South Holland Prepares Referendum on Library and Utilities
The South Holland village board approved a referendum with four propositions for a February 27 special election. Voters will decide on a free public library, six library directors, street improvements with 265000 in bonds, and sewer improvements with 225000 in bonds. Precincts, polling places, and 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. hours are listed with eligibility restricted to re registered voters after a July state act.
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Village Board of
South Holland
South Park
Wausau Ave
South Park Ave
Little Calumet River
American Legion Hall
South Hall
162Nd St
Calvin Christian School
William Macot
Pointer Editor Cited By National Publication
The Pointer Publications gains prestige as national press circles note Editor Leona Mangnus as Editor of the Week. The Publishers' Auxiliary, NEA trade group, features the recognition in its January 20 issue, highlighting NEA members and state affiliates across 50 states.
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Pointer
Leona Mangnus
National Editorial Association
National Trade Association of Publishers and Editors
N.E.A
Scouting In Action Invades South Holland Village
Boy Scout Troop 388 will visit the village on February 10 with morning tours led by village officials including Harold Gouwens and Douglas Gowers. In the afternoon a mock camp site at South Park and 161st Street will host bystander pancakes and demonstrations of municipal work by selected scouts.
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Scouting In Action
South Holland
South Park
161St St
Harold Gouwens
Douglas Gowers
Mike Vander Aa
Theodore Huizenga
Harry Boender
Hiram Jacobs
Census Will Boost South Holland Revenue Through Populatio
A census project led by Mrs. Mary C. House will enumerate 24 South Holland residents as temporary workers. Enumerators must be US citizens, at least 18, and will canvass doors, rings bells, and staff a mock campsite display to attract visitors. The counted population will raise motor fuel tax allocations for street improvements.
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Cnsus
South Holland
Mary C. House
The
Census Bureau
United States
Department of Commerce
Flag presentation to Riverdale police chief by VFW post
Riverdale Chief of Police Charles K. Cook received a 4 by 8 foot flag from V F W Post 7179. Commander Ralph Day presented the banner and an inscribed plaque was placed on the base.
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Nfo-Star
Riverdale
Charles K. Cook
Eli Gentry
Colored youths assault Dolton student after Thornridge Bloom game
Dolton police say a 16 year old John Kimpo lle was attacked in Thornridge High School lot after a Thornridge Bloom basketball game on Friday January 12. Four to five colored youths in a white 1960 Buick tried to run him down, then two jumped out and struck him breaking his glasses. Ezell Benmon of Chicago Heights was arrested after witness reports matched license plates. Benmon implicated a Bloom Township High School student John Alexander. Benmon and Alexander appeared in court and were ordered to restitution for the broken glasses.
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Dolton
South Holland
Thornridge High School
John Kimpolle
Dalton
Ezell Benman
Wallace
Chicago Heights
Tilton
Thornridge
Bloom
Ezell Benmon
Benmon
Grover Cogswell
Pat Manning
Hogeveen
Luerder
Baptist Church
16Th
Shields
11Th
John Kimpoth
John Alexander
Bloom Township
Alexander
Hardin
Beaman
Thomas Harper
Board Members To Address Voters On Four Propositions
South Holland board members will speak at open meetings to explain the four propositions in the upcoming special election on Tuesday February 27. Trustees will address precinct 1 at the municipal building on February 13 and precinct 4 at Eisenhower school on February 19. Precinct 2 hears the trustees February 21 at Madison school and February 22 at precinct 4. Meetings start at 8 p.m. A brochure with extra information will be mailed to residents.
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South Holland
Gouwens
Margie J Beem Named Administrative Assistant in District 148
Margie J Beem has served as administrative assistant to Fred Siekmann in school district 148 since January 1960. A former Franklin elementary principal for 16 years, she began in Dalton as a first grade teacher at Lincoln school and later taught at Washington and Franklin. Born in Havelock Nebraska, she studied at Ne braska State Teachers College and National College of Education, earned degrees from DePaul University, and lives in Chicago with her son Jack, an attorney, and sister-in-law.
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Margie J. Beem
Fred Siekmann
Beem
Franklin
Dalton
Lincoln
Washington
Havelock
Nebraska
McCool Junction
Nebraska State Teachers College
Kearney
Nebr
National College of Education
Evanston
DePaul University
Chicago
30 TB Suspects Found in Dolion Riverdale and County
During a Summer free chest X-ray survey, 1,227 people in Dolion were X-rayed with 20 suspects, 573 in Riverdale with 1 suspect, 610 in South Holland with 4 suspects. Chicago and Cook County suburbs logged 3,679 films flagged as TB suspicious out of 381,796. Oak Park led suburban screening with 11,196 X-rays and 242 referred for follow up. The survey backs an Institute TB program including year round X-ray surveys and education.
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Dolion
Riverdale
South Holland
Chicago
Cook County
Oak Park
Auxiliary To Plan Coming Baseball Season
The Womens' Auxiliary of Teen-Age Baseball League meets Monday February 12 at 8 pm in Riverdale Park fieldhouse. Mothers of the Zuni ca Realty Team host the evening as planning for the season continues and members are urged to attend. bottle caps are collected for fundraising.
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Womens
Riverdale Park
Zunica Realty
Adeline Ebert
Community Notes and Engagement Announcements
Local notices include engagements Patricia DeWinter to James Ranger and Marilyn DeWinter to Bernard Swets, with wedding dates TBA. Also announced are a Sunday School Teachers Pot Luck, a new address for Pvt Ellen Wagner, a film event Mark of the Hawk by Mariners Club, birth of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Marsh, a bond referendum town meeting schedule, and Double Engagement for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ry.
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First Reformed Church
John G. Wagner
Basie
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Mariners Club
United Presbyterian Church
Edward Marsh
Maplest
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Herold Gouwens
Precinet 1
Eisenhower School
Madison School
McKinley School
Kenneth Ry
Marked Drop in Tri City Home Building in 1941 Report
The Bell Savings and Loan Association survey shows a 6 percent decline in new home construction in 1941 across Riverdale Dalton South Holland and other suburbs compared with 1940. Apartment building in the Chicago metro rose to a record 8 851 units in 1961 with a 30 percent gain over 1959.
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Riverdale
Dalton
South Holland
Treach
Bell Savings and Loan Association
Chicago
Dolton
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New Patton School
Mark Stone
Debra Thompson
Robert Mooney
Mary Conley
Debra Irwin
Nancy LaRue
John Brown
Bob Canavan
Dalton Civic Ass'n
William McLaughlin
Dorchester Club
Holland
Nat’l
Cook
Tri-City
Margie J, Beem
Sam Boustead
John Gasperi
Ivanhoe Jr. Woman's Club
Clarence Simnick
New Hope School
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Doreen Corsello
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