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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
1
Pupils from Dalton Lincoln St Paul and Riverdale schools participated in village board meetings on March 14 in a Lions club Education committee project. Students from each school served as officers alongside regular officials and wore special Lions badges.
Funeral services were held for Lawrence F. Rau a 76 year old retired farmer and onion set dealer who died Sunday at his daughter's home in Chicago. Born in Atchison Kansas he lived in Riverdale and West Pullman before settling in Chicago. He is survived by five children three sisters seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Interment was at Mt Greenwood Cemetery.
The Calumet Valley League volleyball and basketball tourney concluded at Lincoln school in Dalton. Bowen girls volleyed Lincoln 44 to 29, while Washington beat St. Marys 31 to 25 in lightweight basketball. Lincoln edged Washington 17 to 15 in heavyweight play, and St. Paul topped St. Marys 35 to 9. Washington earned third in girls and boys events, with Bowen, Lincoln, and St. Paul strong throughout.
William J. Claussen president of the Village of Riverdale will describe the village government past and present and future plans at the Ivanhoe Civic club meeting Monday March 20 at 8 p m in Mills and Sons office 408 West 144th St A short business session precedes the program Hostesses are Mrs David Gray Mrs Edward R Garrity and Mrs Clifford Holtgren All Ivanhoe residents and newcomers are invited
Mrs. David Gray will speak on Scotland In History and Literature at Bowen P T A meeting in the school auditorium. The program follows a 7:30 p.m. business session with an 80day hour and refreshments.
At the Dolton village board meeting pupils from Dolton schools elected as village officials attended with the Riverdale Dolton Lions club for Youth Day. Attorney Wade of Texaco Pipeline and engineer Culbertson addressed the board as it approved a pipeline construction over the Indiana Harbor right of way. The board referred a weeds burning proposal to fire chief Dickelman and the Dalton fire department for study to reduce prairie fires. Berger Camp Grounds Association was authorized to connect to the Ellis avenue sewer system on Sibley boulevard.
Dolton draft board lists thirty men for induction next weekend. Eighteen will enter the army and twelve will serve with the navy. Army entrants include Harold Olson and Robert Koch of Dolton, De Young, Rinkema, Den Besten of South Holland, Hoeksema and Smith of Lansing, Zimdars of Thornton, Goryl and Velasquez of Phoenix, Earl Jackson of Harvey, Johnson and Lane of Hazelcrest, Rotgeb and Rothgeb, Zegorac of Hazelcrest, Grzan of Homewood, and McNally of Hammond Indiana. Navy inductees include Lauridsen, Dengler, Corriveau, and Jacobsma of Dolton, Voss and Bolhuis of South Holland, Ruben and Zielinski of Phoenix, Woodall of Lansing, and Kramer, Armond, Niebert of Homewood.
Sunday March 19 1894 Annie Rose and Fred Weber unite in marriage at the Dolton Evangelical church. Open house 3 to 8 PM at 509 144th place Dal ton observance of their golden wedding anniversary. Five of six attendants remain living with Gerald Rose and Charles Niedew among others.
Frank Taylor a retired farmer died at 81 after living with his daughter Mrs. Alice Young at 13827 School St Riverdale He was born Feb 20 1863 in Gallopolis County Ohio Mrs Young his sole survivor The body rested at Bachmann funeral home and was shipped to Salem Illinois for services Friday Interment follows at East Lawn Cemetery Salem
The Lincoln school kindergarten in Dalton will reopen Monday March 20 at 9 a m with Mrs George Schaefer Jr as instructor. Children four and five years old are eligible to attend. It is asked that one parent accompany each child on the first day.
The Red Cross War Fund drive opens with house to house canvassing. Ninety cents of every dollar goes to armed forces services. National quota is 200 million dollars. local quotas have risen. Dalton chairwoman is Mrs. Walter Pohlers. Riverdale chair is Mrs. Della Deam. Ivanhoe canvass overseen by Mrs. J B Wilderson.
The Ivanhoe P T A invites a March 21 box social at Roosevelt school from 7 30 to 10 30 pm with box lunches for two at fifty cents per man and entertainment including a barber shop quartet and violin duo Proceeds fund playground equipment and general laughter all are welcome bring a friend or neighbor and a lunch box
A St Patrick's Day tea at Miss Edna Lund's Dolton home on March 17 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m raises a silver offering for re decoration of the First Methodist Church of Dolton. A White Elephant sale accompanies the event and donations or articles can be brought to Miss Lund's home or phoned in.
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