Institute on Belmont Avenue in Chicago.
Miss Oleda Schrottky former National staffer of the Girl Scouts of the USA will address the council at a April 27 dinner program at Surma's Restaurant Homewood marking the Girl Scout Birthday Years observance. Tickets are 3 dollars including dinner reservations at the Harvey Girl Scout office. The Riverdale Chamber of Commerce held its April 13 meeting at Dave's Restaurant and announced the Miss Riverdale Beauty and Popularity Contest begins June 1 leading to August 21 Riverdale Park crowning. Paul Gall Post No 203 invites the public to free dances every Saturday night at Legion Hall 600 West 138th Riverdale with no admission charge.
The USNU ISNU Chicago club will hold its annual spring luncheon on April 23 at noon in the Ivory Room of Mandel's Chicago. Reservations are through the Alumni Office at Illinois State Normal University Normal Illinois. The program includes a 25 minute slide show titled ISNU in Transition highlighting the university history campus life and plans for the future.
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