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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1960
Page
3
Arthur C Sorenson aged 69 of 13815 State Riverdale died after a lingering illness in Illinois Central Hospital Monday June 13. Survived by one brother Charles of Harvey. He was a member of Lowvale.
Edwin Norton aged 92 died June 6 at 652 Ann St Dolton. He was born April 14 1874 in Lake Station Indiana and lived in Dolton 54 years. A retired crane operator for Acine Steel Riverdale he worked 22 years and retired ten years ago. He belonged to Lowvale Lodge 1139 AF and AM and the Dalton Methodist Church. Funeral services were held June 7 at Brown Funeral Home Delton with Rev Forrest Hervert officiating. Interment followed.
Private Masonic services were held for an unnamed man at Lowvale Lodge 1139 A F and A M. Infant Michael Chantigney of Dalton died June 4 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey. Marie A Hilmer Wilmer, formerly of Riverdale, died June 7 in Dixmoor Convalescent Home after a Marshall Field & Co career. John O Strand, 73, of Riverdale, died near Hazelhurst Wisconsin while vacationing. Funeral arrangements by Brown, Bachmann, and Phillips Funeral Homes. Chicago Heart Association offers help for congenital heart defects and advice on avoiding overexertion in heat.
Sixty four fourth graders from Lincoln School two classes visited Hinsdale Health Museum on May 18 to hear Vateda Farnsdale’s Talking Glass Lady show designed for younger children. Over 120000 visitors, including many students, have toured the Midwest health museum since its opening by The Kettering Family Foundation. The museum operates year round 9 am to 5 pm daily except legal holidays. Groups may reserve by calling 35-1900 or writing Hinsdale Health Museum Hinsdale IL.
Dolton police report 5 year old Garry Dillman of 14621 Michigan was hit by a car while crossing on a bicycle Wednesday around 3 45 p m He was treated at St Francis Hospital for forehead and shoulder bruises The driver George Gore 14823 Michigan said he did not see the boy in time to stop
Uniting members of the Ivanhoe Community Methodist Church list numerous individuals and couples across Riverdale Rig as part of a formal church union. Names include Arlene Nielsen Lester Lincke Hortense Paulsen M Kittell Fannie Barnes Aurelia Gustavson Lisa Abers Terry Ann Evenson Kimberly Evenson Marilyn McClellan Sandra Klinkhammer Susan Shaffer and Lynda Bautz.
Miss Jean Essary of Dolton was appointed a Warrant Officer in the Army Reserves at a ceremony May 16 at the Chicago Heights Army Reserve Center. She has served with the unit for three years.
Pfe Robert C Gooley 23 wife Mary lives at 14533 Union Harvey attended a five day religious retreat near Seoul with chaplains coordinating lectures conferences and services. Son of Homer and Mrs. Cooley 13829 Atlantic Riverdale he graduated Thornton High School 1955 and worked for Rock Island Railroad Blue Island before joining the Army. He serves as an aidsman in Headquarters Company 1st Cavalry Division 40th Armor entering service January 1959 completed basic at Fort Leonard Wood and arrived overseas December 11.
Ambiguous prose discusses how drivers must consider stopping in time amid hazards. References to June 16 1960 and traffic ratios appear, but text is garbled. The reader is left with a murky citation about stopping distances and decision making for safe driving.
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