Lincoln and Franklin to Meet in School Sports Week
Lincoln school will play Franklin school in basketball and volleyball this week. Fifth grade plans a Dawn Packard solo for WLS Home Talent show at the Lincoln auditorium Wednesday through Friday evenings. Fifth graders report sledding fun at Palos and 87th and Western slides after snowfall.
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Lincoln School
Franklin School
Dawn Packard
WLS
Dawn
Palos
Childen
Berger School Sees Students Move and Celebrate Christmas
Bobby Molnar joins second grade from Indiana Harbor as Lorraine Keiser and Merle Keiser leave for Hammond. William Molnart enters sixth grade from East Chicago. Room four held a Christmas panty on December 22 with Bingo games and gifts, ending with a bus ride home for vacation.
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Bobby Molnar
Indiana Harbor
Merle Keiser
Hammond
Garrett Vroegh
Howard Laas
Jimmy Axell
Morris Wilkens
Miss Larson
William Molnart
Chicago
Bowen School Health Focus and Classroom Activities Highlight
Patricia Marsh returns after illness as Bowen students finish a health unit in room one with posters on vegetables milk and toothbrushes. Sixth graders plan lantern slide projects while fifth graders use geography aids. Basketball and volleyball results against St Paul: girls 77 26 volleyball. lightweight 18 12. heavyweight 13 11.
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Patricia Marsh
Patricia
Muriel Wordelmann
Marilyn de Vries
Minette Nelson
Mary Ann Werren
Jack Mills
Eugene Wilder
Ray Tatgenhorst
Spelling Bee Planned by Achievement Club at School
The Achievement club schedules a spelling bee next Thursday. Walter Deichen and Doreen Moll are steam captains. Words come from the Jones Speller. Committee members are Bessie Coleman Donald Ferguson and John Tourtellotte who will set the contest rules. Bowen Alumni team recently lost to the regulars with Calvin Dickelman Donald Engel Harold Byers Wayne Prill and Robert Gallegos on the roster. Free smallpox vaccination will be offered to district children.
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Ing
Achievement Club
Walter Deichen
Doreen Moll
Jones
Bessie Coleman
Donald Ferguson
John Tourtellotte
Bowen
Calvin Dickelman
Donald Engel
Harold Byers
Wayne Prill
Robert Gallegos
St Paul School Reports and Plans Events and Activities
In Room I students share reading games and study animal food storage. Room 2 prepares an April operetta The Charcoal Burner's Son based on a fairy tale. Room 3 lists perfect spelling pupils in grades five and six. Room 4 notes assembly shift, Harold Wesse injury, aquarium work, weather unit completion, and upcoming water supply project. The teams lost to Bowen 76 26 16 12 13 11, and Roosevelt school events begin at 6 30 Thursday.
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Robert Bachmann
Walter Cowser
Charles Schnebel
Howard Shipe
Wilma Steinhauer
Wilma Wiegel i
Kent Wilkinson
Lorraine Kalo
Norman Herman
Delones Jacobitz
Anitta Janes
Molile Klein
George Klein
Ber Ha Krell
Lorraine Maleski
Glenn Tihode
Mildred Reitz
Muriel Stahnke
Alvina Steinhauer
Harold Wesse
Bowen
Broosevelt School of South Holland
Washington School Troop 9 Plans and Activities
Scout Troop 9 meets Mondays at 7. Two new tenderfeet Robert Langley and Dennis Clark passed tests last week. The paper drive is open to Riverdale residents. Third grade plans Alaska trip and songs include Toboggan Slide. Seventh and eighth grades study tax law. Rip Van Winkle slated for January 17 at 11 with 10 cents admission. Washington Library thanks the P T A for funds.
