Village auditors bid approved for coming year
The Riverdale board accepted a proposal from James Wilkes Co. to audit village books for the fiscal year at 50 dollars per month. Trustees also approved other routine items including a new fire proof vault, license tax enforcement, and payment of unpaid water bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Board
Claussen
Howard Bishop
188Th Street
Bishop
Cook County
Lane
James Wilkes Co
Public Accountants
Martin
Vwlage Hall
Torpy
Chicago City Water Department
James O'Neal
146Th Street
Harvey
Tuttle
Graves
Zornun
School Street
Board of Local Improvements
Zornow
Miss Itter
Nominations Made for Republican Voters Leader
Curtis and the resident louver vice president were nominated to lead the Republican voters in the fall election. The convention straddled the wet and dry question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louver
Curtis
Holden Dies After Poisoned Tablet At Riverdale Shop
Howard M Holden 24 conducted a repair shop and taxi business at 123806 Dearborn street Riverdale. He died after taking rat poison last Saturday at his shop and died Sunday at the county hospital. He leaves a widow a two year old daughter his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Holden and three brothers. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Bachman chapel Colten with interment in Oakwoods cemetery Joliet Tl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard M. Holden
Dearborn Street
Riverdale
County Hospital
Charles Holden
Bachman Chapel
Colten
Holden
Oakwoods Cemetery
Joliet
Coldale
Rebecca
Comiskey Park
Lorraine LeClaire
Joseph LeClaire
Grant Street
Dalton
John Kleinz
Jacob Kleinz
Chicago Street
Sacred Heart College
Girard
Ruth Mammermeister
Ferdinand Stirman
Main Street
147Th
Chicago
Dixmoor
Dobbin
Dolton
Herbert Dickelman
Debbin
Va Cosman
St. Mary’s School
Richard Lyons
Park Avenue
Catherine Donnely
Lillian Belfast
Irene Picterich
South
Bishop Street
George Seip
Tales and Hunter Co
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Banco
Fiverybody
Eddie Taylor Returns Home Then Heads to Detroit Trip
Eddie Taylor arrives home from Kansas City and leaves Wednesday for Detroit with Mrs. Taylor. They travel by car despite a broken leg in a cast. After a short visit with relatives in Detroit they plan to return to Kansas City for cast removal Saturday. Mrs Taylor handles the wheel as deftly as Eddie handles baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie” Taylor
Kansas City
Detroit
Mich
Mrs. Taylor
Eddie
Charley Ross Claimant Speaks From Wentworth Address
Gustave Blair at 13901 Wentworth avenue declares he is the last Charley Ross. He recounts a childhood tale of kidnapping and a life with a farmer family after a cave enclosure and being dressed in girl’s clothes. Blair says he is married and residing in the stated address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Blair
Wentworth Avenue
Charley Ross
Mr. Blair
Pennsylvania
Compton
Notice to Dolton House Owners
All owners of houses in the Village of Dolton must call at the Village Clerk's office before August 1, 1982 to receive their correct house number. Please bring your lot and block number. William G Dolton, Village Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Pease
William G, Dolton
Mrs Helen Dillner dies at 918 Chicago Dalton
Widow of William Dillner dies at home aged 47 years 5 months 25 days. Survived by daughter Juanita father Henry Hansen two Wellington brothers and three sisters. Funeral at home this Friday at 2 o'clock by Rev Kreis. Interment Oakland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Dillner
William Dillner
Chicago Street
Dalton
Juanita
Henry Hansen
Wellington
Rev. Kreis
Oakland Cemetery
Bowen School Graduation Exercises Honor Local Graduates
Bowen School held graduation exercises this evening in the school auditorium. Graduates listed include Evelyn Ruth Albee William Ernest Jay Anna Elizabeth Jay Mary Katherine Jay Mary Virginia Potts George Albert Madison James William Klockselben and Raymond Krueger. 325.00 appropriated to pay the expense. Chicago Water Department granted permission for an 8 inch water pipe connection at Indiana avenue. The bid for oiling village streets awarded to Hayes and Co Standard Oil as lowest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
Evelyn Ruth Albee William Ernest Jay
Anna Elizabeth Jay
Mary Katherine Jay
Mary Virginia Potts
George Albert Madison James William Klockselben
Raymond Krueger
Torpy
City of Chicago Water Department
Indiana Avenue
Hayes & Co
Standard Oil
Graduation notices from several area schools announced
Commencement exercises were held at Washington Juni Leightvel Riverdale on June 16. Additional ceremonies planned for Lincoln and Bowen Schools this evening and St Marys School on June 15. St Pauls closes with exercises June 24. Graduates include Myrtle Berndt Evelyn Boseman Edward Born Minnie Cohen Charles Cook Fred Cook Raymond Cook Violet Diekman Lyle Dolton Frieno Faoro James Fraker Jennie Frego Tresa Frego Vivian Gilbert Margaret Grapenthien Milfred Haddon Earl Hearing Harry Huhn Jr Lorraine Johnson Julia Kreutzburg Virginia Krueger Alice Lawall Dorothy Maxwell Ruth Messerschmidt Joseph Mistro Doe Morgan Edward OBrien Elmer Ott Ida Ott Kathryn Panozzo Mary Panozzo Virginia Petersen Victor Pezzati William Propper Kenneth Rampke Ida Rimkus William Rouse Matilda Rudolph Trene Schaafsma Mitchell Schaafsma Mary Short Viola Smith Arthur Strassenberg Elizabeth Van De Logt Roy VanDenberg Alice Van Dyke Emil Verhoeven Mary Villani Vaneta Wilson Marie Zoller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Berndt
