Riverview Riverton Village Board Reviews Road Work Bids
Trustee Hanschmann said the street and alley committee waits for Division of Highways approval to solicit bids for arterial street maintenance funded by motor fuel tax. Clerk authorized to advertise bids, with results due after State approval or a special meeting. The panel also granted power to remove hazardous trees in parkways and confirm this action. Police Chief Mraz reported rabies quarantine placards and a drop in loose dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanschmann
Riverdale Village Board
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of Highways
Frank J. Mraz
State of Illinois
Department of Agriculture
Furlough Auto Licenses in Effect July 17
The Military Furlough Motor Licenses law took effect Tuesday July 17. Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, a veteran, led the enactment allowing Illinois armed forces members on sick leave or furlough to obtain a wind shield sticker for fifty cents as a temporary permit valid thirty days while regular plates are obsolete. Discharged veterans may buy license plates for July 1 to year end at one dollar with proper credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Barrett
Illinois
Japan
Public Budget Hearing Planned by District 148 Illinois
The Board of Education of School District No. 148 Cook County Illinois announces a tentative budget and appropriation ordinance for the 1945 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1945, available for public inspection at Lincoln School after 9:00 a.m. on July 20, 1945. A public hearing on the budget will be held at 7:20 p.m. on August 21, 1945, at Lincoln School Dalton. Dated July 17, 1945. ROY NELSON, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Cook
Illinois
Lincoln School
Dalton
Board of Education of
Roy Nelson
Plans for the Third Ivanhoe Community Picnic Underway
The third annual Ivanhoe Community picnic is in progress for Sunday August 5 in the southwest Ivanhoe park. Activities include games for all ages, a band, dancing, exhibits by local organizations, and prizes. Attendees should bring lunch. ice cream and pop will be sold.
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Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe Park
Sandridge Church Plans 95th Anniversary Activities
The Sandridge Methodist church founded August 8 1850 will observe its 95th anniversary with services on July 28 and 29. Dr John A Diekman will give the anniversary address Saturday evening, and a Sunday program includes a history presentation by Frank Dickman a 1030 am worship sermon by Rev G Courrier and an 3 pm anniversary service with Dr C A Bloomquist and Diekman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge
G. Courrier
C. A. Bloomquist
Fred Waterman
William Gentry
Courtier
Frank Diekman
Albert Steinke
Joshua McCaskie
Edwin Waterman
Navigator Wings Earned By Hondo Field Trainees
Flight Officer Arthur D. Larson among graduates at Hondo Army Air Field Texas receiving silver navigator wings after 13 weeks of celestial navigation training. The class, many soon to be bomber navigators, were commended for aerial teamwork. they await assignments.
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Arthur D. Larson
Hondo Army Air Field
Hondo
Texas
Japan
Anna B. Schultz
East
Dalton
Hendon Field
AA Training Command
Robert P.bush
Dallas
Tex
Hon
Two Dolton Youths Among 17 Inducted July 9
Dolton natives Charles Pokorny and Charles Edward Krueger were among 17 registrants from the Dolton draft board inducted into military service on July 9. Others named include Eddie A Peterson, Clarence Allen Gifford of South Holland, Donald Everet Arney, Matthew Lawrence Palmo of Lansing, and several more from Phoenix, Thornton, Homewood, East Hazelcrest, and Lansing. Navy inductees on the same day included Albert Mulder, Fred DeWitt, and Melvin Seymour Boonstra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Army
Charles Pokorny
Charles Edward Krueger
Eddie A. ‘Peterson
Clarence Allen Gifford
South Holland
Donald Everett Arney
Matthew Lawrence Palmo
Lansing
John Terandy
Frank Pietraszek
William Nieekula
John Anthony Levon
Emil Anton Lach
Phoenix
Woodrow Walter Blank
Thornton
Floyd ‘Blackburn Otis
Homewood
LeBon Eugene Thompson
East Hazelcrest
Albert Mulder
Fred DeWitt
Melvin Seymour Boonstra
Lansing Wee
Navy
Friday Teen Age Dance in Dolton This Friday
The Dolton Riverdale Youth Activity Council sponsors an outdoor teen age dance this Friday July 20 in Dolton south of 142nd street between the Pennsylvania railroad and Chicago road. All young people of the community are invited to attend.
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Doltonj Riverdale Youth Activity Council
Dolton
142Nd Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago Road
Dalton
Grocers Warned on Loose Food Points
Officials warn retailers against accepting loose ration stamps amid a crackdown on counterfeit food stamps. Storekeepers are urged to verify stamps by tearing them from books in their presence, with penalties including debit to ration accounts and possible suspension from trading rationed foods.
