Robbery Hits South Holland Post Office and More News
Robbers pried the South Holland post office rear door and rifled mail for two to three hours, taking cash from an envelope drawer and all mail in the lobby from Monday hours nine to twelve. Inspectors from government service pursue leads. similar theft reported at Argo Illinois. The issue also lists local church notices, social events, and a USDA community survey in South Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland Post Office
Gibson
Sadie VanDer Aa
Argo
Til
Ford Plant Expands to 3000 Men at Hegewisch
Ford officials report the Hegewisch assembly plant now employs about 3,000 men and operates near capacity, turning out roughly 550 cars daily. They cite sufficient orders to justify even higher output if capacity were available, with the rate expected to hold for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Ford Assembly
Hegewisch
Slightly Used Furniture and Church Notices Mix in Ad Listing
A mix of classifieds and church notices includes a furniture sale with a 9 piece dining set, washers, rugs, parlor suites, lamps, a wind charger farm radio, and electric radios at bargain prices by De Young's Furniture Home in South Holland. Also church services at Bethany Christian Reformed Church led by Rev J O Bouwsma with missionary Rev N De Vries and a schedule of sermons and Sunday school. The page also lists sales of a 3 row Planet Junior Seeder, a land float, a work horse, and a humorous quip about a razor not cutting the linoleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Laansma
South Holland
Roseland
411Th Street
Edbrooke Avenue
Holland
John Ryskamp
Anthony Witrliet
159Th St
van Dam Road
Peter Paarlberg
Munster Girls Society
Munster Town Hall
Ladies Mission Society
Bethany Reformed Church
de Young
West 59Th Street
John Lagestee
St. Luke’s Hospital
Myr
Peter Lagestee
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Hammond
John Koster
Gerrit Koster
Jennie Cook
Grace Scheffers
Margaret Thomason
Marguerite Cook
Albert van Kley
Lansing
Jacob Aggan
van Kleys
Anna Marie van Milligan
Delores de Young
Arnold de Young
Ruth Society
Christian Reformed Church
J. Bottema
Themstra
First Reformed Church
Hakken
Arabia
Christian Endeavor
Margaret Bouwsma
Grand Rapids
Mich
Calvin College
Christian Endeavors
First Reformed Church of
Treble Clef Chorus
Chicago Heights
Paris
Howard Phillips
Illinois
Falm
Department of Agriculture
L. & Dodson
O. E. Leonard
G. W. Calswell
R. M. Adams
Nida Githens
George Cutter
Harriet Smith
Helen Pendenson
Mildred Mott
Dodson
Leonard
Callswell
Anna Prince
159Th Street
Village Board
Chamber of Commerce
Phoenix
Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
Coolidge School
DE Young's Furniture Home
Tel
Harvey
Bethany Christian Reformed Church
J. O. Bouwsma
N. de Vries
Christian Reformed Churches of
Local and Personal News Recap from Dalton and Riverdale
Miss Madge Clark celebrated her seventh birthday at home in Dalton on Feb 20 with friends. A Washington's Birthday party in Blue Island on Feb 22 drew local firemen, including Reich, Wiebke, Baumgartner, White, Ripley, Ott, Dickelman, Murphy, Lau, Heinke, and Dillner. Mrs Emil Betten hous hosted 35 relatives for a Feb 21 birthday dinner. Village politics show life as four year terms begin. Feb 19 two people injured when an auto rear ended a stopped truck at an Indiana Harbor Belt crossing after a second train passed. victims Janeczek and Kraai treated for minor injuries.
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Madge Clark
Dalton
Blue Island
Community Firemen’s Association
Ed Dillner
Emil Bettenhous
Riverdale
Bettenhous
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Card of Thanks for support after bereavement
We thank neighbors friends and relatives for kindness during our bereavement. Gratitude to those who rendered music sent floral pieces donated cars and to Rev Kabele for comforting words. Signed Mr John Ringler and Mr and Mrs Fred Ringler Mr and Mrs Carl W Schafer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kabele
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wim. Sterenberg
127Th St. Worth
Jacob Singer
East 189Th Street
So. Y Wolland
Mia
Bank Nite
Ranger
Edger Kennedy
Vitaphone Vaudeville
Ace Drummond
RKO
Jas
Nese
Helen Broderick
Eric Blore
Erik Rhodes
Harry Jans
Willam Gargan
Judith Barrett
Willam Hall
Burgess Meredith
Auc
Acon
Doltoi
Theo. Koch
Harvey Federal Savings and Loan Association
Ray Kvraai
107Th Place
Chicago
Henry Janczcek
Green Street
Indiana Avenue
Bernice Janeczek
Ray Kraai
Phillip G. Thomsen
Ilinois State
Blue Island 20
Blue Island Sanitary Dairy
Dixmoor
Midlothian
Flossmoor
Posen
Homewood
Hazelcrest
John Ringler
Fred Ringler
Carl W. Schafer
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