Riverdale Board Debates Local Repairs After Floods
The Riverdale Board met in regular session to discuss street leveling in Highlawn and sewer work affecting catch basins. Trustees report basements flooded in Greenfield during heavy rain and orders to clean basins and notify the railroad for repairs.
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Riverdale Board
Koehler
Schmidt
Lambert
Bishop
Endig
Ortel
Zornow
Highlawn
Janeschefski
School Street
S. H. B. Railroad
Telephone Co
Diners visit Colorado Rockies grand tour by Reich family
Mrs. Louisa Reich age 81 of Dolton and Mrs. Fred Reich of Blue Island travel with Mr. Raymond Reich to Denver and tour Mt Evans Bowlder Falls Bowlder Dam and surrounding canyons. They praise the altitude the scenery and urge others to visit the Rockies to experience lasting impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Reich
Dolton
Fred Reich
Blue Island
Raymond Reich
Denver
Colo
Dalton
Bowlder Falls
Bowlder Dam
Rockies
Dolton Hardware Store Apologizes Over Witness Incident
The Pointer carries a notice from Dolton Hardware Store apologizing to Mr. Herman J. Schreib of Dolton for an annoyance caused by a boy taking money from the cash drawer and clarifying he was summoned as a witness. A separate letter from Mrs. Anna Taylor to Bob Janeschefski notes Eddie Taylor will miss this season after injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman J. Schreib
Dolton
Dolton Hardware Store
Anna Taylor
Bob” Janeschefski
Eddie Taylor
Eddy
Dalton
Ivanhoe Civic Club to Organize Football Club Meeting
A meeting is set for 8 30 p m at Brani gar Hall Ivanhoe to organize a football club under the Ivanhoe Civic Club with Ed Needles the coach asked to attend. Also Ruth Hanna McCormick plans speaking engagement for congress at large on the Republican ticket with date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branigar Hall
144Th and
Stewart Streets
Ivanhoe
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Death of Helen Stanczik in Dalton Surfaces Quiet Heroine
Helen Stanczik 21 daughter of the late Michael Stanczik died at sister Mrs. Arthur Bessette’s home at 684 East 144th Street Dalton on July 7. Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Riverdale led by Father Liebreich. Interment Oaklawn Thorn ton. She supported her family after her father’s death and was active in Girl Scout work beloved by local girls. An old childhood hip injury is linked to her death. She leaves sister Mrs. Bessette and brothers Roy Clarence Edward and many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Stanczik
Michael Stanczik
Arthur Bessette
East 144Th Street
Dalton
St. Mary’s Church
Riverdale
Father Liebreich
Oaklawn
Thornton
Bessette
Roy
Clarence
Edward
Odd Fellows Three Link Lodge Planning Meeting in Dalton
All Three Link men are urged to attend tonight at the American Legion Dugout in Dalton to advance plans for a neighborhood lodge. About 20 members met last Friday night and nearly completed the lodge plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Dalton
Andrews and companions Return From Willoway Beach Vacation
Mr and Mrs C H Andrews Mrs Thomas Bushnell and Mrs W C Krueger return from a week at Willoway Beach Cleveland Ohio reporting a fine trip and good time as they arrived home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Andrews
Thomas Bushnell
W. C. Krueger
Willoway Beach
Cleveland
Ohio
Local and Personal News From Dalton and Vicinity
Local residents share visits and travels with relatives and friends across Illinois and Iowa. Notables include the Gardiners, Lorenzen family, Paul M. Smith, and Waukegan guest Jack Sams. A postponed school bond drive prompts petitioning. a Dalton post office expansion awaits formal word. A 50 year parrot Grover attracts local chatter. The Weidners plan a Canada auto trip, and K Wayne Emery visits hometown friends before resuming YMCA duties in Anderson.
Detour on Chicago Road for 159th Street widening project
A barrier was set on Chicago road at Sibley boulevard forcing a detour over Torrence avenue and Halsted street for several days. South Holland widening will add 800 feet on both sides of 159th street with an eleven foot concrete strip making a 40 foot road. Contractor John Mackler & Co. will extend pavement west from 159th to Halsted and complete Halsted to Cicero yesterday opening that section to Oak Forest.
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Chicago Road
Sibley Boulevard
Torrence Avenue
Halsted Street
South Holland
159Th Street
John Mackler & Co
Halsted
Cicero Avenue
Oak Forest
Dolton and South Holland Boards Clash Over Sewer Outlet
A Dolton Independent Boosters Club communication outlines a dispute between the Dolton and South Holland boards regarding a sewer outlet project. The note frames positions, potential impacts, and calls for neighborly cooperation to resolve the disagreement.
