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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1922
Page
1
Local notices list a card party at the W A C on Friday April 21 at 2 pm, Bunco at St Pauls basement on April 22, and church dinners and socials from April 26 to May 6. Events invite all, with details for Riverdale bakers and thrift banking tips.
The Can p Fire Girls host weekly meeting at Mrs. A E Klomberg. Mr A S Diekman spoke on early Indian history with vivid notes on tribes and camps. Carl Dieck showcases a Betz truck with steel top ready for hauling. Mrs O G H Henry welcomes a baby girl born March 27. Grandad Ed Rollert boasts of himself. Mr and Mrs Fred Born mourn infant Millie born April 1 died April 20 and buried at Oaklawn. “An Old Fashioned Mother” at St Marys hall Riverdale April 30 by St Bernards club for St Marys church fund.
Miss Isabelle Dolton, former principal of Farren school, is promoted to head Farragut school at 24th and Kedzie in Chicago. The school, one of the city’s largest, serves over 2,000 pupils with 42 teachers. She is the first woman principal at Farragut.
Mrs Klinkhammer of Gano and Fred Tjepkema of Patterson New Jersey married at the home of Mrs Bessie Anderson 11318 Wentworth Avenue on April 13 They will set up housekeeping in a recently bought home on 107th Street
Sealed bids will be received by the Village of Dalton up to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 28, 1922, for furnishing 850 feet more or less of 4 inch cast iron water pipe on Frederica street and 3 Dolton Standard Eddy hydrants, with labor to install. Pipe to connect with the water main in Chicago street and South Park avenue. WM. G. Dolton, Village Clerk.
Village announces bids for furnishing labor to lay about 850 feet of 4 inch cast iron water pipe in Fred Erica street and to furnish labor for installing 3 hydrants. Bids call for responsible bidders to submit per municipal specifications.
The Board of Trustees appeals to parents to cooperate in keeping children with roller skates off the streets to ensure safety and smooth neighborhood life.
A Riverdale notice thanks voters for their support last Tuesday and pledges to work for the village's best interests. The message promotes The Peoples Party, Easy Street address, and First National Bank of Dolton as a featured reference.
The body of a young soldier was found ground to pieces on the Indian Harbor tracks east of Dalton at 5 30 this morning. Initials A W B tattooed on his right arm and marks suggest service in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands. Undertaker Good took charge, Paul Gall Post American Legion will seek relatives. He had blue eyes, weighed about 160 pounds and wore a regular service uniform, possibly home on furlough.
The American Legion notes announce a dance at Dillner's pavilion on Saturday April 22. The Woman's Auxiliary of Paul Gall Post 303 will meet Thursday April 27 at the Village hall. A show titled Settin' Pretty plays April 25 and 26 at St Nicholas church hall on 118th place and State.
Bowen School notes report Mr. William Wunsch was unanimously reelected a Bowen School Board member last Saturday. The Cottage Grove team defeated Bowen 5 to 0 in the season debut held in muddy conditions. The Bowen Achievement Club met April 17 with roll call, record review, songs, recitations, a garden talk, a girls drill, piano solos, games, refreshments, and adjournment as teachers prepare to attend the Oak Park Teachers meeting.
The Production Meter report claims twelve years of engineering experience across 1000 factories and asserts every manufacturer who tests the meter will find daily use essential for efficient operations. It notes all parts are cast and machined to units from plus or minus 0005 to plus or minus .008.
The School Community Festival hosts a Magnolia historical pageant and the usual displays at Glenwood Forest Preserve on Friday May 26. Organizer C C Walther frames a miraculous new feature along with athletic contests speakers and brass band performances all free.
Dolton leaders express gratitude for voters confidence and commit to developing and promoting all that is best for the town. The statement emphasizes service and civic responsibility by the new administration.
In Dolton over 800 votes elected The Peoples Ticket clerk Will Dolton and three trustees. Will Dieck was defeated. Clifford Howe and Harry Packard led on the Citizens Progressive ticket. John Connors praised after a village hall procession. Riverdale elected clerk George Koehler by a large majority on the Independent Ticket.
Henrietta Zeitler died at Oak Forest sanitarium on April 9 at age 30 years 4 months 5 days. Born August 14, 1891 in Riverdale, she served as bank clerk in Dalton Riverdale and later at Wiersema bank in Roseland. She leaves her mother sister Christina and step brother Henry Schmidt. Funeral at Good's chapel Dalton 2pm and St. Pauls Hammond cemetery Concordia.
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