Community birthday and shower notices from West Ridge area
Sunday marked Mrs. John Dockweiler’s 68th birthday with family gathering at West Ridge road home. Out of town guests included Mrs. Skawed, Mrs. Mary Clausen, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schultz. Trinity and St. John's Ladies' Aid hosted a birthday surprise on Jan 11 with prizes awarded to several guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dockweiler
West Ridge Road
Skawed
Mary Clausen
Chicago
Fred Schultz
Bloom Township
Trinity
St. John’s Ladies’ Aid
Dockweiler
Banco
Wm. Koehn
Henry Hasselbach
Wm. Schmidt
Herman Schmidt
East Ridge Road
Indiana Avenue
John Koster
Lorenz Avenue
Mesdames R. Bultema
P. Caune
D. Katz
A. Karreman
J. Kickert
K. Kapteyn
R. Kraay
P. Kramer
A. Meeter
A. and_N. Jongkryk
B. Jongsma
W. Seevers
A. and
S. Sjoerdsma
N. van Dam
J. van Noord
R. van Til
F. van Weiren
P. Verhaik
Koster
Cooper
Glen Reed
Howard Ward
Ridgewood Avenue
Leo Barth
H. Bogart
F. Brough
A. Elwood
M. Hiland
Hobbs
Johnson
R. Lewman
W. Lufkin
Chas. Mitchell
Pichard
Bunce
Ward
Barth
Mitchell
Albert Kindt
Roy Kindt
A. Daehn
Leo Smith
Kindt
W. H. Wackmack
Henry Gunn
Indianapolis
Ind
Herman Lemons
Wackmack
Claus Schrum
Schrum Road
E. J. Cochran
Sophia DeMik
John Schroeder
Oak Glen
Lester Crawl
John Walraven
North Burnham Avenue
Walraven
Elva Prittle
Midland
Henry Lange
South Torrence Avenue
Eli Abramson
Chas. Schultz
Geo. Koehn
Izaak Walton League Aims to Boost Outdoors for Youth
Izaak Walton League chapter in South Holland Illinois urges families to send youths outdoors for health and vigor. It promotes outdoor recreation as medicine against harmful influences and positions the league as a vehicle for American outdoor life and conservation. Continued on Page 7.
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South Holland
Ill
Izaak Walton League of America
Walton League
America
Death and Weddings in South Holland Area Obituaries and Notices
Obituary notes for K R DeYoung who died January 18 1928 at age 83 with six sons and four daughters surviving. Funeral at 1 pm January 20 at the Thornton Junction home, burial at Oaklawn beside his wife. Also reports a January 14 1928 marriage of Della Mossell to Harry H Pals performed by Rev Muilenberg, with witnesses Henrietta Jabaay and Harry Biesboer. Services planned for January 22 by Rev William Bajema in First Christian Reformed Church. Plus local notices for a Banco Party by the P T A, sale ads for Clarke Jewel gas stove and onion seed, two farm equipment listings, and a Har vey piano tuner ad from W H Martin.
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K. R. DeYoung
Thornton Junction
Oaklawn
Della Mossell
Frank Mossell
Harry H. Pals
T. W. Muilenberg
Henrietta Jabaay
Harry Biesboer
First Reformed Church
William Bajema
Sheldon
First Christian Reformed Church
Banco
Card of Thanks for Comfort and Sympathy
I express sincere appreciation to all who offered sympathy and flowers during my wife’s last illness and my bereavement. Special thanks to neighbors for help Rev E Kooistra the quartet and Mr J VanDrunnen for their kind words and music. Allen Aardsma.
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Rev. E. Kooistra
Mr. J. VanDrunnen
Allen Aardsma
Auxiliary Installations of Officers in 1928 Year
Miss A Zacher Fourth District Committeewoman of the Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion will preside at the installation to place in office the newly elected officers for 1928. All Auxiliary members and Paul Gall Post members invited. Event starts 7 30 p m Thursday January 26.
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Paul Gall
American Legion
A. Zacher
Woman’s Auxiliary of the American Legion
Paul Gall Post
Post
Frank Wulff
Baumgartner
Diechen
Theft of House at Oak Forest Sparks Legal Case
D R Morris files a warrant against Alex Stavrau a Chicago realtor for allegedly moving and stealing a house from 159th street and Laramie avenue Oak Forest excluding the foundation. Stavrau says a sale contract allowed relocation to a better site for sale. Case to be pursued in Chicago courts.
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159Th Street
Laramie Avenue
Oak Forest
D. R. Morris
Alex Stavrau
la Salle Street
Chicago
Morris
Stavrau
Blue Island Sun
Theatres listings for Friday through Thursday
Tonight John Barrymore stars in When Man Loves at the theatre. Saturday features the Vaudeville Revue with 6 acts and Johnny Hines in Home Made on screen. Sunday matinee shows Louise Fazenda and Clyde Cook in A Sailor s Sweetheart. Billie Dove in American Beauty plays Tuesday and Wednesday January 24 25. Thursday January 26 27 presents Old San Francisco and its romantic Barbary Coast Fire of 1926 as a massive unprecedented showcase.
