Parade Plans Complete for American Legion Homecoming Jubilee
Parade chairmen announce the August 15 event with three groups for fraternal patriotic and business entries. Grand marshals include Commander Russell Trimble and President William Claussen with Iva Hastings as parade honoree. Route runs west of IL Central, then east to Dalton Fair Grounds. local businesses urged to participate with floats trucks or decorated cars.
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American Legion
Carl Maurer
Russell Trimble
Paul Gall Post
Wm. J. Claussen
Riverdale
Iva J. Hastings
Dalton
Charles F. Murphy
Russel Schaefer
Lawrence Ripley
James Strand
John Thul
Harry Meginnis
Walter Ortel
Grover Cogswell
Lester Brookfelt
Gus Baumgartner
Wentworth Avenue
School Street
181H Street
Wabash Avenue
137Th Street
Leyden
Lincoln Avenue
Main Street
Greenwood Road
Park Avenue
Fair Grounds
Main
Riverdale Picnic Highlights Annual Beer Garden Event
The Riverdale Beer Garden at 13413 Indiana Avenue hosts its fourth annual picnic Sunday July 25 at 2 pm. A championship softball rubber match pits married men led by Robert Lanchine against single men captained by Fred Zarnow. Hans and the Windy Five provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Beer Garden
Indiana Avenue
Robert Lanchine
Fred Zarnow
Hans
Windy
Epworth Camp Meeting Opens Saturday at Dalton
The Fifty-third Annual Camp Meeting sponsored by the Epworth Senegu Institute starts Saturday July 24 at the Camp Grounds on Sibley Boulevard Dalton. The nine day program runs to August 1 with many well known ministers delivering addresses and sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thee
Epworth Senegu Institute
Sibley Boulevard
Dalton
Klitzkes Visit Whitewater Wisconsin Relatives
Mr and Mrs Lyle K Klitzke and daughter Carol of Riverdale visited relatives in Whitewater Wisconsin last week their son Richard returned home with them after a month with his grandmother
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Lyle K. Klitzke
Carol
Riverdale
Whitewater
Wisc
Richard
Tunnel completes sewer connection to Calumet system
Engineers finish planning for a five and a half mile interceptor linking Calumet City Burnham Hegewisch and Riverdale to the Calumet Sewage Treatment Works. The $1 408 000 tunnel will cross under the Calumet River east of Burnham avenue bridge and under State street viaduct. Construction aims to end river pollution by this fall. The Chicago Sanitary District let the contract earlier this spring. The six foot three inch diameter pipe will culminate at the treatment plant near 126th street and Cottage Grove Avenue.
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Calumet City
Burnham
Hegewisch
Riverdale
Calumet
126Th Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Flumet River
Burnham Avenue
State Street
Calumet River
Chicago Sanitary District
Lake Michigan
Transfer of Highway Police Officers
Three lieutenants in command of county highway police stations were transferred last night by order of Chief Lester Laird. The moves aim to acquaint officers with different sections of the county. Lt. Fred Mulhausen moves from Homewood to Willow Springs, Lt. George Le Grue from Willow Springs to Morton Grove, and Lt. Henry Andel from Morton Grove to Homewood.
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Lester Laird
Laird
Fred Mulhausen
Homewood
Willow Springs
George le Grue
Morton Grove
Henry Andel
Break in Main Shuts Off City Gas Supply
Residents east of Indiana Avenue lost gas service Sunday afternoon July 18 as water seeped through a tunnel 87 feet below the Calumet river. The valve north of the river was shut to supply the north side, while the Public Service Company's main served the south, during repairs on the erosion caused leak.
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Indiana Avenue
Calumet River
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co
Public Service Company
Safeway Bus Company Publishes South Suburban Schedule
The South Suburban Safeway Bus Line releases a complete schedule printed on page 4 for patrons in the district. Officers prepared the timetable for local reference and for cutting from the paper.
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Thee South Suburban Safeway
Dalton visitors and Midwest guests in Indiana and Ohio
Mrs Cornelius De Ridder and daughter Anna of Dalton visit her son John De Ridder and Mrs Tracy Walters at Chesterton Indiana. Florence Lau Helen McDonald Florence and Catherine Schabloske Agnes Kurz stay two weeks at Rosemary Mc Laughlin summer home Hudson Lake Indiana. Miss Audrey Ward of Kansas City visits Lorraine Rose Tomky Thursday. Mr and Mrs Ernest Higgins of Miami Florida guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Miller and family of Dolton.
