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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1963
Page
8
A meditation on child safety and driver vigilance in residential and school zones. It urges parents to drive as if children are everywhere and to reflect on the consequences of speeding near neighborhoods and ball fields.
The Chicago Chapter calls for more Red Cross volunteers as demand grows beyond last year's 18 000 in Cook and DuPage counties. Volunteers can assist in disasters, hospital services, dressings, sewing, first aid and swimming instruction, with various time commitments. Call Jane Gray at 467 5600 for details.
Hearing before Illinois Commerce Commissioner examiner Parker on Lincoln Ave crossing in Dalton continued to September 25. Village officials Crane and Hardin reported survey results and citizen petitions protested automatic gates. Dalton president Frederick Kasten pledged ongoing effort to modernize the crossing and ease traffic.
LeRoy M. Winans Jr., 20, of W90L Evers, Dalton, completed practical studies in Electronics at DeVry Technical Institute Chicago. He specialized in TV communications and automation controls and received a diploma from Dean Joseph Gershon of the DeVry Resident School.
Local adults can enroll in fall at the Thornton Township Adult Evening School offering 150 courses across high school, college, and technical levels. Courses include accounting, biology, English, engineering drawing, and more taught by 136 faculty members at Thornton High School, Thornton Junior College, and Thornridge High School. Brochures and calls to ED 9-1920 provide details and registration.
A Dalton South Holland letter from Janice Finch protests an editorial claiming teens lack backbone. She argues teenagers work at home, want recreation, and reject being treated as a separate race. She notes age limits to work and the gap between teens and adults.
Guthrie Oklahoma Fire Chief W. C. Gruber and Bushnell Illinois Chief Charles C. Chain visited Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ripley. The tale of catching a mad wolf with bare hands is explained by Gruber, tied to a historic Roosevelt visit, and local civic updates follow including weather, church notes, and court actions in Dolton.
A shopper cites bicycles blocking sidewalks at Almar Plaza arguing signs lack authority and urging store owners and parents to enforce parking in racks near Kime Drug Store and A and P Food Store. The writer describes near misses with a baby and twins and asks who is responsible and what to do.
The Lorimer Memorial Baptist Church in Dalton invites all to a Sunday service at 7 p.m. featuring the Al Zahlout family gospel team. Known for their national ministry in music, their recent appearance was at the Moody Bible Conference in Winsona Lake.
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