Survey of Little Calumet River Near Completion
State reports completion of the Little Calumet River survey from the Indiana Illinois line to 159th street in South Holland with 50 foot cross sections. Spoil removal estimated at 150 009 cubic feet. bids to be let under a WPA project. Efforts to restore normal flow include reinstate dam at the junction of Deep river and Little Calumet and possible injunctions against Gary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Calumet
Alswed
Division of Waterways
Clean Streams Committee
159Th Street
Sag Canal
Blue Island
Hammond
Indianapolis
Hart’s Ditch
State Line
Gary
Jenkins
State Division of Waterways
John J. van der An
Streams Committee
van der Aa
Attorney General’s Office
Mandem
Fire Destroys Scrap Truck Behind Tuthill Brick Yard
A one and a half ton scrap truck parked behind the Tuthill Brick company on 188th Street near Ashland Avenue was destroyed by fire late Saturday. Firemen used Riverdale’s floodlight unit to battle the blaze though the origin could not be determined. The truck belonged to Charles Fritz of 7953 South Marshfield Avenue Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuthill Brick Company
188Th Street
Ashland Avenue
Riverdale
Charles Fritz
Marshfield Avenue
Chicago
William F. Prill
138Th Street
Air Program Part of Sandridge Church Anniversary Fet
The 90th anniversary of Sandridge Methodist Church in Dalton features a radio address by Rev. Frank T. Palm on Saturday at 12 10 p m over WHIP. Sunday evening will include services and an organ recital by Kenneth Cutler at 7 p m, with ties to Temple Sholom and the American Conservatory of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge Methodist Church
Dalton
Frank T. Palm
Kenneth Cutler
Musi
Temple Sholom
Chicago
American Conservatory of Music
Dal ton man returns for grandmother's funeral in Cheyenne
Robert Klinkhammer son of Mr and Mrs John Klinkhammer of Dal ton returned to Cheyenne Wyoming early Tuesday morning by plane having been called here to attend the funeral of his grandmother Mrs Arig DeRidder. Robert is employed at the United Air Line plant at Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Klinkhammer
John Klinkhammer
Dalton
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Arig] DeRidder
Robert
United Air Line
Historic Girard House Demolished Landmark to Be Torn Down
The historic Girard House at 13300 Indiana Avenue, once a pretentious tavern and hospitality hub, is being razed by owner Joseph Panozzo who has lived there nineteen years. The left wing has fallen. demolition of the main section is set to begin Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard
Indiana Avenue
Joseph Panozzo
Ste
Boras
Babe Bshart Oetearches
Joseph C. Matthews
Joseph Periam
George Dolton
Mr. Dolton
Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
Andrew Charles
Henry
Michigan City Trail
Osterhout
C. H. Girard
Panozzo
Dolton Voters Urged to Register at Clerk Office
Dolton residents urged to register or correct addresses before October 7 1940. Clerk Robert C Haney notes 91 unregistered voters from 1462 ballots cast in 1937 and 1371 total current registers. After October 7 registrations move to County Clerk. new voters eligible include legal-age individuals and women who marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Robert C. Haney
Services Held Monday for Mrs Hattie Nottorf
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie M. Nottorf wife of William Nottorf Riverdale water works superintendent were held Monday August 12 at Jacobsma Funeral Home Dalton and First Lutheran church Blue Island. Burial followed at Oaklawn cemetery Thornton. She died August 8 after a lingering illness at her home 41 East 137th place. Born August 20 1895 in LaValle Wisconsin she married William Nottorf May 22 1918 and lived in Riverdale since. She was survived by her husband two sisters Hazel Mrs John Hence Riverdale and Mrs Lydia Osmundson and a brother Adolph Clopp Blue Island. She also reared two nieces Alice and Lydia Coveleski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie M. Nottorf
William Nottorf
Riverdale
Jacobsma
Dalton
First Lutheran Church
Blue Island
Dorman
Oaklawn
Thornton
LaValle
Wisconsin
Hazel
John Hence
Lydia Osmundson
Adolph Clopp
Alice
Lydia Coveleski
Local Couple Vacationing at Dewey Lake
Mr and Mrs W J Haney of Dalton traveled Monday to Dewey Lake Michigan to spend a week visiting their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Joseph J O Connell of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Haney
Dalton
Dewey Lake
Mich
Joseph J. O’connell
Chicago
Summer Band Pupils to Present Concert
The Summer band school student group led by Erich Haase will stage a concert on Wednesday at 8 p m in the school auditorium. Beginners perform instrumentals while advanced players appear in regular selections followed by a combined three-piece finale. Singers from Mrs Dorothy Haase’s voice pupils join the program for several solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erich Haase
St. Paul Lutheran School
Robert Bachmann
Arthur Larson
Wilma Wiegel
Delores Wilck
Christine Kliefoth
Betty Grassmick
Vera Siss
Jean Marjorie Skye
Delores Schmal
Richard Hess
Richard Schroeder
Lorraine Steinhauer
Walter Kemnitz
Frederick Hess
Grace Kleifoth
Gene Wilkinson
Shirley Lorenz
Muriel Stahnke
Eugene Grassmick
Howard Shipe
Herbert Siss
Norman Hermann
Andrew Reichel
Elmer Schroeder
Lois Haase
Marion Kliefoth
Lucille Wilkens
Walter Ludwig
Kent Wilkinson
Wilma Kliefoth
Ruichard Haase
Annabelle Lorenz
Dianne Busch
Delores Schmai
Dorothy Haase
Judges Selected for Ivanhoe Flower Exhibit
