Riverdale Board weighs crossing safeguards and water issue
Riverdale village board discussed increasing protection at the IHB crossing on Indiana Ave after a local student was injured. Officials set plans to install four water main valves by Jan 28 and invited South Suburban Safe Way Lines to a Feb 1 meeting with the Lions club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran School
Riverdale-Dalton
IHB
Putnam
Strosinski
137Th St
Claussen
Safeway
Lions Club
Frank J. Mraz
Police Committee
Dist Director to Address Lincoln PTA Feb 6
Mrs. A. G. Jorn as District 19 director of the Illinois Congress of Parent-Teachers Associations will speak on Goals and Ideals for PTA at the Lincoln PTA Founder's Day program Tuesday February 6 at 745 p m in the school building east side movie room. Hostesses will be mothers of fourth graders and past presidents are invited. The executive committee urges attendance to judge whether the Lincoln PTA should continue and invites opinions to be sent to the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Jorn
Illinois Congress of Parent-Teachers Associations
PTA
Lincoln Pta
Lincoln Pia
Jorn
Ivanhoe Woman's Club Plans Men's Night Event
The Ivanhoe Woman's Club invites husbands to a February 5 program at Roosevelt school starting 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker Rev. Jesse L. McLaughlin, a world traveler, will discuss Mexico the Land of Romance and Charm with movie illustrations. Honor guests include Mrs. Harold F. Wood and neighboring club presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Woman’s Club
Roosevelt School
Jesse L. McLaughlin
Globe
Mexico
Harold F. Wood
Walter Carter
Fred Grenwall
George Kingsland
Lawrence Vick
John van Dyke
Robert Garlock
W. Williams
Robert Maynard
Wounded on Saipan Marine Wins Heart
Marine Private First Class Noreo Nuzzo 19 earned the Purple Heart after his amtrac was attacked near Saipan. He describes hiding behind the vehicle for hours as Japanese fire struck nearby, then returning to duty and serving through Tinian before hoping his mother will be proud and less worried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Joachim
Marine Corps
Pacific
Noreo Nuzzo
Lena Nuzzo
East 144Th St
Dalton
Amtrac
Nuzzo
Saipan
Liston R. Posey
Dallas
Tex
Radium physicist Dr Gable to speak at Harvey Forum
Dr. Luther Gable Ph D renowned radium physicist will lecture on Black Magic or Electro magnetic Relations in a Postwar World at Thorn ton Township High School Harvey on Tuesday February 6 at 8 15 p m This is the fifth program of the Second Annual Harvey Community Forum sponsored by the Harvey Optimist club He will present fluorescent demonstrations and discuss wartime television work with radium He currently serves as instructor and laboratory research technician
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Gable
Thornton Township High School
Harvey
Harvey Community Forum
Harvey Optimist Club
Gable
U. S. Signal Corps
Dolton Board Inducts 17 Registrants Next Week
The Dolton draft board announces 17 registrants to be inducted into the Armed Forces next week. Named are Donald Arthur Dreshall, Lawrence Robert Schroll, Seymour Vroegh, Frederick John Diekman, Pete Jacobs, Sidney John DeYoung of South Holland, Tony Theodore Hoekstra, Sidney Van DerWerff, Herman Arthur Zeldenrust, George DeBok Jr, Harlan Murray of Lansing, Ralph LeRoy Burlingame of Thornton, Louis Campbell Crawford, Edwin Charles Krusche, Edward Odenwald Jr, Herbert Alferink Jr, and James John Bernot of Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Donald Arthur Dreshall
Lawrence Robert ‘Schroll
Seymour Vroegh
Frederick John Diekman
Pete Jacobs
Sidney John DeYoung
South Holland
Tony Theodore Hoekstra
Sidney van DerWerff
Herman Arthur Zeldenrust
George DeBok, Jr
Harlan Murray
Lansing
Ralph LeRoy Burlingame
Thornton
Louis Campbell Crawford
Edwin Charles Krusche
Homewood
Edward Odenwald, Jr
Herbert Alferink, Jr
James John Bernot
Phoenix
Dolton Troop 16 to Have Paper Drive Feb 10
Scout Troop 16 of Orton will conduct a paper drive on Saturday February 10 residents should tie waste paper and cardboard in bundles and place them on the curb. Riverdale Boy Scout Troop 9 postpones its scrap paper drive to February 17 due to a Youth Center exhibit in Riverdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orton
Riverdale
Boy Scout Troop 9
Red Cross Opens Harvey Home Service Office
The Chicago Chapter Red Cross Home Service opens a Harvey office at 172 154th St. to serve southern Cook County to the Will County line. Madelain Fox will lead the Harvey office with Betsy Zimmer as assistant. hours are 9 to 5 weekdays and 9 to 12:45 Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military and Naval Welfare Department
Chicago
Red Cross Home Service
154Th St
Harvey
Cook County
Will County
Eleanor S. Feeney
Lois Gallagher
East Shiller
Madelain Fox
Lake Park
Betsy Zimmer
East 69Th Pl
Central Home Service
South Michigan Ave
Harkson
Home Service Department
Red Cross
Harrison
Riverdale Boy Scouts Plan Feb Exposition at Youth Center
Troop 9 Riverdale announces an exposition at the Youth Center 88 East 138th Street on February 11 and 12 with demonstrations of handicraft gear and outdoor life. Prizes await the best patrol exhibit and individual entries while free coffee and cookies invite a wide attendance during Boy Scout Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
