Village's Strong Recovery Cited in 1936 Audit
Riverdale Village, led by President Wm. J. Claussen, reports a clean audit for the year ending April 30, 1936. Cash balance rose to 14,005.77 from 8,064.50, debts reduced by 20,888.77, and further progress since May 1 with debts down to 1,653.14 owed to Northern Illinois Public Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Kinney
The
Pointer
Public Service Company of
Northern Ilinois
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois
State Police to Start Weekly First Aid School
Beginning next Wednesday evening officers Femand and Moran will run a weekly first aid course for the personal division of state highways at Riverdale village hall. The program aims to train about 600 members of the district division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Femand and
Moran
Riverdale
Visiting relatives amid July heat records in Dolton and Riverdale
Mrs Cleo Roberts and daughters Luella Evelyn of Cleveland visit Mr and Mrs L A Westerlin of Dolton as Dolton records a solar heat reading of 118 in the sun at 11 30 am. Also visiting are Mr and Mrs Leon Leaver and sons from Northfield Vermont with the Warners on Chicago road. John Simmons and daughters Mary and Margaret Jane of Milwaukee depart after a six day stay with Mrs Simmons sister in Riverdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Roberts
Luella and
Evelyn
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert
L. A. Westerlin
Dolton
Lincoln Avenue
Leon Leaver and Sons
Northfield
Vermont
Ransel Warners
Chicago Road
Dalton
John Simmons
Mary
Margaret Jane
Milwaukee
Wix
Simmon
Mary Kettler
Fast 137Th Street
Riverdale
Howe Quinn Anniversary Celebration At Momence Cottage
A large number of relatives and friends traveled to the summer cottage of Mr and Mrs Clifford Howe in Momence Illinois to honor their 28th wedding anniversary on July 4 and celebrate the birthday of Mr Jack Quinn on July 5 Attendees included the Quinn Slaughter Lembeke McGowan and Grandmaison families with Chicago guests Dr John Carroll and family plus Milwaukee and Robinson Illinois connections and well wishes for many more anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Howe
Momence
Ill
Jack Quinn
Chas. Slaughter
June Slaughter
Lois Lembeke
Robert Patty
Myr
Walter Patty
Vive Cal Sehnenhara
Mie
Myre
Hugh McGowan
Patsy Maughan
Mary Louise
Evelyn McGowan
P. J. Grandmaison
le Roy
Rink Schafsun
Chicago
John Carroll
John Carroll, Jr
Walter Leslie
Jack Lowry
C. W. Schoenberg
Milwaukee
Longtime Riverdale resident Mrs Jonas dies at 72
Mrs Henry Jonas Emilie Anna Elizabeth Jonas a pioneer of Riverdale died Monday July 6 aged 72 years months 20 days She was born Anna Trapp in Riverdale January 16 1864 She married Henry Jonas May 6 1886 Her husband died two years later leaving a daughter Emilie who died soon after her father She leaves two sisters Frieda Scholl of Riverdale and Helen Bachman of Blue Island Funeral services were held Wednesday July 8 at 2 80 at St Pauls Juntheran church Rev Kemnitz Interment Oakland Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilie Anna Elizabeth Jonas
Riverdale
Anna Trapp
Hammond Lumber Co
Henry Jonas
Emilie
George
Walter
Erwin Trapp
Jonas
St. Francis Hospital
Frieda Scholl
Helen
Wm. Bachman
Blue Island
St. Paul’s Juntheran Church
Kemnitz
Oakland Cemtery
New Bus Service Through South Suburban Safeway Lines
The South Suburban Safeway Lines recently took over the Gold Star Line route through South Holland Dalton and Riverdale and now provides daily bus service. Buses reach north to 68rd and South Park Avenue in Chicago with a schedule printed on page 7 for reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Suburban Safeway Lines
Gold Star Line
South Holland
Dalton
Riverdale
68Rd
South Park Avenue
Chicago
Riverdale Notices and Local Incidents From July
Riverdale residents plan trips to California San Francisco and Mexico while Calumet Township hosts a moonlight picnic at Calumet Grove with music by Irene Hegner Jerstrom and twenty five prizes. Nearby theft at Maurer Service Station yields stolen peanut machines later recovered. a man from Pana sustains a severe head cut jumping from a freight train and is hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Denham
Christine
Dearborn Street
Riverdale
Hollywood
Calif
Billy Collins
San Franciso
Mexico
Frank Hiatt
Carolyn
Phoenix
Anz
John Rowan
Edna
East
126Th Street
Maurer
Islith
Halsted Std
Vincent Burdzilauskas
Pana
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Charles A. Reidenrich
Dalton
John A. Kollar
Wise Investors Highlight Dalton Riverdale Building Loan
