Water Storage Bond Endorsed To Cut Fire Insurance Rates
The village backs a 1,314,000 bond for water sewer and street work aimed at raising storage and improving mains. Norman M. MacKay said the volunteer fire department voted unanimously to endorse the plan as a way to lower fire insurance premiums from class 6 to 5. The measure goes to a March 3 vote after officials briefed homeowners and the Citizens Advisory Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Norman M. MacKay
MacKay
Village Board
Busreau
Fred Kasten
Wes Lane
Marydale Manor
Kasten
Citizens Advisory Committee
Donations to Ivanhoe Park District Help Buy Chairs
The Ivanhoe Park District received two cash donations totaling 350, 250 from the Ivanhoe Woman's Club and 100 from the Riverdale Area Property Owners Assn. The Park Board will apply the funds to 100 new chairs and a storage rack for use in the fieldhouse. The board publicly thanks both groups for their generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Park District
Park Board of Commissioners
William Martin
Ivanhoe Woman's Club
Milton Coyle
Riverdale Area Property Owners Assn
Park Board
Ivanhoe Park di i
Board of Commissioners
Ivanhoe
Accident at 150th and Cottage Grove prompts police report
Dolton police logged an accident on February 16 at 150th and Cottage Grove involving James L. Jackson of 16305 University, South Holland, and Eldon Shaul of 15314 Evers, Dolton. Jackson said he pulled out from a parked position and did not see Shaul’s northbound car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
150Th
Collage Grove
James L. Jackson
University
South Holland
Eldon Shaul
Evers
Jackson
Shaul
Cottage Grove
Mendel Catholic High School Science Fair Held Sunday
The Mendel Catholic High School science fair will take place in the school auditorium on Sunday February 23 with 90 projects by 130 students judged from 2 to 4 p.m. Twenty teachers doctors and scientists will serve as judges. Parents and the public are invited to view experiments in physics chemistry botany zoology and electronics from 7 to 9 p.m. First prize winners advance to the Chicago Area Catholic Exposition at the Amphitheater on Saturday April Mu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendel Catholic High School
Death of Local Businessman Ruled Accidental
A coroner s jury at Riverdale Municipal Building ruled the death of Gustav Dahl aged 57 of 750 E 144th Street Riverdale accidental. Dahl who ran a monument business for 74 years was struck by an eastbound Grand Trunk railroad freight train at 42nd Street and Western Avenue in Dixmoor. The inquest occurred Saturday February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Gustav #. Dahl
E. 144Th St
Dahl
Grand Trunk Railroad
42Nd St
Western Ave
Dixmoor
Zoning Board Denies Petition for Dalton Service Station
The Dalton Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously denied the rezoning request to permit a service station near St. Jude school in South Holland. The board noted fire and traffic concerns, with 482 of 896 petition signatures from Dalton residents opposing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Zoning Board of Appeals
St. Jude School
South Holland
Zoning Board
Robert Merwin
Tie
St. Jade School
Dalton
Merwin
St. Jude's
Thornton Senior Demonstrates Sales Method at Conference
Edward Rotkvic of Riverdale will represent Thornton Township High School at the Illinois Association of Future Distributers Student Leadership Conference in Springfield February 23 and 24. Rotkvic and three teammates will perform a two team two person sales demonstration on machine versus man in selling shoes, a debate he began earlier in the year. Don Williams is his business education instructor. The 17 year old senior plans to attend Thornton Junior College after graduation in June and has worked for Pointer Publications since September 1961 as part of his distributive education program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Rotkvic
Edward Rotkvnc
Edbrooke
Riverdale
Thornton Township
Ilnois Association of Future Distributers
Springfield
Stu
Rotkvic
Don Williams
Thornton
Thornton Junior College
Pointer Publications
Thornridge P and T A seeks male singers for Cafe USA musicale
Thornridge P and T A invites male and female singers to join the chorus for the Cafe USA musical to be staged March 23 and 24. Director John Pearce urges attendance at the February 25 practice at 2 pm to accommodate Boston Pops ticket holders and notes four weeks of rehearsals. Proceeds fund expandable coat racks, auditorium and gym stage microphones, and two student scholarships with community support welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornridge P and T A. Musicale
