Dal tons Board Deliberates Texaco Pipeline Right-of-Way
Dalton Board of Trustees considers Texaco Pipeline proposal for a six inch oil line over the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad property from Lockport to Indiana Harbor with War Department approval. Attorney Dillner to contact nearby communities and report. Protest to block 144th Street crossing. water mains flushed in Valley area. Attorney directed to notify property owners to board up South side service stations and Lincoln Street building formerly Spina cafe. No bid accepted for village gasoline purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Dillner
Dalton Board of Trustees
Texaco Pipeline Company
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company
Lockport
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Texaco Company
War Department
Sag Channel
Calumet River
Dillner
144Th St. Crossing
Clarence G. Fike
144Th Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Valley
8Th Street
Sibley
Chicago
Lincoln
Spina Cafe
Riverdale and Dolton Lead Suburbs in January Home Permits
Bells Savings Survey shows 216 Chicago area homes valued at 965 150 in January with Riverdale 35 homes valued 175 000 and Dalton 24 homes valued 108 000. Total 366 homes valued 1 579 585 across seven suburbs city and unincorporated Cook DuPage Kane and Lake counties. December 1943 logged 821 homes worth 1 397 124.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Dolton
Chicago
Bells Savings
Dalton
Cook, DuPage, Kane and
Lake
Visit of Mobile Blood Bank Unit to Harvey
A Red Cross blood bank mobile unit will be in Harvey from March 7 to 11. Local residents may call to arrange blood donation appointments with Mrs. Mac Mossell at Dollar 689-J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Mar
Red Cross Blood Bank
Harvey
Mac Mossell
Notice to Voters of Village of Riverdale Registration Re opens
Registration of voters re opens in the village clerk s office March 1 LA and 3 during office hours after which time registration will close until the first Monday in May 1944 Peter J Kurz Village Clerk 42 2 ee WANTED Clean cotton rags 5e lb at Pointer office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J, Kurz
Pointer
District 148 War Bond Drive Contest Seeks Student Purchases
Four District 148 schools competed in a Feb 7 to Feb 15 drive to buy War Stamps and bonds. Lincoln led with $9,336.20 in stamps and bonds and $44.03 per pupil, Franklin $1,807.45 and $18.68, Roosevelt $460.90 and $4.80, Washington $701.85 and $3.65, total $12,306.40 and $20.61 per pupil. The overall four-school total since Sept 7, 1943 reached $17,705.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury Department
William L. Reaugh
General Eisenhower
Lincon School
Franklin
Roosevelt
Washington
Lincoln
Lions Club Plans Youth Day in Riverdale Dalton March 14
The Riverdale-Dalton Lions Club and village officials partner with local schools to stage Youth Day in village government on Tuesday March 14. Seventh and eighth graders will elect student officers including president clerk treasurer and attorney and receive ribbons. The event aims to teach duties through observation and reporting to classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale-Dalton
Lions Club
St. Paul’s Church
Berger
Lincoln
St. Paul
Bowen
Curtis Branch
St. Mary
Washington
Lions Education Committee
George Kingsland
John Heil
E. T. MacDowell
William Reaugh
Frederick D. Schmidt
Riverdale Youth Home Welcomes Submarine Seaman on Leave
John Biiney E M 1 e arrived unexpectedly at the home of Mr and Mrs R A Russell in Riverdale on a thirty day leave after two and a half years in the submarine service in the South Atlantic. Eighteen months were spent on active duty as a member of a submarine crew. He will serve as an instructor at the navy submarine training station in New London Conn for the next several months. He entered the navy three years ago this month and trained at Great Lakes and New London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Biiney
E.M
R. A. Russell
Riverdale
South Atlantic
John
Navy
New London
Conn
Great Lakes
Legion Post to Present Aid Act at Patriotic Rally
Paul Gall Post No. 303 American Legion will detail The Servicemen's Aid Act of 1944 at a Lincoln school rally in Dalton Riverdale Friday Feb 25 at 8 00 pm. The act aims to create a rehabilitation system for troops returning to civilian life and cut red tape to speed support for discharged servicemen and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
American Legion
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Paul Gall
Dalton
Riverdale
Lincoln School
Illinois
Residents of 58th Precinct May Register at Fire House
Residents of the 58th precinct may register at the fire station 11959 So State St between 12 noon and 10 pm daily Sundays off from March 8 to 18. Also at five other stations 330 W 104th St 623 E 108th St and 34 E 114th St. Those who have not registered before or changed residence or name after marriage must register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Lindell
State St
West 104Th St
E. 108Th St
E. 114Th St
Dolton Names Red Cross War Fund Chairman
