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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1962
Page
3
POINTER PUBLICATIONS will search this fall for Suburban Homemaker of the Year in Dalton Riverdale and South Holland. The winner receives local recognition and prizes and advances to a national competition for 5000. The national ceremony will be in Chicago in mid November.
Contestants include 13 year old Vickie Boos and her father Fred Boos at the U S Naval Air Station Glenview. The 31st annual meet will be held this week with more than 150 000 spectators expected to attend.
A mobile X-ray unit will visit South Holland on Wednesday August 1 for a one day tuberculosis survey. It will be outside the IGA at 16168 Park from 8 am to 4 pm with volunteers on duty including Abs. Robert Sawiele Antkiewicz Mrs. Wm Hynes Mrs. Arthur Keller and Mrs. Richard Hansen.
Rev. Paul W. Pretzel of Sandridge Methodist Church returns from vacation to lead the first sermon in a series titled The Parables of Genesis focusing on The Creation. The Dolton church at Lincoln and Sibley invites the community to worship at 10 30 a m with Sunday church school at 9 15 a m and expanded parking plus supervised nursery.
The Dalton Methodist Church and Immanuel United Church of Christ unite for a cooperative Daily Vacation Bible School with 200 youngsters enrolled. The theme is My Bible and I with a Bible collection and Craft Display. Refreshments will be served and invitations extended to families and friends.
Over 1 000 residents received free polio inoculations at St Mary’s school hall, but hundreds were turned away as vaccine supply ran short. The Chicago Board of Health team administered all 1 090 doses in three hours. A second session will be announced. shots also available at 437 W 119th St health clinic on Mondays and Wednesdays.
The Tysen family reunion gathers at South Holland Park at 2 p.m. on Saturday August 4 with about 300 members spread from Riverdale Dalton South Holland Harver Roseland and states from Michigan to India. Miss Doris Tyson notes dates back to 1700 and dues fund prizes for games and races with awards for farthest traveler youngest oldest and newest married couple.
Building permits issued in South Holland from June 19 to July 16, 1942 total 441 046. They cover 19 residences valued at 292 500, 26 garages at 83 411, and four miscellaneous permits 115 735 including a gym addition at Waterman School 880 009 and a new 30 000 building for K and W Radio store and office.
Dr Lavinia Scott an educational missionary with the United Church boards speaks at Thornridge Community Church in South Holland at 9 45 a m on Sunday July 29. She heads Andaman Seminary for Girls in Natal Union of South Africa and oversees 323 high school students. Riverdale police administered oxygen to Clif Cogswell 44 of 13929 Atlantic Street Riverdale after breathing difficulty. he was taken to St Francis Hospital Blue Island.
A Sunday rainstorm at about 5 p.m. caused about two hours of outages in Riverdale and Dalton. Public Service Company restored power by 7 09 p m with generators running at fire and police stations. Severe damage reported at 143rd Wentworth 137th Leyden 148th Dobson and 14113 Edbrooke with downed lines and a struck television antenna.
South Holland residents are invited to the third annual Pacesetter Civic League picnic on August 12 at Wampum Lake Thorn ton. Frank Valentino of 16058 Ellis is chairman. Activities begin 1:30 pm with families to bring their own grub and soft drinks available.
South Holland readers are invited to submit vacation snapshots and human interest photos for publication in The Pointer. Send or bring entries to The Pointer at 138174 Indiana Ave Riverdale IL, for possible use by Tri City readers.
A South Holland family raised the first smooth-haired collie in the Tri-Cities to earn its D.D. degree for a seeing eye role. Diana, begun in December 1980, finished novice obedience in October 1961 after weekly sessions with Rev. Paul Schultz and son Paul. Diana placed fifth in a class of about 40 at a Markham program and is now prepared for advanced trials toward the C.D. degree with shows in Chicago and New Lenox. The dog will be paired with 13-year-old Joan Michalski of Worth, pending lifelong training.
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