Dolton Board Deliberates Water Sewer Extents and Street Widths
The Dolton village board met with Trustee Dolton absent. Citizens spoke on extending water and sewer lines to the Calumet Business Center subdivision at 147th and Chicago. Debate over street width for the new subdivision ended with a postponement until the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Village
Dolton
Krueger
A. S. Diekman
Calumet Business Center
147Th
Chicago Streets
Henry Dillner
Harms
Jacobsma
Branigar Bros
Fredericka
Main Street
Pup Roller
Mohr
Harris
The
Public Service Co
Conners
Pennsylvania R. R
Board of Local Improvements
Lincoln Avenue
Park Avenue
Washington Street
State Highway Commission
Rev Wind Leaves for St Louis After Farewell
The Rev H Wind and family departed Wednesday July 8 for St Louis. A farewell gathering was held June 1 in the church basement with about three hundred attendees from neighboring congregations. A traveling bag containing $150 in cash was presented amid expressions of confidence and respect. The pastor thanked supporters and promised to remember them. A lunch of sandwiches coffee ice cake followed and the group sang God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Wind
St. Louis
Pastor Wind
Riverdale Driver Compelled Off Road by James Pearson Incident
Robert Fraker of Riverdale reports James Pearson forced him off the pavement on 147th Street near Western. Fraker files with Harvey police. Pearson pays $25 and costs to settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fraker
Riverdale
147Th Street
Western
James Pearson
Fraker
Harvey Police
James
Harvey New Bees
Opportunity to subscribe to Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan stock
The Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association offers a limited number of shares in its twenty eighth series issued July 1 1925. With about 250 000 in resources the association earns nearly seven percent on monthly member payments. Apply at Dalton Riverdale or South Holland Banks. Horace Holmes secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton-Riverdale Building and Loan Association
Dalton- Riverdale Building and Loan Association
Dalton
Riverdale
South Holland
Horace Holmes
Meeting notices from local groups July 1925
The Paul Gall Post American Legion Auxiliary plans its next regular meeting at the Dug Out on July 23. Ridge M. E. Church Ladies' Aid meets July 16 at Glenwood home of Mrs. Thomas Jones. Tabernacle Guild holds July 14 1925 meeting in the school hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gall
American Legion Auxiliary
Ladies’ Aid of
The
Ridge M. E. Church
Thomas Jones
Glenwood
Ill
Tabernacle Guild
Notice to bidders for calcimining district building rooms
The Board of Education of School District No. 148 Dalton Illinois invites bids to calcimize rooms and halls of the Chicago Street building. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Dated July 7 1925 by order of the board. Doc Leason comments on swelling head and common sense as cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education of School District No
Dalton
Ilinois
Chicago Street
Board of Education of School District
Riverdale area notes mark deaths and local events
Mr and Mrs John Evers travel from Randolph Wis after the death of their 15 month old grandson Henry DeVries buried at Mt Greenwood. Other obituaries include Mary Lieb of Dalton buried at Mt Olivet. The Spaniard plays Riverdale July 15 16. Local construction on Thornton Township High School nears completion as workers prep for concrete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evers
Randolph
Wis
Riverdale
Henry DeVries
Wentworth Avenue
Mt. Greenwood
Evers
Wisconsin
Mary
Joseph Lieb
Dalton
Mt. Olivet
Shiek
Riverdale Theatre
Thornton Township High School
Ernest
George Strassenberg
Momence
Til
Raymond
Charles Cook
Watseka
Ill
DeLyn
Mason
Mich
Herman Brossma
Charles Daehn
Lower Avenue
West Pullman
Charley
Acme Steel Goods Co
A. S. Diekman & Son
George Robert
Erie
Penn
Joseph Bradshaw
Henry Gundaker
Ira Hastings
Kalamazoo
Mr. Hasting
Mattie Vandeursen
Raleigh
North Carolina
Joseph Spears
Ruth
Frank Lund
Alma
Northwest
Ingar
Minn
Vandeursens
Will Vandeursen
Winnipeg
Canada
Edna Lund
Paul Smith
John Vander Lee
Bride Beulah Mae Morris Weds VanderVeen at Hattiesburg
Mr George VanderVeen chemist with Brunswick-Balke Collender Co Muskegon Michigan married Beulah Mae Morris at Main Street Baptist Church Hattiesburg Mississippi Rev J W Mayfield officiating The couple traveled to Cairo Illinois Champaign and Riverdale before returning to Muskegon The Pointer praises the groom's education and character and wishes the couple happiness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George VanderVeen
Brunswick-Balke Collender Co
Muskegon
Mich
Riverdale
VanderVeen
Hattiesburg
Miss
Main Street Baptist Church
J. W. Mayfield
Beulah Mae Morris
Columbia
Cairo
Illinois
Champaign
Wiebe VanderVeen
The
Pointer
University of Chicago
Mrs. Vander“Veen
New Turf Track Planned in Worth Township 1926 Opening
A modern turf race track patterned after Belmont Park will rise on 162 acres at 95th Street and Crawford Avenue Worth Township this year. First races are scheduled for spring 1926. The Chicago Business Men's Racing Association has expanded to include notable businessmen and capitalists led by Joseph Trinz Herbert G. Shank Charles Krutchoff Thomas McHale R. G. McKay and Mark Shanks. The group aims to harmonize Chicago racing interests to set annual racing days and reduce date disputes.
