Dolton Board OKs Salary Changes and Codifies Ordinances
Dolton trustees met August 14 approving a planned salary adjustment to 125 dollars for collectors and a drive to codify village ordinances. The session covered treasurer reports, tax receipts, liquor license payments, street repairs, water mains, hydrant maintenance, and sidewalk work with bids for oil and stone fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Finance
Scchnoor
George H. Schaefer
Judiciary
Maurer
Dickelman
Erffmeyer
State Highway Department
Main
Chicago Street
Greenwood Road
145Th Street
Irving Avenue
Park
Weber
144Th
Sanderson
Wesley Avenue
Park Avenue
188Th Street
Schnoor
Netherland's Day Chorus Final Rehearsals Scheduled
The Netherlands Day chorus holds final rehearsals on Monday evening August 20 and August 27 at 8 p m in the chapel at 107th and Michigan avenue. Repertoire includes Great is Jehovah by Schubert and Prayer of Thanksgiving by Kremser. Musicians with music are asked to vie ae an with saahic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
107Th
Michigan Avenue
Schubert
Kremser
Ae An
Saahic
Nowak Milling to honor Mat Reitz on 25 years as secretary
Officers and directors of Nowak Milling Hammond host a dinner at South Shore Country Club Chicago for Matthew G. Reitz marking 25 years with the company. Reitz began in 1909 in Buffalo and moved to Hammond in 1918 when the plant changed hands. He later settled in Dalton with a home on Lincoln Avenue. He is Master of Lawvale Masonic lodge and has a son Earl at Purdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowak Milling Corporation
Hammond
Matthew G. Reitz
Mr. Reitz
South Shore Country Club
Chicago
Reitz
Dalton
Buffalo, N. Y
Mrs. Reitz
Earl
Purdue University
Gold Star Bus Line Sold to Chicago Heights Owner
The Gold Star Bus Line formerly owned by Fred and George Olthoff of South Holland was sold last week Monday night to F. B. Archer of Chicago Heights. Archer connects with Blue Motor Road Lines and will keep current routes while adding Hammond Indiana to Joliet service and extending the Roseland run to 63rd street. The Olthoff brothers remain with the line as drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Star Bus Line, Inc
Fred
George Olthoff
South Holland
F. B. Archer
Chicago Heights
Thornton Township High Opens For 1984 385 Term
The Thornton Township High school will open for the year 1984 385 on Tuesday September 4 1984. Registration and program changes are scheduled for first year students on Tuesday August 28 second and fourth year students on Friday August 24 and Saturday August 25 and third year students on Monday August 27 and Tuesday August 28. Students may report 9:00 a m to 4:00 p m for consultation and those not registered or seeking changes should report to the high school office on the noted dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township
German American Navy Club Hosts 25th Anniversary
A large reception Saturday August 11 honored Mr and Mrs John Wulff of 18944 Edbrooke Ave on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Over 60 friends attended as club president Mr Ackerman Riverdale presented a beautiful picture to the couple. The Wulffs praise the spirit of their friends and hope for their presence at the golden anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Club
John Wulff
Edbrooke Ave
Ackerman
Riverdale
Storm Damage Strikes Dolton Homes and Store
An August 15 electrical storm in Dolton struck two homes and damaged a storefront chimney. Fred Pohler at 14450 Chicago Street and Henry Swiesewski at 14416 Park Avenue were hit. Fire officials responded to Pohler’s residence to prevent a fire, with no fires reported in either case.
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Dolton
Fred Pohler
Chicago Street
Henry Swiesewski
Park Avenue
Dalton Fire Dept
Pohler
Local and Personal News From Dolton and Nearby Towns
Mary Alda Nelson celebrated her seventh birthday on August 11 with fifteen friends and gifts. Several locals and travelers, including Miss Cora Lotz and Miss Helen Niewald, plan trips to Yellowstone and other cities. Hospital visits, political rallies, picnics, and birthdays fill the period, with notes on social and family events across Dolton, Riverdale, Dalton, and surrounding areas.