Fourty residents earned five percent dividends by investing with the Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association over nine years. By September 1 the group will receive 50300 dollars with 9560 dollars in accrued dividends. The 50th stock series opened July 1 marking the 25th anniversary. Investments of 10 dollars monthly for 86 months yield 1000 dollars. 75 dollars paid upfront and 80 months to reach 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulmparison Wall
First National Bank
Dalton
Dalton-Riverdale Building & Loan Association
Ioné V. Blake
Bridal shower honors Miss Gertrude Poeplau in Riverdale
Miss Gertrude Poeplau enjoyed a bridal shower at Miss Viola Reichs home 73 Hast 138th street Riverdale on Tuesday July 7 Delores Jacobitz led as shower girl in a yellow themed event The guests included Miss Sarah Steinhauser Miss Marie Goeringer and many others Bunco and refreshments followed the gift presentation to the prospective bride Also notes of visits and family outings appear including trips to Shelby Michigan and Dallas Texas plus a July 4 birthday party for Joan Meyers and a lost small black dog Mitzi with a white throat tag 112p
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Poeplau
Viola Reich
Riverdale
Delores Jacobitz
Gertrude
Selna Barkowski
Sarah Steinhauer
Marie Goeringer
Adeline Geringer
A. C. Bernahl
Philip Miller, Jr
Ann Miller
August Jacobitz
Ann Poeplau
Dorothy Poeplau
Hedwig Beck
Gertrude Barkowski
John Metevin
Atlantic Street
Riverdae
Joan Meyers
Albert Meyers
Vine Avenue
Chicago
Joan
Local and Personal News From Dalton and Riverdale
Fried Scheer of Dalton stays with his daughter Mais as William Hunter of Mishawaka join a fishing trip to Marcelles Michigan. Appen dectomy for Peter Kurz Jr in Riverdale hospital with favorable recovery prospects. Numerous townsfolk and relatives visit and travel including Edna Bonzo and Alma Lund. A carnival net proceeds tally was $1140.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fried Scheer
Dalton
Mais
William Hunter
Mishawanka
Ind
Mr. Hunter
Marcelles
Mich
Peter Kurz, Jr
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
Roseland Community Hospital
J. R. Cleveland
Virgina
Joan
Lois
Thos. Harper
Henrietta Ohlson
Wabash Avenue
Denver
Colo
Mrr
A. Anderson
Chincago
Marylin
Margaret Rick
Chicago
Thos. Harper, Jr
Leon Warren
Columbus
Ohio
Edna Bonzo
Edna Lund
Mary Spurgeon
Winnipeg
Canada
Alma Lund
Lincoln Avenue
John Hurst
Ivanhoe
Duluth
Minn
Albert Kalbrenner
Roseland
Frank Zabrockas
Kanawha Avenue
Dolton
Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Markus
McClellan
Weiler
Conrad Kern
Leyden Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Papa
Conrad, Jr
Betty Robinson Qualifies Despite Funding Shortage
Betty Robinson earned a place on the United States Women’s Olympic track team by winning her 400 meter relay leg for the Illinois Catholic Women’s clubs. Funds were tight for Berlin and just days remained, but reports indicate last minute donations are pouring in to cover expenses for Betty and her teammates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Robinson
Uncle Sam
Illinois Catholic
Betty
Amsterdam
Holland
Berlin
Chicago Tribune
Helen Stephens
Fulton
Annetta Rogers
Tycie Pickett
Chicago
Viana O’brien
Los Angeles
Olympic Committee
Harriette Bland
St. Laws
Olive Hasenfus
Betty Bruch
Boston
Simone Schalle
Martha Worst
Gertrude Wilhelmsen
Seattle
Katheryn Kelley
Sewanee
D. C
Evelyn Ferrara
Louse Stokes
Malden
Mass
Local Family Visits and Travelers Report for Crete and Riverdale
Mr and Mrs N P Lorenzen and family spent July 4 with the August Grote family in Crete and attended the Crete July Fourth celebration. John Hausman returned home from St Francis hospital Blue Island after two weeks confinement. Mr and Mrs Jack Quinn of Dalton left for an extended trip through the east and Jack may join Lima or Toledo teams as manager. George McIntyre of Wilmington Ill visited Jerome Squires in Riverdale last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. P. Lorenzen
Harriet
Margaret
Warren
Chicago Street
Jack
Lima
Toledo
Ohio
George McIntyre
Wilmington
Ill
Jerome Squires
Riverdale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wm. J. Claussen
Mr. Claussen
Village of
Riverdale, Ml
Mrs
Ben Struven
Forest Ave
Bass Lake
Jerome Pietsch
Anthony Pietsch
St. Bede’s
Peru
Claude Berschinski
J. J. Berschinski
127Th St. Riverdale
Daniel Bachmann
East 138Th Street
St. Mary’s Church
L. J. O'Neill
Webster St
Ann Verhoeven
School Street
H. Miller
Indiana Avenue
Irene Seip
E. 187Th Street
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