Work Started on Sewer Job in Riverdale
Riverdale Board met December 22 with all members present. President Claussen presiding. Committees reported including audit from Auditor James T. Wilkes for period ending Oct 31, 1936. Police may arrest motorist who damaged a fire hydrant at 142nd and Halsted. Garbage truck overhaul cost $88.18 approved. Street light at B and O Railroad Halsted curtailed due to elevation. Public Service Co. to discontinue. A $25 check from a motorist noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Board
Claussen
Schroll
James T. Wilkes
Haniihan
142Nd
Halsted Street
Hanschmann
Public Service Co
Robinson
New Year Greeting from Dalton Riverdale L A
The Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association invites community members to apply for stock in the new January series opening January 1. In 1936 the association paid about $70,000,000 in investments in the community to stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton-Riverdale Building and Loan Association
Wanzer & Sons Celebrates 80 Years in Dairy Business
Howard W. Wanzer, president of Sidney Wanzer & Sons, is receiving congratulations on the 80th anniversary of the milk company founded in 1857 by his father Sidney Wanzer. The firm, started before the Chicago five, once served the district between the Chicago river and 12th street and counted notable customers such as Marshall Field and P. D. Armour. The Wanzer family still owns and operates the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Wanzer
Sidney Wanzer & Sons
Sidney Wanzer
Chicago Five
Chicago River
12Th Street
Chicago
Wanzer
George M. Fullman
D. B. Shinman
J. W. Dean
Marshall Field
S- W. Allerton
Edson Keith
C. D. Hamill
P. D. Armour
A. C. Bartlett
Flu A Warning Prompts Hospital Visitor Ban
Physicians urge bed rest and care for colds as influenza and pneumonia spread in Chicago. Alma Deane Rose land nurses chief asks visitors to Rose land Community Hospital to stay away unless necessary to prevent transmission. A false engagement note about Miss Marie Fritz of Dalton is corrected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Deane
Roseland Community Hospital
Chicago
Tierman N Bundesen
Board of Health
Marie Fritz
Dalton
The
Pointer
O'Brien and Mueller Unite in Dolton Ceremony
Miss Carolyn OBrien daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence OBrien Dolton married Clarence Mueller at St Marys church with Father Weiler officiating. The couple planned a short honeymoon in Bloomington Illinois and will reside at the brides parents home. Mrs Mueller will continue teaching fourth grade at Lincoln School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn O’brien
Clarence O’brien
Park Ave
Dolton
Clarence Mueller
Father Weiler
St. Mary’s Church
Helen Mann
Edward Kleinz
Dalton
Bloomington
Ill
Mueller
Lincoln School
Meyer Marries In Milwaukee Revealed By News
Walter Meyer a ninth grade music teacher at Washington school Riverdale left Sunday for Milwaukee and wed a Meyer girl. Close friends know few details of the ceremony and the celebrating clergy and organist are Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Meyer
Washington School
Riverdale
Milwaukee
Wis
Meyer
Meyers
Dolton Vehicle Tax Cuts to 1 Dollar Through Feb 1
Dolton slashes the 1937 vehicle tax to 1 dollar until February 1, offering a 50 percent reduction to relieve overtaxed drivers. The new rectangular tag features a drawing of the village hall, in natural brick red on yellow, and will be worn by over 800 vehicles in 1987. Riverdale keeps its tax at 3 dollars for the year with no midyear increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Robert Haney
Dolbon
Riverdale
Dolton Vehicle Licenses On Sale With Early Discount
Dolton residents are notified that the 1937 vehicle licenses are now on sale. The annual fee is $2.00, but a 50 percent discount applies if tags are bought before February 1 1987, reducing the fee to $1.00. Robert C. Taney Clerk Dolton Village.
