Seven Killed In Harvey Train Car Crash At Crossing
Seven Chicago residents including three men and four women died when a Grand Trunk passenger train struck their Buick at the Halsted street crossing in Harvey at 8 15 am. The car was pushed 500 yards, witnesses cited signals and warnings as the cause, and Burk Jr the driver was a former Lake Forest college football star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rand
Buick
Chicago
Grand Trunk
Halsted Street
Harvey
John Burk, Jr
South Michigan Avenue
Harvey Friedman
Mast 60Th Street
Wendell Tarkoff
Drexel Boulevard
Mary McCann
Rideland Avenue
Hope Hines
Woodlawn Avenue
Ruth Greenbuie
Phillips Avenue
Marian Riges
Cyril Parkway
Illinois
Ilinois Street
Chicago Heights
Burk
Lake Forest College
Whch
the International Limited
Ox Lock
Commercial Avenue
Illinois Central
Young Burk
Girls Not All Sugar in Albany Survey
Albany Medical College survey translates female physiology into quantities such as chlorine to sanitize five pools and oxygen for fourteen hundred cubic feet. It lists salts, water, lime, carbon, glycerin, iron and other materials with a final note that sugar amounts to only a quarter pound, prompting a humorous editor's aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Albany Medical College
Santa Claus
P M S Annual Dinner Hosted by Sid District Postmasters
The Postmasters Association of the Sid Congressional District held its annual dinner at Calumet Country Club Homewood with guests Congressman Kelly and wife and Congressman B A Jacobsen of Clinton Iowa. George F Sutton Harvey postmaster presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postmasters Association
Sid
Calumet Country Club
Homewood
Kelly
B. A. Jacobsen
Clinton
Iowa
George F. Sutton
Harvey
Jacobsen
Mr. Kelly
Frank Bruggeman
William Voss
Jacob J. de Young
South Holland
Paul Svenksen
James Munro
Bobby” Gibson
George Tesser
Elks Deliver Christmas Baskets In Dolton and Riverdale
The Harvey Elks Lodge distributed Christmas baskets to needy families in Dolton and Riverdale as part of the annual tradition led by Chief Fred T. Ehlert and Police Magistrate J Edward Brookfelt. Riverdale village hall area redecorated and to be used as police office and courtroom space. The Theatre Arts Club hosted a bob sled party on December 26 with a hot chile luncheon at Mrs Marie A Thompson's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Elks Lodge
Fred T. Ehlert
J. Edward Brookfelt
Dolton
Riverdale
Frank Mraz
Louis EK. Tlaht
John J. Kinney
Theatre Arts Club
Marie A. Thompson
Catherine Kurz
Indiana Avenue
Chicago Normal College
Frank Pietsch
136Th Street
129Th Street
Michigan Avenue
I. C. Depot
Flood Street Kids Can Skate on Adams Street This Winter
Dalton board of trustees and the fire department will flood a block of Adams Street to provide a skating surface despite replacement costs over 3590. Relief workers will bank the link with Henry J. Mohr and the fire company aiding. A shelter option on the Illinois Central platform at 188th Street may be considered if the railroad approves the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delton
Delton Board of Trustees
Adams Street
Main Street
Henry J. Mohr
138Th Street
Illinois Central
188Th Street
Ilinois Central
Schumann
William F. Propper
Dalton and
Riverdale
158Th Street
137Th Street
Enrance
Twin Cities
Local People Share News and Holiday Tales in Riverdale
Local residents report injuries and recoveries from winter slips. A hospital stay follows Tillie Miller's hip fracture after slipping on ice. Julius Nelson battles a streptococcal infection while Gordon Claussen returns home for Christmas. The piece notes early robins and holiday gatherings, visits, and community events in Riverdale.
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Tillie Miller
Roseland Community Hospital
Theodore Reich
East Wsth Street
Riverdale
Julius Nelson
East 137Th Place
Gordon Claussen
University of Michigan
Emil Kettenhaus
East 136Th Street
Emma Rampke
Atlantic Street
Josephonum Seminary
Worthington
Ohio
Mayme O’keefe
Ironton
John
J. E. Kleinz
Louise Schafer
Dolton
Josephinum Academy
Chicago
Tillian O’brien
A R. Schuman
Dalton
Emma
A. Switzer
Austin
O’brien
E. FB. Stewart
Detroit
Mich
Squires
Sharp
Irene Vandenberg
Ellen Thomson
Bruce Waddell
Dave Cohen
Carl Garry
Lee Gladstone
University of Illinois
Bruno Perkus
John Wyman
Roseland
Chicago and Riverdale Lumber Company
Car
Colonial
Fred Kasten
Fred
Robert
Robert Hansehman
Kasten
Ilinois University
Fred A. Red Andon Fred, Jr
Milwaukee
Kingdom Avery
Indians University
de. S. K. Avery
W. RC
Ford Plant Plans Return of Former Workers in 1985
Ford’s Hegewisch plant in Chicago begins 1985 production on the YV 8 with a 3 500 daily workforce five days a week to meet dealer demand. Only former employees are recalled as part of a $25 million regional program, with $5 million paid in wages and the rest to suppliers. Edwards notes 1994 regional output exceeded 320 million and supported about 100 000 regional workers. A. E. Klemmedson is named assistant manager of the Chicago Ford branch by Edmunds.
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Chicago
Hegewisch
Ford Motor Company
Calumet
Henry Ford
W. KK. Edmunds
Ford
Edwards
A. E. Klemmedson
Los Angeles
Edmunds
Christmas Basket Drive Rewards Needy Families
Christmas baskets were distributed last Monday by Chiefs Fred T. Ehlert and Frank Marz of Dalton and Tiverdale. The baskets funded by proceeds from a Theatre Arts Club dance at Bowen school gym included a full dinner, candy, toys, and items donated by Hales and Hunter Co and James Wilcoxen. Mrs. Marie Thompson and the committee credit the effort and plan annual events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred T. Ehlert
Frank Marz
Dalton
Tiverdale
Theatre Arts Club
Bowen School
Hales and Hunter Co
James Wilcoxen
Marie Thompson
Fred Ehlert
Frank Mraz
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P.M
Kelly and
Elks
I. C
Lincoln Avenue
Lincoln Ave
George Anderson & Co
Tirffmeyer
Nydick
Wirffmeyer
Healy Company
Sibley Street
Dieckelman
Ilinois Municipal League
Indiana Ave
Mike Rockes
South
Union Avenue
Chicapo
Kollar
Rocker
Prestland Community Hospital
Kerr
C. Kern
East 186Th Street
Mugo Schmidt
Ford Plant
Vienna
Eneical
Caroline
E. 138Th St
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