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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1959
Page
1
Registration for the Summer Ark program runs June 13 at the administration building from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 for boys and girls in Dolton Park District. Activities include baseball volleyball tennis basketball badminton field trips and trips to Cubs and Sox parks. Fee is 50 cents per child.
Chief Charles Cook of Riverdale police announces no mass rabies inoculations at the police station this year due to unforeseen circumstances. He supported the program in past years and urges dog owners to vaccinate their pets to control and prevent rabies spread.
Under the Municipal Retailers Occupation Tax Act the 69th General Assembly disbursed taxes paid by retailers on February 1959 sales in May. Total disbursement was 3,871,401.26 dollars to Dolton 2754.30 Riverdale 3713.44 and South Holland 3282.53.
Several youngsters from Dalton and South Holland are listed as bite victims. John Abbott and Katherine Huizenga were bitten by a stray cat and dogs owned by local residents Earl Williams Alvin Nelson and Eugene Crowly caused injuries to Gary Wood Katherine Kilcoyne and Jane Ciambrone. All dogs were placed under observation or impounded for monitoring.
Ernest Kenneth Foushee 49 of 704 Camden Avenue Louisville Ky suffered a heart attack June 2 while working on machinery at Container Corporation of America He died later the same day at Roseland Community Hospital He was born March 11 1910 and survived by his wife Anna one daughter one son and a sister The Community Mortuary shipped the remains to Louisville for services and interment.
Governor announces Harvey Moose Lodge 1203 delegates will join the 22nd annual Illinois Day at Mooseheart on Sunday June 14. Some travel by chartered bus others by car. A group of candidates from 135 lodges will join in over 1000 new students in the Dinors Day class. Services offered include Catholic at 7:30 and 11 am Protestant at 9:45. Graduation will be held with the Illinois Day ceremony for the first time and the program will be carried on a closed circuit network by AT T into 630 Moose lodges across the U S and Canada, the largest such network for a single program.
Gilbert Harvey of Delton reports a wheel and tire stolen from his station wagon during the past week. Howard Wyrick of Paradise Trailer Court reports four hub caps stolen from a 1958 Pontiac parked at Acme Steel Co. lot on June 3.
A free chest X ray screening for tuberculosis will be offered Thursday and Friday at the National Tea Co site at 142nd Street and Chicago Road. The event is sponsored by the Tuberculosis Institute and Suburban Cook County TB Sanitarium District. Hours are 10 30 a m to 5 30 pm on Thursday June 11 and 1 30 pm to 8 30 pm on Friday June 12 no X rays on weekends.
Commencement at Bowen school 137th Place and State Riverdale will be at 7 30 p m June 16 in the gym. Diploma recipients are Charlotte Nora Brasswell Hubert Flisyn Neh ey Lee Grizzell Thomas Frank Mraz Ollie Lee Perry Kenneth Elmer Peterson Grace Francis Simnick and Gail Woods. The Rev BR Shawl will give the invocation Grace Simnick and Gail Woods will welcome guests Charlotte Brasswell will present the class motto Nancy Grizzell will give the class prophecy Hubert Flisyn will give the class appreciation and Tom Mraz will present the class gift. Butler Laughlin and Albert J Ohlsen will speak and music includes songs While We re Young Graduation Song and an accordion solo Repair Band March. Diplomas will be presented by Roland J Nelson.
Salvation Army Doughnut Day is Friday June 12 with volunteers including Amy Holden for Paul Gall unit 303 American Legion Auxiliary G W Spencer No 279 Woman's Relief Corps Jenny Dahlke chair Dolton Riverdale Senior Woman's Club Mrs Marsh chair Dolton Riverdale Junior Woman's Club Mrs Peterson chair Lowvale Chapter 926 Order of Eastern Stars president Helen Krueger Lincoln Manor PTA directed by Mrs Robert Sayers Frankie Albrecht has chaired doughnut day for 13 years and asks for contributions.
