Betty Robinson's Homecoming Lights Riverdale Parade Spirit
Betty Robinson's parade drew 20 000 viewers along a 13 mile route through Riverdale and Dalton. She rode a $6000 car escorted by motorcycle police, waved to crowds from West Pullman to Roseland, then addressed Park crowds of 7000 to 10000. Local leaders, Chicago officials and civic groups celebrated a hometown hero born in Riverdale and Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolvon
Riverdale
Betty
Calumet
Chicago
Dalton
President Coolidge
Pullman
Paul Gall
Ivanhoe
Miller
George L. Koehler
America
John Zornow
John Harms, Jr
Isabelle Dolton
Tobin
Elizabeth
Jimmy” Corcoran
Chicago American
Babe Ruth
New York
Koehler
Otto F. Reich
Reich
The
Pointer
Betty Robinson
Lindberg
Wolton
Highlawn
West Pullman
Wentworth Avenue
Roseland
Michigan Avenue
111Th Street
Riverdale Park
State Street
Paul Gall Post
William Reich
Zornow
Harris
Polton
Local and Personal News From the Quad Cities
Josephine Vandenberg and Marion Heidenrich enjoy a vacation at the YWCA Camp in New Buffalo Michigan. Jack Zoller and family travel with Mrs Ernest Ramstrom and sons to visit sister Mrs Theo Schlueter in New Orleans for a few weeks. A miscellaneous shower honors Miss Goldie Hankey with gifts for her new home. A card from George QO Lake in Dalton to and from Los Angeles reports a good time and plans to visit New Orleans. A card from W C Zesh visiting his mother in Chemnitz Germany says he will be home around Sept 4. Curt’s photo shows him raising a glass. the caption notes 18 percent and jokes about arrests in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Zoller
Jackie
Ernest Ramstrom
Orian and
Gordon
Theo. Schlueter
New Orleans
Fred Kay
Goldie Hankey
George QO. Lake
Dalton
C. & E. I. Railroad
Los Angeles
W. C. Zesh
Chemnitz
Germany
Curt
Land of the
Free
Home of the
Brave
Frank C Lund, Dalton business man, dies at 62
Frank C Lund of Dalton died last Saturday August 18 at age 62 years 3 months 18 days at the Lund family home. He was born April 3 in Unicagro and helped build Lunds hall in 1875 later running a drug store until 1902. Funeral Monday at 1:00 p.m. at the Land residence Dalton with Rev. A A McCracken officiating. Interment Graceland cemetery. He leaves two sisters Alma and Edna and many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Lund
Dalton
Lund
Unicagro
Lobe
Lund’s Hall
Frank
Notre Dame University
Chicago
Alma
Luken
Land
A. A. McCracken
Graceland Cemetery
Edna
Little Theatre Players Meet on August 31 1928 Dalton
Former officers members and stockholders of the Little Theatre Players Organization are invited to attend a meeting August 31 1928 at the American Legion Dugout Dalton to discuss plans for disposing of funds from the play Kemp donated toward a community building under Paul Gall Post No 303 Am Legion.
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Little Theatre Players
Little Theatre Players Organization
American Legion
Dalton
Kemp
Paul Gall
Legion
Scout Meeting Notice for Troop 797 in August 1928
The regular meeting of Troop 797 is scheduled Friday evening August 31 1928 at 730 pm. Everyone is requested to attend.
Reward Offered for Theft at Ivanhoe Ball Park
The Ivanhoe Supers baseball club offers a fifty dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for theft and mischievous damage at Ivanhoe Ball Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Supers Baseball Club
Ivanhoe Ball Park
Car stolen on Wildwood recovered by Chicago police
The Chicago police recovered Wm. Lotz’s Chrysler from a thieves’ rendezvous on the west side last week and returned it to him. Lotz had been held up at Wildwood weeks earlier and his car was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Police Department
Wm. Lotz
West Side
Mr. Lotz
Wildwood
Dalton District 148 outlines opening of schools
The Dalton District 148 will open on Tuesday September 4. Kindergartens accept five year olds or those turning five before February 1 1929 at Lincoln Avenue Chicago Street and Highlawn. Afternoon kindergarten at Lincoln Avenue is for those under five. First graders must be six before February 1 1929. New ninth grade at Dalton Junior High. 8th grade graduates may enter at 8 30 September 4. Staff assignments include Miss Davenport for Music Mr Fuller for Drawing and Manual Training Mrs Owens for Physical Training Mrs Pendleton Health and Mr Staunton new Junior High teacher assisting students.
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Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Street
Highlawn
Dalton
Davenport
Fuller
Owens
Calhoun
Pendleton
Staunton
Syndicate Buys Fifty Acre Tract on North Side
A syndicate purchased a fifty acre tract on the North Side of 138th street three blocks east of Halsted street for an undisclosed sum. Chicago Title & Trust Company, trustee, conveyed title to William W. Craig. The buyers plan to subdivide the property soon according to the Sun day Examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
138Th Street
Halsted Street
Chicago Title & Trust Company
William W. Craig
Sunday Examiner
Infant Welfare Clinic at Dalton Village Hall
The Infant Welfare Clinic is set for Thursday September 6 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Dalton Village Hall. Parents are urged to attend if not receiving care instructions from their family physician. Clinics occur monthly on the first Thursday afternoon. winter schedule to be published later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Village
Dalton
Voice of the People notes beer labels and kinship
In Detroit on August 28 1928 a letter from a steady subscriber to The Pointer Dalton Illinois mentions certified certificates of more than one half of one percent selling for seven dollars a case and includes a playful editor’s note about beer labels. It also notes William Staat of the First National Bank vacationing on Lake Namekagon near Cable Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
T. F. Kinney
The
Pointer
Dalton
Ilinois
Bill
William Staat
First National Bank
Lake Namekagon
Cable
Wisconsin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dolton
Robert Haney
Bob
Army
Navy
Iss
Josephine Vandenberg
Marion Heidenrich
New Buffalo, Mich
John Powers
Ilinois Central
Talona
Ill
John
Betty” Robinson
St. Paul’s Parish
188Th Street
Louis Reich
Edward Dillner
Mt. Pulaski, Sr
Fred E. Danner
Illinois Firemen’s Association
Elmer Schmutzler
Christ Schroeder
Canada
Matthew Olson
Pastoret, Dorsey & Barrett Co
Lombard, Il
Mr. Olson
Calumet Index
South End
Roseland Vicinity News
Blue Island Sun Standard
Homewood News
South Cook County Courrier
Lansing Herald
Chicago Heights Star
Harvey Tribune
Harvey News Bee
Thompson
William Hale Thompson
William D. Saltiel
Elizabeth Robinson
Syndicate
Voice of
People
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