Dolton Board Moves to Collect Past Special Assessments
The Dolton village board ordered foreclosure steps through Attorney Harold L. Summerfield to collect overdue special assessments, aiming to clean up bonds. They approved Ivanhoek Manor subdivision plans by Teninga and Co. of Roseland with 126 lots and defense homes, and discussed repair cooperation with the state highway department on 144th street. Alleys were repaired with cinders, and the clerk was directed to request action from the Pennsylvania Railroad over locomotive smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Dalton
Harold L. Summerfield
Indiana Avenue
Teninga and Co
Roseland
Ivanhoek Manor
State Highway Department
144Th Street
Chicago Street
C. & E. I. Railroad
Highway Department
Diekman
Mossell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Paul Gall Unit 303 American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
The next regular meeting is tonight Thursday March 26 at 8 oclock with Mrs Gladys Johnson presiding Refreshments will be served The Auxiliary thanks all who subscribed to McCalls magazine The Junior girls with bids should finish and return to their advisor ASAP to help at Hines hospital Grandma Meginnis is in Harvey hospital There is a Junior meeting Saturday March 28 The next meeting is April 11 for a master party and to celebrate three birthdays Joan Belz Helen Betty Thul and Betty Teas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Frankie Albrecht
Paul Gall
Gladys Johnson
McCalls
Hines Hospital
Grandma Meginnis
Harvey Hospital
Joan Belz
Helen Betty Thul
Betty
Propper to Complete Training as Air Corps Pilot
Lieut. Commander William S. Propper son of Henry M. Propper of Dalton completed 50 hours of solo flying and core tests at the U S Air Corps training school in Coleman Texas He plans to leave Saturday for an advanced flying school likely Randolph or Kelly Field to receive his commission as a pilot in the Air Corps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Propper
Henry M. Propper
Dalton
U. S. Air Corps Training School
Coleman
Texas
Randolph
Kelly Field
U. S. Air Corps
Stores to Close for Good Friday Observance in Riv erdale and Dalton
Merchants in Riverdale and Dalton will close from noon to 3 pm on Good Friday. Signs at stores show support for the observance begun in Roseland by local Catholic and Protestant laymen. Special services are planned at Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed church with four pastors attending. Local banks and the building and loan association will be closed all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Dalton
Roseland
Frank Stewart
Riverdale- Dolton
Dolton
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
First Trust and Savings Bank of Riverdale
First National Bank of Dolton
Dolton-Riverdale Building and Loan Association
Travelogues Presented at Dalton Riverdale Junior Meeting
Travelogues New Orleans and Mexico were shown by a Illinois Central representative during the American citizenship and education program at Riverdale village hall on March 23. Miss Marjorilee Hampton led with a reading George de Wash and patriotic singing followed. Millicent Dreck served as education chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mexico
Illinois Central Railroad
Dalton-Riverdale
Dorothy Paynter
Rosemary McLaughlin
Dillner Seeks Election as Thornton Township Committeeman
Arthur E. Dillner of Dalton seeks the Democratic committeeman post for Thornton township. He previously served as justice of the peace and is completing an unfinished term as township committeeman. Dillner has the Cook County Central committee endorsement. Primary set for Tuesday April 14. He is opposed by Louis Kamykowski police magistrate of Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Dillner
Dalton
Thornton Township
Democratic
Frank Ring
Harvey
Dillner
Cook County Central Committee
Louis Kamykowski
Phoenix
Prairie Blazes Keep Firemen Busy
Mild weather and dryness sparked fires in Riverdale and Dolton. Dolton crews fought a brush fire near Camp Grounds north of Sibley Boulevard at 10 15 AM, then tackled sparks from a freight engine igniting grass and timber behind Dreck Coal’s warehouse. Riverdale firefighters doused a brush fire behind Washington School on Monday, and late Tuesday a large prairie fire in Ivanhoe was controlled without property damage.