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John Barrymore
Varieties
Johnny Hines
Louise Fazenda
Clyde Cook
Billie Dove
FBI
San Francisco
Friscoe
Paris
America
Riverdale Theatre Week-end Attractions
Riverdale Theatre presents Fred Thomson and Silver King in Ariz ona Nights a dramatic thrill ride. Also shows The Masked Menace a ten episode mystery serial. Leatrice Joy stars in The Angel of Broadway matinee with a four piece orchestra Sunday. Eddie Cantor performs Special Delivery Wednesday and Thursday January 15 and 16.
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Fred Thomson
Silver King
Arizona
Broadway
Eddie Cantor
Now We're in the Air and The Gay Defender at State Theatre
At the State Theatre 110th Place Michigan Avenue matinees run Thursday FBI and Saturday January 19 20 21 Wallace Berry and Raymond Hatton star in Now We're in the Air. Saturday features three big vaudeville acts. Sunday January 22 Richard Dix in The Gay Defender with five vaudeville acts. January 23 24 25 John Gilbert in Man Woman and Sin.
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FBI
Wallace Berry
Raymond Hatton
Aeronuts
Richard Dix
the Gay Defender
John Gilbert
Aardsma Rites Mark Loss Of Mrs Nellie Aardsma
A memorial noting the death of Nellie Aardsma born October 29 1890 in Thornton Township. She married Allen Aardsma on November 24 1910 and died January 11 1928 in South Holland after oper ations. Burial was January 14 at Oaklawn cemetery following services at Second Christian Reformed Church.
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A. Aardsma
E. Kooistra
Nellie Aardsma
Vander Aa
Allen Aardsma
William Vander Aa
Jennie Vander Aa
Beningenberg
Thornton Township
South Holland
Jesus Christ
Ladies’ Aid Society
Second Christian Reformed Church
D. VanVuren
D. Aardsma
Oaklawn
Indoor Baseball All Stars Meet Buda A A in Harvey Clash
The Indoor Baseball All Stars face Buda A A on Tuesday January 24 at 8 p m at the Buda Athletic Club Harvey. The All Stars lineup features players associated with Major League clubs including Taylor Buffalo Rogell Boston Melvillo Standart Shlinger Fernwood Unruh Brown Bellus Haueser Johnson Janeschefski Markus Sliga and other members from Acme Steel and local teams.
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All Stars
Buda A. A
Buda Athletic Club
Harvey
All Star
Taylor
Buffalo
Rogell
Boston
American’s
Melvillo
St. Louis American’s
Standart
Brooklyn Nationals
Shlinger
Fernwood
Unruh
Brown
Lindsays
Bellus
Haueser
Miss Clara Fetzloff Visited by Sister in Indiana
Miss Clara Fetzloff of North Judson Indiana is visiting her sister Mrs. C W Zellars on East Ridge Road. The visit highlights family reunion in a small Indiana community with extended kinship ties.
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Clara Fetzloff
North Judson
Ind
C. W. Zellars
East Ridge Road
Women urged to join Ex-Servicemen aid Effort
An appeal from the Paul Gall Post American Legion Auxiliary invites eligible women to support ex servicemen. It cites wartime sacrifices and asks readers to contact secretary Viola Wiebke at 30 East 137th Street Riverdale for details on the auxiliary’s work and how to help.
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Exe
United States
Illinois
American Legion
Paul Gall
Viola Wiebke
East 137Th Street
Riverdale
Installed Officers for Mary E Teesdale Camp 1928
Royal Neighbors of America installed officers on Tuesday evening January 17 1928. New officers included Oracle Eleanor Proper V Oracle Blanch Miller P Oracle Anna Frank Chancellor May Freehaus Recorder Lulu Berger Receiver Margaret Wells Marshal Carrie Weger Ass t Marshal Caroline Freehauf Inner Sentinel Elvina Welling Outer Sentinel Florence Bessetti 2 Yr Manager Nellie Grand maison 3 Yr Manager Caroline Freehauf Flag Bearer Nellie Grandmaison Faith Julia Freehauf Courage Pearl Miller Modesty Augusta Bruhn Unselfishness Mildred Ohlsen Endurance Bernice Money Musician Minnie Proper. Mrs Peterson and Degree Staff of Charity Camp assisted. John P Algeld noted as the only Illinois governor born outside the state, born in Cologne Germany.
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Mary E. Teesdale
Royal Neighbors of America
Oracle
Eleanor Proper
V. Oracle
Blanch Miller
P. Oracle
Anna Frank
May Freehaus
Lulu Berger
Margaret Wells
Carrie Weger
Caroline Freehauf
Elvina Welling
Florence Bessetti
Nellie Grandmaison
Faith
Julia Freehauf
Courage
Pearl Miller
Augusta Bruhn
Mildred Ohlsen
Endurance
Bernice Money
Minnie Proper
Peterson
Charity Camp
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Izaak Walton League
Clarke Jewel
Henry Pluymert
California
Pals Brothers
Telephone
Henry Ryskamp
van Dam Road
W. H. Martin
Center Avenue
Harvey, Ill
THE
Riverdale Theatre
State Theatre
Michigan Avenue
110Th Place
Daniel C. Bachman
Lincoln Ave
Dolton, Ill
Dolton
John P. Algeld
Cologne
Germany
Theodore Koch
Chicago Street
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