Christmas Eve and Day Services Planned by Local Churches
Churches across the community announce candlelight services and programs. St Pauls Lutheran Our Sav ior s and Open Bible Charles town plan Christmas programs with youth choirs and a 8 p m Eve program. Immanuel Ev Reformed adds a candlelight service honoring service members. First Methodist Dalton hosts Christmas Everywhere play. Ivanhoe Community church lists a detailed Sunday school program with music and readings.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s
Our Savior’s Church
Open Bible Church
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
First Methodist Church
Dalton
Sandridge Methodist Church
Philathea Club
Sandridge Church
St. Mary’s Church
Riverdale
Epworth Youth Fellowship
Milton J. Younker
Ivanhoe Community Church
Joyce Mix
Eva
Lorraine Bennett
Jesu
Betty Brown
Fire in Basement Causes $500 Damage in Riverdale Home
Riverdale firefighters extinguished a basement blaze at the home of August Markus 13829 Edbrooke Ave last Thursday morning. Damage estimated at 500 dollars and cause undetermined. They also responded to a refrigerator motor fire at William J. McKinney 14524 Wallace Ave Wednesday morning, destroying the refrigerator.
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Riverdale
August Markus
Edbrooke Ave
William J. McKinney
Wallace Ave
Dolton Board Inducts 49 Registrants for Service
The Local Board No. 12 in Dolton released a list of 49 inductees. Names include Lorenz Kpartge Victor Francia Larson Abel Doornbos and many others from Dolton South Holland Lansing Oak Glen Homewood and surrounding towns.
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Chicago St
Dolton
Lorenz Elmer Kpartge
Victor Francia ‘Larson
Abel Doornbos
Walter Ernest Town
Alfred Edward Peters
Richard Carl Warner
Richard James Brand
Edmund Paul Ripley
Dalton
South Holland
Delphia C. Burden
John Martin Spoolstra
Harry van Drunen
Peter van Milligen
James Harrison Quinn
Wayne de Young
Alfred W. Thirion
Clarence LeRoy Baldwin
Henry Yonker
Burton
Davidson Wright
John Kortenhoven
Herman Keenes
Lansing
Aloys Jacob Moeller
Ronald Clair Biesboer
Allen Wilbert Dommer
Oaks Glen
Paul Kimbro
Joseph John Maka
Harry Kasprzak
Walter John Banaszak
Eula Wesley Brooks
Edward Stanley Bielecki
Anthony Bruno Japcon
Phoenix
Joe Oscar Berglund
Richard Leslie Hoffman
Thomas William Berkley
Paul Conboy Smith
Robert Wright Bartlett
Otto Julius Frost
William George Berry
Russell Norman Nystrom
Raymond Douglas Taylor
Marshall Stewart Jensen
Homewood
Robert Maxwell Keller
Charles Newell Naylor
East Hazelcrest
Richard William Head
James Genette Berry
Hazelcrest
Everett Pitts
Markham
Lucien Alfred Galley
James Edward Bailia, Jr
Harvey
George William Paulton
Thornton
Frank John Portz
Munster
Ind
Son of Ivanhoe Residents Command Blimp in Battle
Lt. (s.g.) Nelson Grills son of Mr and Mrs Garner R Grills commanded a navy blimp on a coast patrol off the east coast last July engaging a surfaced Nazi submarine. The blimp dropped depth charges while the U boat shelling caused a crash landing. one crew member was lost and the rest reached shore.
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S.g
Nelson Grills
Garner R. Grills
Wentworth Ave
Riverdale
Hammond Times
Grills
Columbia University
New York
Coral Beach
Fla
Ivanhoe
Hammond
Blue Island
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Lt. Grills
Ladies Home Journal
Harvey Federal Savings and Loan Declares 3 Percent Dividend
Dr A R Anderson chairman of the Harvey Federal Savings and Loan Association announced a semi annual dividend of 3 percent per year for the six months ending Dec 31 1943. The payout will total about 36468 65 distributed to 3633 investors. Prior distributions totaled 72154 69 for 1943 with 35686 04 paid by June 30.
