Little League Officials Praise New Municipal Field
South Holland Little League officials name the new field Municipal Field after weather delayed the July 4 dedication. Contributors include Amercan Le ion Post 883 and many local firms providing fence work, water lines, electrical service, scoreboard, grading, and dirt. Village President Harold Gouwens commends the expansion as benefiting 340 boys across eight major and ten minor league teams plus four eight year olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercan Leion
Calumet Austrial & Farm Supply
Capps Welding Company
Fritz Gouwens
Gouwens Electric
Helland Electric
Paarlberg Chemicals
Rated Construction Company
Roeda
Thorntgp
Witvoet
Harold Gouwens
South Ielland
Fire damages Dolton home closet blaze
The Ferracane residence at 15533 Cotage Grove Dolton suffered heavy smoke and fire damage on Tuesday afternoon July 18 when a fire started in a bedroom closet. Fire Chief Paul Ripley has not announced the cause or the damage total.
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Cotage Grove
Dolton
Paul Ripley
Marino Sent To Asylum For Two Murders
Arthur Marino forty of 18301 Ann street Blue Island was ordered committed to the Illinois Security Hospital at Chester after being found insane at a July hearing. He had been convicted of murdering his sweetheart in June 1949 and, while an escaped patient from the Danville VA, killed a woman and his four year old nephew in Blue Island last May.
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Arthur Marino
Ann Street
Blue Island
Dalton Clayhole
Danville Veterans Administration
Illinois Security Hospital
Chester
Dedicate Village Hall Sets Plans for Dedication Day
Thirty eight Riverdale residents representing community groups met at Riverdale Village Hall on July 18 to form plans and assign committees for the dedication and open house of the new municipal building. Robert W. Hendricks was named project chairman with Charles Quain as vice chairman. The dedication is set for Sunday October 1 and interest was high among attendees.
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Riverdale
Robert W. Hendricks
Charles Quain
Services Held For Mrs Alt In California
Henrietta E. Alt died in Walnut Creek California on Sunday July 16 Funeral services are planned for Thursday July 20 at Bachmann Funeral Home 244 EB 138th St Chicago Readers can view full obituary on page 10 of The POINTER.
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Henrietta E. Alt
Walnut Creek
California
Bachmann
138Th St
Chicago
Dr Phil Steps Down As Chief Of Medical Staff
The St. Francis Hospital medical staff in Blue Island commends outgoing president Philip G Thomson MD of Dalton for service as president. He is succeeded by R B White MD of Chicago who has served as radiologist for 21 years.
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Dr. Phil
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Philip G. Thomson
Dalton
R. B. White
Chicago
Local Women Win Tickets To White Sox Yankee Game
The Chicago Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society awarded two reserved seat tickets to Mrs. Marion Kolisz and Mrs. Kathleen McCarthy for the White Sox vs Yankees game. They won by raising the most in their communities during the door to door drive, with over $125,000 raised to support MS clinics at Presbyterian St Luke's and MS research projects.
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Chicago
National
Chcago
Society
Locke
MS Society
Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital
Panic Response To Sonic Boom Alarms Civil Defense
Civil defense heads in the Tri-Cities react to a Friday night event they believe to be a sonic boom. Authorities seek methods to educate the public on fear versus curiosity as they plan campaigns for national disaster readiness.
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Tri-Cities
Police Destroy Field Of Marijuana Near Riverdale
Riverdale police found and destroyed a marijuana field on the Calumet river bank near 131st Street. Chicago police arrested a house-to-house peddler who admitted selling homemade cigarettes from plants seized at the site. Police suspect seed scattering by someone from Altgeld Gardens to harvest a bumper crop.
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Calumet River
Riverdale
131St Street
Calumet Riverbank
Charles Cook
Chicago
Cook
Frank Merrit
Riverdale Public Works Department
Altgeld Gardens
Farewell at St Jude’s for Father Robert Fyanes
St Jude the Apostle church hosts a Sunday farewell for Father Robert Fyanes former St Jude assistant pastor and junior high baseball coach. The gathering invites area friends and parish members to honor his service.
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St. Jude the Apostle
Robert Fyanes
St. Judes
Father Fyanes
St. Jude
What Price Freedom
Carl Nolte argues that freedom costs more than soldiers and wars. it demands vigilance, knowledge, civic participation, and worldwide education. The piece frames freedom as a continual debt repayable by each individual through aware voting, defense, and resistance to complacency and greed.
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Carl Nolte
America
Seek Talent For Riverdale Village Day Picnic
Riverdale Chamber of Commerce invites Riverdale residents to enter a talent show at Riverdale Park on August 20. Cash prizes will be awarded to top acts, including musicians singers acrobats dancers and baton twirlers. Sign up July 31 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the park fieldhouse 137th and Wentworth.
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Riverdale
Wentworth
New Pastor Installed at Grace Church in July Ceremony
Rev Milton Lehr was installed as pastor of Grace Lutheran church during Sunday evening ceremonies at Markham Lutheran church. The installation was led by Rev M Nicolaus of Markham with visiting pastors assisting. The sermon was given by Rev Cyril Wismar of the English District Missouri Synod mission board. Grace church currently holds services at the American Legion hall 443 E 157th St South Holland while its new site at 166th and Woodlawn is prepared.
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Markham Lutheran Church
Milton, Lehr
Grace Lutheran Church
M. Nicolaus
Markham
Cyril Wismar
Mission Board
English District
Missouri Synod
Grace Church
166Th
Woodlawn
American Legion
Dolton Man Aids Police in Identifying Hot Rod Plane
Dolton police say the pilot who buzzed Sibley and Indiana causing traffic disruptions confesses. Calls topped 50 as officers traced a Cessna 195 flying under FAA limits and zigzagging over busy streets and overpasses, endangering motorists and pedestrians.
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Dolton
Sibley
Indiana
Dalton
Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aeronautics Authority
C&el
Indiana Avenue
Invite Children To Summer Park Activities
The Ivanhoe Park Board invites area children aged 8 and up to join a free summer program featuring handicraft badminton volleyball archery tennis tumbling ping pong and tetherball supervised at the park fieldhouse Director Clarence Onyett will register participants.
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Ivanhoe Park
Clarence Onyett
Library Board Seeks Return of Overdue Books
Dalton library board urges patrons to return overdue volumes to prevent depriving others especially in the juvenile section where copies are scarce. Notices may reach the wrong borrower, and volunteers acknowledge minor errors while asking for cooperation in card processing and volunteer help for classification and repair work.
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Dalton
Arthur Fanning
Library Board
Corriveau
Roy Stamp Jr
Gerry Amber
Don Hemmerling
Edward Schaefer
Riverdale
Marvine Bruckner
P. McKiernan
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Chuck Renner
Leona Mangins
Robert Bushby
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Howell
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