Petition for Mail Service Sparks Village Board Action
Riverdale village approves three highway resolutions for street repairs and maintenance funded by motor fuel taxes. Wabash avenue and 187th street arterial designations receive $5,000 contracted work, plus $1,000 for 144th street maintenance. Residents urge postal service shift from Blue Island to Riverdale station. resolution to be prepared. WPA sewer project plans discussed with truck rental savings considered.
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State Division of Highways
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Riverdale
Peter J. Kurz
James Hanihan
William J. Claussen
State Highway Department
187Th Street
Wabash Avenue
137Th
188Th Street
138Th Street
Halsted Street
Herbert T. Zornow
WPA Project
Police Request Information to Re cover Stolen Cars
State attorneys office forms require detailed data on stolen vehicles including theft location time and date, car make model color engine and serial numbers, title and license details, ownership and purchase information, financing status, and insurer contact. This information aids police in recovering stolen cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Dalton
Guardsman Henry Mohr Joins Camp Grant Training
Henry Mohr of 303 HE 136th Street has trained with the 33rd Division National Guard at Camp Grant Rockford Illinois for a week and will stay another week as guardsmen prepare for the military sham in Chicago on August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mohr
136Th Street
National Guards
Camp Grant
Rockford, Il
Chicago
Drowns at Beverly Shores Linked to Riverdale Park Grove
Joseph Stanitis, longtime Riverdale Park Grove operator, died Tuesday while swimming at Beverly Shores beach near Michigan City Indiana. He was 50, born in Lithuania, and survived by wife son Roland and daughter Josephine. Funeral services set for Saturday at J F Eudeikis Funeral Home in Chicago.
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Joseph Stanitis
Riverdale Park Grove
Indiana Avenue
Lake Michigan
Beverly Shores Beach
Michigan City
Indiana
Roland
Josephine
Stanitis
Stanley Dowiat
State Street
Coast Guards
Lithuania
Riverdale
Krapil
Miller
Michigan Avenue
University of Illinois
J. F. Eudeikis
Fairfield Avenue
Chicago
Dolton Tag Day Success Awards Shown
Heart Tag Day receipts totaled 42.18 dollars as volunteers led by Mrs. Jennie Stieman worked from morning to close. Alice J. Gilbert won first prize with 9.99, Jean Packard 5.23 second, Phylis Hendricks 5.17 third, Alice Rudloff fourth, Omar Hinkle 3.04 fifth. other children received movie passes.
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Jennie Stieman
Volunteers of America
Alice J. Gilbert
Jean Packard
Phylis Hendricks
Alice Rudloff
Omar Hinkle
Jubilee Plans Finish for August 15 Parade Event
Chairman Carl Maurer announces thirteen drum and bugle corps will join the American Legion Police and Firemen Homecoming Jubilee parade on Sunday afternoon August 15. Attendees will also see Leaping Lena the Lizzie and a 1913 Ford with 1918 bathing beauties. Activities span August 14 to 17 with dances, games, boxing, and various entertainments.
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Carl Maurer
American Legion
Lansing Municipal Band
St. Mehiel
West Pullman
Harvey Post
Chicago Heights
Sons of the American Legion
Englewood
Victory Post
West Pullman Sharpshooters
Greenwood’s
Blue Island
Calumet City
Sons of the Legion
Lena
Lizzie
Portland
Oregon
Boston
Mass
Ford
Charles T. Heidenrich
Lester Brookfelt
Gus Baumgartner
Dalton Harmonica Band
Riverdale
Texas Jim & Troupe
Peddler Killed By Freight Engine at Lincoln Ave Crossing
An unidentified man about 50 years old was struck by Indiana Harbor Belt freight engine No. 403 at the Lincoln Avenue crossing in Dolton while walking on the east sidewalk. The crossing gates were down and the whistle sounded, but he appeared dazed and stepped in front of the train. He died minutes later after emergency rites. An inquest found accidental death. body taken to Jacobson’s Funeral Home.
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Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Lincoln Avenue
G. C. Vaughan
Philip G. Thomson
John N. Weiler
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Jacobson
Dolton
Priest and relatives die in Torrence Avenue crash
Rev. John Neff 48 of Amarillo Texas died along with his housekeeper Rose Pignegger 50 and uncle John Harrington 60 in a collision at Torrence Avenue and Glenwood Dyer Road on Tuesday. Neff's mother Helen Neff 63 of Logansport Indiana and driver C E Dillon 48 of Paxton Avenue Chicago were hospitalized with skull fractures in Chicago Heights.
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Torrence Avenue
Glenwood-Dyer Road
John Neff
Amarillo
Tex
Rose Pigneger
John Harrington
Burley Avenue
Chicago
Helen Neff
Logansport
Ind
St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
C. E. Dillon
Paxton Avenue
Thornton Township High School Adds 350000 Brick Annex
The Thornton Township High School undergoes major upgrades for the opening on September 7, expanding to 82 teachers with new rooms and two study halls. A 900 seat cafeteria, five study halls, five libraries, and four biology labs accompany a ventilated Unavent system. New staff include Phillip McDowell as head of Spanish and several replacements from Illinois and Iowa institutions.
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Thornton Township High School
William E. McVey
Phillip McDowell
University of Illinois
Florence Hall
Carl Beier
Illinois State Normal College
A. M
University of Iowa
K. R. Johnson
Youth Drowns in Clay Hole at Dalton Outing
Louis Fabric 19 of 12549 S Michigan Ave disappeared while swimming in a clay hole near Chicago Heights after ignoring warnings. His sister Pauline, Mary Luszyk and Peter Frigo witnessed the drowning after Fabric swam about 200 feet offshore and called for help. Frigo tried to rescue him, diving repeatedly before failing to locate him.
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Gnrcago Street
Sibley Boulevard
Dalton
Louis Fabric
Michigan Avenue
Pauline
Mary Luszyk
Peter Frigo
128Rd Street
Chicago Heights
Forest Preserve
Louis
Miss Lusz
Frigo
Fabric
Edward Brookfelt, Jr
Mills & Sons Expand Ivanhoe Suburb of Chicago
Mills & Sons continue building eight Ivanhoe homes in Chicago suburbs. New houses under construction include options for Virgil Truman at 14421 Clark and John F Grindle at 14486 La Salle. New residents include Norman Sauter at 14431 La Salle and John Wilderson at 14422 La Salle, with Hain family at 14106 Edbrooke Avenue.
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Mills & Sons
Ivanhoe
Chicago
Virgil Truman
Clark Street
John F. Grindell
la Salle Street
Clark
la Salle
Normal
Westwood
North
Central Avenues
Norman Sauter
Normal Park
Standard Oil Co
John Wilderson
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co
David Hain
Edbrooke Avenue
Louis Meseures
Mr. Hain
The
Federal Electric Company
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137Th Street
Wabash Ave
J. Stanitis
Johnson
University of Colorado
T. R. Burkhead
Mary Carter
Gilbert Kettlekamp
A. F. Koester
University of South Dakota
Koester
Fred Ring
Harvey
Ring
University of Chattanooga
Margaret Fruen
Nina Reason
Louis Fabrie
Roseland
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