Evelyn Boseman
Edward A
Geneva
Minnie Cohen
Charles Cook
Fred Cook
Raymond Cook
Violet May Diekman
Lyle Dolton
Frieno Faoro
James Fraker
Jennie Frego Tresa Frego Vivian Gilbert
Margaret. Grapenthien
Milfred Haddon Earl Hearing
Harry Calvin Huhn, Jr
Lorraine Johson
Julia Kreutzburg
Virginia Krueger
Alice Lawall
Dorothy Maxwell
Ruth Messerschmidt
Joseph Mistro Doe Morgan
Edward O’brien
Elmer Ott
Ida Ott
Kathryn Panozzo
Mary Panozzo
Virginia Petersen
Victor Pezzati
William Propper
Kenneth Rampke
Ida Rimkus
William Rouse Matilda Rudolph Trene Schaafsma
Mitchell Schaafsma
Mary Short Viola Smith
Arthur Strassenberg
Elizabeth van de Logt
Roy Vandenberg
Alice van Dyke
Emil Verhoeven
Mary Villani Vaneta Wilson
Marie Zoller
Washington School Class Roll
The list names Frank Aiello Zelda Bock Ervin Buchler Boyd Bultman Joe Cauterucei Laura Corsello Salvatore Cundary Gruhlke Grace Johnson Chester Lenover George Linard Frank Lund Annetta McGehee Edward Mohr Ruth Otis Rita Riley Frank Schaafsma George Schaefer Robert Tiedemann Anne Verhoeven Tierman Wesse Charles Willey Robert Willey Helen Zornow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Aiello
Zelda Bock Ervin Buchler
Boyd Bultman
Joe Cauterucei
Laura Corsello
Salvatore Cundary
Met Gruhlke
Grace Johnson
Chester Lenover
George Linard
Frank Lund Annetta McGehee
Edward Mohr
Ruth Otis
Rita Riley
Frank Schaafsma
George Schaefer
Robert Tiedemann
Anne Verhoeven
Tierman Wesse
Charles Willey
Robert Willey
Helen Zornow
St. Marys School Holds Graduation Exercises
St Marys Parochial school conducted graduation exercises Wednesday evening June 15 at St Marys church. Graduates listed include Dorothy Bessette Herman Buchler James Carlyle Rose Doyle Charlotte Gallegos Margaret Kleinz Edward Lieb Helen McDonald John Metevia William Paul Joseph Pracht John Schulte and Joseph Vogel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Parochial School
St. Mary's Church
Dorothy Bessette
Herman Buchler
James Carlyle Rose Doyle
Charlotte Gallegos
Margaret Kleinz
Edward Lieb
Helen McDonald
John Metevia
William Paul Joseph Pracht
John Schulte
Joseph Vogel
Fenger Graduates Miss Hilda Beck and Jack Finnerty
Local graduates include Hilda Beck and Riverdale’s Jack Finnerty from a four year course at Fenger high school Friday night June 17. Community notes record trips, picnics, and a bomb-damaged theater slated for razing by the Hammond Public Works board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenger High School
Hilda Beck
Jack Finnerty
Riverdale
Donald Styke
Everett
Wash
Since Falls
Bled Hills
Yellowstone Park
Butte
Mont
Spokane
Seattle
Styhe
Frieda Deckman
Hammond Board of Public Works
State Theater
Lincoln Avenue
Thornton Forest Preserve
Dolton Girl Irene Vandenberg Named Valedictorian at Thornton Class of 1982
Irene Vandenberg of Dalton earns highest honors at Thornton Township High School with seven semesters of all A grades and a 1.9840 average. She is class treasurer, senior vice president in two years, active in three language clubs and Home Economics, and a member of the GUA A and Girls Club. The list of graduates follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township
Irene Vandenberg
Irene
Wm. Vandenberg
Dalton
G. Ua. A
Box Social and Cake Walk at Riverdale Village Hall
Riverdale merchants stage an old fashioned box social and cake walk at the village hall on Friday evening. Boxes will be auctioned and a cake walk follows. Refreshments free and no admission charged. All ages invited for a lively town social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Merchants
Riverdale
Teacher Hurt In City Collision At 147th And Indiana
Mrs. M. L. Pfoif of Chicago Heights a Pullman Branch school teacher received a broken nose when her car collided with a vehicle driven by C. J. Pever of Blue Island. The accident occurred Wednesday afternoon at 147th and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Pfoif
West 15Th Street
Chicago Heights
Pullman Branch
Riverdale
C. J. Pever
Maple Street
Blue Island
147Th
Indiana
New bathing beach opens at A Piece Q Lake
The new bathing beach at A Piece Q Lake near 159th and Torrence Avenue opened on Wednesday June 15. It offers convenient access for local residents and is expected to attract many swimmers this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
159Th and
Torrence Avenue
Lincoln P T A Dance at School Gym
The Lincoln P T A sponsors a dance on Saturday June 18 at 8 p.m in the school gymnasium. Tickets cost 25 cents. Music provided by Joe Long's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln P. T. A
Joe Long
Ladise Aid Dinner at Dalton M EB Church
The Ladies Aid of the Dalton M. E. Church will hold a dinner at the church on one day in June at 1 p.m. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton M. EB
Plunkett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riverdale Village Board
James Wilkes
Eddie Taylor
Bowen School
Wastington Junie Lighlhvel
Lincoln School
St. Mary's School
St. Paul's School
Washington
John A. Kollar
Leland, Mich
National Honor Society
Jemima J.cadwell Frank Nicholas Calpeno Ernest Eugene Calvano
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