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Riverdale
Dolton
Camp
Sibley Boulevard
Dalton
Dreck Coal Company
Kanawha
Park Avenues
Riverdale Fire
Washington School
189Th
School Street
Ivanhoe
144Th Street
Illinois Central
Plan Defense Mass Meeting at Riverdale School
The Riverdale Civilian Defense Council invites Riverdale residents to a public mass meeting on Tuesday March 31 at Washington School 139th and School Street starting 745 PM The program includes posting of the colors pledge of allegiance songs and an address Why Civilian Defense by Ralph Brady from the OCD Chicago area The event features local officials and Boy Scouts and ends with songs and retiring of the colors Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Chicago
Gerald O. Eckley
Walter Ortel
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Song America
Florence Hedtke
Defense Council
W. J
Claussen
Frank Mraz
Carl Maurer
Citizens’ Defense ‘Corps
G. 0. Eckley
Lester Brookfelt
Herman Wiebke
Cochairman
Herman Baumgartner
Office of Civilian Defense
Ares
Moving Pictures
Aiir
War and Order
London
Mraz
OCD
WMAQ
Women Foresters Elect Officients At St Mary's Court
St Marys Court No 229 W C C F held an election of officers on Thursday March 12 The officers elected include Chief Ranger Ida Prymas Vice Chief Ranger Irene Garry Recording Secretary Margaret Kern Financial Secretary Magdalene Braun Treasurer Clara Stiemann Trustees Agnes Dreger Catherine Kern Margaret Stiemann Senior conductor Evelyn McCloskey Junior conductor Genevieve Albrecht Inside sentinel Rose Kleinz Outside sentinel Mary Wyzinski and Physician Dr Philip G Thomson The new officers will be installed on Thursday April 9 A special officers meeting will be held Monday evening March 30 at the home of Mrs Ida Prymas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Court No
W.C.C.F
Ida Prymas
Irene Garry
Margaret Kern
Magdalene Braun
Clara Stiemann
Agnes Dreger
Catherine Kern
Margaret Stiemann
Evelyn McCloskey
Genevieve Albrecht
Inside Sentinel
Rose Kleinz
Outside Sentinel
Mary Wyzinski
Philip G. Thomson
St. Mary’s Court
Riverdale Village Notice on Waste Disposal Rules
Residents notified that garbage collection will accept only rejected vegetable or animal matter in containers as per village ordinance. They are urged to burn or dispose of waste paper leaves and grass to keep the community neat. By order of the village board. Peter J. Kurz, Village Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Peter J. Kurz
Township Reorganizes Police Dept In Emergency Move
The Thornton township board of auditors reorganizes the police force reducing it to 44 officers plus one assistant chief Edward Van Laningham. The move, aligned with Federal Emergency directives, aims to avoid conflicts with other police departments and to ensure proper supervision under Lansing Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township Board of Auditors
Police Department
Winterhoff
Edward van Laningham
Lansing
Henrichs
Thornton
Jones
Holt
Hazel ‘Crest
Heffner
East Hazel Crest
Huber
Dixmoor
Gouwens
South Holland
Applegate
Harvey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department
Services Held Monday for Joseph Kum arowski
Funeral services for 66 year old Joseph Kumarowski of 304 East 138th Street were held Monday afternoon at 2 at Bachmann funeral home with Rev. Milton Freeman officiating. Interment followed in Oakland Cemetery Dalton. He died Friday night March 20 at the Oak Forest Infirmary after six days illness from pulmonary tuberculosis. Born February 11 1886 in Taurage Lithuania he immigrated to America in 1906 settling in Chicago. He married Bertha Sprainis in 1914 and worked 12 years for International Harvester. In 1926 he moved to this community where he ran a grocery in the same building where he lived for 15 years. He is survived by his widow two daughters Ann wife of William De Camp Riverdale and Josephine wife of Delmar Yandell Chicago a brother Peter West Pullman and Anthony who is in Europe and two grandchildren.
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Joseph Kumerowski
Joseph Kumarowski
East 138Th Street
Bachmann
Milton 5
Freeman
Oakland Cemetery
Dalton
Kumarowski
Oak Forest Infirmary
Taurage
Lithuania
America
Chicago
Bertha Sprainis
International Harvester Company
Ann
William de Camp
Riverdale
Josephine
Delmar Yandell
Peter
West Pullman
Anthony
Europe
Banks and Building and Loan Close for Good Friday
Riverdale and Dolton banks and the Dolton Riverdale Building and Loan office will be closed all day on Good Friday April 3. Governor Green has designated the day a legal holiday.
Sugar Ration Registration Dates Announced by OPA
The OPA sets commercial registrations for April 28 and 29 at high schools and household registrations May 4 to 7 at public grade schools. Each applicant receives a ration book, 28 stamps per book, valid nationwide. Entries require detailed personal data for every family member and certification of truth.
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Frank Bane
OPA
OBA
Michael Mulcahy
Chicago
Thornton Township
Obituary of John Verhoeven, 75, dies in South Holland
John Verhoeven aged 75 died Tuesday March 24 at Miller's Rest Home in South Holland from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born July 5, 1866 in Riverdale, he was a former Pullman Car Works blacksmith. Funeral services were held at Cooney Funeral Home and Holy Rosary Church with interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. He is survived by a sister Minnie and brothers Theodore William August and Emil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Verhoeven
155Th
Cottage Grove Avenue
South Holland
Riverdale
Pullman Car Works
Cooney
East
112Th Street
Holy Rosary Church
Holy Sepulchre
Minnie
Theodore
William
August
Emil
Thornton Republican council to meet April 1 at Harvey Hall
Secretary Winterhoff of the Thornton township Republican council announced the next regular meeting will be held at Harvey City Hall on April 1 at 8 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winterhoff
Thornton Township
Republican Council
Harvey City Hall
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Dolton Board
W. S. Propper
Air Corps
Riverdale School
Council
Women Foresters
Police Dept
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