CAP-AAF Air Show at Rubinkam Airport Saturday
The CAP AAF air show to be held at Rubinkam airport on September 21 at 2 p.m. will feature a P 80 Shooting Star jet, AAF planes, Civil Air Patrol demonstrations, parachute jumps, and civilian pilots performing aerobatics. Local mayors will attend and proceeds support patriotic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Rubinkam
167Th Street
Western Avenue
Gordon da Costa
Illinois State Wing
AAF
Ray Starzyk
W. Cormack
Chicago
Roy Cleveland
69Th Avenue
Tinley Park
Richard “Bud” Porter
South Hoyne
Civil Air Patrol
Art Lindstrom
Mattoon
Ill
Strato-Cats
Harvey
Donald Ore
Cats
Richard Knapp
Bob Friske
AAI
Rubinkam Airport
AIA
CAP
Marshall Field’s
Lytton’s
Dolton August Building Permits Totaled 55460
The Village of Dolton issued permits for all building types totaling $55 460 in August per the Bell Savings Survey. This compares with $79 521 in July 1946 and $3 810 in August 1945. Last month included permits for three homes valued at $24 850.
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Dolton
Bell Savings Survey
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Schuette funeral held
Funeral services for the stillborn infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Schuette of 624 West 138th Street Riverdale were held Monday afternoon at 2 o clock at Bachmann Funeral Home. The Rev Walter J Kemnitz of St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church officiated. Interment followed in Oakland Cemetery Dol ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Schuette
West 138Th Street
Riverdale
Bachmann
Walter J. Kemnitz
Sst. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Oakland Cemetery
Dolten
Dolton Board Orders Sewer Diversion and City Improvements
At a regular Dolton village board meeting on September 10, the attorney was instructed to compel Robertson Bond & Mortgage Co. to divert the North Riverside drive sewer line to stop discharging into the Calumet river. The six homeowners’ committee and board pledged cooperation. The board also approves the appointment of N. Y. Alvin as village engineer and honors former engineer L. A. Davidson. Requests for carnival and parade approvals, tag day by Thornton Township High School band, bids for 300 feet of 2.34 inch hose, and a minor water pressure adjustment were authorized. A Sanitary District sewer permit was filed, and street equipment and arterial street improvements were connected to motor fuel tax law. The clerk must ask a business owner at 13823 Forest Avenue to relocate due to complaints and growth.
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Dolton Village
Thomas Brown
Robertson Bond & Mortgage Company
North Riverside Drive
Calumet River
N. Y. Alvin
Dalton
Sanitary District
District of Chicago
Indiana Avenue
140Th Place
G. Hayes and Company
Forest Avenue
Rally to Mark End of Girl Scout Finance Drive
A Dolton Illinois rally will close the Dolton Riverdale Girl Scout Council finance drive. September 27 in the Lincoln school auditorium Dolton. All nineteen Girl Scout and Brownie troops will take part. Mrs Harold Kraft chairs the event and invites the public.
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Mark End
Lincoln School
Dolton
Dolton-Riverdale
Pinta Council K of C Plans Homecoming Dance Honoring G I
Pinta Council Knights of Columbus will honor members who served in World War II at a homecoming dance Saturday evening September 28 at St Marys Riverdale School hall. The public is invited to welcome the ex G I s and tickets are available from council members or at the door. Luci Panazzo's orchestra will provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinta Council
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary’s
Riverdale
Luci Panazz0
Riverdale Man Given One Year and One Day Sentence
A Riverdale man indicted by the Cook County grand jury on disorderly conduct and indecent exposure involving a nine year old girl was sentenced to one year and one day in Joliet penitentiary by Judge Byrnes. He was arrested July 8 after the incident was reported to Riverdale police.
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Riverdale
Cook County
Grand Jury
Joliet
Byrnes
Criminal Court
Fire Prevention Contest Sponsored by Chicago Association
The Chicago Association of Commerce launches the third Cook County Fire Prevention contest during Fire Prevention Week October 6 to 12. Fire departments from Riverdale, Dalton, South Holland and other towns enter in three groups with plaques for each community and a grand award for overall contribution. Entries are due by October 31, 1946, and winners may advance to the National Fire Protection Association contest.
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Chicago Association of Commerce
Cook County
Riverdale
Dalton
South Holland
West Suburban Firemen’s Association
Community Firemen’s Association
Cook County Firemen’s Suburban Association
Association
Sherman
Brookfield Fire Department
Harvey Fire Department
Eire Protection Association
Thorn Ton Township High School Tag Day Event
The annual Tag Day by the Thorn ton Township high school band and orchestra will be held Saturday September 21. Sponsored by the Band and Orchestra Parents Association the effort aims to raise funds for a better band and orchestra.
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Thornton Township High School
Band and Orchestra Parents Association
World War II Mothers Will Meet Friday Night
The Volton Riverdale Unit No. 52 Mothers of World War I will hold a regular meeting Friday evening September 20 at 7 80 o clock in the Dolton village hall. All members are urged to attend as an interesting program is planned.
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Volton-Riverdale
Mothers of
Dolton
Harmony Choral Club to meet at Dalton hall
Harmony Choral club will hold a practice session next Monday evening September 28 at 7 30 in the Dalton village hall. All women who enjoy singing are invited. director is Mrs William Reaugh.
