Dolton Riverdale Chamber Banquet Spurs Local Growth Talk
Prominent realtors and village officials met at Dolton village hall for a Good Fellowship gathering hosted by the Dolton Riverdale Chamber of Commerce. Over 150 attendees discussed sewers water mains and development as leaders urged cooperation with local boards and builders to transform farms into homes and business blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton- Riverdale
Colonel Tucker
Calumet World
Calumet
H. Wallace Caldwell
P. A. Patterson
Bankers Realty Co
McArthur
Sherpard Company
H. W. Nydick
Nydick Company
Dalton
John W. Jaranowski
Calumet City
Jaranowski
George H. Schaefer
Dalton Board of Education
Fion
Martin H. Finneran
Calumet Harbor
Chicago
Springfield
Trump
A. A. Lewis Co
Benjamin Bosley
Radio Silence Test Worldwide Next Week
Starting next Sunday evening January 24 at 10 o clock all radio stations in the United States Canada and Mexico will be silent for one hour between 10 and 11 p m on Sunday Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Europe will be on air with 17 nations tuning in so listeners should adjust their sets for the test.
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United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Bond Issue Carried in Riverdale Vote
Riverdale villagers approved a bond to build a fire engine house and purchase a fire engine by a margin of 4 votes. turnout was 332 with 167 yes and 163 no, plus two spoiled ballots. The new apparatus should lower insurance rates and bring fire protection to the level of a city with ten to fifteen thousand population.
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Riverdale
January clearance sale at Gladstone's
Gladstone's announces a big January clearance running January 22 to 29 with discounts across store. The event targets shoppers seeking reduced prices on seasonal items and selected merchandise.
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Gladstone’s
Local businessman opens short order restaurant in former Baecker building
Local note details Richard Fritsche opening a lunch counter in the Baecker building, now owned by W C Zesch next to The Pointer. Community updates include visits from Mrs H Krug of Reedsburg, Mr and Mrs James Black and son from Lowell Indiana, and travelers Robert Hanschman and Frank Lund among others. A baby girl born Jan 18 8 pounds to Mr and Mrs William L Evers and a Jan 19 birth to Mr and Mrs W H Sellin are also noted.
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Ichard Fritsche
Baecker
W. C. Zesch
Pointer
H. Krug
Reedsburg
Wis
N. T.nrenzen
James Black
Lowell
Ind
Ray van Deursen
Robert Hanschman
Miami
Florida
Harry Kuehncke
Cuba
Robert
Frank Wulff
William L. Evers
Bill
Mabel Klaege
Roseland Community Hospital
Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co
W. H. Sellin
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Babe
Riverdale Man Herman Zirzow Dies After Stroke
Herman Zirzow of Riverdale died at St James hospital Chicago Heights after a stroke on the way to the train following a public sale at his brother in law’s home. He was 63 and survived by his widow one son in law Rudolph Hemming one grandchild and five brothers and five sisters. Interment was in Monee Illinois. He was a member of Calumet Camp Modern Woodmen.
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Herman Zirzow
Riverdale
St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
Matteson
East 134Th Street
Monee
Ill
Rudolph Hemming
Calumet Camp Modern Woodmen
Cook County Truck Growers School To Hold Sessions
The second annual Cook County Truck Grower's School runs January 29 and 30. It opens at St. Matthew's School on Milwaukee Avenue and includes full day and evening sessions on local truck farming issues. A second day program is in South Holland Town Hall. The school began last winter and was well received.
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Cook County
St. Matthew’s
Milwaukee Avenue
Ballard Road
South Holland
Musical Concert at St Marys Church Hall Tonight
A concert led by Mr. Ernest F. Delaney and Miss Alice McMahon will be held at St Marys church school hall this evening. Miss McMahon, a radio singer on WBCN, performs at 8 30. The event is listed in Gladstones from Jan 22 to 29.
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Ernest F. Delaney
Alice McMahon
St. Mary’s Church School Hall
Found Dead In River Vale Worker Obituary Report
August Schuckie a 56 year old Chicago and Riverdale Co yard worker living at 13301 Prairie Avenue River Valeig disappeared last Saturday evening after informing his family he would not return His body was found in a field at 182nd and Prairie Avenue by a relative and the Kensington police held an inquest The deceased leaves a widow a son Arthur and a daughter Alice Mrs Brooks Daly Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the house with interment at Oakland Cemetery
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August Schuckie
Chicago & Riverdale Co
Prairie Avenue
Rivervaieg
Herman Lidke
18Th Street
182Nd
Kensington
Bachmann
Dalton
Arthur
Alice
Brooks Daly
Oakland Cemetery
Upcoming events in Riverdale community this January and February
Riverdale Hose Co plans a masquerade ball January 30 at the village hall with prizes. U P S of St Pauls Lutheran hosts a banco party February 6 at the church. Sewing Circle of Immanuel hosts a banco January 27 in the church basement. Paul Gall Post auxiliary meets January 28. Dalton M E Ladies Aid hosts all day meeting January 28 with pot luck. St Pauls church Ladies dance January 27 at 2 80 sharp. Gaily Girls offer a village hall chance January 23.
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Riverdale Hose Co. No. 1
Riverdale
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Banco
Immanuel Church
Paul Gall Post
Ladies’ Aid
Dalton M. E. Church
St. Paul’s Church
Dolton Riverdale Building and Loan marks 13 year progress
The Dolton Riverdale Building and Loan Association held its annual meeting at the First National Bank in Dolton. Officers and directors praised steady growth, no losses, and low or no salaries, with plans to attract more young members and continue home ownership support.
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Dolton-Riverdale Building and Loan Association
First National Bank
Dalton
Holmes
Pointer
W. J. Haney
Association
Horace Holmes
Chas. Waterman
Herman Anders
Otto F. Reich
Dolton Fire Dept Responds to Few City Fires in 1925
Peter F. Kipley replies to a previous editorial claiming the Chicago Fire Department is frequently called to Dolton. He cites village records showing twenty fire alarms in 1925 and only one call to Chicago for help, noting two Riverdale fire assists in the last three months.
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Dolton
Illinois
The
Pointer
O. W. Huntley
Fire Department
Chicago Fire Department
Riverdale
Peter F. Kipley
Home Made Divinity and Fudge Orders Available
Willing to take orders for home made Divinity and Chocolate Fudge by Doro thy Hoffman. Sample available at Malloy coal office. Also seeking an experienced stenographer for Honey offices with telephone contact Dolton 21.
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Dorothy Hoffman
Dolton
Malloy
Radio Engineer for Installations and Repairs Dolton Ad
Radio engineer offers installation and repair services for any system size. Satisfaction guaranteed with reasonable prices. Manthey at 817 Chicago Street Dolton. Phone Dolton 717. 30-10.
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Manthey
Chicago Street
Dolton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chamber of Commerce
Good Fellowship
Miss Dolton
John Gonnors
W. F. Propper
Bush
Hammond Chamber of Commerce
Dante
Harvey Chamber of Commerce
Charles H. Burton
Greater Chicago Syndicate
Belle Dalton
Ihru
Mr. Spies
New York
Calumet District
Spies
Branigar Bros
Ivanhoe
P. P. Flick
Riverdale Board
Charles Waterman
John Connors
Ridge
Truck Grower’s School
Pullman Field
Charles E. Waterman
Harry Robinson
Thos. F. Kinney
Haney
O. F. Reich
Chicago Historical Society
J. A. Kollar
Thornton Township
Wm. Laurenz
Gary
Chas. E. Waterman
W. H. Baker
Buick
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