Graduation Exercises At Dolton And Riverdale Schools
Dolton and Riverdale Public Schools hold graduation events with a June 24 ceremony at Lincoln Avenue School Auditorium. The program lists music, recitations, duets, choruses, and the presentation of diplomas, with honors announced for Dolton graduates and a separate baccalaureate and commencement sequence at Thornton Township High School starting June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Public Schools
Lincoln Avenue
Thornton Township High School
Josephine Briggs
Gerben VanderVeen
Harry Becker
Mrsa
Wiebe VanderVeen
Highlane
George
Chicago University
Hazel Wisip
Mary ‘Metz
Harry F. Becker
Blanche Morgan
Clarence Bell
Ethel Morrison
Fred Bielfeldt
Cora Nance
Edmund Bock
Paul Robinson
Thomas Rhodes
Edwin Byera
Marjorie Ronald
Fred Carlson
Philip Rounsevelle
Glenn Coffey
Lillian Russell
John Dalenberg
Willma Searight
Helen Decklar
Edwinge Seneschal Caryl Dampsey
Paul Soenksen
Luella Engel
Edward Steuart
Russell Gibson
Ethel Sudds
Amily Goebel
Bernard Tomey
Bowen School Commencement at Riverdale Village Hall
Riverdale Bowen School District 183 holds commencement at Riverdale Village Hall on Friday evening June 19. The program lists salutatory, valedictory, diploma presentation by President Harry Robinson, songs, and graduates including Alberta Bureau to Claas Motto. A separate Pullman branch eighth grade graduation will be held Friday June 26 at 10 o'clock with a pupil display and upcoming program details.
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Bowen School
Riverdale Village Hall
Bane
Agoea VanderVeen
Lydia Dickhoff
Harry Robinson
Song My
United States
Ith
Veronica Gallagher
Mabel Ulander
Fone
George Pullman
Riverdale
High School Closes After Varied Exercises
The article outlines multiple exercises connected to the closing of the high school, detailing student activities, administrative steps, and community reactions as the institution winds down operations.
Love your neighbor and keep your alley clean
Charles Dickelman of Dalton shares a Chicago Herald verse urging civic pride. It urges loving your neighbor and keeping alleys neat, urging residents to avoid litter and maintain a healthy shine in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickelman
Dalton
Chicago Herald
Bessette Marries Morin At St Marys Church
Miss Eliza Bessette daughter of Mr and Mrs Ludger Bessette Riverdale and Mr John J Morin of Kensington wed Tuesday afternoon June 16 at St Marys church Father Dettmer officiating The bride popular with many friends and they will reside in Kensington. Other items note a church picnic July 16 at Gardners Park and several local visits and travels of residents.
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Eliza Bessette
Ludger Bessette
Riverdale
John J. Morin
Kensington
Marrage
St. Mary’s Church
Father Dettmer
St. Mary’s
Gardner’s Park
W. P. Deam
North Robison
Ohio
Tip
Tom"’ Deam
Wm. J. Schech
Oladonia
Mion
Grant
California
Mr. Schech
Caladonia
Pappa’’ Reich
Cphil Walsh
Roseland
Phil
39Th Street
Mrs. Walsh
Mr. Brandt
Cedar Lake
Dolton M. BE. Church
Robert Waddell
Picnic and Celebration Planned by Rosebud Pleasure Club
Local news item notes the Rosebud Pleasure Club will hold a Picnic and Celebration at Diliner's Grove on Saturday July 4. Also recounted are local incidents including Arthur Boch of St. Louis killed after being crushed in a C E I yard accident near Dalton, other social notes and upcoming building and loan offerings.
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The
Rosebud Pleasure Club
Diliner’s Grove
Village Board Notes Sewer Dispute And Budget Actions
William Krueger questions sewer assessment on his property and neighbor’s. matter referred to attorney. Trustees approve various bills and fund warrants. Reports cover drainage, streets, sidewalks, lighting, water pressure, park purchase bid, and enforcement of sewer connections. New business includes dog tax update, collection enforcement, and committee changes.
