Dolton residents protest foul odor from local dump
A Dolton residents group filed a letter with POINTER PUBLICATIONS complaining of a foul odor from Meneghin's garbage dump at 138th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. They report unsanitary conditions, rodent problems, and claim many signatures could be gathered quickly to support action.
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Dolton
Pointer
Meneghin
128Th St
Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago
Lake Michigan
138Th St
Dolton Riverdale Motorcycle Cavalcade Heads to Shrine Pilgrimage
Dolton and Riverdale residents will witness the 14th annual motorcycle cavalcade and pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Christopher in Midlothian on Sunday July 22. The event is part of the 16th Annual St Christopher Fiesta running July 19 to 28. About 1500 motorcyclists are expected, with parade marshal George Kukovac of Georges Harley-Davidson Sales. The riders start at noon from the Sauk Village Shopping Center and ride through the area.
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Dolton
Riverdale
Dalton-Riverdale
Sauk Village
Petition Drive Grows Over Lincoln Park Crossing Gates
Dalton Village Clerk Haris Ball reports strong reader response to petitions on the Indiana Harbor Belt and Baltimore and Ohio crossing at Lincoln and Park. Residents are urged to sign and submit petitions before the August 7 ICC hearing, seeking a watcher and upgraded electric gates with signals.
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Dalton Village
Haris Ball
Lincoln and Park
Illinois Commerce Commission
Ball
Indiana Harbor Belt
Baltimore and Ohio
ICC
Pointer
Dolton
140Th and
Park
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
Lincoln & Park
Indiana Harbor
Riverdale Village Day Picnic Set for August 25
Riverdale Chamber of Commerce schedules the annual Village Day picnic at Riverdale Park with $1500 in prizes. Owen Rietveld chairs planning. events include limbo contests, games, free ice cream, a Board of Trustees vs Chamber baseball game, and a water fight by the Fire Department Auxiliary. Residents urged to bring picnics for Sunday afternoon celebrations.
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Riverdale
Owen Rietveld
Rietveld
Chamber
Ralph Young
Garret van Buren
Ray Dohmeyer
Charles Quain
Arnold Schmidt
Larry DeAnthony
Mary Sola
Dick Poppel
Riverdale Board of Trustees
Chamber of
Commerce
Belle Jacobitz
Chris Meneghin
Chamber of Commerce
Pointer Publications Seatre Ticket Notice
Every Thursday Pointer Publications lists eight Tri City Point ER subscribers in classified pages. If your name appears you receive a courtesy ticket for two to Dolton or Homewood Theatre. Call office by 5 pm, closed Saturday. Tickets usable within two months of issue.
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Pointer Publications
Tri-City
Promoted to Key Post in Sanitary District
Sanitary District Supt Vinton W Bacon promoted Robert L McCarthy to engineer of flood control from within the district. McCarthy 32 of Dalton has a master’s in sanitary engineering from IIT and is a Marquette civil engineer and IL registered PE. He will earn 1138 a month, previously 926 as civil engineer III. He is a Marine Corps reserve major with four sons and six years of district service.
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Vinton W. Bacon
Dalton
Robert L. McCarthy
Michigan Ave
McCarthy
Marquette University
Ilinois
Riverdale Firemen Win Multiple Water Team Contests
Riverdale's five man water fighting team earned first place in the South Chicago Heights contest with sixteen teams competing. The squad also took a first place trophy in Dalton during the Fourth of July week. Engineer Dennis Malloy and teammates Leroy Bayer Jessie Elizalde Don Krause and Ronald Reh lead the crew which placed second in Hazel Crest and beat Crete for first in South Chicago Heights last weekend. They plan to defend their title in Richton Park August 1 2 3 and 4.
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Riverdale Volunteer Fire Department
South Chicago Heights
Riverdale
Dalton
Dennis Malloy
Hazel Crest
Crete
Free Chest X Ray Mobile Unit Returns Friday
Still time for residents to receive a free chest X ray as a mobile unit returns to Faith Bailey Health Center Calumet City at 401 E Ideth St from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The service is run by Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Institute with cooperation from the Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago and Cook County. Thanks are extended to the Dalton Volunteer Fire Department for its rapid response on July 8. Mr and Mrs John Kaemar.
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Riverdale-Dalton
Jewel Food
Riverdale
Riverdale-Cotton Lions Club
Tuberculosis Institute
Faith Bailey Health Center
E.lidth St
Calumet City
Cook County Tuberculosis Institute
Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago
Cook County
Dalton Volunteer Fire Department
John Kaemar
Dolton to vote on free public library budget inclusion
Dolton residents vote August 17, 1963 on whether a free public library should be established and maintained as part of the village appropriations. The library, run by volunteers with a $1,200 annual budget, would be funded by tax levies and require a full time librarian if approved.
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Dolton
Cook County
Tinois
Village Library Corporation
Village of Dolton
Dolton Park
Village
Emma Dillner
Library Board
Dalton
Village of
Mllinois
Sophie Horvat
Clark
Trene L. Wernicke
Forest
Emil Kopac
Park
Carol Hall
Grant St
Milan Herzog
Irving and
Molly Bruckner
Ellis
Car Crash in Riverdale Involves Cecil McDonald
Cecil McDonald of 13092 Ellis Chicago struck a parked car at 14121 Indiana Ave Riverdale on July 12. He told Riverdale Police his southbound car was forced over the curb by a red unknown vehicle. The parked car owned by Michael T Foran of 14228 State Riverdale was pushed about seven feet. McDonald was cited for driving too fast for conditions.
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Cecil McDonald
Ellis
Chicago
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
McDonald
Michael T. Foran
State
Burglars Try To Break In At Cosgrove Dental Clinic
Riverdale police report burglars attempted to break into the Cosgrove Dental Clinic at 68 East 138th Street in Riverdale between midnight and 11 57 a m on July 13 by removing an aluminum screen at the southwest corner of the building.
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Cosgrove Dental Clinic
East 138Th St
Riverdale
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Larry Thompson
Vnt
Ralph Benjamin
Sec’y
Leo Keiffer
John Woulfe
Fred Krikau
George Sweet
Treas
Paul Jones
R.R
Riverdale Chamber
Seatre
Call
Dolton Village
Public Service Company
Sibley
Evans St
Jacqueline K. Meshane
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