Riverdale Plans Halsted Street Widening Project
Riverdale district officials say the Illinois Department of Public Works plans widening Halsted Street from 137th to 146th to 50 feet with curbs resurfacing and drainage. The project includes storm sewers and channelization with 138th and 144th streets and awaits scheduling. Suburban groups praised the effort and urged state action.
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Riverdale
Marshall Subway
Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings
Halsted St
137Th
146Th Streets
Subway
Halsted
138Th
144Th
Edward L. Ripley
Ripley
Topping The News In SOUTH HOLLAND
Community notes highlight World Day of Prayer plans at Cottage Grove Church and well wishes for Rev. Richard Vriesman after surgery. Dora Boomstra to speak at Church-Wide Women meeting. book drive by South Holland Jaycees planned. birth announcements for Lori Ann Homans and James Richard Van Gennep. new addresses listed. Thornridge High selects Laurie Allbrecht as UN Pilgrimage candidate. update on buried fireplugs as snow shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. van Reken
Cottage Grove Christian
Reformed Church
Richard Vriesman
Calvary Church
Vriesman
Dora Boomstra
First Reformed Church
Mission Circle
South Holland Jaycees
South Holland Village
Jaycees
Robert Homans
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Laurie Allbrecht
Thornridge High School
Thornridge
United Nation
Odd Fellows District One
A. Koester
M. Gilmore
R. Hanrahan
Odd Fellows
New York City
Department of Public Works
Harry Boender
Holland Trust Names New Officer Sackerson
Harry E Sackerson of Palos Heights has been named assistant cashier at South Holland Trust and Savings Bank. President Carl Waterman announced the appointment citing Sackerson’s Chicago south side roots and extensive banking experience from Hirsch High School 1947 to Gate way National Bank 1957 and South East National Bank. He and his wife Doris are parents of three year old Dorine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Sackerson
McVickers
Palos Heights
South Holland Trust and Savings Bank
Carl Waterman
Sackerson
Chicago
South Side
Hirsch High School
South East National Bank
Gateway National Bank
Doris
Dorine
South Holland Trust
Watermart
Adding Machine Stolen From South Holland Office
An adding machine valued at 125 dollars was stolen from the offices of Russell Howler and Coy at 542 East 162nd Street South Holland on February 1 during the noon lunch hour.
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Russelll Howler and Coy
E. 162Nd St
South Holland
Willis Goowens Named South Holland Easter Seals Chairman
Willis Goowens of 16178 South Park Avenue was named South Holland Chairman for the 1963 Easter Seals Crippled Campaign. Howard L. Willett Sr. announced he will oversee volunteers collecting for crippled children and adults. The campaign runs March 7 to April 15 with 38,000 volunteers expected in Chicago and suburbs.
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Willis Goowens
South Park Avenue
South Holland
Howard L. Willett
Chicago
Reassigned To Westover AFB
Airman Second Class Keith E. Wight of South Holland is reassigned to Westover AFB Mass after graduating from the U S Air Force photomapping specialists technical training course. Wight, Thornridge High School graduate, is son of Mr and Mrs Albert J Sichee of 16404 Betty Lane South Holland.
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ST. Louis
Keith E. Wight
South Holland
Westover Afb
Mass
United States Air Force
Wight
Thornridge High School
Bolton
Albert J. Sichee
Betty Lane
Waterman and Madison PTAs Share Meetings and Activities
Waterman School PTA meets February 19 at 7 45 p m in the school gym with Girl Scout Troop 765 presenting colors and a Family First Aid and Safety program by Mr and Mrs Robert Armstrong. Madison PTA meeting featured Cub Scout colors and a demonstration by Mrs Borrink on third grade arithmetic. nominations announced for officers and a jungle gym plus bike rack approved. March events include Book Fair at Waterman March 19 20 and a sample District 19 name tag on display at February meeting.