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OPA
I C Worker Drowns In Calumet River
Robert Ormand a 27 year old Chicago man staying at a Wildwood railroad camp drowned in the Calumet River last Friday morning. Firemen recovered the body after a two hour search. Two fellow workers offered conflicting reasons for his plunge including rescue of a hat or a swim. An inquest at Bachmann funeral home returned a verdict of accidental death. Ormand, a discharged veteran of two and a half years service in the South Pacific, is survived by his wife and children of Cedarville Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ormand
S. Parkway
Chicago
Wildwood
Calumet River
Riverdale Fire Department
Ormand
Knois Central Bridge
Bachmann
South Pacific
Cedarville
Miss
Grocery Ceiling Price List Highlights Anti Inflation Drive
The Pointer publishes the current community ceiling price list for dry groceries in Group 1 and 2 stores as part of the Grocer-Consumer Anti-Inflation campaign. Prices may be lower in some shops. readers are urged to clip and reference the list at home.
Riverdale Among Leaders In 1945 Home Building
Riverdale ranked among the thirteen leaders in suburban home building during the first half of 1945 per the Bell Savings Survey. It reported 43 homes valued at 226,300 dollars, with June 1945 permits at 14,000 dollars and total June 1945 suburban building at 221,000 dollars.
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Riverdale
Bell ‘Savings Survey
Franklin Park
Bellwood
Hammond
Gary
Calumet City
Arlington Heights
Westchester
Bensonville
Palatine
Skokie
Des Plaines
Melrose Park
Chicago
Ruff Returns From Nine Day Wisconsin Fishing Trip
Arthur W. Ruff of Ivanhoe has returned from a nine day fishing trip in Wisconsin. Mrs. J. McLaughlin and Mrs. F. Stiemann and grandson James of Dalton are vacationing at Hudson Lake Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Ruff
Ivanhoe
Wisconsin
J. McLaughlin
F. Stiemann
James
Dalton
Hudson Lake
Ind
Lowvale Lodge Plans Annual Lake Eliza Picnic
The Lowvale lodge A M 1189 with Walter Wells and Herman Lentfer leading a committee invites members and families to a July 22 Lake Eliza outing featuring swimming fishing baseball and general entertainment for all.
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Lowvale Lodge
Lake Eliza
Ind
Walter Wells
Herman Lentfer
Two men bounded over to grand jury for larceny
Robert Steele and David Watson were bound over to the grand jury in Judge Harry Lambert's Harvey court on charges of grand larceny for stealing four automobile tires tubes and wheels from Richard LaBriton’s car in Calumet City. The theft occurred June 9 at the I H B roundhouse and was reported to Riverdale police the next morning. The pair, both Harvey residents, were arrested by local police and released on $1,000 bonds. The stolen items were recovered.
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Grand Jury
Harry Lambert
Harvey
Richard LaBriton
Calumet City
Robert Steele
Vine Ave
David Watson
Hoyne
Pacific tanker needs rise with longer supply lines
Due to substantially greater distances, two or three times as many oil tankers are required in the Pacific theater than in Europe to sustain U S forces fighting Japan.
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Pacific
European
Family guests and furlough visit noted in local notes
Myr and Mrs William Slodowy and sons of Norwood Park dined with the Peter J Kurz family in Riverdale Friday. Roy Pickering on furlough from Eagle Mt Lake Fort Worth Texas visits Harry Shilling in Dalton this week as Florence Shilling’s guest. Florence had visited Roy Pickering and his family in Wakeeney Kansas last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myr
William Slodowy
Norwood Park
Peter J. Kurz
Riverdale
Roy Pickering
Eagle Mt. Lake
Fort Worth
Texas
Harry Shilling
Dalton
Florence
Pickering
Wakeeney
Kans
Dolton Rd Acts on Residents Petition for Mail Delivery
Dolton village board on July 10 authorized attorney to pursue home mail delivery for the village provided no loss of the local post office. A petition signed by 300 residents prompted the move. Police to strictly enforce traffic ordinances and sidewalk safety near Chicago street businesses.
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Dolton
New Business
Arthur E.diliner
John B. Slager
Chicago Street
Harold Summerfield
Main Street
Stony Island Avenue
Brown ‘Packing Company
County
Dalton
Riverdale
Frank Mraz
Riverdale Reserve
State
Mosseill
Public Service Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sibley Street
Sit. Mary's Annual Festival Set for August 19
The annual festival and dinner of St. Mary's parish in Riverdale will be held on Sunday, August 19. Committees were appointed to ensure a successful event with a roast beef dinner as the drawing card. Reservations by August 5 via Interocean 9722. Dinner price set at 75 cents. Mrs. Gertrude Simnick and Mrs. Betty Geier lead the kitchen. Booths for amusements and refreshments will line the grounds. Riverdale and Dalton friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Parish
Riverdale
Interocean
Gertrude Simnick
Betty Geier
Riverdale and
Dalton
Navy Yeoman Returns from Pacific on 30 Day Leave
Chief Yeoman Lloyd Brandt arrived home Tuesday evening on 30 days leave after 26 months in the Southwest Pacific with the 47th Navy Construction Battalion. He phoned his wife Virginia Laib and his mother Mrs. Katherine McCarthy of Dalton from San Francisco last week to share his arrival in the States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Brandt
Southwest Pacific
Navy Construction Battalion
Virginia Laib
Katherine McCarthy
Dalton
San Francisco
States
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Riverdale Rd
Sandridge Church
I.C
Dolton Rd
Sit. Mary’s
Yeoman
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