Dolton Seeks PWA Funds for 250000 Gallon Standpipe
The Dolton village board approved applying for Public Works Administration funds to finance a 250000 gallon standpipe. Engineer Ben Suhr priced a 100 foot tank at 25730 dollars, with the village share at 14300 dollars. The project aims to improve water pressure, storage, and fire protection for about 5000 residents including nearby South Holland, and to secure a 50 gallon per capita daily supply for contingencies.
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PWA
Dolton
Ben Suhr
Delton
Suhr
South Holland
Chicago
Chicago Board of Underwriters
Chicago Pwa
H. L. Summerfield
144Th Street
Chicago ‘Street
Indiana Avenue
Chicago and Eastern
Ilinois Railway
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Frank Diekman
Police, Fre and Water Committee
Pagal Gall Post No. 365
American Legion
Villa Hall
WPA
Suler
Fred Waterman
Lincoln Avenue
Police Halt Trip of Two Runaway Boys
Riverdale police and Dalton Chief Heidenrich stopped a runaway pair from Chicago after they fled from home and traveled to Indiana and Roseland. Robert Smith aged 14 and Dean Salmon aged 14 were taken to Riverdale station then sent home after police advice.
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Riverdale
Charles T. Heidenrich
Dalton Police
Robert Smith
Chicago
Ean Salmon
Dean
B. 47Th Street
Indiana
South Bend
Hans Struven
la Salle Street
Struven
Roseland
Heidenrich
Dalton
Straven
Illinois Street
Young Smith
Salmon
Frank Mraz
Infant Cullens burial follows Roseland hospital death
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Carl Cullens of 18900 Wentworth Avenue died Monday July 11 at Roseland Community Hospital. Funeral services were held at the chapel 40234 Michigan Avenue and burial followed Wednesday July 13 at Cedar Park Cemetery. The baby was born Friday July 8.
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Cullens
Carl Cullens
Wentworth Avenue
Roseland Community Hospital
Cedar Park Cemetery
Michigan Avenue
Dolton Reports Big Drop in Auto Accidents
Dolton police report an 87 percent reduction in automobile accidents for the first half of 1988 with no auto deaths. Chief Heidenrich notes last year had three deaths and 1986 had six in the same period.
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Dolton
Heidenrich
Community Chorus to Sing at Ryan's Woods Program
The Dalton Riverdale Community Chorus will perform Sunday July 17 at four oclock in Van Ryan Woods at 87th Street and Western Avenue. The Chicago Tribune notes the program is part of a forest preserves series and invites neighbors to attend.
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Dalton-Riverdale
van Ryan Woods
87Th Street
Western Avenue
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Peter Kerp
Thistle nuisance urged cooperation with township commission
The board urged property owners to cooperate with the township thistle commission in destroying the nuisance. The state bacteriological department informed the board by letter that water taken from the Dalton mains recently was found to be up to its standards.
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Township Thistle Commission
State Bacteriological Department
Dalton
Fireman Injured as Train Is Derailed
A Pennsylvania railroad engine derailed 150 feet west of the Illinois Central lines at Riverdale Tuesday night at 10 05. Fireman Austin A Hall, from Logansport Indiana, suffered a possible spinal or pelvic fracture after leaping from the cab. Engineer W H Illes and other crew members escaped injury as the west bound Baltimore and Ohio freight crossed during the derailment. Hall was treated by Dr Phil H Thomson and transported to St Francis hospital Blue Island.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Riverdale
W. H. Illes
Logansport
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Austin A. Hall
Isles
Daniel Kinsley
C. E. Jones
FP. P. Morris
Bert Timmons
Phil H. Thomson
Hall
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Stiemann and
Struven
Riverdale Police
Roland Rademacher dies after bone disease and long illness
Roland Rademacher, born 1915 in Chicago, died July 11 in Englewood Hospital after osseomyelitis prevented healing from a 198? ice fall. He lived mostly in Riverdale, attended Thornton Township High, ran a Chicago photography business, and wrote a stamp column as RRR in The Pointer. He leaves two sisters and a brother. Funeral July 13 at Bachmann funeral home to St. Paul’s Church. burial at Concordia cemetery.
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Roland Rademacher
Englewood Hospital
Chicago
Roland
Frederick
Elizabeth Rademacher
Riverdale
Hilger
Parnell Avenue
St. Paul
Rademacher
Thornton Township High School
RRR
Dorothy
Margaret Mathieu
Streator
Bachmann
St. Paul’s Church
Goltermamm
Hoessville
Concordia Cemetery
Police Hold Mother of Abandoned Baby
Officers at Kensington and Delton police arrested Mrs. Theresa Ryder, mother of a seven month old boy found on Greenwood Road near 15th Street. The child is cared for at St. Vincent's orphanage while authorities decide on charges.
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Offiers
Kensington
Theresa Ryder
Greenwood Road
Mr. Lattino
Lattino
St. Vincent’s Orphanage
Fire Departments Install New Gas Masks on Trucks
Dalton and Riverdale fire departments recently received four new all service gas masks valued at 200 dollars each. The masks, funded by last year’s carnival profits, enable firefighters to enter burning or smoke filled buildings and extinguish small basement fires more effectively, reducing damage and costs.
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Dalton
Riverdale
Focal Fire
Dolton
Edison Packard Spends Summer With Mother After Camp Transfer
Edison Packard is living with his mother Mrs Marie Packard for the summer. He completed his term at the Thornton CCC camp on July 1 after transferring from Camp Greenville in Wisconsin three months earlier.
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Edison Packard
Marie Packard
Thornton CCC
Greenville
Wis
Fifteen Local Scouts Sign for Camping at Potawatomi Island
Fifteen Boy Scouts from Potawatomi Trails council sign for the two period summer camp at Camp Waters on Potawatomi Island in the St. Joseph river near Unchanan Michigan. Camp staff includes Mills Tourtellotte and Arnie Williams. One hundred nineteen boys have registered, with many enrolled for the second period near the seventy five cap. Activities include swimming boating crafts and handiwork under qualified supervision with possible river cruises for standout campers.
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Boy Scouts of Potawatomi Trails Council
Norldway Recreation and Instruction
Camp Waters
Potawatomi Island
St. Joseph River
Unchanan
Mich
Dalton
Ray Gibson
George Calwell
Arthur Larson
Billy Caney
Thomas Repnier
Elmer Schulta
Delton
Weller Pfuhl
Robert Anders
E. Paul Ripley
Alan Meester
Robert Koch
James le Sheldon
George Fred Langley
Mills Tourtellotte
Arnie Williams
Harold G. Boltz
Boltz
George Kingstand
Riverdale
St Marys Church Carnival Opens This Week
St Marys church invites residents from Dol ton Riverdale Ivanhoe and Chicago to the annual carnival at 138th and Leyden. The event runs July 19 to July 27 with new attractions, a Roast Beef dinner July 24 from to 5, tickets fifty cents adults and thirty five cents children. Parade opening night features a car parade and the Chicago band. Bingo prizes and a lively midway with merry go round and booths are planned.
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Dolton
Riverdale
Ivanhoe
Chicago
St. Mary’s Church
138Th
Leyden
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