Mrs H W Slaughter of 13919 Lincoln Ave Dolton is appointed Red Cross War Fund chairman for the Dolton community. Martin H Kennelly announces the campaign begins March 1 as part of a Chicago Chapter drive to raise 12,000,000 with Dolton's quota set at 1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Slaughter
Lincoln Ave
Dolton
Red Cross War Fund
Martin H. Kennelly
Chicago
Red Cross ‘War Fund
Garden Club to Hear Life in Australia Talk
The Ivanhoe Garden club meets Friday evening March 8 at eight at Mrs. Gerald C. Eckley’s home 145138 Wentworth Ave. Guest Mrs. A J Cooper assists. member guests allowed. Speaker Mrs. David Gray will discuss Life in the Australian Bush, a timely topic with many servicemen abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Garden Club
Gerald C. Eckley
Wentworth Ave
A. J. Cooper
David Gray
Ivanhoe
Australia
Police Show Exhibits To Highlight Juvenile Delinquency
Booth 11 at Riverdale Police Reserve will present exhibits on juvenile delinquency with Officers Edward Lucht and O Rogers in charge. A pamphlet from FBI reports will be available. A Traffic Booth run by Officers Huber and Kuster will trace the automobile’s evolution and discuss congestion, accidents, and enforcement using the three Es Education Engineering Enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Riverdale
Edward Lucht
O. Rogers
FBI
No. 5
Frank Huber
John Kuester
Carrie Bouchard Rites Set After Riverdale Death
Carrie Bouchard, a longtime Riverdale resident, died Wednesday at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey after two months of confinement. Born September 26, 1889, she is survived by son Emmerson, mother Mrs. Bessie Nottorf, brothers William and Arthur Nottorf, all of Riverdale. Funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. from Our Savior's Church with Rev. R. C. Shawl officiating. interment in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Thornton. Body rests at Bachmann funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Bouchard
Riverdale
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Emmerson
Bessie Nottorf
William
Arthur Nottorf
C. J. Bouchard
Qur Savior’s Church
R. C. Shawl
Oak Lawn Cemetery
Thornton
Bachmann
Riverdale Vehicle Tag Fee Increase Announced
The Riverdale collector’s office sells 1944 vehicle license stickers now at $1 for passenger cars and $2.50 for trucks. On March 1 the prices rise to $2 for cars and $4 for trucks, with the new rate applying thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Riverdale Village Hall
Riverdale man improving after hospital stay
Ted Dreger of Riverdale is reported to be improving after a serious illness at Ingalls Memorial hospital in Harvey where he has been confined the past two weeks. His son Ted Dreger, a Coast Guards coxswain, will leave Saturday to return to Cape May Point New Jersey after a ten day furlough at home. Mrs Albert Roush of Dalton is the great grandmother of twin girls born to her granddaughter Elizabeth Roush Chase of Gilman NL on February 20. This is the second set of twins born to Mrs Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Dreger
Riverdale
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Coast Guards
Cape May Point
N. J
Albert Roush
Dalton
Elizabeth Roush Chase
Gilman
Chase
Riverdale Fourth War Loan Drive totals $168500
Riverdale's Fourth War Loan Drive totals $168 500 with $36 225 in EK series bonds. 601 individuals bought extra bonds, and Riverdale, Dalton, Ivanhoe, Roseland, West Pullman and Pullman districts credit will carry into next week. Feb 26 deadline for reports to be in for final compilation due Feb 29. Boy Scouts and Civilians Defense workers aid efforts to make the drive a record event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stewart
Riverdale
First Trust and Savings Bank of
Dalton
Arthur E. Dillner
Ivanhoe
Roseland
West Pullman
Pullman
A. L. Pearson
War Finance Committee
Boys Scouts
Boy Scouts
Cubs
Riverdale Polio Drive Totals $418.60 In Contributions
Peter J. Kurz announced Riverdale raised 418.60 for the Infantile Paralysis Fund drive. Coin ecards yielded 294, coin cans 105.70, letters and checks 18.90. Schools donated Washington 80.02 Roosevelt 81.63 Bowen 31.95 St Marys 96.75 St Pauls 48.42. riverdale quota was 290.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Peter J. Kurz
Washington School
Roosevelt
Bowen
St. Mary’s
St. Paul’s
Renewal Applications for Gas Rations Ahead of Expiry
Gas ration renewals due March 1 1944 will be issued by the Central Issuance Office in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Motorists must file renewal applications with their local board at least ten days before their current rations expire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Chicago
Navy transfers Seabees builder to general ship repair
Daniel BE Arndt formerly with the Seabees has been transferred to the regular navy and is now serving in general ship repair at Camp Peary Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel BE. Arndt
The
Seabees
Regular Navy
Camp Peary
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riverdale-Dolton
Legion Post
58Th Precinct
Red Cross War Fund Drive
Garden Club
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