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A. R. Anderson
Harvey Federal Savings and Loan Association
Dr. Anderson
Saint Mary's Plans Midnight Mass and Christmas Services
Saint Mary's Catholic church begins Christmas with Solemn High Midnight Mass conducted by Reverend Matthias Hoffman and assisted by Deacon Reverend John Kleinz and Subdeacon Reverend Joachim Smet. Choir conducts carols before Mass and assists with Mass music. Christmas Day Masses listed from 6:00 to 11:00 with multiple times and choirs. Penance available Christmas Eve in three time blocks.
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Saint Mary’s Catholic Church
Matthias Hoffman
John Kleinz
Joachim Smet
St. Mary’s Choir
Peter Kern
Prairie fires spike as Riverdale and Dalton crews fight blazes
Firefighters logged nine prairie fire calls Tuesday and four more on Sunday. Dalton and Riverdale units battled blazes at 139th and Kanawha, 144th and Eggleston, and near 138th Racine. Officials note Christmas vacation may keep children indoors with matches. parents urged caution. Pvt Arthur C Mullen of Riverdale graduated December 13 from the ordnance school at Lowry Field Colorado.
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Riverdale Fire Department
Dalton
139Th
Kanawha Ave
144Th
Eggleston Ave
Riverdale
138Th
Racine Ave
Prairies
Arthur C. Mullen
Arthur Mullen
Lowry Field
Colo
Survey Contract Let on River Project
McCoy and Mulford Engineers of Chicago Heights were awarded the contract to sound and survey the Little Calumet river from the Sag canal to Thorn Creek mouth by the State Department of Water Ways. Two full time crews will begin work soon, with about sixty days to complete the survey and dredging already done. An appropriation of 10000 was provided in Springfield to fund the preliminary survey and officials expect the flood condition to improve for Thornton township residents.
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Calumet
Sag Canal
Thorn Creek
McCoy and Mulford Engineers
Chicago Heights
State Department of Water Ways
Wm. H. Winterhoff
Thornton Township
Walter Allsweet
Water Ways Division
Allsweet
Water Ways Committee
Winterhoff
Riverdale Ration Board Announces Office Hours
The Riverdale ration board declares its village hall office hours Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. with Saturday hours 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
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Hours of Riverdale Ration Board
The
Riverdale Ration Board
Riverdale
Dolton 1944 Vehicle Tags Go On Sale at Village Hall
Vehicle license stickers for 1944 are available at the Dolton clerk's office in the village hall. The current fee for passenger cars and light trucks is $3.00, increasing to $5.00 starting February 1.
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Dolton Village
Sailor Missing in Houston Sinking In Jap Prison Camp
Mr and Mrs Peter Krass of 19305 Calumet Ave joyed a Christmas message from their son Raymond a 23 year old Navy sailor reported missing after the sinking of the U S S Houston in the South Pacific in early 1942 He is listed at Prison Camp No 5 Moulmein Burma and asks for family news while his unit the Asiatic fleet served in the Pacific during World War II
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Prince of Peace
Aper
Kristmas
Doormal
Ile
Avery
Peter Krass
Calumet Ave
Raymond
U.S.S. Houston
South Pacific
Moulmein
Burma
Navy
Great Lakes
Houston
Pearl Harbor
Surabaya
Java
Bawean
Navy Department
American Red Cross
Rites Held for Mrs. Emilie Wesse in Dolton
Mrs. Emilie Wesse died Wednesday at her daughter’s home in Dolton at 74. Her funeral is set for Saturday at St. Pauls Lutheran church with interment at Oakland Cemetery. Survived by daughter Cora Pierson and granddaughter Ruth, plus sisters Mrs. Luken and Mrs. Thompson. In Riverdale, William M. Lambert heads to Army Air Corps training at Greensboro.
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Emilie Wesse
Axtel Pierson
Prairie Avenue
Germany
Cora
Pierson
Ruth Pierson
Harry Luken
Riverdale
T. J. Thompson
Detroit
Mich
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Dolton
Oakland Cemetery
Bachmann Funeral Home
William M. Lambert
John L. Lambert
Leyden Ave
Army Air Corps
Army Air One Training Center
Greensboro
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Dolton Board
Harvey Fed
George Kingsland
Varsity Club
St. Mary’s
Raymond Krass
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