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William Krueger
Schnoor
John Obleen
Ccc
Cess
Tony Hall
Whiw's
Nicholas Vanderaa, Jr
Dearborn Electric Co
Smythe
Stanczik
Wulff
Board of Local Improvements
Wirtz
Propper
Lucas
Chicago
Dalton
Riverdale
Schoool
Park Avenue
Glerk
Riley
The
Public Service Co
Dickelman
Berger
Jeran
Albrecht
Weber
Stawczik
Finance Committee
Iroquois Club Joins Association and Schedules Sunday Games
The Iroquois Club joins the association and will play Sundays. On Sunday June 21 they face the Gladiators, a fast south side team. Battery will be Lefty Albrecht and Ed Measserachmidt. Game at 3 p.m. at Blickie grounds. Found upper set of fake teeth. Call The Pointer office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladiators
Lefty Albrecht
Ed. Measserachmidt
Battery
Iroquois
Blickie Grounds
Pointer
Killed by Shock While at Work in Pullman Shops
Nicholas Van Buren, 33, a steam fitter of 134th Street Riverdale, was killed by an electric shock about 11 o clock while touching an iron at the Pullman shops. Inquest held at Van Wyngarden morgue. Funeral Sunday 1:30 from 550 Aldine Square Chicago. Survived by wife, child, parents, two brothers, and seven sisters. Interment Mt Greenwood Cemetery.
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van Buren
Aldine Square
Chicago
Nick
Floris van Buren
Dirk
Harry
Maggie
VanderMeer
Jennie
VanGinden
Los Angeles
Cal
Marr
Jeanetta
Effie
Wm. Warnicke
Ella
C. Baker
Tena
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
Deaths in Riverdale and Dalton Families Longtime Residents
Mollie Bishop of Riverdale born March 28 1889 died June 13 1914 aged 25 years 2 months and 21 days after lifelong affliction. She leaves a father two sisters and five brothers and was buried in Oakland Cemetery after services at Our Savior's church. Mrs Frank Scott of Dalton died June 13 1914 aged 41 at home 792 Lincoln Avenue funeral from St Mary’s Church Riverdale. Burial at Mt Olivet. She leaves husband and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace+ Holmes
Boston
Dolton
CG. B., Cole
Chicago
Plymouth
Mass
Mr. Holmes
Mr Cole
Cole’s Hill
Cole
Holmes
Massachusetts
Michigan Avenue
Detroit
Buffalo
Mise
Esther Boden
Richmond
Ind
Ernest Strassenberg, Jr
Dalton
Wm. Lotz
Riverdale
Billy
Harry Packard
Raymond
Buffalo, N. Y
Cleveland
Niagara
Falla N. Y
Mollie Mary Bishop
Riveredale
H. Strosingeri
Wentworth Avenue
Mra H. Strosinski
Mra
Otto Lenover
Meassers
Harry Bishop
East Dubuque
Iil
Clarence Bishop
Aurora, Ill
Charles Bishop
St. Paul Minn
Louis
Raymond Bishop
Pullman
Our Savior’s Church
Geo. P. Kabele
Oakland Cemetery
Frank Scott
Lincoln Avenue
St. Mary's Church
Dettmer
Mt. Olivet
Will Elect Officers of Terra Cotta Workers Alliance
Members of Local No.5 vote Tuesday June 23 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Dillner's Pavilion in Dalton for officers. By-law compels all members to vote. Wo. J. AvBrecurt.
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International Terra Cotta Workers Alliance
Dillner’s Pavilion
Dalton
Wo. J. AvBrecurt
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Dolton and
R. N. Miller
Mary V. Harris
Florence Ida Krueger
Ella Kuima A. Dreesen
Giara Louisa E. Goos
Alice Lydia Day
Reuben
Waterloo
Ruth Elizabeth Dickelmann
Anna Frances Hanschmann
Mabel Edna Rose
Dorothy Hortense Bowman
Myrtle C. L. Bergold
Kathryn Magdalene White
Agnes C. Wind
Lillian L. Pinger
Esther Henrietta Bruhn
Evelyn van Deursen
Wm. J. Haney
J. C. Hoffmeister
Mary V. Harms
Alice L. Day
Cora A. Bergold
Dorothy Bowman
Ester H. Brubn
William J. Daehn
Ruth Dickelman
Lloyd R. Dolton
Ella E. A. Dreegen
Huge Evers Rueben Fadka
Lily K Gerloft
Glara L. E. Goos
Velma Y. Hand
Anna Hanschmann
Mary V. Harma
Gilbert
Riverdale Bowen School
Bessette-Morin
Dr. L. Hammer
Lois
Lexington
Wm Gentry
Kansas City
John Berger
the Ridge
Joliet
Edward Prill
Peoria
Ill
August Prill
Elizabeth Mahler
Lincoln
Arthur Boch
St. Louis
Feller
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Ladies Aid Society
Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association
Dalton Board
Base
Nicholas VanBuren
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