U.S.A
Boston Pops
Thornridge
John Pearce
Street Lamp Falls Near Wabash and 145th
Riverdale volunteers responded to two calls on February 14 at the corner of 145th Street and Wabash when a street lamp fell and began to arc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
145Th
Wabash
Fumes From Blue Island Dump Disturb St Francis Patients
Residents and officials report that smoke from the 138th Street and Ashland dump disturbs St Francis Hospital in Blue Island. Dr Robert Field affidavits and a court petition accuse owner Charles Fritz of violating a court order by burning rubbish. A judge's Friday decision could jail Fritz for contempt or continue the stay to limit burning to non organic material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
138Th St
Ashland
Blue Island
St. Francis Hospital
U. S. Public Health Service
Riverdale
Herbert Zornow
138Th
Robert E. Field
Field
Epstein
Charles Fritz
Stephen Schmanski
Cook County Dept. of Public Health
Dirk Pranger
Herb Zornow
City of Chicago
Corporation Council
Lou Wexler
Samuel B. Epstein
Zornow
Fritz
Eppstein
Thornridge High Names Top Twenty Five Seniors
Thornridge High School counselor W Stedt lists the top twenty five seniors by scholastic average after six semesters. Leading is Chuck Waterman of Dolton, who also led after five semesters last year, with 24 other high ranking seniors named in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Stedt
Thornridge High School
Dolton
Chuck ‘Waterman
Chuck
Riverdale Vehicle Tags Notice Raises Prices in March
Riverdale Village Collector Anne Colebourn urges residents to buy Riverdale vehicle tags referencing passenger and truck classifications. Tags cost $3.00 now and will double in price on March 1, 1962, prompting timely purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Colebourn
Riverdale
Demos To Honor State Treasurer Lorenz Dinner in Dalton
Illinois State Treasurer Francis P. Lorenz will be honored at a March 5 dinner at the Dorchester Club in Dalton. The Friends of Lorenz and Thornton Township Regular Democratic Organization sponsor with participation from Sidney Yates, James Alexander, George Wilkins, Marshall Korshak, and Richard Friedman. About 1000 attendees from south and southwest suburban Cook County are expected. John B. Hayes chairs. Chester Stasack is ticket chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis $. Lorenz
Illinois
Dorchester Club
Dalton
Friends of Lorenz” Committee
Thornton Township
Sidney Yates
United States
James Alexander
Supreme Court
George Wilkins
Marshall Korshak
Metropolitan Sanitary District
Richard E. Friedman
Congress
4Th Congressional District
Lorenz
Dolton Volunteers To Canvass For Heart Fund Drive
Dolton volunteers organize the Heart Fund Drive for 1962 with Mr. Lawrence East as community chair, naming four area chairmen and captains to cover blocks and neighborhoods. Heart Fund aims to fund heart disease research and educational programs, with Heart Sunday set for February 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Heart Fund
Lawrence Kast
Heart Fund
Lawrence East
Bolton
Heart
Marilyn Woods
Edward Janiak, Jr
Princeton
Also Mentioned on This Page
McKay
Harald
Kaiser
Fire Department
Cook County Inspection Bureau
Ivanhoe Park
Mendel
Donald Woods
Mrs. Kast
Standing
Margaret Shatkowski
Edna Harms
Coyle
Harry Herzog
Torah Lodge B'nai B'rith
Kay Kay Hemmerling
Village Library Corporation
Jay Greenberger
Peg Fanning
Irene Wernicke
Emma Dillner
Martha Erickson
Edith Doll
Velma Ohlsen
Eleanor Kasten
Theodore Doll
Village Board of Trustees
Earl Slaughter
Eugene
Chester
Emily Brodzik
James
Joan Clancy
T’ridge P&ta Musicale
St. Francis
Bud Edman
Paw Lynch
Sally Conterio
Judy Earnest
Pam Mumford
Carl Stieren
Dolores Boone
Pat McCauley
Nancy Wilson
Roy Bergold
Mary DeLorier
Gale Moore
Larry Bean
Helen Harper
Joan McMillan
Randi Stark
Gary Lindell
Billy Lee
Terry Tinnich
Ray Goeringer
Neal Franklin
Ellen McConnaughay
Faith Flanders
Dave Guild
Demos
Cook County
John B. Hayes
Chester Stasack
Minerva
Demosthenes
Marilyn Wonds
Ta- Salle
Chicago Rd
Dante
Michigan City
Loren T. Coyle
Ellis
Sibley Blvd
East 141St
Michigan City Rd
East
The
Heart Association
Mr. East
F. Ripley
Jefferson
R. Lekovich
Chicago
Bernard Koppers
Calumet
Loren T. Cole
R. J
Chicago St
Farrell
R. I. Preece
Woodlawn
F. J. Snyder
J. Qudshoorn
John Gismondi
Doris Unruh
Dorchester
John Hollahan
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