Riverdale Ice Cream Stand Demolished in Crash
A Riverdale man suffered critical burns after his Volkswagen cut in front of a Diamond T tractor trailer at 138th and School streets. The collision demolished the Frosty Hut ice cream stand and trapped the driver momentarily before firefighters freed him. Witnesses corroborate truck driver Jackson Vaulx’s account of the westbound collision and lane change toward School Street.
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Riverdale
138Th and
School Sts. Riverdale
Bullings Hospital
Chester Batchele
School Et Riverdale
School St
Batchelor
Poliice
138Th
Schools
Vaulas
Village Hall Demolition Bid Notice in Riverdale
Sealed bids will be received in the office of the Riverdale Village Clerk at the Municipal Building until 4 pm August 27 for the demolition and removal of the old Village Hall at 137th and Wabash. Work expected to be finished within 60 days. Birth announcement follows for a Wildman baby born July 27 in Carbondale.
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Riverdale
Kiwanis-Pointer Tourney Crown Up For Grabs
Four teams remain in the Third An nual Kiwanis Pointer Tournament with semi finals at Ivanhoe Park tonight and tomorrow starting 5 30 pm The championship is set for Sunday at 3 pm at Ivanhoe Park with trophies awarded after the final Hessville beat Harvey Babe Ruth 6 2 at Ivanhoe Park and Riverdale Kiwanis advanced by forfeit Tuesday Dolton Riverdale Babe Ruth edged Tinley Park 4 3 Fernwood defeated South Holland 12 4 Tonight RD Kiwanis faces Hessville and tomorrow RD Babe Ruth meets Fernwood The winners play for the title Sunday.
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Ivanhoe and
Riverdale Parks
Ivanhoe Park
Hessville
Indiana
Harvey Babe Ruth
Riverdale Dolton Kiwanis
Dolton Riverdale
Babe Ruth
Tinley Park
Fernwood
South Holland
Kiwanis
Manicure underway as KP tournament nears final clash
Ivanhoe Park buzzes with workmen painting backstops and manicuring grounds for the Third Annual Kiwanis Pointer Baseball tournament. The eight-team event culminates Sunday at 3 pm with the championship game as crews add bleachers and fencing and SCCMO District conducts daily weed and mosquito control.
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Ivanhoe Park
Kiwanis Pointer
Kiwami Teenage Baseball League
Pointer Publications
South
Cook County
Mosquio Abatement District
SCCMA
Imo Central Railroad
Ball Park
Lightning Fatality At Riverdale Home In Natural Lightning
A 64 year old Riverdale man Baron Snyder died when struck by lightning while folding a metal lawn chair under a tree at his home. Riverdale Police tried resuscitation with oxygen but failed. An inquest at a local funeral home concluded the coroner ruled the death an act of natural lightning.
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Riverdale
Frank Albrecht
Dick Mook
Baren Snyder
Dearborn
Baron Snyder
Jim Snyder
Philip G. Thomson
Baltimore
Scout Days Proclaimed at Dolton Park by President Kasten
August 17 and 18 are official Scout Days in Dolton. Citizens from Dolton and nearby areas are invited to see troop exhibits and activities including camping demonstrations and Indian dances. Organizers urge troops to sign up via Jack N Johnson at Viking 92939 for details.
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Frederick Kasten
Dolton
Dolton Park
Jack N Johnson
Viking
Dolton Park Sponsors Trip To Sox Game
Dolton Park offers a Sox game trip for the first 100 children who register and pay 1 for transportation by Friday August 9. Buses depart Dolton Park at 11 am and return immediately after the game on Saturday August 10. Contact Mr Basso at Dolton Park for registration cards. Rain plan includes alternative activities.
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Sox
Dolton Park
Basso
Dalton Do It Your Library: Board Candidates Speak
The POINTER PUBLICATIONS quizzed six contenders for the Dalton village library board on their hopes and plans for a free public library. Candidates Sophie Horvat Irene Wernicke Carol Hall Milan Herzog Emil Kopac Molly A Bruckner stress books services budgets and community benefit with varied term lengths and funding timelines.
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Dalton Library
Pointer
Doiton
Sophie Horvat
Clark
Dalton
Carol Hall
Dolton
Milan Herzog
Irving
Herzog
Kopac
Molly A Bruckner
Ellisave
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Volkswagen
Sandra Lee
Minerva
Donald Esler Jr
Esler
Dolton Village
Fred Kasten
Robert Yugovich
Don Esler Sr
Pbeck
dJerdtie
Wildman
Carbondale
Cal
Noel Ann Lau
Erwin Lau
University
Widman
Brooklyn
New York
K-P
Bowen
Dolton Pk
Irene Wernicke
Forest
Emil Kopac
Park
Dalton Village
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