Riverdale
East 138Th St
Boy Scout Movement
Scouts
Captain M R Weidner Returns Home From Overseas
Captain M Robert Weidner recently arrived home on leave from the India China Wing of the Air Transport Command where he served as a flight surgeon. He notified his wife Arlene of his safe arrival from Miami and earlier joined the service in 1942, going overseas in 1943. The India China Wing earned a presidential citation for its missions delivering personnel and supplies into inland China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Robert Weidner
India
China
India-China
Air Transport Command
Arlene
Miami
Fla
States
Weidner
Former Berger School Principal Wins Navy Citation
Lt. (j.g.) James H. Templin, son of Chicago Heights residents, former Berger school principal in Dalton, received the Navy Commendation Ribbon at a Hawaii ceremony on January 14. The citation lauds his leadership under enemy fire on May 21, 1944, aiding his ship’s survival while serving as staff communications and executive officer aboard a LIST. He enlisted in 1942, trained at Norfolk and with the Seabees, and was commissioned in 1943 after graduating honors from Harvard University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.g
James H. Templin
Henry J. Templin
Chicago Heights
Berger School
Dalton
Navy
Sth
Hawaii
R. A. Spruance
Lt. Templin
U. S
Naval Service
Templin
Naval Reserve
Norfolk
Seabees
Camp Allen
Camp Bradford
Camp Peary
Harvard University
Solomons
An List
Dreaming of Home From German Prisoner Frank Loichinger
Sg Sgt Frank W Loichinger, held in a German camp near southeast of Berlin, writes a card dated Oct 9 1944 home to Riverdale. He reports all right and uninjured after being captured August 26 when his bomber crew was forced to bail out over Germany. He says he dreams of home and sends love to his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Loichinger
Emma Loichinger
Riverdale
Leichinger
Frank
Germany
Berlin
Ackermann dies after illness at Blue Island hospital
Elsa F Ackermann 136148 State Street Riverdale died Tuesday night at St Francis hospital Blue Island after a several month illness. Born May 3 1894 in Germany she came to America in 1927 with husband and son Kurt SM 1/c US Navy on active duty in the South Pacific. Survived by husband Herman and son. Funeral Friday at Bachmann funeral home at 9:30 am with interment in Oak Lawn cemetery Thorton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsa F. Ackermann
State St
Riverdale
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Germany
America
Herman
Kurt
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Bachmann Funeral Home
Oak Lawn Cemetery
Thornton
Two Local Youths Reported Missing in Action on Western Front
War Department informs families that Set. John W. Burch and Pfc. Arthur Ganser have gone missing in the Luxembourg sector since December 17 and 20 respectively. Burch, a 1938 Thornton Township grad, served with the 60th Armored Infantry Division. Ganser trained at Fort Lewis and Camp Breckenridge before overseas duty with the Sixth Armored Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Luxembourg
John Burch
Chicago St
Dalton
Set
John W. Burch
60Th Armored Infantry
Sth
Bastogne
John
Gatesville
Texas
Camp Hood
Fort Riley
Kans
Camp Polk
Thornton Township High School
Harvey
Cpl
Paul Burch
Avon Park
Fla
Arthur Ganser
Fort Lewis
Wash
California
Camp Breckenridge, Ky
Nea Stobbs
Riverdale
Gerald Ganser
Chicago
Belgium
Harry C. Smith, Jr
E. 134Th St
Cornelius Klomp
Elsie
Set. Klomp
Smith
Arcady Farms
Army
Camp Campbell
Camp Birkeley
Sixth Armored Infantry
Pfc
Jacon
U. S. Marines
South Pacific
Gerrit
Curtis Bay
Third District Woman’s Club Guest At Dalton Riverdale
Mrs Harold Wood of Beverly Hills serves as president of the Third District I F W C and will be guest of honor at the Dalton Riverdale Woman’s club meeting on Tuesday February 6 at 8 pm in Riverdale village hall. Miss Helen Levine of Chicago will perform a piano program with Harmony Choral club directed by Mrs Louise Ewert and pianist Sonia De Marche. Harvey and Blue Island clubs are invited. Mrs N M Tourtellotte chairs the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wood
Beverly Hills
Third District
Dalton-Riverdale
Riverdale Village Hall
Helen Levine
Chicago
Harmony Choral Club
Louise Ewert
Sonia de Marche
He Harvey
Blue Island Women’s Clubs
N. M. Tourtellotte
Inductions by Gelactive Service Board No. 12
The list from Gelactive Service Board No. 12 in Chicago announces inductees into the Armed Forces on January 19, 1945. Navy members are Charles DeKoster of Phoenix, Lester John Santefort of South Holland, and Kenneth VanDerWal of South Holland. Army inductees include Carl Nelson Van Milligan of South Holland, Henry Constantine Gorski and John Richard Bielefeldt of Phoenix, and Joseph Edward Barr of Homewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gelactive Service Board
Chicago St
Dalten
Navy
Charles ‘DeKoster
Phoenix
Lester John Santefort
Kenneth VanDerWal
South Holland
Army
Carl Nelson van Milligan
Henry Constantine Gorski
John Richard Bielefeldt
Joseph Edward Barr
Homewood
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R. R
I.H.B
Forum
Dolton Board
Home Service Dept. of Red Cross
Southern Cook Co
M. R. Weidner
Woman’s Club
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