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Mary Alda Nelson
Michigan Ave
Mary Alda
Dolores Jean Sismour
New Kensington
Cora Lotz
Dalton
Helen Niewald
Riverdale
Yellowstone National Park
Lucille Andree
Berway
Ill
C. Kern
Lorraine Rose Tompky
Rose Benjamin
Kankakee
Clifton
Lorraine
Ferdinand A. Wetzel
Cincinnati
Ohio
Stanley Lewis
Hamilton
F. W. Wetzel
John and
Clyde Turner
Gus H. Krueger
Wisconsin
Michigan
Daniel Reed
Thomas
Marylin
Ray Young
Gon Harry
L. M. Emory
Alleghany
Penn
Emil Dieck
Emory
South Holland
Narice Joan
Canon City
Colo
Dolton
Lyle Dorman
W. 144Th Street
R. M. Rinard
Argols
Ind
Gertrude McClellan
Carter
Memphis
Roseland Community Hospital
Bachelor’s Grove
145Th
Oak Park Avenue
Progressive Party of
Riverdale Park
Herman Umbriet
Hans Spierling
Alice
Paul Middleborn
Kankakee River
Momence
Mary Jane Middleborn
Lois Haase
Betty Jane Pracht
Bessie Lorraine Burgess
Dorothy Zieman
Holly GC
Matz
Jean Kummerer
Muriel Unruh
Bernice Engstrom
Gloria Sellin
Cecilia Smith
Margaret Wells
Elaine Deichen
Madelyn Middleborn
William Albrecht
Edward Albrecht
CCC
Idaho
Lewiston
William
Will Honor Lindell Outing At Southmoor Country Club
Friends of Alderman Arthur G. Lindell plan a day long golf event with prizes at Southmoor Country Club at 131st and Southwest Highway on Thursday August 92. A celebratory dinner hosted by toastmaster Joseph Cannon will follow. Daniel R. Lucas is committee chairman and attendance includes council colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Lindell
Southmoor Country Club
Protest Planned to Include South Holland in Intercepting Sewer
Harvey officials led by Mayor Bruggeman and the Clean Streams Committee will ask the Sanitary District board next Friday August 24 to add the Village of South Holland to the intercepting sewer plan. The committee, with Walter Haines W L Voss Sr Jacob De Young and Thos F Kinney, argues South Holland’s refuse should be disposed of with others rather than dumped into the Little Calumet river. Other river communities are pursuing treatment plants to keep effluent out of local waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Bruggeman
Clean Streams Committee
South Holland
Sanitary District Board
Walter Haines
W. L. Voss, Sr
Jacob de Young
Thos. F. Kinney
Dalton
Clean Streams
Tiny Grapenthien Day At Dolton Riverdale Walkathon
Six couples remain after nearly 1100 hours of walking for Dolton Riverdale walkathon in Calumet City. A bus will depart Tiny’s Dolton home at 14228 Oak Street between 8 and 9 PM Sunday for a free ride to the event.
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Dolton-Riverdale
Walkathon
Calumet City
Tobby” O'Reilly
Jessie Berg
Harvey
Chicago
George Grant
Eugie Oger
Jack Young
Hammond
Jacki Saunders
Gene Shelley
Green Bay
Wis
Dolton
Tiny
Oak Street
Lincoln Avenue
Thornton Democratic Picnic at Glenwood Forest Preserve
The Thornton Township Democratic group hosts a large picnic at Glenwood Forest Preserve on Sunday August 26 with games races and dancing. A feature ball game between Whealan Boosters and Harvey All Stars and a boys bicycle race from Harvey to the grounds are included admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township Democratic Organization
Glenwood Forest Preserve
Whealan Boosters
Harvey All Stars
Harvey
Betty Robinson Back Leads Lincoln Park Relay Team Record
Betty Robinson and her Lincoln Park relay teammates won the Aug 4 race and lowered the world record. The returned sprinter long endured a severe airplane accident and months of injuries before resuming top form alongside cousin Wilson Palmer. Riverdale resident Gustav Berschinski marked his 65th birthday and sixtieth Riverdale anniversary, while longtime Riverdale Village Board member Charles Niemeyer lies ill and bedridden, amid hopes for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Robinson
Lincoln Park
Riverdale
Wilson Palmer
Gustav Berschinski
136Th Street
Charles Niemeyer
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Century of Progress
N. P. Lorenzen
Warren
Reedsberg
Harriet
Margaret
Jessie Moomaw
Decatur
J. R. Morris
Joseph Baseheart
New York City
J. Baseheart
144Th Place
Hugh McGowan
Frances Keller Lambert
Verna Prickett
Walter Paddy
Clifford Howe
Mat” Reitz
Lindell
Edward Hoffman
186Th Place
Philadelphia
101St Street
Sol Alpert
Ebner Miller
George Miller
101St St
Elmer
Matt Dreger
O. Sobeck
Howard Dolch
Chas. Tompky
Bunco
Lowvale
O. EH
Roller Skating Palace
Lincoln School
Evelyn Wilcoxen
Ruby Mampton
Eastern Star Social Club
Wilcoxen
Tony Stieman
Streator
F Stieman
Newsboy
Kurz
Indiana Avenue
Buddy” Deichen
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Chicago Fire Department
Fred Schneider
136Th Place
J. W. Hood
Kinney Hood
Phelps
Bill
Andy
Bim Gump
Mary Hayes Dunn School of Dancing
Bert Propper
Minnie
Betty
St. Jospeh
Mich
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