President Eisenhower designates National Little League Baseball Week and lauds fair play and health benefits. The Dalton Riverdale Little League, formed in 1949, grew from a town gathering at Harry Jones home and became a regional pioneer with 10 teams and about 330 players.
On June 4 a 14 foot aluminum boat owned by the Army Corps of Engineers was taken from the Calumet River south bank near Halsted Street. A watchman found two boys using the boat June 5 and they confessed they found it adrift and took it. A boat trailer from Gurney Boat and Marine Company at 131st and Morgan Streets, Riverdale, was stolen June 6 and valued at 379 dollars.
Archbishop Meyer will dedicate St Jude the Apostle Church and School in South Holland on June 13 at 10 30 am with a Solemn Mass. The ceremony includes Msgr James Lawler and Rev Walter Sheridan among others. the parish began in 1957 and is now over 1000 families with a 750 student school.
Dolton civic group seeks Dolton residents aged 17 to 21 for the Miss Dolton Fire Department title. Judges include Fire Chief Paul Ripley and bank head William A. Staat. The winner will be crowned June 17 at 8 p.m. at the new Fire Hall on Sibley Boulevard.
John Dalle announces parade judges for Dolton’s Fourth of July celebration. Harry Flynn Franklin Marshall and George Waldron, all Dolton residents, will judge float and entry winners across divisions. More entries arrive daily with the Model T Club and Fifth Army Band expected to participate. Contact John Dalle at Viking 9 2696 for entry information.
Police report a burglary at Carl Wareham's Dolton home 16100 Meadow Lane between 7 and 8 p.m. June 4. Entry via a hooked front screen door and unlocked front door. stolen items include a mink jacket a string of imitation pearls and a single strand of small pearls valued at $1315.95.
The Community Reformed Church junior choir at Lincoln School held a post rehearsal picnic on June 3 with pie and treats guided by director Mrs Theodore Bonnema It followed a Sunday service on June 7 when the choir sang during church services
Lowvale Order of Easter Stars No 962 attended church at Immanuel United Church of Christ of Dalton on Sunday June 7. A total of 31 members were present.
Bruce McEwan Ray Sears Laura Quillman and Eileen Ann Smith describe their summer plans. McEwan will play Little League then Camp Betz with Boy Scouts and visit Iowa. Sears will help at his dad store and enjoy family activities and Soxball games. Quillman will visit grandparents in Arkansas then attend Girl Scout day camp. Smith and siblings will rent a lake cottage, swim play baseball and attend the Dalton carnival.
Dolton issued 118 building permits in May totaling $601 577. The permits included 26 homes worth $399 750 34 garages $36 314 53 home improvements $25 863 and five miscellaneous permits $139 650.
Bowen school will hold an honor day program at 9 30 am in the school auditorium. The American Legion award and scholastic honors will be presented. Earlier grades four through eight enjoyed a splash party at the Harvey Y M C A from 3 to 4 pm.
The Dalton Methodist Church School plans Promotion Day on Sunday June 14 at 10 am. Four classes from four departments will be promoted and a special offering will aid education for worthy Methodist students. A junior department breakfast Wednesday June 11 from 7 am to 11 am funds the building fund. Everyone is welcome.
Riverdale police report a 7 year old named Wayne Lewis, of Emer ald Avenue, darted from an alley at 143rd and Pernell on June 6 and struck a car driven by Robert Schmidt of Lexington Avenue in Harvey, suffering head abrasions. An additional accident at 14429 Halsted Street on June 8 involved a car driven by Dennis Lentz colliding into a vehicle driven by Doris Sanders of Ashland Avenue, Harvey.
The Doiton inhalator squad administered oxygen to Jerry Verone aged 15 of 14206 Chicago Street after a convulsion on June 2. A physician treated him. On June 4 the squad gave oxygen to Keren Lynn Panozzo, 4, of 15439 Ellis Avenue after a convulsion and she was taken to Ingalls Memorial Hospital on medical advice.
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