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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
1
District 148 announces Come to School Week from January 26 to 30. Parents visit daytime classes, receive Honor Badges, and attend evening programs at Highlawn Chicago Street and Lincoln Avenue schools featuring certificates, a speech by Francis G. Blair, and awards to Lincoln Avenue.
The G. W. Spencer Womens Relief Corps No. 279 will host a card party at the Dalton village hall on Saturday evening February 7 1920. Admission 25 cents includes refreshments. Everyone is welcome for a pleasant evening.
The German Ladies' Aid hosts a Waist Measure Social at Berg er school on January 27 at 2t 7.30 in the evening with a lighthearted note to avoid dieting until after the event. Guests included Mr. Daniel Nottelman and Clause Bruhn of Chicago visiting Mr. John Faden family. The Giessen and Saline families of Chicago visited the Faden sisters. Ladies' Home Circle to meet at Mrs. Henry H. Meyer’s home on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 5.
Mr Henry DeVries of 125th Street and Calumet Lake Pullman wed Miss Florence Boersma on a Saturday in January. The couple plan Montana residence on his mother's farm. Dr Kettles will see patients in Dalton on Thursdays and in South Holland on Fridays. The Young Peoples Society of St Pauls Lutheran hosts a Bunco Party January 28 in the church basement with 26 cent admission.
Stockholders at the Dolton Riverdale Building and Loan Association annual meeting re elected directors Charles L. Vreabelman Terry Ruppvinson and Thomas F. Kinney. The secretary reports strong earnings and rapid growth with 400 new shares issued in the 17th series and numerous home-building activities.
Want Telegraph Office Delton and Riverdale business men and local factories will circulate a petition requesting Western Union Telegraph Co to install a local telegraph office in Delton or Riverdale. There is great need of this in case of illness or death as the telegraph can reach relatives with some certainty if the community has a local office.
Jacob R. Schwab, a Homewood businessman and cousin of S. W. Schwab of Riverdale, died January 15 from acute asthma at 27. Funeral held, interment Waldheim. Baby boy Henry born January 16, 1920 to Ernest Dieck and wife. Henry named for grandfather, Riverdale resident. Mrs. Mary Burger installs officers of G. W. Spencer Women’s Relief Corps No. 279. Card party by Christian Mother Sodality of St. Mary’s Jan 27, 1920. Arthur Kelly, Indianapolis electrician, patents electric guide light for automobiles, demonstrated at Obeldobel barber shop. Rumor of a robbery scare proved false. Virgil Williams of Frankfort fainted before Riverdale theatre, treated for weak heart, pneumonia risk. improving at Blue Island hospital. ex-soldier, gas victim in France, seeking work.
Riverdale and Dalton will gain ample water supply through a Chicago water system link. C and E I Railroad funds a quarter million dollar project to lay 16 inch pipe from 127th street to Caumet Bury bridge and 12 inch from bridge to 138th street plus an 8 inch line to yards and a one million gallon reservoir. Alderman Madderom and Village Attorney Propper are credited for negotiating the extension, with work set to begin in spring.
A large crowd attended a double wedding last Saturday morning at St Marys Church Riverdale with Father Franz officiating. Theodore Dreger married Julia Kasha and Albert Berschinski married Sophia Kasha, sisters and daughters of Mr. and Mrs John Kasha of 257 E 134th Street Riverdale. Both grooms wore khaki from wartime service and were praised as fine young men by family and friends.
Kipley Desjeans unite in marriage at St. Marys church Riverdale with Father Franz officiating. After a lavish family feast at the Kipley home the couple left for Palm Beach Florida. The groom serves as private secretary to a Pennsylvania Lines official based in Indianapolis.
All members urged to attend the next regular meeting of Calumet Camp on February 12. A class adoption follows with refreshments served. Co. W. Berger, Clerk.
Our Saviors Church expects Rev E T Finck to arrive this week and lead Sunday morning services January 25. He will be installed Sunday evening at 7 30 p m. A public reception Thursday evening at the church corner 188th street and Wabash avenue will honor him with many Chicago ministers invited. All are welcome.
Hose Co No 1 of Riverdale reports a well attended Prize Masquerade Ball at the village hall on January 17. The organization thanks industries, businessmen and individuals for generous donations and assistance in making the event a grand success. Geo L Koehle, President.
Classified notices seek comptometer operator and two trained young women for payroll duties at a large factory near Harvey Illinois. Also a girl or young lady clerk for John A Miller grocery in Indiana Avenue. Laborers for Rolfe Iron Co. offer steady inside work with good wages. A woman is wanted for private washing, and coal delivery via Pullman.
Alexander J Campbell longtime West Hammond banker and head of the West Hammond Trust and Savings died suddenly of heart trouble at his home 573 Forsythe Avenue West Hammond Sunday evening January 18 aged 74 years services will be announced by the family Campbell was a leading business figure in West Hammond and Hammond
Campbell a prominent Calumet district figure and construction engineer known for developing West Hammond and securing the Movest Reserve. Survived by his wife, a son in Chicago, a daughter in Camrose Alberta, and a brother in Toronto. Funeral held today at his late home with interment in Chicago.
Rural public health nurses of Cook County offer hourly nursing service to influenza cases outside Chicago. Call Franklin 3000 Local 29 or Kenwood 7240 for assistance.
Guidance advises staying in bed with warm clothing and liquids, including milk soup, to manage influenza. Keep bowels open, avoid spreading illness by not sharing with others, seek medical care if needed, ensure air circulation while avoiding direct drafts.
A quotation from O. W. Stornes contrasts men of esprit with dull friends. It describes talkers whose thoughts zigzag and exhaust listeners, likening conversation to holding a squirrel after the cat. The passage critiques rapid, scattered discourse.
London Times notes Buckland's Brook Street hotel transforming for a Guards club includes the Jfandel suite named after a Brook Street composer. The sound proof rooms let musically inclined novices, from piccolo to bagpipes, practice without disturbing other guests amid the new arrangement.
Buzzards nest in trees in swampy places or on inaccessible islands and drive off competitors within miles to claim breeding grounds. The breeding site and roosts become littered with filth bones feathers and carrion from the birds.
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