Dolton Board Advances Public Health and Hall Upgrades
Dolton village board met July 16 in regular session at the village hall. Trustees discussed sewer bonds and a $270 voucher, weed and street work, side walk repairs, and installing sanitary plumbing in the public hall. They ordered sign posts, lighting for the band stand, and notified owners about alley garbage dumping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Board
Dillner
Harms
Fokr Saranowskis
Barr Sales Co
Dobebasdacenpatsies
Henry W. Schnoor
Weber
Waddell
Lincoln Avenue
Hall
Smythe
Ball
Propper
City Water Department
Dalton
Ehlert
State Board of Health
Clarence Verhoeven
Entert
Henry Weber
Smyth
Harris
Drawing Today for Army of Liberty Candidates
The drawing begins in Washington DC at 10 30 a m with a glass bowl selecting numbers. The list includes 258 2522 9613 4532 10218 458 5403 10015 9899 8934 and many more as 1 345 000 young Americans prepare for physical exams and eligibility to fight for the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of Liberty
Washington, D. C
War department awards 10 000 four wheel drive trucks contracts
The War Department awards contracts totaling 34 179 026 for trucks and motorcycles to six firms. Four Wheel Drive company of Clintonville Wisconsin receives 3 750 trucks for 12 180 000, Nash Motors 3 000 for 8 415 000. Packard 1 500 and 300 more, Locomobile 400, Garford 900, Pierce Arrow 800. Also 4 000 motorcycles to Indians and Sarley-Davidsons at 247 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Clintonville
Wis
Nash Motor Company
United States
Nash Motors Company
Packard Motor Car Company
Locomobile Company of America
Riker
Garford Motor Truck Cmpany
Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company
Lumber Need for Fifteen Cantonments Details
The federal project plans 26,600,000 feet of lumber per cantonment, about 1,825 carloads, for each of the fifteen cantonments under construction.
Wanted Checker With Clerical Experience
A middle aged man is sought for a checker role requiring clerical experience. The position pays $60 per month. Apply at the Employment Dept or the Buda Company in Harvey, Illinois.
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Checker
Buda Company
Harvey, Ilinois
Dalton Concert Band to Play Free Summer Event
The Dalton Concert Band will give a free concert in the band stand on Saturday evening July 28. The village board will furnish the necessary light free. Residents report various local travels and gatherings including trips to Rennsalier Indiana and Indianapolis, plus a birthday party and lost and found pocketbook tale.
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Dalton
Village Board
Harry Franke Missing From Dolton Repair Shops
Harry Franke a 26 year old Dolton foreman in the C and E I repair shops at Yard Center disappeared after 6 30 PM July 12 leaving for a doctor but did not return He was last seen near the fire engine house at Indiana Ave and 134th St the family fears foul play and police have posted the notice and are searching for him.
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Harry Franke
Dolton
Yard Center
Indiana Ave
134Th St
Wedding Bells RIEGER CARLSON Dalton and Blue Island couple wed
Mr Carlysle Rieger of Dalton and Miss Ethel Carlson of Blue Island married at the bride's Blue Island home on Saturday July 14. They plan to reside in Blue Island after a Lake Geneva trip.
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Asmus Claussen
Emily
L. I. Ripley
L. I. Jr
Arthur Claussen
Indianapolis
Ind
Ethel Murphy
Mildred
Frederick Srueger
Dorothy
Tazel Grapenthien
L Edward Murphy
Harold Jose
Agnes
Grace Brock
Meginnes-West
Gladys West
Charles West
Carl Meginnes
Dalton
Canada
Pointer
Westberg and Jacobs Wed in Pretty July Ceremony
A large crowd attended the July wedding at the Swedish Baptist church as R Clifford Westberg and Margaret Jacobs united in marriage. The couple received gifts including an electric vacuum cleaner and a $50 check from Chicago and Riverdale Lumber employees. A playful ransom scene led to a soda repayment and a reception at the bride’s home. Dalton Immanuel church Sewing Circle announces an ice cream social and sale on July 25.
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Swedish Baptist Church
L1th Street
Jédbrooke Avenue
R. Clifford Westberg
West 109Th Street
Margaret Jacobs
Michigan Avenue
Miss Jacobs
Roseland
Westberg
Chicago and Riverdale Lumber Company
Riverdale
Chicago and Liverdale Lumber Company
Roy
Dalton Immanuel Church
Red Cross Auxiliary Volunteers Boost Dolton Riverdale Efforts
Dolton and Riverdale unit of the Red Cross, meeting at the Village hall, organizes daily sewing and knitting sessions. Volunteers sew pajamas, bandages, and cotton spreads using Dalton Public Schools machines, with rooms moved to Wilcox Jenness building in warm weather.
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Dolton-Riverdale-Red Cross
Dolton
Red Cross
National Association
Dalton Public Schools
Edith Dalton
al Mosman
Agnes Waddell
Bertha Sprick
Carl Wetterling
Gilbert
Wm. Wagner
Wm. Vandeursen
A. Moomaw
James McLaughlin
Edward Wirtz
Perry White
Wm. Cooper
Daniel Perry
Wilcox-Jenness
Republic
Voter number lists updated for Dolton Riverdale districts
The Village Clerk Wm G Dolton traveled to Harvey to compile a complete list of new numbers for the 18th and 25th precincts and filed them in the village hall. Residents in the 3rd district learn their numbers at Riverdale City Hall Blue Island while Riverdale city side residents check the 164th Precinct Police Station Kensington. Richard Hess holds the Riverdale list at his barber shop.
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Dolton
Wm. G. Dolton
Harvey
Riverdale
Blue Island
Kensington
Richard Hess
Minister's 300 Mile Ford Trip With Family
Rev Walter Bressler left Monday for Aenia Ohio to visit relatives and spend the summer with his family. He traveled overland with Henry Jenson the painter who reports the driver as a mysterious figure. The trip covered 300 miles in a single day. Mr Leason returned home Thursday. A Chicago woman seeks a girl for general housework no washing at 6200 Woodlawn Ave.
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Walter Bressler
Aenia
Ohio
Henry Jenson
Leason
P. Werner
Woodlawn Ave
Chicago
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America
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Alice
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John Schmidt
Mightawn
Llarold Sullivan
Alr
Ik H. Sullivan
M. J. Wirtz
Saugatud Mich
Elvira Wabmhofl
Viola Schmidt
Israbelle Wabmhofl
Marjorie Ronald
Ri Lake
Lodiana
Roy Smythe
Lois
Smythes
Wm. Robertson
Panama
Iowa
Elsie Schmutzler
Wolton
Peoria Iml
John Prill
Health
A. Robert Kinney
Columbia City
Mi Lake
Indal
Ripley
Mrs. Kleary Dillner
VeLong
Alam Wilkens
Cliffory
Otto Lentz
Kenneth
Rollo, Mo
Henry Wilkens
Alain
Hank” Wilkens
Westberg-Jacobs
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