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Belmont Park
New York
Worth
95Th Street
Crawford Avenue
Worth Race Track
Chicago Business Men’s Racing Association
Hawthorne Track
Joseph Trinz
Herbert G. Shank
Charles Krutchoff
Thomas McHale
R. G. McKay
Mark Shanks
Chicago
May Fill Clay Hole with New Calumet Center Subdivision
May Fill Clay Hole owners Niedick and Edelman have subdivided the Chicago and 147th street property from the Illinois Brick Co. into the Calumet Business Center Subdivision. The land runs from 146th to 150th along the C. & E. I. right of way, including the clay hole property, with a rumored railroad land swap to north of 147th and possible filling of the hole while preserving the springs on the east portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niedick & Edelman
Chicago
147Th Street
Dalton
Illinois Brick Co
Calumet Business Center
146Th Street
150Th Street
Chicago Street
New Co and Erie President Elected to Lead Board
W. J. Jackson, president of the C. and E. I. Ry., has been named chairman of the Board of Directors. T. C. Powell, vice-president of the Erie Ry. Co., is elected president to succeed Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Jackson
T. C. Powell
Erie Ry. Co
Jackson
Village notice on tree trimming and weed control
Property owners must trim overhanging trees to seven feet above sidewalks and immediately cut Canadian thistles and other noxious weeds. By order of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dolton. WM. G. DOLTON, Village Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Village of
Dolton
WM. G. Dolton
Riverdale and Dolton push $350000 improvement plan
Residents in the Spies-Bran igar Subdivision press for water bound macadam streets with curbing and taps fronting each lot. Riverdale and Dolton boards schedule public hearings for July 13 and tonight, urging forward urban improvements to boost property values and curb future disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Dolton
Spies-Branigar
Dalton
New Building Erected on Leyden Avenue Riverdale
Louis E Reich owner of Riverdale Grocery and Market constructs a brick store on his Leyden avenue property 18719 21. The new brick facing mirrors the Mall store and the veneered section completes a double storefront. Leyden avenue paving boosts property values and concentrates business near the Gladstone store. The fire marshal is praised for progress. We will have a real town yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Reich
Riverdale Grocery and Market
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale
Mall
Gladstone
Convent Plans After Sale of Blue Island Property
Fred Bauer sold his home and seven acres at 188th and Western to the Mentalate Sisters of Chicago for about 25000. Possession around September 1 after Bauer bungalow completion. Sisters linked to St. Michael's Italian Catholic church plan a convent and orphanage. Attorneys await deed delivery. sale through Herbert J. Gierman’s Blue Island office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bauer
188Th and
Western Avenue
Mentalate Sisters of Chicago
Mentalate
St. Michael’s
Herbert J. Gierman
Blue Island
Blue Island Sun
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Flowers
We sincerely thank neighbors and friends for kindness sympathy and respect shown at the death and burial of our darling little daughter and sister. Also those who sent flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Jos Leib and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Leib
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dolton Board
Doc Leason
Richard McDonald
Vander Veen-Morris
Chicago Racing Association
Crawford
New Co. & EL. President
L. E. Reich
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