Agencies Seek Homes for 4, Dependent Children
Four thousand plus dependent children in Chicago and nearby areas need foster homes as leading city welfare agencies unite under the United Home Finding Service. Offices at 343 South Dearborn street, Wabash 9793, promote a simple application process.
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Chicago
United Home Funding Service
South Dearborn Street
Council of Social Agencies
United Home Finding Service
New
Chicago Orphan Asylum
Children’s Division
The
Chicago Welfare Administration
Division of Child Welfare
State of Illinois
Ilinois ‘Children’s Home and Aid ‘Society
Jewish Children’s Bureau
Juvenile Court of
Cook County
Lutheran Child Welfare Association
Lutheran Home Finding Society
Methodist Deaconess Orphange
St. Mary’s Home For Children
Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium
United Charities of Chicago
Women and Girls Urged to Join Red Cross Volunteers
The Red Cross calls all women and girls with daytime hours to join volunteer Special Services. Local chairman provides details on Nurse's Aides Dietitian's Aides staff assistants gray ladies canteen arts and skills and motor corps serving 55 hospitals in Chicago. New classes for Nurse's Aides Dietitian's Aides and canteen corps begin around June 1.
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Red Cross
Chicago
Arericary
City Urges Careful Water Use During Summer
At the Riverdale village board meeting on May 28 a Chicago Public Works letter urged eliminating water waste in summer. The clerk was instructed to publish a notice in the Pointer asking consumers to curb excessive use and to acknowledge receipt of the communication.
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Riverdale
City of Chicago
Department of Public Works
Claussen
Ead
Village trustees pass water metering and arterial street plans
Chicago area village officials report all water is metered. Trustee Strosinski reads an ordinance authorizing the president to sign a release with Aetna Casualty for tavern license funds of 1,200 collected by the former collector. Trustee Hanschmann adopts a 4,100 Motor Fuel Tax funded resolution for arterial streets on Wentworth and 144th streets. Road work on 137th crossing will close the road briefly. Barriers at 140th and Atlantic and 140th and Wentworth were repaired per railroad notice.
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Chicago Department of Public Works
Strosinski
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
Hanschmann
Wentworth Avenue
187Th
138Th Street
137Th Street
Indiana Avenue
144Th Street
Halsted
B. & O. Railroad
S. H. B. Railroad
140Th
Atlantic
Gabriel Prete Dies at 74 in Riverdale Home
Gabriel Prete retired railroad worker died Saturday at age 74 at his daughter Angeline Cundary’s home 18851 Halsted Riverdale where he had lived the past 18 months He was born in Reade Italy November 11 1860 9 His wife Rosaria died August 1988 He leaves five sons Frank Michael Andrea James and Emil and three daughters Mrs Cundary Mrs Con Astta Leonarda and Mrs Anna Birry Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at St Mary’s Church Riverdale Rev M H Hoffman officiated Interment was in Mt Carmel Cemetery Bachmann Funeral Home handled arrangements
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Gabriel Prete
Angeline Cundary
Halsted Street
Riverdale
Chicago
Reade
Italy
Rosaria
Frank
Michael
Andrea
James
Emil
Cundary
Con Astta Leonarda
Anna Birry
St. Mary’s Church
M H. Hoffman
Mt. Carmel Semeury
Bachmann
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Uncle Sam
Sam
Acme Steel Company
Riverdale, Illinois
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
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