Riv erdale Hears Plans For State Street Pedestrian Bridge
Riv erdale village board learns plans for a pedestrian overpass at State Street should be ready in about two weeks. Officials discussed crosswalk safety after citizen concerns, while still coordinating with railroad representatives and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Street
Riverdale
Hanihan
J. P. O’connell
Illinois Commerce Commission
Gersback
S.H.E. A.R
C. F. Pegeneau
Board of Local Improvements
O’connell
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Police Car
Federal Communications Commission
Smith
Zornow
American Legion
Paul Gall
Acme Employees Picnic At Glenwood Forest Preserves
Acme Steel company plans its annual employee picnic at the Glenwood Forest preserves on Saturday August 23. Activities include a 10 30 flag raising, children's and adults races tug of war department teams softball games Riverdale and Archer plant teams, a concert by the Acme Steel concert band and a color lowering ceremony with dancing to follow.
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Acme
Glenwood
Acme Steel Company
Glenwood Forest Preserves
Riverdale
Archer
Acme Steel
New Dolton Appliance Store Opens At 14145 Chicago Street
The Calumet Appliance Outlet opened Saturday in Dolton offering a full line of electric refrigerators gas and electric stoves radios washing machines phonographs and all electrical accessories. Manager A Caya of Dolton also runs Dolton Refrigeration Service. Police Chief Frank Mraz of Riverdale attends the International Chiefs convention in Buffalo New York this week.
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Dolton
Calumet
Chicago Street
A. Caya
Caya
Lincoln Avenue
Police Explain Rise in Transients in Riverdale
Acting Police Chief Lester Brookfelt says most questioned men are northward labor migrants seeking defense project jobs in Chicago Detroit and Toledo. He notes 80 percent carried draft or social security cards, travel in groups, and wander after trains. Authorities say no alarm but continue screening all strangers to deter undesirables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Lester Brookfelt
Chicago
Detroit
Toledo
Brookfelt
Local Scouts Earn Honors at Camp Blackhawk
Riverdale-Ivanhoe Troop 9 members attended Camp Blackhawk in Buchanan Michigan from August 3 to 17. Scouts earned multiple merit badges, with three advancing to the Order of the Arrow, two achieving Eagle Scout and First Class ranks. Seventy boys from Pottawattomi Trails council participated. Troop 9 members included James Ferguson Robert Jennings Robert Brown Elliott Taradash Reinhardt Weimer Eugene Golden Allan Larry Philip Staab Robert Green and Gerald Williams.
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Riverdale-Ivanhoe
Blackhawk
Buchanan
Mich
Troop 9
Robert Brown
Robert Jennings
James Ferguson
Order of the Arrow
Rheinhart Weimer
Eagle Scouts
Motorist and Cyclist Injured in Accidents
Cornelius Spoolstra of 9925 Yale avenue Chicago injured when his car lost control on 144th street Dalton crashing into a building east of the railroad crossing. Edward Albrecht 12 of 14224 Oak street Dalton slightly hurt when struck by a car at Lincoln avenue crossing of the Chicago and Western Indiana railroad.
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Cornelius Spoolstra
Yale Avenue
Chicago
144Th Street
Dalton
Dolton Junk Yard
Philip G. Thomson
Spoolstra
Dolton
Little
Edward
Dolton Fire Station
Dolton Board Tables Trailer Camp Ordinance Fight
Dolton village board on August 12 reserves action on drafting an ordinance to regulate trailer camps after finding one camp in town orderly and compliant. Trustees approve police and safety recommendations on the Lincoln avenue crossing and street repairs, plus flag display guidance from the American Legion post.
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Watson
Dolton
Dalton
Summerfield
Police Department
Ronald Fike
Lincoln Avenue
Dillner
Margaret, Grant
147Th Streets
Grant Street
Lincolnn Avenue
Greenwood Road
State Highway Department
Chicago
Main Streets
Sibley Street
Indiana Avenue
Paul Gall
American Legion
Funeral services set for Mrs Freda Scholl of Riverdale
Mrs Freda Scholl nee Trapp lifelong Riverdale resident died Tuesday at 1 30 am at 13904 Wentworth Ave after a stroke. Widow of Edward Scholl she was born April 30 1860 on the Trapp estate and married October 16 1886. She leaves five daughters, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Resting at Bachmann funeral home, services at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 2 pm, interment Concordia Cemetery Hammond Ind.