Reward for false funeral call in Dalton Chicago area
A reward of 5.00 dollars is offered for information identifying the person who made a false telephone call to an undertaker in Chicago directing him to bring a hearse to 314 111th street in Dalton. Chas. T. Heidenrich, Chief of Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
111Th Street
Dalton
Chas. T. Heidenrich
De Vrieses Welcome Baby Girl at Ingalls Memorial
Mr and Mrs William De Vries of 13617 State Street Riverdale welcomed a baby girl born on Christmas Day at Ingalls Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William de Vries
State Street
Riverdale
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Maude Seraghan
Clay City
Lawrence Regnier
Pennsylvania Avenue
Deton
Emilie Maxwell
Wabash Avenue
William Lux
Hines Memorial Hospital
Edgar Bachmann
Maryland Avenue
Dolton
Lux
Elmer Fadke
Park Avenue
Henry Grelek
Ruth
Hazel
Earl
Obituary notices list local residents by month and town
A compiled necrology page lists names and ages of residents from So. Holland Dolton Riverdale Harvey Harvey Lake Wales Long Beach and nearby areas with birth months spanning from April to December and multiple dates. It records numerous individuals including Mrs Jerry Deipen Albert Geyer Ernest Bihl John Black and many others across 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Deipen
Muskegon
Albert Geyer
Dalton
Ernest Bihl
Long Beach
Calif
John Black
Lake Wales
Fla
Jennie Gaynens
Raceland
Henry Leason
Homewood
Gerrit Eylander
So. Holland
M. A. Perry
Monterey
Mich
Nick Kloeisterhuis
Harvey Jones
Riverdale
Morris Dunker
Stubbins Named Editor of Harvey Tribune
R A Stubbins, poet and businessman, will edit the Harvey Tribune beginning January 1, succeeding W H McMillan. The tribute notes McMillan’s long leadership and optimism that Stubbins can meet the high standard set by the Pribune’s late founder A M Lambert, with a nod to the demanding task of running a community weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Stubbins
W. H. McMillan
Harvey Pribune
Tribune
Cook County
A. M. Lambert
Stubbins
McMillan
Bob
First WPA Calumet River drag line starts work
The Calumet River cleaning project uses the first drag line machine on Tuesday with a second arriving Wednesday and operating Thursday. One unit traveled through Calumet City at midnight Saturday and was misplaced on Burnham road before resuming Sunday morning. It will work west from the Wentworth avenue bridge with the other starting at the State line, following complaints by the Calumet Clean Streams Committee to state and WPA officials about late arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Calumet City
Burnham Road
Wentworth Avenue
State Line
Calumet Clean Streams Committee
WPA
State Opens Free Job Service at Palmer Park
A free job service begins at Palmer Park with hours 8 am to 4 pm weekdays and 8 am to 2 pm for applications. Unemployed district residents urged to register. employers urged to contact the office for experienced help. Veterans must show discharge papers to register. Office at Palmer Park fieldhouse 111th and Indiana avenue. phone Pullman 9736.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Park
C Meyers
Palmer Park Fieldhouse
111Th and
Indiana Avenue
Pullman
Boy Killed by Freight Engine at Riverdale Crossing
Emil Peiguss Jr a 21 year old Riverdale resident was fatally struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight engine at the 137th street crossing on Christmas afternoon as he walked with his mother and uncle. The coroner's jury ruled accidental death and funeral rites were held at St Marys Church with interment at Oak Lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Satunday
Bachmann
St. Mary’s Church
Oak Lawn
Thornton
Daniel C. Bachmann
Dalton Police Give Christmas Baskets to Twelve Families
The Dalton police department distributed Christmas baskets to twelve needy families in the Village on December 24. Each basket included a chicken dinner and all the trimmings, funded by proceeds from a boxing show in Dolton and purchases from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Police Department
Dolton
Palmer Park Office Registers Unemployed for Help
The Hlinow State Employment Service office in Palmer Park, affiliated with the U.S. Employment Service, is registering local unemployed to match job seekers with employers seeking reliable help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlinow State Employment Service
S. Employment Service
Palmer Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
Halsted
Wanzer & Sons
O’brien-Mueller
Meyer-Meyer
Dolton Automobile Owners Attention
Robert C. Taney
Emma Dolton
Arie de Ruitar
Herman Faden, Sr
Jacob Wendrich
Johanna Longhi
Frederick Demick
Bernard Hausman
William Blink
George Burnett
Harvey
I. E. Berkson
Roseland
Anthony Schaap
So. Holl
Peter van Erden
John Ravesfoot, Sr
Mirs
John Dockwelier
Oakglen
William Rampke
Peter R. van Drunen
Nels Johnson
John Henry Pullman
Joseph Kresmery
Herman Fiebig, Sr
Charles Milhahn
Joe Hirtz
Hoseland
Gustav Kahnt
Grace Couwenhoven
So. Hol
Josephine
Sieben
James Lembeke
Sid Vander Veen
Jake O'Connor
John Muldesx
Mary Ortez
Norman Ebert
Minnie Wernicke
Henry Jonas
Emma Lambert
Tennie Trenning
Nellie White
William Kahnt
Phoenix
Ernest Fruehling
Hammond
Charles McCarthy
William Martin
Fred Rau
Virgil McDonald
Jennie Berger
Peter de Young
Eva Bales
Alice Koster
Henry Krueger
John Runge, Sr
Guiseppi de Rossi
Charles Lauer
John Rietveld
Nnorma
Jean Kuiken
Mary Clark
Donald Charles Maurer
John Loftus
Fred Postma
Bertha Herman
Florence Kresmery
Ralph Dykstra
August Reich
John Ruse
Martin Mulder
Frederick Boerhave
Harry de Young
Paul Heller
Charlies Niewenhuis
Donald van Drunen
Trighland
Dick Rietveld
So .Holland
Jacob Lau
Daniel Bradley
Paul Wible
Andrew Paworski
Narvey
Theophilus Schmid
Tunis van de Logt
Arie van Driel
J. T. Link
Seward
Neb
Louise Della Walla
Aldric Cardin
Jennie Johnson
Emil Peigus
Harvey Tribune
Calumet River
Little Boy
B.&o
Emil Frank Peiguss, Jr
Emil Weiguss
Istth Street
River
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