Twenty Years Ago In Riverdale Community News
Mr and Mrs Hugo Schmidt welcomed a 10 pound baby boy born Sunday August 4. Travis Nairn Don Figenbaum and Wendel Touhy returned from a two week overland trip to New York visiting Albany Rochester Erie Utica Toledo Syracuse Niagara Falls Buffalo Schenectady. E E Mangold of Pittsburgh is visiting Dr F W Schmidt and family. Harry Unruh of Stevensville Mich visited Riverdale with his uncle Chas Unruh. Fruit crop reported good, especially grapes. Band stand dedication planned for Saturday August 12 at Chicago and Main streets with speakers. Excavation for Riverdale Trust and Savings Bank building complete. Frank Engel mason contractor has two gangs on concrete work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Schmidt
Travis Nairn
Don Figenbaum
Wendel Touhy
New York City
Albany
Rochester
Erie
Utica
Toledo
Syracuse
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Schemectady
E .E. Mangold
Pittsburgh
F. W. Schmidt
Harry Unruh
Stevensville
Mich
Chas
Unruh
Riverdale
Chicago
Main Streets
Riverdale Trust and Savings Bank
Mason
Frank Engel
South Holland News Twenty Years Ago Highlights
Mr and Mrs Rev Schuurman and family return from Michigan vacation. Miss Anna Tysse of Holland Michigan visits relatives. Mr and Mrs Wm Tysse entertain Rev C Wiersma from Hudsonville. Mrs C Rooks and Leona visit Holland relatives. John De Youngs barn struck by lightning but no damage. a horse was momentarily stunned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuurman
Michigan
Anna Tysse
Holland, Mich
Wm. Tysse
C. Wiersma
Hudsonville
Mich
C. Rooks
Leona
Holland
John de Young
Lansing to get sewers under $1.16 million contract
The Lansing village board awarded the sewer contract to J. J. Donnegan Construction Co. of Chicago for 1,158,579.70 dollars at a special meeting held last Monday. Construction will start within a month and take about 15 months to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
J. J. Donnegan Construction Co
Chicago
Ten Years Ago Glimpses of Local Families and Travel
Misses Belle and Edith Dalton and Mrs. Mattie Vandeursen visited New England states by auto. Elizabeth Harms and Anna Hanschmann tour Yellowstone Denver and Colorado Springs, staying with Red Cross secretary Mary Harms in Laramie. The Harms party also plans a trip to Los Angeles to visit relatives. Loren Meginnis and daughter Loraine with Carrie Meginnis head to Honesville to visit kin. Charles C. Schnoor and Helen Muehmel with niece Carol Church travel to Scotland SD for four weeks. Schnoor, new owner of the A O U W lodge hall at 128 Main, seeks a cure for optic nerve sight loss. George Colwell and wife welcome a baby girl born August 5 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital, a brother age four and grandfather Robert Hanschmann joyfully observe the new arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle
Edith Dalton
Mattie Vandeursen
Nam Jase Weerdows
New England States
Elizabeth Harms
Anna Hanschmann
Yellowstone Park
Denver
Colorado Springs
Mary Harms
Red Cross
Laramie
Wyoming
John Harms
Alice
Los Angeles
Cal
Laramie Wyo
Loren Meginnis
Loraine
Carrie Meginnis
Honesville
Penn
Charles C. Schnoor
Helen Muehmel
Carol Church
Scotland
South Dakota
Edward Muehmel
Schnoor
A. O. U. W. Lodge Hall
Main Street
George Colwell
Doton
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Robert Hanschmann
Births and visits in South Holland Ten Years Ago
South Holland News recalls July births and family visits. Mr. and Mrs. John Hoogewoning welcomed a daughter born July 27. Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Couwenhoven and a baby from Tracy Iowa visited family for a few weeks. Henry Anker stayed with his brother in Chandler Minnesota. Chris Jonkman and family from Corsica South Dakota visited T. Jonkman relatives. Mrs. John Kappe returned to Denver after weeks due to her son's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hoogewoning
Isaac Couwenhoven
Tracy
Iowa
Henry Anker
Chandler
Minn
Chris Jonkman
Corsica
South Dakota
T. Jonkman
Auto crash on Route 49 injures Homewood man