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Cornelius de Ridder
Anna de Ridder
Dalton
John de Ridder
Tracy Walters
Chesterton, Indiana
Florence Lau
Helen McDonald
Florence
Catherine Schabloske
Agnes Kurz
Rosemary McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Hudson Lake
Indiana
Audrey Ward
Kansas City
Lorraine Rose Tomky
Ernest Higgins
Miami
Fla
Henry Miller
Dolton
Horner to Cut Ribbon at Doty Ave Opening
Governor Horner and Mayor Kelly will open the new million dollar Stony Island avenue extension from 95th to 130th streets with a ribbon cutting and parade on Thursday August 5 at 2 30 PM. Aldermen Lindell and Rowan announce the event and invite public officials to participate in the celebration.
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Stony Island Avenue
95Th Street
130Th Street
Horner
Edward J. Kelly
Arthur G. Lindell
William A. Rowan
South Side
Clayton F. Smith
Francis Loughran
W. W. Powers
John Ryan
Elmer Schnackenberg
F. Lynden Smith
Ernst Lieberman
Kenrick Harger
Robert Kingery
John Healy
Thomas Daley
Michael Mulcahy
Victory L. Schlaeger
Apellate
Sheldon W
Henry Horner
Chicago
Doty Avenue
Dalton Residents Take Stretches Of Wisconsin Mindful Moments
Local notes list multiple Dalton residents venturing to Minnesota for vacations including Mr. and Mrs. Hruby and Henry Propper Jr along with Mr. and Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Sill. Extended travels include visits to Ontario and Bass Lake Indiana with kin, hospital visits for a knee injury, a beach party for Epworth League members, and several relatives visiting or returning from trips across Ohio and Michigan.
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Joseph Hruby
Henry Propper, Jr
Washington Street
Dalton
Minnesota
C. H. Lee
Elkhart
Ind
Lucy Kinney
Indiana Avenue
Hamilton
Ontario
Canada
Dan Perry
Forest Avenue
George Sill
Roseland
Roy
Ed Messerschmidt
St. Bernard Hospital
Chicago
Whiting
Epworth League
Dolton
Milton Younker
Dowagiac
Mich
Ada Mae Franceour
Don Kasper
Kankakee
Ill
Harold Tetreau
Rose Benjamin
Charles Tomky
Wabash Ave
Church Carnival Opens At St Marys Riverdale
The annual summer festival starts Monday July 26 at St Maria Church grounds Ath street and Leyden avenue Riverdale and runs seven days ending Sunday August 1. A city auto parade and an old fashioned German Pretzel Band will open the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Ath Street
Leyden Avenue
Riverdale
Dalton
Parking At Stop Signs Is Dangerous
The Dalton police warn that cars left in front of stop signs at Main and Chicago streets create hazards. Illinois law requires 30 feet clearance from a stop sign, but drivers are advised to park elsewhere to avoid accidents and vandalism.
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Dalton Police Department
Chicago
Tlinois
Local Leaders at Newly Opened Scout Camp Walters
Forty three Boy Scouts and staff welcome Camp Walters reopening at an island site on the St Joseph river in Buchanan Michigan. George Kingsland Scoutmaster Troop 9 Riverdale serves as activities director Jack Finerty Riverdale in charge of boating Herbert Neander Riverdale dining hall supervisor and Leon Wetley Riverdale provisional Scoutmaster assist Troop 9. Plarrte club meets at Mrs Charles Tomky Jr home with prizes going to Mrs Agnes Dreger Mrs Clara Unruh Mrs Cleinda Nelson and Mrs Jennie O Connors Ethyl Rausch of Houston honored guest and Mrs Wm J Claussen plans two week stay at Twin Lakes Michigan Summer home.
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Walters
St. Joseph River
Plarrte Club
Charles Tomky, Jr
Agnes Dreger
Clara Unruh
Cleinda Nelson
Jennie O’connors
Ethyl Rousch
Houston
Texas
Ethyl
Wm. J. Claussen
138Th Street
Riverdale
Claussen
Twin Lakes
Michigan
Change Bosses on WPA Sewer
K S Putnam Riverdale village engineer reports at July 13 meeting that WPA foremen were changed, more progress expected, and work on the railroad tunnel paused until approval. Will urges village to withhold 187th street work. two regular sewer men may transfer. Village must provide a truck at $1 per hour or $65 per month. Discusses need for air compressor pneumatic spades trenching machine and possible use of contractor's machine to speed tunneling and street work.
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K. S. Putnam
Riverdale
Wm. J. Claussen
Will
Claussen
187Th Street
Putnam
137Th Street
Hanschmann
Acme Steel Co
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138Th
Wentworth
Epworth
Safeway Bus Company
Pinta Juniors
John N. Weiler
Frank L. Schroll
John Kleink
H. J. Horn
Dave Denham
Peter Kurz, Sr
A. R. Lembeke
Harry Kummerer
E. O. Price
Frank
Herbert F. Zornow
Illinois Street
187Th
188Th Street
Zornow
144Th Street
Halsted Street
Mr. May
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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