Riverdale Board Attends Regular Meeting in Agenda and Approvals
Regular session of the Riverdale Board last Tuesday with President Stro sinski presiding. Treasurer reports June balance of 5380.84 and collections of 1194.91. Various committee updates on street, sidewalk, police, and building matters plus appointing police officers and considering a bridge closure ordinance. The meeting adjourned after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Board
Strosinski
Ripley
Unruh
Kraag
Halsted Street
Indiana Avenue
187Th Street
Reich
Panhandle
138Th Street
Atlantic Street
Schultz
189Th
Edbrooke Avenue
Police, Fire and Water
Stieman
Ivanhoe
Thayer
Acme Steel Co
Wentworth Avenue
Acme
Zornow
West 138Th Street
Glerk
Punta Council
R. of
Stanley Prymas
Wm. Lotz
Ray Bishop
Indiana Harbor Belt
I. H. Belt
J. H. Belt
R. R
Card of Thanks for St Marys Church Carnival
The Pastor and Congregation of St. Marys Church thank friends citizens and business men for their generosity in helping to make our church carnival a financial and social success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Public Hearings on Dolton Streets Draw Property Interest
A Dolton public hearing at the village hall Friday reviewed past board errors and discussed circulating petitions to gauge owner support for street improvements. Riverdale held a Monday hearing for new streets and curbing in Spies addition with broad approval aside from a few non residents, favoring concrete over water bound macadam. A follow up meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening July 23.
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Dolton
Riverdale
Bishop Hughes to Speak at Epworth League Institute in Dalton
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Chicago will headline the William Nast Epworth League Institute at Berger Camp Ground Dalton Illinois July 18 to 23. Dr A J Leoppert leads the German division and Rev C F Schellhase is registrar with sessions on stewardship Bible study and missionary work led by notable church leaders.
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Edwin Holt Hughes
Chicago
William Nast
Berger Camp Ground
Dalton
Ilinois
A. J. Leoppert
Epworth League
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. H. Guenther
Aurora
C. F. Schellhase
Elgin
Mexico
United States
Milton Waterman
J. A. Diekman
Bethesda Hospital
Cincinnati
Ohio
Blaine E. Kirkpatrick
Orrin W. Allman
World Service Commission
Bishop Hughes
W. E. J. Gratz
Epworth Herald
Fowler-Clifton
H. Olin Cady
China
Evanston
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Ada Diekman
Kenosha Epworth League
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Legion Auxiliary Meeting and Community Gatherings
The Paul Gall Post American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the Dug Out on July 23. Woodmen and booster clubs plan an annual picnic in Crete Illinois on Saturday August. The Tabernacle Guild hosts a banco and card party July 31, 1925, in the school hall for St Marys church with all welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gall Post American Legion Auxiliary
Woodmen South Dook County Booster Clubs
Crete
Tabernacle Guild
St. Mary’s Church
Misses Cole Vacationing With Indiana Relatives
The Misses Ann and Margaret Cole of Indianapolis are spending a two weeks vacation with grandparents Mr and Mrs W A Cole of Dalton and aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Stanley Prymas of Riverdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann and
Goldin Margaret Cole
Indianapolis
W. A. Cole
Dalton
Stanley Prymas
Riverdale
Local and Personal News Roundup
Local social items cover travels and visits across Wisconsin, Colorado, California, Arizona and Michigan. Postings include Mrs Wichman and Mrs Keller families, Emma Dunbar visiting Riverdale, and a Picnic at Thornton on July 26. Police, hospital, and theatre party notes appear amid family notices and a for sale listing.
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Wm. F. Wichman
Westcliffe
Colorado
Chas. Keller
Charles Carroll
Wisconsin
Michigan
Aalk
Juin F. Sheahan
B. F. Sheahan
Auto
Cable
Helen
North Judson
Ind
Berzinsky Colts Top Riverdale Nine 4 1 In Runfest
Billy Berzinsky and his Colts beat Riverdale 4 to 1 as Carl Nelson pitched a dizzying game with a slow ball mimicking Artie Nehf. Crank fanned eleven and yielded seven hits for the Elites, while errors and fielding plays, including a backhand stab by Dago Testolini, shaped the high‑spirited contest. The South Chicago Speed Boys are set to visit next, with venue seating under dispute between the park management and the Acme Goodfellowship Club.
