Opening of 1944 45 Term In Local Schools
The community schools begin the 1944 45 term with St Marys opening Sept 6 and St Pauls Lutheran Sept 5. Berger in Dalton and Bowen in Riverdale start Sept 5 with named staff. Thornton Township High in Harvey reports 2833 students, 124 more than last year, with class schedules starting Sept 5 8 40 am and three new faculty members.
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Riverdale
Dalton
St. Mary’s School
St Paul’s Lutheran School
Berger School
Morence McCaskie
Millicent Dreck
Bell
Record Season Announced for Local Boy Scout Camp
Camp Frank Betz near Berrien Springs Michigan ended its 28th season with a record 622 campers completing 1286 boy weeks of camping. Training emphasized camping, pioneering, and waterfront skills with 100 scouts taught to swim and 110 achieving swimming to first class. 1443 rank requirements completed. Election of Arrow members led to future honor camper status at Camp Betz. Scouts named from Troop 9 Riverdale and Troop 16 Dolton included R Hull M Heatter William Brown Ralph Lindquist Robert Waterstraat Bob Popper Wayne Smith William Heitmann and David Gardiner.
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Frank & Betz
Scouts of Pokagon Trails Council
Berrien Springs
Mich
Order of the Arrow
Camp Betz
Riverdale
R. Hull
M. Heatter
William Brown
Ralph Lindquist
Robert Waterstraat
Bob Popper
Wayne Smith
William Heitmann
Sailors Return Home on Leave From South Pacific
Two local servicemen arrive home after long tours in the South Pacific. Don Elwyn Dunaway B M 2/e ends a thirty day leave after 29 months in the Pacific and brings back Jap souvenirs. Pfc Clarence Pfo tenhauer of Dolton joins him aboard a troop transport. G Ps Charles Zabrockas US Marines also on leave after two years in the Pacific, wounded on Saipan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Don Elwyn Dunaway
Don
Pfc
Clarence Pfotenhauer
Dolton
G.ps
Charles Zabrockas
U. S. Marines
Pacific
Saipan
Riverdale
District 148 Schools Set to Open September 6
Dist 148 announces the 1944-1945 opening on Wednesday September 6 at 9 00 am Pupils will enroll and receive book lists First grade enrollment follows a summer round up. Birth certificates or baptismal records are required for six on or before February 1 1945 Physical exams for first graders now required by a new state law. Textbook rental fees by grade range from 2 20 to 3 15 with a full faculty list provided for Franklin Roosevelt Lincoln and Washington schools.
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Wm. Il
Franklin
Ruth Mackinson
Ethel Murphy
Jennie Balhouse
Margie Beem
Roosevelt
Betty Love Murphy
Virginia Schofner
Margaret Whelpley
Jeanette Wilson
Prin. Lincoln
Aliff Garvey
Elizabeth Dahlgren
Grace Reynolds
Anne Chiapetti
Elizabeth ‘Wilson
Clara Swanson
Ethel Denny
Merle Kaufman
Washington
Ruth Korb
Rosemary Castronovo
Harriet LaCrosse
Helen Marks
Ruth Herder
Mildred Hedges
George Kingsland
Postponed Democratic Picnic Moves to Sunday and Labor Day
The Thornton Township Regular Democratic Organization announces a gala weekend picnic at Brown Derby Grove 175th and Halsted streets. Officials and candidates will attend with a war bonds giveaway, children's games, and free dancing for all ages.
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Thornton Township
Brown Derby Grove
175Th
Halsted Streets
Kindergarten enrollment notice at Washington school
All Ivanhoe Riverdale and Dalton mothers with children aged 3 to 6 are invited for kindergarten at Washington school. Call Mrs Munson Riverdale 1279 before Tuesday Sept 5 for more information. TVANSHOE P.T.A Mrs John Hobbis pres.
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Ivanhoe
Riverdale
Dalton
Washington School
Munson
Tvanshoe P.T. A
John Hobbis
Community Fund Chairmen Named in Metropolitan Chicago
Local chairmen of the Community and War Fund region V were named by Henry E. Heideman. Plans call for a September 7 dinner at First Methodist church Harvey to discuss campaign details and war relief aims for liberated areas, orphans, refugees, and released prisoners of war.
