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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1934
Page
1
Dolton district 148 will reopen schools on Monday March 4 after a one month closure as an economy measure. The board aims to extend the school year to late June if funds permit to preserve eight months of study.
The American Legion Community Band of Dalton, paused for economy in the village budget, will allow members to keep loaned instruments while practicing. The band commission weighed a volunteer director but found music costs prohibitive for its 35 members. Previously, the director supplied music during paid leadership.
Dr. Herman N. Bundeson chief of the Chicago health department and noted radio figure will address high school and junior college members at Thornton Township auditorium Harvey on Wednesday evening February 28. The program will center on Your Most Precious Possession and refreshments will follow served by women faculty members.
The Ivanhoe Civic Club elected Thomas Mullender as president Harry Lundgren as secretary J Reppert as treasurer and Acher Parker as trustee for 1934. Monthly meetings are held in the Branigar building.
The Red Cross will host a second series of Hygiene and Home Care of the Sick lectures by Nurse Gaelcke starting Tuesday February 27 1934 at 2 p m in the village hall open to all. Absentes may make up time for certificates. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Ott Tuesday at Blue Island hospital.
The Dalton Fire Department logged multiple alarms in a week. A oil shanty blaze on Little Street and Panhandle Tracks is blamed on spontaneous combustion. A furnace fire at C J Conners home on Park Avenue caused little damage. Cross-wired lines sparked a small blaze at James McLaughlin's Lincoln Avenue home. A Turckic sedan fire in front of Bob Albrecht's residence caused very minor damage.
Calumet City, Indiana's school board chooses J. T. Hutton and Sons to design a replacement for the Thornton Fractional High School hall destroyed by fire. A $550,000 fireproof building will be erected only after insurance funds and a government loan are secured. classes continue in rented rooms.
The monthly clinic will be held at Dalton village hall on Monday February 26 from 9 a m to 12 noon.
Notice to vehicle owners in Riverdale states April 1 1934 is the final day to obtain license plates. Violations after that date will be prosecuted under village ordinance. Village Clerk Peter J. Kurz signs the notice.
An article notes how Dalton Riverdale and Chicago sit around a single natural boundary near 138th street and Indiana avenue. It explains how a single spot could place body parts across three jurisdictions and outlines public office density and mixed governance across the tri city area.
The Paul Gall Unit of the Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion hosted a Washington birthday event in the Legion clubroom. Daughters of Auxiliary women members of the Junior Auxiliary performed with singing, instrumental selections and tableaux. Past commanders Carl Maer and Robert Haney addressed the assembly, with Maer on national defense and Haney on General Washington. Members of the Woman's Relief Corps attended by invitation. Refreshments followed the exercises with Mrs. Meta Schroder serving as mistress of ceremonies.
A telegram from Thomas F. Kinney, editor of The Pointer, reports that he and Mrs Kinney have arrived in Monticello, Florida.
Al Kortum of Riverdale won a complete auto overhaul valued at 127.0v in a 1931 Labor Day case running contest. The garage donation was accepted years later as the prize. The issue also records multiple local gatherings, visits, and hospital updates across Riverdale, Dalton, Bluesland, and nearby towns, including birthday parties, trips, and illness recoveries.
Riverdale Village Board moves to obtain state cash line funds from the Illinois Department of Public Works to pave 187th Street from Wentworth to Indiana, School Street from 142nd to 138th, and Illinois Street from 7th to 138th. Additional committee notes cover finances, streets, water, sidewalks, lights, and a public notice for licensing.
The Riverdale Bet ter Government Party reveals candidates for spring village elections. Clerk John H Johnston. Trustees Walter Sellin Melvin Brockman David S Florey. Police Magistrate Raymond Baumgartner. Other parties in Dalton and Riverdale expected to announce slates soon.
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