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Riverdale
Ivanhoe
Robert Langley
Dennis Clark
Max Conner
Heavey
Alaska
Garade
Edward Meurisse
Florence Brandt
Seventhrade
Bliss
Rip van Winkle
O’elock
Washington
Lincoln
Heavies
Teneceta
Bowen
Stower
Washington Library
Washington P. T. A
First Trust and Savings Bank of Riverdale 1937 Condition Report
Reserve District No 7 report covers First Trust and Savings Bank of Riverdale Illinois as of December 31 1937. It lists assets including loans 108 323.94 and cash 159 340.81, liabilities deposits 600 486.64, and capital of 66 660.32. Frank Stewart cashier swore to accuracy January 8 1988 before notary La Verne Engel.
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Reserve District No
First Trust and Savings Bank of Riverdale
Riverdale
Illinois
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Bank
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve Act
United States
Banking House
Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank Co
le Ee
Frank Stewart
State of
Ilinois
Cook
LA Verne Engel
Civil Service Examinations Open for Public Health Service Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Junior graduate nurse at 1620 dollars, and for industrial classification analysts at 2600 to 3200 dollars. Also listed are senior and associate analyst roles in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the Social Security Board terms. A second item recaps a citizen who forgot his new car on a day, only to find it parked exactly where he left it after a full day, a flat misdirection.
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United States Civil Service Commission
U. S. Public Health Service
Veteran’s Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Social Security Board
Midgets Race in 100 Lap Grind At Armory
Fifty drivers from across the country will contest a 100 lap event at the 124th Field Artillery Armory on Fifty second street and Cottage Grove, with fifteen qualifying through four elimination races. The program includes a twenty lap consolation and a reverse handicap race, featuring Sprint stars such as Hartsfield, Lewis, Shindler, Sorenson and Nalon.
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124Th Field Artillery Armory
Cottage Grove Ave
A. J. Strak
Art Hartsfield
Toledo
Marshall Lewis
Los Angeles
O’rourke
Bill Shindler
Shindler
Cowboy
Hartsfield
Lewis
Shorty Sorenson
Duke Nalon
Harry MacQuinn
Johnny Ritter
Emil Andres
Tony Willman
Myron Fohr
Fred Tegtmeier
Wally Zale
Ted Duncan
State Relief Increases 3.7 Per Cent During November
The Illinois Emergency Relief Commission reports an 11.1 percent rise in November relief expenditures compared with November 1936 and a 3.7 percent rise over October this year. A total of 470,5385 people received aid, with $4,958,787 spent. State funds provided $2,986,545, locals $1,971,489, and federal funds the rest. Cook County outside Chicago spent $179,800 for 5,966 cases, averaging $30.14, while Chicago averaged $29.08. Home relief totaled $3,909,808 with Chicago receiving $2,401,887 for 82,586 cases. Downstate received $1,318,281 for 68,117 cases. November outlays were higher than the past six months but below the early-year peak of $5,574,505 in March and $4,984,677 in April.
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Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
WPA
Cook County
Chicago
Turrets Removed From Canterbury Cathedral Gateway
Historical note says two turrets atop the Christchurch gateway of Canterbury Cathedral in England were taken down over a century ago by a wealthy banker to gain a view of the cathedral clock from his residence.
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Christchurch
Canterbury Cathedral
England
Seven County Auto Deaths Rise 7.9 Percent in 1937
Coroners report 1937 auto fatalities total 393 across seven Cook County area counties. Speeding and careless driving blamed for the 29 additional deaths from 1936. Counties listed include Lake, Kane, Will, Kankakee, Du Page and McHenry in Illinois.
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Cook County
Lake
Lake, Kane
Will
Kankakee
du Page
McHenry
Ilinois
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Clinton Street
Harvey
ST. Paul School
Washington School
John Harms, Jr
Peter GC
Kern Geo. Tech
Civil Service Examinations
Armory
Robinson Crusoe
Sere Crierce
Nat Levine
Ann Ov Orak Sohn Tri
Lady
Naunt P
the Plantation
Sibley and
Lincoln Ave
Dalton’s
Fred Bartolomei
W. 137Th Street
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