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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1961
Page
4
The Dalton Riverdale South Holland Swim Club offers a weekly open hour for handicapped children every Monday from 10 to 11 a.m. Accompanied by a parent, they may attend free of charge without pool membership. Lifeguards will assist and instruct during the session.
Plans for the annual Thornton Township Republican picnic unfold with committees led by Supervisor Evert Schultz and Rep Edward Derwinski. The event runs 2 to 7 pm at the Brown Derby, featuring refreshments, programs, prizes, and public safety arranged by local officials and the Republican Women’s organization.
Agneon and JoAnn Bargiel were elected president and secretary treasurer of the Harvey Memorial YMCA Teen Council. The group plans teen center programs for South Suburban high school students and lists several council members from Harvey, Dalton, Riverdale, and Thorn Township. A Riverdale Village Picnic talent show is announced for July 29 at Riverdale Park with signups July 31 at Paverdale Park fieldhouse.
Congressman Edward J Derwinski will be featured on the Mr Citizen radio program on WIND this Saturday July 22 at 7 15 pm. The public service interview covers congressional reapportionment prospects for the coming session of the Illinois legislature and related controversy.
June permits issued in Dolton show two homes costing 371 dollars and 25 cents each, 25 garages at 3498 dollars, 41 improvements at 17.43 dollars, and three miscellaneous permits totaling 4270 dollars. The miscellaneous items include a two flat apartment building with English basement at 3400 dollars, Chain Belt Corp remodeling at 8000 dollars, and demolition of a barn at 700 dollars.
Dolton Park District announces an exhibit of children’s handicrafts from 7 to 14 year olds in the summer program. The display will feature mosaic stonework leather goods ceramic clay work plaster wall plaques and more from Dolton Park Berger and Waterman schools. A definite exhibit date will be announced later and the public is invited to view the work.
The South Welland Lions Club sponsors an X ray unit at I A store 16168 South Park on Friday July 2 from 2 pm to 9 pm Volunteers led by Henry De Vanes and Mr and Mrs Robert Bell. Also birth notices list Mr and Mrs Arthur Stern of 14729 Wabash Dalton and Mr and Mrs Boyd Abels of 14437 5 Lowe Riverdale with children born July 9 10 and 13 respectively.
Debra Keating seven from Riverdale was bitten on the left leg by a stray dog Sunday. Riverdale police quickly apprehended the animal and Debra received treatment at St Francis hospital Blue Island. the dog is impounded. A tractor at L Menegha Dump Corp Lasth and College Grove in Dolton caught fire, extinguished by the Dolton fire department.
A local notice lists multiple pointers and addresses in Riverdale Illinois Indiana avenues. It references a sign about a road being under water and impassable. The Riverside Riverdale HIT office lists Raymond J. Kelly as publisher and Leona Mangous as editor. It notes second class postage and rates for Cook and out of county, with weekly Riverdale publication.
Riverdale police report 170 dollars stolen from RK H Jackson in Riverdale with a block of blank checks missing. Checks numbered 326 to 350. Businesses urged to watch for washed or altered checks. A local quote about shopping etiquette is noted.
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