South Holland Board Sets Bid Awards and Civic Actions
South Holland village board met June 22 at 8 pm with President Gouwens and six trustees. They opened bids for 155th street and 158th place works, awarding to Black Top Roads Company pending state highway approval. The meeting noted sidewalk and culvert issues, planned a June 24 sidewalk discussion with Harvey City Council, and approved a building permit for Hoekstra Cleaning. The council also filed various reports and approved bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland
Presidert
James Gous
Morris van der Aa
Tunis L. Santefort
Harold de Young
Peter Ruiter
George H. Voss
Joseph Fisher
Voss
155Th Street
158Th Place
Tuff Tread Company
Arrow Petroleum Co
Black Top Roads Company
van der Aa
Shestuwesi Lidder
State Highway Department
Santefort
de Young
Riverside Association
Police Committee
Hoekstra Cleaning Company
Ruiter
Robert Rathbun
Harvey City
Sibley Boulevard
Gouwens
Haney
Dickman
Committee On Finance
Fisher
Vossens Witis
South Hollanders mourn editor Tom Kinney of The Pointer
Community remembers Thomas F. Kinney editor of The Pointer with messages of sympathy from readers and local officials. For years Kinney was a trusted correspondent, tire chief, and friend noted for fairness loyalty and generosity in South Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Kinney
John J. van der An
Bob
John Ravesfoot, Jr
Kinney
Tunis van der Aa
James Gouwens
Thomas F. Kinney
South Holland
John Rickett
The
Pointer
George H. Voss
Russel L. Gibson
Harold de Young
Theo. M. van der An
Tire
Mr. Kinney
Bertha van Kanegan
Cooking and garden tips from daily pantry practices
Practical advice covers frying croquettes with bread fat, lemon juice on steak with onions, percolating coffee for rich flavor, wrapping pie crust to refrigerate without drying, and water need for cyclamen during growth. Includes care on watering roots and avoiding leaf wetting.
Post Office Clarifies Social Security Probes
The Chicago Post Office ends issuing Social Security numbers for employees by June 30 1987 and directs new applicants to send numbers to the Social Security Board Field Office in Chicago. Since Dec 5 1986 2 040 000 employees in Illinois received numbers. Duplicates may be requested via Baltimore or the Chicago Field Office using Form SS8 5.
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Chicago Post Office
Social Security Board
West Madison Street
Chicago
Illinois
Baltimore
Maryland
Ernest J. Kruetgen
Village of Burnham seeks bids for 1 new fire truck chassis
Bids will be received until 8 p m on July 14, 1987 for one 114 ton fire truck chassis with front and rear single wheels and length to fit the present hose cart chemical tank and pump. Hose cart chemical tank and pump to be reconditioned painted nickeled and in all condition. A certified 5 percent check accompanies bids. The Board may reject any or all bids.
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Board of Trustees
Burnham
Green Lake Pool Opens in Shabbona Woods Park
Green Lake pool on Torrence avenue southeast of here opened last Sunday June 27 in the Shabbona Woods forest preserve. Hours are 10 a m to 10 p m weekdays and 1 p m to 10 p m Sundays with 11 0 cent child and 24 cent adult admission. The pool received a thorough cleaning with no major new equipment, and three lifeguards will be on duty at all times. Stanley Shafranski was reap pointed pool manager for the summer for a second year.
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Green Lake
Shabbona Woods Forest Preserve
Torrence Avenue
Here
Stanley Shafranski
Meaning of Poetry to Slelley in Happy Minds
To the poet Stelley poetry was the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
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Slelley
Stelley
First Edison Phonograph Words Poem Record
The first words Edison spoke into a phonograph were the poem Mary Had a Little Lamb, captured on the cylinder marking a historic test of the device's recording ability.
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Thomas A. Edison
The Snowy Owl Song and Flight Described
A snowy owl is described as strong and easy to fly with a seldom heard cry that is wild and wailing, creating a scary sound in the woods.
Michigan's Lower Peninsula Area Comparable to Ohio and Others
The article notes the Lower Peninsula of Michigan spans 41 300 square miles, likening its size to Ohio Indiana Virginia Kentucky or Tennessee. This comparison emphasizes a large land area and regional scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Ohio
Indiana
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Holland Village Board Meeting
O. Boer
Eighbor Mee
Associated Newspapers
WNU
Post Office
George Meyforth
Monarch Roofing CompAny
Henry N. Yonker
West 115Th Street
Commodore
Green Lake Pool
Dalton
Riverdale
Federal Home Loan
Cook
Jone V. Blake
Lorene E. Waddel
Board of Directors
Paulson
NY Jeweler
Dolton
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