Riverdale-Dalton Lions Club Aids Neighbors Year Round
The Riverdale-Dalton Lions Club, active in Dalton and Riverdale for over a decade, provides hospital beds wheelchairs walkers and crutches free of charge assists the blind supports local schools and fundraisers and sponsors youth programs. They distribute Christmas baskets Thanksgiving groceries sponsor eye glasses and aid disabled residents with equipment loans managed by Robert Vowels. The group meets biweekly at Riverdale Village Hall and invites local men to join via Roy Riddell.
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Santa
Riverdale-Dolton
Robert Vowels
Riverdale
Dolton
Vowels
Riverdale-Dalton
Hadley School For the
Lions
Dalton-Riverdale
New Hope
Elim School
Boy Scouts
Lions Club
Roy Riddell
Community Reformed Church Holds Officer Installations
At 11 am on Sunday January 6 the Community Reformed Church of Dalton will ordain and install new elders and deacons. Dr. Ray Koppelman Arthur Nelson and Robert Lang will be installed as elders with Koppelman as vice president of consistory. Deacons installed include Wesley Ver Hoek Robert Reifensstuhl and Quirinisa Reynhout.
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Community Reformed Church of
Dalton
Ray Koppelman
Arthur Nelson
Robert Lang
Koppelman
John W. Tien
Wesley Ver Hoek
Robert Reifenstuhl
Quirinisa Rey
Tien
Gas Bills To Reflect Refund From NI Gas and Allied Acquisition
Northern Illinois Gas Company customers will see a pipeline rate reduction and a $4,120,000 refund from Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America over the next year. Credits will appear on bills in 332 northern Illinois communities, lowering residential space heating costs by about five dollars on an $85 bill. NI-Gas formally acquired Allied Gas Company, with Allied becoming a NI-Gas subsidiary after stockholders approved the exchange of four Allied shares for one NI-Gas five percent convertible preferred share.
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Ilinois Gas Company
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
H. B. Ford
Ni-Gas
Nigas
Tilmoig
Chicago
Northern Illinois Gas Company
Allied Gas Company
Allied
Allied Common
Municipal Tax Receipts by Localities October 1942
Taxes due to the State Treasurer for Municipal Retailers Occupational and Miscellaneous Service taxes for September, collected in October 1942. Dalton reported 5995.80, Riverdale 3613.38, South Holland 3518.94, minus 4 percent admin expense.
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Dalton
Riverdale
South Holland
Thornton High School art elves decorate halls with five artificial trees
Thornton Town ship High School art department created festive decorations for the halls replacing a courtyard tree with five 8 foot artificial trees. Miss Dorothea Tuls and Miss Diane DuBois led multiple classes in making jeweled ornaments tissue transparencies and stained glass window designs.
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Santa Claus
Thornton Township High School
Art Department
Thornton
Dorothea Tuls
James Aselline
Sara Lilvendahl
Diane DuBois
Dale Bauman
Marcia Skinner
Susan Lohnes
Lohnes
Acme Steel Eyes 1963 Growth Drive and Expansion
Acme Steel President G F Griffiths forecasts 1963 as a pivotal year with plans to boost sales earnings and cost control while expanding facilities. Riverdale's $4 million expansion aims to complete by year end and add a hot blast cupola to raise output and quality. The firm lists products including rolled steel and wire while noting 2,778,346 shares outstanding, about 23,600 shareholders, and 6,000 employees with plants in Riverdale Illinois Newport Kentucky and Scarborough Ontario.
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Acme Steel Company
G. Frrdley Griffiths
Griffiths
Riverdale
Acme
Dinois
Newport
Kentucky
Scarborough
Ontario
Canada
Open Letter Explains Village Library Closure
Kay Hemmerling of the Village Library apologizes for a December 20 to January 3 closure during Dalton Village Hall remodeling without notice. No fines were charged for overdue books during the period. Hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7 to 5, Tuesday and Thursday 3 to 6, Saturday 10 to 4.
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Dalton Village Hall
Kay Hemmerling
Illinois Bell Reaches Wage Pact With Office Union
Illinois Bell Telephone ended two wage reopeners with the Telephone Commercial Employees Union representing seven Riverdale workers. The new contract raises weekly wages by 2 to 85 dollars for eligible staff, effective December 23, 1942, at an annual cost of about 221000 and affecting 1358 Illinois and Indiana employees.
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Minis Bell Telephone
Telephone Commercial Employees’ Union
Riverdale
Illinois Bell
Eligble
Tllinois Bell
Ilinois
Chicago
Indiana
Dolton Inhalator Squad Responds at Metro Glass
The Dolton Inhalator Squad answered a call at Metro Glass in Dolton on December 22. They gave oxygen to Ida Rich of Hammond for 20 minutes. She was transported by ambulance to Roseland Community Hospital.
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Dolton
Metro Glass
Ida Rich
Hammond
Indiana
Roseland Community Hospital
Fireside Chats Part 1 Building your mental house
The piece contrasts physical home building with spiritual construction. It argues people choose thoughts and emotions as materials, shaping mental and spiritual dwellings. It notes that unlike a house, you cannot escape yourself by selling and rebuilding.
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Menu
Village Library Adds New and Old Favorites
The Village Library at Dalton Village Hall expands its Rental Fiction Teen Non Fiction and Juvenile sections with Travels with Charley by Steinbeck Harm's Way by Basset Letters from the Earth by Twain Hornblower and the Hotspur by Forester and other Forester titles. Library hours are Mon Wed Fri 9 am to 9 pm Tue Thu 3 to 5 pm Sat 10 am to 4 pm, closed on Christmas and New Year.
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Ken
Village Library
Dalton Village Hall
Charley
J. Steinbeck
the Hotspur
C. 5
Forester
Horatio Hornblower
High Seas
Napoleon
England
Hornblower
Memorial Plaque Honors Joseph Bell at Gettysburg
A memorial plaque in the Hall of Presidents at Gettysburg commemorates Dwight D. Eisenhower and inscribes Joseph Bell of Riverdale as Republican National Convention Delegate from this district. Bell, listed at 24204 State Street, Riverdale, will have his name bronzeed on the memorial.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Joseph Bell
State St
Riverdale
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Dalton Pointer
Riverdale Pointer
J. J. Keily
C. BK. Renner
Leona Mangnes
Carl Notte
Tom Renner
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Accredited Home Newspapers of
America
Dlinois Press
Tri-City
Delton
Indiana Avenue
Hneis
Cook County
NTER
David Simon
Optometry
W. 144Th St. Riverdale
Grace Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
Eisenhower School
Minerva
Milton Lehr
Ili
Earl E. Farr
Roseland Hearing Service Service
Michigan
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Leonard E. Jasker
Mandel M. Berg
East 154Th St
Harvey
Mlinots
Edison
Skyline
Acme Steel
Pointer Publications
Riverdale, Ill
IH. Bell
Office Union
ST. Riverdale
Indiana Riverdale
Hemmerling
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Christina
Burnham
State of
Illinois
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Frea
Manistee St
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