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Community and War Fund
Chicago
Henry E. Heideman
Cook County
Dalton
Walter Pohlers
Jefferson Street
Riverdale
Charles Colebourn
Michigan Avenue
South Holland
James Goowens
Park Avenue
Heideman
First Methodist Church
L55th
Lexington Street
Harvey
National War Fund
Woman's Club Meeting Set For Tuesday September 5
The Dalton Riverdale Woman's Club opens its season Tuesday September 5 at Riverdale village hall. Gardens and American Home are featured with Mrs. Carl Thomson Sr. and Miss Lillian Hankey as chairmen. A Floral Designs demonstration by Mrs. Marie Britz and a gardens movie are planned. Mrs Louise Ewert and Mrs Enrl DeMarche provide music. Miss Ardat Anders, home economist and speaker, will present, with her academic background noted at Earlham and Ames colleges.
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Woman's Club
Dalton Riverdale Woman’s Club
Riverdale Village Hall
Gardens
Carl Thomson
Lillian Hankey
Marie Britz
Rosesland
Louise Ewert
Harmony Choral Club
Enrl ‘DeMarche
Thomson
Miss Hankey
Ardath Anders
Dalton
Anders
Eariham College
Indiana
Ames College
Iowa
Thornton Township High School
Teen Age Dance Friday at Riverdale Hall
The regular Friday night Teen Age dance sponsored by the Youth Activity Council will be held this week at the Riverdale village hall beginning at 8 p.m. A tire and a bicycle have been turned into the Riverdale police department. The owners can recover their property by identifying it at the Riverdale fire station.
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Riverdale Hall
The
Youth Activity Council
Riverdale
Bombardier Home After 65 Missions
Captain William L Leirevaag son of Mrs Alice Lau of Riverdale returned home after flying 65 missions over France Belgium and Holland as a bombardier navigator on a B 26. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross the Air Medal with twelve oak leaf clusters the Purple Heart and the Presidential Citation. He was wounded twice shot down twice baled out once and was in a hospital in Scotland after a head wound. His plane led a squadron that dropped bombs on D-Day coast of France two minutes before landings.
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William L. Leirevaag
Alice Lau
East 136Th Place
Riverdale
States
France
Belgium
Holland
Leievaag
Leirevaag
England
Son of Satan
Eisenhower
Pfc Jay Polus Reported Killed in France August 6
Pfc. Jay Polus is reported killed in action August 6 while with an infantry division in France. The War Department telegram to his mother Mrs. Anna Polus of Dalton, details his service since September 23, 1942, including training at Camp Livingston, Camp Gordon Johnson, and Camp Pickett, and overseas duty since October 1943. He was born in Dolton, educated at Franklin School and Thornton Township High School, and worked as a switchman for Indiana Harbor Bell before service. He was 23, with sisters Honor and Mrs. Josephine Checkley, and aunt Miss Florence Neath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Polus
France
War Department
Anna Polus
144Th Street
Dalton
Jay
Camp Livingston
Camp Gordon Johnson
Fla
Camp Pickett
Dolton
Franklin School
Thornton Township High School
Harvey
Indiana Harbor Bell Railroad
Honor
Florence Neath
Josephine Checkley
Chicago
Prowler Enters Dolton Home and Steals from Cars
Dolton police warned residents after a prowler entered the home of A. J. Cole at 310 N Riverside Drive about 1 30 a m Saturday by removing a bedroom screen. A girl’s screams alerted her father and police searched the area with Riverdale and county officers but found no clues. The theft spree also hit parked cars with tires and tools taken from G W Conley’s car on Kanawha Avenue and from the Wradek and Kort vehicles on Park Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Riverdale
Dalton
A. J. Cole
N. Riverside Drive
Valley
G. W. Conley
Kanawha Avenue
Wradek
Park Avenue
Alfred W Kort
Park Ave
Driver Unhurt When Car Overturns in Ditch
Mrs. Lillian Sylvester of Harvey escaped injury when her car skidded on Halsted street and overturned into a ditch between 148th and 144th streets. She told a Riverdale police officer she did not know what happened. The vehicle was towed to Hastings Garage in Dolton.
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Lillian Sylvester
Vincennes Ave
Harvey
Halsted Street
148Rd
144Th
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So. Pacific
Arthur Mullen
A. C. Mullen
Romania
Capt
Community Fund
Bombardier
Dolton Home
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