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PTA
Waterman School
Robert Armstrong
Carol Cameron
Waterman
District 19
Madison Pta
Larry Wiers
Borrink
Madison
Debby Jones
Harry Jones
Carl Merrit
Leo Burke
Jacob Aggan
Woodrow Keys
Barrink
Wiers
Palasi
Cub Scouts
Warren Teichler
Hickory
Donald Batek
Jaycees Outline Plans for 1964 Winter Carnival in South Holland
South Holland Jaycees president Tom Miller says groundwork is underway for next year's Winter Carnival after a successful first annual event. A community book drive for the South Holland library runs to February 23 with donations including paper-pack books for veterans' hospitals. contact ED 1.8664 or ED 35991 to contribute.
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Tom Miller
South Holland Jaycees
Jaycees
South Holland
Miller
South Holland Library
Walter Smith
Cub Pack 344 Blue and Gold Banquet Tonight
Cub Pack 344 hosts a Blue and Gold Banquet today at 6 15 pm in the First Reformed Church of South Holland. charter presentation and den skits planned. Cub Scout recruitment open to boys 8 to 10 44. no regular meeting this month due to banquet. contact Cubmaster Les Ippes at 333 6262.
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First Reformed Church of
South Holland
Roosevelt School
Les Ippes
Holland Man Found Dead In Garage By Wife
Robert Exner, 39, of 16126 Cottage Grove, South Holland, was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car in his garage by his wife last Sunday afternoon. An inquest was held Tuesday morning at a South Holland funeral home. The coroner’s jury ruled death by his own hand.
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Robert Exner
Cottage Grove
South Holand
Robbery Suspect Reports at Jewel Tea Store
South Holland police rushed to the Jewel Tea Store on a Friday evening around 8 after a call of a possible robbery. Officers learned a dirtily garbed man aged 35 to 40 with a sawed off shotgun walked in, looked around, then left. Chief Douglas A. Gouwens said no robbery occurred.
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South Holland
Douglas A. Gouwens
Gouwens
Freeman Receives J D Degree At DePaul Winter Commencement
Charles A. Freeman of Dalton received a juris doctor degree at DePaul University’s annual winter commencement. The ceremony took place February 10 at 2 p.m. in Alumni Hall Chicago with Freeman listed at 1425 East 154th Place.
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Charles A. Freeman
E. 154Th Pl
Dalton
de Paul University
Alumni Hall
W. Belden Ave
Chicago
Local Businessman Finds Value in Social Security
Native South Hollander Peter Hoekstra received his first social security disability check of 111.00 after a May 1962 stroke left him unable to operate Hoekstra Upholstering Company. His story highlights protection provisions and confidentiality under the Social Security Law.
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Peter Hoekstra
Jeanette
Carol
158Th St
Hoekstra
South Park
Scott
Hloekstra
Social Security Administration
Panel Talks At St Jude On Religious Vocations
The February meeting of St Jude The Apostle Woman's Club meets Feb 19 at 8 p.m. in the parish hall with Mrs William Bradburn presiding. Serra Club of South Suburban Area hosts a panel on Religious Vocations Parents Responsibility with William W Werner Ed Mathieu and James S Swann as speakers.
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St. Jude the Apostle Woman's Club
William Bradburn
Serra Club
Father Junipero Serra
California
Bility
Arthur W. Quandt
South Suburban
St. Jude
William W. Werner
St Jude
Ed Mathieu
Serra International
Infant of Prague Parish
James S. Swann
St. Joseph Parish
Howewood
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Chamber of Commerce
Riverdale Area Property Owners Association
Springfield
146Th St
Michael Kirby Skating School
Bridgett Rose
Tom Renner
By Dureen Corsello
Holland Trust
Kiwanis Club
New South Holland Kiwanis Club
James McDowell
Edward Derwinski
U. S
4Th
Dist
South Holland Club
Jerry Pals
Harold Gouwens
Village of
Donald Littlesee'y
Richard Schulheis
Treas
PTA News
Kathy Paul
John Jones
Chuck Aarup
Craig Mullen
Eric Jones
Timate Living Standards
Holland
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