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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1933
Page
2
Reverend Kemnitz and his family are on a vacation, and the Pointer joins friends in wishing them oceans of joy and a happy outing.
Corner Grant and Sheridan St invites readers to Sunday school at 11 o'clock with Christ Drethall as superintendent. A class for every age and a Sunday worship at 11 with the sermon Mate or Beam Which. A special teachers meeting Tuesday evening and choir rehearsal Friday. The Woman's Relief Corps will visit Sunday July 23.
Our Saviors Community Church hosts a Vacation School parade at 7 15 pm Friday from the church area surrounding the building. The display closes the school with displays and a program at 8 pm. The session includes student exhibits led by director Mrs W Schroder and teachers. The Ladies Missionary Society plans a July 19 luncheon picnic at Dollon Park.
Local and personal items report new and upcoming openings and changes in Dolton and nearby areas. Torps and ONeal open a bungalow style refreshment parlor on Halsted street near 138th street. ONeal and Torpy noted as active community figures in the area. Gene Lynch assumes control of the Ivanhoe Service Station after years with James ONeal. Pozzi, a 10 year old, remains hospitalized after being struck by a car on Main street. Nelson and Herman Vwanderaa plan a new dairy store in Dolton, promising savings for families. The 18th Precinct Improvement Association of the 9th Ward schedules its next meeting for July 20 at headquarters.
A series of river passages details barges from St Louis carrying 500 tons of gravel through the Calumet River toward South Chicago steel mills. City crews prepared to separate trolley wires and shift the bridge, with delays due to current and bridge opening methods. The line reports two Mississippi side wheelers from New Orleans, rusted end rollers, and two tugs with ten box cars of steel en route to New Orleans.
Village to appeal Illinois Industrial Commission decision ordering surety company to pay Harold Koehncke’s widow 15 dollars weekly for 296 weeks. Also notes relief work progress on Lincoln avenue with cinders and oil distribution, plus police complaint to Pennsylvania railroad over smoking and whistling near Dalton.
Section 2 permits any unexpended balance from prior appropriations to be applied toward payment of any lawful corporate debt or charge of the Village of Riverdale.
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