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Billy” Berzinsky
Riverdale
Carl Nelson
Carl
Crank
Berzinsky’s
Jawn
McReynolds
Swat
Haht
Mac
Rolling Mill
Dago Testolini
Charley Jamieson
Mac of His Fourth Homer. Unruh
Berzinskys
Eddie Rommell
Joe McGinnity
Struss
Pete
Highlawn
South Chicago
Riverdale Supers Edge Pull Flashes In Tight 10th Inning Win
Riverdale Supers defeated the Pull Flashes 8 to 7 in the tenth inning as Harry McGrain and Jordan filled the regular battery. The team vows to join the league next season and improve Riverdale's baseball presence. Next Sunday they travel to Stony Island to face the Stony Island Orioles.
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Riverdale
Pullman
Harry MccGrain
Jordan
McGrain
G. P
L. I
93Rd Street
Stony Island
Stony Island Orioles
Hammond Boy Missing In Hammond Area
John Downs 14, son of Clifford and unknown Downs, has been missing since Sunday June 28. He is about 4 feet 6 inches tall, slender, 100 pounds, blue eyes, sandy hair, short pompadour. Wears gray knee pants suit and tan shoes. Call Hammond or Calumet City police with any information.
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John Downs
Clifford Downs
Hammond
Forest Preserve
Calumet City
Community Library invites readers to explore adventures
Miss Helen Trussell now runs the Community Library which offers 1200 titles including adventure, western, detective, and sailor stories. Hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 to 8 pm and Saturdays 9 am to 12 pm, with requests welcomed for other hours.
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Community Library
Musketeers
France
Janice Meredith
David Harum
Helen Trussell
New England
Ben Ames Williams
Rafael Batatin
Health Clinic at Dalton Village Hall July 28
The Chicago Tuberculosis Institute conducts a regular Child Welfare conference at the Health Center in Dalton Village Hall. The clinic runs from 1 to 4 PM on Thursday July 28 and invites mothers with babies and children up to five years old. Emma A. Bacon is the nurse in charge.
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Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
Dalton Village Hall
Hiskey
Emma A. Bacon
Bids Sought for Bowen School Painting Project
The Board of Directors of School District No 138 invites bids to redecorate Bowen school rooms. Specifications available from L E Reich Eliza Dengler or Theo Hedtke. Bids due Friday evening Tale 9A Awky oe.
Notice For Bids on Calcimining Chicago Street Building
The Board of Education of School District No. 148 Dalton Illinois will receive bids for calcimining the rooms and halls of the Chicago Street building. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Board dated July 7 1925.
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Board of Education of School District
Dalton,llinois
Chicago Street
Dolton Village Water Bills Due by July 23
All water bills in the village of Dolton must be paid by July 23. Office hours at village hall are 1 to 5 p m on Mondays and 6 to 8 p m on Thursdays and Fridays. Co H Smythe Village Collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Co. H. Smythe
Postal Money Orders Restored At Dalton Office
The International money order service is re-established at this Dalton post office. Money orders may be drawn on all foreign countries and Eastbound night air mail to New York and other eastern destinations operates daily except Saturdays and Sundays. Night service closes at 5.20 p m with planes leaving Chicago at 8.30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Brookfelt
P. M
Dalton Post Office
New York
Trans Atlantic
Dalton
Chicago
W. H. Baker
Wood Field
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Riverdale Town
Epworth League Institute
Berger
Emil Seitz
Fern
Ravenna, Ohio
Emma Dunbar
Kansas City
George Dunbar
Emma
John Callahan
Callahan
E. Squires
Pointer
Harvey Ellis
Thornton
Thomson
Blue Island
138Th and
Carl Krause
Lafalets
Selwyn
Topsy
Eva
Bamboo Inn
Lafalots
Lilian
Dorothy
Hazel Grapenthien
Southerland
Iowa
Clarence Wesse
Specialville
Marie Hop
M. Eversole
139Th and
BASE
O. T. Bright
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