Judges for the Ivanhoe Flower Exhibit are Mrs George Kotal Mrs August Britz and A C Brookley. The show occurs Sunday August 18 at Roosevelt School Dalton under Ivanhoe Garden Club sponsorship. A noon dinner at Woodshed in Dalton will host guests with Mrs Clarence Brown and Mrs John Wilderson as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt School
146Th and
Clark Street
Dalton
Ivanhoe Garden Club
George Kotal
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
August Britz
Roseland Florist
A. C. Brookley
Thorntown Township
Woodshed
Dalton Couples Celebrate Joint Surprise Birthday
A joint surprise party honored Mrs. Robert Vandenberg and Mrs. Leone Waddell in Dalton at Mrs. Vandenberg home Saturday evening August 10. Attendees included the Vandenbergs and Waddells families plus guests from Riverdale and Dolton sharing roses and convivial remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vandenberg
Leone Waddell
Dalton
Vandenberg
J. Miller
Riverdale
Mia
Fred Waterman
R Vandenberg
W. S Waddell
E. E. Luken
Carrie Connor
Teresa Pohlers
Jessie Moomaw
Ellen Waddell
Grace Diekman
Edna Lund
Herbert Diekman
Dolton
Riverdale Man Returns Home After Roseland Hospital Operation
John Rowan of 69 East 186th Street Riverdale returned home from Roseland Community Hospital Saturday following an operation performed July 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rowan
East 186Th Street
Riverdale
Roseland Community Hospital
South Suburban New Bus Service Details Chat
Information on new bus service for South Suburban includes a contact number In terocean 9744 for inquiries and further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interocean
Harmony Choral Club Sings at Chicagoland Festival
The Harmony Choral club will join the eleventh Chicagoland Music Festival at Soldiers Field on Saturday August 17. The massed chorus will perform The Heavens Are Telling Hallelujah Chorus and The Star Spangled Banner as part of a program featuring 8000 musicians and the festival symphony orchestra conducted by Henry Weber. Nine members plan to attend the festival luncheon at Stevens Hotel on Friday August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Choral Club
Soldiers’ Field
America
Hadyn
Louise Ewert
Sonja DeMarche
Francis Tourtellotte
Phyllis Peiguss
Bertha Bernahl
Jessie Farrell
Catherine Benton
Dorothy Dickey
Naomi West
Willkie Speech Trip Planned by South Suburban Republicans
William F. Propper leads a group of thirty-five Republicans from Thornton township to Elwood Indiana leaving Harvey Saturday August 17 at 4 00 AM to hear Wendell L. Willkie Republican candidate for president and accept the party nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F.propper
Thornton Township
Harvey
Elwood
Indiana
Wendell L. Willkie
George H. Gibson
Walter Haines
Frank B. Foster
IT. M. Rowlette
Myron Lambert
Harry Foltz
Francis King
Paul Jones
Henry van der Giessen
Ray Spencer
George Moecker
EB. W. Davidson
Philip Thomson
Kenneth Smith
Dwight W. Watson
Fred Weber
Henry Jacobsma
Frederick Schmidt
Charles Kanter
Leo Sankey
Henry O. Linder
H.L. Shelton
Frank L. Willis
William Scott
Oliver J Chambers
Henry J. Templin
James Holt
John Anker
Tony Guinup
William R
Riverdale Bride to Be Honored With Shower
Miss Helen Horn daughter of Mr and Mrs Gustave A Horn of Riverdale was honored with a bridal shower by Mrs Dorothy Horn Insurance Herman J Horn Sr Mrs Herman J Horn Jr and Mrs Edward Thorn at her parents home Monday evening August 12. Seventy relatives and friends attended and presented her with many lovely articles. She will become the bride of Carl Kinneger of Dolton on Saturday October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Horn
Gustave A. Horn
Riverdale
Dorothy Horn
Herman J. Horn
Herman J Horn, Jr
Edward Thorn
Artis Shes Moin
Cual Kinneger
Dolton
Tomber
Miss Madelon Fink and party depart after ten day visit
Miss Madelon Fink James Fink and Miss Dorothy Plocher of Victoria Minnesota left Tuesday August 18 after a ten day visit with Mrs Edward Scholl of Riverdale and other relatives in this community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelon Fink
James Fink
Dorothy Plocher
Victoria
Minnesota
Edward Scholl
Riverdale
Patriotic Rally Billed For Dalton August 20
Public invited to a countywide patriotic rally Tuesday evening August 20 at Lincoln Avenue School starting 8 15. Paul Gall Post 3038 American Legion sponsors with community relations committee arranging. Speaker Mr Perce Brautigam will address followed by open forum and aims to form a permanent federation of local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
Paul Gall Post
American Legion
Post
Dalton
Riverdale
Perce Brautigam
Cook County Council of the American Legion
Brautigam
Legion Community Relations Committee
Earl F. Slaughter
Russell Trimble
Carl A. Powley
Doldale Club Lights Up Softball Night Of Action
Big crowds attend two softball games as the Doldale Sportsmen unveil new lighting. Juniors tie Harvey Indians 9 9 in seven innings. seniors lose 6 4 to Flea's Tavern Chicago. Alex Schmall shines with a fine fielding gem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doldale Sportsmen Club
Harvey Indians
Flea’s Tavern
Chicago
Alex Schmall
Doldale
St Marys Church Hosts One Day Summer Festival
St Marys church plans a summer festival on its grounds Sunday August 25. The feature is a chicken dinner served in the school hall from 3 to 8 p.m. Amusements and refreshments will be provided on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
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Hattie Nottorf
Nell
Choral Club
Willkie
Lincoln School
Yellow Cubs
Garcia Moreno
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