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Dolton Independent Boosters Club
Dolton and
South Holland
Controversy Over Sewer Easement and Water Deal in Dolton
Joseph P. Savage accuses the Dolton and South Holland boards of colluding to block Special Assessment No. 41 sewer work. South Holland seeks a free sewer outlet via easement through Dolton land and water at Chicago prices, effectively a $50,000 gift. The current Dolton board rejects the easement unless 200 acres receive sewer access and water at cost. Continued on Page 8.
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Joseph P. Savage
Village Board
South Holland
Village Board of
Dalton Board
South Holland Board
Dolton Board
Dolton
City of
Chicago
Village of
Tragedy in Riverdale as man dies from self-inflicted strangulation
Walter and Otto Heinke found Arthur Berrier dead in his car inside a garage on West 138th street after a strap around his throat. Coroner rules death by own action while temporarily insane due to financial troubles. Berrier, 37, left a widow and two children. funeral set for Saturday at 2 pm with Oaklawn cemetery burial. Also notes a family trip to Portland, Oregon by Mr. and Mrs. Dave Meeder and children.
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Riverdale
138Th Street
Walter
Otto Heinke
Arthur Berrier
Roseland Woolworth
Hammond Furniture
Oaklawn Cemetery
Pipe O Peace Open Weekends After July Delay
Pipe O Peace, an 18 hole course at 131st street and Halsted, opens for the first time Saturday and Sunday July 21 and 22 due to unfavorable weather. Greens are Leeselys creeping bent. built by Pioneer Golf and Landscaping Association. Jim Fouillis is the architect and J. J. Collins the manager. Ady 8-3
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131St Street
Halsted
Pioneer Golf and Landscaping Association
Jim Foullis
J. J. Collins
Ady
Broken Ankle Ends Eddie Taylors Season With Mud Hens
Eddie Taylor, star shortstop for the Mud Hens, broke his right ankle sliding into home in the ninth inning against the Minneapolis Millers. The injury, the third to Taylor in his career, ends his season and robs manager Casey Stengel of a key defensive asset as Toledo battles for the American Association pennant. Mrs. Anna Taylor rushed to Minneapolis after word of the injury reached Toledo.
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Eddie Taylor
Toledo Blade
Anna Taylor
Minneapolis
Minn
Mud Hens
Minneapolis Millers
Taylor
McMullen
Casey Stengel
Eddie
Stengel
Mueller
Veac
Crawford
Ward
Hens
Taylor's Mother At Son's Bedside
Eddie Taylor broke his ankle and sent for his mother Ann Taylor from Dalton NL. Jim McGraw wired the family to join him in Minneapolis as he awaited transport to Asbury Hospital. Taylor showed grit through the injury with a final smile before the ambulance arrived.
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Eddie Taylor
Dalton
Jim McGraw
McGraw
Ann Taylor
Taylor
Eddies
Asbury Hospital
Minneapolis
Arthur Kraay Celebrates 70th Birthday and 48th Anniversary
Fifty relatives and friends attended a July 5 party for Arthur Kraay celebrating his seventieth birthday. John Dunning offered a health toast while Otto Bender recalled Kraay’s thirty six years as a Harvey citizen. Kraay noted his forty eight year marriage, with friends hoping for a golden anniversary. He is known as a sewer and drain contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Kraay
Mr. Kraay
John Dunning
Otto Bender
Harvey
Mr. Kraag
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Sugar Works
Louisa Reich of
Ivanhoe News
Nellie Frazee
Missouri
Charles Wunder
Dorothea Hikenberry
Miss Langford
East Side
Bill” Graves
Bill
Mr. and
Mrs. Elle
Betty Nelson
Supers
Lansing A. C
Bob Schug
Putnam
Odd Fellows
Landon Gardiner
Illinois
Iowa
N. P. Lorenzen
Harriet
Margaret
Donald
Warren
Arlington Heights
Lorenzen
M. F. Smith
St. Paul
Paul M. Smith
Mr. Smith
C. M. & St. Paul & Pacific R. R
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Jack Sams
Mary Ellen
Waukegan
Sam
Robert Waddell
Will Schlaak
Mulared
Canton
G. H. DeWalt
Wilkinsburg
Penn
Pullman Branch
Richard Hess
Washington
Brook- Test
Frank Lund
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Lund
W. I. Wilcox
Wilcox
Grover
Grover Cleveland
M. Robert Weidner
Neola
Catherine
M. R. Weidner, Jr
Canada
K. Wayne Emery
Mr. Emery
Anderson
Ind
Dolton Independent Booster Club—States Club Views
Dave Meeder
Mary and
Davida
Dale
Portland
Oregon
Will
Eddie” Taylor
Son
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