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R. Peacock
Indiana Avenue
Peacock
Aroncold Henken
Susan
Chicago
Paul Hampton
Oak Street
Dalton
Virginia
Dan Brooks
Emmett Cooper
Mitchell
Ind
Harmony Choral Club
Dalton Village Hall
William Reaugh
Harry Struve
Leyden Avenue
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Joan Ellen
Jerry
Shirley
Izaak Walton League Round-Up and Picnic Planned
Calumet Region chapter of the Izaak Walton League announces its first annual fall round-up and picnic on Sunday September 22 at Lake Walton Dalton. The event runs 10 AM to all day with contests games and entertainment for all ages including casting horseshoe egg tossing sack races pie eating balloon busting and more. Prizes will be awarded and a barbecue pit will serve steak ham and refreshments with attendees bringing baskets.
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Calumet Region
Izaak Walton League of America
Lake Walton
147Th St
Chicago Road
Dalton
Izaak Walton
Riverdale reports August building permits total
The village of Riverdale issued fifteen permits in August with a total valuation of 56 785. Four homes cost 33 100 and five garages 1 400. Two B and O railroad structures on 135th street are listed at 19 980, half inside the village limits. Four permits for alterations account for 2 305.
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Riverdale
Peter J. Kurz
B. & O. Railroad
135Th Street
Halsted
Ashland Avenue
Congregation to View Plans for New Methodist Church
Members and friends of the Ivanhoe Community Methodist church will meet Friday at 8 30 p m at the Dalton Methodist church to view colored slides and discuss the proposed church plans. A committee selected the project after study and research and all interested, especially donors, are urged to attend and share in the service.
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Ivanhoe Community Methodist Church
Dalton Methodist Church
Local Family Visits and Soon-Coming PTA Meeting
Mr and Mrs Al Kortum with son Elmer and daughter Adele returned from Buffalo New York visiting James Bowman family and Niagara Falls. Mrs Gordon Craig hosting her mother Evelyn Massoth visiting from Wolcott Indiana. Stanley M Steinke left for New York City conferences of the Controllers Institute of America and the American Management Association, to return Friday or Saturday. The Thornton Township High School PTA meets September 24 at 8 pm in the Harvey Little Theatre with speaker Dr Milton Saffir director of the Psychological Guidance Center of Chicago. Hostesses will be Dolton and Riverdale members color-bearers and Boy Scouts.
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al Kortum
Elmer
Adele
James Bowman
Buffalo
New York
Bowmans
Dolton
Niagara Falls
Gordon Craig
Riverside Drive
Dalton
Evelyn Massoth
Wolcott
Ind
Stanley M. Steinke
la Salle Street
New York City
Controllers Institute of America
American Management Association
Thornton Township High School
Little Theatre
Harvey
Milton Saffir
Psychological Guidance Center of Chicago
Riverdale
Dolton and
Riverdale Boy Scouts
Four Injured In Week Of Dolton Traffic Crashes
Two motor vehicle crashes in Dolton left four people injured in the past week. F Overstet, 35, from Hammond fractured skull after a motorcycle collision on Lincoln Avenue. James Sparger, 11, and Joseph DeRossi, 23, sustained minor and severe injuries respectively in separate incidents. A seven year old, Bobby Strassenberg, was hit near Wentworth Avenue and Indiana, suffering a broken nose and missing teeth.
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Dolton
F. Overstet
Carrol Street
Hammond
Ind
Lincoln Avenue
James Sparger
Dalton
Sparger
Overs
Overstret
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Sarger
Joseph DeRossi
Route 1
Matteson
de Rossi
Philip G. Thomsen
Bobby Strassenberg
Robert Strassenberg
Wentworth Avenue
Riverdale
138Th Street
Indiana
St. Mary’s School
12Th District
Roseland Community Hospital
Bobby
Howard Otis
State Street
Funeral Rites Held Today for Charles W. Berger
Charles W. Berger 69 of Dalton died September 16 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held at Bachmann Funeral Home with Rev. Paul M. Gilbert officiating. Interment was Oak Lawn Cemetery Thornton. He was born October 25 1876 in Burlington Iowa and married Lulu Stearman 45 years ago. He worked for C and E I railroad as a leverman at Yards Center before retiring 11 years ago. He leaves widow two sons John J. of Dalton and Herbert Berger stationed at Perrin Field Sherman Texas two brothers Frank Fremont Michigan Benton Danville Illinois a sister Magdaline Mrs John Bagott Ludington Michigan and two grandchildren. He was a member of Camp 5142 Modern Woodmen of America.
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Charles W. Berger
East 144Th Street
Dalton
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Bachmann
Paul M. Gilbert
First Methodist Church
Oaklawn
Thornton
Mr. Berger
Burlington
Iowa
Lulu Stearman
Ilness
Berger
C. & E. I. Railroad
Leverman
Yards Center
John J
Herbert Berger
Perrin Field
Sherman
Texas
U. S. Army Air Corps
Frank
Fremont
Mich
Benton
Danville
Inl
Magdaline
John Bagott
Ludington
Modern Woodmen of America
Brouillette Family Relocates to Frankfort Illinois
The Sylvester Brouillette family, formerly of 14105 Edbrooke avenue, have moved to Frankfort, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. George Moore of 14622 Princeton avenue, Dalton, were guests Sunday evening of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Klatt in Harvey.
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Sylvester Brouillette
Edbrooke Avenue
Frankfort
George Moore
Princeton Ave
Dalton
L. E. Klatt
Harvey
Fire destroys farm property worth 96 million nationwide loss
The National Safety Council reports last year’s fire destroyed farm property valued at 96 million dollars, accounting for one fifth of the nation’s total fire loss.
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National Safety Council
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Schuette
Dolton Board
K of C
Cook County Fire Departments
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