Sheriffs highway police reported Ralph Daanen of 18208 Leavitt St Homewood was injured when a tire blew, causing his car to overturn on Park Avenue and Route 49. He returned home after the mishap. A gas station holdup at 147th Street and Indiana Avenue left operator B S Odle grazed by a bullet. the bandit, a 30 to 35 year old man in overalls, fled and remains at large as officers continue the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seiff’s Highway Police
Park Avenue
Ralph Daanen
Leavitt St
Homewood
Daanen
Sheriff’s Highway Police
147Th Street
Indiana Avenue
B. S. Odle
Glenwood
Farmers See Large Rise in Cash Income in First Half 1936
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports farmers had 1936 first half cash income of 3.291 billion dollars, up 383.5 million from 1930 levels, with 171 million in AAA payments this year and 286 million last year. June cash income reached 3.693 billion including rents and benefits, while farm product sales in June were 582 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Lnstead
United States
Bureau
Picnicers Start 100 Acre Fire Near Harlem Avenue Farm
Fire estimated at 100 acres swept through Christ Beach farm near 149th street and South Harlem avenue on Monday. House, two barns, a silo, steel shed and twenty tons of hay were destroyed. Firemen under Chief John Helenhouse fought with chemicals as volunteers daubed flames. winds pushed the blaze toward nearby fields. Forty polo ponies owned by John Kline were moved to safety as flames menaced their stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Beach
149Th Street
Harlem Avenue
John Helenhouse
Orland Department
John Kline
Man and Wife Die in Fire in Steger Illinois
Raymond Koviack aged 28 and Vivian Koviak 26 a expectant mother died in a blaze that struck a frame building at 31th and Sangamon streets in Steger shortly after 1 am. Owner James Rutherford fled and firefighters led by Chief Nicholas Craterus found the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan
Steger
Chicago Heights
Raymond Koviack
Vivian Koviak
Fire Department
Nicholas Craterus
Koviacks
Hammond Dedicates New Filtration Plant Saturday
The $800000 facility with a $210000 PWA grant will be dedicated Saturday afternoon and evening in Hammond. Senator Fredric Van Nuys and Representative William T. Schulte will attend. A C Proudfoot will turn over the plant to the Hammond water trustees. Public inspection follows the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Hammond
Lake Front
United States
Fredric van Nuys
Indiana
William T. Schulte
First Congressional District
Vogel’s Fish House
Illinois
A. C. Proudfoot
Hammond Water Trustees
Percy T. Smith
Lake Michigan
Midget Pilot Johnny Wasserman Dies From Speedway Crash
Johnny Wasserman of Chicago died in St. Margaret's hospital Hammond after a Wolf Lake Speedway crash last Sunday. Witnesses described the collision in a multi-car heat as his car clipped the bend, rolled, and struck him. he was rushed for first aid while others stopped to aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Wasserman
Chicago
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Hammond
Wolf Lake Speedway
Bergen Herald
National Auto Racing Sheet
Wasserman
Mike O'Halloran
Sorensen
Fox
Basset
Bevelin
Cy Drew
Russo
Wasser- 7 Cvu Awa
Droit Gin
Sant Ae
Sorenson
Marchese
Electric Eye Saves Lives on U S Railways
The Sperry electric detector saved lives by finding rail defects. Harry G. Tayor praised the device, invented by Dr Elmer A Sperry, which uses a detector car to identify fissures in rails. In the previous year detector cars covered 61 000 miles and located 11 000 fissured rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sperry
Harry G. Tayor
Western Association of Railway Executives
Elmer A. Sperry
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Holland News
Lansing News
Pointer
Sheriffs Highway Police
Ill
Fred Mulhausen
A. J. Allen
East 137Th Street
Gay
Picknickers
Steger, Ill
Leo Besozzi
Llyod Bussert
Chas. C. Schonert
Electric Eye
Governon
Dtonnen
Illinois State
Springfield
Hinck
WLS
Society
Grand Circuit Racing—Society
Farm Bureau
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