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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1961
Page
10
A nostalgic piece about a ballroom mishap ends with a humorous marriage themed gag. The article shifts to baseball news, then highlights Dalton and Riverdale school openings for 1911 with emphasis on education, enrollment, and parochial schooling at St. Paul’s and St. Mary’s. It notes teachers and bilingual advantages.
A quotation attributed to Andrew Soutar rejects fate as the refuge of every self declared failure and asserts personal responsibility in shaping outcomes.
The Hoedowners Square Dance Club opens the season on September 8 at 8 30 p m with a corn boil at Dalton Park fieldhouse 147th and Chicago road. Guests and beginner sessions are welcome with Lew Phillips calling at the popular level and guest callers rotating.
Dr Philip Thomsen from Dollen has been named chair of the committee to study postgraduate medical education and a member of the advisory committee to the Student American Medical Association, appointed by Dr Edward A Piszcrek of Chicago, as Winds State Medical Society marks its 21st year with over 10 300 physicians.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mottinger marked their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house on Sunday August 27 from 2 30 to 7 30 p m at the home of their son and daughter in law Carla Mottinger 15440 Merrill South Holland They wed August 28 1931 in Canton Ohio and later moved to Dolton They raised six of eleven children Walter Elmer Laurence Carl Evelyn Dorothy and have 25 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren Mr Mottinger is a retired Acme Steel worker The couple now live with their daughter at 437 E 144th St Dolton
A car owned by Lew Taylor of 44715 Princeton Dalton sustained damage Saturday August 27 after another vehicle backed into it while parked in a shopping lot near Fagthanil.
Left front fender damage noted in incident in Riverdale. Vehicle described as stationary with no damage to moving car driven by Mrs. Kenneth Miller of 13946 Wabash, Riverdale.
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