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Freda Scholl
Trapp
Riverdale
Wentworth Avenue
Scholl
Edward Scholl
Daniel
Maria Trapp
Marie Hilmer
Clara Buechler
Emily Stahnke
Helen Trapp
Edna Williams
Clara Fink
Bachmann
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Concordia Cemetery
Hammond
Ind
Plans for Dolton Riverdale Jubilee Celebration Discussed
A near term meeting will set plans for the golden jubilee celebration of Dolton and Riverdale, incorporated together on December 30, 1892. Mrs Henry Petersen Miss Shirley Spoolstra and Miss Jacquelyn Miller of Dalton returned from St Louis where they attended an outdoor presentation of The Desert Song.
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Dolton and
Riverdale
Henry Petersen
Shirley Spoolstra
Jacquelyn Miller
Dalton
St. Louis
Legion Pledges Aid to U S O Campaign
The Riverdale U S O campaign committee applauds Dolton efforts to raise its quota and welcomes Mr Mossell as Dolton U S O chairman. The Paul Gall Post of the American Legion voted August 12 to donate equally to Riverdale and Dalton U S O drives.
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Riverdale U.S.O
Dolton
U.S.O
Mossell
Joseph Pracht
Atlantic Street
Joe
Camp Forrest
Lawton
Camp Robinson
Ark
38Rd Division
Emerson Wilkins
Dearborn Street
Little Rock
Louisiana
Florida
Emerson
Tulahoma
St Marys Festival Adds Dinner Amusements Sunday
St Marys church hosts a one day festival Sunday August 24 featuring a 1:30 to 7 p m chicken dinner, games and amusements on church grounds, outdoor announcements and music, plus cash prizes of 50 25 15 and 10 dollars. Committees include Leona Lembcke and Gertrude Simnick for kitchen. Rev John N Weiler invites residents to attend.
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St. Mary’s Church
Andy Moslanke
Central Radio Service
Leona Lembcke
Gertrude Simnick
Joe Lennon
Dan Perry
Bus Boys
James Stieman
Tom Braun
Herman Horn, Jr
D. A. Bay
S. Mottinger
F. Stieman
John N. Weiler
Notice of Office Occupancy After Dr. Gallegos Death
Occupancy of the dental office of the late Dr. G. Gallegos is expected within a relatively short period of time. Mrs. Alice W. Gallegos Mrs. J. Van Dyke entertained her mother, Mrs. Nettie Bell, and her aunt, Mrs. Curtis Johnson, of Chicago at her home last Wednesday, August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. G. Gallegos
J. van Dyke
Nettie Bell
Curtis Johnson
Chicago
District 148 Announces Teaching Staff Changes
School District 148 reveals new hires for Franklin Lincoln Roosevelt and Washington schools as 1941 42 enrollment climbs. Reaugh to lead as superintendent and teaching assignments detailed with new textbooks and rental fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Reaugh
Lincoln School
Helen Zornow
Riverdale
Roosevelt School
Margaret Murnane
Kathryn Olsson
Mary Ryan
Washington School
LeRoy Stamm
Evanston
Northwestern University
Hebron
Ill
Franklin School
Merle Kauffman
Aliff Garvey
Nicopolis
Mildred Hedges
Watseka
Lucile Farnsworth
Jennie Balhouse
Ethel Murphy
Lincoln
Ethel Denny
Clara Swanson
Maltta Pohlers
Elizabeth Dahlgren
Alff Garvey
Roosevelt
Jeanette Wilson
Betty Love
Washington
George Kingsland
Mary P. Thompson
Margie Beem
Harriet LaCrosse
Bette Sutherland
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S.H.B
Dolton Board
Eslaerca
Dolton- Riverdale
Legion
St. Mary’s
Alice W. Gallegos
Board
I.l, SL
Geasili Cgari Scuigg
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