Riverdale Dolton Homecoming Jubilee Aug 14 22
Community plans a full eight day Homecoming Jubilee from Saturday August 14 to Sunday August 22 under Paul Gall Post 303 American Legion and local police and fire departments. Parade August 15 at 1 30 pm estimates 5000 attendees with awards for floats and decor. The event features Sells Floto circus acts amateur boxing dancing and a large parade route with three sections and a 30 by 32 foot dance platform.
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Sells Floto Circus
Paul Gall
Dolton
Glenwood Manual Training School
Russell Trimble
Paul Gall Post
Wm. J .Claussen
Riverdale
Ira J. Hastings
Dalton
Dolton Harmonica
Texas Jim & Troupe
Community
R. L. White
Dolton Harmonica Band
Guy Colby
Art Lambrecht
Pat Sullivan
WPA
Dalton Park
Rohe West
Lawrence Brookfelt
Man’s Hardware Store
Julius Nelson
L. Edward Brookfelt
Calumet Radio Service
Ald. Lindell Named to Chicago Recreation Commission
Alderman Arthur G Lindell was appointed to the Chicago Recreation Commission by Mayor Edward J. Kelly and the City Council confirmed the appointment at the last meeting on August 6.
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Arthur G Lindell
Chicago Recreation Commission
Edward J. Kelly
Paralytic stroke ends Dolton tailor J Moeck life
Jacob Moeck, a Dolton tailor for 26 years, died August 11 after a paralytic stroke. Born in Germany 1869, he came to America in 1888 and wed Rose Locher in 1901. He leaves a widow, six sisters, two brothers, and is interred at Oakland Cemetery after funeral at Bachmann's Funeral Home.
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Jacob Moeck
Dolton
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Mr. Moeck
Wittenberg
Germany
America
Chicago
Rose Locher
Bachmann
Phil H. Bassler
Immanuel Church
Oakland Cemetery
Mrs Lucy Daehn Funeral Held For 81 Year Old
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy Daehn 81 were held Tuesday at Our Saviors Community Church Riverdale with Rev Martin G Kabele officiating. She died Saturday at St Bernard’s Hospital after eight weeks illness pneumonia caused death. Survived by husband Robert J Daehn daughter Dolores Ruth sister Mrs Ruth Patz and father Felix Stout of Riverdale. Martin M Cooney and Son arranged the services.
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Lucy Daehn
Our Saviors
Riverdale
Martin G. Kabele
Roseland
Robert J. Daehn
Dolores Ruth
Ruth Patz
Felix Stout
Martin M. Cooney
Mrs Ethel Will Dies in Portland At 53
Ethel Noel Will died in Portland Oregon on Friday August 6 1937. She is survived by her husband A J Will three children Ben Beverly and Clifford her mother Mrs Gertrude L Blanchett of Dolton three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held in Portland on Monday August 9 1937 with cremation in Portland. She formerly lived in Dalton attended Immanuel church and the Lincoln school children attended.
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Ethe
Noel Will
Portland
Oregon
A. J. Will
Ben
Beverly
Clifford
Gertrude L. Blanchett
Dolton
Will
Dalton
Immanuel Church
Lincoln School
Child Almost Bitten By A Set Of False Teeth
Edward Lau of 12843 Lincoln avenue Dolton survived a close encounter with a stray set of false teeth found on Lincoln avenue between Park and Forest. He warned pedestrians and handed the teeth to Dolton police. The owner may claim them at Dolton fire station with ID.
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Edward Lau
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton
Park and
Forest Avenue
Dolton Fire Station
Big Sport Center contract to build 5000-seat midget track
The Raceway Park corporation plans a $100,000 sports complex at Vermont street and Ashland avenue featuring a quarter mile dustless midget auto track, a 5000 seat stadium, and a 60 by 85 foot administration building with dining rooms and a cocktail bar. The project will employ 125 and target local workers first.
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Edward J. Rippe
America
Vermont Street
Ashland Avenue
Raceway Park Corporation
G. and E. Construction Company
Chicago
Cook County Fair Grounds
Torrence
Riverview Speedway
Roby Speedway
Mr. Rippe
Dalton Board considers crossing plan to curb hazards
Dalton Village Board hears P T Fisher for Pennsylvania railroad propose eliminating the Park avenue crossing by joining Main street north and south of the tracks with a curved connection. The plan would also require land at Greenwood Road and Main street and at Pennsylvania avenue and Main street to ease sharp turns. Trustees discuss two motorized sewer cleaning units at $300 each to speed work with fewer men, Hastings to report details.
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P. T. Fisher
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dalton Village
Fisher
Main Street
Park Avenue
138Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
North Park Avenue
South Park Avenue
Watson
Hastings
Community Chorus Sings at Chicagoland Music Festival and Homecoming
The Riverdale and Dolton Community Chorus led by Peter Kern will audition August 17 at the Drake Hotel Chicago for the Chicagoland Music Festival at Soldiers Field August 21 with a mass chorus participation and will also perform August 19 at the village hall grounds Dolton as part of an American Legion Fire and Police department homecoming program. WGN will broadcast the festival for listeners unable to attend.
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Riverdale and
Dalton
Cook County
Soldiers Field
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Drake Hotel
Noble Cain
Henry Weber
Peter Kern
WGN
American Legion, Fire and Police Departments
Dolton
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Wentworth Ave
Atlantic
School Streets
Charles F. Murphy
Russel Schaefer
Lawrence Ripley
James Strand
Edward Brookfeld
Russell Pedler
John Thul
Harry Meginnis
Walter Ortel
Grover Cogswell
Lester Brookfelt
Gus Baumgartner
Carl Maurer
Charls T. Heidenrich
Frank Mraz
Edward Brookfelt
Illinois Central
188Th Street
Wentworth Avenue
Atlantic Street
School Street
Wabash Avenue
187Th Street
137Th Street
Leyden
Greenwood Road
Fair Grounds
Main and
Lansing
St. Mehiel
West Pullman
Harvey Post
Chicago Heights
Sons of the American Legion
Englewood Sons of the American Legion
Victory Post
Hammond
Greenwood Post
Blue Island Post
Calumet City Post
Three Links
Sons of the Legion
Dengler
Ald. Lindell
Recreation Commission
J. Moeck
Ethel Noel Will
Joseph Edward Bell
Bell Ranch
Olympia Fields
Hoyne
Pennsylvania
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